18 Notable alumni of
University of Mary Washington
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The University of Mary Washington is 2404th in the world, 842nd in North America, and 796th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the University of Mary Washington sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Judge Reinhold
- Occupations
- film actorfilm producertheatrical directorscreenwritervoice actor
- Biography
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Edward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold Jr. is an American actor who is best known for his work in Hollywood films during the 1980s. He has starred in several popular films such as Stripes (1981), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and Ruthless People (1986). He has co-starred in all of the films in the Beverly Hills Cop (1984, 1987, 1994, and 2024) and The Santa Clause franchises (1994, 2002 and 2006).
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Elizabeth Edwards
- Occupations
- lawyerattorney at lawwriterteacher
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
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Maggie Stiefvater
- Enrolled in the University of Mary Washington
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in study of history
- Occupations
- children's writerartistwriterportraitistmusician
- Biography
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Margaret Stiefvater is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for her fantasy series The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle.
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Karen Olsen Beck
- Occupations
- architectsocial workersociologistdiplomat
- Biography
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Rita Karen Olsen Beck is a Danish American-Costa Rican diplomat, politician and social worker. She has served as the First Lady of Costa Rica during the governments of her husband José Figueres Ferrer 1954-1958 and 1970–1974, a Legislative Assemblywoman and the Ambassador of Costa Rica to Israel.
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Toddy Puller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Linda Todd "Toddy" Puller is an American politician. A Democrat, she served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–1999 and was elected to the Senate of Virginia in November 1999. For sixteen years she represented the 36th district, made up of parts of Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford counties.
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Marion Blakey
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Marion Clifton Blakey is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, she served as the eighth full-time chief executive of the Aerospace Industries Association, an American defense industry trade association from 2007 to 2015. Before this, she served a five-year term as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Blakey was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title. She was the second Administrator who was not a licensed pilot. She was awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2013.
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Marguerite Bennett
- Occupations
- screenwritercomics writer
- Biography
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Marguerite Bennett is an American comic book writer. She has worked on Bombshells, Angela, Josie and the Pussycats, and her creator-owned books InSeXts and Animosity. Her work has been recognised for her depiction of female relationships, and her representation of LGBTQ stories and characters earned nominations for a GLAAD Media Award in 2016 and 2017.
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Teresa A. H. Djuric
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Teresa A.H. Djuric is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general. Her last assignment was deputy director, Space and Intelligence Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
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Kelly Cherry
- Occupations
- novelistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Kelly Cherry was an American novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic and a former Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–2012). She was the author of more than 30 books, including the poetry collections Songs for a Soviet Composer, Death and Transfiguration, Rising Venus and The Retreats of Thought. Her short fiction was reprinted in The Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from the South, and won a number of awards.
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Rose M. Likins
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Rose McCartney Likins is a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and the former United States Ambassador to Peru. Prior to this post she was the Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D.C., where she was also Dean of the Foreign Service Institute's School of Professional and Area Studies.
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Janet Doub Erickson
- Occupations
- artistprintmaker
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Janet Ann Doub Erickson was an American graphic artist and writer who popularized linoleum-block and woodblock printing in the post-World War II period. She was a co-founder of the Blockhouse of Boston, an innovative art and design cooperative in Boston, Massachusetts. In the preface to her influential book, Block Printing on Textiles, the publisher of a leading arts education magazine noted that, "more than anyone else in America today, Janet Doub Erickson has lifted a craft that had become dull, dead, and dated to a position where we can see its challenging possibilities in the creative renaissance we are now experiencing.”
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David Whitaker
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Jeffrey Whitaker is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 85th district. Whitaker was a candidate for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 election.
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Anne Rudloe
- Occupations
- marine biologist
- Biography
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Anne Rudloe was an American marine biologist. She was the co-founder of the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in Panacea, Florida.
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Roy Speckhardt
- Biography
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Roy Speckhardt is an American writer and the Development Director for VoteRiders. He is also the former executive director of the American Humanist Association, a non-profit civil liberties organization in Washington, D.C. In April 2021, he authored Justice-Centered Humanism via Pitchstone Press and in July 2015, he authored Creating Change Through Humanism via Humanist Press.
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Buddy Fowler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hyland Franklin "Buddy" Fowler Jr. is an American politician from Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Fowler is the member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 59th district, succeeding John Cox.
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Craig Q. Timberlake
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Major General Craig Q. Timberlake is a United States Marine Corps officer. He is currently the Director of the Manpower Management Division.
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Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda was named Poet Laureate of Virginia by the Governor, Tim Kaine, on June 26, 2006. She succeeded Rita Dove and served in this position from June 2006 – July 2008. While serving as Poet Laureate, Carolyn started the "Poetry Book Giveaway Project" and added the "Poets Spotlight" to her webpage highlighting one poet from the Commonwealth each month, in addition to traveling widely to promote poetry in every corner of Virginia.
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Nan Grogan Orrock
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nan Grogan Orrock is an American politician serving as the Democratic State Senator in the Georgia State Senate, representing Senate District 36 in eastern Atlanta. Following the 2006 retirement of State Senator Sam Zamarripa, Orrock was a candidate for his district; in the Democratic primary held on July 18, 2006 Orrock defeated Grace Davis to win a seat in the State Senate since she has no Republican opponent for the general election. She was sworn into office in 2007. She was previously a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1987, representing the 58th district. She was the Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and the former Majority Whip, the first woman to ever hold this role. Orrock was once a member of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), but has since been critical of their influence.
