16 Notable alumni of East Central University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
East Central University is ranked #4,329 in the world and #1,122 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from East Central University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with East Central University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joe Dickinson
1956-. (aged 70)
American football coach
American football player
Joe Dickinson is an American football coach and former player. Most notably, he served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Northern Illinois from 1991 to 1995, and the University of Oklahoma in 1998. Dickinson also was an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa, Marshall University, Tulane University and the University of Central Oklahoma. Dickinson was previously an...
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2. Mark Nelson
1956-. (aged 70)
Canadian football player
American football player
Mark Nelson is a Canadian football coach and former linebacker. He is the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for the Saint Mary's Huskies of U Sports. He played for seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He is a three-time Grey Cup champion having won as a coach in 1993, 1996...
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3. Chuck Hall
politician
Charles R. Hall is an American politician and banker, who is a member of the Oklahoma Senate. He had been prominently involved in the local politics of his hometown, Perry, Oklahoma, of which he was also mayor from 2007 to 2013.
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4. Ronald G. Sheppard
1939-2025 (aged 86)
politician
Ronald G. Sheppard was an American politician who was a member of the 37th Legislature in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing District 28 (consisting of mostly Seminole County). He ran against the District 28 Incumbent Ryan Kiesel in 2008 and lost. Sheppard died on July 21, 2025, at the age of 85.
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5. Justin Humphrey
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Justin J. J. Humphrey is an American politician who has served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 19th district, which covers parts of the counties of Choctaw, Pushmataha, Atoka, and Bryan. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in the 2016 election and sworn in on November 16, 2016.
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6. Lyle Boren
1909-1992 (aged 83)
politician
Lyle Hagler Boren was a U.S. Democratic Party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma, serving from 1937 to 1947 and was defeated for renomination in the 1946 election. He was known for his independence in the party, opposing labor union strikes on defense plants and attempts to expand the federal government.
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7. Larry Nemecek
1959-. (aged 67)
writer
actor
Larry Nemecek is an actor and writer in the Star Trek franchise.
8. Ernest McFarland
1894-1984 (aged 90)
politician
bank teller
lawyer
director
clerk
Ernest William McFarland was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill". He served in all three branches of government, two at the state level, one at the federal level. He was a Democratic U.S. senator from Arizona from 1941 to 1953 (Majority Leader from 1951 to 1953) before becoming the tenth...
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9. Bill Anoatubby
1945-. (aged 81)
governor
Billy Joe Anoatubby is the 32nd Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, a position he has held since 1987. From 1979 to 1987, Anoatubby served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation in the administration of Governor Overton James, after being popularly elected to office. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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10. Gil Morgan
1946-. (aged 80)
golfer
Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.
11. Kenneth Hite
1965-. (aged 61)
writer
podcaster
role-playing game designer
game designer
Kenneth Hite is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of Trail of Cthulhu and Night's Black Agents role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of Vampire: the Masquerade.
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12. B. Kevin Turner
1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson
B. Kevin Turner is an American businessman and investor who is the chairman of Zayo Group and the vice chairman of Albertsons/Safeway Inc.
13. George Nigh
1927-2025 (aged 98)
politician
George Patterson Nigh was an American politician and civic leader from the state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally, short term vacancies...
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14. Robert S. Kerr
1896-1963 (aged 67)
lawyer
businessperson
politician
Robert Samuel Kerr was an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma. Kerr formed a petroleum company before turning to politics. He served as the 12th governor of Oklahoma from 1943 to 1947 and was elected three times to the United States Senate. Kerr worked natural resources, and his legacy includes water projects that link the Arkansas River via the Gulf...
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15. Todd Graham
1964-. (aged 62)
American football player
Michael Todd Graham is an American college football coach and former player who serves as an offensive analyst for Texas Christian University (TCU). He was previously the head football coach at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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16. Paul Waner
1903-1965 (aged 62)
baseball player
Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed "Big Poison", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most notably playing his first 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The greatest Pirate outfielder up to his retirement, he won the 1927 NL Most Valuable Player Award in his second season, collecting...
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