List of Eastern Michigan University people explained
This is a list of notable individuals who currently have or previously had an association with Eastern Michigan University. Eastern Michigan University was formerly known as Michigan State Normal School, Michigan State Normal College, and Eastern Michigan College.
Notable alumni
Academia
Arts, media, and entertainment
- Nagarjuna Akkineni – Indian actor
- John Edward Ames – novelist and short story writer
- Kim Antieau – novelist
- Martha E. Cram Bates (1839–1905) – writer, journalist, newspaper editor
- Dave Coverly – syndicated cartoonist of Speed Bump[13]
- Warren Defever – rock musician
- Ryan Drummond – voice actor and comedian[14]
- Loren D. Estleman – detective fiction and Western fiction writer[15]
- Dann Florek – actor (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)[16]
- Zonya Foco – dietitian and author[17]
- Gwen Frostic – artist[18]
- John Hammink – musician, writer and linguist
- John Heffron – winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing 2 in 2004[19]
- Eric Jackson – Panamanian journalist and radio talk show host
- Ella Joyce – stage actress[20]
- Edward Knight – composer[21]
- Greg Mathis – judge; TV personality of Judge Mathis[22]
- Winsor McCay – pioneering cartoonist[23]
- Josef Norris – artist and convicted felon
- Ann Purmell – children's author
- Gary Reed – comic book writer[24]
- Michealene Cristini Risley – author, writer, award-winning director, blogger for the Huffington Post, producer of Tapestries of Hope
- Geo Rutherford – artist and TikToker
- Kevin Saunderson – DJ and producer, one of The Belleville Three, pioneers of Detroit techno
- Anouar H. Smaine – film director, producer, writer and actor [25] [26]
- Joseph Sobran – libertarian, author and syndicated columnist[27]
- Philip Southern – photographer, winner of the 2009 YOBI.tv Pics grand prize
- Afton Williamson – actor, (The Rookie, Homeland, The Breaks, Banshee)[28]
- Daniela Yaniv-Richter – Israeli ceramist and sculptor[23]
Business
Politics, government, and armed forces
- Vallateen Virginia Dudley Abbington – African American activist, educator, and social worker known for being the plaintiff in Abbington v. Board of Education of Louisville[38]
- Edward P. Allen – Republican Congressman from Michigan's 2nd congressional district[39]
- Rick Baccus – US Army Brigadier General
- Leland W. Carr – Michigan Supreme Court justice from 1945 to 1963[40]
- William W. Chalmers – U.S. Representative from Ohio's 9th congressional district and President of the University of Toledo[41]
- Brenda Clack – Democratic member of the Michigan State House of Representatives representing Gennesee County
- Owen Cleary – chair of the Michigan Republican Party 1949–1953; Michigan Secretary of State 1953–1954; unsuccessful Michigan gubernatorial candidate
- John G. Coburn – four-star general; Commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command; chairman and CEO of VT Systems, Inc.[42]
- Dr. Royal S. Copeland – Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Senator from New York[43]
- Agnes Dobronski – Michigan legislator and educator[44]
- Frederick B. Fancher – politician; seventh Governor of North Dakota[45]
- William Horace Frankhauser – Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan's 3rd congressional district[46]
- Barbara Gervin-Hawkins – Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives[47]
- Fred W. Green – Mayor of Ionia, Michigan; 31st Governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931[48]
- Freman Hendrix – former chief of staff and deputy mayor of Detroit under former Mayor Dennis Archer; 2005 mayoral candidate in Detroit
- Dennis M. Hertel – Democratic Congressman from Michigan's 14th congressional district[49]
- John Hieftje – Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan[50]
- William H. Hinebaugh – Progressive Congressman from Illinois, assistant attorney general of Illinois, and later president and general counsel of the Central Life Insurance Co., of Illinois[51]
- George H. Hopkins – Civil War veteran, Chair of the Michigan Republican Party and Republican Congressman for Michigan
- Harry Humphries – United States Navy Seal member of Richard Marcinko Seal Team 6; tactical instructor with Advanced Hostage Rescue Team at EMU
- Patrick H. Kelley – Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan's 6th congressional district[52]
- Marilyn Jean Kelly – Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice from 2008 to the present[53]
- Sandra Love – Democratic representative in the New Jersey General Assembly[54]
- Alfred Lucking – Democratic U.S. Representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district[55]
- Eduardo Maruri – former President of the Barcelona Sporting Club soccer team from Ecuador; former President of the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce; founder of the UNO political party; former Assembly Member representing Guayas Province in the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly[56]
- Bill Patmon – democratic member of Ohio House of Representatives[57]
- Charles E. Potter – U.S. Senator from Michigan[58]
- Carl D. Pursell – Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan's 2nd congressional district[59]
- Marvin B. Rosenberry – Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[60]
- Ingrid Sheldon – Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Rodney E. Slater – U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton[61]
- Henry F. Thomas – Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan's 4th congressional district[62]
- Frank W. Wheeler – Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan's 10th congressional district and founder of Saginaw Shipbuilding Company[63]
Sports and athletics
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Track
Other sports
Crime
Notable faculty
Administration
Presidents
See main article: article and List of Presidents of Eastern Michigan University. A total of 23 people have served as the president, 22 men and 1 woman. This includes previous presidents under the school's past names Eastern Michigan College, Michigan State Normal College, and Michigan State Normal School.
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