List of Utah State University alumni
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Multiple image". This list of Utah State University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Utah State University (USU), a public, land-grant, research university located in Logan, Utah. This list does not contain the names of presidents or faculty of the university, unless they happen also to be alumni.
Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act as the Agricultural College of Utah, USU has grown to more than 28,000 students. Although it is headquartered in Logan, USU operates throughout the state of Utah through five regional campuses and more than 20 distance education sites. On June 13, 1899, graduates of the Agricultural College of Utah met to create the Alumni Association.[1] Today, the Alumni Association is located in the historic David B. Haight Alumni Center, which was dedicated on July 11, 1991.[2] Alumni chapters exist in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Washington DC.[3] USU boasts more than 180,000 alumni, who are found in every U.S. state and more than 100 countries.[4]
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Activism
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1979 | B.S. Geology | Writer and environmental activist | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1982 | B.S. History | Entrepreneur, human rights activist, and founder of the Gregory C. Carr Foundation, which supports human rights, education and the arts | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1981 | B.S. | First and only American elected to Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the worldwide organization's highest governing body | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1958 | B.A. English | Feminist and writer | [5] |
Business
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Founded Atari Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's chain | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1982 | B.S. History | Entrepreneur; founded the company that first developed voice mail; chaired Prodigy, an early global ISP | [4] |
| Charlie Denson | 1978 | B.S. Marketing | President of Nike Brand | [4][6] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1971 | B.S. Physical Education | Founder of Forzani Group, Canada's largest sporting goods retailer with 215 company-owned stores under the names Coast Mountain Sports, Sport Chek and Sport Mart | [4] |
| Jason Lindsey | 1995 | B.A. M.A. | Co-founder and president of Overstock.com | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1953 | B.S. Physical Education | Owner of the Bluebird Inn in Logan and the Bluebird Inn Bed and Breakfast in Bear Lake, Utah; former NBA coach and color commentator; coach of Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets and Dallas Mavericks; NBA Coach of the Year in 1971; won an NBA Championship while coaching the Washington Bullets | [4] |
| Ward Parkinson | 1969 | B.S. Electrical Engineering | Founder of Micron Technology; VP of Commercial Development of Ovonyx, Inc. | [4] |
| Gary E. Stevenson | 1979 | B.A. | Co-founder of ICON Health & Fitness |
Education
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caryn Beck-Dudley | 1980 | B.S. Political Science | Dean of the College of Business at Florida State University; first female dean of the Huntsman School of Business (2002–2005) | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1970 1975 |
B.S. M.S. |
Named #1 Professor in the U.S. by RateMyProfessors.com | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1970 | B.S. | Co-author, with her husband Richard Eyre, of 33 books on parenting, including New York Times #1 best seller Teaching Your Children Values; developed and founded Joy Schools preschool system | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1968 | B.S. | Co-author, with his wife Linda J. Eyre, of 33 books on parenting, including New York Times #1 best seller Teaching Your Children Values; developed and founded Joy Schools preschool system |
Government and politics
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1982 | MEd | Deputy Minister for Women's Education in Saudi Arabia; first woman appointed to ministerial post in Saudi Arabia | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1953–61) | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | B.S. Forest Management M.S. Natural Resources Economics |
Democratic politician, representing the 21st District in the Iowa Senate since 1995 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1956 | Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (1963–1971) | [7] | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1972 | B.S. Political Science | First woman appointed Director of the Bureau of Land Management (2002–07) | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1921 | B.S. | Governor of Utah | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | B.A. | Lieutenant Governor of Utah, Governor of Utah | [8] | |
| Elizabeth Dowdeswell | 1972 | M.S. Behavioral Sciences | 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (2014–2023); Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (1993–98); Canada's permanent representative to the World Meteorological Organization; twice elected to its executive council | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1975 | B.S. | Son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford; attended USU during his presidency | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford; attended USU during his presidency | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1970 | Ed.D. Educational Administration | Former Governor of Nevada | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | First woman ever elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate without a family connection (1981–87) | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1925 | PhD | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1925–1929); U.S. Ambassador to Egypt | [9] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Anti-tax activist in California | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | History | Republican member of both houses, consecutively, of the Wyoming State Legislature, 1993 to 2017 | [10] | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Journalism | Newspaper reporter and editor; first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada (1985–1993) | [11] | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Governor of Arizona | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1981 | B.S. | Federal District Judge | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1961 | B.S. Political Science | Former U.S. Senator, D-NV; former U.S. Senate Majority Leader; youngest lieutenant governor in Nevada's history | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1972 | B.S. | U.S. House of Representatives, R-ID | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1984 | B.S. | U.S. House of Representatives, R-UT; New York Times best-selling author | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1972 | B.S. | Federal District Judge | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | First female Chair of the Democratic National Committee (1972) | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1950 | B.S. Animal Science | Former Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States | [4] |
Humanities and fine arts
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1972 | B.S. Music | Tenor; founder and director of the Utah Festival Opera; author of more than 30 publications and music recordings | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1979 | PEN/O.Henry Prize-winning novelist, essayist | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1998 | B.S. | Emmy Award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Writer and photographer | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1973 | B.S. | Music director; former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1952 1963 |
B.S. M.S. |
First president of National Public Radio | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1998 | M.A. | Science fiction writer; Stegner Fellow at Stanford | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1974 1983 |
B.S. M.S. |
Non-fiction writer, poet | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1961 | B.S. | Historian of Mormonism | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1934 | B.S. | Poet; Chancellor of Academy of American Poets | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Painter and illustrator | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1965 1967 1969 |
A.A. B.F.A. M.F.A. |
Artist; sculptor; teaches sculpture and three-dimensional design at USU Logan; namesake of Gene Tobey Memorial Art Scholarship Fund created by his wife Rebecca Tobey in 2006 | [12] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1998 | B.F.A. | Annie-nominated voice actor and story artist, known as the voice of "Rhino" in the movie Bolt | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2008 | B.A. | Science fiction and fantasy artist and illustrator |
Military
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1914 | Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, World War II; four-star general | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1971 1973 |
Political Science | Retired major general; United States Army Reserves for 39 years | [13] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1917 | Pilot of first-ever dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1939 | Participant in Doolittle Raid, career U.S. Air Force officer |
Religion
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1964 | B.S. | Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1929 | Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church | [4] | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1960 1966 |
B.S. M.S. |
Commissioner of Education of the LDS Church | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1949 1953 |
B.S. M.S. |
President of the LDS Church's Quorum of Twelve Apostles | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1949 | B.S. Business Administration | Member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1961 | B.S. History | Preeminent non-Mormon expert on Mormonism; Professor Emeritus of history and religious studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1979 | B.S. Business Administration | Member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church | [14] |
Science
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Inventor of headphones | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1975 1980 |
M.S. Biology Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering |
NASA astronaut | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1974 | B.S. | Commissioner of Health for New York State; head of the New York Department of Health | |
| Eldon J. Gardner | 1934
1935 |
B.S. Zoology and Chemistry
M.S. Zoology |
Geneticist, cancer researcher, discovered a familial colon cancer, Gardner's syndrome; first dean of the College of Science at Utah State University, prolific author of science papers and textbooks | [15] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1964 | B.S. Mathematics | Mathematician in model theory and computability theory at the University of Notre Dame, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society | [16] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1937 | B.S. Agriculture, M.S. Botany | Mathematician in complex analysis; founded the Michigan Mathematical Journal with Paul Erdős, Fritz Herzog and Arthur J. Lohwater | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1979 | MEd | As Ludwig van Ludvig, notable Usenet personality | |
| Julie A. Robinson | 1989 | B.S. Chemistry | Chief Scientist of the International Space Station | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1958 | B.S. Electrical Engineering | President of Rad-icon Imaging Corporation | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1963 | Ph.D. | Research unlocked key to prolonging freshness in fruits and flowers; 1991 Wolf Prize in Agriculture, considered the "Nobel Prize of Agriculture" |
Sports
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Former NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1974 | B.S. | Former head football coach, Notre Dame; defensive coordinator at many universities | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2000 | US bobsled team, 1998–2003; forerunner during 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Former NFL and CFL All Star defensive back, Green Bay Packers | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Professional golfer and PGA Tour winner | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1974 | American-Israeli basketball player; won two Euroleague championships with Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1962 | B.S. | Former CFL All-Star offensive tackle | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | All-time leading passer and star quarterback in the Canadian Football League | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1959 | Former NFL center, Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Two-time NFL Pro Bowl tight end, currently with the Washington Redskins | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2003 | B.S. | NFL wide receiver, currently with the Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Former NFL and WFL player | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1952 | B.S. Physical Education | College Football Hall of Fame coach; head coach of 1984 National Champion BYU Cougars | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Professional lacrosse player, Philadelphia Wings | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1984 | B.S. | Current general manager, Chicago Bulls | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1981 | Former NFL and USFL quarterback | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1985 | Former linebacker, Buffalo Bills | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1951 | Former NFL coach and scout | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | CFL cornerback for Ottawa Redblacks, formerly with Calgary Stampeders, formerly NFL cornerback for Indianapolis Colts | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1962 | Former NFL All-Pro defensive back, Dallas Cowboys; played basketball at USU | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1986 | B.S. | Former defensive coordinator, New York Jets and Detroit Lions | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1980 | B.S. | Former starting NFL quarterback, Detroit Lions | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1978 | B.S. | Former offensive lineman, Minnesota Vikings | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1963 1965 |
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Former NBA head coach; currently longtime assistant coach, Utah Jazz; named NBA's top assistant coach three times | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1987 | B.S. | Former NFL defensive lineman, Denver Broncos; AFC Defensive Player of the Year, 1986 | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1997 | B.S. | Former NFL punter, Dallas Cowboys, and Denver Broncos | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2005 | B.S. | Former NFL Pro Bowl defensive tackle, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, and Carolina Panthers | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | B.S. | Former NFL linebacker | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2003 | B.S. | Former NFL Pro Bowl running back | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2021Template:Efn | NFL quarterback, Green Bay Packers | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1953 | B.S. Physical Education | One of top 10 winningest NBA head coaches of all time; NBA Coach of the Year, 1971; head coach of 1978 NBA champion Washington Bullets; owner of the Bluebird Inn in Logan and the Bluebird Inn Bed and Breakfast in Bear Lake, Utah; former NBA coach and color commentator; Coach of Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets and Dallas Mavericks; NBA Coach of the Year in 1971; won an NBA Championship while coaching the Washington Bullets | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1962 1971 |
B.S. Finance M.S. |
College and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle; later NFL analyst and TV personality; selected to 14 Pro Bowls; 1974 NFL MVP; actor, Little House on the Prairie and Father Murphy | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1970 | B.S. | Former NFL center and defensive tackle, Boston Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2005 | B.S. | NFL offensive tackle, Washington Redskins Formerly Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Oakland Raiders | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1970 | B.S. | Former ABA basketball player | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1960 | B.S. | Former NFL Pro Bowl tackle, San Francisco 49ers | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1966 | Former NFL running back, CFL head coach and general manager | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1959 1971 |
B.S. M.S. |
Four-time Olympian discus thrower, silver medal (1972); broke world record four times; first to throw 60 meters | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | B.S. | Former NFL linebacker, Houston Oilers | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2011 | Former NFL tailback, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, and Indianapolis Colts; Super Bowl champion (XLVIII) | [4] | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2011 | B.S. | NFL linebacker, Seattle Seahawks * Super Bowl champion (XLVIII) | [4] |
Miscellaneous
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Professional poker player, World Series of Poker | |||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Author of the Salamander letter; convicted murderer |
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