89 Notable alumni of
University of South Dakota
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The University of South Dakota is 976th in the world, 357th in North America, and 335th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 89 notable alumni from the University of South Dakota sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tom Brokaw
- Occupations
- program hostjournalistnews presenterwritertelevision journalist
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Thomas John Brokaw is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). In the previous decade he served as a weekend anchor for the program from 1973 to 1976. He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He formerly held a special correspondent post for NBC News.
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Ernest Lawrence
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teachernuclear physicist
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American nuclear physicist and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the Manhattan Project, as well as for founding the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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John Thune
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1984 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politiciancongressional staffexecutive directordirector
- Biography
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John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, he has been the Senate majority leader and Senate Republican leader since 2025. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the dean of South Dakota's congressional delegation. From 1997 to 2003, he served three terms as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district.
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Tom Laughlin
- Occupations
- film actorpoliticianscreenwritertelevision actorfilm director
- Biography
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Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. was an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist.
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Faith Spotted Eagle
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical activistteacher
- Biography
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Faith Spotted Eagle is an American activist and politician. She is a citizen of the Yankton Sioux Tribe who attempted to block development of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Greg Mortenson
- Occupations
- nursewritermountaineerphilanthropist
- Biography
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Greg Mortenson is an American professional speaker, writer, veteran, and former mountaineer. He is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute and the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace.
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Kevin Brady
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Patrick Brady is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes northern Houston, including The Woodlands. He retired after the 2022 election cycle.
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Scott DesJarlais
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1987 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1991 graduated with Doctor of Medicine
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Scott Eugene DesJarlais is an American politician and physician serving as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 4th congressional district since 2011. The district stretches across East and Middle Tennessee. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Andrew Van Ginkel
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Andrew Van Ginkel is an American professional football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Dakota before transferring to Wisconsin. Van Ginkel was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL draft.
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Joe Foss
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotpoliticianwritermilitary officer
- Biography
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Joseph Jacob Foss was a United States Marine Corps Major and a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his role in air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign. In postwar years, he was an Air National Guard Brigadier General, served as the 20th Governor of South Dakota (1955–1959), president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) and the first commissioner of the American Football League. He also was a television broadcaster.
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Bud Day
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary officerlawyer
- Biography
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George Everette "Bud" Day was a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. As of 2016, he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. He was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Larry Pressler
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Studied in 1964
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianlawyerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Larry Lee Pressler is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, as a Republican. He remained active in politics following his failed reelection campaign in 1996 and attempted to regain his former seat in 2014 as an independent, but was unsuccessful. He has since supported Democratic tickets.
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Dusty Johnson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dustin Michael Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011, when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard, a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service, Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota.
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Joe Robbie
- Occupations
- lobbyistpoliticianlawyerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Joseph Robbie was an American attorney, politician, and the principal founder of the Miami Dolphins.
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Tim Johnson
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1975 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianadviserlawyer
- Biography
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Timothy Peter Johnson was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1987 to 1997 and in the state legislature from 1979 to 1987. Johnson is the last Democrat to hold statewide and/or congressional office in South Dakota. He and Stephanie Herseth are also the last Democrats to win a statewide election in South Dakota, as well as a federal election.
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Dennis Daugaard
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science in government
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Dennis Martin Daugaard is an American attorney and politician who served as the 32nd governor of South Dakota from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first chief executive of a U.S. state to be the child of deaf parents. Before being elected governor, he was a lawyer, banker, development director for a nonprofit organization; he also served as a state senator from 1997 to 2003 and the 37th lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
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Bill Janklow
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1966 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- lobbyistpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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William John Janklow was an American lawyer and politician and member of the Republican Party who holds the record for the longest tenure as the governor of South Dakota: sixteen years in office. Janklow had the third-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,851 days.
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Jason Ravnsborg
- Occupations
- lawyer
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Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014, losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds, who won the general election.
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David Rumelhart
- Occupations
- psychologistuniversity teachercomputer scientist
- Biography
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David Everett Rumelhart was an American psychologist who made many contributions to the formal analysis of human cognition, working primarily within the frameworks of mathematical psychology, symbolic artificial intelligence, and parallel distributed processing. He also admired formal linguistic approaches to cognition, and explored the possibility of formulating a formal grammar to capture the structure of stories.
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Matt Mooney
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Studied in 2015-2018
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Matthew Marren Mooney is an American professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and South Dakota having transferred after his freshman year at Air Force.
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Tyler Starr
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Tyler Starr is a former American football linebacker. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round (255th overall) of the 2014 NFL draft. He played college football at South Dakota.
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Al Neuharth
- Occupations
- columnistauthorjournalistbusinessperson
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Allen Harold "Al" Neuharth was an American businessman, author, and columnist born in Eureka, South Dakota. He was the founder of USA Today, The Freedom Forum, and its Newseum.
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George S. Mickelson
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George Speaker Mickelson was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa.
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Frank Farrar
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Frank Leroy Farrar was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of South Dakota. A Republican from Britton, he served as the state's attorney general from 1963 to 1969, and as governor from 1969 to 1971. After leaving office, he chaired several holding companies and became the owner of numerous banks.
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Peter Norbeck
- Occupations
- politiciangeneral contractor
- Biography
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Peter Norbeck was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, he was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was the first native-born Governor of South Dakota to serve in office, and the first native-born U.S. Senator from South Dakota (he was born in the portion of the Dakota Territory that would later become the state of South Dakota). He is best remembered as "Mount Rushmore's great political patron", for promoting the construction of the giant sculpture at Mount Rushmore and securing federal funding for it.
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Chen Shu-hui
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen Shu-hui is a member of the Kuomintang and a former member of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.
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Tyler Cain
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyler Cain is an American basketball player who last played for Derthona Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the University of South Dakota (USD). He is best known for being the inaugural winner of the Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award in 2009–10, the conference's first as a Division I basketball league. As a senior that season, Cain became the second player in USD history to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. He is also USD's all-time leading shot blocker after compiling 361 during his career.
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Andrea Thompson
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1988 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and journalism
- Occupations
- military officerofficial
- Biography
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Andrea Lee Thompson is an American government official and former military officer. She is the former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Prior to this, she was the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. Before entering government service, she was a career intelligence officer in the United States Army.
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John H. Lawrence
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- physicianphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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John Hundale Lawrence was an American physicist and physician best known for pioneering the field of nuclear medicine.
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Gabor Boritt
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Gabor S. Boritt is an American historian. He was the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Born and raised in Hungary, he participated as a teenager in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet Union before escaping to America, where he received his higher education and became a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 16 books about Lincoln or the War. Boritt received the National Humanities Medal in 2008 from President George W. Bush.
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Stanley Umude
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Stanley Umude is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Dakota Coyotes.
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Arch Hall, Sr
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actorscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Archibald Williams Hall, known as Arch, was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for making a series of B-movies in the early 1960s starring his son, Arch Hall Jr. Hall used various names throughout his career including Nicholas Merriwether, William Waters, and Archie Hall.
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Dan O'Brien
- Occupations
- autobiographernovelistrancher
- Biography
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Daniel Hosler O'Brien is an American author, wildlife biologist, and rancher.
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Brendan Johnson
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Brendan Van Johnson is an American attorney who served as the 40th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He is the son of former U.S. Senator Tim Johnson and currently is a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP, where he serves as the Chair of the Firm's National Business Litigation Group and Member of the Firm's Executive Board. In 2024, Johnson was recognized as one of America's Top 200 Lawyers for his litigation work and representation of Native American tribes.
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Kevin Locke
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Graduated with master's degree in educational management
- Occupations
- teachermusician
- Biography
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Kevin Edward Locke was of Lakota descent of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Anishinaabe of White Earth. He was a preeminent player of the North American Indigenous Flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator. He was best-known for his hoop dance, The Hoop of Life.
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John Behring
- Occupations
- television directortelevision producercinematographer
- Biography
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John Behring is an American television director, cinematographer, and producer.
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Rick Weiland
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Paul Weiland is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party from the state of South Dakota. Weiland was the chief executive officer of the International Code Council, was appointed by Bill Clinton to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and served as senior advisor to former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle.
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Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Studied in 1899-1903
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler was an American mathematician. She is best known for early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions, which has later become a part of functional analysis.
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Matt Michels
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Matthew Michels is an American politician who served as the 38th lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2011 to 2019.
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William L. Harding
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Lloyd Harding was an American Republican politician. He was the 22nd Governor of Iowa, from 1917 to 1921.
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Frank E. Denholm
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
- Biography
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Franklin Edvard Denholm was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota.
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Herbert J. Davenport
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Herbert Joseph Davenport was an American economist and critic of the Austrian School, educator and author.
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Jeremy Taylor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeremy J. Taylor is an American educator and Republican politician. He served a single term on the Iowa House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013, and was a member of the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors between 2014 and 2020.
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Todd Lee
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Todd Walter Lee is an American college basketball coach who is the former head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team.
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Mark Mickelson
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George Mark Mickelson is an American lawyer, accountant, and politician who served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 13 from 2013 to 2019. He is a Republican and a member of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
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Roberto Lange
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Roberto Antonio Lange is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
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Harvey Wollman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harvey Lowell Wollman was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of South Dakota from 1978 to 1979. He was the first Lieutenant Governor in the history of South Dakota to succeed to the governorship. To date, he is the last Democrat to serve as South Dakota's governor.
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Loren Terveen
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1984 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history, mathematics, and computer science
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Loren Terveen is an American computer scientist and was the president of the Association for Computing Machinery's SIGCHI professional group from 2015 to 2018. Terveen is a professor of computer science and engineering and studies human-computer interaction at GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota.
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Sigurd Anderson
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Sigurd Anderson was the 19th Governor of South Dakota. Anderson, a Republican from Webster, South Dakota, served in that office from 1951 to 1955.
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Arlo L. Olson
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Arlo L. Olson was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Nick Estes
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Nick Estes is an Sicangu American community organizer, journalist, and historian at the University of Minnesota. He has cofounded The Red Nation and Red Media. In 2019, he was awarded the Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for nonfiction. In 2020, he was honored as the Marguerite Casey Foundation's freedom scholar.
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Ryun Williams
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Ryun Thomas Williams is an American college basketball coach who is the current head women's basketball coach at Colorado State.
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Jeffrey L. Viken
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Jeffrey Lynn Viken is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
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John C. Miller Jr
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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John Carroll Miller Jr. was a decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Brigadier general. A veteran of the Pacific War, he was wounded twice and received decorations for valor on Saipan and Okinawa. He remained in the Marines and retired as Brigadier general and Commanding general, Landing Force Training Command, Atlantic.
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Jens Joneleit
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Jens Gerd Joneleit is a German composer, known for his operas.
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Richard Barrett Lowe
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Richard Barrett Lowe was the governor (and fifth appointed civil governor) of American Samoa (October 1, 1953 – October 15, 1956) and the eighth American governor (and third civilian governor) of Guam (October 15, 1956 – November 14, 1959). He was also a prominent educator and United Nations observer.
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Royal C. Johnson
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officerlawyer
- Biography
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Royal Cleaves Johnson was a U.S. Representative from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I while he was still a member of Congress. Despite voting against United States declaration of war on Germany, he took a leave of absence from Congress to enlist. He became a highly decorated veteran receiving the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States government. He also received the War Cross 1914–1918 from the French government.
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Dwight W. Burney
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dwight Willard Burney was an American politician from the state of Nebraska. A Republican, he served as the 30th governor of Nebraska from 1960 to 1961.
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Nels H. Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nels Hansen Smith was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Wyoming from 1939 until 1943. He was a Republican.
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Scott Heidepriem
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott N. Heidepriem is an American attorney and former South Dakota state legislator.
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Carl Gunderson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carl Gunderson was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of South Dakota. Gunderson, a Republican from Mitchell, South Dakota, served from 1925 to 1927.
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Hannah Caroline Aase
- Years
- 1883-1980 (aged 97)
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- In 1906 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- botanist
- Biography
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Hannah Caroline Aase was an American botanist and cytologist.
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Raymond W. Carpenter
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Raymond W. Carpenter is a retired United States Army major general who served as acting Director of the Army National Guard.
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Tyler Hagedorn
- Years
- 1996-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tyler Joseph Hagedorn is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for South Dakota.
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Bryan Akipa
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- flautist
- Biography
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Bryan Akipa is a Dakota flautist with five solo albums to date.
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Leslie Jensen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Leslie Jensen was an American businessman and politician who served as the 15th Governor of South Dakota.
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Lawrence L. Piersol
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Lawrence Leroy Piersol is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
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Sam Kooiker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sam Kooiker is an American politician who served as Mayor of Rapid City, South Dakota from 2011 to 2015.
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John Bailey Jones
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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John Bailey Jones was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
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Dave Knudson
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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David L. Knudson is an American lawyer, former Majority Leader of the South Dakota Senate, and a member of the Republican Party.
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Gordon Mydland
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Gordon James Mydland was an American attorney and politician who served as the Attorney General of South Dakota. He was also a state senator, and a circuit court judge.
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Merrell Q. Sharpe
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Merrell Quentin Sharpe was an American politician from Kennebec, South Dakota. Affiliated with the Republican Party, Sharpe was the attorney general of South Dakota from 1929 through 1933, and governor of South Dakota from 1943 through 1947.
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Harold Lovre
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Studied in 1927
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Harold Orrin Lovre was an American Republican who was elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
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A. J. Schable
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Andrew Joel "A. J." Schable is a former American football defensive end. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at South Dakota. He is currently a firefighter in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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Sioux K. Grigsby
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Sioux Kingsbury Grigsby was an attorney and politician in the United States state of South Dakota. Grigsby was born into a prominent pioneering family, Kingsbury family in South Dakota and set up a law practice which he would maintain for over 60 years. Grigsby served as state representative, state senator, and Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1945 to 1949.
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Dave Mulder
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dave W. Mulder is an American politician and educator who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 2nd District from 2005 to 2009.
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Kay Schallenkamp
- Biography
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Kay Schallenkamp is an American education administrator, most recently serving as Black Hills State University's ninth president in Spearfish, South Dakota. Before her job at Black Hills State, Schallenkamp also served as the fourteenth president at Emporia State University, provost and vice-chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Chadron State College, and multiple positions at Northern State University.
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Byron Bullock
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Byron Bullock is a former professional Canadian football linebacker.
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Ellis Yarnal Berry
- Occupations
- editorpoliticianlawyerjudgejournalist
- Biography
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Ellis Yarnal Berry was an American attorney, newspaper publisher and politician, elected to the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. He served ten consecutive terms in office from 1951 to 1971.
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Ron Jorgensen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ron Jorgensen is the Iowa State Representative from the 6th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2011. Smith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. He has a B.S. in business administration from Morningside College and an M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota. Jorgensen works as Vice President for Business and Finance at Morningside College.
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Joe Bottum
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Henry Bottum was an American politician. He served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota.
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John A. Dubia
- Enrolled in the University of South Dakota
- Graduated with Master of Science in business administration
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John Austin Dubia was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who last served as Director of the Army Staff from 1995 to 1999. He was also executive vice president of AFCEA International until September 2013.
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Greg Stevens
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Greg R. Stevens is an American politician in the state of Iowa.
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Roger Wendt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roger F. Wendt was a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District from 2003 until 2011, though he stepped down from the Iowa House in February 2010 due to serious illness. He died on March 30, 2011, from lung cancer.
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Richard L. Gregg
- Biography
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Richard L. "Dick" Gregg is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who served as Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from May 12, 2010 to June 30, 2014.
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G. Homer Harding
- Biography
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Guy Homer Harding was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota State Senate from 1971 to 1988. Throughout his state senate term, he represented the 19th, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th districts. He was also Treasurer of South Dakota from 1991 to 1995. Harding, a Republican, is a veteran of World War II and Korean War, serving in the US Army. He reached the rank of brigadier general and was later Assistant Adjutant General of South Dakota. He is an alumnus of the University of South Dakota and was a car dealer. Harding is also a past president of the Pierre Chamber of Commerce and former member of the Pierre School Board.
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Homer Kandaras
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Homer M. Kandaras was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota State Senate from 1971 to 1976. Throughout his state senate term, he represented the 27th and 28th districts. He is an alumnus of University of South Dakota where he earned his law degree.
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Lowdon Heller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lowdon B. Heller was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1957 to 1960. He was an alumnus of the University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University, and was later a businessman, teacher and farmer. He died aged 92 in 2016.
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Rodney Hall
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rodney Maple Hall is an American former politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1971 to 1976. He attended Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of South Dakota where he earned a master's degree in education. He is a veteran of the Korean War and later worked as an educator in Iowa, California, Minnesota, along with South Dakota, as a teacher, supervisor, and principal.
