This is a list of notable alumni of the

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The University ...

and a list of its presidents.

Alumni

Academia

Ali Abdelghany Ali Ezzeldin Abdelghany (born 16 June 1944 in Cairo) is an Egyptian academic and marine biologist. Early life and education Abdelghany graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Cairo University in 1967. Abdelghany received a master's de ...

- prominent

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

ian academic and marine biologist; Ph.D. '86

Administration

* Jesse Buchanan - tenth president of the university (1946–54), previously dean of engineering; B.S.C.E. '27, M.S. '29 *

Lawrence Henry Chamberlain Lawrence Henry Chamberlain (March 15, 1906 – January 29, 1989) was an American political scientist and academic administrator. He was the former dean of Columbia College and vice president of Columbia University. Biography Chamberlain was bor ...

- former dean of

Columbia College Columbia College may refer to one of several institutions of higher education in North America: Canada * Columbia College (Alberta), in Calgary * Columbia College (British Columbia), a two-year liberal arts institution in Vancouver * Columbia In ...

(1950–1958) and vice president of

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

(1962–1967); B.S. '30 *

C. Scott Green Cumer Scott Green (born c. 1962) is an American businessman and academic administrator serving as the 19th president of the University of Idaho in Moscow. Green took office in July 2019, and has been characterized as a "non-traditional" choic ...

- nineteenth president of the university (2019– ); Class of '84

Business

* William Agee - business executive; Class of '60 *

Jack Lemley Jack Kenneth Lemley CBE (January 2, 1935 – November 29, 2021) was an American architect and engineering manager who led delivery of large infrastructure projects across the globe. His projects included the Channel Tunnel between England and F ...

- construction manager for Europe's

Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone ( Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles (Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dove ...

or "Chunnel," the undersea rail tube linking

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

and

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

; Class of '60 *

Frank Shrontz Frank Anderson Shrontz (born December 14, 1931) is an American corporate executive and former government official. He is the former CEO and chairman of the Boeing Company. Early life Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Shrontz was the son of sporti ...

- former chairman and CEO (1986–96) of

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and ...

; LL.B. '54

Criminals

* Anthony Curcio - former Vandal football player; real estate investor; masterminded one of the most elaborate armored car heists in history

Government

Journalism

* Michael Kirk, documentary filmmaker and co-creator of '' Frontline''; Class of '71 *

Kelli Johnson Kelli Johnson is an American journalist and former sports anchor on NBC Sports Bay Area in San Francisco, California. She provided coverage on the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants as well as other teams. She co-hosted the shows ''S ...

, sports anchor for NBC Sports Bay Area, Class of 1998 * Otis Livingston, sportscaster for WCBS-TV in New York * David Neiwert, Seattle-based investigative journalist and blogger (Orcinus); contributing writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center; author of ''Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us'' (2015); Class of 1984

Literature and the arts

Military

* James F. Amos -

Commandant of the Marine Corps The commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions. The CMC reports directly to the sec ...

(2010–2014); Class of 1970

Science

Steven Amstrup Steven C. Amstrup (born February 4, 1950) is an American zoologist who studies bears, especially polar bears. He is the 2012 recipient of the Indianapolis Prize. Early life Steven Amstrup was born in Fargo, North Dakota, where he took an inter ...

- polar bear researcher and conservationist; M.S. '75 *

Malcolm Renfrew Malcolm MacKenzie Renfrew (October 12, 1910 – October 12, 2013) was an American polymer chemist, inventor, and professor emeritus at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Renfrew Hall, the university's chemistry building, was named for him i ...

- polymer chemist, inventor, and professor emeritus; contributor to the development of Teflon; Class of '32, M.S. '34 * Bob Twiggs - Rocket scientist; inventor of the

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technology; Class of '61 * Thomas Mueller - American rocket engineer and rocket engine designer. He is a founding employee of

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of ...

, a

space transport Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly spacecraft into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such as satellites in o ...

services company headquartered in

Hawthorne, California Hawthorne is a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. It is part of a seventeen-city region commonly called the South Bay. As of the 2020 US census, Hawthorne had a population of 88, ...

Sports

Olympics

Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong Savola (; born August 11, 1973) is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a ...

, cyclist;

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and 2012 Olympic gold medalist ( women's time trial); Class of '95 * Hec Edmundson, state's first Olympian in 1912 (7th in

800 m The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since th ...

, 6th in 400 m); Class of 1910 (see entry under "Basketball") *

Dan O'Brien Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992. Early life O' ...

, 1996 Olympic gold medalist (

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

), three-time world champion; Class of '93 *

Joachim Olsen Joachim Brøchner Olsen (born 31 May 1977) is a Danish former politician and former world class shot putter. He was elected to the Danish parliament at the 2011 election, representing the Liberal Alliance in the Greater Copenhagen constituenc ...

, 2004, Olympic bronze medalist (

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

) for

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and NCAA champion; Class of '02 * Chris Stokes, five-time Olympic bobsledder for

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

; Class of '87 *

Angela Whyte Angela Whyte (born 22 May 1980) is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She is a three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, and 2016) in the 100m hurdles at the Summer Olympics. She has won multiple medals at both the Pan America ...

, 2004 Olympic finalist ( 100 m hurdles); 2008 representative for

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

; four-time NCAA All-American; Class of '03

Baseball

* Bob Dillinger - MLB

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; three-time AL stolen base champion; Class of '40 * Frank Reberger - MLB pitcher (1968–72); Class of '66 * Ken Schrom - MLB pitcher (1980–87); former Vandal

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...

; Class of '77 * Bill Stoneman - MLB pitcher (1967–74); threw two MLB no-hitters; GM of L.A. Angels (1999–2007); Class of '66

Basketball

* Steve Belko - head coach at

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and

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...

; third commissioner of

Big Sky Conference The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eigh ...

; also starred in football for Vandals; Class of '39 * Hec Edmundson -

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

and track coach at UI and Washington; Class of 1910 * Gus Johnson - NBA star (power forward) (1963–73); played for Vandals during the 1962–63 season; Class of '64 * Dan Monson - head coach at Long Beach State; formerly at

Gonzaga Gonzaga may refer to: Places * Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy * Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines *Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, town in Brazil *Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily People with the surna ...

and

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

; Class of '85 * Don Monson - head coach at UI ( 1978– 83) and

; father of Dan Monson; Class of '55 * Don Newman - head coach at Arizona State and NBA assistant coach ( Spurs: 2002–12); Big Sky player of the year ( 1980)

Football

Faculty

;Current * Douglas Q. Adams - Emeritus Professor of English * Kim Barnes - Professor of English *

Daniel Bukvich Daniel Bukvich (born 1954) is an American composer and percussionist. He has been a professor of percussion and music theory at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho since 1978. He is heavily involved in the Lionel Hampton J ...

- Professor of Music *

Ruprecht Machleidt Ruprecht Machleidt (December 18, 1943 – December 14, 2023) was a German-American theoretical nuclear physicist. Education and CV Ruprecht Machleidt was born on December 18, 1943 in Kiel, Germany and studied physics at the University of Bonn in B ...

- Professor of Physics * Daniel Orozco - Associate Professor of English *

J. Michael Scott J. Michael Scott (born September 21, 1941 in San Diego, California) is an American scientist, professor, environmentalist and author. Early life and education Scott is the eldest son of Eileen Rose Busby, an author and antiques expert, and Jim ...

- Emeritus Professor of Fish & Wildlife * Jean'ne Shreeve - Professor of Chemistry * Jack Ernest Vincent - Emeritus Professor of Political Science * Robert Wrigley - Professor of English *

Dev Shrestha Dev, sometimes capitalized as DEV, can be referred as: People Single names * Dev (born 1982), Indian actor * Dev (born 1984), British radio presenter, DJ and actor * Dev (born 1989), American singer * Dev, Indian actor First names * Dev Anand (19 ...

- Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering ;Former * John Merton Aldrich - zoology * Darrell Bolz - agricultural extension * David Comer - electrical engineering * James Gill - painting * Gustaf Wilhelm Hammar - political science *

Ralph C. Hancock Ralph Cornel Hancock (born November 16, 1951) is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University (BYU). Biography Hancock holds a BA from BYU and an MA and PhD from Harvard University, all in political science. Before joining BYU's f ...

- political science *

Lawrence H. Johnston Lawrence Harding Johnston (February 11, 1918 – December 4, 2011) was an American physicist, a young contributor to the Manhattan Project. He was the only man to witness all three atomic explosions in 1945: the Trinity nuclear test in New Me ...

- physics * Robert Peters - creative writing *

- chemistry * Vern Rutsala - creative writing * Roderick Sprague - anthropology and archaeology *

David B. Steinman David Barnard Steinman (June 11, 1886 – August 21, 1960) was an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan, and ...

- engineering * Yvor Winters - creative writing * Gordon Woods - veterinary science

Presidents of the University of Idaho

The following individuals have held the office of President of the University of Idaho.President of the University of Idaho

References

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University of Idaho people This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Idaho and a list of its presidents. Alumni Academia * Ali Abdelghany - prominent Egyptian academic and marine biologist; Ph.D. '86 Administration * Jesse Buchanan - tenth president of the ...