List of University of Oregon alumni

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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]

Academic administration

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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	President Emeritus 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	[13]

Architecture and design

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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]

Business and finance

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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]

Fine arts and entertainment

Film, television and performing arts

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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]
Mary Finney	attended		Actress (The Children's Hour, Honestly, Celeste!)	[73]
Dennis Gassner	B.S.	1970	Academy Award-winning set designer (Bugsy, Waterworld, The Truman Show, O Brother, Where Art Thou?)	[74]
Howard Hesseman	attended		Actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, About Schmidt)	[75]
Richard R. Hoover	B.F.A	1980	Academy Award Winning visual effects artist (Blade Runner 2049)	[76]
Joe Hutshing	B.A.	1980	Academy Award-winning editor (JFK, Born on the Fourth of July)	[77]
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	[78]
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	[79]
Ben Masters	B.S.	1969	Actor, Julian Crane on the NBC soap opera Passions	[80]
Marissa Neitling	B.S.	2007	Actress, (The Last Ship, San Andreas)	[81]
Kaitlin Olson	B.S.	1997	Actress, Sweet Dee on the FX TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	[82]
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	[83]
Don Simpson	B.S.	1967	Producer (Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Bad Boys, Crimson Tide, The Rock)	[84]
David Ogden Stiers	attended		Actor (M*A*S*H)	[85]
Eric A. Stillwell	B.S.	1985	Star Trek writer	[86]
Bergen Swanson		1996	Executive Producer (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Wild) Producer (Stoker and Shame)	[76]
Jake Swantko		2011	Director of photography (Icarus)	[76]
Rob Urbinati	Ph.D.	1994	Playwright, stage director	[87]
Jeffrey M. Werner	B.A.	1993	Film editor (The Kids Are All Right, Prom)	[88]
Jeff Whitty	B.A.	1993	2004 Tony Award winner for the musical Avenue Q	[89]
Daniel Wu	B.Arch	1997	Hong Kong movie star (New Police Story)	[90]
Bryce Zabel	B.A.	1976	Television producer, director, and writer	[91]

Literature

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Paula Gunn Allen	B.A. M.F.A.	1966 1968	Native American poet, novelist	[92]
Olga Broumas	M.A.	1973	Poet	[93]
Eugene Gloria	M.F.A.	1992	Poet	[94]
Ernest Haycox	B.A.	1923	Writer of Western fiction; his story "Stage to Lordsburg" was made into the 1939 movie Stagecoach	[95]
George Hitchcock	B.A.	1935	Poet and publisher of the literary journal Kayak	[96]
Ken Kesey	B.S.	1957	Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion	[97]
Chang-Rae Lee	M.F.A.	1993	Novelist, Native Speaker; director of Princeton University's Creative Writing program	[98]
Chuck Palahniuk	B.A.	1986	Author of Fight Club, Choke, and Lullaby	[99]
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	[100][101]
William L. Sullivan	M.A.	1979	Author of outdoor guide books	[102]
Brian Turner	M.F.A.	1996	Poet	[103]
Sophus Keith Winther	B.S. M.A.	1918 1919	Professor and novelist	[104]
Lidia Yuknavitch	B.S. Ph.D.	1989 1998	Novelist and Memoirist	[105]

Music

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Jon Appleton	M.A.	1965	Composer, author, and former professor of music at Dartmouth College	[106]
Anthony Brown	B.S.	1975	Jazz musician	[107]
Dave Depper	B.S.	2002	Guitarist and keyboardist for Death Cab for Cutie	[108]
Tom Grant	M.Ed.	1971	Jazz pianist	[109]
Trey Gunn	B.Mus.	1986	Bass player for King Crimson	[110]
Peter Hollens	B.Mus.	2005	Singer and producer	[111]
Bill Homans	B.A.	1987	Blues musician	[112]
Daniel Levitin	M.S. Ph.D.	1993 1996	Musician; cognitive scientist; sound designer for Chris Isaak and Joe Satriani	[113]
Colin Meloy	attended[b]		Author, lead singer of The Decemberists	[114]
Glen Moore	B.S.	1963	Composer; founding member and bassist of Oregon	[115]
Jerold Ottley	D.M.A.	1972	Retired director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir	[116]
Steve Perry	B.S.	2004	Lead singer of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies	[117]
Dan Siegel	B.S.	1976	Composer, record producer	[118]
Ralph Towner	B.Mus.	1963	Composer; founding member of Oregon	[115]

Visual arts

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
James Cuno	M.A.	1978	Art historian and museum director	[119]
Gordon Gilkey	M.F.A.	1936	Art preservationist and promoter, awarded the Meritorious Service Medal	[120]
LaVerne Krause	B.A.	1946	Painter and printmaker	[121]
Suzie Liles	M.F.A.	2006	Master weaver, owner of Eugene Textile Center and Glimakra USA	[122]
Susan Lowdermilk	M.F.A.	1991	Artist and Printmaker	[123]
Eric Norstad	M.F.A.	1957	Architect, ceramist, sculptor	[124]
Joe Sacco	B.A.	1981	Comic artist and journalist	[125]
Heidi Schwegler	M.F.A.		Artist	[126]
Charles Stokes	M.F.A.	1968	Painter and sculptor	[127]
Ron Wigginton	M.F.A.	1968	Painter, sculptor and landscape architect	[128]
Russel Wong	B.S.	1984	Photographer	[129]

Journalism and media

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Byron Acohido	B.S.	1977	Pulitzer Prize winner (1997 Seattle Times)	[130]
Rick Attig	B.S.	1983	Pulitzer Prize winner (2001 Oregonian, 2006 Oregonian with Doug Bates)	[131]
Doug Bates		1968	Pulitzer Prize winner (2006 Oregonian with Rick Attig)	[131]
Abe Deffenbaugh	B.S.	1994	Former publisher for the National Rifle Association; author of outdoor-related magazine articles	[132]
Ann Curry	B.A.	1978	The Today Show anchor; co-host of Dateline NBC	[133]
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)	[134]
Neil Everett		1984	ESPNEWS and SportsCenter anchor	[135]
Lisa Verch Fletcher	B.S.	1990	Broadcast journalist for WJLA-TV, the ABC-affiliated television station in Washington, D.C.	[136]
Thomas Hager	M.A.		Journalist	[137]
John Hockenberry		1981	Journalist; four-time Emmy Award winner; three-time Peabody Award winner	[138]
Polly Irungu	B.A.	2017	Photographer and journalist; founder of Black Women Photographers; official photo editor for the office of US Vice President Kamala Harris	[139]
Mike Lamond	attended		StarCraft II professional commentator and player	[140]
Lars Larson	attended	1977-1979	Syndicated radio talk show host, political pundit (KEX (AM), FOX News)	[141]
Nancy Loo	B.S.	1986	Broadcast journalist for WGN America	[142]
John Markoff	M.S.	1975	Journalist	[143]
Kevin McCarey	M.A.	1980	Emmy Award-winning filmmaker for National Geographic Television; author (Islands Under Fire)	[144]
Win McCormack	M.F.A.		Owner of The New Republic. Co-founder of Mother Jones. Editor-in-chief of Tin House Magazine.	[145]
Ted Natt		1963	Pulitzer Prize winner (1981 Longview Daily News with staff)	[134]
Robert Porterfield		1967	Pulitzer Prize winner (1980 The Boston Globe)	[134]
Randy Shilts	B.S.	1975	Journalist; first openly gay reporter on a major American newspaper (the San Francisco Chronicle); author of three best-selling nonfiction books: The Mayor of Castro Street, And the Band Played On, and Conduct Unbecoming	[146]
Karen Stallwood	B.A.	1986	Pulitzer Prize winner (1994 Dallas Morning News with staff)	[134]
Alex Tizon	B.S.	1994	Pulitzer Prize winner (1997 Seattle Times with Eric Nalder and Deborah Nelson)	[147]
Brent Walth	B.S.	1984	Pulitzer Prize winner (2001 Oregonian with Julia Sullivan-Springhetti, Kim Christensen, and Richard Read)	[134]
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)	[148]

History and humanities

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
LaWanda Cox	B.A.	1931	Historian, Hunter College	[149]
Dennis Jenkins	Ph.D.	1991	Archaeologist	[150]
Huping Ling	M.A.	1987	History professor at Truman State University, award-winning author	[151]
Fredrik Logevall	M.A.	1989	Historian, Pulitzer Prize winner	[152]
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky	B.A.	1942	Professor emeritus of European History at University of California, Berkeley	[153]
W. Sherman Savage	M.A.	1926	History professor at Lincoln University in Missouri; first African American to graduate from the University of Oregon	[154]
Brian Swimme	Ph.D.	1978	Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies	[155]
Angela Yang	M.L.S.		Former president of Chinese American Librarians Association from 1992 to 1993, multicultural services and outreach services librarian	[156]

Military

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
George L. Bartlett	B.S.	1951	Brigadier general, USMC; veteran of three wars	[157]
William E. Birkhimer	LL.D.	1889	Recipient of the Medal of Honor	[158]
Creed C. Hammond		1896	Major General, US Army	[159]
David E. Jeremiah	B.S.	1955	Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral, US Navy	[160]
Donald Malarkey	B.S.	1948	Sergeant in Easy Company of the 101st Airborne; was in Stephen E. Ambrose's book Band of Brothers, made into an HBO miniseries	[161]
Herbert B. Powell	B.S.	1927	General, US Army	[162]
Charles C. Pixley	M.D.	1946	Lieutenant General, US Army	[163]
Raymond F. Rees	J.D.	1976	Major General, US Army	[164]
William B. Rosson	B.S.	1940	General, US Army	[165]
Rodger W. Simpson	attended		Rear Admiral, US Navy	[166]
Mary Josephine Shelly	B.A.		Lieutenant, WAVES, US Navy; Colonel, United States Air Force	[167]
Tammy Smith	B.S.	1986	Brigadier General, US Army	[168]
Gordon Arthur Stanley	attended	1943	Lieutenant Commander, US Navy, ace	[169][170]
James B. Thayer	B.S.	1940–42, 1947	Brigadier General, US Army	[171]

Politics and law

Heads of state

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Dinesh Gunawardena	B.B.A	1972	Prime minister of Sri Lanka	[172]
Hilda Heine	B.A.	1974	President of the Marshall Islands	[173]

Governors

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Victor G. Atiyeh	attended		Former Governor of Oregon	[174]
Neil Goldschmidt	B.A.	1963	Former Governor of Oregon and mayor of Portland, Oregon	[174]
Robert D. Holmes		1932	Former Governor of Oregon	[174]
Leonard B. Jordan	B.A.	1923	Former Governor of Idaho and former US Senator	[175]
John Kitzhaber	M.D.	1973	Former Governor of Oregon	[174]
Tina Kotek	B.S.	1990	Governor of Oregon	[176]
Tom McCall	B.S.	1936	Former Governor of Oregon; television reporter and commentator for KGW and KATU in Portland	[174]
Julius L. Meier	LL.B	1895	Former Governor of Oregon	[174]
Paul L. Patterson	B.A. J.D.	1923 1926	Former Governor of Oregon; President of the Oregon State Senate	[174]

Judges

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Robert S. Bean	B.S.	1878	Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice	[177]
David V. Brewer	J.D.	1977	Oregon Supreme Court Justice	[178]
Oliver Perry Coshow		1885	Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice	[177]
Alfred Goodwin	B.A. J.D.	1949 1951	Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice	[177]
Jim Jones	B.A.	1964	Chief Justice of Idaho Supreme Court; former Attorney General of Idaho	[179]
Earl C. Latourette		1912	Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice	[177]
John Hugh McNary		1894	Former federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland	[177]
Edwin J. Peterson	B.S. LL.B	1951 1957	Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice	[177]
Hollie Pihl	Bachelor's of ?	c. 1952	Circuit Court Judge	[180]
David Schuman	J.D.	1984	Oregon Court of Appeals Judge	[181]
Thomas Tongue	J.D.	1937	Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice	[177]
Martha Lee Walters	J.D.	1977	Oregon Supreme Court Justice	[177]
Walter C. Winslow	B.A.	1906	Oregon Supreme Court Justice pro tempore	[182]

Legislators

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Robert Ackerman	Law	1963	Oregon state representative	[183]
Homer D. Angell	B.A.	1900	Former US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Emery Barnes	B.S.	1954	Former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada	[23]
Alexander G. Barry	LL.B	1917	Former US Senator from Oregon	[184]
Jim Battin	B.A.	1985	Former California State Senator	[185]
Suzanne Bonamici	B.S. J.D.	1980 1983	US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Walt Brown	M.L.S.	1975	Former Oregon State Senator	[citation needed]
Peter DeFazio	M.A.	1977	US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Verne Duncan	Ph.D.	1968	Former Oregon State Senator	[citation needed]
Edwin R. Durno	B.S.	1921	US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Harris Ellsworth	B.A.	1922	Former Oregon State Senator and US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Debi Farr		c. 1974	Oregon State Representative	[186]
Ted Ferrioli	B.A.	1973	Oregon State Senator	[citation needed]
Peter Fonseca	B.A.		Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada (2015-); Member of Provincial Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2003-2011)	[187]
Edith Green	B.A.	1939	Former US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Kenzaburo Hara	M.A.		Japan's second longest-serving legislator	[188]
Elaine Hopson	PhD	1988	Oregon state legislator	[189]
Nancie Fadeley	M.A.	1974	Oregon State legislator	[190]
Franklin F. Korell		1910	Former US Representative from Oregon	[184]
James F. Lloyd	attended		Former US Representative from California	[191]
Clifton N. McArthur	B.A.	1901	Former US Representative from Oregon	[192]
Frederick W. Mulkey		1896	Former US Senator from Oregon	[192]
Maurine Brown Neuberger	B.A.	1929	First woman US Senator from Oregon	[184]
Richard L. Neuberger		1935	Former US Senator from Oregon	[184]
Howard C. Nielson	M.S.	1949	Former US Representative from Utah	[193]
A. Walter Norblad	J.D.	1932	Former US Representative from Oregon	[194]
Ron Packard	D.M.D.	1957	Former US Representative from California	[195]
Alfred E. Reames	B.A.		Former US Senator	[184]
William V. Roth, Jr.	B.A.	1944	Former US Senator and member of House of Representatives from Delaware; legislative sponsor of the individual retirement account plan, the Roth IRA, named for him; served as Chairman of U.S. Senate Committee on Finance	[184]
Paul Simon	B.S.	1949	Former US Senator from Illinois	[184]
Pete Simpson	Ph.D.		Former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives and administrator at the University of Wyoming	[196]
Jefferson Smith	B.S.	1996	Political activist and former state legislator	[197]
Vic Snyder	M.D.	1979	Former US Representative from Arkansas	[198]
Frederick Steiwer	B.A.	1906	Former US Senator from Oregon	[199]
Clark W. Thompson	attended		US Representative from Texas	[200]
Greg Walden	B.S.	1981	US Representative from Oregon	[184]
James H. Weaver	B.S.	1952	Former US Representative from Oregon	[201]
Ben Westlund	attended		Oregon State Senator	[citation needed]
Wendell Wyatt	LL.B.	1941	Former US Representative from Oregon	[184]
Ron Wyden	J.D.	1974	US Senator and former Representative from Oregon	[184]

Mayors

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Sam Adams	B.A.	2002	Former Mayor of Portland, Oregon	[202][203]
Ryan Coonerty		1996	Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, California	[204]
Marko Dapcevich		1991	Mayor of Sitka, Alaska	[205]
Ivor Dent	Ph.D.	1962	Former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	[206]
Tom Hughes	B.S.	1965	Former mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon	[207]
John Ssebaana Kizito	M.A.	1962	Mayor of Kampala, Uganda	[208]
Alan Lowe	M.Arch	1985	Former Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia	[209]
Connie McCready		1943	Former mayor of Portland, Oregon	[210]
Charles Royer	B.S.	1966	Former mayor of Seattle, Washington	[211]

Diplomats

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
George Edward Glass	B.S.	1980	U.S. Ambassador to Portugal	[212]
Carol Hallett		1959	Former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas	[213]
Yosuke Matsuoka	LL.B	1900	International war criminal and influential Japanese Foreign Minister during World War II	[214]
Terence McCulley	B.A.	1979	Former U.S. Ambassador to the Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Republic of Mali	[215]
Michael Retzer	B.A.	1968	U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania	[216]
Victor L. Tomseth	B.A.	1963	Former U.S. Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic	[217]
Witold Waszczykowski	M.A.	1991	Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Polish Ambassador to Iran	[218]
Kent Wiedemann	M.A.	1973	Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia	[219]

Other politicians, activists and whistleblowers

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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	[220]
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.	[221]
Hardy Myers	LL.B.	1964	Former Attorney General of Oregon	[222]
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	[223]
Steve Novick	B.A.	1981	City of Portland Commissioner	[224]
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.	[225][226]
Ellen Rosenblum	B.S. J.D.	1971 1975	Attorney General of Oregon	[227]
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	[228]
Minoru Yasui	B.A. LL.B.	1937 1939	Activist against discriminatory laws against Japanese Americans during World War II	[229]
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.	[230]

Science, technology and psychology

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Amir Aczel	Ph.D.	1982	Author of science and mathematics	[231]
Raymond Delacy Adams	Bachelors	1933	Neurologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	[232]
Geoffrey R. Ball	B.S.	1987	Physiologist; co-founder of Symphonix Devices Inc., which pioneered the development of middle ear implants	[233]
David M. Beazley	M.S.	1993	Computer scientist, Python developer, and author	[234]
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	[235]
Pamela J. Bjorkman	B.A.	1971	Biochemist; pioneer in x-ray crystallography; Max Delbruck Professor of Biology at California Institute of Technology	[236]
Richard Gordon	Ph.D.	1967	Theoretical biologist; pioneer in image processing; Professor of Radiology at University of Manitoba	[237]
Walter Houser Brattain	M.A.	1926	Co-winner of 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics, co-inventor of the transistor	[238]
Clifford E. Brubaker	Ph.D.	1968	Founding member and former president of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America	[239]
Anthony W. Case	B.S.	2004	Developed devices to measure the solar wind used on the Parker Solar Probe and other unmanned spacecraft	[240]
Robert S. Cunningham	M.S. Ph.D.	1969	Professor emeritus of computer science at CSU Stanislaus	[241]
Stanislas Dehaene	Postdoc		Neuroscientist in numerical cognition	[242]
Sarah Donaldson	B.S., R.N.	1961	Pediatric radiation oncologist	[243]
Ann E. Elsner	Ph.D.	1977	Researcher and Distinguished Professor of Optometry, Indiana University Bloomington	[244]
Anne Fernald	PhD	1982	Psychologist at Stanford University	[245]
N. Gregory Hamilton	B.A.	1971	Psychiatrist and proponent of assisted suicide	[246]
Douglas Hofstadter	M.S. Ph.D.	1972 1975	Professor of cognitive science; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1980); author of Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid	[247]
Anthony Leiserowitz	M.S. Ph.D.		Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication	[248]
Daniel Levitin	M.S. Ph.D.	1993 1996	Cognitive scientist	[249]
Esther Pohl Lovejoy	M.D.	1894	Early female physician; women's suffrage activist	[250]
William Murphy	B.A.	1914	Co-winner of 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	[251]
PZ Myers	Ph.D.	1985	Biologist and noted science blogger	[252]
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	[253]
Michael Posner	Postdoc	1985	Neuroscientist	[254]
Loren Pankratz	Ph.D.	1968	Psychologist, former professor at Oregon Health Sciences University	[255]
Vladimir Rojansky	M.A.	1925	Physicist, known for work on antimatter	[256]
Raemer Schreiber	M.A.	1932	Physicist, known for work on Manhattan Project
Joseph Takahashi	Ph.D.	1981	Discovered the CLOCK gene	[257]
Robert Wah	B.S.	1979	President of the American Medical Association, 2014–15	[258]
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock	B.A.		Software engineer and consultant; founder of the information technology consulting firm Wirfs-Brock Associates; inventor of Responsibility-Driven Design	[259]

Sports

Basketball

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Greg Ballard	B.S.	1977	Former NBA forward
Jim Barnett	B.S.	1966	Former NBA guard-forward
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	[260][261][262]
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	[263]
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.	[264]
Zollie Volchok		1939	Former general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics; winner of the 1983 NBA Executive of the Year Award	[265]

• Tyler Dorsey (born 1996), Greek–American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Roman Sorkin (born 1996), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jamil Wilson (born 1990), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Football

Full list of former University of Oregon players who have played football professionally

Full list of former University of Oregon players who are currently playing in the NFL

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
Evan Baylis			NFL tight end
Bob Berry		1964	Former Pro Bowl NFL quarterback	[266]
Josh Bidwell	B.A.	1998	Pro Bowl NFL punter with the Washington Redskins	[267]
Jairus Byrd	attended	2008	Pro Bowl NFL safety for the Carolina Panthers	[267]
Patrick Chung	B.S.	2008	Safety for the New England Patriots[268]	[267]
Kellen Clemens	B.S.	2006	NFL quarterback with the San Diego Chargers	[267]
Gunther Cunningham	B.S.	1969	Former head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs
Dennis Dixon	B.S.	2007	NFL quarterback with the Philadelphia Eagles	[267]
Reuben Droughns		2000	NFL running back with the New York Giants	[267]
A.J. Feeley		2000	NFL quarterback with the St. Louis Rams	[267]
Dan Fouts	B.S.	1977	Pro Football Hall of Fame member; former six-time Pro Bowl NFL quarterback; ABC television sports announcer	[266]
Russ Francis		1975	Former three-time Pro Bowl NFL tight end	[266]
Mike Gaechter	B.S.	1962	Former NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys	[266]
Roy Gagnon			NFL guard for the Detroit Lions	[269]
Dave Grayson	B.S.	1960	Former AFL / NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders	[266]
Tony Hargain			Former NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers	[266]
Joey Harrington	B.S.	2002	Former NFL quarterback with the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints	[266]
Josh Huff	B.S.	2013	NFL wide receiver with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Shy Huntington	B.S.	1924	Former football, basketball, and baseball head coach for the Oregon Ducks
Dick James		1956	Former Pro Bowl NFL running back	[266]
Darron Thomas		2011
LaMichael James		2011	NFL running back with the Miami Dolphins. Doak Walker Award winner
Casey Matthews		2010	NFL linebacker with the Philadelphia Eagles
Jeff Maehl		2010	NFL wide receiver with the Philadelphia Eagles
June Jones	attended		Head coach of the SMU Mustangs; former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Hawaii Warriors
Tuffy Leemans	attended		Pro Football Hall of Fame member; former NFL running back for the New York Giants
Jeff Lockie			Oregon Ducks quarterback
George Martin		1975	Former NFL defensive end for the New York Giants	[266]
John McKay	B.S.	1950	Former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the USC Trojans
Chris Miller		1987	Former NFL quarterback	[266]
Alex Molden	B.S.	1998	Former NFL cornerback	[266]
Maurice Morris		2002	NFL running back with the Detroit Lions	[267]
Bill Musgrave		1990	NFL quarterback and offensive coordinator	[267]
Anthony Newman		2002	Former NFL defensive back with the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders	[266]
John Nisby			Former NFL guard with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins	.[270]
Haloti Ngata	attended		Two-time Pro Bowl NFL defensive tackle with the Detroit Lions	[267]
Mike Nolan	B.S.	1981	Former head coach of the San Francisco 49ers
Igor Olshansky	B.S.	2004	NFL defensive tackle with the Miami Dolphins	[267]
Jack Patera	B.S.	1955	Former head coach of the Seattle Seahawks
Fred Quillan		1977	Former two-time Pro Bowl NFL center with the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers	[266]
Ahmad Rashad	B.Ed	1972	Former four-time Pro Bowl NFL wide receiver, Emmy Award-winning sportscaster	[266]
Mel Renfro	B.S.	1964	Pro Football Hall of Fame member; former ten-time Pro Bowl; five-time All-Pro NFL cornerback	[266]
Dante Rosario	B.S.	2006	NFL tight end with the Carolina Panthers	[267]
John Robinson	B.S.	1960	Former head coach of the Los Angeles Rams and USC Trojans
Brett Salisbury	attended	1991	Former quarterback and sports nutrition author
Geoffrey Isaiah Schwartz	B.S.	2008	NFL offensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs	[267]
Akili Smith	B.S.	1999	Former NFL quarterback	[266]
Onterrio Smith	attended		Former NFL halfback	[266]
Adam Snyder	B.S.	2005	NFL offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers	[267]
Bruce Snyder	B.S.	1963	Former head coach of the California Golden Bears and the Arizona State Sun Devils
Jonathan Stewart	attended		NFL running back with the Carolina Panthers	[267]
De'Anthony Thomas	attended	2013	NFL running back with the Kansas City Chiefs
Norv Turner	B.S.	1976	Offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns; former head coach of the San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders
Max Unger		2008	Pro Bowl NFL center with the Seattle Seahawks	[267]
Norm Van Brocklin	B.S. M.S.	1949 1951	Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former nine-time Pro Bowl NFL quarterback	[266]
Michael Walter	B.S.	1982	Former NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers	[266]
Dave Wilcox		1965	Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former seven-time Pro Bowl NFL linebacker	[266]
Josh Wilcox			NFL tight end with the New Orleans Saints	[266]
Demetrius Williams		2006	NFL wide receiver with the Cleveland Browns	[267]
George Wrighster	attended		Former NFL tight end with the New York Giants	[266]
Brett Young	attended		Former CFL defensive back	[266]
Gary Zimmerman	B.S.	1986	Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former seven-time Pro Bowl NFL offensive lineman	[266]

Track and field

See also: Oregon Ducks track and field § Notable athletes, and List of University of Oregon Olympians

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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	[271]
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	[272]
Joaquim Cruz	attended		1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist; 1988 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 800m	[271]
Otis Davis	B.S.	1960	1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 400m and 4x400 relay	[271]
Mary Decker		1980	Record setting long-distance runner	[271]
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	[271]
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	[273]
Ken Flax	B.S.	1986	Two-time Olympian, record-setting hammer thrower	[271]
Martin Hawkins	LL.B	1913	1912 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 100m hurdles	[271]
Ralph Hill	B.S.	1931	1932 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 5000m	[271]
Cyrus Hostetler	B.S.	2010	Javelin thrower at the 2012 Summer Olympics	[274]
Harry Jerome	M.S.	1963 1968	1964 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 100m, world record holder	[271]
Daniel Kelly		1908	1908 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the long jump	[275]
Steve Prefontaine	B.S.	1974	Record setting long-distance runner, Olympian	[271]
Mack Robinson	attended	1941	1936 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 200m	[271]
Galen Rupp	B.A.	2009	2012 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 10,000 meters; inaugural winner of the Bowerman Award[a]	[276]
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	[277][278][279]
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	[271]

• Shem-Tov Sabag (B.S. 1986; Masters 1989) – Israeli Olympic marathoner, won both the 1984 Lake County Marathon, and the 1989 Vancouver Marathon, and competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^{[280][281][282][283][284][285]}

Other sports

Name	Degree(s)	Year(s)	Notability	Reference
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	[286]
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	[287]
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	[288]
Evan Dunham	B.S.	2004	NCAA wrestler, retired professional MMA fighter for the UFC's Lightweight Division	[289][290]
Peter Foley			Former snowboarding coach; suspended for 10 years for sexual misconduct
Greg Gibson		1978	1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist in wrestling	[291]
Joe Gordon	B.S.	1939	Baseball Hall of Famer second baseman with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians	[286]
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	[292]
Peter Jacobsen		1977	Professional golfer
Dave Jansen	attended		NCAA collegiate wrestler; professional MMA fighter formerly with the WEC and Bellator	[293]
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	[286]
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	[294][295]
Robert Steadward	Ph.D.		Founder of the International Paralympic Committee	[296][297]
Paul Sunderland	attended		1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in men's volleyball	[298]
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

See also

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Notes

1. Bowerman included in both the #Business and finance and #Track sections
2. Studied for two years of B.A. in English and theatre, Meloy transferred to home-state University of Montana in 1995^[114]