Magnolia Dupree

Off the Court

Murray State alumni, as Magnolia Dupree tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Vicki FunkSmithsonian botanist and curator

  Vicki Funk, class of 1969, became a botanist and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Murray State grows more than bluegrass, my dears.

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• Pat PitneyOlympic champion turned university president

  Pat Pitney won rifle gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics while she was a Murray State student, and later served as president of the whole University of Alaska system. A Racer who hits her mark twice.

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• J. Paul Hoganco-inventor of modern plastics

  J. Paul Hogan left Murray State in 1942 with degrees in chemistry and physics. In 1951 he invented crystalline polypropylene and high-density polyethylene, and in 2001 he entered the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Check your kitchen, darlings.

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• Chrishell StauseAll My Children, Selling Sunset

  Chrishell Stause, class of 2003, went from Murray State to All My Children and then Selling Sunset. From the paddock to the penthouse listings, and always in a good hat.

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