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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Blue Horseshoe on March 15, 2012, 05:06:38 PM

Title: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: Blue Horseshoe on March 15, 2012, 05:06:38 PM
Have you seen my baseball?

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHCCSQ3cEjw/TaTBqFHoLqI/AAAAAAAAFxs/qx-K7jCqi70/s1600/Earl+Warren.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: Coleman on March 15, 2012, 05:07:48 PM
Not to be a huge prick, but its alumni, not alums.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: LAZER on March 15, 2012, 05:11:53 PM
Well alum is an abbreviation to begin with so I wouldn't get to picky
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: Skatastrophy on March 15, 2012, 05:13:06 PM
Alumnuses
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: 2TimeWarrior on March 15, 2012, 05:14:40 PM
Well alum is an abbreviation to begin with so I wouldn't get to picky

I wouldn't get TOO picky either ;D
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: Dawson Rental on March 15, 2012, 05:16:12 PM
Have you seen my baseball?

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHCCSQ3cEjw/TaTBqFHoLqI/AAAAAAAAFxs/qx-K7jCqi70/s1600/Earl+Warren.jpg)

She doesn't call it a baseball, though.  She calls it a........ weiner.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: LAZER on March 15, 2012, 05:16:32 PM
I wouldn't get TOO picky either ;D
Touché
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: Sir Lawrence on March 15, 2012, 05:35:39 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Jim_Varney.jpg/220px-Jim_Varney.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: only a warrior on March 15, 2012, 06:16:29 PM
who is this?
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: mr.MUskie on March 15, 2012, 06:54:36 PM
W. Earl Brown (BS '86), actor
Jerry Crutchfield, music producer [3]
Jude Deveraux, romance novelist
Mike Long (BS Physics) Washington based Speech Writer and Author
Hal Riddle (BS '42), actor [4]
Joe Staton (BS '70), comic book artist
Chrishell Stause (BA '03) actress
Chris Thile, musician, from the band Nickel Creek
Jim Varney, comedian, actor
J.D. Wilkes (BA '96), musician, visual artist, filmmaker
[edit]Athletics
Shane Andrus, former placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers
Marcus Brown, National Basketball Association (NBA) player from 1996 to 1999; retired as Euroleague all-time leading scorer
Todd Buchanan, head coach of women's basketball at Houston
Isaiah Canaan, current point guard for the men's basketball team
Bud Foster, defensive coordinator of Virginia Tech football team
Tony Franklin, former offensive coordinator of Auburn University football team
Justin Fuente (BSB '99), head football coach of the Memphis Tigers and former offensive coordinator for the TCU Horned Frogs[22]
Joe Fulks, Basketball Hall of Famer and early pioneer of the jump shot (did not graduate; left to join the Marines during World War II).
Ron Greene (ΣX), Former head basketball coach of Mississippi State University and Murray State University
Rod Harper, Super Bowl Champion wide-receiver for the New Orleans Saints
Morgan Hicks (BS '04), Competitor at 2004 Olympics in three-position smallbore shooting, 2008 ISSF World Cup rifle champion, and Head Coach of Nebraska Cornhuskers Rifle[23]
Ronald "Popeye" Jones, NBA player from 1993 to 2005.
Austen Lane, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
John Powless, tennis and basketball coach
Bennie Purcell, basketball and Harlem Globetrotters player, MSU tennis coach.
Mark Riggins, Pitching coach for the Chicago Cubs
Kirk Rueter, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Montreal Expos (1993–96) and San Francisco Giants (1996–2005).
Heather Samuel, Track & Field three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000).[24][25]
James Singleton, NBA player
Pat Spurgin Pitney, eight-time All-America, 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in rifle
Claude Virden, American Basketball Association player
Chuck Taylor (wrestler), (BS '11)
[edit]Business and industry
W. Dwight Armstrong (BS '71), vice president of Provimi Holding Co. and chairman of North American Nutrition Companies, Inc. [5]
Arthur J. Bauernfeind (BA '60), Chairman & CEO of Westfield Capital Management LLC [6][7][8][9]
Rex Geveden ('83, MS '84), president of Teledyne Brown Engineering
Dr. Gene W. Ray (BS '60), Former Chairman, President, & CEO of Titan Corporation, Current Chief Executive Officer of GMT Ventures LLC, in La Jolla, CA.[10][11]
Kris Robbins ('81, MBA '83, ΛΧΑ), president and CEO of Security Benefit Corp. [12]
Robert E. Remitz {BA '95}, Founder, President, & CEO of GoSouthernMD.com, a Medical Equipment Supply Company in Phoenix, AZ. [13]
[edit]Government, law, and military
Jerry Brown (BA '54), U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana [14]
Rex Geveden (MS '84), former Associate Administrator of NASA
Anna McHargue (BS '56, ΣΣΣ), the first female flight surgeon in USAF Reserves, former commander of the 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
Steven Rudy (BS '00), Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Don Tharpe ('74, '75, ΑΦΑ), president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, former executive director of the Association of School Business Officials International [15]
Harry Lee Waterfield ('32), Two time Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky[26]
Kenneth W. Winters, BS and former Murray State dean, Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate
[edit]Journalism
Bill Bartleman (BA '71), retired The Paducah Sun served 40 years as government and political reporter and commentator, Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame member
Ron Beaton (BA '79), retired WPSD-TV NewsChannel 6 news anchor.
Taghreed El-Khodary (MS '00), New York Times correspondent in Gaza.
Mandy Murphy (ΣΣΣ), reporter and co-anchor at KTVI-TV Fox 2 News in St. Louis [16]
Ji Il Park ko:박지일 (BA '00), writer and CEO of NewsJapan ko:뉴스재팬 ja:ニュースジャパン (インターネットサイト) [17][18]
Amy Watson (BA '89), news anchor at WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5 in Nashville [19]
Jackie Hays, News Anchor at WAVE-TV Wave3 News in Louisville.
Dave Parker, (BS '84,ΔΣΦ )Asst. News Director, NBC-10, Philadelphia,PA
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: Dawson Rental on March 15, 2012, 06:55:07 PM
who is this?

This picture might clear things up...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vaf4mw_wrRo/SfxUY5DCOlI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Bx0idgL_zwo/s320/jim+varney.jpg)

If they have Pat Spurgin Pitney in the stands we won't have much of a chance.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: damuts222 on March 15, 2012, 06:59:47 PM
Granted its Wikipedia but....

Isaiah Canaan, current point guard for the men's basketball team is on the Notable Alumni list... ?-(
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: Dawson Rental on March 15, 2012, 07:09:59 PM
Granted its Wikipedia but....

Isaiah Canaan, current point guard for the men's basketball team is on the Notable Alumni list... ?-(

As a family, we Murrays decided that anyone with an ACT of at least 21 who enrolled would get a diploma upon enrolling.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: pbiflyer on March 15, 2012, 07:20:32 PM
So, um, "None"
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: Coleman on March 15, 2012, 10:35:09 PM
Murray is my favorite state
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: KenoshaWarrior on March 16, 2012, 09:12:50 AM
What No adult film stars?
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: brewcity77 on March 16, 2012, 09:30:59 AM
This is probably as close as you'll get...

(http://imgusr.celebscentral.net/images/users/19321/201026/Chrishell_Stause|chrishell-stause-06291004.jpg)

Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: warriorchick on March 16, 2012, 09:41:30 AM
(http://www.serienoldies.de/images6/maenner_4.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: marquette09 on March 16, 2012, 03:06:52 PM
What No adult film stars?

Ari, that's on you.  You're slacking, it's NCAA tourney time.  Get your act together. 
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: tower912 on March 16, 2012, 03:11:37 PM
As a family, we Murrays decided that anyone with an ACT of at least 21 who enrolled would get a diploma upon enrolling.
My daughter, currently in the process of making campus visits, wanted to know if we could get extra financial aid based on our last name. 
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: TVDirector on March 16, 2012, 03:25:46 PM
+1 WarriorChick!
 ;D
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: warriorchick on March 16, 2012, 03:29:54 PM
+1 WarriorChick!
 ;D

Told you I was an old broad!
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: SacWarrior on March 16, 2012, 06:42:46 PM
For all you Deadwood fans

(http://www.thesharkguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dority.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: hepennypacker5000 on March 16, 2012, 07:21:22 PM
(http://www.stringband.com/images/Thile3.jpg)

Quarter Chicken Dark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ykydk-idY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ykydk-idY)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: Skitch on March 17, 2012, 12:32:28 AM
For all you Deadwood fans

(http://www.thesharkguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dority.jpg)

That's the same guy from the first post
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: boyonthedock on March 17, 2012, 12:38:16 AM
Wow, really? Dan Dority is the little bro from something about mary? well, I learned something today. He's also in an episode of Justified, one of the top 5 dramas on tv right now.

The headliner is still Jim Varney, of Ernest and Slinky Dog from Toy Story fame.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: SacWarrior on March 17, 2012, 02:53:09 PM
That's the same guy from the first post

I know that.

Just amazed by W. Earl Brown's range
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on March 17, 2012, 03:02:19 PM
A Vandy alum...but grew up in Murray so I am counting it...just for the view

(http://msims.kmmod.com/msfront.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: Galway Eagle on March 20, 2019, 11:20:31 AM
Bump
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: WI inferiority Complexes on March 20, 2019, 03:41:39 PM
The first Giants pitcher to start a game at Pac Bell.

(http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/images/2010/12/16/KV2RiBdG.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alums
Post by: dgies9156 on March 20, 2019, 03:55:07 PM
John Powless, tennis and basketball coach

Wasn't he head coach of the Red Roadkill to the west from 1968 to 1976?

Another reason to hate the glue factory (horses)

From Wikipedia

Powless was born and raised in Flora, Illinois. He received a Basketball Scholarship to the University of Michigan with an agreement to play tennis. After one semester he left and went to Murray State University and graduated in 1956.

As a 6'5" sophomore forward in 1955, he led his team to the Kentucky Invitational title.

Powless came to Wisconsin as an assistant under John Erickson in May 1963 and also was Wisconsin's head tennis coach for five seasons, compiling a 52–39 dual meet record. On April 27, 1968, Powless became head basketball coach on the same day that Army head coach Bob Knight declined the offer.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on March 20, 2019, 05:58:30 PM
Pretty sure powless is still winning u90 tennis tournaments.   Unless he kicked the bucket a few years ago, cant remember.   Either way, he was still winning tennis tournaments in his old age.
Title: Re: Famous Murray State Alumni
Post by: GooooMarquette on March 21, 2019, 08:17:33 AM
Dr. Richard Hurt, Emeritus Professor of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, played for Murray State in the '60s. Also a super nice guy. https://tobaccotreatmentsummit.mayo.edu/speaker/richard-hurt/

He is also the grandfather of Michael Hurt (current player at U of MN) and Matthew Hurt (current #8 recruit in class of '19; most people think he's headed to Duke).