Name
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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Ben Bailey
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Comedian, Host of Cash Cab
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Bootie Barker
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1994
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NASCAR crew chief
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Kent Bazemore
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2012
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NBA player (Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers , Atlanta Hawks , Portland Trail Blazers)
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[1]
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Michael Bloomfield
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1993
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Space Shuttle and ISS Astronaut, graduated from ODU with a master's in engineering management
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[2]
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John Michael Bednarek
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Lieutenant General, United States Army
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Derrick Borte
|
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Director
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Cal Bowdler
|
1999
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Former player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks
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Tony Brothers
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1986
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NBA referee 1994 to present - Officiated 2012 - 2016 NBA Finals
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Paul Diamond (Tom Boric)
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Professional wrestler, most notably in WWE. Played soccer at ODU.
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Magnum T.A. (Terry Allen)
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Attended
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Retired professional wrestler, most notably in the National Wrestling Alliance.
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Tom DiCillo
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American film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He graduated from Old Dominion University before attending film school at NYU
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Anne Donovan
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1983
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Women's basketball player; 1983 Naismith College Player of the Year (the first woman to win that award); gold medalist as a player in the Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988; coached the gold medal team in 2008; coached the Charlotte Sting to the 2001 WNBA finals and the 2004 Seattle Storm to the 2004 league title; inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995
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Thelma Drake
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Attended
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Member of the United States House of Representatives
|
|
Elizabeth Ashburn Duke
|
1983
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Vice Chair of Wells Fargo's Board of Directors; Former member of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems
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Sherman Edwards
|
2004
|
Actor/Comedian
|
[3]
|
Samuel Face
|
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Inventor and co-developer of advances in concrete & piezoelectric technologies
|
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William J. Fallon
|
1982
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U.S. Navy Admiral; Commander of United States Central Command
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Chris Gatling
|
1991
|
Former National Basketball Association player
|
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Kenny Gattison
|
1986
|
Former NBA player
|
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Mills E. Godwin Jr.
|
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Two-term Governor of Virginia
|
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Wayne Gomes
|
|
Former Major League Baseball player
|
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Adrienne Goodson
|
1988
|
WNBA basketball player
|
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Benjamin S. Griffin
|
1969
|
Four-star General in the U.S. Army. He assumed the duties of Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command on November 5, 2004.
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Jay Harris
|
1987
|
Professional Sportscaster and ESPN SportsCenter Anchor
|
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Odell Hodge
|
1997
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Men's basketball player
|
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Henry Howell
|
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Served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
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Daniel Hudson
|
2008
|
Major League Baseball pitcher
|
|
Chad Hugo
|
Attended
|
Musician and producer in the Neptunes, also in rock group N.E.R.D.. Briefly attended Old Dominion University on a music scholarship.
|
|
T. J. Jordan
|
2008
|
Women's basketball player
|
|
Kenna
|
|
Musician
|
|
Maya Angelou
|
Attended
|
Poet
|
|
Ann Hitch Kilgore
|
|
Mayor of Hampton, Virginia 1963–71 and 1974–78
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Jack Temple Kirby
|
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Historian of the Southern United States awarded the Bancroft Prize for his 2006 book Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South.
|
[4]
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Nancy Lieberman
|
2000
|
Women's basketball player, inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996, Silver medalist in the 1976 Summer Olympics and two-time (1979 and 1980) Wade Trophy recipient
|
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Elaine Luria
|
2004
|
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district, and former United States Navy Commander
|
[5]
|
Izak van der Merwe
|
2005
|
Professional tennis player
|
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Tommy Newsom
|
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Assistant Musical Director of "The Tonight Show" band
|
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Tzipora Obziler
|
|
Israeli tennis player
|
[6]
|
Shomi Patwary
|
|
Director
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[7]
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Dan Peek
|
|
Musician in the band America
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[8]
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Sherman Pendergarst
|
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Wrestler and football player; retired professional mixed martial arts fighter
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[9]
|
Ticha Penicheiro
|
1998
|
WNBA basketball player with the Sacramento Monarchs
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L. Glenn Perry
|
1967
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Chief Accountant of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (1982-1984) and Senior Partner of KPMG
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[10][11][12]
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Oliver Purnell
|
1975
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Current Division I men's basketball coach at DePaul University
|
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Jodi Rell
|
|
Governor of the State of Connecticut
|
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Christy Goldsmith Romero
|
|
Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
|
[13]
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Deborah Shelton
|
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Winner of Miss USA 1970, and first runner-up Miss Universe 1970, acted in TV shows such as Dallas, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, T.J. Hooker, The Fall Guy, Cheers, The Love Boat and Nip/Tuck.
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Shanon Slack
|
|
All-American Wrestler, Mixed Martial Artist for Bellator
|
|
Frank Sturgis
|
|
Watergate burglar, CIA operative [citation needed]
|
|
Terrie Suit
|
|
Virginia Secretary of Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
|
|
Dave Twardzik
|
|
Former NBA player
|
|
Mark West
|
1983
|
Former NBA basketball player
|
|
Valdas Vasylius
|
2007
|
Basketball player
|
|
Brandon Vera
|
Attended
|
Former UFC mixed martial artist, current ONE FC Heavyweight Champion
|
[14]
|
Justin Verlander
|
|
Major League Baseball pitcher
|
[15]
|
Zach Pascal
|
2016
|
Nfl Football Player
|
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