57 Notable alumni of
Weber State University
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Weber State University is 1055th in the world, 385th in North America, and 362nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 57 notable alumni from Weber State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Damian Lillard
- Enrolled in Weber State University
- Studied in 2008-2012
- Occupations
- actorrapperbasketball player
- Biography
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Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded for his big shots in the clutch, he has been nicknamed "Dame Time". He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats and earned third-team All-American honors in 2012. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2012–13 season, and with the team, he made seven NBA All-Star and seven All-NBA Team selections.
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Josh Heupel
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Joshua Kenneth Heupel is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Previously he was head coach at the University of Central Florida, where he compiled a 28–8 record.
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J. Willard Marriott
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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John Willard Marriott Sr. was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains, and food services companies. The Marriott company rose from a small root beer stand in Washington, D.C., in 1927 to a chain of family restaurants by 1932, to its first motel in 1957. By the time he died in 1985, the Marriott company operated 1,400 restaurants and 143 hotels and resorts worldwide, including two theme parks, earned US$4.5 billion in revenue annually with 154,600 employees. The company's interests also extended to a line of cruise ships.
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Charles Kalani
- Occupations
- television actorboxeractorprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Charles J. Kalani Jr. was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, college football player, soldier, actor, and martial artist who, in fighting rings, was also known as Professor Toru Tanaka, or simply Professor Tanaka.
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Ben Howland
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Benjamin Clark Howland is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title. He is one of the few NCAA Division I coaches to take four teams to the NCAA tournament.
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Joel Bolomboy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joel Bolomboy is a Ukrainian-born Russian-American professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats, where he was named Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in 2016. He was born in Ukraine but received Russian citizenship in 2018.
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Moroni Olsen
- Occupations
- film actorstage actor
- Biography
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Moroni Olsen was an American actor.
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Rick Saccone
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Saccone is an American educator and far-right politician who represented Pennsylvania's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he was his party's nominee for the March 2018 special election to fill in the vacant U.S. House seat for the 18th congressional district. Saccone lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb by a margin of 0.3%.
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Boyd K. Packer
- Occupations
- religious leadernon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2008 until his death. He also served as the quorum's acting president from 1994 to 2008 and was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1970 until his death. He served as a general authority of the church from 1961 until his death.
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Wataru Misaka
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Wataru Misaka was an American professional basketball player. A 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) point guard of Japanese descent, he broke a color barrier in professional basketball by being the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), known then as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
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Lynn Jenkins
- Enrolled in Weber State University
- In 1985 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politicianaccountant
- Biography
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Lynn Haag Jenkins is an American politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district, in office from 2009 to 2019. She previously served as Kansas State Treasurer from 2003 to 2008, in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2000 and the Kansas Senate from 2000 to 2002. She is a member of the Republican Party.
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Lance Allred
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lance Collin Allred is a former professional basketball player, who was the first deaf player to play an NBA game. Allred is legally deaf, with 75%–80% hearing loss due to Rh complications at birth. He is also an inspirational speaker and author, with his first book, Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA, published by HarperCollins in 2009.
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Scott Bamforth
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Scott Douglas Bamforth is an American-Kosovan professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).
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L. Todd Rose
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- scientistpsychologist
- Biography
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Larry Todd Rose is a scientist, author, professor and social entrepreneur. He is known for being the co-founder and CEO of Populace, a Boston-based think tank. Prior to Populace, Rose was a professor at the Harvard University where he served as the faculty director of the Mind, Brain, and Education program, as well as led the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality.
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Eddie Gill
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Edward Gill III is an American former professional basketball player. Gill was born played college basketball at the College of Eastern Utah, Salt Lake Community College, and Weber State University. With the Weber State Wildcats, Gill was MVP of the 1999 Big Sky Conference tournament.
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Jamie Martin
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jamie Blane Martin is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) and NFL Europe. He played college football for the Weber State Wildcats and was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent after the 1993 NFL Draft.
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Boyd Kirkland
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwritertelevision producerfilm produceranimator
- Biography
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Boyd Douglas Kirkland was an American television director of animated cartoons. He was best known for his work on X-Men: Evolution and Batman: The Animated Series. He suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and interstitial lung disease (ILD). While in ICU at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, he died waiting for a lung transplant on January 27, 2011.
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Willie Sojourner
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Willard Leon Sojourner was an American collegiate and professional basketball player and international coach. He played collegiately at Weber State University and went on to a professional career, winning a championship with the New York Nets and playing overseas.
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Sarah Sellers
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 33)
- Occupations
- athletics competitormarathon runner
- Biography
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Sarah Sellers is an American long-distance runner.
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Dave Scott
- Occupations
- choreographer
- Biography
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Dave Scott is an American hip-hop dance teacher, choreographer, and talent developer. He gained widespread success from his choreography in movies, primarily the 2004 dance film You Got Served and the 2008 dance film Step Up 2: The Streets. He is a resident choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance and The PULSE on Tour dance convention.
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Douglas R. Stringfellow
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Douglas R. Stringfellow was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for one term, best known for lying about his war record, education and achievements.
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David M. Kennedy
- Occupations
- bankermissionarypoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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David Matthew Kennedy was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 60th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as the 8th U.S. Ambassador to NATO, both under U.S. President Richard Nixon. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of Continental Illinois during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Nolan D. Archibald
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nolan D. Archibald is the retired chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of the Black & Decker Corporation. Following the merger with Stanley Works, Archibald became executive chairman of the board of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
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Brad Wilson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brad R. Wilson is an American businessman and Republican politician. Wilson is a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 15, serving as the house's Speaker from 2019 to 2023. On April 13, 2023, he formed an exploratory committee to run for the U.S. Senate in 2024. He announced his run on September 27, 2023.
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Jeremy Senglin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jeremy Senglin is an American professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played college basketball for Weber State University.
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Greg Bell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Gregory S. Bell is an American politician, real estate developer, and attorney who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 22nd senate district in Davis County. Bell was appointed Lieutenant Governor effective September 1, 2009. He was elected to half a term November 2, 2010, and then elected to a full term November 6, 2012.
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Ernest L. Wilkinson
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Ernest Leroy Wilkinson was an American academic administrator, lawyer, and prominent figure in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1951 to 1971, simultaneously overseeing the entire LDS Church Educational System (CES). He is credited with the expansion of BYU. Under his presidency, the student body increased six times to over 25,000 students due to the university's physical growth and his aggressive recruiting policies; the number of colleges at the university increased from five to thirteen, and the number of faculty members increased four-fold. Wilkinson focused on recruiting more faculty and convincing current faculty to receive education outside the university. As a result, the number of teachers with doctorate degrees increased from 50 to 500. Associate and doctoral programs were created for BYU.
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Richard H. Stallings
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Howard Stallings is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Idaho's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1993.
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Jill Parrish
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Jill Annette Niederhauser Parrish is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. She served as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 2003 to 2015.
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Philip Barlow
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- historian of religionuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Philip Layton Barlow is a Harvard-trained scholar who specializes in American religious history, religious geography, and Mormonism. In 2019, Barlow was appointed associate director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship (Maxwell Institute). Barlow was the first full-time professor of Mormon studies at a secular university as the inaugural Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University (USU), from 2007 to 2018.
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Roger Reid
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coachhead coach
- Biography
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Roger L. Reid is an American former college basketball coach who most recently guided the Southern Utah University (SUU) men's basketball team. He served as head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1989 to 1996 and assistant coach for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He has also coached at the high school, junior college and international levels. In addition, he played for former NBA coach Dick Motta at Weber State University.
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Marco Ramos
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marco Antonio Ramos Esquivel is a Mexican professional basketball player, who plays the shooting guard and small forward positions for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He also competes internationally for the national basketball team of Mexico, with which he participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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K. Gunn McKay
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Koln Gunn McKay was an American politician who represented the state of Utah. He served from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1981, beginning in the ninety-second Congress and in four succeeding congresses.
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Robert Liparulo
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Robert Liparulo is an American author. His publications include thriller novels, a young adult series and Christian fiction.
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Randy Watt
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Steven "Randy" Watt is a retired colonel in the Utah Army National Guard, and a former commanding officer of the 19th Special Forces Group.
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Matt Glass
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Matt Glass is an American composer and Emmy-winning filmmaker known for his work on 12 Hour Shift, The Party's Just Beginning and 2022's Ghosts of the Ozarks. He received his Masters of Fine Art degree from the Cranbrook Academy Of Art.
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S. Dilworth Young
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Seymour Dilworth Young was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1945 until his death.
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Kevin Garn
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Kevin Stacy Garn is an American politician and the former Republican majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives. Until his resignation on March 13, 2010, following personal disclosures, he represented District 16 of Utah, which covers Davis County, Utah.
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Justus Thigpen
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Justus Thigpen is an American former professional basketball player.
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Mark Evans Austad
- Occupations
- missionarypoliticianradio personalitydiplomat
- Biography
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Mark Evans Austad was an American radio and television commentator in Washington D.C. (under the name Mark Evans), and served under Gerald Ford as United States Ambassador to Finland from 1975 to 1977, and as United States Ambassador to Norway from 1981 to 1984, under Ronald Reagan.
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Laurence J. Burton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Laurence Junior Burton was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
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Kent Dawson
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Kent J. Dawson is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
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Artūras Valeika
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Artūras Valeika is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for CBet Jonava of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He is 2 times champion in Romania with CSM Oradea, and one time SuperCup winner with the ”Red Lions”.
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Dan Sparks
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Daniel E. Sparks is an American former professional basketball player and college coach. He played in the American Basketball Association for the Miami Floridians during the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons after a split collegiate career at Vincennes University and Weber State University. Sparks was selected in both the 1968 ABA and NBA drafts by the Miami Floridians and Cincinnati Royals, respectively.
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Larry Bergh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Larry Clifford Bergh is an American former professional basketball player.
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Scott K. Jenkins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott Jenkins is an American politician and businessman from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 20th senate district covering parts of Weber and Davis counties. He is retiring from his position as Senator and will not be running for reelection in 2016. Jenkins has an associate degree from Weber State University.
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Tim Cosgrove
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy Michael Cosgrove is a former Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the 44th District from 2005 through 2014.
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Frank Q. Nebeker
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Frank Quill Nebeker was an American jurist who served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
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M. Blaine Peterson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Morris Blaine Peterson was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
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James D. Kirylo
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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James David Kirylo is professor of education at the University of South Carolina who teaches courses that examine concepts associated with critical pedagogy, curriculum theorizing, teacher leadership, diversity and literacy. Among other books, he is author of Teaching with Purpose: An Inquiry into the Who, Why, and How We Teach, A Turning Point in Teacher Education: A Time for Resistance, Reflection and Change, and Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife, which is one of the most comprehensive texts in English on the life and thought of Paulo Freire, significantly contributing to Freirean scholarship.
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Ryan Wilcox
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Ryan D. Wilcox is an American politician who serves as a Representative in the Utah House of Representatives for District 7. Recently re-elected to the position in 2021, he previously held the same seat from 2009 to 2015.
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Allen M. Christensen
- Occupations
- politiciandentist
- Biography
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Allen Christensen is an American politician and dentist who served as a member of the Utah State Senate from 2005 to 2021. Elected in November 2004, he representing the state's 19th senate district in Morgan, Summit and Weber Counties.
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David Utrilla
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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David Utrilla is the 31st member of the Utah Corps of Consuls and Honorary Consul to Peru in Utah. Utrilla is also the owner and CEO of U.S. Translation Company.
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Bob Davis
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Robert Davis is a retired professional basketball small forward who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers during the 1972–73 season. He attended Weber State University and was selected by the Blazers during the second round (14 pick overall) of the 1972 NBA draft.
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Dennis J. Nordfelt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dennis J. Nordfelt was an American politician who served as the sixth mayor of West Valley City, Utah, from 2002 until 2010. He was also superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol.
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Ardie McInelly
- Occupations
- teacherbasketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Ardena Frances "Ardie" McInelly is an American basketball coach. McInelly was the head women's basketball coach at Idaho State from 1996 to 2001 and Air Force from 2001 to 2010.
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Donald H. Clausen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Holst Clausen was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who served ten terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1983.
