List of University of Washington people

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Warren G. Magnuson, United States Senator from Washington

This page lists noted students, alumni and faculty members of the University of Washington.

1 Notable UW students and alumni
2 Notable current and former faculty and staff
3 Notes

[edit] Notable UW students and alumni

Martin Rodbell, 1994 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine

[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] Academia, science and technology

Facade showing the signature style of architect Minoru Yamasaki

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 (1963), (1966)- 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, NASA Astronaut and crewmember of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Scott Crossfield, test pilot

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
Ted Bundy - Infamous serial killer.
Tom Burt - Vice president and head of Microsoft's legal division.
Edward Carlson - Former CEO of United Airlines and Westin Hotels.
David Bonderman - investment banker, aquired Continental Airlines and founder of Texas Pacific Group
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) - Former 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.
Dan O'Neill, Founder of Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian relief and development organization
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.
Irv Robbin - founder of Baskin & Robbins
Orin C. Smith (1965) - CEO of Starbucks from 2000-2005 and president from 1994-2005.
James Sun, contestant on The Apprentice and CEO and co-founder of Zoodango
Takuji Yamashita (1902) - Early civil rights pioneer [1]

[edit] Literature

[edit] Pulitzer Prize winners

William Bolcom - Music, 1988. American composer and winner of three Grammy Awards in 2006.
Richard Eberhart - Poetry, 1966. American poet.
Timothy Egan (1981) - Journalism, 2001. Journalist and author.
Ed Guthman - 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 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Marilynne Robinson (1977) - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2005. American novelist, author of Gilead and Housekeeping.

[edit] National Book Award

Beverly Cleary (1939) - Children's Books, Fiction, Paperback 1981
Richard Eberhart (1966) - Poetry 1977
Timothy Egan (1981) - Nonfiction 2006 for The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.

[edit] General

If no class year is listed, author did not graduate.

Robert Zubrin, science fiction writer

Ralph Angel (graduated, but year not known) - prize-winning poet.
Beverly Cleary (1939) - Illustrious author of children's books.
David Eddings (1961) - Author of epic fantasy novels.
David Guterson (1978), (1982) - Writer of novel Snow Falling on Cedars.
Frank Herbert - Science fiction writer most famous for Dune.
David Rascon - Spanish infamous serial killer.
Kitty Kelley (1964) - 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 (1953) - Popular true crime author.
John Straley (1977) - American detective fiction author.
Robert Zubrin (1984), (1992) - Science fiction writer and Mars exploration advocate.

[edit] Authors from 'Top 100 Books by UW Authors'

(Includes UW Faculty and UW Alumni)

Selected by a committee of 14 faculty, alumni and book publishing professionals in 2006^[1]. If no class year is noted, the author is a UW faculty member.

Ajami, Fouad (1969), (1973), The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs and the Iraqis in Iraq
Ames, William, Unionism or Hearst: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Strike of 1936
Ammirato, Joseph, The New Savory Wild Mushroom
Arreguin, Alfredo, (1967), (1969), Patterns of Dreams and Nature
Bacho, Peter (1974), (1981), Cebu
Baldasty Gerald, (1972), (1978), Vigilante Newspapers: A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Murder in the Northwest
Barash, Davis, Madam Bovary’s Ovaries
Beckey, Fred, (1949), Cascade Alpine Guide, Vols 1-3
Bently, Nelson, Collected Shorter Poems
Bierds, Linda, (1969), (1971), First Hand
Boyington, Gregory, (1934), Baa Baa, Black Sheep
Brown, Marie-Annette, When Your Body Gets the Blues
Brownlee, Donald, (1971), Rare Earth co-author is Ward, Peter
Caletti, Deb, (1985), Honey Baby, Sweetheart
Calvin, William, (1966), A Brief History of the Mind: From Apes to Intellect and Beyond
Caple, Jim, (1997), The Devil Wears Pinstripes
Clark, Norman H., (1950), (1964), Mill Town: A Social History of Everett, Washington
Cleary, Beverly, (1939), Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Close, Chuck, (1962), The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close in Conversation with 27 of His Subjects
Cross, Charles, (1981), Heavier Than Heaven: A Bibliography of Kurt Cobain
Cunningham, Imogen, (1907), After Ninety
Doig, Ivan, (1969), The House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
Domke, David, God Willing? Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the "War on Terror" and the Echoing Press
Eddings, David, (1961), The Belgariad
Edmondson, W. Thomas, The Uses of Ecology: Lake Washington and Beyond
Edwards, Audrey, (1969), Children of the Dream: The Psychology of Black Success
Egan, Timothy, (1981), The Good Rain
Emerson, Earl W., (1968), The Rainy City
Gallagher, Tess, (1967), (1971), Amplitude: New and Selected Poems
Gottman, John, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
Gregory, James, The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America
Guterson, David, (1978), (1982), Snow Falling on Cedars
Hardt, Michael, (1986), (1990), Empire
Harris, Whitney, (1933). Tyranny on Trial: The Evidence at Nuremberg
Hildebrand, Grant, The Wright Space
Hinkley, Daniel, (1985), The Explorer's Garden
Holm, Bill, (1949), (1951), Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form
Horsey, David, (1975), From Hanging Chad to Baghdad
Hugo, Richard, (1948), (1952), Making Certain It Goes On: The collected Poems of Richard Hugo
Hunt, Linda Lawrence, (1962), Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
Jamero, Peter, (1981), Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American
Johnson, Charles, Middle Passage
Johnston, Norman, (1942), The Fountain and the Mountain
Jones, Thom, (1970), The Pugilist at Rest
Jonsen, Albert, Bioethics Beyond the Headlines: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?
Kelley, Kitty, (1964), His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra
Kenney, Richard, Orrery
Kingsbury, Martha, George Tsutakawa
Kopay, David, (1964), The David Kopay Story
Kozloff, Eugene, Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast
Kruckeberg, Arthur, Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Kuhl, Patricia, The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn
Levy, David, Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age
LeWarne, Charles, (1969), Utopias on Puget Sound
Luckovich, Mike, (1982), Four More Wars!
Marzluff, John, In the Company of Crows and Ravens
Manning, Harvey, (1946), 100 Classic Hikes in Washington
McElroy, Colleen, Queen of the Ebony Isles
McHugh, Heather, Hinge & Sign: Poems, 1968-1999
Meany, Edmond, (1885), (1889), Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Merry, Robert, (1968), Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop—Guardians of the American Century
Migdal, Joel, Palestinians: The Making of a People
Miyamoto, S. Frank, (1936), (1968), Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle
Mochizuki, Ken, (1976), Baseball Saved Us
Montgomery, David, King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon
Morgan, Murray, (1937), Skid Road
Nalder, Eric, (1968), Tankers Full of Trouble: The Perilous Journey of Alaskan Crude
Ochsner, Jeffrey, Distant Corner: Seattle Architecture and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson
Okada, John, (1947), (1951), No-No Boy
Osborne, Robert, (1954), 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy awards
Parrington, Vernon Lewis, Main Currents in American Thought
Pellegrini, Angelo, (1927), (1942), The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life
Pressly, Thomass, Americans Interpret Their Civil War
Rader, Melvin, False Witness
Reyes, Lawney, (1959), White Grizzly Bear's Legacy: Learning to be Indian
Robinson, Marilynne, (1968), Housekeeping
Roethke, Theodore, Collected Poems
Rule, Ann, (1953), The Stranger Beside Me
Russ, Joanna, The Female Man
Sale, Roger, Seattle, Past to Present
Scates, Shelby, (1954), Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of 20th-Century America
Schwartz, Pepper, Love Between Equals—How Peer Marriage Really Works
Shields, David, Dead Languages
Steinbrueck, Victor, (1940), Market Sketchbook
Steves, Rick, (1978), Europe Through the Back Door
Straley, John, (1977), The Woman Who Married a Bear
Sweeney, Julia, (1982), God Said, "Ha!" A Memoir
Taylor, Quintard, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District
Thapa, Maanjushree, (1998), Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy
Underwood, Doug, When M.B.A.s Rule the Newsroom
Wagoner, David, Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems
Weeks, Kent, (1963), (1966), The Lost Tomb
White, Richard, (1972), The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River
Whorton, James, Native Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America
Wolfe, Art, (1975), The Living Wild
Wong, Shawn, American Knees
Wright, James, (1954), (1959), Above the River: The Complete Poems
Wright, Robin K., (1971), (1977), (1985), Northern Haida Master Carvers
Yamasaki, Minoru, (1934), A Life in Architecture
Zubrin, Robert, (1984), (1992), The Case for Mars

[edit] Politics

Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of congress

Henry M. Jackson, United States Senator

Brock Adams (1949) - US Senator, (1987–1993), and US Representative, (1965–1977) for the state of Washington.
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.
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) - Governor, (2004–) and former Attorney General of the state of Washington.
Gordon Hirabayashi (BA 1946, MA 1949, PhD 1952) - Human rights activist.
Doug Isaacson (BA 1984) - Mayor (2006- ) of the City of North Pole, Alaska.
Henry M. Jackson (JD 1935) - US Senator, (1941–1983), for the state of Washington and chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Tom Lantos (BA 1949, MA 1950) - US Representative, (1981–), for the state of California and Holocaust Survivor.
Wing Luke - Seattle City Council member, founder of the Wing Luke Asian Museum.
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 - Mayor, (2002–), of the city of Seattle.
Jeannette Rankin - US Representative, (1917–1919), (1940–1943) for the state of Montana; first female member of Congress.
Lou Stewart - Prominent Washington state labor leader
Lynn Woolsey - Democratic US Representative, (1993–), from California and former welfare recipient.
J. Arthur Younger (1915) - Republican US Representative, (1952–1967) from California
Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (1957) - Vice-President of Nigeria, (1979–1983)

[edit] Military

[edit] Prominent Officers

Pappy Boyington, pilot

[edit] Active Duty

Peter W. Chiarelli - Major General in the United States Army and commander of the 1st Cavalry Division.

[edit] World War II

Gregory (Pappy) Boyington (BS 1934) — Colonel, USMC, fighter pilot and World War II ace.

Robert E. Galer (BS 1935) — Major General, USMC, fighter pilot and World War II ace.
Leslie Groves — Major General, United States Army Corps of Engineers, head of the Manhattan Project.

[edit] Medal of Honor Recipients

Col. (then Maj.) Gregory Boyington, USMC (Class of 1934)
1LT Deming Bronson, USA (Class of 1914)
Brig. Gen (then Maj.) Robert Galer, USMC (Class of 1935)
Sgt John D. "Bud" Hawk, USA (class of 1952)
Col. (then SSgt.) Archie Van Winkle, USMC (Class of 1961)
2LT Robert R. Leisy, USA (Class of 1968)
PFC William K. Nakamura, USA (non-graduate due to internment at Minidoka in 1942)[2])

[edit] Sports

[edit] Olympic Medal Minners

Gold Medal, men's rowing, 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
- Morris
- Day
- Adam
- White
- McMillin
- Hunt
- Rantz
- Hume
- Moch (cox)

[edit] Baseball

Mike Blowers - former Major League Baseball player
Fred Hutchinson - American baseball player and manager and namesake for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Sammy White - former MLB catcher, 1953 All-Star
Tim Lincecum - first-round (10th overall) pick by the San Francisco Giants in 2007 first year player draft.

[edit] Basketball

Bob Houbregs - Only Washington alumnus in the Basketball Hall of Fame, third overall pick in the 1953 NBA draft.
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.
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).
Detlef Schrempf - German-born former NBA star.
James Edwards - former NBA player.
Rod Thorn - Former professional basketball player, current president and general manager of the NBA's New Jersey Nets.[3]

[edit] Football

Warren Moon, Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback

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.
Don Heinrich - Former NFL quarterback for the New York Giants.
Brock Huard - Former NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks.
Damon Huard - NFL quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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 - Former 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.
Matthew Rogers - Offensive lineman for the 2001 Washington Rose Bowl team and American Idol finalist.
Jerramy Stevens - NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks.
Marques Tuiasosopo - NFL quarterback for the Oakland Raiders.
Arnie Weinmeister - Former NFL lineman, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Teamster boss.
Reggie Williams - NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

[edit] Track and Field

[edit] Other

Fred Beckey (1949) - Mountaineer
Bob Sapp - kickboxer, MMA fighter and former NFL lineman.

[edit] Television, film and the arts

Kyle MacLachlan

Rainn Wilson aka Dwight Schrute from The Office

Bruce Lee

Robert Armstrong - Movie actor who portrayed Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong.[4]
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
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 (1962) - Contemporary Photorealistic painter.
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 - 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
Mignon Coughlin Fogarty (1990) - Creator and host of the Grammar Girl podcast.
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 (1954) - film historian
Jean Smart - Television actress most famous for roles in Designing Women and Kim Possible.
Rick Steves (1978) - Host, writer and producer of public television's Rick Steve's Europe and bestselling travel author.
Julia Sweeney (1982) - 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