List of University of North Dakota people

This is a list of notable people associated with the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This list includes both alumni and faculty members.

Alumni

National and international award winners

Pulitzer Prize winners

*Maxwell Anderson - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter, and lyricist

Rhodes scholars

*Thomas McGrath - distinguished poet and Rhodes scholar

Arts and entertainment

*Sam Anderson - actor
*Bennett Brien - noted American Indian artist and sculptor, designed current Fighting Sioux logo
*Nicole Linkletter - winner of reality show "America's Next Top Model" fifth season

Athletics

*Dave Christian - member of the 1980 Olympic ice hockey team that beat the USSR in the "Miracle on Ice" game
*Phil Jackson - former NBA player and current coach
*Jim Kleinsasser - current Minnesota Vikings NFL player
*Zach Parise- current New Jersey Devils player in the NHL
*Jonathan Toews- current Chicago Blackhawks player in the NHL
*Travis Zajac- current New Jersey Devils player in the NHL

Business

*Thomas Barger - geologist and former CEO of Aramco
*Ralph Engelstad - former Las Vegas casino owner and UND philanthropist
*Andrew Freeman - Inventor of the Block heater and former manager of Minnkota Power Cooperative
*Hugo Magnuson - founder of Hugo's regional grocery store chain and former Grand Forks mayor
*William C. Marcil - current CEO of Forum Communications
*Gregory R. Page - current president and CEO of Cargill
*Sally J. Smith - current president and CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain

Law, politics, and government

*Fred G. Aandahl - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Congressman
*Dick Armey - former United States House of Representatives Majority Leader
*Ronald Davies - former federal judge, ordered the integration of Little Rock Central High School
*John E. Davis - former governor of North Dakota
*Byron Dorgan - current U.S. Senator for North Dakota
*Lynn Frazier - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
*William Langer - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
*John Moses - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
*Ragnvald A. Nestos - former governor of North Dakota
*Allen I. Olson - former governor of North Dakota
*Earl Pomeroy - current U.S. Representative for North Dakota
*Michael Rustad, scholar on intellectual property, author, Professor at Suffolk University Law School
*Ed Schafer - former governor of North Dakota

Literature and journalism

*Maxwell Anderson - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter, and lyricist
*Jon Hassler - novelist
*Chuck Klosterman - author and journalist for "Spin" and "Esquire magazines
*Thomas McGrath - distinguished poet and Rhodes scholar
*Edward K. Thompson - former editor of "LIFE" magazine
*Era Bell Thompson - former editor of "Ebony" magazine

Military

*Homer N. Wallin - former Vice Admiral in the United States Navy

cience

*Carl Ben Eielson - pioneer aviator
*Russell Lefevre - president-elect of IEEE-USA
*Karen L. Nyberg - NASA Astronaut
*Harry Nyquist - an important contributor to information theory
*Vilhjalmur Stefansson - Arctic explorer

Faculty

*Robert B. Ammons - founder of "Psychological Reports and Perceptual and Motor Skills"
*Rich Davis - former Dean of the UND School of Medicine and founder of KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce
*Michael James Gaffey - planetary scientist
*Robert L. Henry, Jr. - former Dean of the UND School of Law
*Meyer Jacobstein - professor of economics U.S. Representative from New York
*Rodney K. Smith - current President of Southern Virginia University
*Albert H. Taylor - electrical engineer who made important early contributions to the development of radar
*Jack Russell Weinstein - professor of philosophy

ee also

*Presidents of the University of North Dakota