22 Notable alumni of University of Missouri – St Louis
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Missouri – St Louis is ranked #919 in the world and #246 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from University of Missouri – St Louis sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Missouri – St Louis won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Barry Pyle
1965-. (aged 61)
political scientist
Barry Pyle is an associate professor at Eastern Michigan University in the United States who has written on the American judicial system. Along with Elaine Martin he has written "Gender and Racial Diversification of State Supreme Courts". This article was noted by Political Science Quarterly as "one of the best and most comprehensive works on... the jurisprudence and gender stratification...
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2. Nancy Coonsman
1892-1976 (aged 84)
sculptor
Nancy Coonsman Hahn was an American sculptor who won the commission for the Missouri War Memorial in Chépy, France.
3. Timothy P. Green
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Timothy P. Green is a Democratic politician from Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
4. Harry Kennedy
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Harry Kennedy is an American Democratic politician, who has been a member of the Missouri Senate and Missouri House of Representatives. He is currently a staffer for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and a Democratic Committeeman for St. Louis' 14th Ward.
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5. Kathleen E. Fick
Kathleen Dodson Fick is a retired United States Air Force major general.
6. Robin Wright-Jones
1950-. (aged 76)
real-estate agent
politician
Robin Wright-Jones was a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 5th district from 2007 to 2013. Jamilah Nasheed succeeded her in this office. Her district covers part of City of St. Louis. She previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2002 through 2007, after winning a special election on March 26, 2002.
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7. Cole McNary
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Cole McNary is an American educator and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He represented the 86th district, which includes Chesterfield from 2009 to 2013. He was the Republican nominee for Missouri State Treasurer in the 2012 election. He subsequently ran for the Monarch Fire Board.
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8. Gordon S. Heddell
1943-. (aged 83)
U.S. Secret Service agent
Gordon S. Heddell is a former Inspector General (IG) of the United States Department of Defense. Previously, Heddell also served as Inspector General for the Department of Labor.
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9. Rachelle Aud Crowe
politician
Rachelle Aud Crowe is the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. She was previously a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 56th district.
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10. Paul Curtman
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Paul Curtman is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 105th and 109th districts from 2011 to 2019.
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11. Bob Poe
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Bob Poe is an American businessman and former cabinet member who ran for Governor of Alaska in the 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election. Poe announced his candidacy in January 2009 and was the first Democrat to announce his intention to run for governor. He has worked with various administrations in Alaska under former Governors Bill Sheffield, Steve Cowper, Tony Knowles, and...
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12. Sally Van Doren
poet
writer
Sally Van Doren is an American poet and visual artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She was awarded the 2007 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets for her first collection of poems. Her third book of poems, Promise, was released in August 2017.
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13. Steve Moyers
1956-. (aged 70)
association football player
Steve Moyers is a retired soccer forward from the United States, who was a member of the American squad that competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He spent eight seasons in the North American Soccer League, one in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the American Indoor Soccer Association.
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14. Maxine Clark
1949-. (aged 77)
businessperson
Maxine Clark is the founder and former CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop, an American retailer that sells customizable teddy bears and other stuffed animals.
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15. Clint Zweifel
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Clint Zweifel, is an American politician and businessman who served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the most recent member of the party to hold that office. Following his service as State Treasurer, he was appointed as a managing director with Northern Trust, leading a multi-disciplinary team...
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16. Phyllis Smith
1949-. (aged 77)
casting director
television actor
voice actor
actor
film actor
Phyllis Smith is an American actress and casting director. She is best known for playing Phyllis Vance in the television series The Office and her voice role as Sadness in Pixar's animated franchise Inside Out.
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17. Steve Gerber
1947-2008 (aged 61)
screenwriter
cartoonist
journalist
Stephen Ross Gerber was an American comic book writer and creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck. Other works include Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Marvel Spotlight: "Son of Satan", The Defenders, Marvel Presents: "Guardians of the Galaxy", Daredevil and Foolkiller. Gerber often included lengthy text pages in the midst of comic book stories, such as in his...
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18. Steven Tilley
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Steven Tilley is an American lobbyist and former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. He represented District 106 (Perry, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties) in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican, Tilley was elected to the House in November 2004. He became the Majority leader in January 2008. On August 13, 2012, Tilley resigned from the Missouri...
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19. James Knowles III
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
James Wallace Knowles III is an American politician who served as the 11th Mayor of the city of Ferguson, Missouri, from April 2011 to June 2020.
20. Lyda Krewson
1953-. (aged 73)
accountant
politician
Lyda Krewson is an American retired politician who was the 46th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. She is a member of the Democratic Party and St. Louis's first female mayor, serving from 2017 to 2021. On November 18, 2020, Krewson announced that she would not seek a second term.
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21. Rick Skwiot
novelist
Rick Skwiot is the award-winning author of three published works set in Mexico and a critically praised childhood memoir. He received the Hemingway First Novel Award for his debut work, Death in Mexico and was the Willa Cather Fiction Prize Finalist for Sleeping With Pancho Villa in 1998. In addition, he has published numerous feature stories, short stories, essays, and...
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22. Joseph Wu
1954-. (aged 72)
diplomat
political scientist
politician
Wu Jau-shieh, also known by his English name Joseph Wu, is a Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat currently serving as secretary-general of the National Security Council since 2024. He was formerly the foreign minister from 2018 to 2024 and secretary-general to the presidential office of Tsai Ing-wen from 2017 to 2018.
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