100 Notable alumni of
Webster University
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Webster University is 788th in the world, 291st in North America, and 270th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Webster 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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Rob Riggle
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- opinion journalisttelevision presentermilitary officervoice actoractor
- Biography
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Robert Allen Riggle Jr. is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and retired United States Marine officer. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, joining the Marines in 1990 and later attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Lloyd J. Austin III
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
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Lloyd James Austin III is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025 in the administration of President Joe Biden.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Indonesia from the military after Suharto. He founded the Democratic Party of Indonesia and served as its 4th chairman from 2014 until 2020. He also served as the 8th and 10th coordinating minister for political and security affairs from 2000 until 2001 and again from 2001 until 2004. He also served as the president of the Assembly and chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute. He was also the former chairman of ASEAN due to Indonesia hosting of the 18th and 19th ASEAN Summits.
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Jenifer Lewis
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingertelevision actorvoice actor
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Jenifer Jeanette Lewis is an American actress. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in films Beaches (1988) and Sister Act (1992). Lewis is known for playing roles of mothers in the films What's Love Got to Do With It (1993), Poetic Justice (1993), The Preacher's Wife (1996), The Brothers (2001), The Cookout (2004), Think Like a Man (2012) and in the sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), Baggage Claim (2013) and The Wedding Ringer (2015), as well as in The Temptations miniseries (1998).
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Dana Loesch
- Occupations
- radio personalitydebaterpolitical analystjournalistorator
- Biography
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Dana Lynn Loesch is an American radio and TV host. She is a former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association and a former writer and editor for Breitbart News. Loesch was the host of the program Dana on TheBlaze TV from 2014 to 2017. She also hosts a nationally syndicated weekday radio talk show. Loesch has appeared as a guest on television networks such as Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC, and HBO.
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Irene Dunne
- Occupations
- stage actordelegateactorsingertelevision actor
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Irene Dunne DHS was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.
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Val Demings
- Enrolled in Webster University
- In 1996 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- social workerpoliticianpolice officerchief of police
- Biography
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Valdez Venita Demings is an American politician and former police officer who served as U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. The district covered most of the western half of Orlando and includes much of the area around Orlando's resort parks. It includes many of Orlando's western suburbs, including Apopka and Winter Garden. From 2007 to 2011, Demings served as the first female chief of the Orlando Police Department, closing a 27-year career in law enforcement. She has also been first lady of Orange County, Florida, since December 4, 2018, when her husband Jerry Demings was sworn in as County Mayor.
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Ellen Foley
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actorsinger
- Biography
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Ellen Foley is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the hit NBC sitcom Night Court during its second season. In music, she has released five solo albums, but she is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf, particularly the 14× Platinum selling 1977 album Bat Out of Hell.
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Marsha Mason
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorvoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Marsha Mason is an American actress and theatre director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl (1977), Chapter Two (1979), and Only When I Laugh (1981). The first two also won her Golden Globe Awards. She was married for 10 years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote all but the first film cited above, in addition to several others in which she starred.
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Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
- Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as AHY, is an Indonesian politician and former army major who is currently serving as the leader of the Democratic Party. Serving in the Army from 2000 until 2016, he is the executive director of the Yudhoyono Institute and founder of the Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono Foundation. He is the son of former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, more commonly known as SBY.
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Rocky Carroll
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision directortelevision actorcomedian
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Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles as Joey Emerson on the Fox comedy-drama Roc (1991–94), as Dr. Keith Wilkes on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope, and as NCIS Director Leon Vance on the CBS drama NCIS and its spinoffs Los Angeles and New Orleans. He also played a supporting role in the 1995 thriller film Crimson Tide.
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Norbert Leo Butz
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingerstage actortelevision actor
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Norbert Leo Butz is an American actor and singer known for his work in Broadway theatre. He is a two-time recipient of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performances in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Catch Me If You Can, and is one of only nine actors ever to have won the award twice.
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Julie Ann Emery
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Julie Ann Emery is an American television and film actress. She has had roles in the television series Better Call Saul, Preacher, Five Days at Memorial, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. She has appeared in films such as Hitch and Gifted.
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Robbie Daymond
- Occupations
- actortelevision producervoice actor
- Biography
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Robert Daymond Howard is an American voice actor who is mostly known for his roles in video games, animation, anime and audiobooks. Some of his best known roles include Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man and various Marvel media, Mike, Orbulon and Young Cricket in WarioWare Gold, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, Jesse Cosay in the second season of Infinity Train, Goro Akechi in Persona 5, Hubert von Vestra in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Lloyd Bannings in Trails series, Prompto Argentum in Final Fantasy XV, River Ward in Cyberpunk 2077, and on-camera as Dorian Storm in the Dungeons & Dragons actual play web series Critical Role and its spinoff Exandria Unlimited.
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John Zorn
- Occupations
- composerrecord producerjazz pianistjazz clarinetistjazz saxophonist
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John Zorn is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". His avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz, rock, Jewish music, hardcore, classical, contemporary, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and world music. Rolling Stone noted that "hough Zorn has operated almost entirely outside the mainstream, he's gradually asserted himself as one of the most influential musicians of our time".
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Dana Snyder
- Occupations
- television producervoice actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Dana Snyder is an American voice actor. He is known for his voice roles of Master Shake in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Granny Cuyler in Squidbillies, Baby Ball on Ballmastrz: 9009, and other roles in various Adult Swim television shows. His other voice roles include voicing Gazpacho in Cartoon Network's animated series Chowder, Dr. Colosso in Nickelodeon's comedy series The Thundermans, and Scratch in Disney Channel's animated series The Ghost and Molly McGee. His live-action television show work has been in shows such as Saul of the Mole Men and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell.
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Gregory D. Gadson
- Occupations
- actormilitary officer
- Biography
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Gregory Dimitri Gadson is an American actor and motivational speaker; and a retired colonel in the United States Army and former commander of the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir garrison. He is also a bilateral above-the-knee amputee. He served in the U.S. Army for 25 years of active duty as a field artillery officer. He served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Operation Joint Forge, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Richard Ojeda
- Occupations
- army officerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Neece Ojeda II is an American politician and retired United States Army major who served in the West Virginia Senate representing the 7th district from January 2017 until January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran a brief campaign for President of the United States in the 2020 election.
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Eileen Collins
- Enrolled in Webster University
- 1987-1989 graduated with Master of Arts in management
- Occupations
- astronautair force officeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Eileen Marie Collins is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel. A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.
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Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi is the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates. He is the eldest son of Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Member of the Supreme Council, Sheikh of Fujairah and Chairman of the Fujairah Foundation for Regions Development.
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Mark Welsh
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Mark Anthony Welsh III is the 27th president of Texas A&M University, former Dean of the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, a retired United States Air Force four-star general, and a member of the board of directors of Northrop Grumman. Prior to his current role, he served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate. Prior to that, General Welsh served as Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, as the Associate Director for Military Affairs of the Central Intelligence Agency, and as the Vice Commander of Air Education and Training Command. In earlier portions of his career, he served as a fighter pilot (primarily flying the F-16 and A-10 aircraft) and was a commander at the squadron, group and wing level, in addition to assignments in training, operations, intelligence and acquisitions. He also served as the commandant of cadets of the United States Air Force Academy.
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Eric Rosen
- Enrolled in Webster University
- 2015-2017 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- chess playervlogger
- Biography
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Eric Rosen is an American chess player. He was awarded the FIDE Master title in 2011 and the International Master title in 2015. Rosen began playing chess as a child with his father and brother and became the United States Chess Federation (USCF) K12 national champion in 2011. While attending the University of Illinois, Rosen was on the chess team that secured a spot at the President's Cup in 2013 and 2014.
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Nikki Boyer
- Occupations
- singer-songwriteractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Nikki Boyer is an American actress, singer-songwriter and executive producer. Currently, she is serving as executive producer of the FX show Dying for Sex, based on the Wondery Podcast she co-created. Boyer is the former host of Yahoo!'s "Daytime in No Time", receiving millions of hits per day. Boyer is also the former co-host of Watch This! on the TV Guide Channel.
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Tony Richardson
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Antonio Richardson is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 1994. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers.
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Paul F. Zukunft
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in management
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Paul Frederick Zukunft is a retired admiral of the United States Coast Guard who served as the 25th commandant. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Commandant, with the rank of admiral, in May 2014 and relieved Robert J. Papp Jr. as commandant on 30 May 2014. Prior to his selection as Commandant, he served as Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area. In this position, Zukunft was the operational commander for all U.S. Coast Guard missions within the half of the world that ranges from the Rocky Mountains to the waters off the East Coast of Africa. He concurrently served as Commander, Defense Force West and provided U.S. Coast Guard mission support to the U.S. Department of Defense and Combatant Commanders.
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Princess Noal, Princess of the Sa'id
- Biography
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Princess Noal of Afghanistan is the wife of Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id, the heir apparent to the abolished thrones of Egypt and Sudan and daughter of Prince Muhammad Daoud Pashtunyar Khan, who is the fifth son of King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan.
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Leyna Nguyen
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Leyna Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American podcaster and former television anchor and reporter in Los Angeles, California.
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Dan Gilvezan
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Daniel John Gilvezan is an American actor, known for playing Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the 1981 animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and Bumblebee in the original 1984-1987 The Transformers series.
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William B. Garrett III
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in management
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Burke Garrett III is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the deputy commander of United States European Command, and as the deputy commanding general of United States Army Forces Command.
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Bryan D. Brown
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Bryan Douglas "Doug" Brown is a retired four-star United States Army general. He retired in 2007 after four decades of military service. In his final assignment, he served as the seventh commander of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), from 2 September 2003 to 9 July 2007. As USSOCOM's commander, he was responsible for all unified special operations forces, both active duty and reserve.
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Antonio Taguba
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in public administration
- Occupations
- executive officer
- Biography
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Antonio Mario Taguba is a retired major general in the United States Army. He was the second American citizen of Philippine birth to be promoted to general officer rank in the United States Army.
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Katy Sullivan
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Katy Sullivan is an American actress, producer, writer, and Paralympic track and field athlete and US record holder.
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Ann Walsh Bradley
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Ann Walsh Bradley is an American lawyer and jurist, and the longest currently-serving justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was elected to the Supreme Court in 1995 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2015. She has announced she will not run for re-election again; her term expires July 31, 2025. She previously served ten years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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Ricky L. Waddell
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Ricky Lynn Waddell is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army Reserve who served as a Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018 and as the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2018 to 2021. His promotion to lieutenant general was authorized by the United States Senate on 26 September 2019. He retired from active military service in October 2021.
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Matt Kindt
- Occupations
- graphic artistgraphic designercomics artistwritercomics writer
- Biography
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Matt Kindt is an American comic book writer, cartoonist, and graphic designer. His early creator-owned works were spy fiction, and their success led to mainstream work for hire projects in superhero fiction and other genres. His work has been nominated for Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards. In the comic industry, he is best known for his work on MIND MGMT, the Valiant Entertainment superhero universe, and BRZRKR, the first issue of which is the highest-selling single comic issue of the 21st century.
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Malcolm B. Frost
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Malcolm Bradley Frost is a retired United States Army major general who last served as Commanding General, Center for Initial Military Training, United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, VA. MG Frost most recently served as Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Frost's previous assignment was Deputy Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, NC from March 2014 to March 2015. In March 2014, Frost completed his assignment as deputy director for Operations at the National Military Command Center, J3 the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. Prior to that, he completed an assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). and commanded the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
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James D. Thurman
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James David Thurman is a retired United States Army general who served as the Commander of United Nations Command, R.O.K.-U.S. Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea from 14 July 2011 until 2 October 2013. He previously served as the 18th Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command from 3 June 2010 to 8 July 2011 and as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7. He was the former commanding general of United States V Corps in Heidelberg, Germany from 19 January 2007 to 8 August 2007.
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Pascale Ehrenfreund
- Occupations
- university teacherastronomer
- Biography
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Pascale Ehrenfreund is an Austrian astrophysicist. Ehrenfreund holds degrees from the University of Vienna (Masters, molecular biology; PhD astrophysics, habilitation, astrochemistry) and Webster Leiden (Masters, management and leadership). Prior to becoming a Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at George Washington University, she was a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, Leiden University, and University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She was the first woman president of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and from 2015-2020, she was the CEO of the German Aerospace Center. Since 2019, she is the President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and since 2018, she is the Chancellor of the International Space University (ISU). Since 2021 she is president of the ISU. The main-belt asteroid 9826 Ehrenfreund is named in her honor. She is the President of Committee on Space Research from 2022 to 2026.
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Sidney M. Gutierrez
- Occupations
- astronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Sidney McNeill "Sid" Gutierrez, is an American pilot and former NASA astronaut. Since retiring from NASA, Gutierrez has worked in several leadership positions at Sandia National Laboratories and Rocket Crafters Inc.
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John Boccieri
- Enrolled in Webster University
- In 1996 graduated with Master of Arts
- In 1996 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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John Stephen Anthony Boccieri is an American politician who was appointed to fill the 59th district seat in the Ohio House of Representatives on September 29, 2015. He left office after an unsuccessful run for Ohio State Senate in 2018. He served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district from 2009 to 2011, and lost his 2010 bid for reelection to Republican Jim Renacci. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. Boccieri resides in Poland, Ohio.
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Tammy Smith
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Tammy S. Smith is a retired major general of the United States Army Reserve. She last served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army. She formerly served as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Mobilization and Reserve Affairs and before that as Deputy Commanding General – Sustainment, Eighth United States Army. As such, she is the first female general officer to serve in an Eighth Army headquarters-level position. Smith also has tours as commanding general of the 98th Training Division (Initial Entry Training), and served for a year in the War in Afghanistan.
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Joseph V. Cuffari
- Enrolled in Webster University
- 1989-1995 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Joseph Vincent Cuffari is an American government administrator who has been the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2019.
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James C. Yarbrough
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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James C. Yarbrough is a retired brigadier general in the United States Army.
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Timothy J. Kadavy
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Timothy James Kadavy is a retired United States Army lieutenant general, who served as the 20th director of the Army National Guard from March 27, 2015, to March 25, 2019. He previously served as the special assistant to the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, the adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard, deputy director of the Army National Guard, and as the commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan, which was part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission in that country. Kadavy was nominated by the President to become the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau with the rank of lieutenant general, on March 5, 2019. The Senate returned his nomination to the president without action on January 3, 2020. After leaving his assignment as the director of the Army National Guard, he served as a two-star special assistant to the chief of the National Guard Bureau from May 23, 2019, until his retirement on August 3, 2020. He retired from the Army with the rank of lieutenant general after over 36 years of service.
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Chloe Feoranzo
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in Webster University
- Studied in 2010-2014
- Occupations
- singermusician
- Biography
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Chloe Feoranzo is an American clarinetist, saxophonist, and vocalist who has been performing professionally since the age of 15. Born in Rhode Island, she grew up in San Diego, where she played in youth orchestras and pit bands, along with swing and dixieland bands and playing as a guest artist at numerous festivals across Southern California. She made her debut at the Mission Valley music fete in 2005. As a teenage musician she studied with jazz sax legend Charles McPherson and attended the annual UC San Diego Jazz Camp. In 2007, she became the San Diego Jazz Fest & Swing Extravaganza's first youth guest artist.
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Matthew Donovan
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Matthew P. Donovan is a United States Air Force veteran and government official who served as the United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from March 23, 2020 to January 20, 2021. He also served as United States Under Secretary of the Air Force from August 3, 2017 to March 23, 2020. He had simultaneously served as the Acting United States Secretary of the Air Force from June 1, 2019 to October 18, 2019. Donovan previously served as majority policy director for the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. Donovan served 31 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel. His service included tours as commander of the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School and of the 95th Fighter Squadron.
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Bruce A. Carlson
- Occupations
- priestmilitary officer
- Biography
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Bruce Allen Carlson, was the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the sixth Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The command conducts research, development, test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. After over 37 years of service, he retired from the Air Force on January 1, 2009. Carlson served as a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from April 2009 to October 2015.
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Roelof van Laar
- Occupations
- politiciandirector
- Biography
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Roelof Peter van Laar is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) he was an MP between 14 May 2013 and 23 March 2017. At first he temporarily replaced Lea Bouwmeester who was on maternity leave. From 2006 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012, he was a member of the municipal council of Leiden.
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Craig R. McKinley
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Craig Richard McKinley is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 26th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, serving from 2008 to 2012. He is the first officer from the National Guard to achieve the grade of a four-star general.
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Theodore D. Martin
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with master's degree in business
- Biography
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Theodore David Martin is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who last served as the commanding general of the United States Army Combined Arms Center, commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and commanding general of Fort Leavenworth from May 2021 to October 2022. Before that, he served as the Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he previously served as its 73rd Commandant of Cadets.
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William Broad
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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William J. Broad is an American science journalist, author and a Senior Writer at The New York Times.
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Kathy Mazzarella
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Kathleen "Kathy" Mazzarella has been the Chief Executive and President of Graybar Electric Co. since June 1, 2012. In addition, she has been the Chairman of Graybar Electric Co. since January 1, 2013. As of May 2020, she is one of only 37 women CEOs of the Fortune 500.
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Hunter Bell
- Born in
- United States
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater
- Occupations
- authorstage actoractorlibrettist
- Biography
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Hunter Houston Bell is an American writer and theatre actor.
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Douglas Sims II
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in management
- Occupations
- military personnelmilitary officer
- Biography
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Douglas Arthur Sims II is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as director of the Joint Staff since January 2024. He most recently served as the director of operations of the Joint Staff from 2022 to 2024. He served as commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley from 2020 to 2022, and prior to that served as deputy director for Regional Operations and Force Management of the Joint Staff from 2018 to 2020.
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Mohamed Chande Othman
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Mohamed Chande Othman is a Tanzanian lawyer and a former Chief Justice of Tanzania.
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Erin Bode
- Occupations
- jazz musician
- Biography
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Erin Bode is an American singer from Minnesota who describes her music as a combination of jazz, folk, and pop.
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Elvina Ibru
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Elvina Esewvre Ibru is a Nigerian actress and on-air personality. She is a member of the Ibru family and the daughter of industrialist Michael Ibru.
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Chris Cheek
- Occupations
- jazz musicianmusiciansaxophonist
- Biography
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Christopher Carson Cheek is an American jazz saxophonist.
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Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim born on is an International Expert and thought leader in Security, Conflict Resolution, Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Development and Migration Governance. She is the former Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Former Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. She was appointed as the first female Minister of Police Affairs on August 2023. She is currently the Minister of Women Affairs in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Michael C. Gould
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Michael Carl Gould is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force who served as the 18th Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy. He assumed command on June 9, 2009, and retired from service in July 2013. He previously served as director of operations and plans, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base. Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours in a variety of aircraft.
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Kim Olson
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Kimberly D. Olson is an American non-profit executive, politician, and retired military officer from the state of Texas. She served in the United States Air Force for 25 years, reaching the rank of colonel. She was the Democratic Party nominee for Texas Agriculture Commissioner in the 2018 elections and a candidate in the 2020 elections seeking to represent Texas's 24th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
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Maria Gervais
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Maria R. Gervais is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the deputy commanding general and chief of staff of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. She previously served as the Director of the Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team, United States Army Futures Command, and the Deputy Commanding General of the United States Army Combined Arms Center.
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Donald C. Wurster
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Donald C. Wurster is a retired United States Air Force officer who served as Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command. The command is a major command of the United States Air Force and the Air Force component of United States Special Operations Command. AFSOC provides Air Force Special Operations Forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to unified combatant commanders. The command has approximately 12,900 active-duty, Reserve, Air National Guard and civilian professionals.
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Massimo Agostinelli
- Occupations
- contemporary artist
- Biography
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Massimo Agostinelli is a Switzerland-based Italian American artist, businessman and activist who uses text, word play and found objects in his works with a particular focus on interventions.
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Carrol Chandler
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Carrol Howard "Howie" Chandler, is a retired United States Air Force four-star general. He last served as the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force from August 27, 2009, to January 14, 2011. He previously served as commander of Pacific Air Forces from November 2007 to August 20, 2009, and deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements from October 23, 2005, to November 29, 2007. As vice chief, he presided over the Air Staff and served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council and Deputy Advisory Working Group. He assisted the chief of staff with organizing, training, and equipping of 680,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. He retired from the Air Force by March 1, 2011. In 2012 he joined Pratt & Whitney Military Engines as vice president for military business development and international programs.
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Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muaammar
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muaammar is the founding Secretary General of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID, based in Vienna) and the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND, based in Riyadh). He is also notable as Supervisor General of the King Abdulaziz Public Library (KAPL, based in Riyadh).
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Jessica Wright
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jessica Lynn Wright was the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness of the United States Department of Defense.
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Brian S. Robinson
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Brian Scott Robinson is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who has served as commander of the Air Education and Training Command since May 20, 2022. He previously served as the deputy commander of the Air Mobility Command.
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Anthony G. Crutchfield
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Anthony Gerard "Tony" Crutchfield is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was the deputy commander of United States Pacific Command from 2014 to 2017, having previously served as its chief of staff from 2012 to 2014. An aviation officer by branch, Crutchfield served in several aviation commands throughout his career, culminating in command of the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker from 2010 to 2012. As USAACE commander, he was responsible for the training, doctrine, organizational structure, and future technology development for 90,000 aviation soldiers and over 4,000 aircraft. He retired on April 7, 2017, after 34 years of distinguished service.
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Brian W. Cavanaugh
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Brian Woodburn Cavanaugh is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served as the commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command and Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic from 2022 to 2024. He most recently served as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing from 2021 to 2022, and previously served as the Assistant Deputy Commandant for Programs of the United States Marine Corps.
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Steven L. Basham
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Steven L. Basham is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the deputy commander of the United States European Command from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as deputy commander of United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa from 2019 to 2022.
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Matthew Klimow
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- diplomatmilitary officer
- Biography
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Matthew Stephen Klimow is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan. On August 31, 2020, Klimow assumed office as the acting Inspector General of the Department of State and left on December 11.
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Greg Mathews
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gregory Inman Mathews is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1986 and 1992 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Charlie Huggins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles R. Huggins is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing District D. He was President of the Alaska Senate during the 28th Alaska Legislature, leading a caucus of 13 Republicans and 2 Democrats.
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Jennifer Johnson Cano
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Jennifer Johnson Cano is an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Before her college education, she attended St. Pius X High School, graduating in the Class of 2002. While in high school, she was a member of the choir, singing at Mass and state competitions. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Webster University and a Master of Music degree from Rice University where she was a pupil of Kathleen Kaun. In 2008, she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and in 2009, she won the Young Concert Artists competition and was the recipient of a Sullivan Foundation grant. She was a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
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Stephen Maranian
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Stephen J. Maranian is an retired major general who served in the United States Army from 1988 to 2023. Commissioned as a Field Artillery officer, Maranian served continuously on active duty, commanding from the platoon to the two-star level. In his final assignment he served as commanding general of the 56th Artillery Command in Mainz-Kastel, Germany from 2021 to 2023. Maranian served in combat deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq and more than half of his career was spent overseas. Maranian holds two master's degrees and is a graduate of both the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College; he has also graduated from the NATO Defense College and the Defense Language Institute.
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Steven A. Schaick
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- 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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John B. Conaway
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant General John B. Conaway is a retired United States Air Force officer who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1990 to 1993.
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John J. Broadmeadow
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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John J. Broadmeadow is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps, who served as Director of the Marine Corps Staff (DMCS) and was replaced by major general Gregg P. Olson in 2020. He previously served as the Deputy Commander of United States Transportation Command. Broadmeadow was commissioned upon graduating from Norwich University in 1983, and served as a member of the university's board of trustees before assuming office as the university's 25th president in 2024.
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John G. Rossi
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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John Gregory Rossi was a former United States Army general officer. An air defense artillery officer by profession, he commanded at all levels available in the career path, from battery to center of excellence. A 1983 graduate of the United States Military Academy, Rossi served 33 years in the United States Army. He commanded the United States Army Fires Center of Excellence from June 2014 to July 2016 and the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command from March 2011 to July 2012.
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Winfield W. Scott III
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in management
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Winfield Wayne Scott III was Commander, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The TACC is responsible for planning, scheduling and directing a fleet of more than 1,200 aircraft in support of combat delivery and strategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical operations around the world.
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Kevin Bratcher
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Dale Bratcher is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1997 to 2025. In 2016, Bratcher became the first Republican House Majority Whip in Kentucky history.
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Michael W. Wooley
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Michael W. Wooley is a retired United States Air Force officer. He finished his career as the commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, a component of the United States Special Operations Command. At the time of his retirement, the command included approximately 12,900 active-duty, reserve, Air National Guard, and civilian professionals.
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Steven A. Boylan
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Biography
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Steven Arthur Boylan, formerly a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad for General David Petraeus in the prosecution of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 from February, 2007 to September, 2008. After leaving Iraq, he became the public affairs officer and the senior public affairs observer/trainer for the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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Roderick Allison
- Biography
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Roderick "Rod" Allison is the former Acting Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service.
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Thomas C. Seamands
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Biography
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Thomas C. Seamands became the U.S. Army's 48th Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 on 26 May 2017. He is responsible for developing, managing, and executing manpower and personnel plans, programs, and policies for the total Army. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commanding General of the United States Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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James C. Vechery
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Biography
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James Calvin Vechery is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, who last served as the Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations of United States Africa Command. He was commissioned upon graduating from the University of Maryland in 1988, through the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
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John Cusick
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with master's degree in management
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lt. General John Joseph Cusick is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. Cusick served as the 42nd Quartermaster General of the United States Army from July 1991 until August 1993.
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Kevin J. Manning
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- paralegal
- Biography
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Kevin J. Manning is the former president of Stevenson University, the former Villa Julie College and the third largest independent university in Maryland. He was inaugurated as the fourth president of Villa Julie College on October 28, 2000, succeeding Carolyn Manuszak. He resigned from Stevenson University on November 29, 2016.
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William J. Liquori Jr
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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William J. Liquori Jr. is a retired United States Space Force lieutenant general who has served as the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements, and analysis from 2020 to 2022. A career space operator, he has operational experiences in support of Operation Southern Watch and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Allen Blaine Worley
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in business administration and personnel management
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Allen Blaine Worley of Roanoke, Virginia, Captain, Rear Admiral (USMS), was the tenth Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York. Retired career U.S. Navy and a 1974 graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, Worley was Superintendent of the Texas Maritime Academy, one of the United States' six state maritime academies prior to his being appointed Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 2008. In addition to his Naval Academy BS degree in physics, Webster University awarded him a MA degree in business administration and personnel management, and the United States Naval War College awarded him a MA degree in national security and strategic studies. Admiral Worley resigned from his position as Superintendent of the USMMA in 2009, effective January 4, 2010, serving as the Academy’s Superintendent for just over a year.
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Phil Short
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Philip Granville Short, known as Phil Short, is a retired military officer formerly from Covington, Louisiana, USA, who served in the Louisiana State Senate for District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes) from 1996 to 1999.
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Mitch Needelman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mitch Needelman is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives serving as a Republican. He represented the 31st district from 2000 to 2008.
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Tammy Dickinson
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Angela Tammy Dickinson is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2013 to 2017.
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Dana A. Simmons
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Dana A. Simmons is a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General who served as the 15th Commander of the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), which is the investigative agency of the United States Air Force. He took command of AFOSI in June 2005. Prior to that, he was the Vice Commander of AFOSI from March 2004 to June 2005. In March 2010, he ceded command to BG Kevin J. Jacobsen.
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Tina A. Davidson
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in Webster University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in health services management
- Occupations
- military nurse
- Biography
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Tina Ann Davidson is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy, and Commander, of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, from 2018 to 2020. She is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
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Antonio Joseph
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Antonio Joseph was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico.
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Ken Carpenter
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ken Carpenter, is an American journalist and journalism professor. He was an editor and reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland (1980–87); a senior editor at The National Sports Daily in New York (1989–91); managing editor at Golfweek magazine in Winter Haven and Orlando, Fla. (1992–98); founding editor of Golfweek.com in Orlando, Fla. (1998–2001); copy editor at the Tampa Tribune (2001–02) and Orlando Sentinel (2002–03); and founding editor and publisher of TheGolfGazette.com.
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Steven E. Foster
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Steven E. Foster is a former major general in the United States Air National Guard and mobilization assistant to the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command. Previously assignments include commander of the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard. He has acquired more than 3,800 hours flying in a Cessna T-37 Tweet, Northrop T-38 Talon, Cessna O-2 Skymaster, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. As a civilian he pilots a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 for FedEx Express.
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John B. Cooper
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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John B. Cooper is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who most recently served as the Air Force deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection. During his 35-year career, he served in various assignments involving munitions, aircraft maintenance and logistics.
