22 Notable alumni of
University of Missouri - St Louis
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The University of Missouri - St Louis is 2380th in the world, 835th in North America, and 789th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from the University of Missouri - St Louis sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Phyllis Smith
- Occupations
- television actordancerfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Phyllis Smith is an American actress, comedian and casting associate. She is best known for playing Phyllis Vance in the television series The Office and her critically acclaimed voice role as Sadness in the film Inside Out. She also starred as Betty Broderick-Allen on the critically acclaimed Netflix series The OA.
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Joseph Wu
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Joseph Wu Jaushieh is a Taiwanese politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taiwan (ROC) under current President Tsai Ing-wen since February 26, 2018. He was formerly the Secretary-General to the President of Taiwan and the Secretary-General of the National Security Council of Taiwan. From 2007 to 2008, he was Chief Representative of Taiwan to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., having been appointed to that position by President Chen Shui-bian to succeed his predecessor, David Lee. On February 26, 2018, he took over the position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, again succeeding David Lee.
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Lyda Krewson
- Enrolled in the University of Missouri - St Louis
- Studied accounting
- 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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Steve Gerber
- Occupations
- journalistcartoonistscreenwriter
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Stephen Ross Gerber was an American comic book writer and creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck. Other works include Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Marvel Spotlight: "Son of Satan", The Defenders, Marvel Presents: "Guardians of the Galaxy", Daredevil and Foolkiller. Gerber often included lengthy text pages in the midst of comic book stories, such as in his graphic novel, Stewart the Rat. Gerber was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Maxine Clark
- Enrolled in the University of Missouri - St Louis
- In 2015 studied education
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Maxine Clark is the founder and former CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop, an American retailer that sells customizable teddy bears and other stuffed animals.
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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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Clint Zweifel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Clint Zweifel, is an American politician and businessman who served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the most recent member of the party to hold that office. Following his service as State Treasurer, he was appointed as a managing director with Northern Trust, leading a multi-disciplinary team that includes banking, investment management, and trust/advisory services.
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Steven Tilley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steven Tilley is a former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. He represented District 106 (Perry, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties) in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican, Tilley was elected to the House in November 2004. He became the Majority leader in January 2008. On August 13, 2012 Tilley resigned from the Missouri House of Representatives.
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Bob Poe
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bob Poe is an American businessman and former cabinet member who ran for Governor of Alaska in the 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election. Poe announced his candidacy in January 2009 and was the first Democrat to announce his intention to run for governor. He has worked with various administrations in Alaska under former Governors Bill Sheffield, Steve Cowper, Tony Knowles, and Wally Hickel. On June 14, 2010 he announced that he was withdrawing from the gubernatorial race.
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Paul Curtman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul Curtman is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 105th and 109th districts from 2011 to 2019.
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Steve Moyers
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Steve Moyers is a retired soccer forward from the United States, who was a member of the American squad that competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He spent eight seasons in the North American Soccer League, one in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the American Indoor Soccer Association.
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Gordon S. Heddell
- Occupations
- Secret Service agent
- Biography
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Gordon S. Heddell is a former Inspector General (IG) of the United States Department of Defense. Previously, Heddell also served as Inspector General for the Department of Labor.
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Sally Van Doren
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Sally Van Doren is an American poet and visual artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She was awarded the 2007 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets for her first collection of poems. Her third book of poems, Promise, was released in August 2017.
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Kathleen E. Fick
- Biography
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Kathleen Dodson Fick is a retired United States Air Force major general.
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Rachelle Aud Crowe
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rachelle Aud Crowe is the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. She was previously a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 56th district.
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Robin Wright-Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robin Wright-Jones was a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 5th district from 2007 to 2013. Jamilah Nasheed succeeded her in this office. Her district covers part of City of St. Louis. She previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2002 through 2007, after winning a special election on March 26, 2002.
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Nancy Coonsman
- Years
- 1892-1976 (aged 84)
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Nancy Coonsman Hahn was an American sculptor who won the commission for the Missouri War Memorial in Cheppy, France.
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Cole McNary
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cole McNary is an American educator and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He represented the 86th district, which includes Chesterfield from 2009 to 2013. He was the Republican nominee for Missouri State Treasurer in the 2012 election. He subsequently ran for the Monarch Fire Board.
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Timothy P. Green
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy P. Green is a Democratic politician from Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Harry Kennedy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harry Kennedy is an American Democratic politician, who has been a member of the Missouri Senate and Missouri House of Representatives. He is currently a staffer for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and a Democratic Committeeman for St. Louis' 14th Ward.
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Barry Pyle
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Barry Pyle is an associate professor at Eastern Michigan University in the United States who has written on the American judicial system. Along with Elaine Martin he has written "Gender and Racial Diversification of State Supreme Courts". This article was noted by Political Science Quarterly as "one of the best and most comprehensive works on... the jurisprudence and gender stratification pervasive in the United States legal system."
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Rick Skwiot
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Rick Skwiot is the award-winning author of three published works set in Mexico and a critically praised childhood memoir. He received the Hemingway First Novel Award for his debut work, Death in Mexico and was the Willa Cather Fiction Prize Finalist for Sleeping With Pancho Villa in 1998. In addition, he has published numerous feature stories, short stories, essays, and book reviews in magazines and newspapers. Skwiot has taught creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis and at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he served as the 2004 Distinguished Visiting Writer.
