26 Notable alumni of
Westminster College - Missouri
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Westminster College - Missouri is 1963rd in the world, 682nd in North America, and 642nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Westminster College - Missouri sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ted Shackelford
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm producer
- Biography
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Theodore Tillman Shackelford III is an American actor, known for his roles on television. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS prime time soap operas Dallas and its spin-off Knots Landing (1979–1993), and had a recurring role portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless (2006—2015).
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W. Bruce Cameron
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- journalistwriterscreenwritercolumnist
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William Bruce Cameron is an American author, columnist, and humorist. Cameron is most famous for his novel A Dog's Purpose, which spent 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The book is the basis for the movie version starring Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa, Juliet Rylance, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz, and Pooch Hall, and released in theaters on January 27, 2017. A Dog's Purpose is followed by a sequel called A Dog's Journey, which Cameron, along with Cathryn Michon, adapted into a film of the same name.
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Thomas E. Starzl
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeonscientist
- Biography
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Thomas Earl Starzl was an American physician, researcher, and expert on organ transplants. He performed the first human liver transplants, and has often been referred to as "the father of modern transplantation." A documentary, entitled "Burden of Genius," covering the medical and scientific advances spearheaded by Starzl himself, was released to the public in 2017 in a series of screenings. Dr. Starzl also penned his autobiography, "The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon," which was published in 1992.
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Bake McBride
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Arnold Ray McBride, nicknamed "Shake 'n Bake" and "the Callaway Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cleveland Indians between 1973 and 1983. He had the most success with the Phillies teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Norvell William Emerson
- Enrolled in Westminster College - Missouri
- In 1959 studied Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- directorpoliticiancongressional staffPage of the United States Senatepresident
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Norvell William Emerson was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson. Emerson was a Republican.
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Harry H. Vaughan
- Enrolled in Westminster College - Missouri
- In 1916 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in chemistry
- Occupations
- military officerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Major General Harry Hawkins Vaughan was a senior officer in the United States Army Reserve and the aide to Harry S. Truman during his time as vice president (1945) and president (1945 to 1953). He was one of Truman's closest advisors.
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Courtney W. Campbell
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- politicianlawyer
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Courtney Warren Campbell was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, from 1953 to 1955. He represented Florida's 1st congressional district, then based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Howard Sutherland
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- editorpolitician
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Howard Sutherland was an American politician. He was a Republican who represented West Virginia in both houses of the United States Congress.
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Scott Shipp
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Scott Shipp was an American military figure, Confederate States Army officer, educator and educational administrator born in Warrenton, Virginia. He was the second superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, briefly the president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech) and led the VMI Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the American Civil War.
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Forrest Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Forrest Smith was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Missouri. He was a Democrat.
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Thomas B. Curtis
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
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Thomas Bradford Curtis was an American Republican politician from Missouri who represented suburban St. Louis County, Missouri for nine terms from 1951 to 1969. He was a primary driver behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and aggressive supporter of civil rights for black Americans throughout his career.
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William W. Popp
- Enrolled in Westminster College - Missouri
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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William W. Popp is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Uganda since September 2023. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Guatemala.
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Paul K. Holmes III
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Paul Kinloch Holmes III is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
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Keith K. Compton
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Keith Karl Compton was a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, where he fulfilled the responsibility of the commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, in his absence and acted as his principal assistant and advisor in the formulation of SAC policies, plans and directives.
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G. David Gearhart
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G. David Gearhart was the fifth chancellor of the University of Arkansas. He succeeded John A. White on July 1, 2008, following 10 years of service to the university in his capacity as vice chancellor for university advancement. As chancellor, Dr. Gearhart instituted the first tuition freeze in 24 years and implemented a $220 million campus building renovation and refurbishment plan, as well as a campus-wide energy savings plan. He has also undertaken a renewed emphasis on the arts on campus, including the establishment of the “All Steinway Campus.” Under his leadership campus enrollment increased by more than 10 percent in two years, record research awards were recorded, and the university was reclassified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as RU/VH—“research university/very high,” the foundation’s top research classification.
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Dinsmore Alter
- Occupations
- astronomermeteorologist
- Biography
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Dinsmore Alter was an American astronomer, meteorologist, and United States Army officer. He is known for his work with the Griffith Observatory and his creation of a lunar atlas.
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Alfred C. Sikes
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Alfred C. Sikes is a Republican who served as chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from August 8, 1989, to January 19, 1993 and also served as administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. He received a B.A. degree for political science from Westminster College in 1961 and an L.L.B. degree from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1964. In 2000, Sikes founded the non-profit Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation and served as chairman of the Trinity Forum's board of trustees.
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Tony F. Schneider
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Tony F. Schneider was an American World War II pilot who taught at University of Louisville and was appointed the Holloway Plan Professor of Naval Science at the University of New Mexico.
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Paul Callaway
- Occupations
- organistcomposer
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Paul Smith Callaway, was a prominent American organist and choral conductor, particularly well known for his thirty-eight years at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., between 1939–1977. A friend of Leonard Bernstein and Ned Rorem, he was also active in opera and a frequent guest conductor of the Lake George Opera Company (now Saratoga Opera) and was the founding musical director of the Opera Society of Washington in 1956, now the renowned Washington National Opera. By the time of his death in 1995, he was acclaimed for his great influence on the musical life of the nation's capital. In 1977, Callaway was appointed an Honorary Officer of The Order of the British Empire (OBE) and invested by Ambassador Peter Jay on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Benjamin M. Palmer
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Benjamin Morgan Palmer was a Presbyterian minister, theologian, in the United States. He served as first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) in 1861.
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Luann Ridgeway
- Occupations
- politician
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Luann Ridgeway is an attorney who served in several elected government offices. A Republican, she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives elected in 1992 and serving through 2002 and Missouri Senate elected in 2004 and serving through 2012. Ridgeway served as the Eastern District Commissioner of Clay County, Missouri, elected 2012 through 2020. She announced she would not run for reelection in 2020 and returned to private life in 2021.
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William Lincoln Garver
- Occupations
- politicianwriterarchitect
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William Lincoln Garver was an American architect, civil engineer, author, socialist leader, and political candidate from Missouri. He was primarily an architect by trade, and learned while working under his uncle, architect Morris Frederick Bell. Garver is probably best known for his work of occult fiction, Brother of the Third Degree. He was also a prolific political activist, authoring numerous pamphlets and articles on socialism. He was an influential leader in the Socialist Party of Missouri and the Socialist Party of America’s candidate for Governor of Missouri in 1908. His papers are held by the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
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Frank B. Fulkerson
- Years
- 1866-1936 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Frank Ballard Fulkerson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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Doug Baird
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Howard Douglas Baird, was a professional baseball player who played third base in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1920. He went to college at Westminster College.
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Henry Samuel Priest
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Henry Samuel Priest was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Frederick W. Hinitt
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Frederick W. Hinitt was the 4th president of Washington & Jefferson College.
