List of University of Wisconsin–Whitewater alumni explained

The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater is a public university in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia and education

• Carol Cartwright – former president of Bowling Green State University and Kent State University
• Lily Haass – YWCA worker in Shanghai, Chin who educate Chinese women

Art and architecture

• B. Gunar Gruenke – stained glass artist and president of Conrad Schmitt Studios^[1]
• Marc Travanti – contemporary artist

Business

• John W. Scherer – founder of Video Professor^[2]
• Quint Studer – founder and CEO of health care consulting company Studer Group and co-owner of Pensacola Blue Wahoos^{[3] [4]}

Entertainment

• John Belushi – actor and Saturday Night Live comedian (attended)^[5]
• Susan Beschta – founder and lead singer of Erasers
• Craig Coshun – pre-game host and reporter for Milwaukee Brewers on Fox Sports Network^[6]
• Emmy Fink – broadcast television reporter
• Kenn Hoekstra – game developer and producer at Pi Studios^[7]
• Isabella Hofmann – actress (attended)^[8]
• Kay Lertsittichai – YouTube vlogger, actor
• Johnny Lechner – film and television actor
• AzMarie Livingston – fashion model and actress
• John Wheeler – Singer, songwriter, record producer, and member of Hayseed Dixie

Law

• • Chester A. Fowler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Ken Kratz – lawyer, former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal^[9]

Literature and journalism

• Eva Kinney Griffith – journalist, temperance activist, novelist, newspaper editor, journal publisher^[10]
• Mary Catherine Judd – author, poet, and peace activist^[11]

Military

• Merton W. Baker – U.S. Air Force Major General^[12]
• Grant R. Mulder – U.S. Air Force Major General^[13]

Politics

• Paul Alfonsi – speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Clinton Anderson – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Albert B. Barney – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Walter B. Calvert – Wisconsin State Assembly^[14]
• James R. Charneski – Wisconsin State Assembly^[15]
• Robert L. Clark – Wisconsin State Assembly^[16]
• Dave Considine – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Timothy Cullen – Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate
• Mel J. Cyrak – Wisconsin State Assembly^[17]
• Marc C. Duff – Wisconsin State Assembly^[18]
• Judy Erwin – Illinois House of Representatives
• Babatunde Fowler – CEO of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service
  • Frank L. Fraser – Wisconsin State Assembly Edward Grassman – Wisconsin State Assembly^[19]
• Tom Hebl – Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin Municipal Judge
• Jim Holperin – Wisconsin Senate^[20]
• Cody Horlacher – Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin circuit court judge
• Maxine Hough – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Rob Hutton – Wisconsin Senate
• G. Erle Ingram – Wisconsin Senate^[21]
• Arthur J. Jones – American neo-Nazi, Holocaust denier and perennial candidate
• Neal Kedzie – Wisconsin Senate^[22]
• Samantha Kerkman – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Joe Knilans – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Bill Kramer – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Mike Kuglitsch – Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Jon Litscher – 4th and 9th secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Thomas A. Loftus – U.S. Ambassador to Norway 1993–97; former speaker of Wisconsin State Assembly^[23]
• Barbara Lorman – Wisconsin Senate^[24]
• John T. Manske – Wisconsin State Assembly^[25]
• Howard Marklein – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
• Max Maxfield – Wyoming state auditor (1999–2007) and Secretary of State of Wyoming (2007–15)^[26]
• Stephen Nass – Wisconsin Senate^[27]
• Mark Neumann – United States House of Representatives^[28]
• John Plewa – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
• Lewis W. Powell – Wisconsin State Assembly and district attorney of Kenosha County, Wisconsin
• Reince Priebus – former Chairman of Republican National Committee and White House Chief of Staff^{[29] [30]}
• Randall J. Radtke – Wisconsin State Assembly^[31]
• Clifford E. Randall – United States House of Representatives
• Henry Edgar Roethe – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Joseph E. Russell – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Arthur H. Sholts – Wisconsin State Assembly
• James Stewart – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Charles Simeon Taylor – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
• Robin Vos – Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly^[32]
• Don Vruwink – Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin Commissioner of Railroads
• Joan Wade – Wisconsin State Assembly^[33]
• Timothy Weeden – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
• Evan Wynn – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Dwight A. York – Wisconsin State Assembly^[34]

Religion

• Mila Tupper Maynard – Unitarian minister, writer, social reformer, and suffragist

Sports

• Chick Agnew – football player, coach, and college sports administrator
• Corey Anderson – mixed martial arts fighter
• Lake Bachar – professional baseball player with San Diego Padres
• Justin Beaver – gridiron football player
• Bob Berezowitz – head coach for the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks football
• Matt Blanchard – professional football player
• Gene Brabender – professional baseball player for Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers^[35]
• Vilnis Ezerins – professional football player for Los Angeles Rams^[36]
• Laura Fürst – German 2.0 point national wheelchair basketball player
• Darnell Harris – professional basketball player
• Jeff Jagodzinski – football coach for Green Bay Packers and Boston College^[37]
• Joey Johnson – professional wheelchair basketball player
• Dave Kraayeveld – professional football player^[38]
• Jake Kumerow – professional football player for the Buffalo Bills^[39]
• Dick Lange – professional basketball player
• Lance Leipold – football head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, the University of Buffalo, and the University of Kansas
• Derrick LeVake – professional football player
• Bill Lobenstein – former professional football player for Denver Broncos^[40]
• Quinn Meinerz – professional football player for the Denver Broncos
• Max Meylor – professional football player with the Indoor Football League
• T. J. Otzelberger – college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Iowa State University
• Joe Panos – professional football player
• A. J. Raebel – professional football player for Minnesota Vikings and Saskatchewan Roughriders^[41]
• Jace Rindahl – head coach for the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks football team
• Stuart Rindy – former football player for Chicago Bears^[42]
• Jeff Schebler – college football player
• Pete Schmitt – former professional football player for Washington Redskins^[43]
• Ed Schwager – college football and basketball coach
• Matt Scott – professional wheelchair basketball player
• Derek Stanley – former professional football player for St. Louis Rams^[44]
• Eric Studesville – assistant coach for Denver Broncos, 2010 interim head coach^[45]
• Jack Synold – head football coach at Carthage College
• Nate Trewyn – professional football player
• Matt Turk – professional football player^[46]
• Bob Wickman – professional baseball player for New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks^[47]

Notes and References

1. Web site: B. Gunar Gruenke . 16 February 2014 . Radaris.
2. Web site: Knight . Al . 17 April 2006 . "Professor" owes success to juggling . 23 May 2014 . Denver Post.
3. Web site: Studer brings Double-A baseball to Pensacola . 25 April 2014 . Pensacola News Journal.
4. Web site: Company Overview of The Studer Group LLC . 25 April 2014 . Bloomberg Businessweek.
5. Book: Belushi, John . Famous Wisconsin Film Stars . Kristin Gilpatrick Badger Books Inc., 2002 . 2002 . 9781878569868 . 323.
6. Web site: Tarnoff, Andy . 2008-08-05 . Milwaukee Talks: FSN reporter Craig Coshun . 2014-03-31 . Milwaukee.com.
7. Web site: Kenn Hoekstra . 16 February 2014 . Radaris.
8. Web site: Isabella Hoffman . 2014-03-31 . Nndb.com.
9. Web site: Ken Kratz . 5 October 2022 . Speakerpedia.
10. Book: Wisconsin State college Whitewater . Historical Sketches of the First Quarter-century ...: With a Catlogue of the Graduates & a Record of Their Work. 1868-1893 . 1893 . Tracy, Gibbs & Company . Public domain . en.
11. Book: Foster, Mary Dillon . Who's who Among Minnesota Women: A History of Woman's Work in Minnesota from Pioneer Days to Date, Told in Biographies, Memorials and Records of Organizations . M.D. Foster . 1924 . Public domain.
12. Web site: Merton W. Baker . 15 February 2014 . United States Air Force.
13. Web site: Grant R. Mulder . 16 February 2014 . United States Air Force.
14. Web site: Walter B. Calvert . 16 February 2014 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
15. Web site: James R. Charneski . 16 February 2014 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
16. Web site: Page 784 . 2016-03-14 . University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
17. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1973,' Biographical Sketch of Mel J. Cyrak, pg. 75
18. Web site: Marc C. Duff . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120813191221/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/LRB/bb/01bb/ch1Bsd31-33.pdf . 13 August 2012 . 16 February 2014 . Wisconsin Blue Book.
19. Book: Grassman, Edward . Wisconsin Blue Book, 1950 . Legislative Reference Bureau, 1950 – Wisconsin . 1950 . 66.
20. Web site: 5 May 2003 . Jim Holperin . 16 February 2014 . The Badger Herald, 2013.
21. Book: Ingram, G. Erle . The State of Wisconsin Blue Book . Legislative Reference Bureau, 1933 – Wisconsin . 1933 . 224.
22. Web site: Neal Kedzie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061859/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/40-41.pdf . 25 September 2012 . 16 February 2014 . WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 2005 ï 2006 . dmy-all.
23. Web site: Thomas A. Loftus . 16 February 2014 . University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
24. Web site: Barbara Lorman . 16 February 2014 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
25. Web site: Manske, John T. 1952 . 2011-12-17 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
26. Web site: Max Mayfield . 16 February 2014 . Wyoming Blue Book Vol. I – V*+.
27. Web site: Senator Stephen L. Nass . docs.legis.wisconsin.gov.
28. Web site: Mark Neumann . 16 February 2014 . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
29. Web site: Jackson . Hallie . Tur . Katy . Jaffe . Alexandra . November 13, 2016 . Donald Trump Names RNC Chair Reince Priebus Chief of Staff . November 13, 2016 . nbcnews.com . . 1.
30. News: Reince Priebus . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106235227/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/reince-priebus/gIQAoXzbKP_topic.html . 6 November 2014 . 16 February 2014 . The Washington Post.
31. Web site: Randall J. Radtke . 16 February 2014 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
32. Web site: Robin Vos . 15 February 2014 . Journal Times.
33. Web site: Joan Wade . 17 February 2014 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
34. Web site: Dwight A. York . 17 February 2014 . Wisconsin Historical Society.
35. Web site: Gene Brabender. Baseball-Almanac. 16 February 2014.
36. Web site: Vilnis Ezerins. Pro-Football-Reference.com. 16 February 2014.
37. Web site: Jeff Jagodzinski. 2014 CBS Interactive. 16 February 2014.
38. Web site: Dave Kraayeveld. Pro-football-reference.com. 16 February 2014.
39. Web site: Jake Kumerow. 14 September 2018.
40. Web site: Bill Lobenstein. Pro-Football Reference.com. 16 February 2014.
41. Web site: A. J. Raebel. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. 16 February 2014.
42. Web site: Stuart Rindy. Pro-football-reference.com. 17 February 2014.
43. Web site: Pete Schmitt. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. 17 February 2014.
44. Web site: Derek Stanley. University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. 17 February 2014.
45. Web site: Eric Studesville. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. 17 February 2014.
46. Web site: Matt Turk. Pro-Football Reference.com. 17 February 2014.
47. Web site: Bob Wickman. Baseball-Reference.com. 17 February 2014.