12 Notable alumni of Lock Haven University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lock Haven University is ranked #3,741 in the world and #988 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Lock Haven 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 Lock Haven University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. J. Buell Snyder
1877-1946 (aged 69)
politician
John Buell Snyder was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
2. Dick Smith
1926-2021 (aged 95)
baseball player
Richard Harrison Smith was an American professional baseball player who appeared in seventy games over parts of five Major League Baseball seasons (1951–1955) as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Smith was primarily a third baseman who also played shortstop and second base.
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3. Harry L. Haines
1880-1947 (aged 67)
politician
Harry Luther Haines was an American businessman who served five terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1943.
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4. Harris Jacob Bixler
1870-1941 (aged 71)
teacher
politician
Harris Jacob Bixler was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for three terms from 1921 to 1927.
5. Tina Martin
1964-. (aged 62)
basketball coach
Tina Martin is an American former college basketball coach. From 1996 to 2017, she was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Delaware. She helped make Delaware a women's basketball power, with eleven 20-win seasons including four regular-season CAA championships. Her teams also made four NCAA Tournament appearances, in addition to five WNIT appearances. She served as an...
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6. Walter E. Piatt
1961-. (aged 65)
chief executive officer
Walter E. Piatt is a retired United States Army lieutenant general appointed chief executive officer of Wounded Warrior Project on March 18, 2024. He last served as the 57th Director of the Army Staff from 2019 to 2024. He enlisted in the army in 1979 and served four years as an infantryman. After graduating from Lock Haven University, he was...
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7. Red Murray
1884-1958 (aged 74)
baseball player
John Joseph "Red" Murray was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball.
8. Micah W. J. Smith
1981-. (aged 45)
lawyer
Micah William Janso Smith is an American lawyer from Hawaii who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii since 2024. He served as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Hawaii from 2018 to 2024.
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9. Sara McMann
1980-. (aged 46)
mixed martial arts fighter
amateur wrestler
Sara McMann is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to Bellator MMA, competing in the Women's Featherweight division. She is a former Olympic wrestler and received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and was a World Silver Medalist and two-time Bronze Medalist. She would then transition to MMA, most notably competing in the bantamweight division...
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10. Jamie Varner
1984-. (aged 42)
mixed martial arts fighter
James Varner is a retired American mixed martial artist who fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). He is a former WEC Lightweight Champion.
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11. Cary J. Kolat
1973-. (aged 53)
coach
amateur wrestler
mixed martial arts fighter
Cary Joseph Kolat is an American wrestler and wrestling coach who earned two NCAA championships in 1996 and 1997 for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the United States Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team from 1997–2001. During that time he won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 Krasnoyarsk and 1998 Tehran FILA Wrestling World Championships, as...
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12. Olen Steinhauer
1970-. (aged 56)
writer
novelist
Olen Steinhauer is an American writer of spy fiction novels, including The Tourist, part of the Milo Weaver series, and the Yalta Boulevard Sequence. Steinhauer also created the TV series Berlin Station, focused on a fictional Central Intelligence Agency branch operating in Berlin, which began airing in 2016.
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