Truman State University - Notable People Associated With Truman

Notable People Associated With Truman

• Ray Armstead gold medal winner in the 1984 Olympics (4x400m relay)
• Samuel W. Arnold, former US Congressman from Missouri 1st district.
• Gene Bartow, former college basketball head coach for UCLA, UAB, Illinois and Memphis.
• Robert J. Behnen, a genealogist and former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives;
• Beryl Franklin Carroll, 20th governor of Iowa
• John W. Cauthorn, a former Republican member of the Missouri State Senate;
• Trudy Cooper, co-founder of Outback Steakhouse and OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC.
• Mike Colona, Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Byron Crawford, a blogger and Hip-Hop critic;
• Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter;
• Lenvil Elliott, former professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons in the NFL.
• Jenna Fischer, actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly, in the U.S. adaptation of The Office
• Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, a non-fiction writer best known for his research of Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table.
• Harry Gallatin, Truman men's basketball player, NBA player for the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons, coach of the New York Knicks and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Alphonso Jackson, 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Glenn Jacobs, WWE wrestler best known as "Kane", played both football and basketball for Truman;
• Harry H. Laughlin, was a leading American eugenicist in the first half of the 20th century;
• Clare Magee, U.S. Representative from Missouri;
• Rebecca McClanahan, RN and professor of Nursing, and former Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives;
• Susana A. Mendoza, member of the Illinois House of Representatives;
• Mike Morris, former long snapper for the Minnesota Vikings and a current radio host on KFAN in Minneapolis.
• John R. Murdock, U.S. Representative from Arizona.
• Al Nipper, a Major League Baseball coach and a former pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians.
• Ken Norton, boxer, one of the few to beat Muhammad Ali;
• Prajwal Parajuly, Nepali-speaking Indian writer whose first two books will be published by Quercus.
• General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, American Army Officer who achieved rank of General of the Armies;
• Milton Andrew Romjue, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
• Mary Rhodes Russell, judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri, appointed in 2004 and retained in 2006.
• Ed Schieffer, Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Eric Schmitt, Missouri state senator serving from 2009–present.
• Rob Schneider, Dallas Morning News presentation director and secretary/treasurer of Society for News Design
• Rhonda Vincent, bluegrass singer, International Bluegrass Music Association's female vocalist of the year 2000–2006.
• Arthur L. Willard, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and winner of the Navy Cross.
• Gregg Williams, Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills former head coach.