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minutemen August 9 2005, 21:29:34 UTC
Shirley Abrahamson, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh (2002-current)
Stephen Ambrose, noted historian
John Atanasoff, Ph.D. 1930, inventor of the electronic digital computer
Milo Aukerman, singer for The Descendents
Kenneth Behring, owner, Seattle Seahawks
Michael Bennett, NFL player, Minnesota Vikings
Rita Braver, national reporter, CBS News
Jane Brody, columnist, New York Times
Chris Chambers, NFL player, Miami Dolphins
Dick Cheney, Vice President (attended as doctoral candidate; did not graduate.)
Lynne Cheney, Second Lady, writer
Dale Chihuly, glass artist
Laurel Clark, astronaut
Joan Cusack, actress
Glenn Robert Davis, a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's Ninth Congressional District from April 22, 1947 to January 3, 1957 and again from January 3, 1965 to December 31, 1974. He attended the law school, not undergrad here.
Ron Dayne, 1999 Heisman Trophy winner, NFL player, Denver Broncos
Jim Doyle, Wisconsin Governor
Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State
Lee Evans, NFL player, Buffalo Bills
Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator
Michael Feldman, Host of Public Radio’s “Whad‘Ya Know?”
Michael Finley, NBA player
Alberto Fujimori, Peru's former Head of State. (1990-2000)
Andrew Goodman, murdered civil rights worker [attended freshman year, transferring to Queens College, New York]
Jeff Greenfield, news analyst, CNN
Libby Hoeler, Internet celebrity
Erasmus James, NFL player
Jane Kaczmarek, actress (“Malcolm in the Middle”)
Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator
Robert M. La Follette, former Wisconsin governor and congressman
Charles Lindbergh, aviator
Jim Lovell, astronaut, Apollo 13 mission
Buddy Melges, America’s Cup Skipper
Ahmad Merritt, NFL player, Dallas Cowboys
Steve Miller, musician
John P. Morgridge, chair Cisco Systems, philanthropist
Chuck Munson, anarchism activist
John Muir, naturalist
Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. Senator and founder of Earth Day
Arthur C. Nielsen Sr., founder of AC Nielsen (TV ratings and market research)
Joyce Carol Oates, novelist
George Poage, athlete, first African American Olympic medal winner
Tom Pyle, chairman and president, Pyle Group, former chairman and CEO, Rayovac Group
Lee R. Raymond, chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil
Bud Selig, Baseball Commissioner
Brewster Shaw, astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia; former director, Space Shuttle Operations, NASA
Ben Sidran, jazz pianist
Tony Simmons, CFL player (B.C. Lions) and former NFL player
Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Wisconsin Governor (1986-2001)
Daniel J. Travanti, Emmy Award-winning actor
Frederick Jackson Turner, noted American historian and professor
Greta Van Susteren, news analyst, CNN
Butch Vig, musician, Garbage
Troy Vincent, NFL player, Buffalo Bills
Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

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minutemen August 9 2005, 21:30:32 UTC
this isn't my school, but UW-Madison, where I live.

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minutemen August 9 2005, 21:32:32 UTC
the only cool person who went to my school was Brian "Kato" Kaelin, from the OJ Simpson trial

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