Notable Washington State Alumni
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| Edward R. Murrow '30 |
John Abelson '60 - Co-developer of top-drug that helped slash AIDS death rate in 1990s
Neva Abelson '34 - Co-developer for blood test for Rh
Phil Abelson '33, '35 - Father of the atomic submarine
Sherman Alexie '94 - Screenwriter, poet, novelist
Paul Allen '74 - Microsoft co-founder, investor and philanthropist, owner of Seattle Seahawks
Jacob Bigeleisen '41 - Founder of modern isotope chemistry. Distinguished professor emeritus, State University of New York at Stony Brook
James Blackwell '59 - Sociologist, leading scholar on minorities in higher education and social movement in black communities
Drew Bledsoe '93 - NFL Quarterback
Howard Bowen '29, '32 - Former president of Grinnell College and University of Iowa
Cindy Brunson '96 - ESPN News anchor
William Bugge '22 - Long time Washington director of highways
Leo Bustad '68 - Founder of international human-companion animal movement and veterinary dean
Hugh Campbell '63, '69 - General Manager, Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
Ron Cey '68 - Former Major League Baseball player, six-time All-Star, known throughout his career as the "Penguin"
Mary DeGarmo '26 - Pioneer with music and Braille
John Fabian '62 - Astronaut on the second challenger space shuttle mission in 1983
John Clifford Folger '17 - U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, BS 1914 Agriculture, Human and Natural Resources
Weldon B. Gibson '38 - Executive Vice President of Stanford Research Institute
John Gorman '46, '47 - Researcher on slow virus and fur animal diseases and animal models of human diseases
Ann Haley '78 - Executive Director of Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority
Henry T. Heald '23 - President of New York University and Ford Foundation
Mel Hein, '31 - Charter member of the College and Professional Football Hall of Fames
Robert W. Higgins '57 - International impact as a family physician leader, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
Bernard Lagat '00 - Five-time world champion and two-time Olympic medalist who holds several USA records in track & field
Gary Larson '72 - Creator of Far Side cartoons
Keith Jackson '54 - Broadcaster, voice of college football
Charles Glen King '18 - Authority on nutrition and first to isolate pure crystals of Vitamin C
Mike Kinkade '96 - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Baseball
Mike Lowry '62 - Former governor of Washington
Patty Murray '72 - U.S. Senator
Edward R. Murrow '30 - Father of day news reporting and namesake for WSU's Murrow School of Communication
John Olerud '89 - Former Major League Baseball player, two-time All-Star
Pete Rademacher '53 - 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist; fought for the heavyweight championship in first professional fight
Mark Rypien '85 - NFL Quarterback, Super Bowl XXVI MVP
Jerry Sage '38 - WWII escape artist who was played by Steve McQueen in the movie The Great Escape
Barry Serafin '64 - ABC News correspondent
William Julius Wilson '66 - Harvard University Professor, selected by Time magazine as one of America's 25 Most Influential People
Marshall A. Neill '37 - Federal District Court Judge, WA State Supreme Court Judge
Laurence J. Peter '63 - Co-author of The Peter Principle
Robert D. Russ '55 - Four-star General in United States Air Force
Karl Sax '16 - Foremost radiation biologist and geneticist
Charles R. Schroedor '56 - San Diego Zoo Director
Robert S. Stevenson '29 - Allis-Chalmer's Chief Executive Officer
Orville Vogel '39 - Wheat breeder whose findings sparked "Green Revolution"
Alan C. Wilson '79 - Evolutionist who reset clock of human evolution
Matsuyi O. Yamamoto '37 - Distinguished home economist who pioneered home extension work in Japan
