18 Notable alumni of
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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The University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is 2555th in the world, 890th in North America, and 843rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sandra Lee
- Occupations
- writercheftelevision celebrity chef
- Biography
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Sandra Lee Christiansen, known professionally as Sandra Lee, is an American television chef and author. She is known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which Lee describes as using 70 percent packaged and 30 percent fresh products. She received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host in 2012 for her work and her show. As the partner of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, she served as the de facto first lady of New York from 2011 to 2019, when the couple ended their relationship.
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Don Herbert
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalistscience teacher
- Biography
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Donald Jeffry Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951–65, 1971–72) and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. It was said that no fictional hero was able to rival the popularity and longevity of "the friendly, neighborly scientist". In Herbert's obituary, Bill Nye wrote, "Herbert's techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world." Herbert is credited with turning "a generation of youth" in the 1950s and early 1960s on to "the promise and perils of science".
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Calahan Skogman
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Calahan Wade Skogman is an American actor, writer and former collegiate basketball and football player. He played Matthias Helvar in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023).
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Sharon Weston Broome
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Sharon Weston Broome is a Louisiana politician who served as mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana between 2017 and 2025. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
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Elżbieta Kruk
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elżbieta Małgorzata Kruk is a Polish politician, a member of Law and Justice (national conservative political party in Poland). She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005.
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Ernest Emerson
- Occupations
- inventorkaratekaknife makermartial artistbusinessperson
- Biography
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Ernest R. Emerson is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert. Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial arts class and making art knives early in his knifemaking career. In the 1980s he became better known for his combat knives and popularizing a style of knife known as the Tactical-folder.
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Jennifer Shilling
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jennifer Shilling is an American Democratic politician, lobbyist, and former state legislator. She was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate for nine years and was senate minority leader from 2015 to 2020. She previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the city of La Crosse and La Crosse County.
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David Wroblewski
- Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
- 1979-1981 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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David Wroblewski is an American novelist whose first novel was The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
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Lisa Graves
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Lisa Graves is a progressive activist who is the executive director of True North Research and president of the board of the Center for Media and Democracy. She served as executive director for CMD from 2009 to 2017, when she left to co-found Documented Investigations (now Documented.net). Graves also serves on the advisory board of U.S. Right to Know, and has previously advised UnKoch My Campus and the Bill of Rights Defense Fund.
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Craig Kusick
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Craig Robert Kusick was an American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays.
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Dan Kapanke
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel E. Kapanke is an American politician who was a former Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 32nd District from 2005 until losing his seat to Jennifer Shilling in the 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
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John Dickert
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John T. Dickert is an American Democratic politician and was the 57th mayor of Racine, Wisconsin. He subsequently served as administrator of the Division of State and Local Finance in the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, appointed by Governor Tony Evers in May 2019.
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Robin Greenfield
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Robin Greenfield, who until February 2023 called himself Rob Greenfield, is an American environmental activist and adventurer. He is known for raising awareness for sustainability issues, often through attention-grabbing tactics.
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Chauncey H. Cooke
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Chauncey Hibbard Cooke was a United States Army soldier from Buffalo County, Wisconsin who fought in the American Civil War. After the war ended, he worked as a schoolteacher, teaching former slaves in Texas.
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Dan Davies
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Daniel Joseph "Dan" Davies is an American actor, screenplay writer, and producer. Davies wrote, co-produced and starred in the comedy film Ed Gein, the Musical (2010), about the cannibalistic murderer and graverobber, Ed Gein.
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Mary Kolar
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in marketing
- Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Mary Masters Kolar is an American retired military officer and politician who is the Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Administration of Governor Tony Evers.
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Mabel Deutrich
- Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
- Graduated with associate degree in rural education
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- archivist
- Biography
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Mabel Evelyn Deutrich was an American archivist. In 1975 she was the highest ranking woman in the history of the National Archives.
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Norris J. Kellman
- Years
- 1898-1993 (aged 95)
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Norris J. Kellman was a politician in the State of Wisconsin.
