Notable Alumni of University of Akron [Sorted List]

1. George T. Thomas

1856-1920 (aged 64)

lawyer politician

George T. Thomas was a Republican politician from Ohio in the United States. He was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1904 to 1905.

2. Victor Souto

1993-. (aged 33)

association football player

Victor Augusto Souto is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Atlantic City FC of the National Premier Soccer League.

3. Mary E. Gladwin

1861-1939 (aged 78)

nurse

Mary Elizabeth Gladwin was an English-born American Red Cross nurse active in three wars. She was one of the first six American nurses to receive the Florence Nightingale Medal when it was awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1920.

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4. Richard Stockton

1932-1997 (aged 65)

playwright

Richard Franklin Stockton was an American playwright. He was the first American Playwright to receive a world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre, for his play Prisoner of the Crown, co-produced by Sir Alfred Drake. The play received its American premiere by the Repertory Company of the Virginia Museum Theater, under the title The Royal Rape of Ruari...

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5. Edith Claypole

1870-1915 (aged 45)

physician pathologist physiologist

Edith Jane Claypole was an English-American physiologist and pathologist.

6. Morton W. Bloomfield

1913-1987 (aged 74)

university teacher writer medievalist

Morton Wilfred Bloomfield was an American medievalist. He was the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of English at Harvard University. He is best known for his scholarly work, teaching and mentoring on Medieval literature, language, as well as contributions to intellectual history, literary criticism and theory. He also was one of the founders of the first U.S. national center for the...

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7. Conrad Earnest

1957-. (aged 69)

association football player

Conrad Earnest is an American retired soccer goalkeeper and well respected exercise physiologist. He spent two seasons in the American Soccer League.

8. John Bluem

1953-. (aged 73)

association football player association football coach

John Bluem is an American former soccer defender and most recently a coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Bluem played professionally in the North American Soccer League. After retiring from playing, Bluem became a men's college soccer coach.

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9. Shane Wiedt

1995-. (aged 31)

association football player

Shane Wiedt is a retired American soccer player who played as a defender and spent most of his career on various teams in the USL Championship.

10. Thomas West

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Thomas E. West is an American businessman and politician who served as the State Representative for the 49th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. The district consisted of a portion of Stark County, including Canton and most of Massillon. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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11. Bill Compton

1945-2007 (aged 62)

William H. Compton, Jr. was a mental health advocate in California who attained national stature. After a mental health crisis in 1989, he became heavily involved in self-help and patients' rights advocacy issues. Between 1994 and 2007 he was the head of a large network of peer support groups.

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12. Art Ranney

1889-1970 (aged 81)

American football player

Arthur Fobare Ranney was a co-founder of the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football League in 1922), as an owner of the Akron Pros, one of the league's charter teams. The Pros were renamed the Akron Indians in 1926.

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13. Jim Babka

1968-. (aged 58)

writer

Jim Babka is an American writer, activist, former radio talk-show host, and president of the Downsize DC Foundation.

14. Louis Nanchoff

1956-. (aged 70)

association football player

Louis "Louie" Nanchoff is a retired soccer player. He spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and seven seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented the United States national team.

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15. Rick Rembielak

baseball player

Richard A. Rembielak is an American college baseball coach, who most recently served as the head coach of the Akron Zips from the 2012 through the 2015 season. As of the end of the 2014 season, his career head coaching record is 574–490–1.

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16. Evelyn Lundberg Stratton

1953-. (aged 73)

lawyer judge

Evelyn Lundberg Stratton is an American jurist. She was a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and is now an attorney with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease.

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17. Jack L. Davis

1950-. (aged 76)

classical archaeologist

Jack L. Davis is Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and is a former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

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18. Eric Stevenson

1990-. (aged 36)

association football player

Eric Stevenson is a retired American soccer player. He played professionally as a midfielder for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer and for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League.

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19. Sydney Blomquist

1993-. (aged 33)

association football player

Sydney Blomquist is an American professional soccer player from Bel Air, Maryland. She played most recently for SC Telstar in the women's Eredivisie. She is an assistant coach of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team.

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20. Gayle Manning

1950-. (aged 76)

primary school teacher politician

Gayle Manning is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving since 2019. Formerly, she was a member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 13th district from 2011 to 2018. Manning also taught elementary school students in North Olmsted City Schools for 37 years, winning numerous awards and citations for her accomplishments in education. She was named Educator of...

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21. Patricia E. McQuistion

Patricia E. McQuistion is a United states Lieutenant General lieutenant general of the United States Army. She served as deputy commander and chief of staff for the United States Army Materiel Command from 2012 until her retirement in 2015.

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22. Daniel Utomi

1997-. (aged 29)

basketball player

Uzodinma Utomi, better known as Daniel Utomi, is an American-born Nigerian professional basketball player for Petkim Spor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for USC and Akron.

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23. John Alfred Jarvey

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer judge

John Alfred Jarvey is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

24. Thomas C. Sawyer

1945-2023 (aged 78)

teacher politician

Thomas Charles Sawyer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. During a career that spanned five decades, he represented his hometown of Akron, Ohio, across multiple levels of government. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983, the Mayor of Akron from 1984 to 1986, a member of the United States House of...

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25. Kenneth R. Cox

1928-2011 (aged 83)

politician

Kenneth R. Cox is an Ohio Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly.

26. Niko De Vera

1996-. (aged 30)

association football player

Niko Antonio Berry De Vera is a Filipino professional football player who plays as a left back for USL League Two club PDX.

27. Kevin Jerome Everson

1965-. (aged 61)

filmmaker video artist film director

Kevin Jerome Everson is an artist working in film, painting, sculpture, and photography. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio and currently resides in Virginia. He holds an MFA from Ohio University, and a BFA from the University of Akron, and is Professor of Art at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

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28. Demetrius Treadwell

1991-. (aged 35)

basketball player

Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell is an American professional basketball player for the Maccabi Rehovot of the Liga Leumit. He played college basketball for the Akron Zips, before playing professionally in Argentina, Israel, and France. In 2017–18, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

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29. Emory Rounds

lawyer

Emory Arthur Rounds III is an American attorney and government ethics official who is a former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve a five-year term.

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30. Don Plusquellic

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Donald L. Plusquellic is an American politician who served as mayor of Akron, Ohio. First elected in 1987, he became the 59th Mayor of Akron after previously serving 13 years on Akron City Council. Plusquellic has served his seventh term, making him the longest-serving mayor of the city. Plusquellic announced his resignation effective May 31, 2015, citing unfriendly coverage from...

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31. John R. Adams

1955-. (aged 71)

lawyer judge

John Randell Adams Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

32. J. D. Ford

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

J. D. Ford is an American politician, currently a member of the Indiana Senate. Elected in the 2018 elections, he represents Senate District 29 as a member of the United States Democratic Party. He earned a bachelor's degree from University of Akron in criminal justice and political science and a master's degree in education from Purdue University Northwest.

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33. Tavia Galonski

politician

Tavia Galonski is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. A Democrat, she represented portions of Akron and Barberton in Summit County.

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34. Ben Zemanski

1988-. (aged 38)

association football player

Ben Zemanski is an American retired soccer player and current assistant coach for the Portland Pilots.

35. Mike Birkbeck

1961-. (aged 65)

baseball player

Michael Laurence Birkbeck is a college baseball coach and former baseball pitcher. He is the pitching coach at Kent State University.

36. J. T. Brubaker

1993-. (aged 33)

professional baseball player

Jonathan Trey Brubaker is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees. Brubaker played college baseball for the Akron Zips. He was selected by the Pirates in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his...

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37. Mary Taylor

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Mary Taylor is an American businesswoman and politician who served as the 65th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019.

38. Deborah L. Cook

1952-. (aged 74)

lawyer judge

Deborah Louise Cook is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, based in Akron, Ohio. She served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003.

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39. Nate Linhart

1986-. (aged 40)

basketball player

Nathaniel Andrew Linhart is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Akron before playing professionally in Austria, Germany, Italy, Israel, Spain and Belgium.

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40. Dillon Serna

1994-. (aged 32)

association football player

Dillon Paul Serna is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Major League Soccer for Colorado Rapids and in the USL Championship for Sporting Kansas City II and Colorado Springs Switchbacks.

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41. Heather Lyke

1970-. (aged 56)

athletic director

Heather Lyke is the assistant athletic director at Syracuse University. She was previously the athletic director at the University of Pittsburgh, Eastern Michigan University, and served in administrative roles at Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati.

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42. Kofi Sarkodie

1991-. (aged 35)

association football player

Kofi Kwarteng Frempong Sarkodie is an American soccer player.

43. Heather Scott

politician

Heather Scott is an American biologist, businesswoman, and politician serving as a Republican member of the Idaho House of Representatives from the 1st district. She has been a member of the Idaho House since 2014. She is the Co-Chair of the Idaho Freedom Caucus.

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44. Daniel Richard Crissinger

1860-1942 (aged 82)

lawyer

Daniel Richard Crissinger was an American banker and lawyer who served as the 3rd chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1923 to 1927. Crissinger previously served as the 14th comptroller of the Currency from 1921 to 1923.

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45. Dan Horrigan

1963-. (aged 63)

civil servant politician

Dan Horrigan is an American politician and educator who served as the 62nd mayor of Akron, Ohio from November 3, 2015 to January 1, 2024. Horrigan previously served eight years as the Clerk of Summit County's Common Pleas Courts.

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46. Adam Najem

1995-. (aged 31)

association football player

Adam Ahmad Najem is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in the United States, he played for the Afghanistan national team.

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47. Anthony Ampaipitakwong

1988-. (aged 38)

association football player

Anthony Petch Ampaipitakwong is a retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in the United States, he played for the Thailand national team.

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48. Enrique Freeman

2000-. (aged 26)

basketball player

Enrique Gabriel Freeman is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Akron Zips.

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49. Betty Sutton

1963-. (aged 63)

city council lawyer politician

Betty Sue Sutton is an American politician who currently serves as a Judge of Ohio's 9th District Court of Appeals. She previously served as a U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sutton lost her 2012 re-election campaign after she was redistricted to the 16th district, losing to...

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50. Dan Moldea

1950-. (aged 76)

journalist

Dan E. Moldea is an American bestselling author and investigative journalist who has reported on organized crime and political corruption since 1974. He is the author of books about the rise and fall of Jimmy Hoffa, the contract killing of an Ohio businessman, the Mafia's penetration of Hollywood, its links to Ronald Reagan, and its influence on professional football, as...

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51. John Loyer

1964-. (aged 62)

basketball player basketball coach

John Foster Loyer is an American former professional basketball coach.

52. Neil Zaza

1964-. (aged 62)

musician guitarist

Neil Zaza is an American guitarist known for his instrumental rock compositions as well as his adaptation of classical works by Bach and Mozart into his own blend of neo-classical, melodic, guitar instrumentals.

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53. Cinda Williams Chima

1952-. (aged 74)

children's writer novelist writer

Cinda Williams Chima is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fantasy, best known for The Heir Chronicles, The Seven Realms and The Shattered Realm series.

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54. Steve Zakuani

1988-. (aged 38)

association football player association football coach

Steve Zakuani is a Congolese former footballer. He was born in Zaire—now the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and grew up in London. After a successful college career, he played for the Seattle Sounders FC and the Portland Timbers.

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55. Clayton Murphy

1995-. (aged 31)

middle-distance runner

Clayton Murphy is an American middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games. He ran collegiately for the University of Akron, before signing with Nike in June 2016 and joining the Nike Oregon Project. He retired from...

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56. Teal Bunbury

1990-. (aged 36)

association football player

Teal Alexander Bunbury is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC. Born in Canada, he played for the United States national team.

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57. Darren Mattocks

1990-. (aged 36)

association football player

Darren Dimitri Mattocks is a Jamaican professional footballer who last played as a forward for Phoenix Rising FC and the Jamaica national football team.

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58. Wil Trapp

1993-. (aged 33)

association football player

William Alexander Trapp is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United.

59. River Butcher

1982-. (aged 44)

comedian television actor podcaster entertainer stand-up comedian

River Buddy Butcher is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host. He is best known for personal, observational comedy focused on his vegetarianism, feminism, love of baseball, and experiences as a queer person.

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60. Lynne M. Tracy

1964-. (aged 62)

diplomat

Lynne Marie Tracy is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 2023 to 2025. She had previously served as the United States ambassador to Armenia from 2019 to 2022.

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61. Nick Kosir

1983-. (aged 43)

weather presenter TikToker

Nick Kosir is an American television meteorologist. He worked for WJZY Fox 46 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is known for his dancing videos online, hitting 5 million followers on TikTok as of September 2022. Kosir signed on to join the Fox Weather channel which launched on October 25, 2021.

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62. Dru Joyce

1985-. (aged 41)

basketball player basketball coach

Dru Joyce III is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Duquesne Dukes. His coaching career began in 2019–20 with the Cleveland State Vikings after a 12-year professional playing career in Europe. He retired as the all-time assists leader in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga (since eclipsed). Joyce is a close friend...

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63. Romeo Travis

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player

Romeo Travis is an American born naturalized Macedonian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Akron.

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64. Richie Laryea

1995-. (aged 31)

association football player

Richmond Mamah Laryea is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back or midfielder for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC and the Canada national team.

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65. Michael Morell

1958-. (aged 68)

spy intelligence officer university teacher politician

Michael Joseph Morell is an American former career intelligence analyst. He was the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2010 to 2013 and twice as its acting director, first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013. He is also a professor at the George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government.

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66. George Wallace

1952-. (aged 74)

screenwriter television actor actor comedian

George Henry Wallace is an American comedian and actor. Wallace has had supporting roles in a number of films, including 3 Strikes (2000) and the Coen brothers film The Ladykillers (2004) as Sheriff Wyner. Wallace also appeared in Batman Forever (1995) as the Mayor of Gotham City. Other film credits include A Rage in Harlem (1991), The Wash (2001), Punchline...

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67. Ara Parseghian

1923-2017 (aged 94)

coach basketball player American football player

Ara Raoul Parseghian was an American football coach and player who coached the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973. He is noted for bringing Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football program back from years of futility into national prominence in 1964 and is regarded alongside Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy as a part of the "Holy...

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68. Jack Lengyel

1935-. (aged 91)

American football player

Jack Robert Lengyel is an American software executive and former college football coach, college lacrosse coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of Wooster from 1966 to 1970 and at Marshall University from 1971 until 1974, compiling a career college football record of 33–54. At Marshall, he took over the Thundering Herd football...

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69. James Ingram

1952-2019 (aged 67)

singer songwriter pianist composer record producer

James Edward Ingram was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. After beginning his career in 1973, Ingram charted eight top 40 hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart from the early 1980s until the early 1990s, as well as thirteen top 40...

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70. Jason Taylor

1974-. (aged 52)

basketball player American football player

Jason Paul Taylor is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), spending the majority of his career with the Miami Dolphins. He is currently the defensive ends coach for the Miami Hurricanes. Over the course of his 15-year NFL career, Taylor played for the Dolphins for 13 years...

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71. Dan Auerbach

1979-. (aged 47)

composer guitarist singer record producer

Daniel Quine Auerbach is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, an indie rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has recorded and co-produced thirteen studio albums with his bandmate Patrick Carney. Auerbach has also released two solo albums, Keep It Hid (2009) and...

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72. Patrick Carney

1980-. (aged 46)

vocalist record producer composer guitarist drummer

Patrick James Carney is an American musician and producer best known as the drummer of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio.

73. Yvette Nicole Brown

1971-. (aged 55)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Yvette Nicole Brown is an American actress. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC and Yahoo Screen sitcom Community, as Dani in the 2015 reboot of The Odd Couple on CBS, and as Dina Rose on the ABC sitcom The Mayor. Brown had a recurring role as Helen Dubois in Drake & Josh, and has had guest roles in...

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74. James S. Gwin

1954-. (aged 72)

lawyer judge

James Steven Gwin is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

75. Hassan Niknafs

academic administrator mechanical engineer

Hassan Niknafs is an Iranian Azerbaijani mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He became president of Khazar University in 2015. Niknafs was dean of the school of engineering and applied sciences at Khazar University from 2013 to 2015.

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76. Peter C. Economus

1943-. (aged 83)

lawyer judge

Peter Constantine Economus is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

77. Riyad Mansour

1947-. (aged 79)

diplomat

Riyad H. Mansour is a Palestinian diplomat and since 2005 has been the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. Previous to Mansour's appointment to Permanent Observer, Mansour served as the Deputy Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations from 1983 to 1994. In 2005, President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas appointed him to succeed Nasser...

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78. Samuel H. Bell

1925-2010 (aged 85)

lawyer judge

Sam H. Bell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

79. Larry Shyatt

1951-. (aged 75)

basketball player basketball coach

Lawrence Alan Shyatt is an American basketball coach. He last served as an assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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80. Crystal Mackall

1960-. (aged 66)

physician academic immunologist university teacher

Crystal L. Mackall is an American physician and immunologist. She is currently the Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University. She is the founding director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy.

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81. Vernon Sykes

1951-. (aged 75)

politician professor

Vernon Sykes is an American politician who served as the state Senator for the 28th district of the Ohio Senate from 2017 to 2024. The district included Akron, Barberton, Green, Portage Lakes, Sawyerwood, Lakemore and portions of Cuyahoga Falls, Mogadore and Tallmadge in Summit County.

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82. Michael Buckley

1975-. (aged 51)

actor screenwriter writer television producer dub actor

Michael William Buckley is an American children's author whose works include The Sisters Grimm, the N.E.R.D.S. book series, and Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox. He is also the co-creator of the animated TV series Robotomy.

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83. Fred Pestello

1952-. (aged 74)

sociologist

Fred P. Pestello is an American sociologist and educator who served as the 33rd president of Saint Louis University in Missouri from 2014 to 2025. He previously served as president of Le Moyne College from 2008 to 2014.

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84. Pete Lee

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer politician

Sanford Edmund Lee is an American politician. He served in the Colorado Senate from the 11th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 18th district.

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85. Alice M. Batchelder

1944-. (aged 82)

jurist judge

Alice M. Moore Batchelder is an American attorney and jurist. She is currently a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She served as chief judge from 2009 until 2014. She also was considered by President George W. Bush as a potential nominee for a United States Supreme Court seat that...

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86. Rex M. Rogers

1952-. (aged 74)

political scientist

Rex M. Rogers is retired, writes regularly, and produces a weekly podcast.

87. Mary Ann Scherr

1921-2016 (aged 95)

dancer game designer fashion designer university teacher jewelry designer

Mary Ann Scherr was an American designer, metalsmith and educator. She was known for her jewellery design and industrial design, but she also worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, game designer, fashion and costume designer and silversmith.

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88. Michael Johnson

1944-2017 (aged 73)

songwriter guitarist singer musician

Michael Duane Johnson is an American sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300...

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89. Meg Johnson

poet lecturer

Meg Johnson is an American poet and lecturer. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Midwestern Gothic, Slipstream Magazine, Word Riot, Hobart, and many others. Her first collection of poems, Inappropriate Sleepover, was released in 2014, her second collection, The Crimes of Clara Turlington, was released in December 2015., and her third book, Without: Body, Name, Country is...

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90. Shri Thanedar

1955-. (aged 71)

author businessperson politician

Shri Thanedar is an American businessman, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 13th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 election.

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91. Daniel Asua Wubah

1960-. (aged 66)

scientist

Daniel Asua Wubah is a Ghanaian-born American president of Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that he was the Provost at Washington and Lee University. In his private life, Wubah is a tribal king, Nana Ofosu Peko III, Safohene of Breman Traditional Area in Ghana. He is the first Ghanaian-born president of an American university.

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