19 Notable alumni of
Wilmington College
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Wilmington College is 3283rd in the world, 1134th in North America, and 1078th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Wilmington College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Cordell Hull
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- lawyerpoliticianjudgediplomat
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Cordell Hull was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II. Before that appointment, Hull represented Tennessee for two years in the United States Senate and 22 years in the House of Representatives.
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Gary Sandy
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- actorstage actortelevision actor
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Gary Lee Sandy is an American actor. He is best known for playing program director Andy Travis on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982).
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André De Shields
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- actorstage actorchoreographertelevision actortheatrical director
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André Robin De Shields is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award.
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Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
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- meteorologistphysicistuniversity teacherseismologistliterary historian
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Thomas Corwin Mendenhall was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (one of the ancestor organizations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) from 1889 to 1894. Alongside his work, he was also an advocate for the adoption of the metric system by the United States and is the father of author profiling.
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Stanley Plumly
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- poet
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Stanley Plumly was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program.
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Myers Y. Cooper
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- politician
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Myers Young Cooper was an American Republican politician and businessman from Ohio. Cooper was the 51st governor of Ohio.
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John M. Robsion
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- politicianlawyerteacher
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John Marshall Robsion, a Republican, represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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John W. Harreld
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- politicianlawyer
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John William Harreld was a United States representative and Senator from Oklahoma. Harreld was the first Republican senator elected in Oklahoma and represented a shift in Oklahoma politics.
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Tom Blackburn
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Leonard Thomas Blackburn was an American basketball coach. The Peebles, Ohio native served as head men's basketball coach at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, from 1947 until his death in 1964. He led the Dayton Flyers to a championship at the 1962 National Invitation Tournament.
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J. Brent Bill
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- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- writer
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J. Brent Bill is an American author of Quaker spiritual literature. He is a graduate of Wilmington College and Earlham School of Religion and has worked as a pastor and writing coach.
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John J. Lentz
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- politicianlawyer
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John Jacob Lentz was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1897 to 1901.
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John A. McDowell
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- politician
- Biography
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John Anderson McDowell was for two terms a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1897 to 1901.
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William T. Fitzgerald
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- politician
- Biography
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William Thomas Fitzgerald was an American educator, physician, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1925 to 1929.
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Miner G. Norton
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- politicianlawyer
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Miner Gibbs Norton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923
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Arthur R. M. Spaid
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- educator
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Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).
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Lucien J. Fenton
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- politician
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Lucien Jerome Fenton was an American Civil War veteran who served two term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1899.
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Clement Laird Brumbaugh
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- politicianlawyer
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Clement Laird Brumbaugh was an American educator and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for four terms from 1913 to 1921.
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Charles Bolen
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- player of American football
- Biography
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Charles Wesley "Shifty" Bolen was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
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Mary Creegan Roark
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Mary Creegan Roark was the first female President and second President of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School, later Eastern Kentucky University, from April 1909 until March 1910. Roark held this position following the death of her husband, Ruric Nevel Roark, in 1909. Roark led the university at a time when women did not have the right to vote in state or federal elections. Roark was involved in the Suffrage Movement for Equal Rights and was elected Secretary of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association in 1898. Her stances included better teacher training and salaries, she also helped gain the right to vote in school elections. Roark died in Baltimore, Maryland on February 1, 1922 and is buried in Richmond, Kentucky at the Richmond Cemetery.
