List of Colorado State University people

This is a list of some notable people associated with Colorado State University, located in the Fort Collins, Colorado, United States.

CSU has 169,935 living alumni with 50 active alumni chapters (14 in Colorado and 37 out of state) and 9 national interest groups. CSU graduates include Pulitzer Prize winners, astronauts, CEOs, and two former governors of Colorado.

Arts, sciences, academia and literature

• Nicole Anona Banowetz, artist and sculptor
• Alicia Bertone, ENGIE-Axium Endowed Dean's Chair of the Graduate School at the Ohio State University
• Baxter Black, cowboy poet
• Paul Broadie, president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College
• Mary L. Cleave, astronaut
• Martin J. Fettman, astronaut
• Edward Harwood, aeroponics inventor
• James Van Hoften, astronaut
• John Gill, mathematician and father of modern bouldering
• Garry Gross, fashion photographer known for his dog portraiture and work with model and actress Brooke Shields
• Michael Johnson, country and folk singer-songwriter
• Yusef Komunyakaa, (MA '81), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
• Susan Lowdermilk, artist, printmaker
• George Marsaglia, computer scientist
• Mark Mattson, neuroscientist
• Jürgen Mulert, economist, Fulbright scholar, founder of the German Fulbright Alumni Association
• J. Wayne Reitz, fifth president of the University of Florida (1955–1967)
• Kent Rominger, ('78), Former NASA astronaut and shuttle commander
• Jon Rubinstein, American computer scientist, helped create the iPod
• Saleem (Saleem Azzouqa), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer
• Isaac Slade, professional musician and lead singer of The Fray
• George E. Staples, veterinary researcher and animal nutrition pioneer
• Harlan Thomas, Seattle architect
• Frank Alan Ward - Distinguished Professor in the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Science; 2022 DARE Hall of Fame Award; Colorado State University: Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022.

Entertainment and media

Reporters and journalists

• Eugene Daniels, (BA '12), White House correspondent and Playbook author

Cinema and television

• John Amos, actor
• Keith Carradine, Academy Award-winning actor
• Dominique Dunne, actress
• Leslie Jones, actress and comedian
• Willow Patterson, drag queen and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 14
• Derek Theler, actor in Baby Daddy

Athletics

• David Anderson, professional football player
• Al "Bubba" Baker, professional football player
• Shaquil Barrett, professional football player
• Randy Beverly, professional football player
• Kapri Bibbs, professional football player
• Sam Brunelli, professional football player
• Susan Butcher, dogsled racer
• Jack Christiansen, professional football player
• David Cohn (born 1995), professional basketball player
• Jim David, professional football player
• Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
• Steve Fairchild, college and professional football coach
• Sherwood Fries, professional football player
• Donovan Gans, professional football player
• Crockett Gillmore, professional football player
• Garrett Grayson, professional football player
• Clark Haggans, professional football player
• Becky Hammon, professional basketball coach
• Caleb Hanie, professional football player
• John Howell, professional football player
• Colton Iverson (born 1989), professional basketball player
• Selwyn Jones, professional football player
• Brady Keys, professional football player and businessman
• Stanton Kidd (born 1992), professional basketball player
• Mark Knudson, professional baseball player
• Martin Laird, professional golfer
• Keith Lee, professional football player
• Kim Lyons, athlete and personal trainer on The Biggest Loser
• Jim Malloy, professional racecar driver
• Lawrence McCutcheon, professional football player
• Kevin McDougal, professional football player
• Thurman "Fum" McGraw, professional football player
• Keli McGregor, President of the Colorado Rockies and professional football player
• Kevin McLain, professional football player
• Scooter Molander, professional football player
• Glenn Morris, 1935, Gold medal winner in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
• Mike Montgomery, professional basketball coach
• Sean Moran, professional football player
• Clint Oldenburg, professional football player
• Milt Palacio, professional basketball player
• Erik Pears, professional football player
• Bradlee Van Pelt, professional football player
• Joey Porter, professional football player, member of 2006 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
• Bill Quayle, athletics director for Emporia State University from 1979 to 1999.
• David Roddy, professional basketball player
• Bob Rule, professional basketball player
• Ty Sambrailo, professional football player
• Bailey Santistevan, legendary coach featured in the July 5, 1999, edition of Sports Illustrated.
• Brady Smith, professional football player
• Jason Smith, professional basketball player
• Andre Strode, professional football player
• Pete Thomas, professional football player

Politics

• Wade O. Troxell, past mayor (2015-2021) and councilmember (2007-2015) City of Fort Collins, mechanical engineering professor (1984–present) and former CSU football player (co-captain senior year) as offensive center (1975-1978).

• Wayne Allard, United States Senator from Colorado (1997–2009)
• Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Finance Minister – Saudi Arabia
• Anwar al-Awlaki, Yemeni-American imam and reputed Al-Qaeda terrorist. The first American citizen to be targeted and killed by a U.S. drone strike
• David Asay, former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Benny Begin, PhD in geology, Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister.
• Mohammed Ali Beshr, Egyptian politician
• Greg Brophy, Republican member of the Colorado Senate
• Les Eaves (Business Management), Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County
• John Ensign, former United States Senator from Nevada
• Cory Gardner, Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado
• Basuki Hadimuljono, Indonesian Minister of Public Works and Public Housing
• Jim Hawkes, (PhD in psychology, 1970), Canadian politician
• Paula Hicks-Hudson, lawyer, Toledo, Ohio City Council President and acting Mayor
• Doug Hutchinson, former mayor of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado
• Conway LeBleu, attended late 1940s, did not graduate, native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, represented Calcasieu and Cameron parishes in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 to 1988
• Marilyn Musgrave, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
• Angie Paccione, politician
• Bill Ritter, governor of Colorado, former Denver District Attorney
• Mousa Abu Marzook, Hamas member
• Stan Matsunaka, politician
• Roy R. Romer, former Colorado governor
• Brian Schweitzer, 23rd Governor of Montana
• Ismail Abu Shanab, Hamas founder
• Carol Voisin, ethics professor and former candidate for Congress
• Dwight A. York, politician

Business

• Walter Scott, Jr., Former CEO Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated, Level 3 Communications & Berkshire Hathaway Chairman

Military and intelligence agencies

• William E. Adams, former Major in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• James H. Dickinson, Commander, United States Space Command.
• Salvatore Augustine Giunta, former Staff Sergeant in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Barbara Robbins, the first female CIA employee to die in action in the agency's history
• Lew Walt, decorated U.S. Marine
• George Watson (Medal of Honor), Private in U.S. Army, earned a Medal of Honor in World War 2 U.S.Army

Notable faculty

• Maurice Albertson, civil engineer, Peace Corps co-founder
• Theodosia Grace Ammons, president, Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
• Raj Chandra Bose, statistician
• Louis George Carpenter, irrigation engineer and first dean of Engineering & Physics
• Henry P. Caulfield, Jr., political scientist
• Howard Ensign Evans, entomologist
• Elnora M. Gilfoyle, dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences (1989–1991), Provost/Academic Vice President (1991–1995)
• William M. Gray, atmospheric scientist
• Temple Grandin, animal scientist
• Rachel Justine Pries, mathematician, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
• Thomas Sutherland, former hostage in Lebanon
• Robin Reid, environmental scientist and member of the team who established the International Livestock Research Institute
• Holmes Rolston III, father of environmental ethics
• Bernard Rollin, animal ethics advocate
• Ronald M. Sega, systems engineer
• Steve Simske, systems engineer
• Jamuna Sharan Singh, ecologist, faculty (1971–74, 1981–82 and 1993–94), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
• Holly Stein, geologist
• Bryan Willson, mechanical engineer

See also

• List of colleges and universities in Colorado
• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
• Outline of Colorado

References

External links

• Colorado State University
  • Colorado State University Alumni Association

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