This page lists notable students, alumni and faculty members of the University of Washington.
Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
Academic administration and teaching
Aeronautics and astronautics
Art and architecture
Business and law
Literature
Pulitzer Prize winners
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.
Government, politics & diplomacy
Military
Prominent officers
Active duty Peter W. Chiarelli (1980) – four-star general; 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
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 StudiesAir Force Magazine. "Tuskegee Airman William Holloman Dies." June 18, 2010. https://www.airforcemag.com/tuskegeeairmanwilliamhollomandies/Digital Collection of The National WWII Museum. HOLLOMAN, WILLIAM, Segment 1. https://www.ww2online.org/view/william-hollomanThe Star Bulletin. "Pioneering pilot talks about Tuskegee Airmen: Black aviators fought on 2 fronts." Vol. 13, Issue 43 - Tuesday, February 12, 2008. https://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/02/12/features/story02.html 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
Science and technology
Social science and humanities
Sports
Olympic medal winners
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Soccer
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
Music
Television, film, and other arts
Crime 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
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
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 Fredrick Muyia Nafukho – Presidential Term Professor at the University of Washington
Politics and administration
Science and technology
Social science, arts, and humanities
Athletics
References