32 Notable alumni of
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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The University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is 2226th in the world, 763rd in North America, and 719th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jim VandeHei
- Occupations
- reporterentrepreneurjournalist
- Biography
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James VandeHei is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Axios and the former executive editor and co-founder of Politico. Previously, he was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked as a White House correspondent.
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Gary Varsho
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gary Andrew Varsho is an American former professional baseball outfielder, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies.
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Roger Roth
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- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Roger James Roth Jr. is an American politician from Appleton, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate for eight years, representing Wisconsin's 19th Senate district from 2015 to 2023, and was president of the Senate during the 2017–2018 and 2019–2020 legislative terms. Before serving in the Senate, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 56th Assembly district for two terms from January 2007 until January 2011.
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Claire Decker
- Occupations
- racing driver
- Biography
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Claire Decker is an American professional stock car racing driver. Decker was a 2014 participant in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity.
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Eric Schafer
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Eric John Schafer is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 1997 until 2016, he competed for the UFC.
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Scott L. Fitzgerald
- Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
- Studied in 1985
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott Lawrence Fitzgerald is an American politician and former newspaper publisher. A Republican, he represents Wisconsin's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district includes many of Milwaukee's northern and western suburbs, such as Waukesha, West Bend, Brookfield, and Mequon. He represented the 13th district in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1995 to 2021.
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Norm DeBriyn
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Norm DeBriyn is an American former baseball coach at the University of Arkansas. He led the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team for 33 years, beginning in 1970. During his tenure, which ended after the 2002 season, DeBriyn's teams achieved three conference championships, 15 NCAA tournament appearances, and four College World Series. His Razorbacks fell two runs short of winning the 1979 College World Series.
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Erin Murphy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erin Murphy is an American politician serving as Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate since 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 64, which includes the Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, Merriam Park, Summit Hill, and St. Anthony Park, neighborhoods of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is a former Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives, executive director of the Minnesota Nurses Association, and is also a registered nurse.
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Jessica King
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jessica Jeane King is an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin. She is a former Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 18th district when elected in 2011. She defeated incumbent Republican Senator Randy Hopper in a special recall election on August 9, 2011, and took office August 25, 2011; but lost the seat the following year to another Republican, Rick Gudex, in the November 2012 general election, which reverted that chamber back to Republican control.
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Brian Paul
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- computer scientistsoftware developerengineer
- Biography
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Brian E. Paul is a computer programmer who originally wrote and maintained the source code for the open source Mesa graphics library until 2012, and is still active in the project. He began writing its source code in August 1993. Mesa is a free software/open source graphics library that provides a generic OpenGL implementation for rendering three-dimensional graphics on multiple platforms.
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Jon Erpenbach
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jon B. Erpenbach is an American politician currently serving as chairman of the Wisconsin Parole Commission in the administration of Governor Tony Evers. He previously served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 27th District from 1999 to 2023.
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Daniel Burrus
- Occupations
- motivational speakereconomistprognosticianscientist
- Biography
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Daniel Burrus is an American technology futurist, business adviser, author, and public speaker in the areas of business strategy, global trends, and disruptive innovation. He has written on the topics of business transformation and technology-driven trends, with his book Flash Foresight becoming a New York Times Bestseller in 2011.
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George de Rue Meiklejohn
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- lawyerpolitician
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George de Rue Meiklejohn was an American politician who served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Nebraska under Governor John Milton Thayer and as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Nebraska. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1897 to 1901.
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Jeff Fitzgerald
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeff Fitzgerald is an American businessman and politician who served as the 78th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 100th Wisconsin Legislature. A Republican, he represented the 39th Assembly District from 2001 until 2013. He ran for the United States Senate in 2012, but lost the Republican primary by a wide margin to former Governor Tommy Thompson. After leaving the Assembly, he became a lobbyist.
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Michael S. Tomczyk
- Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- consultantbusinesspersonjournalist
- Biography
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Michael S. Tomczyk is best known for his role in guiding the development and launch of the first microcomputer to sell one million units, as Product Manager of the VIC-20 from Commodore. Tomczyk joined Commodore in April 1980 as Assistant to the President. He has been called the "marketing father" of the home computer. Tomczyk was also co-designer of the Commodore VICModem, which he conceived and contracted while at Commodore. The VICModem was the first modem priced under $100 and the first modem to sell one million units.
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Anne Clarke
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United States - Occupations
- politician
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Anne Marie Bates Clarke is an American-born British Labour Party politician who has been the London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden since 2021. She represented Childs Hill ward on Barnet Council from 2018 to 2022, and represents Cricklewood ward since 2022.
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Dianne Hesselbein
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dianne H. Hesselbein is an American Democratic politician from Middleton, Wisconsin. She is the minority leader of the Wisconsin Senate since December 2023; she has been a member of the Senate since January 2023, representing Wisconsin's 27th Senate district. She previously served ten years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 79th Assembly district from 2013 through 2023.
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Allison Pottinger
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Allison Pottinger /ˈpɒtəndʒər/ is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada. She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.
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Helen Farnsworth Mears
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- sculptorpainterartist
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Helen Farnsworth Mears was an American sculptor.
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Brett Davis
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
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Brett H. Davis is an American businessman and former Republican politician. He served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 80th Assembly district, and subsequently served as Wisconsin's state Medicaid director from 2011 to 2014.
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Steven A. Schaick
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Steven Alan Schaick is a retired major general in the United States Air Force, and an ordained Presbyterian minister, who last served as the 19th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force. He previously served as the 25th Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force, Headquarters U. S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. As the deputy chief of chaplains, he was a member of the special staff of the Chief of Staff, Schaick assists the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force in establishing guidance on all matters pertaining to the religious and moral welfare of Air Force personnel and their dependents and directing and maintaining a trained, equipped and professional Chaplain Corps of more than 2,200 chaplains and chaplain assistants from the active and Air Reserve components. As a member of the Armed Forces Chaplains Board, he and other members advise the Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff on religious, ethical and quality-of-life concerns.
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Alvin Edward O'Konski
- Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
- Studied in 1927
- Occupations
- school superintendentuniversity teacherteacherpublisherpolitician
- Biography
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Alvin Edward O'Konski was an American politician and educator who served 30 years in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he represented northwestern Wisconsin from 1943 until 1973.
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John Altenburgh
- Occupations
- jazz musiciansongwriterpianistcomposerrecord producer
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John Altenburgh is an American jazz and blues pianist, composer, arranger and producer who has made his home in Mosinee, Wisconsin. Altenburgh studied music at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He is the founder of Altenburgh Records distributed by The Orchard a division of Sony Entertainment and has recorded numerous albums as a solo artist and with his blues group, Johnny & The MoTones.
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Ransom Asa Moore
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- university teacher
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Professor Ransom Asa Moore was an agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was born 1861 in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin and died in 1941 in Madison, Wisconsin. He has been called "Father of Wisconsin 4-H", the builder and "Daddy" of the Agriculture Short Course Program, and the Father of the Agronomy Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.
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Robert E. Minahan
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert E. Minahan was an American physician, surgeon, and lawyer. He was the 30th Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Thomas F. Konop
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- university teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Frank Konop was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Danen Kane
- Occupations
- songwriter
- Biography
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Danen Kane is an American contemporary Christian musician and worship leader. He has released five studio albums, Take Glory from Our Praise in 2003, Transparent in 2004, She in 2006, Love Is Waiting in 2011, and Flesh and Soul in 2015.
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Balthasar Henry Meyer
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Balthasar Henry Meyer was an American government official and professor of economics and sociology. He served for 28 years as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Eber Simpson
- Years
- 1895-1964 (aged 69)
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Eber Edward Simpson was an American football, basketball and baseball player, football coach, and physician. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball. He also played college football at Washington University in St. Louis, from which he earned a medical degree.
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Wallace G. Nye
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- politician
- Biography
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Wallace George Nye was the 25th mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1913 to 1917. His nephew was Gerald Nye, a U.S. Senator from North Dakota.
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Jon Kline
- Occupations
- cinematographer
- Biography
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Jonathan David Kline is an American cinematographer and filmmaker, known for his work on television, commercials, and films.
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Simon F. Wehrwein
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- farmerbusinesspersonpolitician
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Simon F. Wehrwein, Jr. was a farmer, teacher, and politician.
