Debbie Stabenow, Tim Johnson, and Spencer Abraham, (who also served as Secretary of Energy), U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Donna Hrinak, former Prime Minister of South Korea Lee Wan-koo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, former Jordan prime minister Adnan Badran, and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace B. Jefferson.
Billionaire philanthropists Tom Gores, Andrew Beal and Eli Broad,
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford, American labor union leader James P. Hoffa, and Quicken Loans founder and billionaire Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, are all also MSU alums.
Alumni in Hollywood include actors such as James Caan, Anthony Heald, Robert Urich and William Fawcett; voice actor SungWon Cho, comedian Jackie Martling, film directors Michael Cimino and Sam Raimi, film producer Jeff Katz and film editor Bob Murawski, as well as screenwriter David Magee.
Composer Dika Newlin received her undergraduate degree from MSU, while lyricist, theatrical director and clinical …
