List of University of Washington people

This page lists notable students, alumni and faculty members of theUniversity of Washington.

Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

• Linda B. Buck(B.S. 1975) –Physiology and Medicine,2004
• Jeffrey C. Hall(Ph.D. 1971) – Physiology and Medicine, 2017
• George H. Hitchings(1927, 1928) – Physiology and Medicine, 1988
• Martin Rodbell(Ph.D. 1954) – Physiology and Medicine, 1994
• George J. Stigler(B.A. 1931) – Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1982
• David J. Wineland(post-doc, 1973) – Physics, 2012

Academic administration and teaching

• JP Anderson – assistant professor of Race and Public Law in America atSan Diego State University,musician of the BandRabbit Junk
• Lloyd Barber– PresidentEmeritus;former president and former vice chancellor of theUniversity of Regina
• H. Kim Bottomly– former president ofWellesley College
• Paul Brass– expert on thepolitics of India
• Jonathan Bricker- clinical psychologist, academic, and scientist
• Ron Chew– museum professional
• Geraldine Dawson(PhD 1979) – Professor of Psychiatry,University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;chief science officer, Autism Speaks
• William C. Dement(1951) – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences atStanford University School of Medicine;Division Chief of the Stanford University Division of Sleep; founding president of the American Sleep Disorders Association, now theAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Mark Emmert(1975) – former president of the University of Washington; current president of theNCAA
• Elaine Tuttle Hansen– former president ofBates CollegeinLewiston, Maine
• Yehuda Hayuth– Israeli professor of geography, and President of theUniversity of Haifa
• Karen A. Holbrook(PhD 1972) – formerpresidentofOhio State University
• Hean Tat Keh(PhD 1998) – Professor ofMarketingatMonash University
• Elizabeth Topham Kennan– former president ofMount Holyoke College
• Michael Mackey(PhD) — Professor of Physiology andJoseph Morley DrakeChair in Physiology atMcGill University
• John G. Matsusaka– Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, Business and Law, and Political Science, at the University of Southern California
• Douglas Robinson(PhD 1983) – translation scholar, Chair Professor of English and Dean of the Arts Faculty atHong Kong Baptist University
• Kermit Ritland- ecologist and geneticist
• Anne Salomon– associate professor with the School of Resource and Environmental Management in the Faculty of Environment at Simon Fraser University
• Greg Weisenstein(BA, MA) – president ofWest Chester Universityfrom 2009 to 2016

Aeronautics and astronautics

Michael P. Anderson,NASA Astronaut and crew member of theSpace ShuttleColumbiadisaster

Scott Crossfield,test pilot

• Michael P. Anderson(1981) –NASAastronaut,crew member in theSpace ShuttleColumbiadisaster
• Michael R. Barratt(1981) – NASA astronaut andphysician
• Albert Scott Crossfield(1949, 1950) – first man to fly faster than Mach 2; assisted in the design of, and piloted, theX-15
• Suzanna Darcy-Henneman(1981) – Boeing test pilot;Boeing 777senior test pilot
• Ron Dittemore(1974, 1975) –Space Shuttleprogram manager of NASA
• Bonnie Dunbar(1971, 1975) – NASA astronaut; crew member on five Space Shuttle missions; has spent more than 1,200 hours (50 days) in space
• John M. Fabian(Ph.D. 1974) – NASA astronaut; crew member on two Space Shuttle missions
• Richard F. Gordon, Jr.(1951) – NASA astronaut, crew member ofGemini 11andApollo 12
• Robert J. Helberg(1932) – Director of theLunar Orbiter program
• Gregory C. Johnson(1977) – NASA astronaut; crew member ofSTS-125
• Stanley G. Love(1989, Ph.D. 1993) – NASA astronaut; crew member ofSTS-122;planetary scientist
• George C. Martin(1931) – former Vice President of Engineering at Boeing; project engineer on theBoeing B-47;chief project engineer of theBoeing B-52
• George "Pinky" Nelson(1974, Ph.D. 1978) – NASA astronaut; crew member on threeSpace Shuttlemissions
• Maynard Pennell(1931) – former Vice President of Product Development at Boeing; responsible for the design of theBoeing 707,Boeing 720andBoeing 727
• Joseph Sutter(1943) – chief designer of theBoeing 747
• Milton O. Thompson(1953) – NASA researchpilotselected as an astronaut for theX-20 Dyna-Soar
• Joseph John "Tym" Tymczyszyn(1948) – test pilot of America’s first commercial jet aircraft, theBoeing 707
• Dafydd Williams– Canadian astronaut and crew member of two Space Shuttle missions:STS-90in 1998, andSTS-118in August 2007

Art and architecture

Facade showing the signature style of architectMinoru Yamasaki

• Deborah Aschheim(1990) – artist
• Nancy Carman(1976) – ceramist
• F. Lennox Campello(1981) – artist and critic
• Dale Chihuly(1965) – sculptor
• Chuck Close(1962) – painter
• Alfredo Arreguín(1967) – painter
• Roger Shimomura(1961) – painter
• Dan Corson(1964) – artist
• Fredericka Foster(1972) – artist and activist
• George Nakashima(1929) – woodworker and architect
• Martin Friedman– art historian
• Steven Holl(1970) – architect and watercolorist
• Diane Katsiaficas(M.F.A. 1976) – visual artist
• Paul Kuniholm(P.B.D. 2012) – artist
• Patricia J. Lancaster(M.A. 1981) – former commissioner of theNew York City Department of Buildings
• Martina López– photographer
• John Pollini(1968) – art historian
• Norie Sato(M.F.A. 1974) – artist
• Alyson Shotz(M.F.A. 1991) – sculptor
• Victor Steinbrueck(1940) – architect and preservationist
• Paula Mary Turnbull– sculptor
• Wang Chiu-Hwa(1946) – architect
• Art Wolfe(1975) – photographer and conservationist
• Minoru Yamasaki(1934) – architect, noted for the design of theWorld Trade Center

Business and law

See also:UW Business School notable alumniandUW Law School notable alumni

• Peter Adkison(1997) – founder and formerCEOofWizards of the Coast;US publisher ofMagic: The Gathering,Dungeons & DragonsandPokémon
• Harry Arend– Justice of theAlaska Supreme Court
• William S. Ayer(1978) – President and CEO ofAlaska Airlines
• David Bonderman(1963) – investment banker; acquiredContinental Airlines;founder ofTexas Pacific Group
• Donald Bren(1956) – Chairman and sole shareholder of theIrvine Company,largestreal estate developerinCalifornia;wealthiest real estate developer in the United States and 23rd richest American ($13 billion US), according toForbes
• Andrew Brimmer(1950, 1951) – firstAfrican Americanon theFederal ReserveBoard of Governors
• Jeffrey Brotman(1964, 1967) – founder and President of Costco
• Edward Carlson– former CEO ofUnited AirlinesandWestin Hotels
• Barbara Ann Crancer(JD) – former St. Louis County (Missouri) Associate Circuit Court Judge; daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa
• Chris DeWolfe– CEO and co-founder ofMySpace
• David Estudillo(1996, JD 1999):United States district judgeof theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington
• John Fluke(1935) – founder of theFluke CorporationofEverett, Washington
• Mary Maxwell Gates(1949) – first femalechairpersonofUnited Way(1985–1987);Seattlecommunity leader;philanthropist;mother ofBill Gates
• Bill Gates Sr.(1949, JD 1950) –Seattlelawyer;philanthropist;father of Bill Gates
• Ivar Haglund(1928) – founder ofIvar'srestaurant;folk singer
• Faith Ireland(1965) – Associate Justice of theWashington Supreme Court
• Irving Kanarek– aerospace engineer; legal defendant forCharles Manson
• Lauren J. King(2004) –United States district judgeof the Western District of Washington
• Leonard H. Lavin– founder ofAlberto Culver Company,maker of Alberto VO5 andMrs. Dashproducts
• Arthur D. Levinson(1972) – Chairman of Apple Inc. (2011–present); Chairman of Genentech (1999–2014)
• Mike McGavick(1983) – former chairman and CEO ofSafeco;2006Republicannominee for theU.S. SenatefromWashington
• Salvador Mendoza Jr.(1994) –United States circuit judgeof theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Yoshihiko Miyauchi(MBA 1960) – Chairman and CEO of ORIX Corporation, the world's largest leasingconglomerate
• Raquel Montoya-Lewis(JD 1995): Washington Supreme Court Justice
• Jill Otake(JD 1998) –United States district judgeof theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii
• Donald Petersen(1946) – President ofFord Motor Company,1985–1989; credited for its turnaround
• Irv Robbins(1939) – co-founder ofBaskin & Robbins
• Steven Rogel(1965) – CEO ofWeyerhauser
• Orin C. Smith(1965) – CEO ofStarbucks,2000–2005, and president, 1994–2005
• James Sun(1999) – contestant onThe Apprentice;chairman and co-founder ofGeoPage
• Takuji Yamashita(1902) – early civil rights pioneer

Literature

Pulitzer Prize winners

• William Bolcom(1958) –Music,1988; composer and winner of threeGrammy Awardsin 2006
• Timothy Egan(1981) –Journalism,2001; journalist and author
• Ed Guthman(1941, 1944) – Journalism, 1949; journalist; formerpress secretaryforRobert F. Kennedy;professor at theUniversity of Southern California
• David Horsey(1975) –Editorial Cartooning,1999, 2003;editorial cartoonistfor theSeattle Post-Intelligencer
• Mike Luckovich(1982) – Editorial Cartooning, 1995; editorial cartoonist forThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Peter Rinearson(2005) –Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing,1984; aerospace reporter forThe Seattle Timesand later an author and software industry executive
• Marilynne Robinson(1968, 1977) –Pulitzer Prize for Fiction,2005; novelist, author ofGileadandHousekeeping
• James Wright(1954, 1959) –Poetry,1972; poet

National Book Award

• Beverly Cleary(1939) – Children's Books, Fiction, Paperback 1981
• Timothy Egan(1981) – Non-fiction 2006 forThe 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

• Ralph Angel(graduated, year not known) – poet
• Linda Bierds(1969, 1971) – poet andMacArthur Fellowshiprecipient
• Peter Blecha(1974, 1988) – historian, author, essayist
• Matt Briggs(1995) – novelist and short story writer
• Emily Compagno– attorney and television journalist
• David Eddings(1961) – author of epic fantasy novels
• P. T. Deutermann(1970) – fiction author
• Joanna Fuhrman– poet
• Tess Gallagher(1967, 1971) – poet
• David Guterson(1978, 1982) – writer of novelSnow Falling on Cedars
• Kristin Halbrook(2001) – fiction author
• Kristin Hannah(1982) – author andNew York Timesbest-seller
• Frank Herbert–science fictionwriter,Dune
• Thom Jones(1970) – short story writer
• Kitty Kelley(1964) – investigative journalist and author
• Hank Ketcham– creator of the U.S. comic stripDennis the Menace
• Ada Limón(1998) – 24thPoet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congressof the United States
• Suzanne Matson(1987) – fiction writer
• Donald E. McQuinn(circa 1951) – author of military and science fiction, retired U.S. Marine
• John Okada,author ofNo-No Boy
• John Patric(circa 1924, no degree awarded) – author of numerous books, magazine and newspaper articles, and libertarian periodicals
• Jean-Paul Pecqueur– poet
• Jerry Pournelle(1956, 1958, 1964) – science fiction author, technology journalist, and essayist
• Tom Robbins– author,Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
• Ann Rule(1953) – true crime author
• Marilyn Stablein(1981) – poet and author
• Alex Steffen– writer and editor
• John Straley(1977) – detective fiction author
• Sophus Keith Winther(Ph.D. 1927) – novelist
• Robert Zubrin(1984, 1992) – science fiction writer andMarsexploration advocate

Government, politics & diplomacy

Henry M. Jackson, United States Senator

• Brock Adams(1949) –U.S. Senator(1987–1993);U.S. Representative(1965–1977), for the state of Washington
• Fouad Ajami(1969, 1973) – Director of the Middle East Studies Program atJohns Hopkins University
• Armida Alisjahbana– Minister of Economics and Development ofIndonesia(2009–present)
• Morgan Christen(B.A., 1983) – United States federal appellate judge
• Suzan DelBene(MBA 1990) – U.S. Representative (2012-present)
• Norman D. Dicks(1963, J.D. 1968) –Democraticmember of theU.S. House of Representatives(1977–2013)
• Jennifer Dunn(transferred 1962) – US Representative (1993–2005); 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 ofNigeria(1979–1983)
• Daniel J. Evans(B.S. 1948, M.S. 1949) –Governor of Washington(1965–1977);United States Senator(1983–1989) for the state of Washington
• Tom Foley(1951, J.D. 1957) – U.S. Representative (1965–1995);Speaker of the House(1989–1995)
• Booth Gardner(B.A. 1958) – Governor (1985–1993) of the state of Washington
• Christine Gregoire(B.A. 1969, 1971) – Governor (2004–2012); former Attorney General of the state of Washington
• Michael Hardt(M.A. 1986, Ph.D. 1990) – literary theorist and political philosopher based atDuke University
• Bruce Harrell(B.A. 1980, J.D. 1984) – acting mayor of Seattle in 2017; current mayor
• Susan Hekman(M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1976) – professor of political science; director of the graduate humanities program at theUniversity of Texas at Arlington
• Jaime Herrera(B.A. 2004) – U.S. Representative (2011–2023)
• Gordon Hirabayashi(B.A. 1946, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1952) –human rightsactivist
• Jay Inslee(B.A. 1973) – Governor of Washington state
• Henry M. Jackson(J.D. 1935) – U.S. Representative (1941–1953);U.S. Senator(1953–1983) for the state of Washington; chairman of theDemocratic National Committee(1960–1961); member of the Delta Chi Fraternity
• Walter Jenny(1978) – Secretary, Oklahoma Democratic Party; 2008 presidential elector; attorney for Oklahoma; member ofTau Kappa EpsilonInternational fraternity
• Sally Jewell(1978) – formerU.S. Secretary of the Interior;former CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)
• T. K. Jones– Civil defense expert in theReagan administration
• Tina Kotek(M.A. 1998) –governor of Oregon
• Tom Lantos(B.A. 1949, M.A. 1950) – U.S. Representative for California (1981–2008); Holocaust survivor
• Wing Luke– Seattle City Council member; Washington state Assistant Attorney General
• Edwin L. MacLean– Minnesota state legislator
• Warren G. Magnuson(1926, J.D. 1929) –U.S. Senatorfor the state of Washington (1944–1981);member of the Alpha Rho chapter ofTheta Chifraternity.
• Clarence D. Martin(1906) – Governor of the state of Washington (1933–1940); namesake ofMartin StadiumatWashington State University
• Stephen McAlpine(B.A. 1972) –Lieutenant Governor of Alaska(1982–1990)
• Rob McKenna(B.A. 1985) –Washington Attorney General(2004–2012)
• Keith Harvey Miller–Governor of Alaska(1969–1970)
• Greg Nickels–Mayorof the city ofSeattle(2002–2010)
• Jeannette Rankin–U.S. Representativefor Montana (1917–1919, 1940–1943); first female member ofCongress
• Norm Rice(1972, 1974) – former mayor of the city ofSeattle
• Cathy McMorris Rodgers(2002) – U.S. Representative (2005-Present)
• Albert Rosellini(1932, 1933) –Governor of Washington(1957–1965)
• Pat Russell(born 1923) – Los Angeles City Council member, 1969–87
• Angela Rye(B.A. 2002) –CNNPolitical Commentator andNPRPolitical Analyst; Executive Director and General Counsel to theCongressional Black Caucusfor the112th United States Congress
• Adam Smith(JD, 1990) –DemocraticUS Representative fromWashington
• Lou Stewart–Washingtonstate labor leader
• Arthur R. Thompson– anticommunist cold warrior and CEO of the right-wingJohn Birch Society
• Thor C. Tollefson– U.S. Representative from Washington
• Johnson Toribiong(J.D. 1972, 1973) – currentPresident,Republic ofPalau
• John Urquhart(B.A. 1971) – currentKing County Sheriff
• Lynn Woolsey–DemocraticU.S. Representative (1993–) fromCalifornia
• J. Arthur Younger(1915) –RepublicanUS Representative from California (1952–1967)
• Paul Zellinsky(1933–2015) – Democrat and Republican member of theWashington House of Representatives
• DrEteni Longondo(MPH, 2005) Minister of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Darryl N. Johnson(B.A., 1960) – former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand (2001–2004) and Lithuania (1992–1994)
• John M. Koenig– former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus (2012–2015)
• Allan Phillip Mustard(B.A., 1978) – U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan (2014–2019); chair of theOpenStreetMap Foundation
• Robin Raphel(B.A., 1969) – former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia (1997–2000), Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs (1993–1997)

Military

Prominent officers

Monument to theAbraham Lincoln Brigadeon campus

Active duty

• Peter W. Chiarelli(1980) –four-star Generaland the Vice Chief of Staff of theUnited States Army
• Bruce W. Clingan(1977) –AdmiralUnited States Navyand Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Commander, Allied Joint Force Command, Naples

World War II

• Leslie Groves–major general,United States Army Corps of Engineers,head of theManhattan Project
• William H. HollomanIII (1924–2010),U.S. Army Air Forceofficer and combat fighter pilot with theTuskegee Airmen;U.S. Air Force's first African Americanhelicopterpilot; University of Washington professor of Black Studies
• Tatsuji Suga–lieutenant colonel,Imperial Japanese Army,commander of allprisoner-of-war(POW) andcivilian internment campsinBorneo

Other

• Frank E. Garretson– brigadier general, U.S. Marine Corps;Navy Crossrecipient
• Tracy L. Garrett– major general, first female Inspector General of theUnited States Marine Corps
• Harley D. Nygren(B.S. 1945, BSME 1947) –National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) rear admiral, first director of theNOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
• Kelly E. Taggart–National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) rear admiral, second Director of theNOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
• Ronald R. Van Stockum– brigadier general' director,Marine Corps Reserve1962–1964

Medal of Honor recipients

Pappy Boyington,pilot

• Col. (then Maj.)Gregory (Pappy) Boyington(B.S. 1934) –USMC,fighterpilotandWorld War IIace
• 1LTDeming Bronson,USA (Class of 1914)
• Lieutenant ColonelBruce P. Crandall(1951–1952) – U.S. Army helicopter pilot in theVietnam War
• Brig. Gen (then Maj.)Robert Galer(B.S. 1935) –major general,USMC,fighterpilotandWorld War IIace
• SgtJohn D. "Bud" Hawk– USA (1951, 1952)
• 2LTRobert R. Leisy– USA (Class of 1968)
• PFCWilliam K. Nakamura– USA (non-graduate due to internment atMinidokain 1942)
• Col. (then SSgt.)Archie Van Winkle– USMC (Class of 1961)

Religion

• Sanford Brown– social justice advocate, ordainedUnited Methodistminister, and executive director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle

Science and technology

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal,PhD 1982, science-fiction writer and professor ofShahjalal University of Science and Technology

• Margaret Allemang(PhD 1974) – long-standing faculty member at the University of Toronto
• James G. Anderson(1966) – professor of atmospheric chemistry at Harvard University
• Tom M. Apostol(1944, 1946) – analytic number theorist and textbook author at theCalifornia Institute of Technology
• Bill Atkinson– designer of much of the graphic subsystem for theApple Macintoshand creator ofHypercardandMacPaint
• Eric Temple Bell(1908) – mathematician and author; recipient of theBôcher Memorial Prize
• Wendy Boss(M.S. 1970) –North Carolina State University
• Derek Blake Booth(Ph.D. 1984) – professor of earth sciences
• James B. Carrell(Ph.D. 1967) – mathematician; recipient of theSteele Prize
• Daryl Chapin(1929) – physicist best known for co-inventing solar cells
• Rita R. Colwell(1961) – director of the United StatesNational Science Foundation
• Jeff Dean(Ph.D. 1996) – Google Senior Fellow; computer scientist and software engineer
• Melvin Defleur–social scientistnoted in the area ofmass communication
• Patricia Louise Dudley(Ph.D. 1957),zoologistspecializing incopepods
• Ed Felten(M.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1993) – leadingcomputer scientistin the field of security and authentication
• William Foege(1961) – former director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control
• Mark S. Ghiorso– geochemist noted for modelingmagmatic systems
• David Goodstein–physicistand former viceprovostofCaltech
• Ashutosh Chilkoti- Alan L. Kaganov Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University
• Lois Wilfred Griffiths(1921, 1923) – mathematician
• Victor Grinich– pioneer in thesemiconductorindustry; a member of the "traitorous eight"who foundedSilicon Valley
• Mohamed Hashish– inventor of the abrasivewaterjet cutter;fellow in the department of Mechanical Engineering
• Elizabeth Haswell– biologist, Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Simons Faculty Scholar at theWashington University in St. Louis
• Sharon Hillier(Ph.D.) – microbiologist and medical academic
• Harold Hotelling(B.A. 1919, M.A. 1921) – mathematical statistician; economic theorist
• Jennifer Hunter– mammologist and Director of the Hastings Natural History Reservation (B.A. 2002)
• William Hutchinson– founder of theFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Muhammad Zafar Iqbal(Ph.D. 1982) – former research scientist ofBell Communications Research(Bellcore); professor and the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering ofShahjalal University of Science and Technology;educationalist; columnist;sci-fiwriter
• Erik M. Jorgensen– geneticist andHoward Hughes Medical InstituteInvestigator at theUniversity of Utahnoted for finding more than 30 genes involved insynapticfunction inC. elegans
• Irving Kanarek– aerospace engineer; legal defendant forCharles Manson
• Gary Kildall– inventor of theCP/Moperating system
• Shoshichi Kobayashi(1956) – former chairman of the Berkeley Mathematics Department; recipient of theGeometry prize
• Tessa Lau(PhD, 2001) – computer scientist, roboticist, and entrepreneur
• Zelma Maine-Jackson– American hydrogeologist
• Victor Mills(1926) – inventor of disposablediapers
• Virginia Minnich(1938–1984) – professor of medicine; discoveredhemoglobin Eand elucidated theglutathionesynthesis pathway
• Horace Yomishi Mochizuki(Ph.D. 1963) – mathematician specializing ingroup theory
• Alfred M. Moen– inventor of the single-handed mi xing faucet; founder ofMoen Incorporated
• PZ Myers(B.S. 1979) – biologist and science blogger
• Lina Nilsson(M.S.) – biomedical engineer andTekla Labscofounder,MIT Technology Review35 Under 35
• Harley D. Nygren(B.S. 1945, BSME 1947) – engineer andNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) rear admiral, first Director of theNOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
• Tim Paterson(1978) – original author of theMS-DOSoperating system
• Robin Reid– environmentalist scientist and professor atColorado State University
• Howard P. Robertson(1922, 1923) – cosmologist
• Robert G. Roeder(1969) – Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor at TheRockefeller University;recipient of theAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Researchin 2003 for "pioneering studies on eukaryotic RNA polymerases and the general transcriptional machinery, which opened gene expression in animal cells to biochemical analysis"
• Michael Schick- physicist
• Waldo Semon– inventor ofvinylandsynthetic rubber
• Bell M. Shimada(B.S. 1947, M.S. 1948, Ph.D. 1956) –fisheries scientist
• Waldo R. Tobler– American-Swissgeographer and cartographer
• Ruth Todd– geologist
• Bud Tribble–vice presidentand director of software technology atApple Computer;a founder ofNeXTcomputer
• Cornelia Ulrich– Executive Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute,University of Utah School of Medicine
• Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh– plant sciences professor
• Bob Wallace– inventor of the term "shareware;"creator of the word processing programPC-Write;founder of the software company Quicksoft
• Esther Wilkins– dental pioneer, founder of UW's Dental Hygiene Program and author ofClinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist,the first comprehensive text on dental hygiene
• Ted Woolsey– video game translator forSquareduring theSNESera
• William Ka Ming Lau– senior scientist at theUniversity of Maryland,former Deputy Director for Science,NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterEarth Science Division, discovered the aerosol-monsoon regional feedback mechanism, i.e. the Elevated Heat Pump (EHP) effect

Social science and humanities

• Mable E. Buland Campbell(B.A., 1904 and M.A., 1908) professor of English atUniversity of Puget Sound
• Robert A. Dahl(B.A., 1936) – longtime professor of political science atYale University
• Ukshin Hoti– professor of international law and philosophy at theUniversity of Pristina
• Dale Kinkade(1955, 1957) – linguist, specialist onSalishan languages
• Antxon Olarrea– professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona
• Deborah Parker(B.A., 1999) – American Ethnic Studies and sociology,formertrusteefor the University of Washington'sFriends of the Educational Opportunity Programboard
• Irene Reed(degree in 1961), anthropologist and linguist, specialist on the Yupik languages
• Kent R. Weeks(1963, 1966) –Egyptologist

Sports

Olympic medal winners

• Gold medal,men's rowing, 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
  • Gordon Adam
  • Charles Day
  • Don Hume
  • George Hunt
  • Jim McMillin
  • Robert Moch(cox)
  • H. Roger Morris
  • Joe Rantz
  • John White
• Gold medal,men's rowing, 1948 London Olympic Games
  • Gordy Giovanelli
  • Bob Martin
  • Allen Morgan
  • Warren Westlund
  • Bob Will
• David Calder(silver medal, rowing, Canada, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games)
• Will Crothers(silver medal, rowing, Canada, 2012 London Olympic Games)
• Anna Cummins(gold medal, rowing, 2008 Beijing, silver medal, 2004 Athens Olympic Games)
• Rob Gibson(silver medal, rowing, Canada, 2012 London Olympic Games)
• Pan Cheng-tsung(bronze medal, golf, 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games)
• Adrienne Martelli(bronze medal, rowing, 2012 London Olympic Games)
• Conlin McCabe(silver medal, rowing, Canada, 2012 London Olympic Games)
• Hope Solo(women's soccer; gold medals, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London)
• Mary Whipple(gold medal, rowing, 2012 London, 2008 Beijing; silver medal, 2004 Athens Olympic Games)

Baseball

• Mike Blowers– formerMajor League Baseballplayer
• Fred Hutchinson–baseballplayer and manager and namesake of theFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Jake Lamb– third baseman for Arizona Diamondbacks, 2017 All-Star
• Brent Lillibridge– MLB infielder forChicago Cubs
• Tim Lincecum– 2008, 2009 and 2010 All-Star and two-time NLCy Young Awardrecipient
• Kevin Stocker– shortstop for Phillies, D-Rays and Angels, 1993–2000
• Sammy White– former MLB catcher, 1953 All-Star
• Sean White– 2007, 2009, 2010 MLB pitcher forSeattle Mariners

Basketball

Nate Robinson

• Jon Brockman– drafted in the second round of the2009 NBA draftby the Sacramento Kings
• Marquese Chriss– NBA player for thePhoenix Suns
• Justin Dentmon– professional basketball player, 2010top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Dan Dickau– attended 1997-1999; transferred to Gonzaga in 2000; drafted 1st round, 28th overall by the Sacramento Kings in 2002 NBA Draft; played professionally 2002–2010
• James Edwards– formerNBAplayer
• C. J. Elleby(born 2000) – basketball player in theIsraeli Basketball Premier League
• Markelle Fultz– #1 pick in the2017 NBA draft,NBA player for theOrlando Magic
• Abdul Gaddy(born 1992) – player in theIsraeli Basketball Premier League
• Spencer Hawes– drafted in the first round of the2007 NBA draftby the Sacramento Kings, currently plays for theSouth Bay Lakers
• Steve Hawes– attended 1969–1972; drafted 2nd round, 24th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1972 NBA Draft; played professionally 1972–1985
• Justin Holiday– undrafted in 2011; currently plays for theNew York Knicks
• Bob Houbregs(1959) – first Washington alumnus in theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame;third overall pick in the 1953NBA draft;member of Univ. of Washington 1953 final four team.
• Todd MacCulloch– former NBA player for thePhiladelphia 76ersandNew Jersey Nets
• Dejounte Murray– NBA player for theSan Antonio Spurs
• Louie Nelson– former NBA player
• Kelsey Plum– guard who completed her Washington women's career in 2017; all-time leading point scorer in NCAA Division I women's basketball, andselected #1in the2017 W NBA draftby theSan Antonio Stars
• Quincy Pondexter– drafted 26th overall in the2010 NBA draft;currently plays for theSan Antonio Spurs
• Eldridge Recasner–NBAthree-time All-Pac-10 Conference guard, and former Continental and NBA player
• Nate Robinson– NBA guard picked 21st overall of2005 NBA draftby theNew York Knicks;winner of 2006, 2009, and 2010 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Competitions
• Lorenzo Romar– former head coach of the University of Washingtonbasketballteam
• Terrence Ross– drafted 8th overall in the2012 NBA draftby theToronto Raptors;currently plays for theOrlando Magic
• Brandon Roy– second-highest NBA -drafted Washington basketball player in school history (6th in the2006 NBA draft) and the 2006–07NBA Rookie of the Year;currently a basketball coach forGarfield High School
• Mark Sanford– first underclassman to enter the NBA draft from the University of Washington; second round pick of the Miami Heat of the1997 NBA draft
• Detlef Schrempf– German-born formerNBAstar
• Tre Simmons– basketball player
• Isaiah Thomas– drafted in the2011 NBA draftby theSacramento Kings;currently plays for theWashington Wizards;two-time NBA All-Star
• Rod Thorn– former NBA player, former president and general manager of the NBA 's New Jersey Nets,and 2018 inductee at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Christian Welp– attended 1983–1987; drafted 1st round, 16th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1987 NBA Draft; played professionally 1987–1999
• Tony Wroten Jr.– drafted 25th overall in the2012 NBA draftby theMemphis Grizzlies
• Phil Zevenbergen– attended 1985-1987; drafted 3rd round, 50th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in 1987 NBA Draft; played professionally 1987–1999

Football

Warren Moon,Hall of FameNFLQuarterback

• Victor Aiyewa– NFLlinebackerfor theGreen Bay Packers
• Vince Albritton– former NFLsafetyfor theDallas Cowboys
• Khalif Barnes–NFLoffensive tacklefor theOakland Raiders
• Eric Bjornson– former NFLtight endfor theDallas Cowboys
• Bern Brostek– NFLoffensive linemanfor theLos Angeles Rams
• Dennis Brown– formerdefensive endfor theSan Francisco 49ersof theNFL;played in and wonSuper Bowl XXIX
• Mark Bruener–NFLtight end for theHouston Texans
• Mark Brunell(1993) – NFLquarterbackfor theWashington Redskins
• Donald Butler– NFLlinebackerfor theSan Diego Chargers
• Chuck Carroll– elected to theCollege Football Hall of FameandNational Football Foundation Hall of Fame
• Chris Chandler– former NFLquarterback
• Ernie Conwell–NFLtight end for theNew Orleans Saints
• Marquis Cooper– NFLlinebackerfor theTampa Bay Buccaneers
• Don Coryell(1950, 1951) – former NFL head coach for theSan Diego Chargersand introduced theI formationto the NFL
• Darrell Daniels– NFLtight endfor theIndianapolis Colts
• Stanley Daniels– NFLoffensive linemanfor theDenver Broncos
• Corey Dillon– NFLrunning backfor theCincinnati BengalsandNew England Patriots
• Steve Emtman– former NFLdefensive linemanand the first pick in the 1992NFL draft
• D'Marco Farr– former NFL defensive lineman and current television personality
• George Fleming– former NFLplacekickerfor theOakland Raiders,first African-American to be elected to the Washington State Senate
• Lee Folkins– formerPro BowlNFL tight end for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys
• Mason Foster– NFLlinebackerfor the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Ray Frankowski– former NFLguardfor the Green Bay Packers
• Nesby Glasgow– formersafetywho played 14 seasons in theNational Football League
• Kevin Gogan– former NFLoffensive linemanfor theDallas Cowboysand the Oakland Raiders
• Dashon Goldson– NFL Pro-Bowl safety for theSan Francisco 49ers
• Don Heinrich– former NFLquarterbackfor theNew York Giants
• Billy Joe Hobert– NFL quarterback
• Dave Hoffmann– NFLlinebackerfor thePittsburgh Steelers
• Brock Huard– former NFL quarterback for theSeattle Seahawks
• Damon Huard– NFL quarterback for theKansas City Chiefs
• Jeff Jaeger– former NFL Pro Bowlplacekicker
• Ernie Janet– former NFLguard
• Derrick Johnson– NFLcornerback
• Tank Johnson– NFL defensive lineman for theCincinnati Bengals
• Jim Jones– football player
• Napoleon Kaufman– former NFLrunning backfor the Oakland Raiders
• Jermaine Kearse– NFLwide receiverfor theSeattle Seahawks
• Senio Kelemete– NFLoffensive linemanfor theArizona Cardinals
• Lincoln Kennedy– former NFLoffensive linemanand three timePro Bowlparticipant
• David Kopay(1964) – former NFLrunning back
• Olin Kreutz– former NFLPro Bowlcenter for theChicago Bears
• Jake Kupp– former NFLPro Bowloffensive guardfor theDallas CowboysandNew Orleans Saints
• Greg Lewis– NFLrunning backfor theDenver Broncos
• Jake Locker– NFLquarterbackfor theTennessee Titans
• Hugh McElhenny(1952) – former NFLrunning backand member of both theCollegeandPro Football Hall of Fame
• Siupeli Malamala– former NFLoffensive tackleandoffensive guardfor theNew York Jets
• Lawyer Milloy– NFL safety for theSeattle Seahawks
• Warren Moon(1978) – formerNational Football Leaguequarterbackand member of thePro Football Hall of Fame
• Jim L. Mora– former head coach of theSeattle Seahawks
• Jim Norton– former NFL lineman
• Tony Parrish– NFL safety for theSan Francisco 49ers
• Jerome Pathon– NFLwide receiverfor theAtlanta Falcons
• Dave Pear– formerPro BowlNFLdefensive linemanfor the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders
• Steve Pelluer– former NFLquarterbackfor theDallas Cowboys
• Dante Pettis– NFL wide receiver for theSan Francisco 49ers
• Cody Pickett– NFLquarterbackfor the San Francisco 49ers
• Chris Polk– NFLrunning backfor thePhiladelphia Eagles
• Fred Provo– former NFLhalfback
• Marcel Reece– NFLfullbackfor the Oakland Raiders
• Matthew Rogers– offensive lineman for the 2001 WashingtonRose Bowlteam andAmerican Idolfinalist
• Danny Shelton– NFL nose tackle for theCleveland Browns
• Sonny Sixkiller(1971) – former NFL andCFLquarterback; cast member in the originalThe Longest Yard
• William Arley Smith– former All Pro NFL wide receiver for theChicago Cardinals
• Isaiah Stanback– former NFL wide receiver andkick returnerfor theDallas Cowboys
• Jerramy Stevens– NFLtight endfor the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Alameda Ta'amu– NFL defensive lineman for thePittsburgh Steelers
• Daniel Te'o-Nesheim– NFL defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Joe Toledo– NFLoffensive linemanfor theMiami Dolphins
• Marques Tuiasosopo– NFLquarterbackfor theNew York Jets;assistant coach for UW
• CJ Wallace– former NFLdefensive backfor theSeattle Seahawks
• Lester Towns– former NFLlinebackerfor theCarolina Panthers
• Arnie Weinmeister– former NFL lineman; member of thePro Football Hall of Fame;TeamsterBoss
• Reggie Williams– NFL wide receiver for theJacksonville Jaguars
• Al Worley– 1968 Consensus All-American defensive back, set still-standing NCAA record for interceptions in a season (14)

Soccer

Hope Solo

• Kate Deines– professional soccer player for theAtlanta BeatandSeattle Reign FC
• Lindsay Elston– professional soccer player forHouston DashandSeattle Reign FC
• Joe Franchino(1997) – formerMajor League Soccerplayer and U.S. international
• George John– defensive player for the MLS teamFC Dallas
• Ellis McLoughlin– played in Bundesliga and MLS
• Veronica Perez– professional soccer player forWashington Spiritand theMexico National Team
• Brandon Prideaux– formerMajor League Soccerplayer; two-time MLS Cup champion
• Cristian Roldan– professional soccer player for theSeattle Sounders FCandUnited States men's national soccer team
• Hope Solo– former goalkeeper forUS Women's National Team
• Craig Waibel– four-timeMajor League Soccerchampion; defender forHouston Dynamo

Track and field

• Don Kardong(1974) – fourth place finisher at the1976 Olympic marathonand former president of theRoad Runners Club of America
• Brad Walker(2003) – two-time NCAA pole vault champion; gold medalist at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and 2007 World Championships

Other sports

• Fred Beckey(1949) –mountaineer
• Venise Chan(born 1989) –tennisplayer.
• Louise Friberg(2003) –golfer
• William Quillian–tennisplayer
• Annabel Ritchie(born 1978) – rower
• Summer Ross(attended freshman year) –volleyball;2010 FIVB Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion
• Bob Sapp–kickboxer;MMAfighter; former NFL lineman
• Ed Viesturs(BS 1981) – first American to summit all 14 of the world's 8000 meter peaks
• Kenji Yamada– two-time U.S. National Judo champion
• Pan Cheng-tsung(2015) –golfer

Music

Kenny G

• Mark Arm(1985) – lead vocalist for the grunge rock groupMudhoney
• Anomie Belle– vocalist,multi-instrumentalist,producer andelectronic musician
• William Bolcom– pianist and composer of cabaret songs, concertos, sonatas, operas, symphonies; awarded the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Twelve New Etudes for piano
• The Brothers Four– musical group from the 1960s
• Jack Endino(1980) – producer, musician, engineer, "godfather of grunge"
• Peter Hallock– organist, choirmaster, liturgist
• Malcolm Hamilton– harpsichordist
• Kenny G(1978) – smoothjazzsaxophonist
• Elmer Gill– jazz pianist and vibraphonist
• Ryan Lewis(2009) – DJ, producer, composer, photographer, music video director, business partner of Seattle musician Ben Haggerty (akaMacklemore)
• Jake One– Hip hop music producer
• The Presidents of the United States of America– alternative rock group
• John Roderick– lead singer ofThe Long Winters
• Susan Silver– music manager
• Richard Sparks– choral conductor
• Ken Stringfellow– main composer, vocalist and guitarist for rock groupThe Posies
• Kim Thayil(1985) – lead guitarist for rock groupSoundgarden
• Alex Veley(1995) – soul keyboardist and singer
• Kathleen Wakefield– songwriter, singer and author
• Martin Welzel– organist

Television, film, and other arts

Bruce Lee

Kyle MacLachlan

Anna Faris

• Robert Armstrong– movie actor who portrayedCarl Denhamin the 1933 version ofKing Kong
• John Aylward– stage, TV, and movie actor,ER,The West Wing
• Stan Boreson– comedian and singer, the "King ofScandinavianHumor "
• Angus Bowmer– founder of theOregon Shakespeare FestivalinAshland, Oregon
• David Brooks– Broadway star and stage director and producer
• Dylan Bruce– Canadian actor and model, known for his roles onAs the World TurnsandOrphan Black
• Luke Burbank(1988) –radio hostand reporter
• Dyan Cannon– film and television actress and twice nominee for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Loren Carpenter(1976) – co-foundedPixarAnimation Studios; currently Chief Creative Officer ofDisney
• James Caviezel– actor, playedJesus Christin the controversial filmThe Passion of the Christ,plays one of the leads in the TV seriesPerson of Interest
• Lee Shallat Chemel– TV director,Murphy Brown
• Queenie Chu– actress, first runner-up ofMiss Hong Kong Pageant2004
• Tristram Coffin– actor who playedThomas H. Rynning,commander of theArizona Rangers,in thesyndicatedtelevision series26 Men(1957–1959)
• Earl Cole– first African-American male winner ofSurvivor
• Jeffrey Combs– horror film actor andStar Trekregular
• Larry Coryell–jazz guitarist
• Imogen Cunningham(1907) – photographer
• Garret Dillahunt– actor,Raising Hope
• Patrick Duffy(1971) – TV actor,Dallas,Step by Step
• Anna Faris(1999) – film actress,Scary Movie,House Bunny
• Frances Farmer(1935) – film and theatre actress
• The Fung Brothers(Andrew Fung, 1988, and David Fung, 1988) – YouTube personalities, rappers, television actors inBroke Bites: What The Fung?!
• Leann Hunley– actress,Days of Our Lives,Dynasty,Dawson's Creek
• Ken Jennings– holds the record for the longest winning streak onJeopardy!
• Richard Karn(1979) – television actor; Al Borland inHome Improvement
• Bruce Lee–martial artistand actor
• Kyle MacLachlan(1982) – film and television actor most famous for roles inTwin Peaks,Desperate Housewives,Dune,andSex and the City
• Mary Mapes– former producer of theCBStelevision show60 Minutes
• Ernest Martin(1932) – theatre director and manager
• Joel McHale(1995, MFA 2000) – host ofThe SouponE!;actor on NBC comedyCommunity
• Dennis Nyback(2008) independent film archivist, found footage filmmaker
• Robert Osborne(1954) – film historian
• Steve Pool(1978) – weather presenter and journalist ofKOMO-TV
• Dorothy Provine– actress with leading roles inThe Bonnie Parker Story,It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,Good Neighbor Samand the TV seriesThe Alaskans
• Pamela Reed– actress
• Kelsey Schmidt (1989) – Miss Washington USA 2016
• Jean Smart(1974) – television actress,Designing Women,Kim Possible
• Manick Sorcar– artist, engineer, and entrepreneur
• Rick Steves(1978) – host, writer and producer of public television'sRick Steve's Europe;best-selling travel author
• Julia Sweeney(1982) –Saturday Night Liveactress
• George Tsutakawa(1937, MFA 1950) – painter and sculptor, faculty member of the University of Washington, recipient of Washington's Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus Award in 1984
• Robb Weller(1961) –Entertainment Tonighthost and inventor ofthe wave
• Dawn Wells(1960) – Mary Ann ofGilligan's Island
• Steve Wiebe(1991) – primary subject of the documentaryThe King of Kong: A Fistful of Quartersand former world record holder forDonkey Kong
• Rainn Wilson– actor,The Office,Six Feet Under
• Art Wolfe(1975) – nature photographer and star of PBS showTravels to the Edge with Art Wolfe

Crime

• Theodore Robert Bundy– commonly known as "Ted" Bundy; serial killer, 1974–1978; admitted to killing 30 people; some sources say he could have killed as many as 100
• Amanda Knox;convicted of the murder of her roommate in Italy, conviction later overturned

Notable faculty

Nobel Laureates

• Linda B. Buck– Physiology and Medicine, 2004; also alumna 1975
• Hans G. Dehmelt– Physics, 1989
• Edmond H. Fischer– Physiology and Medicine, 1992
• Leland H. Hartwell– Physiology and Medicine, 2001
• Edwin G. Krebs– Physiology and Medicine, 1992
• Douglass C. North–Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel,1993
• William F. Sharpe– Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1990
• E. Donnall Thomas– Physiology and Medicine, 1990
• David Thouless–Physics,2016; also awarded the 1990Wolf Prizein Physics

Pulitzer Prize winners

• Elizabeth Bishop–Poetry,1956
• Stephen Dunn– Poetry, 2001
• Richard Eberhart– Poetry, 1966
• Vernon Louis Parrington–History,1928
• Theodore Roethke– Poetry, 1954

Biology and medicine

• Margaret Allen– former Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• William H. Calvin– popularizer of neuroscience and evolutionary biology, including the hybrid of these two fields,neural Darwinism
• Adam Geballe– Professor of Medicine; expert on host-virus interactions
• John Gottman– National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Award winner
• Harriet Hall– retired family physician, formerU.S. Air Forceflight surgeonandskepticwho writes about alternative medicine forSkepticand theSkeptical Inquirer;on the board and a founding member of the Institute for Science in Medicine; Fellow of theCommittee for Skeptical Inquiry
• Ray Hilborn– marine biologist and fisheries scientist; expert on fisheries and natural resource management
• Bertil Hille– Professor of Physiology and Biophysics; expert on ion channels; co-recipient of theAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Researchin 1999
• Leroy Hood–biologist;recipient of theLemelson-MIT Prizefor inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology"
• Michael Katze–microbiologistand expert in the study ofinfectious diseases
• Branko Kopjar– former director of the UW Executive Master of Public Health Program and Distinguished Professor atChongqing Medical University
• Barry Kerzin– former Assistant Professor of Medicine (1985–89); Honorary Professor atHong Kong University;Buddhist monk and teacher; personal physician tothe Dalai Lama
• Chet Moritz– associate professor of neuroscience
• Oliver Press,Americancancerresearcher andphysician.
• Russell Ross– professor ofpathology,known for research on thepathogenesisofatherosclerosis
• Belding H. Scribner– inventor of the Scribner shunt, which enabled long-termkidney dialysis
• Gail G. Shapiro– former Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Business and law

• William R. Greiner– President of theUniversity at Buffalo,1991–2004
• Paul Heyne–economistand author ofThe Economic Way of Thinking
• Terence Mitchell– Gold member of Academy of Management Hall of Fame; one of three Gold members out of over 10,000 members

Politics and administration

• George Sumner Bridges– current President ofEvergreen State College
• David de Kretser–Governor of Victoria,Australia, 2006-2011
• Denice Denton– Dean of the University of Washington College of Engineering, 1996–2005; first woman in the United States to lead an engineering college of a major research university
• William Gerberding– President of the University of Washington, 1979–1995
• Margaret Levi– 2005 President of theAmerican Political Science Association
• Charles Odegaard– President of the University of Washington, 1958–1973
• Dixy Lee Ray– seventeenth governor of the state of Washington, the first woman to hold that position
• Paul Schell– formermayorofSeattle;formerDeanof the University of Washington School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1992–1995
• Henry Suzzallo–Croatian-American and president of the University of Washington, 1915–1926

Science and technology

• Eric G. Adelberger–experimental nuclear physicist and gravitational metrologist; recipient of the 2021Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
• David Baker– biochemist and computational biologist; developed the Rosetta algorithm for protein structure prediction; recipient of the 2021Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
• Eric Temple Bell– mathematician and author; recipient of theBôcher Memorial Prize
• Carl Bergstrom– theoretical biologist, created theEigenfactorranking for scientific journals
• Gaetano Borriello– computer scientist and pioneer inubiquitous computing,creator ofOpen Data Kit
• Donald E. Brownlee– principal investigator of theStardustcomet spacecraft; cited inDiscovermagazine's 100 most important discoveries in 2004
• Mark Crispin– inventor of theInternet Message Access Protocol
• Vitaly Efimov– proposed a new and exotic state of matter known as the Efimov State
• Oren Etzioni– Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Jens H. Gundlach– physicist, recipient of the 2021Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
• Blayne Heckel– experimental physicist, recipient of the 2021Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
• Thomas W. Hungerford– mathematician and author of many textbooks, includingAbstract Algebra: An Introduction
• Victor Klee– mathematician who specialized inconvex sets,functional analysis,analysis of algorithms,optimization,andcombinatorics;President of theMathematical Association of America,1971–1973; a University of Washington faculty member for 54 years
• Neal Koblitz– mathematician; creator ofhyperelliptic curve cryptography;independent co-creator ofelliptic curve cryptography
• Richard E. Ladner– computer scientist; known for his numerous significant contributions totheoretical computer science
• Edward D. Lazowska– Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering
• Isaac Namioka– mathematician who worked in general topology and functional analysis
• Seth Neddermeyer– physicist; co-discoverer of themuon;Manhattan Projectscientist; recipient of theEnrico Fermi Award
• Jerre Noe– first chair of Computer Science Group (now the Computer Science and Engineering Department); directed theEden Project,the first award in theNational Science Foundation's Coordinated Experimental Research Program
• Robert O'Malley– mathematician and President of theSociety For Industrial and Applied Mathematicsin 1991 and 1992
• Irene C. Peden– first American woman engineer or scientist to conduct research in the Antarctic
• Mamidala Ramulu– scholar and mentor of the College of Engineering
• William A. Stein– creator ofSageMath;modular formsresearcher
• Gunther Uhlmann– mathematician and recipient of theBôcher Memorial Prize
• Daniel S. Weld– Professor ofComputer Science and Engineering
• Jessica Werk– Assistant Professor of Astronomy

Social science, arts, and humanities

• James A. Banks–scholar;the "father ofmulticultural education"
• David P. Barash– Professor of Psychology
• Laurence BonJour– Professor of Philosophy
• Ruthanna Boris– Dance: Ballet
• Michael Brame– Professor of Linguistics
• Jon Bridgman– American historian
• Shawn Brixey–digital art,telematics,physics,bioart
• Patricia Shehan Campbell– Professor of Music Education and Ethnomusicology
• Susan Casteras– Professor of Art History
• Francis D.K. Ching– author of books on architectural graphics
• Sidney S. Culbert– psychologist andEsperantist;major influence in the design of cockpit instrument panels in theBoeing 707jet aircraft through his research in perception
• Stuart Dempster– composer, trombonist, andGuggenheim Fellowshiprecipient
• Joël-François Durand– composer; Professor of Composition; Associate Director, UW School of Music
• August Dvorak– educational psychologist most noted for the invention of theDvorak keyboard layout
• Peter Erös– symphony and opera conductor
• Kathryn O. Galbraith– children's book writer
• Sarah Nash Gates– costume designer, historian of costuming, president of USITT
• John Goodlad– education researcher, author ofA Place Called School
• Regan Gurung– Indian-American professor of psychology and author
• Richard Haag– designer ofGas Works Park;founded the Department ofLandscape Architectureat the University of Washington
• Victor Hanzeli– former Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literature
• Nancy Hartsock–feministphilosophernoted for her work infeminist epistemologyandstandpoint theory
• Huck Hodge– composer, winner of theGaudeamus Prize
• Hsu Dau-lin– Chinese legal historian
• Charles R. Johnson– scholar, aMacArthur Fellow,recipient of theGuggenheim Fellowshipand winner of theNational Book Awardfor writingMiddle Passage
• Richard Karpen– composer; Director, UW School of Music
• Richard Kenney– poet
• W. Hudson Kensel– historian of theAmerican West
• Jeffrey Kurtzman,musicologist
• Jacob Lawrence– among the best knownAfrican Americanpainters of the 20th century
• Fang-kuei Li– linguist with expertise in Chinese and Native American languages
• Elizabeth Loftus–psychologistwho works on human memory and how it can be changed by facts, ideas, suggestions and other forms of post-event information
• Fred Lukoff–linguistand scholar ofKorean studies
• Alan Marlatt– psychologist who pioneered harm reduction
• Edward Melcarth- painter, sculptor, and photographer
• Heather McHugh– poet
• Roy Andrew Miller– linguist notable for his advocacy of Japanese and Korean as members of the Altaic group of languages
• Bryan Monroe– editor, CNN Politics; editor-in-chief,Ebonymagazine
• Frederick Newmeyer– linguist and 2002 President of theLinguistic Society of America
• James Palais– historian in the field ofKorean history
• Lionel Pries– teacher ofMinoru Yamasaki,A. Quincy Jones,and many Northwest Modern architects
• Kenneth B. Pyle– Japanese historian and former director of theHenry M. Jackson School of International Studies
• Tommy Rall– dancer; tap, men's ballet techniques, ballet partnering
• W.J. Rorabaugh– American historian; managing editor ofPacific Northwest Quarterly;author ofThe Alcoholic Republic
• Roger Sale– literary critic and author, noted for his influence onliterary criticismonchildren's literature
• Steven Shaviro– cultural critic and author ofDoom Patrols
• Spencer Shaw– librarian; Professor of Library Science,Information School
• Craig Sheppard– pianist; Professor of Piano; Chair of the Keyboard Department, UW School of Music
• Vilem Sokol– music professor, string teacher, and conductor of theSeattle Youth Symphony Orchestrasfrom the 1960s to the 1980s
• Robin Stacey– history professor, author of numerous articles and books on early medieval Britain and Ireland
• Pepper Schwartz– sociologist, author or co-author of numerous books, magazines, website columns, and a television personality on the subject of sexuality
• Daris Swindler–anthropologist;primate expert; hisAn Atlas of Primate Gross Anatomyis a standard work in the field
• Carole Terry– organist and harpsichordist; Professor of Organ and Harpsichord
• David Wagoner– poet and novelist
• Melia Watras– violist and composer; Professor of Viola; Chair of the Strings Department, UW School of Music
• Daniel Waugh– director of the Seattle Silk Road Project; editor of the journal of the Silkroad Foundation
• Karl Wittfogel– sinologist and historian; author ofOriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power
• Turrell V. Wylie– Tibetologist and linguist: created the Wylie transliteration for theTibetan language

Athletics

• Hiram Boardman Conibear– rowing coach
• Gil Dobie– undefeated (58-0-3) football coach of the University of Washington from 1908 to 1916, whose tenure largely comprised the NCAA Division I-A record for an unbeaten streak (64 games) and who oversaw the entirety of the NCAA Division I-A's second longest winning streak (40 games); elected to theCollege Football Hall of Famein 1951
• Marv Harshman– headbasketballcoach of the University of Washington from 1971 to 1985
• Don James– headfootballcoach from 1974 to 1992
• Lorenzo Romar– former head basketball coach of the University of Washington