List of University of Washington people explained

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

Notable alumni

Literature

National Book Award

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

Military

Prominent officers

Active duty

• Peter W. Chiarelli (1980) – four-star General and the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Bruce W. Clingan (1977) – Admiral United States Navy and Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Commander, Allied Joint Force Command, Naples^[1]

World War II

• Leslie Groves – major general, United States Army Corps of Engineers, head of the Manhattan Project
• William H. Holloman III (1924–2010), U.S. Army Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen; U.S. Air Force's first African American helicopter pilot; University of Washington professor of Black Studies^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Tatsuji Suga – lieutenant colonel, Imperial Japanese Army, commander of all prisoner-of-war (POW) and civilian internment camps in Borneo

Other

• Frank E. Garretson – brigadier general, U.S. Marine Corps; Navy Cross recipient
• Tracy L. Garrett – major general, first female Inspector General of the United States Marine Corps
• Harley D. Nygren (B.S. 1945, BSME 1947) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rear admiral, first director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
• Kelly E. Taggart – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rear admiral, second Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
• Ronald R. Van Stockum – brigadier general' director, Marine Corps Reserve 1962–1964

Medal of Honor recipients

Religion

• Sanford Brown – social justice advocate, ordained United Methodist minister, and executive director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle

Sports

Track and field

• Don Kardong (1974) – fourth place finisher at the 1976 Olympic marathon and former president of the Road 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

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

Pulitzer Prize winners

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

Business and law

• William R. Greiner – President of the University at Buffalo, 1991–2004
• Paul Heyne – economist and author of The 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^[5]

Athletics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Navy.mil Leadership Biographies. Dan. Petty. www.navy.mil. October 2, 2017.
2. Air Force Magazine. "Tuskegee Airman William Holloman Dies." June 18, 2010. https://www.airforcemag.com/tuskegeeairmanwilliamhollomandies/
3. Digital Collection of The National WWII Museum. HOLLOMAN, WILLIAM, Segment 1. https://www.ww2online.org/view/william-holloman
4. The Star Bulletin. "Pioneering pilot talks about Tuskegee Airmen: Black aviators fought on 2 fronts." Vol. 13, Issue 43 - Tuesday, February 12, 2008. http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/02/12/features/story02.html
5. Web site: Terence Mitchell - Faculty Profile - UW Business School - University of Washington, Seattle . 2006-10-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061012021026/http://bschool.washington.edu/faculty/faculty_detail.asp?ID=85 . October 12, 2006 . mdy-all .