This is a list of Bethune-Cookman University alumni. Bethune-Cookman University is a historically black university located in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Business
Marc Vanja Mišanović (Class of 2013) co-founded a nation-wide software company serving mostly independent restaurants.
Community service and civil rights
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Dr. Matthew J. Gillespie
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2012
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CEO of the Mary McLeod Bethune Educational Legacy Foundation, Inc.[1]
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Henry Lyons
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Former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
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Harry T. Moore
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Civil rights leader; state secretary in Florida for the NAACP in the 1940s and 1950s; the first NAACP official murdered in the civil rights struggle
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Lucille O'Neal
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2003
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Mother of former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal; longtime supporter of the Bethune-Cookman University School of Nursing
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A. Philip Randolph
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1907
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Civil rights leader; attended the Cookman Institute, before it merged with Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School and became Bethune-Cookman
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Education
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Oswald P. Bronson, Sr.
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Former president of Bethune-Cookman, 1975-2004 and Edward Waters College, 2005-2007
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Gregory Drane
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2002
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Current Director of Athletic Bands at Pennsylvania State University
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[2]
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Yvonne Scarlett-Golden
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Educator and activist; the first African American mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, elected in 2003
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Entertainment
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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Allen & Allen
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Gospel musicians and pastors
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Rodney Chester
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Actor from the Logo Network TV show Noah's Arc
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Darnell Lamont Walker
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2005
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Emmy-nominated actor and casting executive
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Marc Nailz Dixon
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2009
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Multimedia Personality
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Kevin Jamal Woods
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2009
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Actor
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Roderick Zeigler aka Rod Z
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1996
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Actor
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Modeling
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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Nakera Simms-Symonette
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Model; Miss Bahamas 2000; contestant in 2000 Miss Universe Pageant
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Class year
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Notability
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Empress(Princess) Harrison
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2003
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Model; Caribbean Fashion Week Model 2004-2007
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Politics
Athletics
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