Literature

• Sandro Corsaro
  Sandro Corsaro
  Sandro Corsaro is an animator, producer and television show creator, primarily known for his animation work. Corsaro earned degrees in both Fine Arts and Animation from the University of Southern California. He is the creator of Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, an Emmy nominated original series...
  
   - Author and TV Show Creator
• William Faulkner
  William Faulkner
  William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career...
  
   - Nobel Prize
  Nobel Prize
  The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
  
  -winning author, University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Walker Percy
  Walker Percy
  Walker Percy was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1962...
  
   - Author, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
  
  
• Thomas Hobbs - Author of It's Okay to be Awesome! My life story and struggles Clemson University
  Clemson University
  Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
  
  

Television & film

• Beau Bridges
  Beau Bridges
  Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor and director.- Early life :Bridges was born in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Bridges . He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes's son in Gone with the Wind, the book...
  
   - Actor, University of California, Los Angeles
• Lloyd Bridges
  Lloyd Bridges
  Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was an American actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. Bridges is best known for his role of Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt, the most-popular syndicated American TV series in 1958...
  
   - Actor, University of California, Los Angeles
• Danny Lee Clark
  Danny Lee Clark
  Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark is an American athlete, television personality, actor, and producer. He is best known for his role as gladiator Nitro on the TV show American Gladiators....
  
   - Nitro from the original American Gladiators
  American Gladiators
  American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility.The concept was created by...
  
  , San Jose State University
  San José State University
  San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...
  
  
• James Denton
  James Denton (actor)
  James "Jamie" Thomas Denton, Jr. is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives.-Early life:...
  
   - Actor
• Sam Elliott
  Sam Elliott
  Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott is an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache, and deep, resonant voice match the iconic image of a cowboy or rancher, and he has often been cast in such roles.-Early life:Sam Elliott was born in Sacramento, California, to a physical training...
  
   - actor
• Terry Gilliam
  Terry Gilliam
  Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
  
   - film director, member of Monty Python
  Monty Python
  Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
  
  , Occidental College
• Bob Goen
  Bob Goen
  Robert Kuehl "Bob" Goen is an American game show emcee and television personality, best known for his work on Entertainment Tonight between 1993 and 2004...
  
   - former co-host of Entertainment Tonight
• John Lee Hancock
  John Lee Hancock
  John Lee Hancock, Jr. is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for directing the sports drama films The Rookie and The Blind Side.-Early life:...
  
   - film director/writer/producer/, The Blind Side
  The Blind Side (film)
  The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film. It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL...
  
  , The Alamo, The Rookie
  The Rookie (2002 film)
  The Rookie is a 2002 drama sports film directed by John Lee Hancock. It is based on the true story of Jim Morris, who had a brief, but famous Major League Baseball career in 1999. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, and Brian Cox....
  
  , L.A. Doctors
  L.A. Doctors
  L.A. Doctors was an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season.-Premise:...
  
  , My Dog Skip
  My Dog Skip
  My Dog Skip is a memoir by Willie Morris published by Random House in 1995."My Dog Skip" is the story about nine-year-old Willie Morris growing up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, a tale of a boy and his dog in a small, sleepy Southern town that teaches us about family, friendship, love, devotion and...
  
  , Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction work by John Berendt. Published in 1994, the book was Berendt's first, and became a The New York Times bestseller for 216 weeks following its debut....
  
  , Baylor University
• Joshua Holmes - International model, celebrity blogger
• Derek Haas
  Derek Haas
  Derek Haas is a writer.- Life and career :Derek Haas attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he earned both his B.A. and M.A. in English Literature. He lives in Los Angeles, and has made a name as a screenwriter and co-author of several successful Hollywood films. In 2008 he published his...
  
   - Writer of the movies Wanted, 2 fast 2 furious
  2 Fast 2 Furious
  2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 street racing action film directed by John Singleton. It is the second film in The Fast and the Furious film series following The Fast and the Furious . It stars Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Devon Aoki, and Chris Bridges; and was directed by John Singleton. The...
  
  , 3:10 To Yuma
  3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)
  3:10 to Yuma is the 2007 remake of the 1957 film of the same name, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's short story Three-Ten to Yuma. It is directed by James Mangold and produced by Cathy Konrad, and stars Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in the lead roles. ...
  
   (2007), Baylor University
• Richard Kind
  Richard Kind
  Richard John Kind is an American actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City .- Early life :...
  
   - actor Spin City
• Matt Long
  Matt Long
  Matthew Clayton "Matt" Long is an American actor. He played the teenaged Jack McCallister on Jack & Bobby, the younger Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, and Tyler Prince in Sydney White....
  
   - actor, Western Kentucky University
  Western Kentucky University
  Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....
  
  
• David McKenna
  David McKenna (writer)
  David McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer. He worked as executive producer of E-Ring.He used the screen name Zachary Long for Bully....
  
   - writer/producer of Blow
  Blow (film)
  Blow is a 2001 biopic about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay. It is based on the real...
  
  , American History X
  American History X
  American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema....
  
  , San Diego State University
  San Diego State University
  San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
  
  
• Michael Rosenbaum
  Michael Rosenbaum
  Michael Owen Rosenbaum is an American actor and director. He is best known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville and Dutch on FOX's Breaking In, and for providing the voice for the Flash in the DC animated universe...
  
   - actor, Lex Luthor
  Lex Luthor
  Lex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and...
  
  : Smallville, Western Kentucky University
  Western Kentucky University
  Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....
  
  
• Fred Savage
  Fred Savage
  Fredrick Aaron "Fred" Savage is an American actor, director and producer of television and film.He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years and as the grandson in The Princess Bride...
  
   - actor, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Troy Aikman
  Troy Aikman
  Troy Kenneth Aikman is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. The number one overall draft pick in 1989, Aikman played twelve consecutive seasons as quarterback with the Cowboys...
  
   - former quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, University of California, Los Angeles
• Grant Shaud
  Grant Shaud
  Grant Shaud is an American actor known for having played the character of Miles Silverberg on the 1990s TV sitcom Murphy Brown.-Early life:...
  
   - actor on Murphy Brown, University of Richmond
  University of Richmond
  The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
  
  
• David Spade
  David Spade
  David Wayne Spade is an American actor, comedian and television personality who first became famous in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and from 1997 until 2003 when he starred as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot Me!. He also starred as C.J...
  
   - actor/comedian, Arizona State University
  Arizona State University
  Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
  
  
• Kevin Reynolds- Writer/Director of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 American adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds. Kevin Costner heads the cast list as Robin Hood...
  
  , Waterworld
  Waterworld
  Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film. The film was directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It is based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it. It was distributed by Universal Pictures...
  
  , Red Dawn
  Red Dawn
  Red Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed by John Milius and co-written by Milius and Kevin Reynolds. It stars Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey....
  
  , Fandango
  Fandango
  Fandango is a lively couple's dance, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars and castanets or hand-clapping . Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has an instrumental introduction followed by "variaciones"...
  
  , The Count of Monte Cristo
  The Count of Monte Cristo
  The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844...
  
  , Baylor University
• Kevin Tighe
  Kevin Tighe
  Kevin Tighe is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! . He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends...
  
   - actor
• Robert Young
  Robert Young (actor)
  Robert George Young was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best and as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. .-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Young was the son of an Irish immigrant father...
  
   - actor Father Knows Best
  Father Knows Best
  Father Knows Best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s.-Radio:...
  
  , Marcus Welby, MD
• Paul James
  Paul James (actor)
  Paul James is an American actor. He may be best known for his role on the ABC Family television show Greek as Calvin. He also starred in the movie The Architect. James attended the theater program at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland where he participated in a variety of musical theater...
  
   - actor Greek
  Greek (TV series)
  Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
  
  
• Bobby Jon Drinkard
  Bobby Jon Drinkard
  Bobby Jon Drinkard was a contestant on Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala. Bobby Jon graduated from Troy University in Troy, Alabama, in 2003 with a degree in journalism. While at Troy, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity...
  
   - actor Survivor: Guatemala
  Survivor: Guatemala
  Survivor: Guatemala — The Maya Empire, commonly referred to as Survivor: Guatemala, is the eleventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park near the more popular Tikal National Park, located in...
  
  , Survivor: Palau
  Survivor: Palau
  Survivor: Palau is the tenth season of the United States reality show Survivor. Its preview appeared during the final episode of Survivor: Vanuatu. Survivor: Palau premiered on February 17, 2005. The complete season, including the Live Reunion Show, was released on DVD by CBS Home Video on August...
  
  , and We Are Marshall
  We Are Marshall
  We Are Marshall is a 2006 American drama film directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team as well as five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters and...
  
  , Troy University
  Troy University
  Troy University is a public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was originally founded in 1887 as Troy Normal School. Its main campus enrollment is 7,194 students. The total enrollment of all Troy University campuses is 29,689...
  
  
• Gregory Thomas Garcia
  Gregory Thomas Garcia
  Gregory Thomas García , is an American television director, producer and writer. He was the creator/executive producer on the long-running sitcom Yes, Dear and the creator/executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning My Name Is Earl...
  
   - Creator and Producer My Name is Earl
  My Name Is Earl
  My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
  
  , Yes, Dear
  Yes, Dear
  Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....
  
  
• Grant Nieporte
  Grant Nieporte
  Grant Nieporte is a screenwriter best known for the film Seven Pounds. Nieporte got the idea for the script after having a chat with a man whom he called "one of the saddest people I've ever met in my life"...
  
   - writer of the movie Seven Pounds
  Seven Pounds
  Seven Pounds is a 2008 film, directed by Gabriele Muccino. Will Smith stars as a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, and Barry Pepper star. The film was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on December 19, 2008, by Columbia Pictures...
  
   featuring Will Smith, University of California Irvine
• Robert S. Woods
  Robert S. Woods
  Robert Sosebee Woods is an American actor best known for playing Bo Buchanan on the ABC soap One Life to Live, a role for which he won a 1983 Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actor.-Early life:...
  
   - actor, California State University, Long Beach
  California State University, Long Beach
  California State University, Long Beach is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California by enrollment...
  
  
• Adam Hunter - Comedienne/Actor, Finalist on Last Comic Standing
  Last Comic Standing
  Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.The goal of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC network, and a television special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy...
  
  , Binghamton University
  Binghamton University
  Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
  
  
• John Sala - Current boyfriend of The Bachelor winner, Vienna Girardi, NC Sigma, East Carolina University
  East Carolina University
  East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...
  
  
• Terry Schappert
  Terry Schappert
  Terry Schappert is a United States Army Reserve Special Forces medical sergeant and martial artist who hosted the 2008 show Warriors on the History Channel. He left the service before 9/11 and re-entered it as a reservist after the attacks, serving three tours in Iraq. He has also had minor acting...
  
   - actor / hosted the show Warriors on the History Channel and Discovery Channel's Shark Week, NC Delta, UNCW

Music

• Jimmy Dunne (Songwriter)
  Jimmy Dunne (songwriter)
  James Patrick Dunne is an American songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, and entrepreneur. His songs have been recorded on 27,000,000 records worldwide and over 1,400 television episodes and film scores...
  
   - songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, entrepreneur, and president of Inspire, University of Kentucky
  University of Kentucky
  The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  
• Glen Ballard
  Glen Ballard
  Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
  
   - veteran songwriter and producer, University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Dierks Bentley
  Dierks Bentley
  Dierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip...
  
   - country music singer University of Vermont
  University of Vermont
  The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
  
  
• Nick Lachey
  Nick Lachey
  Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and television personality. Lachey rose to fame as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees. He later starred in the reality television series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson. He has released...
  
   - Singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University
  Miami University
  Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
  
  
• George McConnell
  George McConnell
  George McConnell is an American guitarist from Vicksburg, Mississippi who played for Widespread Panic, Kudzu Kings, and Beanland. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity....
  
   - Guitarist, formerly of Beanland and Widespread Panic
  Widespread Panic
  Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring...
  
  , University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Rudy Vallee
  Rudy Vallée
  Rudy Vallée was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.-Early life:Born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont, the son of Charles Alphonse and Catherine Lynch Vallée...
  
   - entertainer University of Maine
  University of Maine
  The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
  
  , Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
  
• Travis Lloyd - rap artist, poet, and motivational speaker University of Northern Iowa
  University of Northern Iowa
  The University of Northern Iowa is a college located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 120 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral sciences, and graduate college.UNI has...
  
  
• Joshua Radin
  Joshua Radin
  Joshua Radin is an American recording artist, songwriter and actor. He was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and is of Swedish, German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian descent. He studied drawing and painting at Northwestern University, following his college years with stints as an art...
  
   - acoustic guitarist, singer-songwriter, Northwestern University
  Northwestern University
  Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
  
  
• Bobby Hatfield
  Bobby Hatfield
  Robert Lee "Bobby" Hatfield was an American singer, best known as one half of the Righteous Brothers.-Early life:...
  
   - Singer, the Righteous Brothers, California State University Long Beach

Media

• Ed Wilson
  Ed Wilson
  Ed Wilson is an American media executive. He is formerly President of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting and has held top-level executive roles with FOX Television Network, NBC Enterprises and CBS Enterprises.-Early life:...
  
   - President of Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Company), former President of Fox Television, NBC Enterprises, and CBS Enterprises, University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• George Bodenheimer
  George Bodenheimer
  George Bodenheimer is the current president of ESPN Inc. and of ABC's sports division, known since 2006 as ESPN on ABC. He has been president of ESPN since November 19, 1998 and of the former ABC Sports since March 3, 2003...
  
   - President of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC
• Jeb Bing- Former Chicago Tribune Reporter, Current Publisher of the Pleasanton Weekly, Former Army Sergeant
• Dave Campbell - ESPN
  ESPN
  Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
  
   baseball broadcaster, University of Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
  
• Jack Edwards
  Jack Edwards (sportscaster)
  Jack Edwards is the play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins on NESN. He occasionally does play-by-play for NHL on Versus coverage as well.- Early career :...
  
   - Former ESPN
  ESPN
  Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
  
   Broadcaster and current NESN play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins
  Boston Bruins
  The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
  
  , University of New Hampshire
  University of New Hampshire
  The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...
  
  
• Ron Franklin
  Ron Franklin
  Ron Franklin is an American sportscaster, most notably with ESPN, where he was employed from 1987-2011. He was fired by ESPN on January 4, 2011 after allegedly making sexist comments to and then berating a colleague.He is married with one child...
  
   - ESPN
  ESPN
  Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
  
   college football and basketball broadcaster, University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• George Gallup
  George Gallup
  George Horace Gallup was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.-Biography:...
  
   - Creator of Gallup Poll, University of Iowa
  University of Iowa
  The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
  
  
• Philip Graham - Former publisher of the Washington Post and Newsweek
  Newsweek
  Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
  
  , University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Ernie Harwell
  Ernie Harwell
  William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 years, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the action on radio and/or television...
  
   - Former baseball broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, Emory University
  Emory University
  Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
  
  
• Ed Hinton
  Ed Hinton
  Edward Talmage "Ed" Hinton is currently a senior motorsports columnist for ESPN.com.Hinton attended the University of Mississippi and later The University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, graduating in 1970. He began working for the covering the NASCAR racing...
  
   - ESPN
  ESPN
  Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
  
   NASCAR columnist, University of Southern Mississippi
• Chet Huntley
  Chet Huntley
  Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.-Early life:...
  
  - NBC News Anchor Montana State University
• Ernie Pyle
  Ernie Pyle
  Ernest Taylor Pyle was an American journalist who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain from 1935 until his death in combat during World War II. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944...
  
   - Pulitzer Prize winning World War II journalist, Indiana University
• Ryen Russillo
  Ryen Russillo
  Ryen Russillo is an American sports host. He has worked for ESPN Radio as the co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show since May, 2009....
  
   - co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio
  ESPN Radio
  ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
  
  , University of Vermont
  University of Vermont
  The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
  
  
• Charles Strum
  Charles Strum
  Charles Strum was born in 1948 and is a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was a history and political Science double-major. After working at Newsday, he joined The New York Times in 1979...
  
   - Associate managing editor for the New York Times, Dickinson College
  Dickinson College
  Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
  
  
• James J. Kilpatrick
  James J. Kilpatrick
  James Jackson Kilpatrick was an American editorial columnist and grammarian. He was a legal abstractionist, a social conservative, and an economic libertarian according to Harvard ....
  
   - Syndicated newspaper columnist, author University of Missouri
  University of Missouri
  The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
  
  
• Hughes Rudd
  Hughes Rudd
  Hughes Rudd was a television journalist and CBS News correspondent...
  
   - CBS News anchor, correspondent University of Missouri
  University of Missouri
  The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
  
  

Business

• Tony Heldreth - Vice President & Venture Capitalist. Ranked #1 International Business Man by The Financial Times.
• Jack Crichton
  Jack Crichton (Texas businessman)
  John Alston Crichton, known as Jack Crichton , was an oil and natural gas industrialist from Dallas, Texas, who was among the first of his ranks to recognize the importance of petroleum reserves in the Middle East. In 1964, he carried the Republican banner in a fruitless campaign against the...
  
   - Oil and gas industrialist in Texas
• Scott T. Ford
  Scott T. Ford
  Scott Ford, was president and chief executive officer of Alltel,with 13 million customers and revenues of nearly $10 billion. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, he worked for Merrill Lynch and Stephens Inc.. In 1996 he joined Alltel as executive vice president with responsibility for...
  
  - CEO, Alltel Wireless, University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• J.B. Fuqua - Former businessman and philanthropist. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University
  Duke University
  Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
  
   is named after him
• Steve Lacy
  Steve Lacy
  Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
  
   - President & CEO, Meredith Corporation, Kansas State University
  Kansas State University
  Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
  
  
• David S. Lewis, Jr.
  David S. Lewis, Jr.
  David Sloan Lewis, Jr. was an aeronautical engineer who led aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics for 14 years.- Early life :David Lewis was born in 1917, in North Augusta, South Carolina...
  
   - Former Chairman & CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
  
  
• William Perez
  William Perez
  - Greenhill & Co. :On January 11, 2010, William D. Perez joined Greenhill & Co. as a senior advisor.- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company :On October 3, 2006, William D. Perez succeeded William Wrigley, Jr. II as CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing-gum manufacturer. He was the first...
  
   - CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
  Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
  The William Wrigley Jr. Company is a company headquartered in the Wrigley Building in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded on April 1, 1891, originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began packaging...
  
  
• Paul L. Foster
  Paul L. Foster
  Paul L. Foster is an American business man who has operated as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of the Board for Western Refining, an independent oil refiner and marketer headquartered in El Paso, Texas. In 2007, Paul Foster donated $50 million to help create the Paul L...
  
   - President and CEO of Western Refining
  Western Refining
  Western Refining Company, L.P. is an independent crude oil refiner and marketer headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Western Refining Company operates primarily in the Southwestern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Western Refining has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange...
  
  , Baylor University
  Baylor University
  Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
  
  
• T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
  T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
  Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. , known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s...
  
   - Chairman, Mesa Petroleum, Oklahoma State University
• Charles Price II - Chairman and CEO - Price Candy Company University of Missouri
  University of Missouri
  The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
  
  
• Richard Scruggs
  Richard Scruggs
  Richard F. "Dickie" Scruggs is an American former A6A naval aviator, a prominent trial lawyer, one of the richest men in Mississippi, and the brother-in-law of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Scruggs first came to the public eye after successfully suing the asbestos industry on...
  
   - Lawyer, University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Larry P. Heard- President and CEO of Transwestern, Baylor University
  Baylor University
  Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
  
  
• Tony Heldreth - Business Man, Randolph-Macon College
  Randolph-Macon College
  Randolph–Macon College is a private, co-educational liberal arts college located in Ashland, Virginia, United States, near the capital city of Richmond. Founded in 1830, the school has an enrollment of over 1,200 students...
  
  
• Chris Sullivan
  Chris T. Sullivan
  Chris T. Sullivan is a founder, director and Chairman of the Board of Outback Steakhouse.From February 1991 to March 2005, Sullivan was Chief Executive Officer of OSI Restaurant Partners, INC.. From August 1987 to February 1991, he was President of the company...
  
  , founder Outback Steakhouse
  Outback Steakhouse
  Outback Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida with over 1200 locations in 22 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It was founded in February 1988 in Tampa by Bob Basham, Chris T...
  
  , University of Kentucky
  University of Kentucky
  The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  
• Ed Wilson
  Ed Wilson
  Ed Wilson is an American media executive. He is formerly President of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting and has held top-level executive roles with FOX Television Network, NBC Enterprises and CBS Enterprises.-Early life:...
  
   - President of Chicago based Tribune Broadcasting
  Tribune Broadcasting
  The Tribune Broadcasting Company is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois and named for the flagship Chicago Tribune newspaper.- History :Tribune Broadcasting...
  
  , University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• Howard Wood
  Howard Wood
  James Howard Wood is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'7" 235 lb power forward, played college basketball at the University of Tennessee and had a brief stint in the NBA with the Utah Jazz.Wood was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 4th pick in the 2nd round of the 1981...
  
   - Co-founder, Charter Communications
  Charter Communications
  Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
  
   and former President & CEO, Cencom Cable Television
  Cencom Cable Television
  Cencom Cable Television was a cable television distributor in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri-Metro-East, Illinois Metropolitan area between 1985 and 1993. Cencom bought out Storer Cable in late 1985, and transformed that Florissant cable outlet into Cencom. Cencom was the home of the St...
  
  , Washington University
• William T. Young
  William T. Young
  William T. Young was an American businessman and major owner of thoroughbred racehorses.William T. Young attended the University of Kentucky where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Young graduated with high distinction in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical...
  
   - Businessman, Founder and former CEO of JIF
  Jif (peanut butter)
  Jif is a brand of peanut butter made by The J.M. Smucker Co., which purchased the brand from Procter & Gamble in 2001. The original Creamy Jif peanut butter debuted in 1958. In 1974, Extra Crunchy Jif was introduced, followed by Simply Jif in 1991, a peanut butter variant with low-sodium and less...
  
  , University of Kentucky
  University of Kentucky
  The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  
• Kurt Darrow - Businessman, CEO/President of La-Z-Boy
  La-Z-Boy
  La-Z-Boy Incorporated is a furniture manufacturer based in Monroe, Michigan, USA which makes home furniture, including upholstered recliners, sofas, stationary chairs, and sleeper sofas...
  
  , Adrian College
  Adrian College
  Adrian College is a private, co-educational liberal arts college related to the United Methodist Church in the city of Adrian, Michigan.-Campus:The school is approximately a 45-minute drive from Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, and 90 minutes from Detroit...
  
  
• Brian Lamb
  Brian Lamb
  Brian Patrick Lamb is the founder and chief executive officer of C-SPAN, a television network dedicated to coverage of government proceedings and public affairs. Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Lamb earned a degree from Purdue University before joining the United States Navy...
  
  , C-SPAN's chairman and CEO(Purdue University)
• Don Donnally - Prominent Dallas businessman and philanthropist, Texas Delta Chapter advisor since 1974, Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
  
  
• John Barratt - Chairman, President, and CEO of Western Southern Insurance, University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati
  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
  
  
• Carl H. Lindner III - CEO of American Financial Group
  American Financial Group
  American Financial Group Incorporated is a holding company based in Cincinnati, Ohio whose primary business is insurance and investments. American Financial Group's purpose is to enable businesses and individuals to manage risk using insurance products and services tailored to meet their specific...
  
  , University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati
  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
  
  
• S. Craig Lindner - Co-CEO and Co-President of American Financial Group
  American Financial Group
  American Financial Group Incorporated is a holding company based in Cincinnati, Ohio whose primary business is insurance and investments. American Financial Group's purpose is to enable businesses and individuals to manage risk using insurance products and services tailored to meet their specific...
  
  , President of Great American Insurance Company, University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati
  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
  
  
• Stephen Donly - CEO/President of TruGreen Lawn Drake University
  Drake University
  Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....
  
  
• Hank Matula CFP(r) - Senior Vice-President of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management - University of Houston
  University of Houston
  The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
  
  
• Jason Merrill - Regional Vice President of The Hartford Mutual Funds Texas State University
• Ed Fuller
  Ed Fuller
  Edward Ashton White Fuller was a major league baseball player for the 1886 Washington Nationals. He was both right-handed for batting and throwing. He was 6'0 and weighed 158 lbs. He played his first game on July 17, 1886 for the Nationals when he was only 18 years of age. 5 days later he...
  
   - President of Marriott International
• David J. West - Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hershey Company Bucknell University
  Bucknell University
  Bucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of...
  
  
• David Einhorn - President, Greenlight Capital
  Greenlight Capital
  Greenlight Capital is a hedge fund which was founded by David Einhorn. Einhorn's commentary on the financial position of Lehman Brothers in early 2008, and Greenlight's short selling of Lehman stock, foreshadowed Lehmans' collapse....
  
   Cornell University
  Cornell University
  Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
  
  
• Doug Burgum - Senior Vice President, Microsoft Business Solutions North Dakota State University
  North Dakota State University
  North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...
  
  
• Louis Wood - Business Development Director Jupiter Asset Management
  Jupiter Asset Management
  Jupiter Fund Management is a UK fund management group, managing equity and bond investments for private and institutional investors. The company manages assets across a wide range of international and UK based mutual funds, multi-manager products, hedge funds, institutional mandates, and a...
  
  

Education

• James M. Farr - President of the University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Bruce Grube
  Bruce Grube
  Dr. Bruce Grube was the eleventh President of Georgia Southern University, a Georgia Regional University located in Statesboro, Georgia, United States...
  
   - President of Georgia Southern University
  Georgia Southern University
  Georgia Southern University is a national public university located on a campus in Statesboro, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1906, it is part of the University System of Georgia and is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia offering 117 academic majors in a comprehensive...
  
  
• Ralph Cooper Hutchinson
  Ralph Cooper Hutchinson
  Ralph Cooper Hutchison was president of Washington & Jefferson College and Lafayette College.- Personal :...
  
   - President of Washington & Jefferson College
  Washington & Jefferson College
  Washington & Jefferson College, also known as W & J College or W&J, is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which is south of Pittsburgh...
  
  
• Stephen G. Jennings
  Stephen G. Jennings
  Stephen G. Jennings became the 22nd president of the University of Evansville on 1 June 2001. He retired effective May 31, 2010Since 1983, Jennings has served as president at three other colleges including Oklahoma City University...
  
   - President of the University of Evansville
  University of Evansville
  The University of Evansville is a small, private university with approximately 3,050 students located in Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College, it is located near the interchange of the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. Route 41. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
  
  
• Luis Proenza- President of University of Akron
  University of Akron
  The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...
  
  
• Don C. Davis- President Emeritus of Cameron University
  Cameron University
  Cameron University is a four-year, state-funded university located in Lawton, Oklahoma, that offers more than 50 degrees through two-year, four-year and graduate programs. The degree programs emphasize the liberal arts, science and technology and graduate and professional studies...
  
  
• Gary Ransdell - President of Western Kentucky University
  Western Kentucky University
  Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....
  
  
• Terry S. Maness- Dean of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University
  Baylor University
  Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
  
  
• Jason T. Rowland- Award Winning Educator- Instructor Emeritus of Social Sciences CCSD
  CCSD
  The initials CCSD can stand for:*Calgary Catholic School District, Alberta, Canada*Central Columbia School District, Pennsylvania*Clark County School District, Nevada*Chappaqua Central School District, New York...
  
  

Government

• William McKinley
  William McKinley
  William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...
  
   - Twenty-fifth President of the United States
  President of the United States
  The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
  
   (R), Mount Union College
  Mount Union College
  The University of Mount Union is a 4-year private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Alliance, Ohio.Mount Union enrolls 2200 undergraduates. Approximately 50 percent are women and 50 percent are men, representing more than 22 states and 13 countries. Mount Union has an active alumni base of...
  
  

• Max Baucus
  Max Baucus
  Max Sieben Baucus is the senior United States Senator from Montana and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1978, as of 2010 he is the longest-serving Senator from Montana, and the fifth longest-serving U.S...
  
   - U.S. Senator from Montana (D), Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• J.C.W. Beckham - Former U.S. Senator from Kentucky (D); youngest Governor of Kentucky
  Governor of Kentucky
  The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...
  
  ; namesake of Beckham County, Oklahoma
  Beckham County, Oklahoma
  Beckham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 19,799. Its county seat is Sayre.Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W...
  
  , Centre College
  Centre College
  Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
  
  
• Jim DeMint
  Jim DeMint
  James Warren "Jim" DeMint is the junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leader in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the U.S. Representative for from 1999 to 2005.-Early life and education:DeMint was born in...
  
   - U.S. Senator from South Carolina (R), University of Tennessee
  University of Tennessee
  The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
  
  
• Pete Domenici
  Pete Domenici
  Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici is an American Republican politician, who served six terms as a United States Senator from New Mexico, from 1973 to 2009, the longest tenure in the state's history....
  
   - Former U.S. Senator from New Mexico (R), University of New Mexico
  University of New Mexico
  The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
  
  
• Peter Fitzgerald - Former U.S. Senator from Illinois (R), Dartmouth College
  Dartmouth College
  Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
  
  
• John J. Hickey
  John J. Hickey
  John Joseph Hickey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, Hickey attended public schools and graduated with a law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1934, and practiced law in Rawlins...
  
   - Former Wyoming governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Wyoming
  University of Wyoming
  The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
  
  
• Johnny Isakson
  Johnny Isakson
  John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson is the junior United States Senator from Georgia and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he represented in the House....
  
   - U.S. Senator from Georgia (R), University of Georgia
  University of Georgia
  The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
  
  
• Connie Mack III
  Connie Mack III
  Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III , popularly known as Connie Mack, is a former Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chairman of the Senate Republican...
  
   - Former Florida U.S. Senator (R), University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Larry Pressler - Former South Dakota U.S. Senator (R), University of South Dakota
  University of South Dakota
  The University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...
  
  
• David Pryor
  David Pryor
  David Hampton Pryor is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966...
  
   - Former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• Mark Pryor
  Mark Pryor
  Mark Lunsford Pryor is the senior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and former Attorney General of Arkansas....
  
   - U.S. Senator from Arkansas (D), University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• George Smathers
  George Smathers
  George Armistead Smathers was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
  
  - Former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Florida (D), philanthropist, University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Dennis Chavez
  Dennis Chavez
  Dionisio "Dennis" Chavez was a Democratic politician from the U.S. State of New Mexico who served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962.-Early life:...
  
   - Former U.S. Senator from New Mexico University of New Mexico
  University of New Mexico
  The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
  
  
• Richard Russell
  Richard Russell, Jr.
  Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from the southeastern state of Georgia. He served as state governor from 1931 to 1933 and United States senator from 1933 to 1971....
  
   - Former US Senator from Georgia University of Georgia
  University of Georgia
  The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
  
  

• William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
  William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
  William Reynolds “Bill” Archer, Jr. is a former American lawyer and politician. Archer served two terms, from 1967 to 1971, in the Texas House of Representatives — changing from the Democratic to the Republican party in 1969 — and later represented Texas in the United States House as a Republican...
  
   - Former U.S. Representative (R), Chairman -House Ways and Means Committee, University of Texas
• Allen Boyd
  Allen Boyd
  Fred Allen Boyd Jr. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Group.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   - Former US Representative from Florida (D), Florida State University
  Florida State University
  The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
  
  
• Jay Dickey
  Jay Dickey
  Jay W. Dickey, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2000...
  
   - Former US Representative from Arkansas (R), University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• David Drier - US Representative from California (R), University of La Verne
  University of La Verne
  The University of La Verne is a private research university located in La Verne, California . Founded in 1891, the university is composed of the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public Management, College of Education and Organizational Leadership, College of Law, and a Regional...
  
  
• Thomas W. Ewing
  Thomas W. Ewing
  Thomas W. "Tom" Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 1991, and a U.S. Congressman representing the 15th district of Illinois from July 2, 1991 until his...
  
   - Former US Representative from Illinois (R), Millikin University
  Millikin University
  Millikin University is an American co-educational, comprehensive, private, four-year university with traditional undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, fine arts, and professional studies, as well as non-traditional, adult degree-completion programs and graduate programs in...
  
  
• Paul Gillmor
  Paul Gillmor
  Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death....
  
   - Former US Representative from Ohio (R), Ohio Wesleyan University
  Ohio Wesleyan University
  Ohio Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five — a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges...
  
  
• Ralph Regula
  Ralph Regula
  Ralph Straus Regula was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 16th District of the State of Ohio. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress , he was the second longest serving Republican member of the U.S...
  
   - Former US Congressman from Ohio (R), Mount Union College
  Mount Union College
  The University of Mount Union is a 4-year private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Alliance, Ohio.Mount Union enrolls 2200 undergraduates. Approximately 50 percent are women and 50 percent are men, representing more than 22 states and 13 countries. Mount Union has an active alumni base of...
  
  
• John Shadegg
  John Shadegg
  John Barden Shadegg is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district, numbered as the 4th District before the 2000 Census, includes much of northern Phoenix....
  
   - Former US Congressman from Arizona (R), University of Arizona
  University of Arizona
  The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
  
  
• Charles Walter "Charlie" Stenholm - Former US Congressman from Texas (D), Texas Tech University
  Texas Tech University
  Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
  
  

• Haley Barbour
  Haley Barbour
  Haley Reeves Barbour is an American Republican politician currently serving as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi. He gained a national spotlight in August 2005 after Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Barbour won re-election as Governor in 2007...
  
   - Current Governor of Mississippi (R); former chairman of the Republican National Committee
  Republican National Committee
  The Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is...
  
  , University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Joe Foss
  Joe Foss
  Joseph Jacob "Joe" Foss was the leading fighter ace of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and a 1943 recipient of the Medal of Honor, recognizing his role in the air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign...
  
   - Former South Dakota Governor (R); Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
  
   recipient; leading USMC ace pilot, 1st Commissioner of the AFL, former NRA President, University of South Dakota
  University of South Dakota
  The University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...
  
  
• William L. Guy
  William L. Guy
  William Lewis Guy was the governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1961 to 1973. At , he is the oldest of the six living current or past governors of North Dakota.-Biography:...
  
   - Former North Dakota Governor (D), North Dakota State University
  North Dakota State University
  North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...
  
  
• Gary Johnson
  Gary Johnson
  Gary Johnson may refer to:*Gary Johnson , former Governor of New Mexico and candidate for President in 2012*Gary Johnson , American politician, Wisconsin State Assembly...
  
   - Former Governor of New Mexico (R), University of New Mexico
  University of New Mexico
  The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
  
  
• Paul B. Johnson, Jr.
  Paul B. Johnson, Jr.
  Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. was a United States Democratic Mississippi politician and son of former Mississippi Governor Paul B. Johnson, Sr.....
  
   - Former Governor of Mississippi (D), University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• John Lynch - Current Governor of New Hampshire (D), University of New Hampshire
  University of New Hampshire
  The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...
  
  
• Sidney S. McMath - Former Governor of Arkansas (D), Marine General & Renowned Trial Lawyer, University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  
• Robert D. Ray
  Robert D. Ray
  Robert Dolph Ray served as the 38th Governor of Iowa from January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983. He served in the United States Army. He received his B.A. in Business from Drake University in 1952 and his Law Degree in 1954...
  
   - Former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University
  Drake University
  Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....
  
  
• Robert D. Blue
  Robert D. Blue
  Robert Donald Blue was the 30th Governor of Iowa from 1945-49.-Biography:...
  
   - Former Governor of Iowa, Drake University
  Drake University
  Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....
  
  
• Brian Sandoval
  Brian Sandoval
  Brian Edward Sandoval is an American politician. He is the 29th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada since January 3, 2011. Sandoval is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada...
  
   - Current Governor of Nevada University of Nevada
  University of Nevada, Reno
  The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
  
  

• Ivan Allen Jr.
  Ivan Allen Jr.
  Ivan Allen, Jr., was a U.S. businessman and Democratic political figure most notable for serving two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s.-Biography:...
  
   - Former Mayor of Atlanta (D), Georgia Tech
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
  
  
• Jerry Sanders
  Jerry Sanders (politician)
  Gerald Robert "Jerry" Sanders is an American politician, Mayor of San Diego, California, and former Chief of Police.-Personal life:...
  
    - Current Mayor of San Diego (R), San Diego State University
  San Diego State University
  San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
  
  

• Henry M. Paulson - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, Dartmouth College
  Dartmouth College
  Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
  
  
• Don Evans
  Don Evans
  Donald Thomas "Don" Evans was a noted African-American playwright, theatre director, actor and educator.-Early life and education:...
  
   - Former US Commerce Secretary (R), University of Texas
• Michael Geppi
  Michael Geppi
  Michael Geppi is a former member of the County Council of Harford County, Maryland and an elected leader of the Maryland Republican Party.-Education:...
  
   - Former Harford County Councilman (R), Towson University
  Towson University
  Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
  
  
• L.Q.C. Lamar - Statesman
  Statesman
  A statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...
  
   (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Wilson Livingood
  Wilson Livingood
  Wilson "Bill" Livingood , a 33-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, was elected Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives on January 4, 1995, for the 104th Congress, and subsequently re-elected through the current Congress.From Philadelphia, he grew up in Texas and...
  
   - Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Michigan State University
  Michigan State University
  Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
  
  
• Richard Myers
  Richard Myers
  Richard Bowman Myers is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the United States military's highest ranking uniformed officer....
  
   - Former Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Kansas State University
  Kansas State University
  Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
  
  
• Eliot Ness
  Eliot Ness
  Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, and the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables.- Early life :...
  
   - Prohibition agent
  United States Secret Service
  The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
  
  , University of Chicago
  University of Chicago
  The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
  
  
• Charles Price II - Former Ambassador to the United Kingdom University of Missouri
  University of Missouri
  The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
  
  
• Richard Riley
  Richard Riley
  Richard Wilson Riley , American politician, was United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and the 111th Governor of South Carolina. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
  
   - Former US Secretary of Education, Former Governor of South Carolina (D), Furman University
  Furman University
  Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...
  
  
• Pat Robertson
  Pat Robertson
  Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson is a media mogul, television evangelist, ex-Baptist minister and businessman who is politically aligned with the Christian Right in the United States....
  
   - Christian leader, 1988 Presidential Candidate (R), Washington and Lee University
  Washington and Lee University
  Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, United States.The classical school from which Washington and Lee descended was established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, about north of its present location. In 1776 it was renamed Liberty Hall in a burst of...
  
  
• Kenneth Schissler - Former Maryland State Delegate (R), Salisbury State University
• Mark Taylor
  Mark Taylor (politician)
  Mark Fletcher Taylor is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served two terms between 1999 to 2007 as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Georgia...
  
   - Former Georgia State Senator representing the 12th District, Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Emory University
  Emory University
  Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
  
  
• Louis R. Tobacco- New York State Assemblyman representing Staten Island's 62nd District (R), University at Albany
• GEN Charles C. Campbell, USA (Ret.) - US Army General (Retired), former FORSCOM commander, and last continuously serving Army officer with Vietnam experience, Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
  
  
• Edmund Kirby Smith
  Edmund Kirby Smith
  Edmund Kirby Smith was a career United States Army officer and educator. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy after the fall of Vicksburg.After the conflict ended Smith...
  
   - General, Confederate States of America, The University of the South
• Steven D. Johnson - Former Commander Bartlett, Tennessee Police Department, University of Tennessee - Martin
• MajGen William G. "Bill" Bowdon, USMC (Ret.) - United States Marine Corps Combat Aviator, Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
  
  
• Mark Fletcher Taylor (Politician)- 10th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
  Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
  The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike some states, the lieutenant governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor....
  
  , Emory University
  Emory University
  Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
  
  

Science

• Robert Ballard
  Robert Ballard
  Robert Duane Ballard is a former United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is most famous for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989,...
  
   - Oceanographer, Explorer, discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1985,"German Battleship Bismarck
  German battleship Bismarck
  Bismarck was the first of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the primary force behind the German unification in 1871, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched nearly three years later...
  
  " in 1989, and the Roman trading ship "Isis
  Isis
  Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
  
  ", University of California, Santa Barbara
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
  
  
• Steve Fossett
  Steve Fossett
  James Stephen Fossett was an American commodities trader, businessman, and adventurer. Fossett is the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon...
  
   - aviator and adventurer, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Robert H. Goddard
  Robert H. Goddard
  Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American professor, physicist and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which he successfully launched on March 16, 1926...
  
   - Father of modern controlled rocketry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private university located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities...
  
  
• William Oefelein
  William Oefelein
  William Anthony "Bill" Oefelein is an American businessman and a former test pilot instructor, naval officer and NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission....
  
   - NASA Astronaut, Oregon State University
  Oregon State University
  Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
  
  
• Zachary Cioromski - Walking Miracle, Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
  

Sports

• Harry Agganis
  Harry Agganis
  Aristotle George Agganis ' , nicknamed "The Golden Greek", was an American athletic star in two sports. His family origins were from Longanikos near Sparta, Greece. -Career:...
  
   - Boston University
  Boston University
  Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
  
   football All American, Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
   1B, "The Golden Greek", Boston University
  Boston University
  Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
  
  
• Scott Boras
  Scott Boras
  Scott Boras is an American sports agent, specializing in baseball. He is the founder, owner and president of the Boras Corporation, a sports agency based in Newport Beach, Calif. that represents roughly 175 professional baseball clients, including many of the game's highest-profile players...
  
   - Pro baseball agent, University of the Pacific
• Ken Caminiti
  Ken Caminiti
  Kenneth Gene Caminiti was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball and the 1996 National League Most Valuable Player. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State University...
  
   - Former professional baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
   player, San Jose State University
  San José State University
  San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...
  
  
• Jason Castro
  Jason Castro (baseball)
  Jason Michael Castro is a catcher for the Houston Astros.-Career:Castro played high school baseball for Castro Valley High School....
  
   - #10 Pick in 2008 MLB Draft Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
  
• David Freese
  David Freese
  David Richard Freese is a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. A star high school player, Freese chose not to play college baseball in his freshman year of college, but returned to the game a year later...
  
   - St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   third baseman and 2011 NLCS MVP, University of Missouri
  University of Missouri
  The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
  
  
• John Gall - Florida Marlins
  Florida Marlins
  The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...
  
   minor league outfielder Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Ryan Garko
  Ryan Garko
  Ryan Francis Garko is a professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who plays for the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization. In college, he was a catcher. He has played for the Cleveland Indians, the San Francisco Giants, and the Texas Rangers in Major...
  
   - San Francisco Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   first baseman, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Mike Gosling
  Mike Gosling
  Michael Frederick Gosling is a retired left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who was most recently with the Cleveland Indians organization.-Minnesota Twins:...
  
   - Toronto Blue Jays
  Toronto Blue Jays
  The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
  
   minor league pitcher, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Mark Lamping
  Mark Lamping
  Mark Lamping is the CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium Company, and the former president of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team, a post he held from September 1, 1994 until March 13, 2008.- Life and career :...
  
   - Former president of the St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
  The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
  
   and CEO of the Meadowlands Stadium
  Meadowlands Stadium
  Meadowlands Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home venue of Soweto Panthers F.C. in the Vodacom League. It was built in 2008 for the 2010 World Cup....
  
   Company, Rockhurst University
  Rockhurst University
  Rockhurst University is a private, coeducational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College. The school adheres to the motto etched into the stone of the campus bell tower: "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition." It is one of 28...
  
  
• Kevin McClatchy
  Kevin McClatchy
  Kevin S. McClatchy is the former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. He led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1996, and served as the team's CEO and lead owner until 2007, when Bob Nutting took over as lead owner, and McClatchy and Nutting hired Frank Coonelly to become...
  
   - Current CEO and former majority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
  , University of California, Santa Barbara
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
  
  
• Graig Nettles
  Graig Nettles
  Graig Nettles , nicknamed "Puff", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 22-year baseball career, he played for the Minnesota Twins , Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , San Diego Padres , Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos .Nettles was one of the best...
  
   - Former Major League Baseball player, San Diego State University
  San Diego State University
  San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
  
  
• Greg Reynolds
  Greg Reynolds
  Gregory Adam Reynolds is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies.-Major League career:...
  
   - Colorado Rockies
  Colorado Rockies
  The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...
  
   pitcher, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Walt Terrell
  Walt Terrell
  Charles Walter Terrell is a former starting pitcher with an eleven year career from 1982 to 1992. He played for the New York Mets , Detroit Tigers , San Diego Padres , New York Yankees , Pittsburgh Pirates , and once again the Detroit Tigers...
  
   - Former professional baseball player, Morehead State University
  Morehead State University
  Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S...
  
  
• Clint Robinson
  Clint Robinson
  Clint Robinson is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver who has won a complete set of medals at the Summer Olympics ....
  
  - Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   minor league first baseman Troy University
  Troy University
  Troy University is a public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was originally founded in 1887 as Troy Normal School. Its main campus enrollment is 7,194 students. The total enrollment of all Troy University campuses is 29,689...
  
  

• Mike Gminski
  Mike Gminski
  Michael Thomas Gminski is a retired American college and professional basketball player. Gminski played his high school ball for Masuk High School in Monroe, CT. From there he played four seasons with the Duke Blue Devils, from 1977 to 1980. He led the team in scoring during his junior and senior...
  
   - Professional basketball player, Duke University
  Duke University
  Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
  
  
• Jud Heathcote
  Jud Heathcote
  George Melvin "Jud" Heathcote is a former college basketball coach. He was a head coach for 24 seasons at the collegiate level: five at Montana and 19 at Michigan State...
  
   - Former Michigan State University
  Michigan State University
  Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
  
   Basketball Coach, Washington State University
  Washington State University
  Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
  
  
• Phil Jackson
  Phil Jackson
  Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson is a retired American professional basketball coach and player. Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association . His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998;...
  
   - Professional basketball coach, currently with the Los Angeles Lakers
  Los Angeles Lakers
  The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
  
  , University of North Dakota
  University of North Dakota
  The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...
  
  
• "Pistol Pete" Maravich
  Pete Maravich
  Peter "Pistol Pete" Press Maravich was an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University and played for three NBA teams until injuries induced him to retire in 1980...
  
   - Professional basketball player, Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
  
  
• Jack Twyman
  Jack Twyman
  John Kennedy "Jack" Twyman is an American former professional basketball player and sports broadcaster.-Playing career:...
  
   - Professional basketball player, University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati
  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
  
  
• Kevin Grevey
  Kevin Grevey
  Kevin Michael Grevey is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'5" swingman, the left-handed Grevey played for the Washington Bullets from 1975-1983 and the Milwaukee Bucks from 1983-1985...
  
   - Professional basketball player, University of Kentucky
  University of Kentucky
  The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  

• Troy Aikman
  Troy Aikman
  Troy Kenneth Aikman is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. The number one overall draft pick in 1989, Aikman played twelve consecutive seasons as quarterback with the Cowboys...
  
   - Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl MVP Quarterback and Hall of Famer
• Chris Ault
  Chris Ault
  Chris Ault is the current college football head coach of the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. Ault, along with John Gagliardi, is one of two active coaches who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame....
  
   - University of Nevada-Reno football coach, University of Nevada
  Nevada Wolf Pack
  The Nevada Wolf Pack are the collegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nevada, Reno, consisting of 16 varsity teams. Though often known as UNR within the state, the university is simply called Nevada for athletics purposes; its sports teams are nicknamed the Wolf Pack...
  
  
• Tony Boselli
  Tony Boselli
  Don Anthony "Tony" Boselli, Jr. is a former American football offensive tackle. He spent nearly all of his professional career playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League ....
  
   - Professional football player, University of Southern California
  University of Southern California
  The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
  
  
• Doug Brien
  Doug Brien
  Douglas Robert Zachariah Brien is a former American football placekicker. He played twelve seasons for seven teams in the National Football League:...
  
   - Former NFL place-kicker, University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Berkeley
  The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
  
  
• Mack Brown
  Mack Brown
  William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs...
  
   - University of Texas
  Texas Longhorn Athletics
  Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin. These teams are referred to as the Texas Longhorns , taking their name from the Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the...
  
   football coach, Florida State University
  Florida State University
  The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
  
  
• Pete Carroll
  Pete Carroll
  Peter Clay Carroll is the head coach and executive Vice-President of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots and the University of Southern California Trojans football team.-Early life:Carroll attended Redwood High...
  
   - Seattle Seahawks
  Seattle Seahawks
  The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
  
   football coach, University of the Pacific
• Greg McElroy
  Greg McElroy
  Gregory McElroy, Jr. is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jets in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Alabama....
  
   - University of Alabama
  University of Alabama
  The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
  
   QB 2009 National Champions, NFL QB for the New York Jets
  New York Jets
  The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  
• Kyle Cook
  Kyle Cook
  David Kyle Cook born August 29, 1975 in Frankfort, Indiana, is a member of the band Matchbox Twenty. He plays lead guitar, banjo and sings backing vocals for the band. He attended the Atlanta Music Institute. He also lived in Oviedo, Florida for a time...
  
   - Current Center for Cincinnati Bengals
  Cincinnati Bengals
  The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
  
  , Michigan State University
  Michigan State University
  Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
  
  
• Doug Dickey
  Doug Dickey
  Douglas Adair "Doug" Dickey is a former American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, where he played college football...
  
   - Football coach at University of Tennessee
  University of Tennessee
  The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
  
   and University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Paul Dietzel
  Paul Dietzel
  Paul Dietzel is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University , the United States Military Academy , and the University of South Carolina , compiling a career record of 109–95–5...
  
   - Football coach at Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
  
  , Miami University
  Miami University
  Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
  
  
• Francis A. "Mother" Dunn
  Francis Dunn
  Francis A. "Mother" Dunn a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was an American football player as well as head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. While coaching at Dickinson he also played professional football for the Canton Bulldogs...
  
  , Former halfback for the Canton Bulldogs
  Canton Bulldogs
  The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and its successor, the National Football League, from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs would go on to win the 1917, 1918...
  
  , Dickinson College
  Dickinson College
  Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
  
  
• Dennis Erickson
  Dennis Erickson
  Dennis Erickson is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Arizona State University until November 28, 2011, a position he had held since the 2007 season. In 2008 the Arizona Board of Regents had approved a contract extension to keep Erickson at Arizona...
  
   - Arizona State University
  Arizona State University
  Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
  
   football coach, Montana State University
  Montana State University - Bozeman
  Montana State University – Bozeman is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's land-grant university and primary campus in the Montana State University System, which is part of the Montana University System...
  
  
• Ed McCaffrey
  Ed McCaffrey
  Edward Thomas McCaffrey is a former American football wide receiver who played for the New York Giants , San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos of the National Football League...
  
   - Professional football player, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Richard E. Morales-Receiver, St. Paul School
• James Gamble Nippert - Center, University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati
  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
  
  . Namesake to Nippert Stadium
  Nippert Stadium
  Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio is the University of Cincinnati's football stadium, home to their Bearcats football team in rudimentary form since 1901, and as a complete stadium since 1924, making it the fourth oldest playing site and fifth oldest stadium in college football.In 1895, the...
  
  
• Don Nehlen
  Don Nehlen
  Don Nehlen is a former American football player and coach. He was head football coach at Bowling Green State University and at West Virginia University . Nehlen retired from coaching college football in 2001 with a career record of 202–128–8 and as the 17th winningest coach in...
  
   - Former head football coach at West Virginia University
  West Virginia University
  West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
  
  , Bowling Green State University
  Bowling Green State University
  Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
  
  
• John Offerdahl
  John Offerdahl
  John Offerdahl is an American former professional football player who played his entire eight year career with the Miami Dolphins from 1986 to 1993...
  
   - Former NFL linebacker, Western Michigan University
  Western Michigan University
  Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
  
  
• Todd Peterson - Former NFL place-kicker, University of Georgia
  University of Georgia
  The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
  
  
• Matt Prater
  Matt Prater
  Matt Prater is an American football placekicker who plays for the Denver Broncos. He was originally signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at the University of Central Florida, where he majored in psychology.-High school career:Prater attended...
  
   - NFL Kicker for the Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
  The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , University of Central Florida
  University of Central Florida
  The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
  
  
• Bo Schembechler
  Bo Schembechler
  Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8...
  
   - Former University of Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
   football coach, Miami University
  Miami University
  Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
  
  
• Adam Seward
  Adam Seward
  Adam Hartford Seward is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
  
   - Linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
  Carolina Panthers
  The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
  
  , University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  University of Nevada-Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. The institution includes a Shadow Lane Campus, located just east of the University Medical Center of...
  
  
• Dennis K. "Dutch" Stanley
  Dennis K. Stanley
  Dennis Keith "Dutch" Stanley, Sr. was an American education professor, university administrator and intercollegiate sports coach. Stanley was a native of England, but graduated from high school in Florida...
  
   - Football coach at University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Drew Stanton
  Drew Stanton
  Drew Emeric Stanton is a quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He played collegiately for the Michigan State Spartans.-Early life:...
  
   - Detroit Lions
  Detroit Lions
  The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
  
   quarterback, Michigan State University
  Michigan State University
  Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
  
  
• Everett Strupper
  Everett Strupper
  George Everett "Stroop" Strupper was an All-American football player. He played halfback for Georgia Tech from 1915 to 1917. Strupper overcame deafness resulting from a childhood illness and was selected as an All-American in 1917...
  
   - College Football Hall of Fame
  College Football Hall of Fame
  The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
  
   halfback, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
  
  
• Barry Switzer
  Barry Switzer
  Barry Switzer is a former football coach, active in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a...
  
   - (Honorary) former football coach University of Oklahoma
  University of Oklahoma
  The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
  
   and Dallas Cowboys
  Dallas Cowboys
  The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
  
  , University of Oklahoma
  University of Oklahoma
  The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
  
  
• Fran Tarkenton
  Fran Tarkenton
  Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton is a former professional football player, TV personality, and computer software executive....
  
  - Quarterback of Minnesota Vikings
  Minnesota Vikings
  The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
  
   and New York Giants
  New York Giants
  The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , University of Georgia
  University of Georgia
  The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
  
  
• David Treadwell
  David Treadwell
  David Mark Treadwell is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the Denver Broncos and the New York Giants . He played college football for the Clemson Tigers from 1984 to 1987, where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering...
  
   - Former NFL kicker, Clemson University
  Clemson University
  Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
  
  
• Carson Palmer
  Carson Palmer
  Carson Palmer is an American professional football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals first overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at the University of Southern California and won the Heisman Trophy in 2002...
  
   - Quarterback of Cincinnati Bengals
  Cincinnati Bengals
  The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
  
  , University of Southern California
  University of Southern California
  The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
  
  
• Darryl McCray- Wide Receiver, Sprinter of Alma College
  Alma College
  Alma College is a private, liberal arts college located in Alma, Michigan. The enrollment is approximately 1,400 students, and the college is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The college's 13th President, Dr...
  
  
• Denny Thum
  Denny Thum
  Denny Thum is a former team executive for the Kansas City Chiefs. He served in various positions with the team from 1974 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010, he served as team president....
  
   - President of the Kansas City Chiefs
  Kansas City Chiefs
  The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
  
    Rockhurst University
  Rockhurst University
  Rockhurst University is a private, coeducational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College. The school adheres to the motto etched into the stone of the campus bell tower: "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition." It is one of 28...
  
  
• Lloyd Yoder
  Lloyd Yoder
  Lloyd E. Yoder was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.-External links:**...
  
   - College Football Hall of Fame
  College Football Hall of Fame
  The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
  
   tackle, Carnegie Mellon University
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
  
  
• Daniel Mills - Lafayette Central Catholic Defensive End
• Terry Kubsch - Lafayette Central Catholic Guard
• Sean Conley - Lafayette Central Catholic Wide Receiver
• Charlie Dilts - Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
   Quarterback
• Richard Brehaut
  Richard Brehaut
  Richard Brehaut is a college football quarterback at UCLA.Brehaut played high school football and baseball at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he was a member of PrepStar Dream Team and SuperPrep All-American. He was rated as a top ten quarterback by rivals.com,...
  
   - University of California, Los Angeles
  University of California, Los Angeles
  The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
  
   Quarterback

• Andy Bean
  Andy Bean
  Thomas Andrew Bean is an American professional golfer who previously played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...
  
   - Golf announcer, player on the PGA Champions Tour, University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Bob Gilder
  Bob Gilder
  Robert Bryan Gilder is an American professional golfer. He won six tournaments in his PGA Tour career and currently plays on the Champions Tour where he has ten wins.-Biography:...
  
   - Golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
  Arizona State University
  Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
  
  
• Bobby Jones
  Bobby Jones (golfer)
  Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
  
   - Famous amateur golfer/lawyer, Founder of Augusta National Golf Club
  Augusta National Golf Club
  Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...
  
   and the Masters Tournament. Georgia Tech
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
  
  
• Tom Purtzer
  Tom Purtzer
  Thomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
  
   - Golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
  Arizona State University
  Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
  
  
• James Dickey
  James Dickey
  James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1966.-Early years:...
  
  - Golfer, Plus 18 Handicap, Ballwin Golf Course Club Pro University of Missouri
  University of Missouri
  The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
  
  

• Bob Bryan
  Bob Bryan
  Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...
  
   - Tennis player, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Mike Bryan
  Mike Bryan
  Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...
  
   - Tennis player, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Patrick McEnroe
  Patrick McEnroe
  Patrick John McEnroe is a former professional tennis player and the former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of John McEnroe...
  
   - Tennis professional, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  

• Andy Douglas
  Andy Douglas
  Andy Douglas is a retired American professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team partner Chase Stevens.-Career:...
  
   - Professional wrestler, Morehead State University
  Morehead State University
  Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S...
  
  
• J.P. Magnum - Professional wrestler, Cumberland University
  Cumberland University
  Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.-History:...
  
  
• Joey Gilbert
  Joey Gilbert
  Joseph Salvatore Gilbert is a retired professional boxer, currently a criminal defense & personal injury lawyer, and sports agent.-Biography:...
  
   - Professional Boxer, University of Nevada
  University of Nevada, Reno
  The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
  
  
• Ron Mason
  Ron Mason
  Ron Mason is a Canadian former ice hockey player, head coach and university executive. As head coach of various universities, notably including Michigan State University , he became the winningest ice hockey coach in NCAA history with 924 career wins...
  
   - Former college hockey coach and current athletics director at Michigan State University
  Michigan State University
  Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
  
  
• Dave Shondell
  Dave Shondell
  Dave Shondell is the head women's volleyball coach at Purdue University.Shondell was raised in Muncie, Indiana. He began his career at Daleville High School in Daleville, Indiana, just outside of Muncie. After his tenure there, he then moved to Muncie Central High School, in Muncie...
  
   - Head Volleyball Coach at Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
  , Ball State University
  Ball State University
  Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
  
  
• Peter Howard - Former world champion snooker
  Snooker
  Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
  
   player, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• Chris Pontius
  Chris Pontius (soccer)
  Christopher Richard Pontius is an American soccer player who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
  
   - Forward for D.C. United
  D.C. United
  D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
  
  , University of California, Santa Barbara
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
  
  
• Brad Scott - Sand Volleyball, Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
  
• Adrian Kelly - Soccer, Jamaica, Purdue University
• Stephen Randall
  Stephen Randall
  Stephen John Randall is a former English cricketer. Randall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire....
  
   - Adrian Kelly's Trainer Indiana University/Purdue University