9 Notable alumni of Peru State College
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Peru State College is 5819st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1523st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from Peru State College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Peru State College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Robert Dinsmore Harrison
1897-1977 (aged 80)
politician
Robert Dinsmore Harrison was a Nebraska Republican politician.
2. Silas Reynolds Barton
1872-1916 (aged 44)
politician
Silas Reynolds Barton was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Nebraska's 5th congressional district for one term in the United States House of Representatives.
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3. Robert Vernon Denney
1916-1981 (aged 65)
lawyer
military officer
judge
politician
Robert Vernon Denney was an American politician and judge who served in the United States House of Representatives for Nebraska's 1st congressional district and federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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4. Clair Armstrong Callan
1920-2005 (aged 85)
politician
Clair Armstrong Callan was an American politician from Nebraska. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives for Nebraska's 1st congressional district for a single term from 1965 to 1967.
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5. Floyd Fithian
1928-2003 (aged 75)
politician
Floyd James Fithian was an American educator and politician who served as a United States representative from Indiana as a Democrat. He was one of the forty nine Watergate Babies who won election to the House of Representatives in the wake of the Watergate scandal during the 1974 House elections with Fithian himself defeating Earl Landgrebe, who became infamous for...
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6. Randy Reeves
1962-. (aged 64)
Randy C. Reeves is an American military officer and government official who served as the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs from 2017 to 2021. He served in the military for 27 years and is a veteran of the Gulf War, Iraq War, and Operation Enduring Freedom. Prior to assuming his current role, he was the executive director...
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7. Darrell Mudra
1929-2022 (aged 93)
American football coach
American football player
Darrell E. Mudra Sr., nicknamed "Dr. Victory", was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College (1959–1962), North Dakota State University (1963–1965), the University of Arizona (1967–1968), Western Illinois University (1969–1973), Florida State University (1974–1975), Eastern Illinois University (1978–1982), and the University of Northern Iowa (1983–1987), compiling a career college football record of...
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8. Melvin O. McLaughlin
1876-1928 (aged 52)
politician
Melvin Orlando McLaughlin was an American Republican Party politician.
9. Merwin Coad
1924-2025 (aged 101)
politician
Doyle Merwin Coad was an American minister and politician from Iowa who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1963. His election snapped the Republican Party's fourteen-year hold on every U.S. House seat from Iowa. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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