30 Notable alumni of Jacksonville University
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
Jacksonville University is ranked #2,043 in the world and #510 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bobby Payne
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Bobby Payne is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016–2024.
2. Stan Jordan
1937-. (aged 89)
politician
Stan Jordan is an American educator, military officer, businessman, and politician who served as a State Representative for the 17th District of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008. He is a member of the Republican Party. Jordan had served on the Duval County School Board from 1984 to 2000, and served one last term as a school...
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3. Frank Pace
1950-. (aged 76)
television producer
Frank Pace is an American television producer and writer.
4. Clint Crisher
1973-. (aged 53)
singer
dancer
singer-songwriter
composer
musician
Clint Crisher is an American pop singer and songwriter. He is believed to be the first American R&B or pop singer to be openly gay from the beginning of his career.
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5. Victoria Livengood
1959-. (aged 67)
opera singer
Victoria Livengood is an American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She is most renown for her extensive and prestigious international operatic career spanning over 35 years and counting. Her past and current career sees her regularly in the top opera houses around the world. She has sung over 100 different operatic roles throughout her career and over 120 separate performances at...
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6. Ben Moses
1948-. (aged 78)
documentary filmmaker
television producer
Ben Moses is an American documentarian, television producer, director, writer, and filmmaker best known for Good Morning, Vietnam and the documentary A Whisper to a Roar. Moses has been the executive in charge of television production and programming for General Electric, the executive producer of the ABC-TV affiliate in Washington, DC, and was a producer for Young & Rubicam Advertising...
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7. Harold Fox
1949-. (aged 77)
basketball player
Harold Fox is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Buffalo Braves.
8. Byron Adams
1955-. (aged 71)
composer
musicologist
Byron Adams is an American musicologist, composer, and conductor.
9. Paul G. Gaffney II
1946-. (aged 80)
military officer
Vice Admiral Paul Golden Gaffney II, USN, (born May 30, 1946) was the seventh president of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, from 2003 to 2013, becoming president emeritus August 1, 2013.
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10. Lehmon Colbert
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Lehmon Colbert Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Jacksonville Dolphins before playing professionally in England, Mexico and Ireland. With UCC Demons in the Irish Super League, he won two championships and multiple other trophies and was the league's Player of the Year in 2016. Between 2018 and 2020, he played for Neptune...
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11. Michael E. Boyle
1965-. (aged 61)
United States Naval Aviator
military officer
Michael Edward Boyle is a United States Navy vice admiral who has served as the director of the Navy Staff since 2 August 2024. He most recently served as commander of the United States Third Fleet from 2022 to 2024. He served as the Director of Maritime Operations of the United States Pacific Fleet from 2020 to 2022, and previously...
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12. David J. Dorsett
1956-. (aged 70)
executive officer
David John "Jack" Dorsett is a corporate vice president at Northrop Grumman, and a retired vice admiral of the U.S. Navy. He was the first Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance and 63rd Director of Naval Intelligence. He served as the Director of Intelligence, Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 to 2008 prior to assuming his position on...
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13. Tom McMillan
1951-. (aged 75)
baseball player
Thomas Erwin McMillan is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned seven seasons, including one in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners (1977). As a member of the inaugural Mariners team, McMillan, a shortstop, went hitless in five at-bats. The majority of his career was spent in the minor leagues. After he was drafted out of Jacksonville...
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14. Kimberly Ellis
politician
activist
Kimberly Ellis is an American activist and was the Executive Director of Emerge California from 2010 until she ran for the Chair of the California Democratic Party in 2017. Ellis is considered a progressive Democrat and formerly served on the California Democratic Party Finance Committee and also on the California Democratic Party's African American Caucus as Recording Secretary. Ellis ran...
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15. Donnie Hammond
1957-. (aged 69)
golfer
Donald William Hammond is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.
16. Will W. Weatherford
1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Will Weatherford is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014, representing the 61st District from 2006 to 2012 and the 38th District, which included eastern Pasco County, from 2012 to 2014. During his final term in the legislature, he served as the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives,...
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17. Rick Peterson
1954-. (aged 72)
baseball player
Erick Harding "Rick" Peterson is an American former pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He was most recently the director of pitching development for the Baltimore Orioles. He was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but is most notable as the pitching coach for the Moneyball era Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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18. Marjorie Holt
1920-2018 (aged 98)
lawyer
politician
Marjorie Holt, a Republican, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented Maryland's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1987. She was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Maryland. Holt died on January 6, 2018, in Severna Park, Maryland, aged 97.
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19. David M. Walker
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
David M. Walker is an American CPA and public servant who served as the comptroller general of the United States from 1998 to 2008, and is founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative (CAI) from 2010 to 2013.
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20. Tommy Hazouri
1944-2021 (aged 77)
politician
Thomas Lester Hazouri Sr. was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1974 to 1986, as the 3rd Mayor of Jacksonville from 1987 to 1991, and represented School District 7 in the Duval County School Board from 2004 to 2012. He was later an At-Large member of the...
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21. Otis Smith
1964-. (aged 62)
basketball player
basketball coach
Otis Fitzgerald Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Jacksonville Dolphins.
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22. Aaron Bean
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Aaron Paul Bean is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district since 2023. A Republican, Bean represented the 4th district in the Florida Senate, which included all of Nassau County, Clay County and parts of Duval County, from 2012 to 2022. From 2000 to 2008, he represented the 12th district in the Florida House...
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23. Jay Thomas
1948-2017 (aged 69)
radio personality
film producer
film actor
television actor
actor
Jon "Jay" Thomas Terrell was an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. He was heard in New York from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in Los Angeles beginning in 1986 on KPWR "Power 106", where he hosted the station's top-rated morning show until 1993. His notable television work included his co-starring role...
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24. Dee Brown
1968-. (aged 58)
basketball player
basketball coach
DeCovan Kadell "Dee" Brown is an American former professional basketball player who spent thirty years in the NBA, including twelve seasons as a player (1990–2002) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Orlando Magic, and as an executive with the Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and as Vice President of Holistic Player...
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25. William Forsythe
1949-. (aged 77)
ballet dancer
choreographer
dancer
ballet master
William Forsythe is an American dancer and choreographer formerly resident in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and now based in Vermont. He is known for his work with the Ballet Frankfurt (1984–2004) and The Forsythe Company (2005–2015). Recognized for the integration of ballet and visual arts, which displayed both abstraction and forceful theatricality, his vision of choreography as an organizational practice...
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26. Jade Cargill
1992-. (aged 34)
fitness model
basketball player
professional wrestler
Jade Cargill is an American professional wrestler. As of September 2023, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand. She is the current WWE Women's Champion in her first reign, the incumbent Queen of the Ring, and is also a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. She is also known for her career in All...
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27. Sam Jones
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Samuel Leon Jones is an American politician who currently represents District 99 in the Alabama House of Representatives. Jones was the first African-American mayor of Mobile, Alabama, serving from September 2005 until August 2013. He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing new employers to the city. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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28. Alvin Brown
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Alvin Brown is an American politician from Florida who served as mayor of Jacksonville, from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, was the first African American to be elected to that position. Brown succeeded John Peyton as mayor after winning the 2011 mayoral election. In the 2015 race, he lost his re-election bid to Republican Lenny Curry.
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29. Artis Gilmore
1949-. (aged 77)
basketball player
Artis Gilmore Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Gilmore was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
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30. Mike Malloy
1942-. (aged 84)
television producer
radio personality
journalist
Michael Dennis Malloy is a progressive American radio broadcaster based in Atlanta. Previously his show has been carried by WSB (AM) Atlanta, WLS (AM) Chicago, the I.E. America Radio Network, the Air America Radio network, Nova M Radio and the On Second Thought network. He is now self-syndicated. Politically, he describes himself as "a traditional Liberal Democrat doing his part...
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