I did NOT know that...

Ok, its rather convaluted how I got here, and I'll refrain from embarassing myself with the story, but I was on Wikipedia tonight and was looking for something about the University of Wisconsin and found the lists of notable alumni at Madison and Milwaukee. There were a few surprises ... and I'm from here, so I know that you all won't believe it. So here you go.

Maybe no one else finds this interesting, but I do ....


University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni include:

*Stephen Ambrose, noted historian
*Lynne Cheney, Second Lady (Dick Cheney was also there briefly, as a doctoral candidate)
*Joan Cusack, actress
*Joyce Carol Oates, novelist
*Jane Kaczmarek, actress (native Wisconsinite)
*Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
*Tom Wopat, actor/musician (He was the original Luke Duke on Dukes of Hazzard and he's a native Wisconsinite)
*Boz Scaggs (Wm. Royce Scaggs), musician AND
*Steve Miller, musician(left school six credit-hours short of a degree) (and a native Milwaukeean)
*Frank Lloyd Wright (attended), architect
*David Zucker, movie director/producer
*Jerry Zucker, movie director/producer (native Milwaukeeans)
*Charles Lindbergh, aviator
*Jim Lovell, astronaut, Apollo 13 mission
*Brewster Shaw, astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia; former director, Space Shuttle Operations, NASA
*Greta Van Susteren, broadcaster and news analyst, Fox News Channel (native Wisconsinite)
*Arthur C. Nielsen Sr., founder of AC Nielsen (TV ratings and market research)
*Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
*Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. Senator, Wisconsin governor and founder of Earth Day
*John Muir, naturalist, founder of the Sierra Club


University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni include:

*Golda Meir ('17, Education), a founder of the State of Israel and fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
*Frank Caliendo ('96 BA, Mass Communications), noted stand-up comedian
*Alan Kulwicki (‘77 BS Mechanical Engineering), 1992 Winston Cup champion, first NASCAR Cup champion to hold a college degree. Died April 1st 1993 in a plane crash returning from Bristol, TN, at age 38.


Ok, so clearly there aren't as many from UWM, but you didn't know that Golda Meir went there and frankly, that out alumni's most places.


Since I was on the kick, I looked up notable alumni from my tiny little school to see if there were more than I knew of and any that you all would even know who they are.

Loyola University New Orleans notable alumni:

*Col. John Bourgeois, '51 former director of the United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own,”
*Cassandra McWilliams Chandler, ’84, Assistant Director of Training, Federal Bureau of Investigation
*Dr. Gregory R. Choppin, ’49, discoverer of Element Md 101-Mendelevium
*Manuel A. Esquivel, ’62, former Prime Minister of Belize
*John M. Jones, ’73, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Green Bay Packers
*Ellis Marsalis, ’86, nationally known jazz pianist and recording artist.
*Abby Terkuhle, ’77, president, MTV Animation, and creative director, MTV, New York

and, you know, of course, yours truly! Ha!