9 Notable alumni of North Central University
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
North Central University is 5691st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1485st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from North 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 North Central University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mike Kopp
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Mike Kopp is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the Colorado Senate, representing Senate District 22, which encompassed southern Jefferson County. He served from 2007 and as Senate Minority Leader from 2009 until his resignation in October 2011 after his wife died from cancer. He was a candidate for the Republican...
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2. Wes Modder
1966-2021 (aged 55)
military chaplain
Wesley James Modder was an American retired United States Marine Corps officer and military chaplain in the United States Navy. Modder was also occasionally an author in ETHOS, a US Navy newsletter.
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3. Jeremy Messersmith
singer-songwriter
singer
Jeremy Matthew Messersmith is an American indie pop musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Messersmith's Reluctant Graveyard was named one of the Top 10 Albums of 2010 by NPR. His video for the Star Wars-themed "Tatooine" went viral, with Messersmith receiving national press in several publications. Messersmith has also opened for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden...
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4. Thomas L. Solhjem
1956-. (aged 70)
Thomas Lynn Solhjem is an active United States Army major general who last served as the 25th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. Solhjem is the first ordained Assemblies of God minister to attain the position.
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5. Katie Meyler
1982-. (aged 44)
Katie Ann Meyler is an American activist who is the founder of the More Than Me Foundation, an organization that works to educate young women in Liberia in the midst of the West African Ebola virus epidemic. She has been recognized as one of the Ebola fighters chosen as the 2014 Time Person of the Year and won at the...
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6. Tammy Faye Messner
1942-2007 (aged 65)
writer
actor
entrepreneur
singer
Tamara Faye Messner was an American evangelist. She co-founded the televangelist program The PTL Club with her then-husband Jim Bakker in 1974. They had hosted their own puppet-show series for local programming in the early 1960s; Messner also had a career as a recording artist. In 1978, she and Bakker built Heritage USA, a Christian theme park.
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7. Creflo Dollar
1962-. (aged 64)
religious leader
televangelist
writer
Creflo Augustus Dollar Jr. is an American pastor, televangelist, and the founder of the non-denominational World Changers Church International (WCCI), based in College Park, Georgia. He is the head of Creflo Dollar Ministries and the Creflo Dollar Ministerial Association.
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8. Jerome Tang
1966-. (aged 60)
basketball coach
Jerome Tang is a Trinidadian-American college basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at Kansas State University. He had previously been an assistant coach under Scott Drew from 2003 to 2022 at Baylor, where the Bears won the 2021 NCAA Championship.
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9. Sara Groves
1972-. (aged 54)
singer
pianist
singer-songwriter
composer
guitarist
Sara Groves is an American contemporary Christian singer, record producer, and author.