13 Notable alumni of
University of Wisconsin - Platteville
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The University of Wisconsin - Platteville is 3312th in the world, 1147th in North America, and 1091st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Chaz Ebert
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Chaz Ebert is an American businesswoman. She is best known as the wife and widow of film critic Roger Ebert, having been married to him from 1992 until his death in 2013.
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Greg Gard
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Gregory Glen Gard is an American college basketball coach for the Wisconsin Badgers. Gard took over on December 15, 2015, after Bo Ryan announced his retirement as head coach of the Badgers. Gard is a native of Cobb, Wisconsin.
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Glenn Robert Davis
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerteacher
- Biography
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Glenn Robert Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin. He represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district from April 22, 1947 to January 3, 1957, and Wisconsin's 9th congressional district from January 3, 1965 to December 31, 1974.
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John W. Cox, Jr
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Wayne Cox Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served a single term as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 16th congressional district.
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Allen Jeardeau
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Allen Wilson Jeardeau was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Platteville Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1895 and 1898 and at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1896 to 1897. In 1896, his first season with the LSU Tigers, Jeardeau led the team to a 6–0 record and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship. He was also the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1898. Jeardeau was a graduate of the Platteville Normal School and a student at Harvard University. He died of pneumonia on April 10, 1900, at his home near Platteville, Wisconsin.
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Arthur W. Kopp
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Arthur William Kopp was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Charles E. Estabrook
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerteacher
- Biography
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Charles Edward Estabrook was an American educator, lawyer, eugenicist, and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the 14th Attorney General of Wisconsin and served 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing first Manitowoc and later Milwaukee. As a young man, he was an enlisted volunteer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Later, he founded the Wisconsin Historical Commission and published several volumes of history of the Civil War for the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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James William Murphy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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James William Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Melvin Grigsby
- Occupations
- military personnelpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Melvin Grigsby was an American attorney, politician, and military leader from South Dakota. A Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, Grigsby was most notable for his service as South Dakota Attorney General and an organizer and commander of the 3rd United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish–American War.
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Edward E. Burns
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edward Eugene Burns was an American lawyer from Platteville, Wisconsin who served as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
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Joy M. Scott-Carrol
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Biography
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Joy M. Scott-Carrol, is a corporate executive officer, professor and mentor at the International Gifted Education Teacher-Development Network and formerly visiting scholar and professor in the School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng, South Africa.
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James N. Azim, Jr
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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James N. Azim Jr. was an American attorney and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Grant County from 1964 until his death in 1976.
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A. V. Wells
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Allen Victor Wells was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
