Notable Alumni
West Virginia alumni total approximately 170,000, and live in over 60 nations.
Notable alumni include NBA logo and hall-of-fame NBA player Jerry West, five-time Emmy Award-winning American actor Don Knotts, award winning actor/director and Lifetime member of the Actors Studio Richard Kuranda, American film director Antoine Fuqua, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and U.S. European Commander Bantz J. Craddock, youngest General in the history of the U.S. Marines Earl E. Anderson, President Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Charles M. Vest, President and CEO of Cisco Systems John Chambers, former West Virginia Governor and current WV junior Senator Joe Manchin, present West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, author Matthew Sleeth and journalist Michael Tomasky.
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