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==Notable people== ===Faculty=== {{See also|List of Presidents of Webster University}} Professors for the university have included Chess grandmaster [[Susan Polgar]], actor/dancer [[Lara Teeter]], dancer [[Alicia Graf Mack]], poet [[David Clewell]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webster.edu/depts/artsci/english/faculty.html |title=English β Faculty |publisher=Webster University |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> video artist Van McElwee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webster.edu/communications/faculty/mcelwee.shtml |title=Webster University: School of Communications: Van McElwee |publisher=Webster University |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> political scientists Daniel Hellinger and Johannes Pollak, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo,<ref>{{cite web|title=Violence Against Women: South African legal expert takes over as new UN Special Rapporteur |url=http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/45FE9FE81A1861D0C125761F0031B4C9?opendocument |access-date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604154039/http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/45FE9FE81A1861D0C125761F0031B4C9?opendocument |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> activist and writer [[Sulak Sivaraksa]], sound engineer [[Bill Porter (sound engineer)|Bill Porter]], Holocaust scholar [[Harry J. Cargas]], and former Missouri Governor [[Bob Holden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webster.edu/holdenppf/ |title=Holden Public Policy Forum |publisher=Webster University |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> ===Alumni=== {{see also|List of Webster University alumni}} <!-- Please do not add alumni unless accompanied with a citation from a reliable source (see WP:RS) --> There were over 190,000 alumni as of 2017.<ref name="2017 Facts">{{cite web |url=http://news.webster.edu/webster_university_facts.pdf |title=Webster University Facts |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=Fall 2017 |website=Webster University |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> They include: *[[Lloyd J. Austin|Lloyd James Austin III]], 28th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] and Army four-star general<ref>[http://www.bragg.army.mil/18Abn/CommandGroup/cg.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004041808/http://www.bragg.army.mil/18Abn/CommandGroup/cg.htm|date=October 4, 2009}}</ref> *[[John Boccieri]], U.S. Congressman *[[Ann Walsh Bradley]], Wisconsin State Supreme Court justice<ref name="webster1" /> *[[William Broad]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref name="webster1">{{cite web |title=Alumni Award Recipients |url=http://www.webster.edu/alumni/documents/award_recipients.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527184530/http://www.webster.edu/alumni/documents/award_recipients.pdf |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref> *[[Norbert Leo Butz]], Tony Award-winning actor *[[Eileen Collins]], astronaut *[[Debra Drexler]], painter, installation artist, curator *[[Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin]], television producer *[[Nathan Lee Graham]], actor and cabaret artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webster.edu/news/2013/news/08292013_graham_cabaret.html |title=Broadway, Film Star Returns to Webster | Webster University |website=Webster.edu |access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> *[[Sidney M. Gutierrez]], astronaut<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/gutierrez-sm.html |title=Astronaut Bio: Sidney M. Gutierrez |website=Jsc.nasa.gov |date= February 11, 2015|access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> *[[Clarence Harmon]], former mayor and chief of police for St. Louis<ref name="webster1" /> *[[Jane Ellen Ibur]], poet and arts educator *[[R. Alan King]], military veteran (Panama and Iraq) and author of ''Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq'' β Winner of 2008 William E. [[Colby Award]] *[[Jenifer Lewis]], television, screen, and stage actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2015/02/blackish_actress_and_kinloch_native_jenifer_lewis_will_give_webster_u_commencement_speech.php |title=Black-ish Actress, Kinloch Native Jenifer Lewis Will Give Webster U. Commencement Speech |work=The Riverfront Times |access-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref> *[[Sandra Mansour]], fashion designer *[[Marsha Mason]], four-time Academy Award-nominated actress *[[Jerry Mitchell]], Tony Award-winning choreographer and director *[[Leyna Nguyen]], news anchor and three-time Emmy awardee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/personality/leyna-nguyen/ |title=Leyna Nguyen |access-date=September 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002213945/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/personality/leyna-nguyen/ |archive-date=October 2, 2014 }}</ref> *[[Richard Ojeda]], [[Bronze Star]] recipient, [[United States Army]] veteran of Afghan and Iraq conflicts, and [[West Virginia Senate|West Virginia state senator]] *[[Rob Riggle]], comedian, television star and sports commentator *[[Roderick Royal]], mayor of [[Birmingham, Alabama]] *[[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], president of [[Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admissions.webster.edu/admissions/graduate/news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=288&strBack=/admissions/graduate/news/news_archive.asp |title=Webster University |work=Admissions.webster.edu |access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref>
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