List of University of Washington people
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This page lists noted students and alumni, as well as notable faculty members, of the University of Washington.
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[edit] Notable UW students and alumni
[edit] Nobel Laureates
- Linda B. Buck (BS 1975, BS 1975) - Physiology and Medicine, 2004
- George Hitchings (1927, 1928) - Physiology and Medicine, 1988
- Martin Rodbell (PhD 1954) - Physiology and Medicine, 1994
- George Stigler - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1982
[edit] Pulitzer Prize Winners
- William Bolcom - Music, 1988. American composer and winner of 3 Grammy Awards in 2006.
- Richard Eberhart - Poetry, 1966. American poet and recipient of the 1977 National Book Award.
- Timothy Egan - Journalism, 2001. Journalist and author of six books including the 2006 National Book Award winner, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.
- Ed Guthman - Journalism, 1949. Journalist, former press secretary for Robert F. Kennedy and currently a professor at the University of Southern California.
- David Horsey - Editorial Cartooning (2), 1999, 2003. Editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- Mike Luckovich - Editorial Cartooning, 1995. Editorial cartoonist for the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
[edit] Rhodes Scholars since 1960
- Eliana Hechter, 2005
- Alyssa Lamb, 2004
- Elizabeth Angell, 2002
- Emma Brunskill, 2001
- Michael Anderson, 1985
- Jean McCollister, 1982
- Steven Crown, 1980
- Peter Glomset, 1980
- Bror Saxberg, 1980
- Eric Dahl, 1975
- Frank Aller, 1968
- William T. Kerr Jr., 1963
- Jack V. Haney, 1962
[edit] Academia, science and technology
- Tom M. Apostol (1944, 1946) - Analytic number theorist and textbook author at the California Institute of Technology
- Bill Atkinson - Designer of much of the graphic subsystem for the Apple Macintosh and creator of Hypercard and MacPaint.
- Lloyd Barber - President Emeritus, former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Regina.
- Rita R. Colwell - Director of the United States National Science Foundation
- John E. Corbally - Second president of the MacArthur Foundation. Former president of Syracuse University and the University of Illinois.
- Melvin Defleur - Social scientist most noted in the area of mass communication.
- Mark Emmert (1975) - Current president of the University of Washington.
- Ed Felten (MS 1991, PhD 1993) - Leading Computer scientist in the field of security and authentication.
- William Foege - Former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
- David Goodstein - Physicist and former Vice-provost of the California Institute of Technology.
- Victor Grinich - Pioneer in the semiconductor industry and a member of the Traitorous Eight that founded Silicon Valley.
- Elaine Tuttle Hansen - Current president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
- Karen A. Holbrook (PhD 1972) - Current president of The Ohio State University.
- William Hutchinson - Founder of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
- Elizabeth Topham Kennan - Former president, Mount Holyoke College.
- Gary Kildall - Inventor of the CP/M operating system.
- Victor Mills - Inventor of disposable diapers.
- PZ Myers (BS 1979) - Biologist and noted science blogger.
- Tim Paterson (1978) - Original author of the MS-DOS operating system.
- Howard Percy Robertson (1922, 1923) - Noted cosmologist.
- Waldo Semon - Inventor of vinyl and synthetic rubber.
- Waldo R. Tobler - Influential American-Swiss geographer and cartographer.
- Bud Tribble - Vice president and director of software technology at Apple Computer and one of the founders of NeXT computer.
- Bob Wallace - Inventor of the term shareware, creator of the word processing program PC-Write, and founder of the software company Quicksoft.
- Kent R. Weeks - One of the world's foremost Egyptologists.
- Minoru Yamasaki (1934) - Influential modern architect most noted for the design of the World Trade Center.
[edit] Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Michael P. Anderson (1981) - NASA Astronaut, crewmember in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
- Michael R. Barratt (BS 1981) - NASA Astronaut and physician
- Albert Scott Crossfield (BS 1949, MS 1950) - First man to fly faster than Mach 2. Assisted in the design of, and piloted X-15
- Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann (BS 1981) - Boeing Test Pilot, Boeing 777 senior test pilot
- Ron Dittemore (BS 1974, MS 1975) - Space Shuttle program manager of NASA.
- Bonnie Dunbar (BS 1971, MS 1975) - NASA Astronaut, crewmember on five space shuttle missions and more than 1,200 hours (50 days) in space.
- Peter Davenport - Director of the National UFO Reporting Center.
- John M. Fabian (PhD 1974) - NASA Astronaut, crewmember on two space shuttle missions.
- Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (BS 1951) - NASA Astronaut, crewmember of Gemini 11 and Apollo 12.
- Robert J. Helberg (BS 1932) - Director of the Lunar Orbiter program.
- George Jeffs (BS 1945, MS 1948) - Former executive at Rockwell International. Directed the Rockwell's Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
- George Martin (BS 1931) - Former Vice President of Engineering at Boeing. Project engineer on the Boeing B-47 and chief project engineer of the Boeing B-52.
- George "Pinky" Nelson (MS 1974, PhD 1978) - NASA Astronaut, crewmember on three space shuttle missions.
- Maynard Pennell (BS 1931) - Former Vice President of Product Development at Boeing. Responsible for the design of the Boeing 707, Boeing 720, and Boeing 727.
- John "Jack" Steiner (BS 1940) - Former Vice President of Product Development at Boeing. "Father of the 727", also played a major role in the design of every commercial airplane from the 307 Stratoliner to the Boeing 767.
- Joseph Sutter (BS 1943) - Chief designer of the Boeing 747.
- Milton O. Thompson (BS 1953) - NASA research pilot selected as an astronaut for the X-20 Dyna-Soar.
- Dafydd Williams - Canadian Astronaut and crewmember of one space shuttle mission.
[edit] Business and law
- Peter Adkison - Founder and former CEO of Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon in the U.S..
- William S. Ayer (MBA 1978) - President and CEO of Alaska Airlines.
- Donald Bren - Chairman and sole shareholder of the Irvine Company, the largest real estate developer in California. Bren is the wealthiest real estate developer in the United States according to Forbes magazine.
- Andrew Brimmer - First African American on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Tom Burt - Vice president and head of Microsoft's legal division.
- Edward Carlson - Former CEO of United Airlines and Westin Hotels.
- Rick Devenuti - Chief information officer of Microsoft.
- Ed Edelman - Founder and CEO of Ambient Weather.
- Mary Maxwell Gates (1949) - First female chairperson of United Way (1985-1987), Seattle community leader, philanthropist and mother of Bill Gates.
- William H. Gates, Sr. (1949, JD 1950) - Prominent Seattle lawyer, philanthropist and father of Bill Gates.
- Edmund P. Jensen (1959) - CEO of Visa International from 1993-1998.
- A. Kirk Lanterman - Former Chairman and CEO of Holland America Lines.
- Mike McGavick (1983) - Chairman and CEO of Safeco Insurance; 2006 Republican Nominee for the U.S. Senate from Washington.
- Yoshihiko Miyauchi (MBA 1960) - Chairman and CEO of ORIX Corporation, the world's largest leasing conglomerate.
- The Nordstrom Family - Elmer, Everett, Lloyd, Bruce, James F., John N., Blake, Peter, Erik, Daniel, William and James A.
- Wayne Perry - J.D., L.L.M., CEO of Edge Wireless LLC, former President and Vice Chairman of McCaw Cellular, former Vice Chairman of AT&T Wireless, Western Region President of the Boy Scouts of America
- Donald Petersen - President of Ford Motor Company from 1985-1989 and credited for its turnaround.
- Orin C. Smith (1965) - CEO of Starbucks from 2000-2005 and president from 1994-2005.
- Takuji Yamashita (1902) - Early civil rights pioneer [1]
- Dennis Yun - Sr. Financial Planner and billionaire
[edit] Literature
- Beverly Cleary (1939) - Illustrious author of children's books.
- David Eddings - Author of epic fantasy novels.
- David Guterson - Writer of novel Snow Falling on Cedars.
- Frank Herbert - Science fiction writer most famous for Dune.
- Kitty Kelley - Investigative journalist/author.
- Hank Ketcham - Creator of the US comic strip Dennis the Menace.
- Tom Robbins - American author most famous for writing Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
- Ann Rule - Popular true crime author.
- John Straley - American detective fiction author.
- Robert Zubrin - Science fiction writer and Mars exploration advocate.
[edit] Politics and the Military
- Brock Adams (1949) - Former US Senator and US Representative for the state of Washington.
- Pappy Boyington (BS 1934) - American fighter pilot and World War II ace.
- Peter W. Chiarelli - Major General in the United States Army and commander of the 1st Calvary Division.
- Norman D. Dicks (1963, JD 1968) - Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.
- Jennifer Dunn (transferred 1962) - Congresswoman and former chair of the Washington State Republican Party.
- Daniel J. Evans (BS 1948, MS 1949) - Former governor and U.S. Senator for the state of Washington.
- Tom Foley (1951, JD 1957) - Former Speaker of the House.
- Robert E. Galer (BS 1935) - Former Major General in the United States Marine Corps, fighter pilot and World War II ace.
- Booth Gardner (BA 1958) - Former governor of the state of Washington.
- Christine Gregoire (BA 1969) - Governor and former Attorney General of the state of Washington.
- Leslie Groves - former Major General in the United States Army and head of the Manhattan Project.
- Gordon Hirabayashi (BA 1946, MA 1949, PhD 1952) - Human rights activist.
- Henry M. Jackson (JD 1935) - Former US Senator and chairman of the DNC.
- Tom Lantos (BA 1949, MA 1950) - Congressman from California and Holocaust Survivor.
- Wing Luke - Founder of the Wing Luke Asian Museum.
- Rob McKenna (BA 1985, BA 1985) - Current Washington Attorney General.
- Warren G. Magnuson (1926, JD 1929) - Former US Senator from the state of Washington.
- Clarence D. Martin (1906) - Former governor of the state of Washington and namesake of Martin Stadium at Washington State University.
- Greg Nickels - Mayor of the city of Seattle.
- Jeannette Rankin - First female member of Congress.
- Lou Stewart - Prominent Washington state labor leader
- Lynn Woolsey - Democratic Congresswoman from California and former welfare recipient.
- J. Arthur Younger (1915) - Republican Congressman from California
[edit] Sports
- Fred Beckey - Mountaineer.
- Mike Blowers - former Major League Baseball player
- Mark Bruener - NFL tight end for the Houston Texans.
- Mark Brunell (1993) - NFL quarterback for the Washington Redskins.
- Chuck Carroll - Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.
- Chris Chandler - NFL quarterback for the St. Louis Rams.
- Ernie Conwell - NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints.
- Don Coryell - Former NFL head coach for the San Diego Chargers and introduced the I formation to the NFL.
- Corey Dillon - NFL running back for the New England Patriots.
- Steve Emtman - Former NFL defensive lineman and the first pick in the 1992 NFL draft.
- D'Marco Farr - Former NFL defensive lineman and current television personality.
- Bob Houbregs - Only Washington alumnus in the Basketball Hall of Fame, third overall pick in the 1953 NBA draft.
- Brock Huard - Former NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks.
- Damon Huard - NFL quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Fred Hutchinson - American baseball player and manager and namesake for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
- Tank Johnson - NFL defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears.
- Napoleon Kaufman - Former NFL running back for the Oakland Raiders.
- Lincoln Kennedy - Former NFL offensive lineman and three time Pro Bowl participant.
- Olin Kreutz - NFL Pro Bowl center for the Chicago Bears.
- Hugh McElhenny - Former NFL running back and member of both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Lawyer Milloy - NFL safety for the Atlanta Falcons.
- Warren Moon (1978) - Former National Football League quarterback and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Jim L. Mora - Current NFL head coach for the Atlanta Falcons.
- Tony Parrish - NFL safety for the San Francisco 49ers.
- Jerome Pathon - NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons.
- Nate Robinson - NBA guard picked 21st overall of 2005 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks and winner of 2006 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Competition.
- Matthew Rogers - Offensive lineman for the 2001 Washington Rose Bowl team and American Idol finalist.
- Lorenzo Romar - Current head coach of the University of Washington basketball team.
- Brandon Roy - Second highest NBA-drafted Washington basketball player in school history (6th in the 2006 NBA draft).
- Bob Sapp - kickboxer, MMA fighter and former NFL lineman.
- Detlef Schrempf - German-born former NBA star.
- Shelly Shildmyer - 4-Time Gatorate National Player of the Year (Basketball & Soccer), president of the Lil Spoony Fan Club.
- Ryan "Iceman" Soules - MLB AA 1B for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees and cameo on Ali G show.
- Jerramy Stevens - NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks.
- Rod Thorn - Former professional basketball player, current president and general manager of the NBA's New Jersey Nets.[2]
- Marques Tuiasosopo - NFL quarterback for the Oakland Raiders.
- Arnie Weinmeister - Former NFL lineman, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Teamster boss.
- Sammy White - Former MLB catcher, 1953 All-Star
- Reggie Williams - NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
[edit] Television, Film and the Arts
- Robert Armstrong - Movie actor who portrayed Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong.[3]
- John Aylward - successful stage, TV, and Movie actor, know by most for his roles in ER and The West Wing.
- Bennett Bean - American studio potter
- Angus Bowmer - Founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.
- The Brothers Four - Popular musical group from the 1960's.
- Dyan Cannon - Film and television actress and Oscar award nominee.
- Loren Carpenter - Co-founded Pixar Animation Studios and currently the Chief Creative Officer of Disney
- Larry Coryell - American jazz guitarist
- James Caviezel - Actor who played Jesus in the controversial film, "The Passion of the Christ"
- Lee Shallat Chemel - Successful TV show director. Most known for her work on "Murphy Brown"
- Dale Chihuly (1965) - Modern glass sculptor.
- Chuck Close - Contemporary Photorealistic painter.
- Jeffrey Combs - Horror film actor and Star Trek regular.
- Imogen Cunningham - Among the best known American female photographers.
- Patrick Duffy - Television actor most famous for roles in Dallas and Step by Step.
- Anna Faris (1999) - Movie actress most noted for her role in Scary Movie
- Kenny G - Popular smooth Jazz Saxophonist.
- Leann Hunley - Actress, Days of Our Lives, Dynasty, and Dawson's Creek"
- Ken Jennings - Holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy
- Richard Karn - Television actor most famous for role as "Al Borland" on Home Improvement.
- Erika Krievins - Actress, The X-Files, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
- Bruce Lee - Martial artist and actor.
- Kyle MacLachlan - Film and television actor most famous for roles in Twin Peaks, Dune and Sex and the City.
- Mary Mapes - Controversial former producer of the CBS television show 60 Minutes.
- John Myrick - First Manager of Electronic News Gathering KABC Television Los Angeles.
- Joel McHale - Host of The Soup on E! and former cast member on Almost Live!
- Robert Osborne - film historian
- Jean Smart - Television actress most famous for roles in Designing Women and Kim Possible.
- Rick Steves - Host, writer and producer of public television's Rick Steve's Europe and bestselling travel author.
- Julia Sweeney - Saturday Night Live actress.
- Kim Thayil - Soundgarden guitarist.
- Robb Weller - Entertainment Tonight host and inventor of the wave
- Dawn Wells (1960) - Mary Ann of Gilligan's Island.
- Rainn Wilson - Most known for his roles on "The Office" and "Six Feet Under"
[edit] Notable current and former faculty and staff
[edit] Nobel Laureates
- Linda B. Buck - Physiology and Medicine, 2004
- Hans G. Dehmelt - Physics, 1989
- Edmond H. Fischer - Physiology and Medicine, 1992
- Leland H. Hartwell - Physiology and Medicine, 2001
- Edwin G. Krebs - Physiology and Medicine, 1992
- William Forsyth Sharpe - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1990
- E. Donnall Thomas - Physiology and Medicine, 1990
[edit] Pulitzer Prize Winners
- Stephen Dunn - Poetry, 2001
- Vernon Louis Parrington - History, 1928.
- Theodore Roethke - Poetry, 1954.
[edit] Science and technology
- Donald Brownlee - Principal investigator of Stardust (spacecraft) comet spacecraft. Cited in Discover's magazine 100 most important discoveries in 2004.[4]
- Mark Crispin - The inventor of Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP).
- Qiang Fu - Atmospheric scientist whose theoretical model resolved the contradiction on global warming. Cited in Discover's magazine 100 most important discoveries in 2004.[5]
- Jerre Noe, first chair of Computer Science Group (now the Computer Science and Engineering Department), directed the Eden Project, the first award in the National Science Foundation's Coordinated Experimental Research Program.
- Neal Koblitz - Mathematician and creator of hyperelliptic curve cryptography and independent co-creator of elliptic curve cryptography.
- Mamidala Ramulu - Outstanding Scholar/Mentor of College of Engineering
- Joseph Sisneros - Uncovered neural plasticity in fish. Cited in Discover's magazine 100 most important discoveries in 2004. [6]
- David Thouless - Condensed matter physicist and 1990 Wolf Prize Winner in Physics.
[edit] Biology and medicine
- William H. Calvin - Well-known popularizer of neuroscience and evolutionary biology, including the hybrid of these two fields, neural Darwinism.
- John Gottman - National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Award winner.
- Bertil Hille - Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, expert on ion channels, co-recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1999.
- Leroy Hood - American biologist and recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology."
- Ben Frable- Expert in Ichthyology
- Belding H. Scribner - Inventor of the "Scribner shunt” that enabled long-term kidney dialysis.
[edit] Social science, arts and humanities
- Elizabeth Bishop - American poet and writer, increasingly regarded as one of the finest 20th century poets writing in English.
- Laurence BonJour - Professor of Philosophy.
- Jon Bridgman - American historian and among the most popular lecturers in the University.
- Peter Calthorpe - Named one of twenty five "innovators on the cutting edge" by Newsweek magazine for his work redefining the models of urban and suburban growth in America.
- Sidney S. Culbert - Psychologist and Esperantist as well as a major influence in the design of cockpit instrument panels in the Boeing 707 jet aircraft through his research in perception.
- Stuart Dempster - Composer, Trombonist, and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient.
- August Dvorak - Educational psychologist most noted for the invention of the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard.
- Richard Haag - Founded the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington.
- Nancy Hartsock - Feminist philosopher noted for her work in feminist epistemology and standpoint theory.
- Charles R. Johnson - American scholar, a MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and winner of the National Book Award for writing Middle Passage.
- Walter Johnson - World-renowned scholar of scandinavian literature, Guggenheim scholar and member of the Swedish Order of the North Star.
- Abraham Kaplan - Director of choral studies and director of choral conducting at Juilliard School.
- Jacob Lawrence - Among the best known twentieth century African American painters
- Elizabeth Loftus - Psychologist who works on human memory and how it can be changed by facts, ideas, suggestions and other forms of post-event information.
- Fred Lukoff - Linguist and scholar of Korean studies.
- Alan Marlatt - Psychologist who pioneered harm reduction.
- Roy Andrew Miller - Linguist notable for his advocacy of Japanese and Korean as members of the Altaic group of languages.
- Frederick Newmeyer - Linguist and 2002 President of the Linguistic Society of America.
- W.J. Rorabaugh - American historian, managing editor of Pacific Northwest Quarterly, and author of The Alcoholic Republic.
- Roger Sale - American literary critic and author most noted for his influence on literary criticism on children's literature.
- Steven Shaviro - Cultural critic and author of Doom Patrols.
- Vilem Sokol - Music professor, string teacher, and legendary conductor of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras 1960s to 1980s.
- Daris Swindler - Anthropologist generally acknowledged as a leading primate expert; his An Atlas of Primate Gross Anatomy is a standard work in the field.
- Karl Wittfogel - Sinologist and Historian author of "Oriental Despotism."
[edit] Politics
- William Gerberding - President of the University of Washington from 1979 to 1995.
- David de Kretser - current Governor of Victoria, Australia
- Michael Lerner - Founder of the Seattle Liberation Front and member of the Seattle Seven, a radical anti-war group.
- Margaret Levi - 2005 President of the American Political Science Association.
- Charles Odegaard - President of the University of Washington from 1958 to 1973.
- Dixy Lee Ray - The seventeenth governor of the state of Washington and the first woman to hold that position.
- Paul Schell - Former mayor of Seattle and former Dean of the University of Washington School of Architecture and Urban Planning from 1992 to 1995.
- Henry Suzzallo - Croatian-American and president of the University of Washington from 1915 to 1926.
[edit] Business and law
- Paul Heyne - American economist and author of The Economic Way of Thinking.
- Terence Mitchell - Gold member of Academy of Management Hall of Fame. One of 3 Gold members out of 10,000 over members.[7]
[edit] Athletics
- Gil Dobie - Undefeated (58-0-3) football coach of the University of Washington from 1908 to 1916, whose tenure largely comprised the NCAA Division I-A record for an unbeaten streak (63 games) and who oversaw the entirety of the NCAA Division I-A's second longest winning streak (39 games); elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
- Marv Harshman - Head basketball coach of the University of Washington from 1971 to 1985.
- Don James - Head football coach from 1974-1992.
- Lorenzo Romar - Current head basketball coach of the University of Washington.
- Tyrone Willingham - Head football coach at the University of Washington.
[edit] Other Staff
- Kenneth S. Allen - Associate director of the University of Washington Libraries from 1960-1982 and father of Paul Allen.
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