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This page lists notable students, alumni and faculty members of the University of Washington .
Notable UW students and alumni
Nobel Laureates
Academic administration and teaching
Aeronautics and astronautics
Michael P. Anderson , NASA Astronaut and crewmember of the Space Shuttle Columbia disasterScott Crossfield , test pilotMichael P. Anderson (1981) – NASA astronaut , crewmember in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster .Michael R. Barratt (1981) – NASA astronaut and physician .Albert Scott Crossfield (1949, 1950) – First man to fly faster than Mach 2; assisted in the design of, and piloted, the X-15 .Suzanna Darcy-Henneman (1981) – Boeing Test Pilot; Boeing 777 senior test pilotPeter Davenport – Director of the National UFO Reporting Center .
Ron Dittemore (1974, 1975) – Space Shuttle program manager of NASA.Bonnie Dunbar (1971, 1975) – NASA astronaut; crewmember on five space shuttle missions and more than 1,200 hours (50 days) in space.John M. Fabian (Ph.D. 1974) – NASA astronaut; crewmember on two space shuttle missions.Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (1951) – NASA astronaut, crewmember of Gemini 11 and Apollo 12 .Robert J. Helberg (1932) – Director of the Lunar Orbiter program .George Jeffs (1945, 1948) – Former executive at Rockwell International ; directed Rockwell's Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.Gregory C. Johnson (1977) – NASA astronaut; crew member of STS-125 .Stanley G. Love (1989, Ph.D. 1993) – NASA astronaut; crew member of STS-122 ; planetary scientist.George C. Martin (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 (1974, Ph.D. 1978) – NASA astronaut; crewmember on three space shuttle missions.Maynard Pennell (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 (1940) – Former Vice President of Product Development at Boeing and the "Father of the 727"; played a major role in the design of every commercial airplane from the 307 Stratoliner to the Boeing 767 .Joseph Sutter (1943) – Chief designer of the Boeing 747 .Milton O. Thompson (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.
Art and architecture
Facade showing the signature style of architect Minoru Yamasaki
Business and law
Peter Adkison (1997) – Founder and former CEO of Wizards of the Coast ; publisher of Magic: The Gathering , Dungeons & Dragons and Pokémon in the U.S. .Paul M. Anderson – CEO of Duke Energy .William S. Ayer (1978) – President and CEO of Alaska Airlines .David Bonderman (1963) – Investment banker; acquired Continental Airlines and founder of Texas Pacific Group .Donald Bren (1956) – 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 and 23rd richest American ($13.0 billion US Dollars) according to Forbes magazine .Andrew Brimmer (1950, 1951) – First African American on the Federal Reserve Board of GovernorsTom 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 .Chris DeWolfe – CEO and Co-Founder of MySpace Ed Edelman – Founder and CEO of Ambient Weather.John Fluke Sr. (1935) - Founder of the Fluke Corporation of Everett, Washington .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 .Ivar Haglund (1928) – Founder of Ivar's restaurant and folk singer .Faith Ireland (1965) – Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court .[ 1] Edmund P. Jensen (1959) – CEO of Visa International from 1993–1998.A. Kirk Lanterman – Former Chairman and CEO of Holland America Lines.Leonard H. Lavin , founder of Alberto Culver Company , maker of Alberto VO5 and Mrs. Dash products.Mike McGavick (1983) – Former chairman and CEO of Safeco ; 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 (1923), Lloyd, Bruce (1955), James F. Jr., John N. (1959), Blake (1985), Peter, Erik (1985), Daniel and William.
Dan O'Neill (1972), Founder of Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian relief and development organizationWayne 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 (1946) – President of Ford Motor Company from 1985–1989 and credited for its turnaround.Irv Robbins (1939) – cofounder of Baskin & Robbins Steven Rogel (1965) – CEO of Weyerhauser .Patrick Rogge , Chief Innovation Officer of Response Media in Atlanta, GeorgiaJohn W. Slocum – Gold member of Academy of Management Hall of Fame. One of 3 Gold members out of 10,000 over members.
Orin C. Smith (1965) – CEO of Starbucks from 2000–2005 and president from 1994-2005.James Sun (1999), contestant on The Apprentice GeoPage Ivan Taslimson – Founder of Solstice Group. U.S.
Takuji Yamashita (1902) – Early civil rights pioneer [3]
Literature
Pulitzer Prize winners
William Bolcom (1958) – Music , 1988. American composer and winner of three Grammy Awards in 2006.Timothy Egan (1981) – Journalism , 2001. Journalist and author.Ed Guthman (1941, 1944) – Journalism , 1949. Journalist, former press secretary for Robert F. Kennedy and currently a professor at the University of Southern California .David Horsey (1975) – Editorial Cartooning (2), 1999, 2003. Editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mike Luckovich (1982) – Editorial Cartooning , 1995. Editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peter Rinearson (2005) – Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing , 1984. Aerospace reporter for The Seattle Times Marilynne Robinson (1968, 1977) – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , 2005. American novelist , author of Gilead and Housekeeping .James Wright (1954, 1959) – Poetry , 1972. American poet .Beverly Cleary (1939) – Children's Books, Fiction, Paperback 1981Timothy Egan (1981) – Nonfiction 2006 for The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.
General
If no class year is listed, author may not have graduated.
Robert Zubrin , science fiction writer
Murders
Politics
Henry M. Jackson, United States Senator Brock Adams (1949) – US Senator , (1987–1993), and US Representative , (1965–1977) for the state of Washington.Fouad Ajami (1969, 1973), director of the Middle East Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University .Armida Alisyahbana , Minister of National Development (Bapenas), Republic of Indonesia .Norman D. Dicks (1963, JD 1968) – Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives , (1977–).Jennifer Dunn (transferred 1962) – US Representative , (1993–2005) and former chair of the Washington State Republican Party.Earl D. Eisenhower (1923) – electrical engineer, Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1967)Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (1955, 1957) – Vice-President of Nigeria , (1979–1983)Daniel J. Evans (BS 1948, MS 1949) – Governor of Washington , (1965–1977) and United States Senator , (1983–1989) for the state of Washington.Tom Foley (1951, JD 1957) – US Representative , (1965–1995) and Speaker of the House (1989–1995).Booth Gardner (BA 1958) – Governor (1985–1993) of the state of Washington.Christine Gregoire (BA 1969, 1971) – Governor, (2004–) and former Attorney General of the state of Washington.Michael Hardt (MA 1986, PhD 1990) – literary theorist and political philosopher based at Duke University .Jaime Herrera (BA 2004) - US Representative -elect, (2011-)Gordon Hirabayashi (BA 1946, MA 1949, PhD 1952) – Human rights activist.Henry M. Jackson (JD 1935) – US Representative (1941–1953), US Senator (1953–1983) for the state of Washington, chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1960–1961) and member of the Delta Chi Fraternity.Walter Jenny (1978) – Secretary, Oklahoma Democratic Party, 2008 presidential elector, attorney for the State of Oklahoma and member of Tau Kappa Epsilon International fraternity.Tom Lantos (BA 1949, MA 1950) – US Representative , (1981–2008), for the state of California and Holocaust Survivor.Wing Luke – Seattle City Council member and Washington state Assistant Attorney General.Stephen McAlpine – (BA 1972) – Lt. Governor Alaska , (1982–1990).Rob McKenna (BA 1985, BA 1985) – Washington Attorney General (2004–).Warren G. Magnuson (1926, JD 1929) – US Senator , (1944–1981), for the state of Washington.Clarence D. Martin (1906) – Governor, (1933–1940) of the state of Washington and namesake of Martin Stadium at Washington State University .Greg Nickels – Former Mayor , (2002–2010), of the city of Seattle .Jeannette Rankin – US Representative , (1917–1919), (1940–1943) for the state of Montana; first female member of Congress .Norm Rice (1972, 1974) – Former mayor of the city of Seattle .Albert Rosellini (1932, 1933) – Governor of Washington , (1957–1965).Lou Stewart – Prominent Washington state labor leader.Thor C. Tollefson – United States Representative from WashingtonJohnson Toribiong – (JD 1972, 1973) – Current President , Republic of Palau .Lynn Woolsey – Democratic US Representative , (1993–), from California and former welfare recipient.J. Arthur Younger (1915) – Republican US Representative , (1952–1967) from California
Military
Prominent Officers
Monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on campus
Active Duty
Spanish Civil War
World War II
Medal of Honor recipients
Pappy Boyington , pilot
Religion
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 .Rita R. Colwell (1961) – Director of the United States National Science Foundation Melvin Defleur – Social scientist most noted in the area of mass communication .Ed Felten (MS 1991, PhD 1993) – Leading Computer scientist in the field of security and authentication.William Foege (1961) – 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 .Mohamed Hashish – Founder of the abrasive waterjet cutter and fellow in the department of Mechanical EngineeringWilliam Hutchinson – Founder of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Gary Kildall – Inventor of the CP/M operating system .C. Johan Masreliez (1972) - Physicist and inventor, developer of Masreliez’s theorem and SEC , a non-standard cosmology .Victor Mills (1926) – Inventor of disposable diapers .Alfred M. Moen – inventor of the single-handed mixing faucet and founder of Moen, Inc. 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.Robert G. Roeder (1969) – Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor at The Rockefeller University , recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2003 for "pioneering studies on eukaryotic RNA polymerases and the general transcriptional machinery, which opened gene expression in animal cells to biochemical analysis".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.Ted Woolsey – American video game translator for Squaresoft during the SNES era
Social science and humanities
Sports
Olympic Medal Winners
Baseball
Basketball
Warren Moon , Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback
Track and field
Music
Kenny G
Other sports
File:BruceLeecard.jpg Bruce Lee Kyle MacLachlan Anna Faris Rainn Wilson Robert Armstrong – Movie actor who portrayed Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong.[6] John Aylward – successful stage, TV, and movie actor, know by most for his roles in ER and The West Wing.Luke Burbank (1988) – radio host and reporter [7] Angus Bowmer – Founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon .The Brothers Four – Popular musical group from the 1960s.Dyan Cannon – Film and television actress and twice nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress .David Brooks – Broadway star and stage director and producerLoren Carpenter (1974, 1976) – Co-founded Pixar Animation Studios and currently the Chief Creative Officer of Disney James Caviezel – Actor who played Jesus Christ in the controversial film, "The Passion of the Christ "Lee Shallat Chemel – Successful TV show director. Most known for her work on Murphy Brown Queenie Chu – Actress, first runner-up of Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2004Jeff Clanahan - CEO/Codeblack Productions- African American Producer/distributor of movies & films.Tristram Coffin – Actor who played Thomas H. Rynning , commander of the Arizona Rangers , in the syndicated television series 26 Men Earl Cole – First African-American male winner of Survivor Jeffrey Combs – Horror film actor and Star Trek regular.Larry Coryell – American jazz guitarist Imogen Cunningham (1907) – Among the best known American female photographers.Patrick Duffy (1971) – Television actor most famous for roles in Dallas Step by Step Anna Faris (1999) – Movie actress most noted for her roles in Scary Movie Brokeback Mountain House Bunny Frances Farmer (1935) – American film and theater actress .Mignon Coughlin Fogarty (1990) – Creator and host of the Grammar Girl podcast.Malcolm Hamilton , harpsichordistLeann Hunley – Actress, Days of our Lives Dynasty Dawson's Creek "Ken Jennings – Holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy! Richard Karn (1979) – 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.Jeff J. Lin – guitarist , pianist , violinist of music group Harvey Danger .Kyle MacLachlan (1982) – Film and television actor most famous for roles in Twin Peaks Desperate Housewives Dune Sex and the City Mary Mapes – Controversial former producer of the CBS television show 60 Minutes Joel McHale (1995, MFA 2000) – Host of The Soup E! and former cast member on Almost Live !John Myrick – First Manager of Electronic News Gathering KABC Television Los Angeles.Robert Osborne (1954) – film historianPamela Reed – ActressJean Smart (1974) – Television actress most famous for roles in Designing Women Kim Possible Manick Sorcar – Artist, engineer, and entrepreneurRick Steves (1978) – Host, writer and producer of public television 's Rick Steve's Europe and bestselling travel author.Julia Sweeney (1982) – Saturday Night Live Kim Thayil (1985) – Soundgarden guitarist.Robb Weller (1961) – Entertainment Tonight the wave Dawn Wells (1960) – Mary Ann of Gilligan's Island Rainn Wilson – Most known for his roles on The Office Six Feet Under Art Wolfe (1975) – Award winning nature photographer and star of PBS show Travels to the Edge With Art Wolfe Steve Wiebe (1991) - A primary subject of the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Donkey Kong
Crime
Theodore Robert Bundy – Commonly known as "Ted" Bundy, was an American serial killer between 1974–1978. He admitted to killing 30 people. Some sources say he could have killed as many as 100 peopleAmanda Knox – Gained international media attention when accused, and later convicted, of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in Italy.
Nobel Laureates
Pulitzer Prize winners
Art and architecture
Biology and medicine
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.[8]
Politics and administration
Science and technology
Carl Bergstrom - Theoretical biologist, created the Eigenfactor ranking for scientific journalsJeffrey M. Bradshaw – Senior research scientist at The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Donald E. Brownlee (1971) – Principal investigator of Stardust (spacecraft) comet spacecraft. Cited in Discover's magazine 100 most important discoveries in 2004.[9] Mark Crispin – The inventor of Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).Vitaly Efimov - Proposed a new and exotic state of matter known as the Efimov StateQiang Fu – Atmospheric scientist whose theoretical model resolved the contradiction on global warming. Cited in Discover's magazine 100 most important discoveries in 2004.[10] Thomas W. Hungerford – mathematician and author of many textbooks including Abstract algebra: an introduction Victor Klee – Mathematician who specialized in convex sets , functional analysis , analysis of algorithms, optimization , and combinatorics . President of the Mathematical Association of America from 1971 to 1973, he was a University of Washington faculty member for 54 years.Neal Koblitz – mathematician and creator of hyperelliptic curve cryptography and independent co-creator of elliptic curve cryptography .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.Mamidala Ramulu – Outstanding Scholar/Mentor of College of EngineeringJoseph Sisneros – Uncovered neural plasticity in fish. Cited in Discover magazine's 100 most important discoveries in 2004. [11] William A. Stein – Creator of Sage , and modular forms researcher.David Thouless – Condensed matter physicist and 1990 Wolf Prize Winner in Physics.
James A. Banks – American scholar widely regarded as the "father of multicultural education ".David P. Barash – Professor of PsychologyLaurence BonJour – Professor of Philosophy.Jon Bridgman – American historian and among the most popular lecturers in the University.Francis D.K. Ching – Award-winning author of influential books on architectural graphics.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 .Peter Erös – Internationally renowned symphony and opera conductor.John Goodlad – Education researcher, author of A Place Called School .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 .Hsu Dau-lin – Chinese legal historianHuck Hodge – Composer, winner of the Gaudeamus Prize .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 .Richard Kenney – Award winning poet.W. Hudson Kensel - Historian of the American West Jacob Lawrence – Among the best known twentieth century African American paintersFang-kuei Li – Linguist with expertise in Chinese and Native American languagesElizabeth 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.Heather McHugh – Award winning poet.Roy Andrew Miller – Linguist notable for his advocacy of Japanese and Korean as members of the Altaic group of languages.Stephen Craig Morrison – Urgent care physician known for his work in California and Colorado.Frederick Newmeyer – Linguist and 2002 President of the Linguistic Society of America .James Palais – Noted Historian in the field of Korean History .Walter C. Parker – American scholar renowned for his studies of democracy and civic engagement in education .Lionel Pries – Influential teacher of Minoru Yamasaki , A. Quincy Jones , and many Northwest Modern architects.Kenneth B. Pyle – Japanese Historian and former director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies .W.J. Rorabaugh – American historian, managing editor of Pacific Northwest Quarterly 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 Jan Sjåvik – Scholar of Scandinavian, especially Norwegian, literature and author of many books and articles within Scandinavian Studies .Vilem Sokol – Music professor, string teacher, and legendary conductor of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras 1960s to 1980s.Robin Stacey – History professor, author of numerous articles and books on early medieval Britain and IrelandDaris Swindler – Anthropologist generally acknowledged as a leading primate expert; his An Atlas of Primate Gross Anatomy is a standard work in the field.Douglas Wadden – Visual Communication Design professor, currently Executive Vice ProvostDavid Wagoner – poet and novelistDaniel Waugh , current director of the Seattle Silk Road Project and editor of the journal of the Silkroad FoundationDaniel S. Weld – Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Karl Wittfogel – Sinologist and Historian author of "Oriental Despotism."
Athletics
Other staff
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