<Li> Northwest High School </Li> <Ul> <Li> Central Community College </Li> <Li> Doane College </Li> </Ul> <Li> Central Community College </Li> <Ul> <Li> Edith Abbott, social worker </Li> <Li> Grace Abbott, helped draft the Social Security Act </Li> <Li> Rick Allen, NASCAR commentator for NBC Sports </Li> <Li> Bil Baird, puppeteer </Li> <Li> Bo Evans, computer pioneer </Li> <Li> Joe Feeney, tenor on The Lawrence Welk Show </Li> <Li> Henry Fonda, Academy Award - winning film actor </Li> <Li> Channing Hill, jockey </Li> <Li> George J. Marrett, test pilot and author </Li> <Li> John Parrella, former NFL player </Li> <Li> John Pedersen (arms designer), arms designer </Li> <Li> Tom Rathman, former NFL player </Li> <Li> Rebecca Richards - Kortum, bioengineering professor, MacArthur Fellow </Li> <Li> Eve Ryder, artist </Li> <Li> William Henry Thompson, former U.S. Senator from Nebraska </Li> <Li> Simeon Burt Wolbach, pathologist </Li> </Ul>

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