14 Notable alumni of Northwest Missouri State University
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Northwest Missouri State University is ranked #2,865 in the world and #737 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Northwest Missouri State 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 Northwest Missouri State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Philip Wise
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Philip Leon "Phil" Wise is a former ten-term Iowa State Representative. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 through 2009 and did not seek re-election in 2008. He received his BS and MS from Northwest Missouri State University.
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2. Tom Moore
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Tom Moore is an American politician. He is a Republican who has represented District 18 in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2015.
3. Duck Dowell
1912-2003 (aged 91)
basketball player
head coach
basketball coach
Robert Loren "Duck" Dowell was an American professional basketball player for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the United States' National Basketball League during the 1937–38 season. After an All-American collegiate career at Northwest Missouri State, Dowell also competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the Denver Piggly Wigglies.
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4. Wilbur Stalcup
1910-1972 (aged 62)
basketball coach
Wilbur Neil "Sparky" Stalcup was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—from 1933 to 1943 and at the University of Missouri from 1946 to 1962, compiling a career college basketball record of 332–236. Stalcup was also the athletic director at...
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5. Zoé Samudzi
writer
Zoé Samudzi is an American writer and activist known for her co-authored book As Black as Resistance. Samudzi has written for The New Inquiry, The Daily Beast and Vice magazine. Samudzi was a 2017 Public Imagination Fellow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of African-American and Africana Studies at...
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6. David R. Hansen
1938-. (aged 88)
lawyer
judge
David Rasmussen Hansen is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
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7. Chris Stigall
1977-. (aged 49)
radio personality
Chris Stigall is an American conservative talk radio personality, cable news contributor, online columnist and host of The Chris Stigall podcast. He currently hosts the morning show on Salem Media Group’s AM 990 The Answer in Philadelphia, and was the prior host of WPHT Morning Show in the Delaware Valley market from 2011 to March 2019. Previously, he hosted The...
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8. Jon A. Jensen
1963-. (aged 63)
military personnel
Jon A. Jensen is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He served as the 22nd director of the Army National Guard from 2020 to 2024, and as the acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau from May to August 2024. He previously served as the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard from November 2017 to...
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9. Todd Whitaker
1959-. (aged 67)
motivational speaker
school counselor
pedagogue
university teacher
Todd Whitaker is an American educator, writer, motivational speaker, educational consultant, and professor. A leading presenter in the field of education, Dr. Whitaker has published over 60 books on staff motivation, teacher leadership, technology, middle level practices, instructional improvement, and principal effectiveness, including the national best-seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Before leaving in 2016, he was a professor of...
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10. Gary Gaetti
1958-. (aged 68)
baseball player
Gary Joseph Gaetti, is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins (1981–1990), California Angels (1991–1993), Kansas City Royals (1993–1995), St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1998), Chicago Cubs (1998–1999) and Boston Red Sox (2000).
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11. Edward Wiskoski
1945-2025 (aged 80)
professional wrestler
Edward Wiskoski was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) under the ring name Colonel DeBeers from 1985 to 1990, as well as his work in the Pacific Northwestern National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories.
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12. Steve King
1949-. (aged 77)
business executive
businessperson
politician
Steven Arnold King is an American former politician and businessman who served as a U.S. representative from Iowa from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Iowa's 5th congressional district until 2013 and the state's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021.
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13. Kim Reynolds
1959-. (aged 67)
pharmacy technician
politician
Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving since 2017 as the 43rd governor of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first female governor in Iowa history.
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14. Laura Duffy
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
Laura Elizabeth Duffy is an American lawyer and judge who serves on the San Diego County Superior Court and served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2010 to 2017.
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