• Source: List of Bowling Green State University alumni

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

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Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet
Tony Ardizzone, novelist
James Baldwin, author, poet (writer in residence)
Matt Bell, author
Mary Biddinger, poet
James Carlos Blake, author
Philana Marie Boles, author of Glitz, Little Divas, In the Paint, and Blame It on Eve
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
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
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

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




= Musicians and composers

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




= Artists

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Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist; worked in the studio of Jun Kaneko; colleague of painter Don Reichert
Kathrine Baumann, handbag designer, model, and actress
Barbara Bosworth, large format photographer
George O. Hughes, painter, poet, performance artist
Tony Kern, film director, directed A Month of Hungry Ghosts
Dominick Labino, glass artist, scientist, honorary doctorate
Tim McCreight, metal smith
Jason Nelson, pioneering net artist, digital poet
Ed Sayles, theater director
William Silvers, wildlife artist, painter for Walt Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, and Warner Brothers
Douglas Steakley, metal smith and photographer; winner of the 2003 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography
Rick Valicenti, graphic designer




= Dancers

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Mary Jo Freshley, Korean dance instructor at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Judson Laipply, creator of the "Evolution of Dance"




Athletes






= Olympians

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Rob Blake, Hall of Fame ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 2001; three-time member of the Canadian Olympic hockey team, winning a gold medal in 2002
Scott Hamilton, professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist
Margarita Kalmikova, two-time Olympian swimmer from Latvia
Ken Morrow, former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team
Mark Wells, former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team
Dave Wottle, won an Olympic gold medal for the 800 meter run at the 1972 Summer Olympics




= Soccer

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Bud Lewis, former professional soccer player and head coach at Wilmington College 1975–2017
Dennis Mepham, former professional soccer player for the Cleveland Force (1978–1988)
Dana Veth, former professional soccer player




= Basketball

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Harold Anderson, former college basketball coach; Basketball Hall of Fame member
Tom Collen, collegiate basketball coach
Antonio Daniels, former professional basketball player
Tom Hancock, basketball coach
Bob Hill, professional basketball coach
Richaun Holmes, professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards
Howard Komives, former professional basketball player for the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Buffalo Braves, and Kansas City Kings
Jay Larranaga, former professional basketball player and current member of the Los Angeles Clippers coaching staff
Keith McLeod, former professional basketball player
Steve Merfeld, basketball coach
Charlie Parker, basketball coach
Isaac Rosefelt, American-Israeli former basketball player
Richard Skeel, basketball coach
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




= Baseball

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Larry Arndt, infielder for the Oakland Athletics; BGSU Baseball Hall of Fame member
Burke Badenhop, former MLB pitcher
Doug Bair, former professional baseball player
Jon Berti, professional baseball player currently with the Miami Marlins
Orel Hershiser, former professional baseball player, currently an analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jim Joyce, former MLB umpire
Roger McDowell, former professional baseball player and coach
Nolan Reimold, former MLB baseball player
Andy Tracy, former professional baseball player; current manager for the Columbus Clippers of the International League
Chet Trail, former professional baseball player




= Football

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Martin Bayless, former professional football player
Karl Brooks, professional football player currently with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League
Khary Campbell, former professional football player
Jeff Genyk, current tight ends coach and special teams coordinator for the University of Wisconsin football team
Joe Green, former professional player for the New York Giants
Jeff Groth, former professional football player
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
Chris Jones, professional football player with the New England Patriots
Kamar Jorden, professional football player currently with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League
Kory Lichtensteiger, professional football player currently with the Washington Redskins
Scotty Miller, professional football player, Super Bowl LV champion
Quintin Morris, professional football player currently with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League
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
Kevin O'Brien, former professional football player
Dean Pees, NFL Defensive Coordinator
Doyt Perry, former college football coach and college football hall of fame member
Dave Preston, former professional football player
Robert Redd, professional football player
Bob Reynolds, former professional football player
Jamie Rivers, former professional football player
Bob Schnelker, former professional football player
Bob Seaman, football coach
Doug Smith, former professional football player
Fred Sturt, former professional football player
Shaun Suisham, professional football player currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers
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
Bob Wolfe, football coach




= Hockey

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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 Seattle Kraken
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
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
Brian Holzinger, former professional ice hockey player and Hobey Baker Award winner
Mike Johnson, former professional ice hockey player, currently an analyst for the NHL Network, and TSN and color commentator for the Winnipeg Jets
Dan Kane, former professional ice hockey player
Ken Klee, 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
Jon Matsumoto, professional hockey player currently with the San Jose Sharks
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
Todd Reirden, former professional ice hockey player and current head coach for the Washington Capitals; won Stanley Cup in 2018
Dan Sexton, professional ice hockey player currently with the Tampa Bay Lightning
Jonathan Sigalet, professional ice hockey player playing for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League
Jordan Sigalet, former professional ice hockey player; currently the goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League
Wayne Wilson, current head coach of the RIT Tigers men's hockey team
Paul Ysebaert, former professional ice hockey player




= Other

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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






= Ambassadors

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Daniel Ayalon, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S.
Leonardo Neher, US Ambassador to Upper Volta




= Judicial

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John R. Adams, federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
James Henry Gorbey, United States federal judge
Brenda Hollis, Chief persecutor in the Special Court for Sierra Leone
James R. Knepp II, United States District Judge
Sara Elizabeth Lioi, United States District Judge
James H. Wakatsuki, Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii




= Activists

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Dominick Evans, activist, transferred to Wright State
Sam Pollock, labor activist, did not graduate
Baldemar Velasquez, labor activist, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters




= Politicians

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Elizabeth M. Boyer, lawyer, writer, publisher, and feminist founder of WEAL
Dan Greenberg, former politician, Heritage Foundation analyst, and writer for Cato Institute; leader of the Advance Arkansas Institute
Nick Licata, Seattle politician and activist
Mike Reichenbach, South Carolina politician
Pierre-Célestin Rwigema, 7th Prime Minister of Rwanda
Edmond Spaho, Democratic Party of Albania MP
Robin Weirauch, politician



United States Congress

Robert P. Hanrahan, former U.S. Congressional Representative (R-IL)
Gene Krebs, former Ohio State Representative (R-OH, 1993–2000)
Bob Latta, U.S. Congressional Representative (R-OH)
Tom Luken, former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio and U.S. Congressional Representative (D-OH)
Tim Ryan, U.S. Congressional Representative (D-OH)



City government

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



State of Ohio government

Bruce Johnson, 63rd Lieutenant governor of Ohio
Betty Montgomery, former Ohio Attorney General and State Auditor (R)
Scott Nein, former Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly



= Ohio House of Representatives
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Robin Belcher, former Democrat member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Terry Boose, former Republican Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Tim Brown, former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representative
Rex Damschroder, former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Charlie Earl, former Ohio state representative, Libertarian candidate in the 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election
Bruce Goodwin, former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Charles Kurfess, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives and judge
Derek Merrin, Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Chris Redfern, former Ohio state Representative and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party (D)
Douglas Swearingen, Jr., Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives and former baseball player



= Ohio Senate
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Steve Buehrer, former member of the Ohio Senate and former director of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Kevin Coughlin, former Republican member of the Ohio Senate
M. Ben Gaeth, former member of the Ohio Senate
Randy Gardner, Ohio state senator (R) and Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education
Theresa Gavarone, Republican member of the Ohio Senate



Other state governments

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




News


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
David Dietz, science journalist, 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner, honorary degree
Beth Macy, journalist and non-fiction writer; author of Truevine
Jason Schmitt, journalist, director of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship




= Broadcast journalism

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Leon Bibb, WEWS news anchor
Herb Clarke, weatherman
Steve Hartman, CBS News correspondent
Allison Payne, journalist and anchorwoman
Wilma Smith, former television anchor, Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards winner




= Sports journalism

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




Science






= Geology

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Conrad Allen, geologist and inventor
Barbara Bedette, paleontologist, cataloged 30,860 Cenozoic molluscs




= Mathematics and statistics

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Jie Chen, statistician with interdisciplinary biology research
Andrew Ogg, mathematician, creator of Ogg's formula, and involved in the creation of the Grothendieck–Ogg–Shafarevich formula, and the Néron–Ogg–Shafarevich criterion




= Sociology

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




= Psychology

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Russell Barkley, clinical psychologist
Ralph Blair, psychotherapist and LGBT advocate
J. Bruce Overmier, experimental psychologist
Charlie Reeve, professor of psychology




= Biology

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John E. Dohms, biologist specializing in avian disease pathology; member of the BGSU lacrosse team
William Eugene Evans, marine biologist and 5th National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration president
Dan O'Brien, wildlife biologist and author
Sally Rockey, entomologist and former deputy director of the National Institutes of Health
Seymour Van Gundy, nematologist




= Technology

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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

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Gary Keck, organic chemist specialized in synthesis of natural products; developer of Keck asymmetric allylation
John Michael Ramsey, analytical chemist specializing in microfluidics and nanofluidics




= Communications

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




= Economics

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William Easterly, development economist, author of The Elusive Quest for Growth and The Tyranny of Experts
Paul Chongkun Hong, professor of operations management




= Political science

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David J. Jackson, political science professor at BGSU
W. Wesley McDonald, political scientist, author of Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology




Business and philanthropy


Jeffrey Boutelle, CEO of Pharmavite
Judith Craven, leadership roles in Luby's and Sysco
Otara Gunewardene, Sri Lankan founder of Odel
Michael C. Heim, CIO of Eli Lilly and Company
Carole Kariuki, CEO of the Kenyan Private Sector Alliance
Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Systems
Deborah Thigpen, entrepreneur and publicist




Historians


Mary Beckinsale, art historian, President Emeritus of Studio Arts College International, honorary degree
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 Arkansas Historical Records Advisory Board




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
Dean L. Bresciani, president of North Dakota State University
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
William N. Johnston, 16th president of Wesley College (Delaware)
Adena Williams Loston, president of St. Philip's College, San Antonio, Texas; former Chief Education Officer at NASA
Kathleen M. Murray, 14th president of Whitman College, 21st president of Hamline University, acting president of Macalester College
Jack Ohle, president of Gustavus Adolphus College
Everett Piper, former president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and political columnist




Other


Robert Balling, climate change denier
Peter Manto, bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Central States




References

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