16 Notable alumni of
College of Idaho
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The College of Idaho is 2443rd in the world, 851st in North America, and 805th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from the College of Idaho sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Elgin Baylor
- Occupations
- actorbasketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Elgin Gay Baylor was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer, who was best known for his trademark hanging jump shot. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's all-time greatest players. In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, Baylor was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In October 2021, Baylor was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Baylor is the leader for most career rebounds in Lakers franchise history with 11,463.
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Butch Otter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter is an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2006, and reelected in 2010, and 2014. Otter served as lieutenant governor from 1987 to 2001 and in U.S. Congress from the first district from 2001 to 2007.
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Kris Tompkins
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- conservationistentrepreneur
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Kristine McDivitt Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, an American conservationist, former CEO of Patagonia, Inc., a UN Patron of Protected Areas from 2018-2022. She has committed her career to protecting and restoring Chile and Argentina’s wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring the wildlife, inspiring activism, and fostering economic vitality as a result of conservation. Having protected over 14 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina through Tompkins Conservation and its partners, Kristine and Douglas Tompkins, her late husband who died in 2015, are considered some of the most successful national park-oriented philanthropists in history.
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Larry Lujack
- Occupations
- disc jockey
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Larry Lujack, also called Superjock, Lawrence of Chicago, Charming and Delightful Ol' Uncle Lar, and King of the Corn Belt, was a Top 40 music radio disc jockey who was well known for his world-weary sarcastic style. Some of his more popular routines included Klunk Letter of the Day, the darkly humorous Animal Stories with sidekick Tommy Edwards as Little Tommy, and the Cheap Trashy Show Biz Report.
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Klaus Scharioth
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Klaus Scharioth is a former German diplomat. From 2006 to 2011 he served as Germany's ambassador to the United States. Since 2011 he has been dean of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs. He is also a Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a commentator on relations between Germany and the United States.
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Duane Elgin
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- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- lecturerwriter
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Duane Elgin is an American author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist.
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Robert E. Smylie
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- politicianlawyer
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Robert Eben Smylie was an American politician and attorney from Idaho. A member of the Idaho Republican Party, he served as the 24th governor of Idaho for twelve years, from 1955 to 1967. He was the first Governor of Idaho who was born in the 20th century.
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Dorothy Custer
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- musician
- Biography
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Dorothy Bailey Cline Custer was an American comedian, harmonicist, and centenarian most famous for her two appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She has since become the subject of the most-viewed story of all time on the website of Boise-based television station KTVB and has been the subject of numerous interviews in Idaho and other states.
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Elmo Smith
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- politicianpublishermilitary officer
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Elmo Everett Smith was an American Republican politician who served as the 27th Governor of Oregon from 1956 to 1957.
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Edward Lodge
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
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Edward James Lodge is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in Boise, Idaho.
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John McGee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John McGee is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate, representing the 10th district from 2004 to 2012. He also served as the majority caucus chairman. He resigned in February 2012 following an accusation of sexual harassment.
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Chuck Winder
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chuck Winder is an American politician and Republican member of the Idaho Senate. He serves as the president pro tempore of the Idaho Senate and previously served as the majority leader. He is married to Dianne Winder; the couple has two children.
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Cary Coglianese
- Occupations
- editor
- Biography
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Cary Coglianese is an American legal scholar who is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is also director of the Penn Program on Regulation.
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Forest Rohwer
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- university teachervirologistecologist
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Forest Rohwer is an American microbial ecologist and Professor of Biology at San Diego State University. His particular interests include coral reef microbial ecology and viruses as both evolutionary agents and opportunistic pathogens in various environments.
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Bucky Halker
- Occupations
- music historian
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Clark "Bucky" Halker is an American academic, music historian, labor activist, singer and songwriter who specializes in American folk music. Halker is best known for his work on labor protest songs, Illinois folk music, and his involvement with the preservation of Woody Guthrie's musical legacy. He is a recipient of the American Folklife Center's Archie Green Fellowship.
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Tom Throop
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- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Huling Throop is a former Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He represented District 54 of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and then served for eight years as a member of the Deschutes County Commission.
