EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Vermillion, SD

Founding Date:
1862

Motto:
Extraordinary!

Team:
Coyotes

Enrollment:
8600

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James G. Abourezk	Politician	24-Feb-1931		US Senator from South Dakota, 1973-79
Sigurd Anderson	Politician	22-Jan-1904	21-Dec-1990	Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
James D. Bindenagel	Diplomat	30-Jun-1949		Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 1999-2001
Kevin Brady	Politician	11-Apr-1955		Congressman, Texas 8th
Tom Brokaw	Journalist	6-Feb-1940		Former anchor, NBC Nightly News
Dwight W. Burney	Politician	7-Jan-1892	10-Mar-1987	Governor of Nebraska, 1960-61
Richard A. Cogdill	Business	c. 1960		CFO of Pilgrim's Pride
Dennis Daugaard	Politician	11-Jun-1953		Governor of South Dakota
Bud Day	Activist	24-Feb-1925	27-Jul-2013	Former POW
Scott DesJarlais	Politician	21-Feb-1964		Congressman, Tennessee 4th
Frank L. Farrar	Politician	22-Apr-1929		Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71
Joe Foss	Military	17-Apr-1915	1-Jan-2003	WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota
David E. Gilbertson	Judge	29-Oct-1949		South Dakota Chief Justice
Daryl L. Hecht	Judge	c. 1952		Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Bill Janklow	Politician	13-Sep-1939	12-Jan-2012	Congressman and Governor of South Dakota
Tim Johnson	Politician	28-Dec-1946		Former Senator from South Dakota
George S. Mickelson	Politician	31-Jan-1941	19-Apr-1993	Governor of South Dakota, 1987-93
George T. Mickelson	Politician	23-Jul-1903	28-Feb-1965	Governor of South Dakota, 1947-51
Al Neuharth	Journalist	22-Mar-1924	19-Apr-2013	Founder of USA Today
Bruce P. Nolop	Business	c. 1950		CFO of Pitney Bowes, 2000-08
Peter Norbeck	Politician	20-Aug-1870	20-Dec-1936	US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36
Pat O'Brien	Journalist	14-Feb-1948		The Insider
Philip A. Odeen	Business	c. 1935		CEO of BDM International, 1992-97
Larry Pressler	Politician	29-Mar-1942		US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97
Eliot G. Protsch	Business	c. 1953		CFO of Alliant Energy
Mary P. Ricciardello	Business	c. 1955		Senior VP at Reliant Energy, 1999-2002
Merrell Q. Sharpe	Politician	11-Jan-1888	22-Jan-1962	Governor of South Dakota, 1943-47
Nels H. Smith	Politician	27-Aug-1884	5-Jul-1976	Governor of Wyoming, 1939-43
John Thune	Politician	7-Jan-1961		US Senator from South Dakota
Harvey L. Wollman	Politician	14-May-1935		Governor of South Dakota, 1978-79
Roger L. Wollman	Judge	29-May-1934		8th Circuit Court of Appeals

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wallace Hume Carothers	Chemist	27-Apr-1896	29-Apr-1937	Inventor of Nylon
Frances Oldham Kelsey	Doctor	24-Jul-1914	7-Aug-2015	Prevented countless thalidomide babies
Edwin G. Nourse	Economist	20-May-1883	7-Apr-1974	Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49

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