Notable alumni
Law and government
- Ross "Rocky" Anderson - former Mayor, Salt Lake City
- Robert Foster Bennett - U.S. Senator, R-UT
- Anson Vasco Call II - First Mayor of Afton, Wyoming (served nine terms) graduated with the first class in 1875
- E. Jake Garn - former U.S. Senator, R-UT, and Astronaut
- Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. - Current Governor of the State of Utah
- Dale A. Kimball - judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- Myron E. Leavitt - Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; Justice, Nevada Supreme Court
- Frank Moss, former U.S. Senator, D-UT
- Karl Rove - Chief political strategist and adviser to George W. Bush attended the University of Utah but never graduated.
- Ted Stewart - judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- David N. Sundwall - Executive Director, Utah Department of Health and former Assistant Surgeon General
- Clark Waddoups - judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- Mark Maryboy - American politician from San Juan County, Utah, and a former Navajo Nation Council Delegate.
Religion
Humanities and Fine Arts
Science and Engineering
- Alan Kay - Computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award, credited with the concept of the laptop computer.
- Alan Ashton - Computer scientist, co-founder of WordPerfect and Thanksgiving Point
- Bui Tuong Phong, Computer scientist, inventor of the Phong reflection model and the Phong shading interpolation method
- Henri Gouraud, Computer scientist, inventor of Gouraud shading
- Calvin Quate - One of the inventors of the atomic force microscope
- Ralph Hartley - Co-founder of Information Theory (along with Shannon and Hamming), inventor of Hartley Transform and Hartley Oscillator
- Wilbert L. Gore - Co-inventor of Gore-tex fabrics
- Jim Blinn - Computer scientist and MacArthur Fellow, known for his work on Carl Sagan's Cosmos documentary and inventing the first method for representing surface textures in graphical images[1].
- David Evans - Computer scientist and graphics pioneer and co-founder of Evans & Sutherland
- Martin Newell - Computer scientist and graphics pioneer best known as the creator of the Utah Teapot
- Frank Crow - Computer scientist, developed anti-aliasing methods for computer graphics
- Jeffrey M. Bradshaw - Senior research scientist at The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, known for his work in the field of artificial intelligence
- John Warnock - Computer scientist best known as a co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.
- Jim Clark - Computer scientist, prolific entrepreneur and founder of several technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation, myCFO and Healtheon
- Jim Kajiya - Computer scientist, developed the frame buffer concept for storing and displaying single-raster images and the rendering equation.
- Brian A. Barsky - Professor at the University of California, Berkeley working in computer graphics and geometric modeling as well as in optometry and vision science.
- Robert Adamson (software pioneer) - Computer scientist. Developed Gener/OL, one of the first interpretive languages.
- Simon Ramo - The father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Medicine
Media
Education
- Sterling M. McMurrin - Former E.E. Erickson Professor of Philosophy and U of Utah administrator, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Mormon philosopher
- Ann Weaver Hart - First female president of Temple University
- Gordon Gee - Has been the president of more universities than any other American.
- Milton Bennion - long time dean of the school of education
Business
Athletics
- Jamal Anderson - Former NFL running back
- Mike Anderson - Baltimore Ravens running back and 2002 NFL Rookie of the Year.
- Daria Bijak - German Gymnast, 4-time German World Championships Team member (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and 2008 Olympic Team member
- Andrew Bogut - Milwaukee Bucks forward, 1st overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft left early for the NBA and did not graduate.
- Blake Burdette - USA Rugby - Current member of the United States National Rugby Team - 4 Time All-American at Utah
- Jerry Chambers - former NBA player and winner of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award in 1966
- Tom Chambers - Former NBA all-star
- Norm Chow - College Football Coach UCLA, Offensive Coordinator; NCAA All-America honorable mention as an offensive line
- Michael Doleac - NBA player; AP All-American Honorable Mention and GTE First Team Academic All-American
- Andre Dyson - NFL defensive back
- Kevin Dyson - Former NFL wide receiver
- Luther Elliss - Former NFL defensive lineman
- Arnie Ferrin - Former NBA player, four-time NCAA All-American
- Marvin Fleming - NFL tight end, won 5 Super Bowl rings in the 1960s-70s
- Manny Fernandez - Former NFL player for the Miami Dolphins defensive lineman
- Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala - former NFL running back
- Jordan Gross - Carolina Panthers offensive lineman
- Alan Holmes - All American basketball player
- John Madsen - wide receiver Oakland Raiders
- Billy McGill - All American basketball player and NBA
- Andre Miller - NBA player, NCAA All-American
- Scott Mitchell - back-up quarterback to Dan Marino on the Miami Dolphins and later started at QB for the Detroit Lions
- Charles K. Monfort - Chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball
- Mike Newlin - Former NBA player with the Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets, and New York Knicks
- Terry Nofsinger - NFL quarterback for St. Louis in 1960s
- Ed Pine - NFL center for San Francisco 49ers
- Ashley Postell - American Gymnast, Balance Beam Champion, 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Debrecen, Hungary
- Jeff Rolan - 1975 NCAA Swimming Champion, 100 yard Butterfly
- Dick Romney - member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- George Seifert - former NFL head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers
- Chris Shelton - MLB baseball player (1B)
- Alex Smith - San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, 1st overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
- Kim Smith - Sacramento Monarchs, four-Time Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, 13th pick of 2006 WNBA Draft
- Steve Smith - Carolina Panthers wide receiver
- Shona Thorburn - Minnesota Lynx 7th Overall pick of 2006 WNBA Draft
- Keith Van Horn - Former NBA player
- Danny Vranes - Former NBA player
- Tom Wallisch - superstar freeskier, Winner of the Dumont Cup 2009, and creator of Afterbang
- Eric Weddle - safety for the San Diego Chargers
- Larry Wilson - NFL Hall of Fame member and All-Pro free safety
Criminal
- Ted Bundy - Notorious serial killer briefly attended Utah's law school prior to his arrest and conviction for kidnapping in 1975.
Music/Entertainment
Notable Faculty
Science and Engineering
Medicine
Sports
Law
Other
University Presidents
See also
References
- ^ http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/history/#blinn-ref
- ^ a b c Whitney, Orson F. (1904) in History of Utah Published by G. Q. Cannon, pg. 356. Google Book Search. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.
- ^ University of Utah Alumni Association e-newsletter, U-News & Views, August 2007
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