List of University of Washington people
This page lists notable students, alumni and faculty members of the University of Washington.
Notable alumni
Literature
[National Book Award]
- Beverly Cleary – Children's Books, Fiction, Paperback 1981
- Timothy Egan – 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 – four-star general and the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Bruce W. Clingan – 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 – 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
- Tatsuji Suga – lieutenant colonel, Imperial Japanese Army, commander of all prisoner-of-war 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 – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rear admiral, first director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
- Kelly E. Taggart – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rear admiral, second Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
- Ronald R. Van Stockum – brigadier general' director, Marine Corps Reserve 1962–1964
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 – fourth-place finisher at the 1976 Olympic marathon and former president of the Road Runners Club of America
- Brad Walker – two-time NCAA pole vault champion; gold medalist at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and 2007 World Championships
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
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
- Fredrick Muyia Nafukho - Presidential Term Professor at the University of Washington