- List of University of Utah people
Notable Alumni
George Albert Smith Harold B. Lee Government
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Anson Vasco Call II - First Mayor ofAfton, Wyoming (served nine terms) graduated with the first class in1875
*David N. Sundwall - Executive Director, Utah Department of Health and former AssistantSurgeon General
*E. Jake Garn - formerU.S. Senator , R-UT, andAstronaut
* Frank Moss, formerU.S. Senator , D-UT
*Karl Rove - Chief political strategist and adviser toGeorge W. Bush attended the University of Utah but never graduated.
*Robert Foster Bennett -U.S. Senator , R-UT
* Ross "Rocky" Anderson - formerMayor ,Salt Lake City
*Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. - Current Governor of the State ofUtah Religion
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George Albert Smith - former President,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*David O. McKay - former President,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Harold B. Lee - former President,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Gordon B. Hinckley - former President,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Thomas S. Monson - President,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Cecil O. Samuelson - President,Brigham Young University ;Latter-day Saint General Authority Humanities
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Fawn Brodie -Historian and author.
*LeConte Stewart - American artist primarily known for his landscapes of rural Utah, later became head of the Art Department at the University of Utah from 1938 to 1956
*Orson Scott Card - Science fiction author
*Robison Wells -Novelist
*Shelby Steele - Author and columnist, research fellow at the Hoover Institution
*Vern Bullough -Historian andSexologist
*Wallace Stegner - Americannovelist
*Terry Tempest Williams - Author,environmentalist cience and Engineering
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Alan Kay - Computer scientist, recipient of theTuring Award
*Bui Tuong Phong , inventor of thePhong reflection model and thePhong shading interpolation method
* Henri Gouraud, inventor ofGouraud shading
*Calvin Quate - one of the inventors of theatomic force microscope
*Ralph Hartley - Co-founder ofInformation Theory (along withShannon andHamming ), inventor ofHartley Transform andHartley Oscillator
*Robert Jarvik - Inventor of artificial heart
*Wilbert L. Gore - co-inventor of Gore-tex fabricsMedia
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Keene Curtis - Stage, Film and Television Actor
*Bill Marcroft - Radio and television broadcaster; Former play by play radio announcer for the Utah Utes.
*Bob Trumpy - FormerNFL tight end and currentSports broadcasting color commentator
*Bronzell Miller - Actor, NFL player
*Joseph Kearns - Radio, Film and Television Actor
*Mills Lane - Famous television judge and legendary boxing referee
*George Ouzounian (aka Maddox) - Humorist (attended but did not graduate)Education
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Sterling M. McMurrin - Former E.E. Erickson Professor of Philosophy and U of Utah administrator, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Mormon philosopherBusiness
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Alan Ashton - Co-founder ofWordPerfect Corp.
*Dave Checketts - American businessman, founderSports Capital Partners
*David Neeleman -JetBlue founder,chairman and formerCEO
*David McGowan - Co-founder ofMurray Park Dental also good big brother
*Edwin Catmull - Co-founder ofPixar
*J. Willard Marriott - Founder,Marriott International
*James H. Clark - Founder,Silicon Graphics
*John Warnock - Co-founder of Adobe Systems
*Nolan Bushnell - Founder ofAtari andChuck E. Cheese
*Stephen R. Covey - Business author, consultantAthletics
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Alex Smith -San Francisco 49ers Quarterback , 1st overall pick in the2005 NFL Draft .
*Andre Dyson - NFL pro-bowldefensive back
*Andre Miller - NBA player,NCAA All-American
*Andrew Bogut -Milwaukee Bucks forward, 1st overall pick in the2005 NBA Draft left early for the NBA and did not graduate.
*Arnie Ferrin - Former NBA player, four-timeNCAA All-American
*Marvin Fleming - NFL tight end, won 5 Super Bowl rings in the 1960s-70s
*Larry Wilson - NFL Hall of Fame member and All-Pro free safety
*Terry Nofsinger - NFL quarterback for St. Louis in 1960s
*Ed Pine - NFL center for San Francisco 49ers
*Eric Weddle - safety for theSan Diego Chargers
*Billy McGill - All American basketball player and NBA
* Alan Holmes - All American basketball player
*Charles K. Monfort - Chairman and CEO of the Colorado RockiesMajor League Baseball
*Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala - former NFLrunning back
* Chris Shelton - MLB baseball player (1B)
*George Seifert - former NFL head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers
*Jamal Anderson - FormerNFL pro-bowlrunning back
*Jordan Gross -Carolina Panthers offensive lineman
*Keith Van Horn - Former NBA player
*Kevin Dyson - Former NFLwide receiver
* Kim Smith -Sacramento Monarchs , 4 TimeMountain West Conference Player of the Year, 13th pick of 2006WNBA Draft
*Luther Elliss - FormerNFL all-prodefensive lineman
*Michael Doleac -NBA player
*Mike Anderson -Baltimore Ravens running back and 2002NFL Rookie of the Year .
* Scott Mitchell - back-up quarterback toDan Marino on theMiami Dolphins and later started at QB for theDetroit Lions
*Shona Thorburn -Minnesota Lynx 7th Overall pick of 2006WNBA Draft
* Steve Smith -Carolina Panthers pro-bowlwide receiver
*Tom Chambers - Former NBA all-star
*Norm Chow - College Football CoachUCLA, Offensive Coordinator
*John Madsen - wide receiverOakland Raiders Criminal
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Ted Bundy - Notorious serial killer briefly attended Utah's law school prior to his arrest and conviction for kidnapping in 1975.Notable Faculty
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Mario Capecchi - 2007Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
*Maud Babcock - The first female member of the university's faculty
*Jan Harold Brunvand - Emeritus Professor of English, a well-known American folklorist andurban legends researcher
*Charles E. Dibble (1909–2002) - Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (1939–78), notedMesoamerica nist scholar
*Henry Eyring - Renowned theoretical chemist and twenty-year dean of the graduate schoolSee also
University of Utah Sources
* Notable Alumni and Faculty
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