List of Bowling Green State University alumni

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This is a list of notable people associated with Bowling Green State University, located in the American city of Bowling Green, Ohio.

Arts and entertainment[]

Authors and Writers[]

  • Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet
  • Tony Ardizzone, novelist
  • James Baldwin, author, poet (writer in residence)
  • Matt Bell, Author
  • Mary Biddinger, poet
  • Philana Marie Boles, author of Glitz, Little Divas, In the Paint, and Blame It on Eve
  • James Carlos Blake, author
  • Scott Cairns, poet
  • Gary Cohn, Comic book writer
  • Jennifer Crusie, writer
  • Jim Daniels, poet and writer
  • Tom De Haven, writer
  • Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer[1]
  • Frank Dungan, television producer and writer
  • Edmundo Farolan, author and actor
  • David Feldman, author of Imponderables
  • Robert Ferrigno, writer
  • Carolyn Forche, writer
  • Charles Fort, poet
  • Sally Miller Gearhart, Science fiction writer, women's studies pioneer, and early gay rights activist.
  • Diana Pavlac Glyer, Author and expert on J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and the Inklings.
  • Darrell Hamamoto, writer
  • Joseph D. Haske, author
  • Alan Heathcock, fiction writer
  • Steve Heller, fiction author
  • Brad Hurtado, Television producer
  • Jack LoGiudice, Television writer and producer
  • Sandra Markle, Children's book author* Susan Neville, short story writer
  • Charles Nicol, Writer, expert on Vladimir Nabokov
  • Ty Pak, Korean American author
  • William Patrick Patterson, author and fourth way teacher
  • Barbara Paul, author
  • James Purdy, author
  • Arnold Rampersad, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author
  • Terry Ryan, writer
  • Marc Sumerak, Freelance writer, often works on Marvel Comics series.
  • Jean Thompson, fiction writer
  • Anne Valente, author
  • Allen Wier, author
  • Dara Wier, poet
  • Kayla Williams, linguist and author
  • Theresa Williams, writer

Actors and Actress[]

  • Lexi Allen, singer, actress, television personality
  • Bernie Casey, former professional football player, actor, and visual artist
  • Tim Conway, Emmy Award-winning actor[1]
  • Robert Patrick, actor
  • James Pickens, Jr., actor[1]
  • Eva Marie Saint, Academy Award-winning actress[1]
  • Quinton Flynn, voice actor
  • Ron Sweed, television actor
  • Frank Dungan, television producer and Primetime Emmy Award winner
  • Kathia Rodriguez, actress
  • Matt Zimmerman, actor
  • Ric Reitz, actor

Musicians and Composers[]

  • Ray Davis, Bass singer and founding member of The Parliaments
  • Bob Hartman, Christian rock artist and founder of the band Petra
  • Jennifer Higdon, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning classical music composer[1]
  • Ric Ocasek, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for The Cars
  • James Swearingen concert band literature composer
  • John Douglas, conductor
  • Chris Castle, folk musician
  • Hildward Croes, Aruban musician
  • Tim Hagans, jazz musician
  • Marian McPartland, jazz musician
  • Uzee Brown Jr, composer
  • David Conte, composer
  • Joseph Dangerfield, composer
  • Minnita Daniel-Cox, Soprano
  • Rich Perry, jazz musician
  • William Takacs, musician
  • Mildred Miller, Mezzo-soprano, received an honorary degree
  • Bill Randle, DJ, received an honorary doctorate
  • Eglė Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian classical pianist
  • Michael Holmes, saxophonist

Artists[]

  • Ian McConville, webcomic artist, Mac Hall,[2] game artist for Spiral Knights and Slime Rancher
  • Jason Nelson, pioneering net artist, digital poet
  • Barbara Bosworth, large format photographer
  • Tim McCreight, metal smith
  • Douglas Steakley, metal smith and photographer. Winner of the 2003 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography.
  • William Silvers, Wildlife artist, painter for Walt Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, and Warner Brothers.
  • Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist. Worked in the studio of Jun Kaneko. Colleague of painter Don Reichert
  • Tony Kern, film director, directed A Month of Hungry Ghosts
  • Rick Valicenti, graphic designer
  • Kathrine Baumann, handbag designer, model, and actress
  • Ed Sayles, Theater director
  • Dominick Labino, glass artist, scientist, honorary doctorate
  • George O. Hughes, painter, poet, performance artist

Dancers[]

Athletes[]

Olympians[]

Soccer[]

  • Omari Aldridge, professional soccer player formerly with Beijing Hongdeng
  • Dana Veth, former professional soccer player
  • Bud Lewis, former professional soccer player and head coach at Wilmington College between 1975 and 2017

Basketball[]

  • Harold Anderson, former college basketball coach; Basketball Hall of Fame member
  • Antonio Daniels, professional basketball player currently with the Texas Legends
  • Richaun Holmes, professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings
  • Keith McLeod, professional basketball player currently with BC Kalev/Cramo
  • Jay Larranaga, professional basketball player, member of Ireland basketball team
  • Howard Komives, former professional basketball player, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Buffalo Braves, Kansas City Kings
  • Isaac Rosefelt (born 1985), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Nate Thurmond, former professional basketball player; seven-time NBA All-Star; member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History[1]
  • Bob Hill, professional basketball coach
  • Tom Collen, collegiate basketball coach
  • Tom Hancock, basketball coach
  • Steve Merfeld, basketball coach
  • Charlie Parker, basketball coach
  • Richard Skeel, basketball coach

Baseball[]

  • Larry Arndt, infielder for the Oakland Athletics; BGSU Baseball Hall of Fame member
  • Burke Badenhop,[3] former MLB pitcher
  • Doug Bair,[4] former professional baseball player
  • Jim Joyce, former MLB umpire
  • Nolan Reimold,[5] former MLB baseball player
  • Andy Tracy,[6] former professional baseball player; current manager for the Williamsport Crosscutters of the New York–Penn League
  • Orel Hershiser,[7] former professional baseball player, currently an analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers,
  • Roger McDowell,[8] former professional baseball player and coach
  • Chet Trail, former professional baseball player
  • Jon Berti,[9] professional baseball player currently with the Miami Marlins

Football[]

  • Martin Bayless, former professional football player
  • Khary Campbell, former professional football player
  • Jeff Groth, former professional football player
  • Jeff Genyk, current tight ends coach and special teams coordinator for the University of Wisconsin football team
  • Vince Villanucci, former professional football player
  • Phil Villapiano, former professional football player; four-time Pro Bowler
  • Mike Weger, former professional football player
  • Charlie Williams, former professional football player
  • Doug Smith, former professional football player
  • Fred Sturt, former professional football player
  • Shaun Suisham, professional football player currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Scott Mruczkowski, professional football player
  • Don Nehlen, former player who became a highly successful coach at West Virginia University and college football hall of fame member[1]
  • Doyt Perry, former college football coach and college football hall of fame member
  • Dave Preston, former professional football player
  • Bob Schnelker, former professional football player
  • Bob Reynolds, former professional football player
  • Jamie Rivers, former professional football player
  • Kory Lichtensteiger, professional football player currently with the Washington Redskins
  • Chris Jones, professional football player with the New England Patriots[1]
  • Josh Harris, professional football player, last with the New York Giants
  • Omar Jacobs, professional football player currently with the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League
  • Dean Pees, NFL Defensive Coordinator
  • Bob Seaman, football coach
  • Bob Wolfe, football coach
  • Joe Green, former professional player for the New York Giants
  • Robert Redd, professional football player
  • Kevin O'Brien, former professional football player
  • Kamar Jorden, professional football player currently with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League

Hockey[]

  • Kevin Bieksa, professional ice hockey player currently with the Anaheim Ducks
  • Aris Brimanis, professional ice hockey player currently with the Hannover Scorpions
  • Dan Bylsma, former professional ice hockey player and current head coach of the Buffalo Sabres[1]
  • Gino Cavallini, former professional hockey player, scorer for the Falcons NCAA National Championship, winning overtime goal
  • Greg de Vries, former professional ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 2001
  • Dave Ellett, former professional ice hockey player
  • Nelson Emerson, former professional ice hockey player
  • Alex Foster, professional ice hockey player
  • Mark Friedman (born 1995), NHL player
  • Garry Galley, former professional ice hockey player
  • Dan Kane, former professional ice hockey player
  • Ken Klee, former professional ice hockey player
  • Wayne Wilson, current Head Coach of the RIT Tigers men's hockey team
  • Paul Ysebaert, former professional ice hockey player
  • Mike Liut, former professional ice hockey player
  • Brian MacLellan, professional ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 1989; current General Manager of the Washington Capitals[1]
  • Jon Matsumoto, professional hockey player currently with the San Jose Sharks
  • Dan Sexton, professional ice hockey player currently with the Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Jordan Sigalet, former professional ice hockey player; currently the goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League
  • Jonathan Sigalet, professional ice hockey player playing for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League
  • George McPhee, former professional ice hockey player, Hobey Baker Award winner, General Manager of NHL's Vegas Golden Knights and former GM of Washington Capitals[1]
  • Todd Reirden, former professional ice hockey player and current head coach for the Washington Capitals; won Stanley Cup in 2018
  • Brian Holzinger, former professional ice hockey player and Hobey Baker Award winner[1]
  • Mike Johnson, former professional ice hockey player, currently an analyst for the NHL Network, and TSN and color commentator for the Winnipeg Jets
  • Andrew Hammond, professional ice hockey player
  • Brian Hills, former professional ice hockey player, current Associate Head Coach of the RIT Tigers men's hockey team

Other[]

  • Alissa Czisny, figure skater and 2009 US Figure Skating National Champion
  • Mike McCullough, professional golfer
  • Nick Mileti, former owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Crusaders, and writer of Closet Italians
  • Kurt Weaver, Rugby match official

Politics[]

Royalty[]

Ambassadors[]

Judicial[]

Activists[]

  • Baldemar Velasquez, labor activist, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
  • Sam Pollock, labor activist, did not graduate
  • Dominick Evans, activist, transferred to Wright State
  • Hiroko Nakamoto, Hiroshima survivor, Interior Designer, Author and Peace Activist.[11]

Politicians[]

United States Congress[]

  • Tom Luken, former Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio and U.S. Congressional Representative (D-OH)
  • Betty Montgomery, former Ohio Attorney General and State Auditor (R)
  • Gene Krebs, former Ohio State Representative (R-OH, 1993–2000)
  • Bob Latta, U.S. Congressional Representative (R-OH)[1]
  • Tim Ryan, U.S. Congressional Representative (D-OH)[1]
  • Robert P. Hanrahan, former U.S. Congressional Representative (R-IL)

City governments[]

  • Hou Chong-wen, Deputy Mayor of Chiayi City, Taiwan
  • Kathy Sheehan, Mayor of Albany, New York (D)
  • Don Plusquellic, 59th mayor of Akron, Ohio
  • Paul Muenzer, former Mayor of Naples, Florida (1992–1996)[12]
  • Janeé Ayers, labor organizer, member of the Detroit city council.
  • Sandi Jackson, Chicago Alderman

State of Ohio Government[]

  • Scott Nein, former Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly.
  • Bruce Johnson, 63rd Lieutenant governor of Ohio.[1]
Ohio House of Representatives[]
  • Tim Brown, former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representative
  • Chris Redfern, former Ohio state Representative and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party (D)[13]
  • Charles Kurfess, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives and judge.[14]
  • Douglas Swearingen, Jr., Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives and former baseball player.
  • Derek Merrin, Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
  • Rex Damschroder, former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
  • Bruce Goodwin, former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
  • Terry Boose, former Republican Member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
  • Robin Belcher, former Democrat member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  • Charlie Earl, former Ohio state representative, Libertarian candidate in the 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election
Ohio Senate[]

Other State Governments[]

  • Arnold E. Brown, first African American elected to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Legislature.
  • John Villapiano, former Democrat member of the New Jersey General Assembly and former professional football player
  • Sue Rocca, former republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
  • Tal Hutchins, Democrat member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
  • Tim Berry, Indiana State Auditor (R)[15]
  • Dan Carter, State Representative, Connecticut 2nd Assembly District

News[]

  • Beth Macy, journalist and non-fiction writer. Author of Truevine
  • Karen T. Borchers, former photojournalist for The Mercury News. Shared a Pulitzer Prize for covering the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
  • Ken W. Clawson, journalist and spokesman for President Richard Nixon
  • Jason Schmitt, journalist, director of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
  • David Dietz, science journalist, 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner, honorary degree

Broadcast Journalism[]

Sports Journalism[]

  • Jim Day, sportscaster
  • Steve Mason, sports journalist with ESPN
  • Grant Napear, sports journalist and former lacrosse player
  • Jason Jackson, ESPN sportscaster
  • Steve Mears, NHL Network sportscaster
  • Jay Crawford, ESPN sportscaster[1]
  • Mike Emrick, NHL on NBC play-by-play announcer

Science and Mathematics[]

Geology[]

Mathematics and Statistics[]

Sociology[]

  • Howard E. Aldrich, Sociologist and business theorist
  • William Julius Wilson, University professor at Harvard, sociologist, and author. 80th president of the American Sociological Association. Advisor to Sudhir Venkatesh
  • Anthony Walsh, criminologist and author

Psychology[]

  • Russell Barkley, clinical psychologist
  • Ralph Blair, Psychotherapist and LGBT advocate
  • Charlie Reeve, Professor of psychology

Biology[]

  • John E. Dohms, biologist specializing in avian disease Pathology. Was a member of the BGSU Lacrosse team.
  • William Eugene Evans, Marine biologist and 5th National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration president
  • Sally Rockey, Entomologist and former deputy director of the National Institutes of Health
  • Seymour Van Gundy, Nematologist
  • Dan O'Brien, Wildlife biologist and author

Technology[]

  • James G. Nell, electrical engineer involved in the development of GERAM.
  • George Sweigert, first inventor to patent the cordless telephone, radio engineer.
  • Jeremy Zawodny, computer technologist, MySQL promoter, Linux Magazine columnist.

Chemistry[]

Communications[]

  • Bradley S. Greenberg, communications theorist
  • Arthur P. Bochner, communications scholar
  • Joan Kaderavek, speech language pathologist
  • Suresh Canagarajah, Sri Lankan linguist specializing in Translanguaging and Linguistic imperialism

Economics[]

Political Science[]

  • David J. Jackson, political scientist
  • W. Wesley McDonald, political scientist, author of Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology

Business and Philanthropy[]

Historians[]

  • Robert Hugh Ferrell, historian focusing on World War I and American foreign policy.
  • Stanley Kutler, historian who sued for the release of tapes relating to Watergate
  • Robert L. Paquette, historian, cofounder of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
  • William J. Reese, Education historian
  • H. Micheal Tarver, Latin American historian; Commissioner on the Arkansas History Commission and the Arkansas Historical Records Advisory Board.
  • Mary Beckinsale, Art historian, President Emeritus of Studio Arts College International, honorary degree

Military[]

  • John N. Abrams, four star general and commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Niles Fulwyler, former US Army Major general and former commanding general of the White Sands Missile Range.

Academic administrators[]

  • Victor Boschini, Chancellor of Texas Christian University[1]
  • Adena Williams Loston, President of St. Philip's College, San Antonio, Texas. Former Chief Education Officer at NASA.
  • Dean L. Bresciani, President of North Dakota State University[1]
  • Rosa Roberto Carter, former president of the University of Guam
  • Erma Johnson Hadley, first African American chancellor of Tarrant County College
  • Sarah Harder, feminist and former president of the American Association of University Women
  • Charles "Chuck" Johnson, President of Vincennes University
  • William N. Johnston, 16th president of Wesley College (Delaware)
  • Jack Ohle, President of Gustavus Adolphus College[1]
  • Everett Piper, former president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and political columnist.[1]

Other[]

  • Becky Minger, Miss Ohio America 2010
  • Robert Balling, climate change denier

References[]

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  2. ^ Fouts, Jordan. "Webcomics drawing a new crowd". BG Falcon Media. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Burke Badenhop Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Doug Bair Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Nolan Reimold Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Andy Tracy Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Orel Hershiser Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Roger McDowell Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  9. ^ "Jon Berti Baseball Stats". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "Royal Nigerian brothers find new home in BGSU". Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  11. ^ "Hiroko Nakamoto Hiroshima". www.hiroshimagatewaytopeace.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  12. ^ "Paul W. Muenzer Obituary". Naples Daily News. October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  13. ^ "Ohio Democrats "Meet the Chairman"". Archived from the original on January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  14. ^ Marshall, Aaron (August 14, 2017). "A humble public servant". The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  15. ^ Tim Berry, Indiana State Auditor Biography
  16. ^ "WTVG-TV's Larson named to hall of fame". Toledo Blade. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  17. ^ "Gary E. Keck - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah". chem.utah.edu. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  18. ^ Chege, Njoki (July 24, 2011). "Seeing Kenya's Economy Grow Is My Dream". The Standard (Kenya). Nairobi. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  19. ^ KEPSA (November 18, 2017). "Carole Kariuki, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Private Sector Alliance: Short Biography". Nairobi: Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). Retrieved November 18, 2017.
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