41 Notable alumni of
Truman State University
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Truman State University is 1353rd in the world, 483rd in North America, and 453rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Truman State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jenna Fischer
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Regina Marie Kirk, known professionally as Jenna Fischer, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007; she was also a producer for the show's ninth and final season.
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Kane
- Occupations
- basketball playerinsurance brokerpoliticianprofessional wrestleractor
- Biography
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Glenn Thomas Jacobs, better known by the ring name Kane, is an American politician and professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 1995 and was inducted into the 2021 class of the WWE Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was elected as the Republican Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. In 2022, he won a second term as Mayor.
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John J. Pershing
- Occupations
- military officerlawyer
- Biography
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General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920. In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur.
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Ken Norton
- Occupations
- television actorboxerfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981. He is considered by some to be one of the twenty greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He was awarded the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978, after winning a close split decision over Jimmy Young in a title eliminator bout, after which Leon Spinks refused to fight with him.
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Gregg Williams
- Occupations
- coachAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Gregg Williams is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator for the DC Defenders of the United Football League (UFL). He recently served as the defensive coordinator for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 2019 to 2020. Previously, he was head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 2001 to 2003, and defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints (with whom he won Super Bowl XLIV) from 2009 to 2011, and the Cleveland Browns, acting as an interim head coach in the 2018 season. Williams is known for running aggressive, attacking 4–3 schemes that put heavy pressure on opposing quarterbacks and for his key role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, also known as "Bountygate".
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Hung Hsiu-chu
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- In 1991 graduated with Master of Education
- Occupations
- politicianschool teacher
- Biography
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Hung Hsiu-chu is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), she has served the party as a Deputy Chairperson and Deputy Secretary-General. Hung was first elected to the legislature in 1990, and was the Vice President of the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2016, her eighth term. She became the first female deputy speaker of the Legislative Yuan. She became the Kuomintang's first elected chairwoman later that year, serving until June 2017.
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Rhonda Vincent
- Occupations
- songwritermusicianmandolinistsinger
- Biography
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Rhonda Lea Vincent is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
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Lyda Krewson
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- In 1974 studied psychology
- Occupations
- politicianaccountant
- Biography
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Lyda Krewson is an American retired politician who was the 46th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. She is a member of the Democratic Party and St. Louis's first female mayor, serving from 2017 to 2021. On November 18, 2020, Krewson announced that she would not seek a second term.
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Susana Mendoza
- Occupations
- association football playerpolitician
- Biography
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Susana A. Mendoza is an American politician. She is the 10th comptroller of Illinois, serving since December 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as Chicago city clerk and as an Illinois State Representative, representing the 1st District of Illinois.
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Eric Schmitt
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Eric Stephen Schmitt is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Missouri since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Schmitt served as the 43rd Missouri Attorney General from 2019 to 2023.
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Gene Bartow
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Bobby Gene Bartow was an American men's college basketball coach. The Browning, Missouri, native coached 36 years at six universities after coaching two high schools in Missouri for six years. In 1972 Bartow coached the Puerto Rico national basketball team in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
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Alphonso Jackson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alphonso R. Jackson served as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He was nominated by President George W. Bush on August 28, 2004, and confirmed by the Senate on August 31, 2004. Jackson announced his resignation on March 31, 2008.
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Brodric Thomas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brodric Thomas is an American professional basketball player for the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Truman State Bulldogs.
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Murry Bartow
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Murry Linn Bartow is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the interim head coach for the UCLA Bruins. As the head coach of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers, he was twice named the conference coach of the year, first in the Southern Conference in 2004 and later in the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2007.
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Harsha de Silva
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Harsha de Silva is a Sri Lankan economist and politician. He is a Member of Parliament for the Colombo District and former Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution; State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
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Scott Sifton
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Richard Prescott Sifton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who was a member of the Missouri Senate for the 1st district from 2013 to 2021. Sifton took office in 2013 after defeating incumbent Republican Senator Jim Lembke in a close election. Sifton was a candidate in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Missouri, but later withdrew.
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James Knowles III
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Wallace Knowles III is an American politician who served as the 11th Mayor of the city of Ferguson, Missouri, from April 2011 to June 2020.
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Prajwal Parajuly
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Prajwal Parajuly is an Indian writer whose works focus on Nepali-speaking people and their culture. Parajuly's works include the short-story collection The Gurkha's Daughter and novel Land Where I Flee.
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Mary Rhodes Russell
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Mary Rhodes Russell is a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She served a two-year term as chief justice from July 2013 through June 2015. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2004 by Governor Bob Holden.
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Pat Danner
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patsy Ann "Pat" Danner is an American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.
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Cara Spencer
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cara Spencer is an American politician from the state of Missouri. She served on the St. Louis Board of Alderpersons representing Ward 20 from 2015-2023, and now currently serves as alderwoman of Ward 8. Spencer ran in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election, finishing as a top-two candidate in the primary election. She lost in the general election to Tishaura Jones.
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Brian Dzingai
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Brian Dzingai is a former Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 in Austin, Texas. This is the current Zimbabwean record.
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Lori Nix
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Lori Nix is an American photographer known for her photographs of handmade dioramas.
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John V. Cox
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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John V. Cox is a retired American military officer. A native of Missouri, he served nearly 33 years as a United States Marine Corps naval aviator before retiring with the rank of Major General. Cox served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War, flying 292 combat missions, and earned several important medals and awards during his career.
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Lee Rogers
- Occupations
- podiatrist
- Biography
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Lee Christopher Rogers is an American podiatrist from San Antonio, Texas. He is most known for his work preventing amputations in diabetes and treating Charcot foot and he has helped define the qualifications of doctors of podiatric medicine and the privileging process for hospitals and surgery. He is the president of the American Board of Podiatric Medicine. He was the Democratic nominee for US Congress in California's 25th district in 2012, and lost in California's top-two primary in June 2014. Rogers is also known as a film producer.
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Fred Schwengel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frederick Delbert Schwengel was a Republican U.S. Representative from southeastern Iowa.
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Mike Ritze
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Michael Ritze is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma United States. A Republican, Ritze served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing the 80th district, which includes parts of Tulsa and Wagoner counties.
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Gale Schisler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Darwin Gale Schisler was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 19th congressional district and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 46th district and later the 48th district.
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Glenn Frank
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Glenn Frank was a president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and The Century Magazine's editor-in-chief. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1912 and became Edward Filene's personal assistant, where he wrote two books on the side. He joined The Century Magazine as an associate editor and became its editor-in-chief in three years, which gave his views on education a wide audience. He was tapped to the University of Wisconsin's presidency in 1925, where he introduced the Experimental College before being ousted in 1937. Frank became involved in Wisconsin politics and ran for the state's United States Senate seat, but died with his son in a car accident two days before the Republican Party primary.
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Aven Nelson
- Occupations
- explorermycologistbotanist
- Biography
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Aven Nelson was an American botanist who specialized in plants of the Rocky Mountains. He was one of the founding professors of the University of Wyoming, where he taught for 55 years as professor and served as president (1918-1922). He served as president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and Botanical Society of America.
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Kristopher Battles
- Occupations
- war artist
- Biography
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Kristopher J. Battles is an American artist, known as the last remaining USMC combat artist in 2010.
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Beryl F. Carroll
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Beryl Franklin Carroll was the 20th governor of Iowa from 1909 to 1913. He was the first native-born governor of Iowa.
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Clare Magee
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- In 1916 studied education
- Occupations
- farmerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Clare Magee was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953.
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Samuel W. Arnold
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- Studied in 1902
- Occupations
- bureaucratentrepreneurschool superintendentpoliticianretail worker
- Biography
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Samuel Washington Arnold (September 21, 1879 – December 18, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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Milton Andrew Romjue
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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Arthur L. Willard
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Arthur Lee Willard was a U.S. Navy Admiral who served his nation in two wars and was awarded the Navy Cross. He was also awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government and the Order of Leopold by the King of Belgium.
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Wally Horn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wally E. Horn is a former Iowa State Senator who served the 27th, 25, and 17th Districts.
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J. Mark Scearce
- Occupations
- musicologistcomposerconductor
- Biography
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J. Mark Scearce is an American composer known for his musical settings of more than 200 texts by forty poets—from art songs to operas to works for chorus and orchestra.
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John Robert Murdock
- Enrolled in Truman State University
- Studied in 1912
- Occupations
- deanwriterpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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John Robert Murdock was a U.S. Representative from Arizona.
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Frank Gaines Harris
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Frank Gaines Harris was an American Democratic politician from the state of Missouri. He was the state's 33rd Lieutenant Governor and held that office longer than anyone else until Peter Kinder surpassed that record, serving three terms from 2005 until 2017.
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James E. Rieger
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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James Edward Rieger was an American lawyer and United States Army officer from the state of Missouri. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, America's second-highest award for valor, and the Croix de Guerre from the government of France for his actions during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I.
