List of University of Akron people

The list of University of Akron people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Akron. Class year usually indicates year of graduation, unless an entry is denoted by an asterisk (*). In this case, the student did not graduate from the university, and the class year indicates the last known year a former student attended. In the case of alumni with multiple graduation years, the earliest graduation year is shown.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Alumni

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Selected UA Alumni

Michael Buckley

John Heisman

Betty Sutton

Jim Tressel

### Athletics

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Name  | Class year  | Notability  | Reference(s)

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Andy Alleman |  | NFL offensive guard (Miami Dolphins)  |
Chris Bassitt |  | Major League Baseball pitcher (Oakland Athletics)  | [1]
Mike Birkbeck |  | Major League Baseball pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets)  |
Chase Blackburn |  | NFL linebacker (New York Giants)  |
Alexa Bliss |  | Wrestler  |
John Bluem | 1984 MA  | NCAA soccer coach (Fresno State and Ohio State) and MLS broadcaster (Columbus Crew)  |
E. J. Burt |  | AFL linebacker (Chicago Rush)  |
Kwan Cheatham |  | Basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israel Basketball Premier League |
Keith Dambrot | 1982  | College basketball coach  |
China Krys Darrington |  | First sponsored female Freestyle BMX rider  |
Eddie Elias |  | Professional Bowlers Association founder  |
Jessica Eye | attended  | Mixed martial artist competing in the UFC's bantamweight division  | [2]
Charlie Frye |  | NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)  |
Victor Green |  | NFL defensive back (New York Jets)  |
Domenik Hixon |  | NFL wide receiver (New York Giants)  |
Shawn Lemon |  | CFL and AFL player  |
Louis A. Mackey | 2000  | NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)  |
Mark Malaska |  | Major League Baseball pitcher (Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Boston Red Sox)  |
Roy Mlakar | 1972  | NHL team president and CEO (Ottawa Senators)  |
Dominique Moceanu |  | Olympic gymnast  |
Fritz Nagy |  | BBA player (Indianapolis Jets)  |
Ara Parseghian |  | Head coach of Notre Dame | [3]
Jarrod Pughsley |  | NFL offensive lineman |
Jake Schifino |  | NFL wide receiver (Tennessee Titans)  |
Larry Shyatt | 1975  | Basketball coach  |
Dwight Smith |  | NFL strong safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)  |
Jason Taylor | 1996  | NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)  |
Demetrius Treadwell |  | Basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli League Liga Leumit |
Jim Tressel |  | College football head coach (Ohio State University)  |
Bill Turner |  | NBA player (San Francisco Warriors)  |
Siniša Ubiparipović |  | Major League Soccer player  |
DeAndre Yedlin |  | Soccer player for Premier League club Newcastle United and the United States national team |

### Politics and government

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Name  | Class year  | Notability  | Reference(s)

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John R. Adams | 1983  | District court judge |
James E. Akins |  | Diplomat  |
Alice M. Batchelder |  | Circuit judge |
Sam H. Bell | 1952  | District court judge |
Ray C. Bliss | 1935  | Former chair of the Republican National Committee |
Deborah L. Cook |  | Circuit judge |
Vernon Cook |  | State Representative  |
Phil Davison |  | Minerva Councilman  |
Peter C. Economus | 1970  | District court judge |
James S. Gwin | 1979  | District court judge |
Kermit L. Hall |  | Legal history scholar  |
Michael Morell |  | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
Sandra Pianalto |  | Economist  |
Don Plusquellic |  | Mayor of Akron, Ohio |
Thomas C. Sawyer |  | Mayor of Akron; Congressman  |
Betty Sutton |  | Congresswoman  |
Mary Taylor |  | Ohio State Auditor  |
Kim Zurz |  | Politician  |

### Other

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Name  | Class year  | Notability  | Reference(s)

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Aaron Archer  |  | Toy designer for Hasbro |
Dan Auerbach |  | Guitarist and vocalist (The Black Keys)  |
George Brandes |  | Physicist and corporate leader  |
David S. Brown |  | Historian and professor at Elizabethtown College |
Yvette Nicole Brown |  | Television and film actress from Drake and Josh and Community |
Michael Buckley |  | NY Times bestselling author of The Sisters Grimm series  |
Patrick Carney |  | Drummer (The Black Keys)  |
Alan H. Coogan | 1977  | Geologist specializing in applied sedimentary geology  |
David Drabold | 1983  | Distinguished Professor of Physics at Ohio University  |
Mary E. Gladwin | 1887  | Red Cross nurse in three wars  |
Nick Kosir |  | "The Dancing Weatherman"; Fox Weather meteorologist  |
Katherine Kurt | 1880  | Homeopath  |
John E. Leland | 1986  | Director, University of Dayton Research Institute | [4]
Paul T. Mikolashek | 1969  | U.S. Army lieutenant general  | [5]
Dan Moldea |  | Journalist  |
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. |  | CEO of Goodyear  |
Nikola Resanovic |  | Composer  |
Mark Scatterday |  | Conductor  |
Robert P. Schumaker | 2001  | Creator of AZFinText, a news-aware high-frequency stock prediction system  |
Joshua I. Smith |  | Businessman  |
Irving C. Tomlinson | 1880  | Prominent Christian Scientist; secretary to Mary Baker Eddy | [6]
Peter Wolf Toth |  | Sculptor  | [7]
George Wallace |  | Comedian  |
Daniel Asua Wubah |  | President of Millersville University |

## Faculty and staff

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### Athletic coaches

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Name  | Department  | Notability  | Reference

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Alex Adams | Men's basketball  | Head coach (1976)  |
Jim Aiken | Football  | Head coach  |
George Babcock | Football  | Head coach  |
Paul Baldacci | Football  | Head coach  |
Russell Beichly | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Paul Bixler | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Red Blair | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
Dwight Bradley | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
J. D. Brookhart | Football  | Head coach  |
Kenneth Cochrane | Football  | Head coach  |
James W. Coleman | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
Frank Cook | Football  | Head coach  |
Coleman Crawford | Men's basketball  | Head coach (1990–1995)  |
Ken Cunningham | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Keith Dambrot | Men's basketball  | Head coach (2004–present)  |
Jim Dennison | Football  | Head coach  |
Otis Douglas | Football  | Head coach  |
Thomas Dowler | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
Walter East | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Archie Eves | Football  | Head coach  |
Gerry Faust | Football  | Head coach  |
Forest Firestone | Football  | Head coach  |
Frank Haggerty | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
John Heisman | Football  | Head coach  |
Dan Hipsher | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
William Houghton | Football  | Head coach  |
Bob Huggins | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Pat Knight | Men's basketball  | Assistant coach (2000–2001)  | [8]
Gordon K. Larson | Football  | Head coach  |
Tony Laterza | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Jack Lengyel | Football  | Assistant coach (1959)  |
Joe McMullen | Football  | Head coach  |
Lee Owens | Football  | Head coach  |
Rev. Alfred W. Place | Football  | Head coach  |
Bob Rupert | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Fred Sefton | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
Wyatt Webb | Men's basketball  | Head coach  |
Clarence Weed | Men's basketball; football  | Head coach  |
Earl Williams | Men's basketball  | First head coach  |
Harry Wilson | Football  | Head coach  |

### Faculty and administrators

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Name  | Department  | Notability  | Reference

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Paul Alfred Biefeld | Physics and Astronomy (1906–1911)  | Professor (former)  |
George Danhires |  | Professor (former)  | [9]
Meredith Gardner | German  | Professor (former)  |
John C. Green | Political Science  |  |
Ralph P. Hummel | Public Administration and Urban Studies  | Professor (former), author of The Bureaucratic Experience | [10]
Parke Kolbe |  | University president (former)  | [11]
Luis M. Proenza |  | University president (former)  |
John F. Seiberling | Law  | Politician  |
Jim Tressel |  | University vice president (former)  |

## References

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1. ^ Monroe, Mark (June 23, 2011). "Genoa grad Bassitt poised for pro debut". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
2. ^ "Jessica Eye UFC Bio". Retrieved July 23, 2014.
3. ^ "Notre Dame Athletics | the Fighting Irish".
4. ^ "John E. Leland, Ph.D., P.E". University of Dayton Research Institute. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
5. ^ "Biography, Paul T. Mikolashek". Distinguished Army ROTC Alumni. Akron, OH: University of Akron. 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
6. ^ "Chapter Grand" The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, Vol. 69, No. 2 (November 1944), pp. 159-160. Retrieved June 30, 2013
7. ^ "Peter Wolf Toth". Archived from the original on November 20, 2008.
8. ^ "Pat Knight starts tenure much like father". Retrieved February 28, 2008. [dead link]
9. ^ Becka, Megan; Clevel, Special to; .com (January 17, 2017). "University of Akron's Myers School of Art celebrates emeritus faculty members with exhibition". cleveland. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
10. ^ Goodsell, Charles (2012). "Remembering Ralph Hummel: A Special Colleague". Administration & Society. 44 (2): 147–148\. doi:10.1177/0095399712448003. S2CID 143081049.
11. ^ "Parke R. Kolbe administration records". Drexel University Archives and Special Collections. November 16, 2005. Archived from the original on September 7, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2008.

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University of Akron

Established: 1870

Academics

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* Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
* College of Applied Science and Technology
* College of Business Administration
* College of Creative and Professional Arts
* LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education
* College of Health and Human Services
* College of Nursing
* College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
* School of Law
* School of Music
* Dr. Gary B. and Pamela S. Williams Honors College
* University of Akron University College
* Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics

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Campuses|

* Main campus (Akron, Ohio)
* Medina County University Center (Medina, Ohio)
* Wayne College (Orrville, Ohio)

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Athletics

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Traditions|

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Women|

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Soccer|

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