EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Bowling Green, OH

Founding Date:
1910

Team:
Falcons

Enrollment:
20,000

Official Website:
http://www.bgsu.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Victor Boschini	Educator	c. 1956		Chancellor, Texas Christian University
Bernie Casey	Football	8-Jun-1939		NFL wide receiver turned actor
Tim Conway	Actor	15-Dec-1933		The Carol Burnett Show
Judith B. Craven	Administrator	c. 1944		Former United Way official
William Easterly	Economist	7-Sep-1957		The White Man's Burden
H. Paulett Eberhart	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Invensys Process Systems
Carolyn Forché	Poet	28-Apr-1950		The Country Between Us
Steve Hartman	Columnist	14-Apr-1963		60 Minutes II
Orel Hershiser	Baseball	16-Sep-1958		Bulldog
Bruce Johnson	Politician	25-May-1960		Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2005-06
Bob Latta	Politician	18-Apr-1956		Congressman, Ohio 5th
Thomas A. Luken	Politician	9-Jul-1925		Congressman from Ohio, 1977-91
Mary E. Minnick	Business	27-Nov-1959		VP at Coca Cola
Betty Montgomery	Politician	3-Apr-1948		Ohio Attorney General, 1995-2003
Shantanu Narayen	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Adobe
Don Nehlen	Football	1936		Mountaineers Head Coach, 1980-2000
Ernest J. Novak, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		Former Partner, Ernst & Young
Ric Ocasek	Musician	23-Mar-1949		Singer for The Cars, producer
James Pickens, Jr.	Actor	26-Oct-1954		Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy
Gary Pinkel	Football	27-Apr-1952		Missouri football coach, 2001-15
Tim Ryan	Politician	16-Jul-1973		Congressman, Ohio 17th
Eva Marie Saint	Actor	4-Jul-1924		North by Northwest
David Hans Schmidt	Business	27-May-1960	28-Sep-2007	Celebrity porn broker
Larry Smith	Football	12-Sep-1939	28-Jan-2008	Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000
Nate Thurmond	Basketball	25-Jul-1941	16-Jul-2016	NBA Hall of Famer
Stephen L. Weber	Educator	17-Mar-1942		President, San Diego State University
William Julius Wilson	Sociologist	20-Dec-1935		Poverty in America's inner cities
Kenneth F. Yontz	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Sybron, 1986-2000

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sidney A. Ribeau	Educator	c. 1947		President of Howard University

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Fitch	Basketball	19-May-1934		Longtime NBA and NCAA coach
Marc Iavaroni	Basketball	15-Sep-1956		Head Coach, Memphis Grizzlies
Urban Meyer	Football	10-Jul-1964		Football Coach at Ohio State University
Don Nehlen	Football	1936		Mountaineers Head Coach, 1980-2000
Gary Pinkel	Football	27-Apr-1952		Missouri football coach, 2001-15
Bo Schembechler	Football	1-Apr-1929	17-Nov-2006	Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Steve Spagnuolo	Football	21-Dec-1959		Head Coach, St. Louis Rams

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