This University of Oregon notable alumni includes graduates and current students of the University of Oregon as well as former students who studied at the university but did not obtain a formal degree.
The university opened in 1876 and the first class contained only five members, graduating in 1878.[1] The university has over 195,000 alumni, 10 of whom are Pulitzer Prize winners, and 2 of whom are Nobel laureates.[2][3]
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Gene D. Block | M.S. Ph.D. |
1972 1975 |
Chancellor of UCLA | [4] |
Lee Bollinger | B.S. | 1954 | President of Columbia University; former President of University of Michigan | [5] |
Asher Cohen | Ph.D. | President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | [6] | |
Gail Fullerton | Ph.D. | 1954 | Retired President of San Jose State University | [7] |
Robert Helsley | B.S. | 1979 | Dean of Sauder School of Business at UBC | [8] |
Karen L. Gould | Ph.D. | 1975 | President of Brooklyn College | [9] |
Victor Pierpont Morris | B.A. M.A. |
1915 1920 |
Dean and interim president University of Oregon | [10] |
Joseph Robertson | M.B.A. | 1997 | President of Oregon Health Sciences University | [11][12] |
Neil Snider | Ph.D. | 1973 | President Emeritus of Trinity Western University |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Howard Backen | B.Arch | 1962 | Founder of BAR Architects and Backen, Gillam & Kroeger | [14] |
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] |
Johnpaul Jones | B.Arch | 1967 | First architect to win the National Humanities Medal | [18] |
Rick Mather | B.IArch | 1961 | RIBA; founder of Rick Mather Architects; trustee of Victoria and Albert Museum | [19] |
Mel Streeter | B.Arch | 1955 | Second African-American to play basketball for the Ducks; founded architecture firm in Seattle | [20] |
Sarah Susanka | B.Arch | 1978 | Architect, author of The Not so Big House | [21] |
Eugene Tsui | B.Arch | 1981 | Controversial architect | [22] |
DeNorval Unthank Jr. | B.Arch | 1952 | Prolific architect in Oregon | [23] |
Margo Grant Walsh | B.IArch | 1960 | Vice Chairman emeritus of Gensler | [24] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Kent Alterman | B.F.A | 1981 | President of Comedy Central | [25] |
Edwin Artzt | B.S. | 1951 | Retired CEO and Chairman emeritus of Procter & Gamble | [26] |
Robert D. Atkinson | M.A. | 1985 | President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation | [27] |
Scott Bedbury | B.S. | 1980 | Marketing guru | [28] |
Tim Berry | M.A. | 1974 | Co-founder of Borland International; founder and president of Palo Alto Software, Inc. | [29] |
Bill Bowerman[a] | B.S. M.Ed. |
1934 1953 |
Co-founder of Nike, Inc. | [30] |
Tim Boyle | B.S. | 1971 | CEO of Columbia Sportswear Company | [31] |
Paul Brainerd | B.S. | 1970 | Founder of Aldus; creator of PageMaker and desktop publishing | [32] |
Wallace Campbell | M.A. | 1932 | Co-founder and President of CARE | [33] |
Rudy Chapa | B.A. | 1981 | Founder and CEO of SPARQ | [34] |
Stanley K. Cheng | attended | CEO of Meyer Corporation | [35] | |
Ed Colligan | B.A. | 1983 | President and CEO of Palm, Inc. | [36] |
John Elorriaga | B.B.A. | 1951 | Former chairman and CEO of U.S. Bancorp; former president of US National Bank of Oregon | [37] |
Stephen Gillett | B.S. | 1998 | CEO of Chronicle, an Alphabet company | [38] |
Harry Glickman | B.A. | 1948 | Founder and president emeritus of Portland Trail Blazers | [39] |
Jill Hazelbaker | B.S. | 2003 | Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Communications at Uber | [40] |
Renée James | B.A. M.B.A. |
1986 1992 |
Former president of Intel Corporation | [41] |
Michael Jones | B.S. | 1997 |
Former CEO of MySpace | [42] |
Jack Joyce | 1964 | Co-founder of Rogue Ales | [43] | |
Patrick Kilkenny | attended | Former Athletic Director of the University of Oregon, Chairman emeritus and former CEO of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency | [44] | |
Phil Knight | B.B.A | 1959 | Co-founder, chairman, and former CEO of Nike, Inc. | [45] |
Charles Lillis | Ph.D. | 1972 | Founder, retired president, chairman and CEO of MediaOne | [46] |
Mickey Loomis | B.S. | 1979 | General Manager for the New Orleans Saints | [47] |
Monica C. Lozano | 1974 | CEO of La Opinión and ImpreMedia, LLC | [48] | |
Miguel McKelvey | B.Arch | 1999 | Co-founder of WeWork | [49] |
Franklin Mieuli | B.A. | 1944 | Principal owner of Golden State Warriors | [50] |
Randy Papé | B.S. | 1972 | President and CEO of Papé Group; President and Chairman of Liberty Financial Group | [51] |
Robert Polet | M.B.A. | 1976 | Chairman and CEO of Gucci | [52] |
Steven A. Raymund | B.S. | 1978 | Chairman and former CEO of Tech Data | [53] |
James Rippey | B.S. | 1953 | Co-founder and CEO of Columbia Management, established Oregon's first mutual fund | [54] |
Bill Trinen | B.A. | 1994 | Director of Product Marketing of Nintendo of America | [55] |
Kurt Widmer | B.A. | 1978 | Co-founder and President of Widmer Brothers Brewing Company | [56] |
Lila Bell Wallace | B.A. | 1917 | Co-founder of Reader's Digest | [57] |
Dan Wieden | B.S. | 1967 | Co-founder of advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy | [58] |
Larry Williams | B.S. | 1964 | Stock trader, author of How to Prosper in the Coming Good Years | [59] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Greg Behrendt | B.A. | 1991 | Stand-up comedian; former consultant for Sex and the City; author of He's Just Not That Into You and It's Called a Breakup Because it's Broken | [60][61] |
Chris Bliss | attended | Stand-up comedian and juggler | [62] | |
Edgar Buchanan | attended | Actor (Petticoat Junction) | [63] | |
Allan Burns | 1957 | Emmy Award-winning producer (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Munsters) and screenwriter (The Bullwinkle Show, A Little Romance) | [64] | |
Ty Burrell | attended | Emmy Award-winning Actor (Modern Family) | [65] | |
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 | [66] |
Terence Chang | 1973 | Movie producer (Face/Off, Broken Arrow) | [67] | |
John Clem Clarke | B.F.A. | 1960 | Painter and graphic artist based in New York City | [68] |
Pam Coats | M.F.A. | 1984 | Producer (Mulan) | [69] |
Sam Elliott | attended | 1962-63 | Actor (The Big Lebowski, Road House) | [70] |
Larry Ferguson | B.S. | 1964 | Writer, producer, and actor (Beverly Hills Cop II, The Hunt for Red October) | [71][72] |
Dennis Gassner | B.S. | 1970 | Academy Award-winning set designer (Bugsy, Waterworld, The Truman Show, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) | [73] |
Howard Hesseman | attended | Actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, About Schmidt) | [74] | |
Richard R. Hoover | B.F.A | 1980 | Academy Award Winning visual effects artist (Blade Runner 2049) | [75] |
Joe Hutshing | B.A. | 1980 | Academy Award-winning editor (JFK, Born on the Fourth of July) | [76] |
James Ivory | B.F.A. | 1951 | Academy Award-winning writer (Call Me by Your Name); Director (A Room with a View, Howards End); co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions | [77] |
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 | [78] |
Ben Masters | B.S. | 1969 | Actor, Julian Crane on the NBC soap opera Passions | [79] |
Marissa Neitling | B.S. | 2007 | Actress, (The Last Ship, San Andreas) | [80] |
Kaitlin Olson | B.S. | 1997 | Actress, Sweet Dee on the FX TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | [81] |
James Read | B.S. | 1976 | Actor, George Hazard on the ABC miniseries North and South, Beaches, Eight Men Out, Charmed, Wildfire | [citation needed] |
Heidi Schreck | B.A. | 2009 | Author and Actor, What the Constitution Means to Me | [82] |
Don Simpson | B.S. | 1967 | Producer (Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Bad Boys, Crimson Tide, The Rock) | [83] |
David Ogden Stiers | attended | Actor (M*A*S*H) | [84] | |
Eric A. Stillwell | B.S. | 1985 | Star Trek writer | [85] |
Bergen Swanson | 1996 | Executive Producer (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Wild) Producer (Stoker and Shame) | [75] | |
Jake Swantko | 2011 | Director of photography (Icarus) | [75] | |
Rob Urbinati | Ph.D. | 1994 | Playwright, stage director | [86] |
Jeffrey M. Werner | B.A. | 1993 | Film editor (The Kids Are All Right, Prom) | [87] |
Jeff Whitty | B.A. | 1993 | 2004 Tony Award winner for the musical Avenue Q | [88] |
Daniel Wu | B.Arch | 1997 | Hong Kong movie star (New Police Story) | [89] |
Bryce Zabel | B.A. | 1976 | Television producer, director, and writer | [90] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Paula Gunn Allen | B.A. M.F.A. |
1966 1968 |
Native American poet, novelist | [91] |
Olga Broumas | M.A. | 1973 | Poet | [92] |
Eugene Gloria | M.F.A. | 1992 | Poet | [93] |
Ernest Haycox | B.A. | 1923 | Writer of Western fiction; his story "Stage to Lordsburg" was made into the 1939 movie Stagecoach | [94] |
George Hitchcock | B.A. | 1935 | Poet and publisher of the literary journal Kayak | [95] |
Ken Kesey | B.S. | 1957 | Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion | [96] |
Chang-Rae Lee | M.F.A. | 1993 | Novelist, Native Speaker; director of Princeton University's Creative Writing program | [97] |
Chuck Palahniuk | B.A. | 1986 | Author of Fight Club, Choke, and Lullaby | [98] |
David Reiter | B.A. | Author and poet: 1994 Queensland Premier's Poetry Award, The Cave After Saltwater Tide – winner, 2012 Western Australian Premier's Award, My Planets Reunion Memoir – winner, 2013 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book for Teens and Kids, Bringing Down the Wall – winner | [99][100] | |
William L. Sullivan | M.A. | 1979 | Author of outdoor guide books | [101] |
Brian Turner | M.F.A. | 1996 | Poet | [102] |
Sophus Keith Winther | B.S. M.A. |
1918 1919 |
Professor and novelist | [103] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Jon Appleton | M.A. | 1965 | Composer, author, and former professor of music at Dartmouth College | [104] |
Anthony Brown | B.S. | 1975 | Jazz musician | [105] |
Dave Depper | B.S. | 2002 | Guitarist and keyboardist for Death Cab for Cutie | [106] |
Tom Grant | M.Ed. | 1971 | Jazz pianist | [107] |
Trey Gunn | B.Mus. | 1986 | Bass player for King Crimson | [108] |
Peter Hollens | B.Mus. | 2005 | Singer and producer | [109] |
Bill Homans | B.A. | 1987 | Blues musician | [110] |
Daniel Levitin | M.S. Ph.D. |
1993 1996 |
Musician; cognitive scientist; sound designer for Chris Isaak and Joe Satriani | [111] |
Colin Meloy | attended[b] | Author, lead singer of The Decemberists | [112] | |
Glen Moore | B.S. | 1963 | Composer; founding member and bassist of Oregon | [113] |
Jerold Ottley | D.M.A. | 1972 | Retired director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | [114] |
Steve Perry | B.S. | 2004 | Lead singer of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies | [115] |
Dan Siegel | B.S. | 1976 | Composer, record producer | [116] |
Ralph Towner | B.Mus. | 1963 | Composer; founding member of Oregon | [113] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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James Cuno | M.A. | 1978 | Art historian and museum director | [117] |
Gordon Gilkey | M.F.A. | 1936 | Art preservationist and promoter, awarded the Meritorious Service Medal | [118] |
LaVerne Krause | B.A. | 1946 | Painter and printmaker | [119] |
Suzie Liles | M.F.A. | 2006 | Master weaver, owner of Eugene Textile Center and Glimakra USA | [120] |
Susan Lowdermilk | M.F.A. | 1991 | Artist and Printmaker | [121] |
Eric Norstad | M.F.A. | 1957 | Architect, ceramist, sculptor | [122] |
Joe Sacco | B.A. | 1981 | Comic artist and journalist | [123] |
Heidi Schwegler | M.F.A. | Artist | [124] | |
Charles Stokes | M.F.A. | 1968 | Painter and sculptor | [125] |
Ron Wigginton | M.F.A. | 1968 | Painter, sculptor and landscape architect | [126] |
Russel Wong | B.S. | 1984 | Photographer | [127] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Byron Acohido | B.S. | 1977 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1997 Seattle Times) | [128] |
Rick Attig | B.S. | 1983 | Pulitzer Prize winner (2001 Oregonian, 2006 Oregonian with Doug Bates) | [129] |
Doug Bates | 1968 | Pulitzer Prize winner (2006 Oregonian with Rick Attig) | [129] | |
Abe Deffenbaugh | B.S. | 1994 | Former publisher for the National Rifle Association; author of outdoor-related magazine articles | [130] |
Ann Curry | B.A. | 1978 | The Today Show anchor; co-host of Dateline NBC | [131] |
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) | [132] |
Neil Everett | 1984 | ESPNEWS and SportsCenter anchor | [133] | |
Lisa Verch Fletcher | B.S. | 1990 | Broadcast journalist for WJLA-TV, the ABC-affiliated television station in Washington, D.C. | [134] |
Thomas Hager | M.A. | Journalist | [135] | |
John Hockenberry | 1981 | Journalist; four-time Emmy Award winner; three-time Peabody Award winner | [136] | |
Mike Lamond | attended | StarCraft II professional commentator and player | [137] | |
Lars Larson | attended | 1977-1979 | Syndicated radio talk show host, political pundit (KEX (AM), FOX News) | [138] |
Nancy Loo | B.S. | 1986 | Broadcast journalist for WGN America | [139] |
John Markoff | M.S. | 1975 | Journalist | [140] |
Kevin McCarey | M.A. | 1980 | Emmy Award-winning filmmaker for National Geographic Television; author (Islands Under Fire) | [141] |
Win McCormack | M.F.A. | Owner of The New Republic. Co-founder of Mother Jones. Editor-in-chief of Tin House Magazine. | [142] | |
Ted Natt | 1963 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1981 Longview Daily News with staff) | [132] | |
Robert Porterfield | 1967 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1980 The Boston Globe) | [132] | |
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 | [143] |
Karen Stallwood | B.A. | 1986 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1994 Dallas Morning News with staff) | [132] |
Alex Tizon | B.S. | 1994 | Pulitzer Prize winner (1997 Seattle Times with Eric Nalder and Deborah Nelson) | [144] |
Brent Walth | B.S. | 1984 | Pulitzer Prize winner (2001 Oregonian with Julia Sullivan-Springhetti, Kim Christensen, and Richard Read) | [132] |
Mark Zusman | M.S. | 1978 | Journalist; editor; winner of Gerald Loeb Award; was editor of the Willamette Week one of his reporters made it the only weekly to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (2005, Nigel Jaquiss) | [145] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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LaWanda Cox | B.A. | 1931 | Historian, Hunter College | [146] |
Dennis Jenkins | Ph.D. | 1991 | Archaeologist | [147] |
Huping Ling | M.A. | 1987 | History professor at Truman State University, award-winning author | [148] |
Fredrik Logevall | M.A.
|
1989
|
Historian, Pulitzer Prize winner | |
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky | B.A. | 1942 | Professor emeritus of European History at University of California, Berkeley | [150] |
W. Sherman Savage | M.A. | 1926 | History professor at Lincoln University in Missouri; first African American to graduate from the University of Oregon | [151] |
Brian Swimme | Ph.D. | 1978 | Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies | |
Angela Yang | M.L.S. | Former president of Chinese American Librarians Association from 1992 to 1993, multicultural services and outreach services librarian | [153] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Hilda Heine | B.A. | 1974 | President of the Marshall Islands | [169] |
Dinesh Gunawardena | B.B.A | 1972 | Prime minister of Sri Lanka | [170] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Victor G. Atiyeh | attended | Former Governor of Oregon | [171] | |
Neil Goldschmidt | B.A. | 1963 | Former Governor of Oregon and mayor of Portland, Oregon | [171] |
Robert D. Holmes | 1932 | Former Governor of Oregon | [171] | |
Leonard B. Jordan | B.A. | 1923 | Former Governor of Idaho and former US Senator | [172] |
John Kitzhaber | M.D. | 1973 | Former Governor of Oregon | [171] |
Tina Kotek | B.S. | 1990 | Governor of Oregon | [173] |
Tom McCall | B.S. | 1936 | Former Governor of Oregon; television reporter and commentator for KGW and KATU in Portland | [171] |
Julius L. Meier | LL.B | 1895 | Former Governor of Oregon | [171] |
Paul L. Patterson | B.A. J.D. |
1923 1926 |
Former Governor of Oregon; President of the Oregon State Senate | [171] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Sam Adams | B.A. | 2002 | Former Mayor of Portland, Oregon | [196][197] |
Ryan Coonerty | 1996 | Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, California | [198] | |
Marko Dapcevich | 1991 | Mayor of Sitka, Alaska | [199] | |
Ivor Dent | Ph.D. | 1962 | Former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | [200] |
Tom Hughes | B.S. | 1965 | Former mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon | [201] |
John Ssebaana Kizito | M.A. | 1962 | Mayor of Kampala, Uganda | [202] |
Alan Lowe | M.Arch | 1985 | Former Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia | [203] |
Connie McCready | 1943 | Former mayor of Portland, Oregon | [204] | |
Charles Royer | B.S. | 1966 | Former mayor of Seattle, Washington | [205] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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George Edward Glass | B.S. | 1980 | U.S. Ambassador to Portugal | [206] |
Carol Hallett | 1959 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas | [207] | |
Yosuke Matsuoka | LL.B | 1900 | International war criminal and influential Japanese Foreign Minister during World War II | [208] |
Terence McCulley | B.A. | 1979 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Cote d'Ivorie, Nigeria, and Republic of Mali | [209] |
Michael Retzer | B.A. | 1968 | U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania | [210] |
Victor L. Tomseth | B.A. | 1963 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic | [211] |
Witold Waszczykowski | M.A. | 1991 | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Polish Ambassador to Iran | [212] |
Kent Wiedemann | M.A. | 1973 | Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia | [213] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Aisha al-Mana | B.S. | 1970 | Women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia | [23] |
Peter Buxtun | B.A. | 1959 | Whistleblower responsible for ending the unethical Tuskegee syphilis experiment | [23] |
Mabel Byrd | attended | Civil Rights activist | [23] | |
Donald Hodel | J.D. | 1960 | Former Secretary of Energy and former Secretary of the Interior for the Reagan administration | [214] |
Richard James Kerr | B.A. | 1959 | Former Acting Director of the CIA, 1 September–6 November 1991. Former Deputy Director of the CIA 20 March 1989 – 2 March 1992. | [215] |
Hardy Myers | LL.B. | 1964 | Former Attorney General of Oregon | [216] |
Theodora Nathan | B.A. | 1971 | First woman to have received an electoral vote in a US presidential election; one of the founders of the Libertarian Party | [217] |
Steve Novick | B.A. | 1981 | City of Portland Commissioner | [218] |
Nguyen Thien Nhan | M.P.A. | 1995 | Current Party Secretary (de facto leader) of Ho Chi Minh City. Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education. | [219][220] |
Ellen Rosenblum | B.S. J.D. |
1971 1975 |
Attorney General of Oregon | [221] |
Betty Gram Swing | attended | Women's Suffrage activist | [23] | |
Susan Sygall | B.S. | 1947 | Disability rights activist | [23] |
Robert Y. Thornton | Postdoc | 1995 | Former Attorney General of Oregon | [222] |
Minoru Yasui | B.A. LL.B. |
1937 1939 |
Activist against discriminatory laws against Japanese Americans during World War II | [223] |
Ryan Zinke | B.S. | 1984 | 52nd United States Secretary of the Interior, serving in the Trump administration. U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2015 until 2017. | [224] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Amir Aczel | Ph.D. | 1982 | Author of science and mathematics | [225] |
Raymond Delacy Adams | Bachelors | 1933 | Neurologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | [226] |
Geoffrey R. Ball | B.S. | 1987 | Physiologist; co-founder of Symphonix Devices Inc., which pioneered the development of middle ear implants | [227] |
David M. Beazley | M.S. | 1993 | Computer scientist, Python developer, and author | [228] |
Kent Beck | B.S., M.S. | 1987 | Software engineer, creator of the Extreme Programming and Test Driven Development software development methodologies, also named agile software development | [229] |
Pamela J. Bjorkman | B.A. | 1971 | Biochemist; pioneer in x-ray crystallography; Max Delbruck Professor of Biology at California Institute of Technology | [230] |
Richard Gordon | Ph.D. | 1967 | Theoretical biologist; pioneer in image processing; Professor of Radiology at University of Manitoba | [231] |
Walter Houser Brattain | M.A. | 1926 | Co-winner of 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics, co-inventor of the transistor | [232] |
Clifford E. Brubaker | Ph.D. | 1968 | Founding member and former president of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America | [233] |
Anthony W. Case | B.S. | 2004 | Developed devices to measure the solar wind used on the Parker Solar Probe and other unmanned spacecraft | [234] |
Robert S. Cunningham | M.S. Ph.D. |
1969 | Professor emeritus of computer science at CSU Stanislaus | [235] |
Stanislas Dehaene | Postdoc | Neuroscientist in numerical cognition | [236] | |
Ann E. Elsner | Ph.D. | 1977 | Researcher and Distinguished Professor of Optometry, Indiana University Bloomington | [237] |
Anne Fernald | PhD | 1982 | Psychologist at Stanford University | [238] |
N. Gregory Hamilton | B.A. | 1971 | Psychiatrist and proponent of assisted suicide | [239] |
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 | [240] |
Anthony Leiserowitz | M.S. Ph.D. |
Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication | [241] | |
Daniel Levitin | M.S. Ph.D. |
1993 1996 |
Cognitive scientist | [242] |
Esther Pohl Lovejoy | M.D. | 1894 | Early female physician; women's suffrage activist | [243] |
William Murphy | B.A. | 1914 | Co-winner of 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | [244] |
PZ Myers | Ph.D. | 1985 | Biologist and noted science blogger | [245] |
Harry F. Noller | Ph.D. | 1985 | Biochemist; director of the UC Santa Cruz's Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA; made significant contributions to our understanding of the ribosome; member of the National Academy of Sciences | [246] |
Michael Posner | Postdoc | 1985 | Neuroscientist | [247] |
Loren Pankratz | Ph.D. | 1968 | Psychologist, former professor at Oregon Health Sciences University | [248] |
Vladimir Rojansky | M.A. | 1925 | Physicist, known for work on antimatter | [249] |
Raemer Schreiber | M.A. | 1932 | Physicist, known for work on Manhattan Project | |
Joseph Takahashi | Ph.D. | 1981 | Discovered the CLOCK gene | [250] |
Robert Wah | B.S. | 1979 | President of the American Medical Association, 2014–15 | [251] |
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock | B.A. | Software engineer and consultant; founder of the information technology consulting firm Wirfs-Brock Associates; inventor of Responsibility-Driven Design | [252] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Greg Ballard | B.S. | 1977 | Former NBA forward | |
Jim Barnett | B.S. | 1966 | Former NBA guard-forward | |
Jordan Bell | attended | NBA forward for the Golden State Warriors | ||
Terrell Brandon | 1991 | Former NBA guard | ||
Aaron Brooks | B.S. | 2007 | NBA guard for the Phoenix Suns | |
Dillon Brooks | attended | NBA swingman for the Memphis Grizzlies | ||
Mark Few | B.S. | 1987 | Current head basketball coach at Gonzaga University | |
Lauren Gale | 1939 | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member | ||
Ruthy Hebard | WNBA forward for the Chicago Sky; first-round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. Two-time recipient (2018, 2020) of the Katrina McClain Award as the top power forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball. | |||
Howard Hobson | B.S. | 1926 | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member; former basketball Head Coach for the Oregon Ducks and Yale Bulldogs | |
Sabrina Ionescu | B.A. M.A. |
2019 2020 |
Current WNBA player with the New York Liberty; top pick in the 2020 WNBA draft; recipient of multiple NCAA Division I national player of the year awards in 2019 and 2020 | [253][254][255] |
Luke Jackson | B.S. | 2004 | Former NBA forward with the Portland Trail Blazers | |
Stu Jackson | 1980 | Former NBA head coach, current NBA executive | ||
Tom Jernstedt | B.S. M.S. |
1964 1973 |
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member; architect of March Madness | [256] |
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. Also notable as father of current NBA forward Kevin Love and younger brother of Beach Boys founding member Mike Love. | ||
Blair Rasmussen | B.S. | 1985 | Former NBA center | |
Luke Ridnour | attended | NBA Point Guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves | ||
Satou Sabally | B.A. | 2020 | WNBA forward for the Dallas Wings; chosen second (behind Ionescu) in the 2020 WNBA draft. 2020 recipient of the Cheryl Miller Award as the top small forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball. | [257] |
Zollie Volchok | 1939 | Former general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics; winner of the 1983 NBA Executive of the Year Award | [258] |
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Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Keshia Baker | 2010 | 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay | ||
Mike Boit | Ph.D. | 1986 | 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 800m | [264] |
Bill Bowerman[a] | B.S. M.Ed. |
1934 1953 |
Former track and field head coach for the Oregon Ducks | [30] |
Doug Clement | B.Sc. | 1955 | Canadian sprinter and proponent of fitness and sports medicine | [265] |
Joaquim Cruz | attended | 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist; 1988 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 800m | [264] | |
Otis Davis | B.S. | 1960 | 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 400m and 4x400 relay | [264] |
Mary Decker | 1980 | Record setting long distance runner | [264] | |
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 | [264] |
Ashton Eaton | B.A. | 2010 | World record holder in the decathlon with 9045 points in 2015 and the heptathlon with 6499 points in 2010, 6568 points in 2011 and 6645 points in 2012; 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the decathlon | [266] |
Ken Flax | B.S. | 1986 | Two-time Olympian, record-setting hammer thrower | [264] |
Martin Hawkins | LL.B | 1913 | 1912 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 100m hurdles | [264] |
Ralph Hill | B.S. | 1931 | 1932 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 5000m | [264] |
Cyrus Hostetler | B.S. | 2010 | Javelin thrower at the 2012 Summer Olympics | [267] |
Harry Jerome | M.S. |
1963 1968 |
1964 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 100m, world record holder | [264] |
Daniel Kelly | 1908 | 1908 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the long jump | [268] | |
Steve Prefontaine | B.S. | 1974 | Record setting long distance runner, Olympian | [264] |
Mack Robinson | attended | 1941 | 1936 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 200m | [264] |
Galen Rupp | B.A. | 2009 | 2012 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 10,000 meters; inaugural winner of the Bowerman Award[a] | [269] |
Alberto Salazar | B.A. | 1981 | Marathon runner and coach | |
Brianne Theisen-Eaton | B.S. | 2012 | Canadian record holder in the heptathlon with 6808 points in 2015 and the indoor pentathlon with 4881 points in 2016; 2016 World Indoor Track and Field Championships gold medalist in the pentathlon; 2016 Summer Olympics Bronze medalist in the heptathlon | [270][271][272] |
Mac Wilkins | B.S. | 1973 | World record holder in the discus throw; 1976 Summer Olympics gold medalist; 1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the discus throw | [264] |
Name | Degree(s) | Year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Tyler Anderson | 2011 | Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners | ||
Earl Averill | B.S. | 1953 | Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder for the Cleveland Indians | [273] |
Ann Bancroft | B.S. | 1981 | First woman to reach the North Pole on foot and by dogsled | |
Martenne Bettendorf | B.A. | 2016 | Volleyball player | |
Wyndham Clark | Golfer, winner of the 2023 U.S. Open | [274] | ||
Garrett Cleavinger | Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
Ben Crane | B.S. | 1999 | Professional golfer | |
Clare Drake | attended | 1968 | Ice Hockey Coach and Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame | [275] |
Evan Dunham | B.S. | 2004 | NCAA wrestler, retired professional MMA fighter for the UFC's Lightweight Division | [276][277] |
Peter Foley (snowboarding) | former snowboarding coach; suspended for 10 years for sexual misconduct | |||
Greg Gibson | 1978 | 1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist in wrestling | [278] | |
Joe Gordon | B.S. | 1939 | Baseball Hall of Famer second baseman with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians | [273] |
Bob Hindmarch | M.S. Ph.D. |
1959 1962 |
Director of physical education at the University of British Columbia, inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, member of the Order of Canada | [279] |
Peter Jacobsen | 1977 | Professional golfer | ||
Dave Jansen | attended | NCAA collegiate wrestler; professional MMA fighter formerly with the WEC and Bellator | [280] | |
Yohanan Moyal | Israeli Olympic gymnast | |||
Jake Reed | Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
Dave Roberts | 1971 | MLB first overall draft pick in 1972 by the San Diego Padres | [273] | |
Tom Shaw | 1962 | Professional golfer | ||
Jimmie Sherfy | Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
Chael Sonnen | B.S. | 2001 | NCAA All-American and U.S. Olympic team alternate wrestler, Retired professional mixed martial artist, former UFC, Bellator MMA Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight title challenger | [281][282] |
Robert Steadward | Ph.D. | Founder of the International Paralympic Committee | [283][284] | |
Paul Sunderland | attended | 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in men's volleyball | [285] | |
Zack Test | Rugby union player | |||
Carolyn Wood | B.A. | 1967 | 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in swimming | |
Gary Wiren | Ph.D. | Golfer and golf instructor |
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Published in The Oregonian from Oct. 10 to Oct. 14, 2018