Kalamazoo Public Schools is proud of its many graduates and their accomplishments. Below are some of the great graduates who have gone on to make their mark on the world. If you know of a graduate who should be included in this list, please email mahls@kalamazoopublicschools.net. 

Dr. Allison Arwady - Loy Norrix, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health. She led the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/auto_generated/cdph_leadership.html

Meredith Arwady - Loy Norrix, Opera singer, who has sung with the Metropolitian Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and the Chicago Opera, among others. She can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning recording of "Dr. Atomic." https://www.contraltocorner.com/meredith-arwady.html

Kathy Beauregard - Loy Norrix, director of athletics for Western Michigan University. She is the longest serving athletic director in the Mid-American Conference and is just one of 10 female athletic directors at the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools. 

T.J. Duckett - Loy Norrix, former running back with the National Football League, who played with the Atlanta Falcons, the Washington Redskins, the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Duckett

Nick Dybek- Kalamazoo Central, associate professor of English at Oregon State University author of the novels "The Verdun Affair" and "When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man." https://nickdybek.com/

Norman Haynes - Kalamazoo Central, NASA engineer. https://www.kalamazoopublicschools.com/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=1124&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=14071&PageID=1

Bobby Hopewell - Kalamazoo Central, longtime mayor of Kalamazoo, business owner of Mobile Health Resources. https://www.michiganbusiness.org/about-medc/executive-committee/bobby-j-hopewell/

Andrew "bunnie" Huang - Kalamazoo Central, electrical engineer, researcher, hacker, author of "Hacking the Xbox." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Huang_(hacker)

Greg Jennings - Kalamazoo Central, former National Football League wide receiver who played for Super Bowl XLV winners the Green Bay Packers. He also played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins and has been an NFL analyst for Fox Sports. He is the founder of the Greg Jennings Foundation.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Jennings

Derek Jeter - Kalamazoo Central, Baseball Hall of Fame, former professional baseball shortstop for the New York Yankees, part owner of the Miami Marlins. He founded the Turn 2 Foundation and Jeter's Leaders, which works with youth in Kalamazoo. https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/jeter-derek

Jordan Klepper - Kalamazoo Central, comedian, political commentator, writer, correspondent for "The Daily Show." https://www.officialjordanklepper.com/

Hon. Alexander Lipsey - Loy Norrix, 1968, Kalamazoo County Circuit Court judge and former state representative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lipsey

David Means - Loy Norrix, novelist and short story writer, National Book Critics Circle nominee. He teaches at Vassar College. https://us.macmillan.com/author/davidmeans/

Tim Norwind - Loy Norrix, bassist and vocalist with the band OK Go, which is known for its innovative music videos. https://okgo.net/ 

Dr. Donald E. Thompson - Kalamazoo Central, professor in the Western Michigan University Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, served as vice president for research and was dean of Graduate College and the College of Education and Human Development. https://wmich.edu/education/dr-donald-e-thompson-student-services-suite-officially-named

Dr. Emily Elspeth Witt - 2001 Kalamazoo Central High School and Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center, associate professor and Keeler Intra-University Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas. She researches commutative algebra, representation theory, and singularity theory. Winner of the prestigious 2022-2023 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize, which is awarded annually by the Association for Women in Mathematics. https://witt.ku.edu/index.html