Notable Alumni of West Virginia University
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[edit] Actors and Actresses
- Don Knotts - television and movie actor
- Chris Sarandon - television and movie actor, voice of "Jack Skellington"
- David Selby - actor
[edit] Art
- Blanche Lazzell - artist
[edit] Athletics
- Terry Bowden - ABC Television Sports Analyst
- Tommy Bowden - Head Football Coach at Clemson University
- Marc Bulger - St. Louis Rams Quarterback
- Gale Catlett - winningest coach in WVU basketball history
- Jack Fleming - The Voice of WVU athletics from 1947-1997; announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers who described the "Immaculate Reception"
- Mike Gansey - Basketball player
- Bucky Guth - Minnesota Twins player
- Major Harris - Quarterbacked for West Virginia in their 1989 undefeated season.
- Johannes "Joe" Herber - German international basketball player
- Jeff Hostetler - Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders & New York Giants Quarterback
- Sam Huff - NFL Linebacker, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Rodney Clark (Hot Rod) Hundley - First pick in the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.
- Ken Kendrick - owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball
- Dan Mozes - First Team All American Center, won the Rimington Trophy in his senior year, highly ranked for the NFL draft.
- Gene Okerlund - professional wrestling interviewer and announcer
- Kevin Pittsnogle - Former WVU basketball star
- Jerry Porter - Wide Receiver Oakland Raiders
- Sherri Retton - 1982 All-American Gymnast
- Rich Rodriguez - current WVU head football coach
- Todd Sauerbrun - NFL punter, Went to the Pro Bowl in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
- Floyd B. "Ben" Schwartzwalder - Former head coach of the 1959 National Championship Syracuse University football team
- Darryl Talley - The assassin, WVU all-time team member and NFL Hall of Famer
- Mike Vanderjagt - former Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys placekicker
- Georgann Wells - First woman to dunk in league competition
- Jerome Alan "Jerry" West - WVU & NBA basketball player, Model for NBA Logo
[edit] Authors
- Maggie Anderson - poet
- Allen Appel - writer
- Stephen Coonts - New York Times bestselling author
- Chuck Kinder - novelist
[edit] Business
- Joseph E. Antonini - Former Chairman and CEO of Kmart
- John Chambers - President and CEO of Cisco Systems
- Robert Reynolds - Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments
[edit] Education
- Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke - Acclaimed Shakespeare scholar and professor at Yale, Cornell & the University of London.
- David C. Hardesty - President of the University
- Charles M. Vest - President Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
[edit] Military
- Ret. Gen. Earl E. Anderson - Marine Corps General
- Phillip D. Beall - WWII & Korean War soldier & winner of a Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, and two Bronze Stars
- Brig. Gen. Frank Kendall Everest, Jr - test pilot and pioneer of rocket aircraft
- Gen. Robert H. Foglesong - Retired, Commander, US Air Force in Europe; President of Mississippi State University
[edit] Music
- Velvet Brown - Tuba soloist, music educator
- Jay Chattaway - a Star Trek music score writer
- Fuzzy Knight - writer of the WVU Fight Song and Country Western Actor
[edit] Politics
- Carl George Bachmann - U.S. Congressman, Republican Minority Whip 1931-1933
- Becky Cain - past president of the League of Women Voters
- William Harrison Courtney - special assistant to President Clinton
- Kathleen M. Hawk - Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Pat Haller - Graduated in 1984 and is now the head of the FBI
- Sen. Harley M. Kilgore - chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization during World War II
- William Leonhart - former ambassador to Tanzania and Yugoslavia
- Tim Mahoney (politician) - U.S. Congressman from Florida
- Joe Manchin - The 34th Governor of West Virginia
- M. Blane Michael - Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Alan Mollohan - United States Congressman
- Asra Q. Nomani - former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and Islamic reform and feminism activist
- Paul S. Stull, member Maryland House of Delegates.
- Cecil H. Underwood - Youngest and oldest Governor of West Virginia
[edit] Science
- Liu, Feipeng Presitigous Wood Scientist with numerous patents
- Jon McBride - astronaut
[edit] Other Notable Alumni
- Herb Morrison - announcer for Chicago station WLS who described the Hindenburg German airship bursting into flames.
- Patsy Ramsey - mother of JonBenét Ramsey and 1977 Miss West Virginia
