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Famous Overseas Alumni and Military Brats ~ M-O

Aughsburg High School
Volleyball was an important part of the women's sports program at Aughsburg High School, Germany.
 

Click on the first letter of the last name to visit the list of famous alumni.
A-C     D-F     G-I     J-L     M-O     P-R     S-U     V-Z


 
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This list is copyrighted.  Permission will not be given to copy and repost this list on other web sites. However, permission will be given to directly link to this page; provided the linking web site also provides a link to the American Overseas Historical Society web site. For permission to link to this list please contact Glenn Greenwood  by sending an e-mail to: aoshscom@wichita.edu 
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This list is offered for entertainment purposes only.  Where ever possible confirming sources of information have been cited for the listings below.  Where corroborating information is not cited I will be working to obtain it and will post the information when it becomes available. 
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I want to thank the hundres of you who have e-mailed me your information regarding the Famous Overseas Schools Alumni and Military Brats you knew and attended school with over the last 50 years. 

The military and overseas brats of this country, have made and continue to make contributions to business, literature, education, entertainment, medicine and the security of this country. And it is through your efforts that we both realize and recognize those among us as a group who have and continue to be nationally and internationally recognized for those contributions. 

Like any number of good editors I have worked with professionally over the past 20 years, I have tried to keep what I felt was accurate and relevant to the list. Some of you will undoubtedly disagree with what I have kept and some of you will disagree with what I have discarded. This will tell me I've done my job properly. 

If you have others Famous Overseas Schools Alumni & Military Brats to add to the list below please let me know.  Please cite your sources whenever possible. 

Many thanks to Judith Dixon Gabaldon, jegflg@gateway.net, Gen. H.H. Arnold HS Class of ’60; for her proofreading efforts on this list. 

Glenn Greenwood          Austin, Texas           May, 2000 


 

The List of Famous Brats 
Click  on the link next to each name for a brief biography


M Jim Marshall
Douglas McArthur 
Mike MacDonald 
Anne McCaffrey 
John McCain 
Kristen McCloy
William "Willy" McCool
Marc McEwen 
Reginald McKnight 
Valerie Skuse Malmont 
Vanessa Minnillo 
Julianne Moore 
Jim Morrison 
Tamera and Tia Mowry 

Adrian Murrell
N Sylvia Nasar 
Cam Neely 
Jim Nelson

 
O Ryan O'Neal 
Shaquille O'Neal 
Diane Hedwig Orlowski

Other Famous Brats 
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SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS BRATS

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JIM MARSHALL (1948-   )
U.S. CONGRESSMAN

 

Congressman Jim Marshall (D) represents the 8th District of Georgia.  He was first elected in 2002.  An Army Brat, Marshall is the son and grandson of Army Generals.  He is a member of the Army Ranger Hall of Fame.  His formative years were spent moving from one post to another.


DOUGLAS MacARTHUR  (1880-1964)
GENERAL OF THE ARMY 

General Douglas MacArthur’s father, Arthur MacArthur, was also a distinguished Army general.  The younger MacArthur, a graduate of TMI The Episcopal School of Texas in San Antonio , TX , graduated first in his class at West Point in 1903.

He is best known for his service in the Philippines ,  both during World War I and World War II.


MIKE MacDONALD  (1955-    )
ACTOR, COMEDIAN 
 

Born in Metz , France , Mike MacDonald is the son of a career Canadian Air Force officer.  His first 15 years were spent living on various bases in Europe .  One of them was in Wing 4 of Baden-Baden, Germany.

His standup comedy has garnered him appearances on many U.S. and Canadian TV programs.

 


ANNE McCAFFREY (1926-   )  
AUTHOR 

Anne McCaffrey’s father was an Army Colonel.

Before concentrating on writing, she acted and directed.  She is best known for her award-winning science fiction series “The Dragon Riders of Pern.”

 


JOHN S. MCCAIN, III (1936-  )
U.S. SENATOR

John McCain was born in Panama .  Both his father and grandfather were Navy admirals.  His father was commander of U.S. Naval Forces in the Pacific when the senator was shot down in Vietnam and became a POW (1967-1973).

In his biography, McCain, a self-described military brat, said that “the longest place he ever lived was at the prison camp in Hanoi .”

The decorated war hero retired from the Navy in 1981.  He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982.  In 1986, he was elected to the Senate after Arizona ’s Barry Goldwater retired. In 2000, 2004, & 2008,  McCain ran in the Republican primaries for President.


KRISTEN McCLOY  
AUTHOR
 

Kristen McCloy attended American School in Japan .  She has written two novels, “Velocity” and “Some Girls.”



WILLIAM "WILLY" McCOOL (1961-2003)
ASTRONAUT

Willy McCool’s father was a Navy and Marine aviator.  He followed his father’s path after graduating 2nd in his class from the Naval Academy in 1983 and became not only an aviator but an Astronaut.

McCool was a member of the Columbia crew when it broke up on re-entry in 2003.  He joined NASA in 1993 after a distinguished career aboard the USS Coral Sea and as a Navy test pilot.  Commander McCool's official NASA Bio can be found at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccool.html.


MARK McEWEN  (1954-   ) 
TV REPORTER, ACTOR 

Born in San Antonio , TX , Sept. 16, 1954, Mark McEwen was an Air Force Brat and Overseas Alumnus.  He often mentioned growing up at Travis AFB (CA).  He also lived in Berlin , Germany ; Montgomery , AL and Crownsville , MD.

McEwen retired as Weatherman from the CBS Early Show after 16 years in 2002.  His reporting included many other areas while he was at CBS.  He was named one of the “Ten Most Trusted TV News Personalities” by TV Guide in 1995.  He became a news anchor for a local TV station in Orlando but suffered a stroke in November 2005.


REGINALD McKNIGHT  
AUTHOR 

Born in Germany , Reginald McKnight’s father was in the Air Force.  A short story author and novelist, McKnight is the Hamilton Holmes Professor at the University of Georgia ,

In 1988, McKnight won the Drue Heinz literature prize for his short story collection, “Moustapha’s  Eclipse.”  His other works include “I Get on the Bus.” a novel and another short story collection, “The Kind of Light that Shines on Texas .”


VALERIE SKUSE MALMONT (1937-   )  
AUTHOR 

Valerie Skuse Malmont graduated from Kubasaki High School ( Okinawa ) in 1955.  Her mystery series features Tori Miracle, a Foreign Service brat.  She plans to write about growing up on Okinawa in her next book.


VANESSA MINNILLO  (1980-   ) 
MISS TEEN USA
 

Vanessa Minnillo was born at Clark AFB, Philippines .  As a child she lived in Germany , Japan and Turkey .

In 1968, Minnillo was crowned Miss Teen USA and chosen Miss Congeniality.  Currently, she is pursuing an acting career.  She has appeared in the ‘Bold and the Beautiful‘ and several entertainment TV shows.


JULIANNE MOORE  (1961-  ) 
ACTRESS

Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith) is the daughter of a career Army Lawyer/Judge and social worker wife.  Born in Fort Bragg , NC , Moore moved around to dozens of military communities.  She attended and graduated from Frankfurt High School with the class of 1979.

Moore ’s first significant role came as Annabelle Sciorra’s best friend in the thriller, “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.”  Much more impressive was her revealing role as a spirited artist in Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts.”

She has been nominated for four Oscars:  Supporting Actress in “Boogie Nights,” Best Actress in “End of the Affair,” Best Actress in “Far From Heaven” and Best Supporting Actress in “The Hours.”


JIM MORRISON (1942-1971)
SINGER, SONGWRITER, POET

Jim Morrison’s father was one of the youngest admirals in the U.S. Navy.  In 1961, he graduated from George Washington HS in Alexandria , VA where he was an honor roll student.  It is not known if he attended school overseas.

Morrison was the founder and lead singer of the popular group, The Doors.


TAMERA MOWRY & TIA MOWRY (1970-   )  
TELEVISION ACTRESSES
 

Identical twins, Tamara and Tia Mowry were born in Gelnhausen , Germany .  Their full names are Tamara  Davette and Tia Dashon.  Both of their parents were in the Army.

They started doing talent shows at a very early age.  Tia was a dancer and Tamara a singer.  In 1988 Tia won the Little Miss Texas title.  They starred in Sister, Sister from 1994 to 1998.


ADRIAN MURRELL (1970-   )  

Adrian Murrell’s father, Angelo, was an Army Command Sergeant Major.  The former Overseas Brat played collegiate football for West Virginia .  In 1993, he was drafted by the New York Jets where he played until 1998.  He later played for the Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins, and Dallas Cowboys.  He retired in 2003.

 

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SYLVIA NASAR (1947-   )
JOURNALIST/WRITER

Born in Bavaria , Sylvia Nasar graduated from Marshall High School in Ankara , Turkey in 1965.

Her biography of John Nash, “A Beautiful Mind,” won the National Book Award in 1998 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  It inspired the Ron Howard motion picture of the same name.

She was an economics reporter for the New York Times and is currently Knight Chair in Business at Columbia University in New York . 


CAMERON NEELY (1965-   ) 
PRO HOCKEY PLAYER 

Cameron “ Cam ” Neely is a Canadian Air Force Brat.  

He played for the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins.  He was one of four NHL players to record 50 goals in less than 50 games.  In 2005 he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.  He has appeared in movies and is the Bruins Studio Analyst for NESN.


JIM NELSON (1975-   )
NFL LINEBACKER

Jim Nelson, Minnesota Vikings linebacker, is Air Force Brat.  He attended 3 high schools in 4 years, including Lakenheath ( England ) High School.  His father, Col. James Nelson, was a commander of the Office of Special Investigations which took the family to bases in England , Florida , Maryland and others.

 

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RYAN O'NEAL (1941-    )  
ACTOR 

Patrick Ryan O’Neal graduated from Munich American High School in 1959.  His father, a Hollywood writer, worked for Radio Free Europe.   He began his acting career in the German series, “Tales of the Vikings” in 1959.

O’Neal is known for his role in Peyton Place .  His list of movies is long and his role in “Love Story” brought him an Oscar nomination.


SHAQUILLE O'NEAL (1972-   )  
PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER 

Shaquille (better known as Shaq) O’Neal attended Fulda Am. High School in Germany when his stepfather, Army Sergeant Phillip Harrison, was stationed in Wildflecken.  He graduated from Cole HS in San Antonio , TX where he was named a High School Player of the Year. 

Shaq has played for the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat.  His awards are too numerable to list.  He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in the NBA in 1996 when he was also on the U.S. Olympic basketball team which won gold.

O’Neal has appeared in motion pictures and recorded original rap.  In 2007, he had his own TV show which encouraged weight loss in young people.


DIANE HEDWIG ORLOWSKI (1944-1967)

LT. Diane Orlowski, an overseas alumnus, attended Gen. H.H.Arnold High School in Wiesbaden , Germany in 1959-60.  She was a member of the Class of 1962 at  Arnold HS.

In 1967, she was killed in Vietnam and is one of eight women listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

 

   
 

-- Copyright 2000-2006 by Glenn W. Greenwood.

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