4 Notable alumni of Oakland City University
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Oakland City University is ranked #7,163 in the world and #1,830 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 4 notable alumni from Oakland City 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 Oakland City University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Gary Denbo
1960-. (aged 66)
baseball player
Gary Brian Denbo is an American former baseball front office executive and coach. He was the director of player development and scouting for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously, he served as a hitting coach for the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays of MLB and for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. He...
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2. Ernie Haase
1964-. (aged 62)
singer-songwriter
singer
Raymond Ernest "Ernie" Haase III is an American Southern gospel singer. He is best known as the tenor vocalist and founder of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound since 2002, as well as being a former tenor vocalist of the Cathedrals Quartet from 1990 until their retirement in 1999. He along with Wayne Haun co-founded Stowtown Records in 2011.
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3. Jerry Reynolds
1944-. (aged 82)
basketball coach
Jerry Owen Reynolds is an American former professional basketball coach and current executive in the NBA.
4. Melba Phillips
1907-2004 (aged 97)
writer
physicist
university teacher
nuclear physicist
Melba Newell Phillips was an American physicist and a pioneer science educator. One of the first doctoral students of J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley, Phillips completed her PhD in 1933, a time when few women could pursue careers in science. In 1935, Oppenheimer and Phillips published their description of the Oppenheimer–Phillips process, an early contribution to...
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