List of University of Oregon alumni
Appearance
This List of University of Oregon alumni includes graduates and former students that did not obtain a degree of the University of Oregon.
The university opened in 1876 and the first class contained only five members, graduating in 1878.[1] The university has over 160,000 living alumni,[2] 10 of whom are Pulitzer Prize winners, and 2 of whom are Nobel laureates.[3]
Academia
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Lee Bollinger | B.S. | 1954 | President of Columbia University, Former President of University of Michigan | [4] |
Gail Fullerton | Ph.D. | 1954 | Retired President of San Jose State University | [5] |
LaWanda Cox | B.A. | 1931 | Historian, Hunter College | [6] |
Douglas Hofstadter | M.S. Ph.D. |
1972 1975 |
Professor of cognitive science, Pulitzer Prize winner for general non-fiction (1980), author of Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid | [7] |
Dennis Jenkins | Ph.D. | 1991 | Archaeologist | [8] |
Huping Ling | M.A. | 1987 | History professor at Truman State University, award-winning author | [9] |
Simon Priest | Ph.D. | 1986 | Professor and Senior Vice-president of Academics for the Virginia College system | [10] |
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky | B.A. | 1942 | Professor emeritus of European History at University of California, Berkeley | [11] |
Joseph Robertson | M.B.A. | 1997 | President of Oregon Health Sciences University | [12][13] |
Neil Snider | Ph.D. | 1973 | President Emeritus of Trinity Western University |
Architecture and design
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Brad Cloepfil | B.Arch | 1980 | Founder of Allied Works Architecture | [15] |
Tinker Hatfield | B.Arch | 1977 | VP, designer and architect for Nike | [16] |
Mazharul Islam | B.Arch | 1952 | Architect credited with bringing modernist architecture to Bangladesh | [17] |
Rick Mather | B.IArch | 1961 | RIBA, Founder of Rick Mather Architects, Trustee of Victoria and Albert Museum | [18] |
Sarah Susanka | B.Arch | 1978 | Architect, author of the Not so Big House | [19] |
Eugene Tsui | B.Arch | 1981 | Controversial architect | [20] |
Margo Grant Walsh | B.IArch | 1960 | Vice Chairman emeritus of Gensler | [21] |
Business and finance
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Edwin Artzt | B.S. | 1951 | Retired CEO and Chairman emeritus of Procter & Gamble | [22] |
Robert D. Atkinson | M.A. | 1985 | President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation | [23] |
Tim Berry | M.A. | 1974 | Co-founder of Borland International, Founder and president of Palo Alto Software, Inc. | [24] |
Bill Bowerman | B.S. M.Ed. |
1934 1953 |
Co-founder of Nike, Inc. (also see #Track and List of University of Oregon faculty and staff) | [25] |
Tim Boyle | B.S. | 1971 | CEO of Columbia Sportswear Company | [26] |
Paul Brainerd | B.S. | 1970 | Founder of Aldus and creator of PageMaker and desktop publishing | [27] |
Wallace Campbell | M.A. | 1932 | Co-founder and President of CARE | [28] |
Rudy Chapa | B.A. | 1981 | Founder and CEO of SPARQ | [29] |
Ed Colligan | B.A. | 1983 | President and CEO of Palm, Inc. | [30] |
John Elorriaga | B.B.A. | 1951 | Former chairman and CEO of US Bancorp, Former president of US National Bank of Oregon | [31] |
Harry Glickman | B.A. | 1948 | Founder and president emeritus of Portland Trail Blazers | [32] |
Franklin Mieuli | B.A. | 1942 | Principal owner Golden State Warriors | [33] |
Patrick Kilkenny | attended | — | Former Athletic Director of the University of Oregon, Chairman emeritus and former CEO of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency (also see List of University of Oregon faculty and staff) | [34] |
Phil Knight | B.B.A | 1959 | Co-founder, chairman, and former CEO of Nike, Inc. | [35] |
Charles Lillis | Ph.D. | 1972 | Founder, retired president, chairman and CEO of MediaOne | [36] |
Mickey Loomis | B.S. | 1979 | General Manager for the New Orleans Saints | [37] |
Randy Papé | B.S. | 1972 | President and CEO of Papé Group, and President and Chairman of Liberty Financial Group | [38] |
Robert Polet | M.B.A. | 1976 | Chairman and CEO of Gucci | [39] |
Steven A. Raymund | B.S. | 1978 | Chairman and former CEO of Tech Data | [40] |
James Rippey | B.S. | 1953 | Co-founder and CEO of Columbia Management, established Oregon's first mutual fund | [41] |
Kurt Widmer | B.A. | 1978 | Co-founder and President of Widmer Brothers Brewing Company | [42] |
Lila Bell Wallace | B.A. | 1917 | Co-founder of Reader's Digest | [43] |
Dan Wieden | B.S. | 1967 | Co-founder of advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy | [44] |
Larry Williams | B.S. | 1964 | Stock trader, author of "How to Prosper in the Coming Good Years" | [45] |
Fine arts and entertainment
Film, television and performing arts
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Greg Behrendt | B.A. | 1991 | Stand up comedian, former consultant to Sex and the City, Author of "He's Just Not That Into You" and "It's Called a Breakup Because it's Broken." | [46][47] |
Chris Bliss | attended | — | Stand up comedian and juggler | [48] |
Parisse Boothe | B.A. | 2004 | Actress, Deadwood | [49] |
Edgar Buchanan | attended | - | Actor (Petticoat Junction) | [50] |
Allan Burns | 1957 | Emmy award winning producer (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Munsters) and screenwriter (The Bullwinkle Show, A Little Romance) | [51] | |
Ty Burrell | attended | - | Actor (Modern Family) | [52] |
Stephen J. Cannell | B.S. | 1964 | Emmy award winning Television producer, writer, and novelist (The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero), Founder and chairman of Cannell Studios | [53] |
Pam Coats | M.F.A. | 1984 | Producer (Mulan) | [54] |
Larry Ferguson | B.S. | 1964 | Writer, Producer, and Actor (Beverly Hills Cop II, The Hunt for Red October) | [55][56] |
Dennis Gassner | B.S. | 1970 | Academy Award winning set designer (Bugsy, Waterworld, The Truman Show, O Brother Where Art Thou) | [57] |
Howard Hesseman | attended | — | Actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, About Schmidt) | [58] |
Joe Hutshing | B.A. | 1980 | Academy Award-winning editor (JFK, Born on the Fourth of July) | [59] |
James Ivory | B.F.A. | 1951 | Director (A Room with a View, Howards End) and co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions | [60] |
Christopher Judge | B.F.A. | 1985 | Actor (Stargate SG-1), graduated from the University as a three-time All-American football player under the name Doug Judge | [61] |
Ben Masters | B.S. | 1969 | Actor, Julian Crane on the NBC soap opera Passions | [62] |
Kaitlin Olson | B.S. | 1997 | Actress, Sweet Dee on the FX TV show, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | [63] |
Don Simpson | B.S. | 1967 | Producer (Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Bad Boys, Crimson Tide, The Rock) | [64] |
David Ogden Stiers | attended | — | Actor (M*A*S*H) | [65] |
Eric A. Stillwell | B.S. | 1985 | Star Trek writer | [66] |
Rob Urbinati | Ph.D. | 1994 | Playwright, Stage Director | [67] |
Bill Warren | B.A. | 1966 | Film scholar, author of Keep Watching the Skies | [citation needed] |
Jeffrey M. Werner | B.A. | 1993 | Film editor (The Kids Are All Right, Prom) | [68] |
Jeff Whitty | B.A. | 1993 | 2004 Tony Award winner for the musical Avenue Q | [69] |
Daniel Wu | B.Arch | 1997 | Hong Kong movie star (New Police Story) | [70] |
Literature
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paula Gunn Allen | B.A. M.F.A. |
1966 1968 |
Native American poet, novelist | [71] |
Olga Broumas | M.A. | 1973 | Author of poetry | [72] |
Jeff Doyle | B.Arch | 1978 | Novelist, Private contractor | [73] |
Tara K. Harper | B.S. | 1984 | Science fiction writer, author of the Grey Ones, Black Wolf, and Cat Scratch series | [74] |
Ernest Haycox | B.A. | 1923 | Writer of Western fiction, the story "Stage to Lordsburg" was made into the movie Stagecoach (1939) | [75] |
George Hitchcock | B.A. | 1935 | Poet and publisher of the literary journal Kayak | [76] |
Ken Kesey | B.S. | 1957 | Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion | [77] |
Chang-Rae Lee | M.F.A. | 1993 | Novelist whose works include Native Speaker and currently serves as director of Princeton University's Creative Writing program | [78] |
Chuck Palahniuk | B.A. | 1986 | Author of Fight Club, Choke, and Lullaby | [79] |
Brian Turner | M.F.A. | 1996 | American poet | [80] |
Sophus Keith Winther | B.S. M.A. |
1918 1919 |
Professor and Novelist | [81] |
Music
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jon Appleton | M.A. | 1965 | Composer, author, and former professor of music at Dartmouth College | [82] |
Anthony Brown | B.S. | 1975 | Jazz musician | [83] |
Tom Grant | M.Ed. | 1971 | Jazz pianist | [84] |
Trey Gunn | 1986 | Bass player for King Crimson | [citation needed] | |
Bill Homans | B.A. | 1987 | Blues musician | [85] |
Daniel Levitin | M.S. Ph.D. |
1993 1996 |
Musician, cognitive scientist, sound designer for Chris Isaak and Joe Satriani | [86] |
Colin Meloy | attended | — | Lead singer of The Decemberists | [citation needed] |
Glen Moore | B.S. | 1963 | Composer, founding member, bassist of Oregon | [87] |
Jerold Ottley | D.M.A. | 1972 | Retired director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | [88] |
Steve Perry | B.S. | 2004 | Lead singer of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies | [89] |
Dan Siegel | B.S. | 1976 | Composer, record producer | [90] |
Ralph Towner | B.Mus | 1963 | Composer, founding member of Oregon | [87] |
Visual arts
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Sacco | B.A. | 1981 | Comic artist and journalist | [91] |
Charles Stokes | M.F.A. | 1968 | Painter and Sculptor | [92] |
Ron Wigginton | M.F.A. | 1968 | Painter, sculptor and landscape architect | [93] |
Eric Norstad | M.F.A. | 1957 | Architect, Ceramist, Sculptor | [94] |
Journalism and media
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Byron Acohido | B.S. | 1977 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1997 Seattle Times) | [95] |
Rick Attig | B.S. | 1983 | Pulitzer Prize winner (2001 Oregonian, 2006 Oregonian with Doug Bates) | [96] |
Doug Bates | 1968 | Pulitzer Prize winner (2006 Oregonian with Rick Attig) | [96] | |
Abe Deffenbaugh | B.S. | 1994 | Former Publisher for the National Rifle Association and author of numerous outdoor-related magazine articles | [97] |
Ann Curry | B.A. | 1978 | The Today Show anchor person and co-host of Dateline NBC | [98] |
Steve Dykes | B.S. | 1982 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1993 LA Times with staff, 1995 LA Times with staff, 2000 Rocky Mountain News with photo staff) | [99] |
Neil Everett | 1984 | ESPNEWS and Sportscenter anchor | [100] | |
Lisa Verch Fletcher | B.S. | 1990 | Broadcast journalist for WJLA-TV, the ABC affiliated television station in Washington, D.C. | [101] |
John Hockenberry | 1981 | Journalist, Four time Emmy award winner, three time Peabody Awards winner | [102] | |
Mike Lamond | attended | — | StarCraft II Professional Commentator and Player | [103] |
Nancy Loo | B.S. | 1986 | Broadcast journalist for WFLD-TV, the Fox station in Chicago | [104] |
John Markoff | M.S. | 1975 | Journalist | [105] |
Ted Natt | 1963 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1981 Longview Daily News with staff) | [99] | |
Robert Porterfield | 1967 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1980 The Boston Globe) | [99] | |
Randy Shilts | B.S. | 1975 | Journalist, first openly gay reporter on a major American newspaper (the San Francisco Chronicle), author of three best-selling non-fiction books: The Mayor of Castro Street, And the Band Played On, and Conduct Unbecoming | [106] |
Karen Stallwood | B.A. | 1986 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1994 Dallas Morning News with staff) | [99] |
Alex Tizon | B.S. | 1994 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1997 Seattle Times with Eric Nalder and Deborah Nelson) | [107] |
Brent Walth | B.S. | 1984 | Pulitzer Prize winner (2001 Oregonian with Julia Sullivan-Springhetti, Kim Christensen, and Richard Read) | [99] |
Mark Zusman | M.S. | 1978 | Journalist, Editor, winner of Gerald Loeb Award, his paper is only weekly to ever win Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting(2005, Willamette Week) |
Military
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
William E. Birkhimer | LL.D. | 1889 | Recipient of the Medal of Honor | [108] |
David E. Jeremiah | B.S. | 1955 | Admiral, US Navy | [109] |
Donald Malarkey | B.S. | 1948 | Sergeant in Easy Company of the 101st Airborne. Was in Stephen E. Ambrose's book Band of Brothers, made into an HBO miniseries | [110] |
Herbert B. Powell | B.S. | 1927 | General, US Army | [111] |
William B. Rosson | B.S. | 1940 | General, US Army | [112] |
Rodger W. Simpson | attended | — | Rear Admiral, US Navy | [113] |
Politics and law
Governors
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Victor G. Atiyeh | attended | — | Former Governor of Oregon | [114] |
Neil Goldschmidt | B.A. | 1963 | Former Governor of Oregon and mayor of Portland, Oregon | [114] |
Robert D. Holmes | 1932 | Former Governor of Oregon | [114] | |
Leonard B. Jordan | B.A. | 1923 | Former Governor of Idaho | [115] |
John Kitzhaber | M.D. | 1973 | Governor of Oregon | [114] |
Tom McCall | M.D. | 1973 | Former Governor of Oregon and television reporter and commentator for KGW and KATU in Portland | [114] |
Julius L. Meier | LL.B | 1895 | Former Governor of Oregon | [114] |
Paul L. Patterson | B.A. J.D. |
1923 1926 |
Former Governor of Oregon and President of the Oregon State Senate | [114] |
Judges
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robert S. Bean | B.S. | 1878 | Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice | [116] |
Oliver Perry Coshow | 1885 | Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice | [116] | |
Alfred Goodwin | B.A. J.D. |
1949 1951 |
Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice | [116] |
Jim Jones | B.A. | 1964 | Justice of Idaho Supreme Court, former Attorney General of Idaho | [117] |
Earl C. Latourette | 1912 | Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice | [116] | |
Edwin J. Peterson | B.S. LL.B |
1951 1957 |
Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice | [116] |
David Schuman | J.D. | 1984 | Oregon Court of Appeals Judge | [118] |
Thomas Tongue | J.D. | 1937 | Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice | [116] |
Martha Lee Walters | J.D. | 1977 | Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice | [116] |
Walter C. Winslow | B.A. | 1906 | Oregon Supreme Court Justice pro tempore | [119] |
Legislators
Mayors
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Adams | B.A. | 2002 | Mayor of Portland, Oregon | [133][134] |
Ryan Coonerty | 1996 | Mayor of Santa Cruz, California | [135] | |
Marko Dapcevich | 1991 | Mayor of Sitka, Alaska | [136] | |
Ivor Dent | Ph.D. | 1962 | Former mayor of Edmonton, Canada | [137] |
Tom Hughes | B.S. | 1965 | Former mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon | [138] |
John Ssebaana Kizito | M.A. | 1962 | Mayor of Kampala, Uganda | [139] |
Alan Lowe | M.Arch | 1985 | Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia | [140] |
Connie McCready | 1943 | Former mayor of Portland, Oregon | [141] | |
Charles Royer | B.S. | 1966 | Former mayor of Seattle, Washington | [142] |
Diplomats
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Carol Hallett | 1959 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas | [143] | |
Yosuke Matsuoka | LL.B | 1900 | International war criminal and influential Japanese Foreign Minister during World War II | [144] |
Michael Retzer | B.A. | 1968 | U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania | [145] |
Victor L. Tomseth | B.A. | 1963 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic | [146] |
Kent Wiedemann | M.A. | 1973 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia | [147] |
Other politicians
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Donald Hodel | J.D. | 1960 | Former Secretary of Energy and former Secretary of the Interior for the Reagan administration | [148] |
Hardy Myers | LL.B. | 1964 | Former Attorney General of Oregon | [149] |
Theodora Nathan | B.A. | 1971 | First woman to have received an electoral vote in a US presidential election | [150] |
Nguyen Thien Nhan | M.P.A. | 1995 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of Vietnam | [151] |
Ellen Rosenblum | B.S. J.D. |
1971 1975 |
Attorney General of Oregon | [152] |
Robert Y. Thornton | Postdoc | 1995 | Former Attorney General of Oregon | [153] |
Minoru Yasui | B.A. LL.B. |
1937 1939 |
Activist against discriminatory laws against Japanese Americans during World War II | [154] |
Science
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amir Aczel | Ph.D. | 1982 | Author of science and mathematics | [155] |
Raymond Delacy Adams | Bachelors | 1933 | Neurologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | [156] |
Pamela J. Bjorkman | B.A. | 1971 | Biochemist, pioneer in x-ray crystallography, Max Delbruck Professor of Biology at California Institute of Technology | [157] |
Walter Houser Brattain | M.A. | 1926 | Co-winner of 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics | [158] |
Clifford E. Brubaker | Ph.D. | 1968 | Founding member and former president of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America | [159] |
Stanislas Dehaene | Postdoc | Neuroscientist in numerical cognition | [160] | |
Daniel Levitin | M.S. Ph.D. |
1993 1996 |
Cognitive scientist | [161] |
Esther Pohl Lovejoy | M.D. | 1894 | Early female physician, Women's suffrage activist | [162] |
William Murphy | B.A. | 1914 | Co-winner of 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [163] |
PZ Myers | Ph.D. | 1985 | Biologist and noted science blogger | [164] |
Michael Posner | Postdoc | 1985 | Neuroscientist | [165] |
Joseph Takahashi | Ph.D. | 1981 | Discovered the CLOCK gene | [166] |
Sports
Basketball
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Ballard | B.S. | 1977 | Former NBA forward | |
Jim Barnett | B.S. | 1966 | Former NBA guard-forward | |
Terrell Brandon | 1991 | Former NBA guard | ||
Aaron Brooks | B.S. | 2007 | NBA guard for the Phoenix Suns | |
Mark Few | B.S. | 1987 | Current head basketball coach at Gonzaga University | |
Lauren Gale | 1939 | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member | ||
Howard Hobson | B.S. | 1926 | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member, former basketball Head Coach for the Oregon Ducks and Yale University | |
Luke Jackson | B.S. | 2004 | Former NBA forward with the Portland Trail Blazers | |
Stu Jackson | 1980 | Former NBA head coach, current NBA executive | ||
Fred Jones | 2002 | Former NBA guard with the New York Knicks | ||
Ernie Kent | B.S. | 1977 | Former basketball head coach for the Oregon Ducks | |
Ron Lee | B.S. | 1976 | Former NBA guard | |
Jim Loscutoff | 1955 | Former NBA forward | ||
Stan Love | 1971 | Former NBA forward | ||
Blair Rasmussen | B.S. | 1985 | Former NBA center | |
Luke Ridnour | attended | — | NBA Point Guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves | |
Zollie Volchok | - | 1939 | Former general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics and winner of the 1983 NBA Executive of the Year Award | [167] |
Football
Full list of former University of Oregon players who have played football professionally
Full list of former University of Oregon players who are currently playing in the NFL
Track and field
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Keshia Baker | 2010 | 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4x400m relay | ||
Mike Boit | Ph.D. | 1986 | 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 800m | [170] |
Bill Bowerman | B.S. M.Ed. |
1934 1953 |
Former track and field head coach for the Oregon Ducks (also see #Business) | [25] |
Joaquim Cruz | attended | — | 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist and 1988 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 800m | [170] |
Otis Davis | B.S. | 1960 | 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 400m and 4x400 relay | [170] |
Mary Decker | 1980 | Record setting long distance runner | [170] | |
Bill Dellinger | B.S. M.Ed. |
1956 1962 |
1964 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 5000m, former track and field head coach for the Oregon Ducks | [170] |
Ashton Eaton | B.A. | 2010 | World record holder in the decathlon with 9039 points in 2012 and the heptathlon with 6499 points in 2010, 6568 points in 2011 and 6645 points in 2012. 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the decathlon. | [171] |
Ken Flax | B.S. | 1986 | Two-time Olympian, Record setting hammer thrower | [170] |
Martin Hawkins | LL.B | 1913 | 1912 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 100m hurdles | [170] |
Ralph Hill | B.S. | 1931 | 1932 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 5000m | [170] |
Cyrus Hostetler | B.S. | 2010 | Javelin thrower at the 2012 Summer Olympics | [172] |
Harry Jerome | M.S. |
1963 1968 |
1964 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 100m, world record holder | [170] |
Daniel Kelly | 1908 | 1908 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the long jump | [173] | |
Steve Prefontaine | B.S. | 1974 | Record setting long distance runner, Olympian | [170] |
Mack Robinson | attended | 1941 | 1936 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 200m | [170] |
Galen Rupp | B.A. | 2009 | 2012 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 10,000 meters. Inaugural winner of the Bowerman Award | [174] |
Alberto Salazar | B.A. | 1981 | Marathon runner and coach | |
Brianne Theisen | B.S. | 2012 | Canadian heptathlon competitor | [175] |
Mac Wilkins | B.S. | 1973 | World record holder in the discus throw, 1976 Summer Olympics gold medalist and 1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the discus throw | [170] |
Other sports
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Averill | B.S. | 1953 | Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder for the Cleveland Indians | [176] |
Ann Bancroft | B.S. | 1981 | First woman to reach the North Pole on foot and by dogsled | |
Ben Crane | B.S. | 1999 | Professional golfer | |
Evan Dunham | B.S. | 2004 | UFC fighter | [177] |
Gregory Gibson | 1978 | 1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist in wrestling | ||
Joe Gordon | B.S. | 1939 | Baseball Hall of Famer Second baseman with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians | [176] |
Peter Jacobsen | 1977 | Professional golfer | ||
Dave Roberts | 1971 | MLB first overall draft pick in 1972 by the San Diego Padres | [176] | |
Tom Shaw | 1962 | Professional golfer | ||
Chael Sonnen | B.S. | 2001 | UFC fighter | [178] |
Paul Sunderland | attended | 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in men's volleyball | [179] | |
Carolyn Wood | B.A. | 1967 | 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4x100m freestyle relay in swimming |
See also
- University of Oregon
- List of University of Oregon faculty and staff
- Oregon Ducks
- List of lists about Oregon
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