37 Notable alumni of
University of Mount Union
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The University of Mount Union is 1907th in the world, 661st in North America, and 621st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 37 notable alumni from the University of Mount Union sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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William McKinley
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- politicianstatespersonlawyer
- Biography
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. He successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War, overseeing a period of American expansionism, with the annexations of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and Hawaii. McKinley also rejected inflationary plans such as free silver in favor of keeping the nation on the gold standard, and raised protective tariffs.
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Carrie Coon
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Carrie Alexandra Coon is an American actress. She is known for her portrayals of complex women on stage and screen. She has received a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
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Matt Campbell
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- head coachAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Matthew Allen Campbell is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Iowa State University, a position he has held since the 2016 season. Campbell was head football coach at the University of Toledo from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, Campbell had been an assistant at Toledo, Bowling Green, and Mount Union. Campbell grew up in Ohio and briefly attended the University of Pittsburgh before transferring to Mount Union, where he played defensive line.
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Pierre Garçon
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Pierre Andre Garçon is a former American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Norwich University and Mount Union College, and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He also played five seasons with the Washington Redskins and two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Jason Candle
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- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Jason Tyler Candle is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Toledo, a position he had held since the 2016 season. Candle had been an assistant at Toledo since 2009, and at Mount Union before that. He played as a wide receiver at Mount Union and Geneva.
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Philander C. Knox
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- politiciandiplomatlawyer
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Philander Chase Knox was an American lawyer, bank director, statesman and Republican Party politician. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1904 to 1909 and 1917 to 1921. He was the 44th United States Attorney General in the cabinet of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from 1901 to 1904 and the 40th United States Secretary of State in the cabinet of William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1913.
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Susan McGalla
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- business executive
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Susan McGalla is an American businesswoman and executive consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the former president of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and former chief executive officer of Wet Seal Inc. McGalla sits on the boards of HFF Inc., a publicly traded company that provides commercial real estate services, and the Magee-Womens Hospital Research Institute and Foundation. She is a former trustee of the University of Pittsburgh and director of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
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Ralph Regula
- Enrolled in the University of Mount Union
- In 1948 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ralph Straus Regula was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio State Senate and the United States House of Representatives. He represented Ohio's 16th congressional district for 18 terms from 1973 to 2009. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), he was the second longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives (after Bill Young of Florida).
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Will Lamartine Thompson
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- composer
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William Lamartine Thompson was an American composer and music publisher. He founded the W. L. Thompson Music Company and tried his hand with some success at secular compositions before finding his forte in hymns and gospel songs.
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Brian L. Stafford
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- U.S. Secret Service agent
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Brian L. Stafford was the 20th Director of the United States Secret Service. Preceded by Lewis C. Merletti, he was sworn in on March 4, 1999 by the then Secretary of the Treasury, Robert E. Rubin. He was succeeded by W. Ralph Basham.
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Anthony Stewart
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- basketball coach
- Biography
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Anthony W. Stewart was an American college basketball coach. His last position was as head coach of the UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team. Since Stewart joined the Skyhawks program as the associate head coach under Heath Schroyer in 2014, the team won 94 games, the most in a six-year period since they became part of Division I. Stewart was responsible of the team's three straight 20-win campaigns from 2014 to 2017, a first for the UT team. Also in that span, the Skyhawks won five postseason games and was the only Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) school to win at least one postseason game in each of the last three seasons. Stewart had gone on to coach over 15 professional players during his coaching career.
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Charles Armstrong
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- virologistmilitary officerepidemiologist
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Charles Armstrong was an American physician in the U.S. Public Health Service. He coined the name Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in 1934 after isolating the hitherto completely unknown virus. He discovered in 1939 that poliovirus can be transmitted to cotton rats, and started self-tests with nasal spray vaccination.
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Christopher A. Boyko
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- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Christopher Allan Boyko is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
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Tim Schaffer
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- politician
- Biography
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Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006, and of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014 and also previously represented the 77th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015 until 2019.
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Scott Oelslager
- Enrolled in the University of Mount Union
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Scott Oelslager is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019. He represents the 48th district. He previously held the same seat from 2003 to 2010 and also served in the Ohio Senate from 1985 to 2002 and again from 2011 to 2018. He is a Republican.
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey was the 11th governor of Kansas.
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W. Aubrey Thomas
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- engineerpoliticianmetallurgist
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William Aubrey Thomas was an American scientist and politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1911.
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David Hollingsworth
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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David Adams Hollingsworth was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the early 20th century.
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Steve Gillespie
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- association football player
- Biography
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Steve Gillespie is an American soccer player who most recently played on the Cleveland Freeze in the PASL. Gillespie has experience playing in the MLS, USL First Division, PASL Pro and the PDL.
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Thomas B. Fletcher
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- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Brooks Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
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William Miller Jenkins
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- lawyerpolitician
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William Miller Jenkins was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was appointed by President William McKinley in 1901 as the fifth governor of Oklahoma Territory. However, he had only served for six months when President Theodore Roosevelt removed him from office, after receiving complaints of political malfeasance. Although Jenkins was exonerated by subsequent investigations, his removal could not be undone, forcing his early retirement.
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C. Ellis Moore
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Ellis Moore was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1933.
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De Witt C. Badger
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
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De Witt Clinton Badger was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio and one term as the 36th mayor of Columbus, Ohio, in the early 20th century.
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John A. McDowell
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- politician
- Biography
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John Anderson McDowell was an American educator who served for two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for from 1897 to 1901.
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Charles Burleigh Galbreath
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- librarian
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Charles Burleigh Galbreath (February 25, 1858 - February 23, 1934) was a writer, historian, educator, and librarian in Ohio. He was appointed as State Librarian at the State Library of Ohio from 1896–1911 and 1915-1918. He was the Secretary and Librarian at the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society (now known as Ohio History Connection) from 1920-1934.
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John William Hamilton
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- 1845-1934 (aged 89)
- Occupations
- priestbiographer
- Biography
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John William Hamilton was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1900. He was the chancellor of American University from 1916 until 1922. He was the older brother of Franklin Elmer Ellsworth Hamilton, who was also both a Methodist Bishop and the Chancellor of American University.
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H. Ross Ake
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- politician
- Biography
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Howard Ross Ake was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate, appointed as Ohio State Treasurer, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress.
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Frederick L. Taft
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- politician
- Biography
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Frederick Lovett Taft was an American lawyer and judge in Ohio. A member of the Taft family and a distant relative of President William Howard Taft, he was one of the leading political and legal men of the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio from 1896 until his death in April 1913.
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Miner G. Norton
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Miner Gibbs Norton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923
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DW (Dave) Drouillard
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- singer-songwritersinger
- Biography
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DW Drouillard is an American vocalist, songwriter and musician.
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Thomas H. Anderson
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- judgepoliticianlawyerdiplomat
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Thomas Henry Anderson was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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LeRoy Sprankle
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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LeRoy Sprankle was an American high school sports coach and athletics advocate in Eastern Tennessee and South Florida. Often referred to as the "Father of East Tennessee Sports", he had several notable accomplishments during his tenured career including: helping to standardize high school officiating in the state of Tennessee, pioneering interstate and international high school sports competition, and most notably, coaching several would-be prominent figures in American and sports history.
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Joseph Amasa Munk
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- 1847-1927 (aged 80)
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Joseph Amasa Munk was a Los Angeles, California, physician who had an interest in a Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona ranch, who became greatly interested in the history and lore of Arizona. He accumulated a large and important collection of books about Arizona, which he donated to the University of Arizona in Tucson. (The collection was later acquired by the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles.) He also wrote a copiously illustrated guide, Arizona Sketches, to some of the more important landmarks in the state.
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William L. Hart
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- lawyerjudge
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William Lincoln Hart was a lawyer in the U.S. State of Ohio who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He taught law at university, and was president of the Ohio State Bar Association.
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Agnes Thomas Morris
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- writer
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Agnes L. Thomas Morris, known professionally as Mrs. Robert Carlton Morris, was an American writer and clubwoman, the national president of the War Mothers of America in 1918. As president of the Ohio Shakespeare Association, she lectured and wrote about William Shakespeare.
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Samuel Austin Kendall
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- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Samuel Austin Kendall was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Gertrude Tressel Rider
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- 1876-1968 (aged 92)
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Gertrude Tressel Rider Harpham was an American librarian who specialized in building collections of braille materials, especially for blind disabled veterans, in the 1920s.
