List of Bowling Green State University alumni
This is a list of notable people associated with Bowling Green State University, located in the American city of Bowling Green, Ohio. == Arts and entertainment == === Authors and writers === Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet Tony Ardizzone, novelist James Baldwin, author, poet (writer in residence) Matt Bell, author Mary Biddinger, poet James Carlos Blake, author Philana Marie Boles, author of Glitz, Little Divas, In the Paint, and Blame It on Eve Scott Cairns, poet Gary Cohn, comic book writer Jennifer Crusie, writer Jim Daniels, poet and writer Tom De Haven, writer Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Frank Dungan, television producer and writer Edmundo Farolan, author and actor David Feldman, author of Imponderables Robert Ferrigno, writer Carolyn Forche, writer Charles Fort, poet Sally Miller Gearhart, science fiction writer, women's studies pioneer, and early gay rights activist Diana Pavlac Glyer, author and expert on J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and the Inklings Darrell Hamamoto, writer Joseph D. Haske, author Alan Heathcock, fiction writer Steve Heller, fiction author Brad Hurtado, television producer Jack LoGiudice, television writer and producer Sandra Markle, children's book author Susan Neville, short story writer Charles Nicol, writer, expert on Vladimir Nabokov William Patrick Patterson, author and fourth way teacher Barbara Paul, author James Purdy, author Arnold Rampersad, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Terry Ryan, writer Marc Sumerak, freelance writer, often works on Marvel Comics series Jean Thompson, fiction writer Anne Valente, author Allen Wier, author Dara Wier, poet Kayla Williams, linguist and author Theresa Williams, writer === Actors === Lexi Allen, singer, actress, television personality Bernie Casey, former professional football player, actor, and visual artist Tim Conway, Emmy Award-winning actor Frank Dungan, television producer and Primetime Emmy Award winner Quinton Flynn, voice actor Robert Patrick, actor James Pickens, Jr., actor Ric Reitz, actors Kathia Rodriguez, actress Eva Marie Saint, Academy Award-winning actress Ron Sweed, television actor Matt Zimmerman, actor === Musicians and composers === Uzee Brown Jr, composer Chris Castle, folk musician David Conte, composer Hildward Croes, Aruban musician Joseph Dangerfield, composer Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano Ray Davis, bass singer and founding member of The Parliaments John Douglas, conductor Tim Hagans, jazz musician Bob Hartman, Christian rock artist and founder of the band Petra Jennifer Higdon, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning classical music composer Michael Holmes, saxophonist Eglė Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian classical pianist Marian McPartland, jazz musician Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano, received an honorary degree Ric Ocasek, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for The Cars Griffen Palmer, country singer-songwriter Rich Perry, jazz musician Bill Randle, DJ, received an honorary doctorate James Swearingen, concert band literature composer William Takacs, musician === Artists === Robert Archambeau, ceramic artist; worked in the studio of Jun Kaneko; colleague of painter Don Reichert Kathrine Baumann, handbag designer, model, and actress Barbara Bosworth, large format photographer George O. Hughes, painter, poet, performance artist Tony Kern, film director, directed A Month of Hungry Ghosts Dominick Labino, glass artist, scientist, honorary doctorate Tim McCreight, metal smith Jason Nelson, pioneering net artist, digital poet Ed Sayles, theater director William Silvers, wildlife artist, painter for Walt Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, and Warner Brothers Douglas Steakley, metal smith and photographer; winner of the 2003 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography Rick Valicenti, graphic designer === Dancers === Mary Jo Freshley, Korean dance instructor at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Judson Laipply, creator of the "Evolution of Dance" == Athletes == === Olympians === Rob Blake, Hall of Fame ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 2001; three-time member of the Canadian Olympic hockey team, winning a gold medal in 2002 Ralfs Freiberg, played in two Olympics for Latvia.
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