12 Notable alumni of
Wayne State College
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Wayne State College is 2386th in the world, 838th in North America, and 792nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Wayne State College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Duke Erikson
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- guitaristsingerrecord producerfilm producerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Douglas Elwin "Duke" Erikson is an American musician, songwriter, screenwriter, film producer and record producer, best known as a co-founder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage. Garbage has sold more than 17 million albums worldwide.
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Brian Wansink
- Occupations
- nutritionist
- Biography
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Brian Wansink is a former American professor and researcher who worked in consumer behavior and marketing research. He is the former executive director of the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and held the John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, where he directed the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.
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Matt Entz
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- American football coach
- Biography
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Matthew John Entz is an American college football coach who is currently the linebackers coach and assistant head coach for defense at the University of Southern California. Prior to that he was the head football coach at North Dakota State University from 2019 to 2023. Entz took over from the departing Chris Klieman after Klieman led the 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team to the program's seventh NCAA Division I Football Championship in eight seasons. Entz was the defensive coordinator for the Bison from 2014 until his promotion following the 2018 season.
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Harry Schmidt
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- military officer
- Biography
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Harry Schmidt was a United States Marine Corps general. During World War II, he served as the commanding general of the Fourth Marine Division during the battles of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Saipan in the Mariana Islands, and as commanding general of the Fifth Amphibious Corps during the battles of Tinian in the Marianas and Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands.
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Gale W. McGee
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- diplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
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Gale William McGee was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party, and United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS). He represented Wyoming in the United States Senate from 1959 until 1977. To date, he remains the last Democrat to have represented Wyoming in the U.S. Senate.
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John Henry Kyl
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- journalistpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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John Henry Kyl was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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Val Peterson
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- politiciandiplomat
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Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson, also known as Val Peterson, was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 26th governor of Nebraska from 1947 to 1953, as director of the Federal Civil Defense Administration from 1953 to 1957, U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1957 to 1961, and U.S. Ambassador to Finland from 1969 to 1973.
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George E. Danielson
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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George Elmore Danielson was an American Democratic politician and judge from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1982.
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James B. Davis
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- military officer
- Biography
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General James Burr Davis is a retired U.S. Air Force general and was chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium.
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John S. Loisel
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- military officer
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Colonel John Simon Loisel was an American air ace, credited with having shot down 11 Japanese aircraft during World War II. Loisel was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1941. By age 25, Loisel had spent more time in combat than any other American pilot in World War II, with over three years in the Pacific. Serving in the Pacific he quickly distinguished himself by first becoming an ace after achieving five kills in just a two-month period, and then becoming a double ace.
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Paul Thomas
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- basketball coach
- Biography
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Paul Bernard Thomas is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the women's basketball head coach at Saint Mary's College of California. He previously served as head coach at Hamline and Cal Poly Pomona.
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Roger Wendt
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- politician
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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.
