Notable Alumni
More than 50,000 alumni currently serve in their respective fields across the world.
- R.J.Q. Adams, M.A. 1969, historian
- Adam Amin, Play-by-play announcer for the ESPN family of networks
- Roy E. Ayers, member of the United States House of Representatives and as the 11th Governor of Montana
- Chris Bauman, CEO of FanFound and well known activist for independent music
- Frederick M. Bernthal, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 1988 to 1990
- Beulah Bondi, actress
- Mikhail Borodin, Soviet and Comintern representative to China
- John E. Cashman, Wisconsin State Senator
- JoBe Cerny, owner, Cerny/American Creative, well-known character actor, voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy
- Paul Chambers, CNN anchor/film critic
- Jay Christopher, cofounder of The Pampered Chef
- Thurman C. Crook, a United States Representative from Indiana
- Bryce Drew, former NBA player
- Paul Eggers, Texas Republican gubernatorial nominee, 1968 and 1970; Distinguished Alumnus, 1978
- Michael Essany, television talk show host
- Don Fites, chairman and CEO (ret.), Caterpillar Inc.
- Ginger Zee, meteorologist, Good Morning America Weekend Edition
- Erik Hromadka, chairman and CEO, GWTR, http://www.gwtr.com/about_executive.php
- Samuel B. Huston, former attorney and state legislator in Oregon
- Barbara Ann Kipfer, prolific linguist and lexicographer
- Keith Kizer, executive director, Nevada State Athletic Commission
- John Lutz, actor, "30 Rock;" writer, "Saturday Night Live"
- Jacki Lyden, a senior correspondent at NPR and author of Daughter of the Queen of Sheba
- William March, novelist, Company K, The Bad Seed
- Lloyd McClendon, former MLB player and manager, current hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers
- Craig McKenzie, sports and entertainment agent
- George William Norris, United States Senator from Nebraska and father of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Eugene E. Parker, sports attorney
- Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States federal judge
- Caleb Powers, United States Representative from Kentucky and the first Secretary of State of Kentucky convicted as an accessory to murder
- David Ruprecht, host, Supermarket Sweep, Real People
- James Monroe Smith, president of Louisiana State University, 1930–1939
- Ray Scherer, former NBC news White House correspondent.
- Len Small, 26th Governor of Illinois
- Rene Steinke, novelist, The Fires, Holy Skirts
- Donald Edgar Tewes, United States Representative from Wisconsin
- Lowell Thomas, author, pioneer broadcaster and journalist who made T.E. Lawrence internationally famous.
- Jill Long Thompson, United States Representative from Indiana 1989-1995, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development 1995-2001, 2010 Presidential appointee to board overseeing the federal Farm Credit Administration.
- Frederick "Fuzzy" Thurston, All-pro guard for the Green Bay Packers, 1959–67
- Jim Wacker, former football coach at the University of Minnesota
- Otis Wingo, U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district, 1913–1930
- Lowell Yerex, aviation entrepreneur
- Lucas Phillips, Kid in the red shirt from the "Crazy Frog Bros" Video
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