- List of West Virginia University alumni
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Contents
Actors and actresses
Don Knotts, five-time Emmy Award-winning American actor best known for his role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show.- Antoine Fuqua - noted director of Training Day, Shooter, Replacement Killers, etc. Attended, but did not graduate.[1]
- Cheryl Hines - Actress from Curb Your Enthusiasm; attended but did not graduate[2]
- Kathleen Noone - portrays Edna Wallace on the NBC soap opera "Passions," known to have attended.[3]
- Don Knotts - television and movie actor[4]
- Chris Sarandon - television and movie actor, voice of "Jack Skellington"[5]
- David Selby - actor[6]
- Billy Mays - television advertiser featured on Discovery Channel's PitchMen and known for promoting several as seen on TV products; attended but did not graduate; died in 2009[citation needed]
Athletics
- John Barton - Head Football Coach of the Hollidaysburg Golden Tiger Football Team and winner of the District 6 Championship(1999,2006,2008)
- Joe Alexander - NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
- Terry Bowden - Yahoo Sports Analyst
- Tommy Bowden - Former Head Football Coach at Clemson University and Tulane University
- Marc Bulger - Baltimore Ravens Quarterback
- Gale Catlett - winningest coach in WVU basketball history
- Mike Compton - Former NFL Guard for the Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, and Jacksonville Jaguars
- Mike Gansey - Basketball player in NBA Development League
- Major Harris - Quarterbacked for West Virginia in their 1988 undefeated season.
- Johannes "Joe" Herber - German international basketball player
- Chris Henry - Former NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Jeff Hostetler - Former Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders & New York Giants Quarterback
- Chuck Howley - WVU Five Sport Letterman, NFL Linebacker and Super Bowl MVP with Dallas Cowboys
- Sam Huff - NFL Linebacker, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Rodney Clark (Hot Rod) Hundley - First pick in the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.
- James Jett - All-American sprinter and wide receiver for Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders.
- Adam "Pacman" Jones - Former cornerback for the Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys
- Brian Jozwiak - Former lineman, Kansas City Chiefs.
- Ken Kendrick - owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball
- Owen Schmitt - Fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Steve Kline - Major League Baseball Pitcher
- Pat McAfee - NFL punter for the Indianapolis Colts.
- Adrian Murrell - Former running back for NY Jets.
- Dan Mozes - First Team All American Center, won the Rimington Trophy in his senior year
- Kevin Pittsnogle - Former WVU basketball star
- Bob Huggins - Former WVU basketball player. Current Head Basketball Coach of the WVU Men's Basketball Team. One of only 4 active Division I coaches with 600+ career victories.
- Jerry Porter - Former NFL Wide Receiver for the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars
- Rich Rodriguez - Former head football coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
- Todd Sauerbrun - NFL punter, Went to the Pro Bowl in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
- Floyd B. "Ben" Schwartzwalder - Former head coach of the 1959 National Championship Syracuse University football team
- Steve Slaton - Current NFL running back for the Houston Texas
- Dave Stephenson - Former NFL Guard for the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers
- Darryl Talley - WVU all-time team member and former NFL Linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
- Rod Thorn - Former WVU basketball player and current President of the Philadelphia 76ers
- John Thornton - defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Mike Vanderjagt - former Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys placekicker
- Jerome Alan "Jerry" West - WVU & NBA basketball player, Model for NBA Logo
- Pat White (American football) - Former NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins
- Amos Zereoue - Former NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, & New England Patriots
- Andrew Wright - Current Defender/Midfielder for Scunthorpe United F.C.
- Oliver Luck - Former NFL player and president and general manager of the[Houston Dynamo. Current Athletic Director of West Virginia University]
Authors
- Maggie Anderson - poet
- Allen Appel - writer
- Matt Carson - novelist
- Stephen Coonts - New York Times bestselling author
- Paul Russell Cutright, American historian and biologist
- Chuck Kinder - novelist
- Marc Kramer - author of business books[7]
- Ann Pancake - author
- Thomas Antion - author[8]
Business
- John Chambers - President and CEO of Cisco Systems
- Karen S. Evans - de facto CIO of the United States under President George W. Bush[9]
- Gregory Babe - US CEO Bayer Corporation[10]
- Justin Roemer - WorkWell, Inc. Provider Relations Recruiter
Education
- Todd H. Bullard - former president of Potomac State College and Bethany College
- Patrick Vaughan - Historian and professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
- Charles M. Vest - President Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i - Nigeria's Minister of Education
Journalists
- Don Brake - Music Director of radio station WFRE in Frederick, Maryland
- Patrice King Brown - news anchor at KDKA-TV, the CBS television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Fred Griffith, longtime Cleveland, Ohio television host[11]
- Frank Kearns - Foreign correspondent/broadcast journalist CBS News 1953-1971; and WVU Professor of Journalism 1971-1983 (died 1986)
- Liz Keptner - Anchor KYW-TV, Philadelphia
- Melanie Lofton - News Anchor at WHSV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Frank Lovece
- Asra Nomani
- Monica Robins - news anchor and health reporter at WKYC-TV, NBC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio
- Michael Tomasky
Military
Bantz J. Craddock, former U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and commanding officer of Allied Command Operations (ACO).- Ret. Gen. Earl E. Anderson - Marine Corps General
- Gen. Bantz J. Craddock - United States Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Brig. Gen. Frank Kendall Everest, Jr - test pilot and pioneer of rocket aircraft
- Gen. Robert H. Foglesong - Retired, Commander, US Air Force in Europe; President of Mississippi State University
Music
- Velvet Brown - tuba soloist, music educator
- Jay Chattaway - a Star Trek music score writer
- Fuzzy Knight - writer of the WVU Fight Song and Country-Western actor
- Kathy Mattea - Country music singer
- Timothy Hahn - Lead singer and songwriter along with founding member of the indie-rock band, The Clique
- James Valenti- Tenor at the Metropolitan Opera, NY.
- John R. Locke - Director of Bands at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Politics
- Carl George Bachmann - U.S. Congressman, Republican Minority Whip 1931-1933
- William Wallace Barron - 26th Governor of West Virginia
- Irene C. Berger - federal judicial nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- Frank L. Bowman was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives
- Becky Cain - past president of the League of Women Voters
- William G. Conley - 18th Governor of West Virginia
- William Harrison Courtney - special assistant to President Clinton
- David Ginsburg (1912–2010), presidential adviser and executive director of the Kerner Commission.[12]
- William E. Glasscock - 13th Governor of West Virginia
- Howard Mason Gore - 17th Governor of West Virginia
- Kathleen M. Hawk - Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Robert Lynn Hogg - Represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1930–1933
- Sen. Harley M. Kilgore - chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization during World War II
- Nancy Jacobs - Maryland State Senator (1973).
- Tim Mahoney (politician) - U.S. Congressman from Florida
- Darrell McGraw - Current West Virginia Attorney General, Former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court
- Joe Manchin - The 34th Governor of West Virginia
- William C. Marland - 24th Governor of West Virginia
- M. Blane Michael - Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Alan Mollohan - United States Congressman
- Arch A. Moore, Jr. - 28th & 30th Governor of West Virginia
- Ephraim F. Morgan - 16th Governor of West Virginia
- Matthew M. Neely - 22nd Governor of West Virginia
- Asra Nomani - former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and Islamic reform and feminism activist
- Tom Pridemore - West Virginia House of Delegates and football player
- Jeff Pyle - Pennsylvania State Representative
- Stuart F. Reed - politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives
- Paul S. Stull, member Maryland House of Delegates.
- John G. Trueschler, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1979).
- Cecil H. Underwood - Youngest (25th) and oldest (32nd) Governor of West Virginia
Science
- Jon McBride - astronaut
- Kim Weaver - astrophysicist
Other notable alumni
- Melanne Pennington - 1984 Miss West Virginia
- Patrick "Seton" O'Connor - Executive Producer of The Dan Patrick Show (attended but did not graduate)[13] [14]
Notes
- ^ IMDb.com, Inc. (2010). "Antoine Fuqua - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298807/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ Hines, Cheryl (2010). "Cheryl Hines - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385644/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ NBC Universal, Inc.. "NBC.com - Passions - About". NBC Universal, Inc.. http://www.nbc.com/Passions/bios/actors/Kathleen_Noone.shtml. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ Hopwood, Jon C. (2010). "Don Knotts - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461455/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ IMDb.com, Inc. (2010). "Chris Sarandon (I) - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001697/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ Brumburgh, Gary (2010). "David Selby - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782978/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ Marc Kramer Bibliography (Amazon.Com)
- ^ "Wake 'Em Up"(Amazon.Com listing)
- ^ Vijayan, Jaikumar (January 10, 2008). "White House cuts paper out of federal budget". Computerworld. IDG. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056838. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ Del Jones (November 17, 2008). "Bayer exec hopeful that Obama won't be a pain for business". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/advice/2008-11-16-bayer-greg-babe-obama_N.htm. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Fred Griffith". Cleveland Seniors. http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/fredgriffith.htm. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ Grimes, William. "David Ginsburg, Longtime Washington Insider, Dies at 98", The New York Times, May 25, 2010. Accessed June 1, 2010.
- ^ "The Dan Patrick Show". http://danpatrick.directv.com.edgesuite.net/Podcast/DP-Hr1_08-19-2011_stream.mp3. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Perloff, Andrew. "DanPatrick.com". http://www.danpatrick.com/2011/08/19/breaking-news-patrick-seton-oconnor-never-graduated-from-wvu/. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
Campus facilities Divisions and regional campuses Athletics Mountaineers • Basketball (men) • Football • Soccer (men) • Hail, West Virginia
People James P. Clements (President) • Michele G. Wheatly (Provost) • Oliver Luck (Athletics Director) • Bob Huggins (Men's Basketball Coach) • Dana Holgorsen (Football Coach) • Marlon LeBlanc (Men's Soccer Coach) • Notable alumni
History History of WVU • Heather Bresch M.B.A. controversy
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