List of Boise State University people


This list of Boise State University people includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and administrators affiliated with Boise State University, a public research university in Boise, Idaho. As of 2015, the university has approximately 22,000 current students and over 80,000 living alumni.
Bachelor's degrees were first awarded in the late 1960s; degrees granted prior to this are associates only.

Government and public policy

NameClass yearNotabilityReference
1952Former chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
1943Widow of U.S. Senator Frank Church; Democratic political organizer; winner of the Lawrence O'Brien Award
1979Director of the Idaho Department of Agriculture; former eight-term Idaho state legislator
1980Judge on the Idaho Court of Appeals
1991Senate minority leader in the Idaho Legislature
1955Federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho
1985Former superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Idaho
1950Former governor of Nevada and executive director of Las Vegas Sun; earned the Bronze Star in Korea
1964Former governor of Idaho; former U.S. congressman and four-term lieutenant governor of Idaho
1981Former U.S. congressman and eight-term representative in the Idaho Legislature