24 Notable alumni of
University of Louisiana at Monroe
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The University of Louisiana at Monroe is 1456th in the world, 515th in North America, and 484th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from the University of Louisiana at Monroe sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tim McGraw
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- film actorsinger-songwriterrecord producersingeractor
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Samuel Timothy McGraw is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994. In total, McGraw's albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. Three of these singles – "It's Your Love", "Just to See You Smile", and "Live Like You Were Dying" – were respectively the top country songs of 1997, 1998, and 2004 according to Billboard Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour, which was done in partnership with his wife, Faith Hill, is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history, and one of the top five among all genres of music. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
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Willie Robertson
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- chief executive officer
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Willie Jess Robertson is an American TV personality, businessman, author and news contributor. He is best known for his appearances on the reality TV series Duck Dynasty on A&E, and is the current CEO of the company Duck Commander. Robertson lives in West Monroe, Louisiana, with his wife Korie and his children: John Luke, Sadie, Will, Rowdy, Bella, and Rebecca.
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Jon Heidenreich
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- professional wrestler
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Jon Heidenreich is an American retired professional wrestler, better known simply as Heidenreich. He is best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand where he was a one time Tag Team Champion with Road Warrior Animal as a part of the 2005 version of the Legion of Doom.
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Chuck Finley
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Charles Edward Finley is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1986 to 2002 for three teams in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the California Angels (later renamed the Anaheim Angels). After a 14-year tenure with the Angels, he played for the Cleveland Indians for two-and-a-half seasons, then was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals and played there for a half-season. Listed at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), he threw and batted left-handed. During a 17-year major-league career, Finley compiled 200 wins, 2,610 strikeouts, and a 3.85 earned run average. He holds multiple Angels team records for a career, including games started (379), wins (165), losses (140), and innings pitched (2,675).
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William H. Pryor, Jr
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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William Holcombe Pryor Jr. is an American lawyer who has served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2020. He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the court by President George W. Bush in 2004. He is a former commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. Previously, he was the attorney general of Alabama, from 1997 to 2004.
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Julia Letlow
- Enrolled in the University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianacademic administrator
- Biography
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Julia Janelle Letlow is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district since 2021. Letlow is the first Republican woman to represent Louisiana in the House.
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Tim Brando
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- sports commentator
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Tim Brando is an American sportscaster with Fox Sports. Formerly with CBS Sports, Raycom Sports, ESPN and SiriusXM, Brando has primarily covered NCAA football, basketball and the NBA. Along with radio duties, Brando has also served as a studio host for games, a play-by-play announcer, and halftime host.
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Chris Harris Jr
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- player of American football
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Chris Harris is an American football coach and former safety who is the passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft after playing college football for the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
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Chase Coleman
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- actormusiciantelevision actor
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Chase Coleman is an American actor, director, and musician. Coleman portrayed the character of Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire and the werewolf Oliver on the CW spin-off series The Originals.
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Vance McAllister
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Vance Michael McAllister Sr., is an American businessman and Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He won a special runoff election held on November 16, 2013, for the seat vacated by fellow Republican Rodney Alexander. A year later, following a scandal involving infidelity, McAllister placed fourth, with 11.1 percent of the vote, in a competitive primary for a full term in the U.S. House.
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Majok Deng
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Majok Machar Deng is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Tasmania JackJumpers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball in the United States for Indian Hills Community College and Louisiana–Monroe. He debuted in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers in 2016. After three seasons for the 36ers, he joined the Cairns Taipans in 2019 where he spent four seasons.
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Rodney Alexander
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- politicianbusinesspersoninsurance broker
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Rodney McKinnie Alexander is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs from September 30, 2013, until June 3, 2014. Previously he was the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2013. First elected as a Democrat, he changed parties in 2004 to run as a Republican and was re-elected five times.
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Tim Ryan
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- activist
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Tim Ryan is an American activist, drug abuse interventionist, author and speaker. He is the Founder and Executive director of “A Man in Recovery” foundation. According to the National Safety Council, Ryan is notable for his position in favor of Drug policy reform and as a proponent of legislative change in American drug policy. His work was the subject of the A&E series “Dope Man” in July 2017. Ryan is also the author of the 2017 memoir From Dope to Hope: A Man in Recovery.
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Chan Chun-ying
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- banker
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Ronick Chan Chun-ying is a Hong Kong banker. He was the board secretary and is now an advisor at Bank of China (Hong Kong) and the vice-chairman as well as Secretary General of the Chinese Banking Association of Hong Kong. In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, he was elected uncontestedly in the Finance functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the banking sector.
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Kenny Natt
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Kenneth Wayne Natt is an American former professional basketball player and ex-interim head coach for the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings. He was a 6'3" 185 lb (84 kg) guard and played collegiately at Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana-Monroe) and had a three-year NBA playing career. After serving as an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2004 to 2007, Natt was named to the coaching staff of newly appointed Kings head coach and former Kansas City Kings teammate Reggie Theus in 2007. He was subsequently named interim head coach on the firing of Theus, but he himself was fired on April 24, 2009, after the Kings finished with an NBA season-low 17 wins.
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John Pennel
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- athletics competitor
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John Thomas Pennel was an American pole vaulter, and four-time world record holder.
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Speedy Long
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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Speedy Oteria Long was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1965, until January 3, 1973. He was a member of the Long family, a cousin of Huey Long, Earl K. Long, Russell Long, and Gillis William Long.
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Susie Morgan
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- judgelawyer
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Donna Sue "Susie" Morgan, known professionally as Susie Morgan, formerly known as Donna Sue Beach & Donna Sue Leteff, is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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Thomas Degasperi
- Occupations
- water skier
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Thomas Degasperi is an Italian professional water skier. He has won two World Championships, one Masters title, three Moomba masters titles, the Malibu open three times, the World Games, the European championships 10 times, the Canadian open, the Ski West Pro, the New Zealand Pro Am twice, the Atalanta Pro Am twice, the Mexico Pro Am, the Global Invitations pro, the Alizee cup, the San Gervasio Pro Am the Botas Pro Am and many more for a total of over 28 pro titles and over 90 pro podiums.
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Terry Moor
- Occupations
- tennis player
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Terry Moor is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career.
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Wayne Causey
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- baseball player
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James Wayne Causey is an American former professional baseball baseball player. An infielder, he appeared in 1,105 games in Major League Baseball as a shortstop, second baseman and third baseman over 11 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, California Angels and Atlanta Braves between 1955 and 1968. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet, 10 1⁄2 inches (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).
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Tylor Ongwae
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- basketball player
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Tylor Ongwae is a Kenyan basketball player for the Niners Chemnitz and the Kenya national team. He has known his most successful years in Denmark with Bakken Bears, with whom he won three straight Basketligaen titles and was named Defensive Player of the Year twice.
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Quinn H. Becker
- Enrolled in the University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- orthopedic surgeonmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Quinn Henderson Becker was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was Surgeon General of the United States Army from February 1985 to May 1988. Becker, who attended Louisiana State University's School of Medicine, was an orthopedic surgeon. He earned a B.S. degree from Northeast Louisiana State College in 1952 and then received his M.D. degree and Army commission in 1956. Before this stint as surgeon general, Becker was commandant of the United States Army Academy of Health Sciences, Deputy Surgeon General of the Army, and Chief Surgeon of the U.S. European Command. He was promoted to lieutenant general in March 1985. Becker died on March 13, 2022, at the age of 91.
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Hamid Reza Rasekh
- Occupations
- pharmacologist
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Hamid Reza Rasekh is an Iranian pharmacologist and toxicologist and Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management at Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
