University of Montana - Notable People

Notable People

Athletes

  • Colt Anderson, NFL football player; Philadelphia Eagles safety.
  • Kroy Biermann, NFL football player; Atlanta Falcons defensive end.
  • Dan Carpenter, NFL football player; Miami Dolphins placekicker.
  • Scott Curry, NFL football player; Green Bay Packers, Offensive Line.
  • Dave Dickenson, Canadian football player; BC Lions and Calgary Stampeders quarterback, CFL MVP (2000) and Grey Cup MVP (2006).
  • Terry Dillon, NFL football player; Minnesota Vikings defensive back.
  • Lex Hilliard, NFL football player; Miami Dolphins running back.
  • Larry Krystkowiak, former NBA player and coach.
  • Marc Mariani, NFL football player; Tennessee Titans wide receiver, selected for 2011 Pro Bowl as a return specialist for AFC setting two records
  • Marty Mornhinweg, played football at Montana before becoming coach in the NFL; currently Philadelphia Eagles assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.
  • Dallas Neil, NFL football player; Atlanta Falcons, Special Teams.
  • Cory Procter, NFL football player; Miami Dolphins guard/center.
  • Micheal Ray Richardson, NBA player; played for the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets.
  • Shann Schillinger, NFL football player; Atlanta Falcons safety.

Entertainment and the Arts

  • Jeff Ament, founding member of the band Pearl Jam; studied art and played basketball at UM before quiting college in the middle of his sophomore year after the university told him they were no longer offering its graphic design program*
  • Eric Braeden – Best known for portraying Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless.
  • Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists
  • George Montgomery, actor, stuntman, painter, and wood craftsman; attended for one year before heading to Hollywood
  • Carroll O'Connor, actor; graduate from the journalism school, best known for his role as Archie Bunker in All in the Family.
  • J. K. Simmons, actor; known for roles on televisions shows including Law & Order, The Closer, and Oz, and on film in Spider-Man (as J. Jonah Jameson) and in Juno.

Law and politics

  • Forrest H. Anderson, 17th Governor of Montana
  • Mike Mansfield, U.S. Representative (1943–1953); U.S. Senator (1953–1977); Senate Majority Leader (1961–1977). Received both B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Montana, and taught Latin American and Far Eastern History at the university before beginning political career.
  • Jim Messina, political staffer, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama from 2009–2011.
  • Jeannette Rankin, first female elected to the US Congress, elected from Montana
  • Ted Schwinden, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the 19th Governor of Montana.
  • Sidney Runyan Thomas, graduate of the School of Law, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, considered by President Obama as possible Supreme Court nominee.

Journalism

  • Jennifer Servo, 22-year-old broadcast journalist; murdered in Abilene, Texas in 2002 in an unsolved crime
  • Meg Oliver, Anchor of the CBS overnight news program "Up to the Minute".
  • Molly Wood, executive editor for CNET, host of the popular podcast "Buzz Out Loud"
  • Hank Green, editor in chief of EcoGeek.org, a website about environmental technology

Science and Academia

  • Helen M. Duncan, geologist and paleontologist
  • R. Thomas Flynn, college administrator who has served at Rutgers University, Ocean Community College and Monroe Community College.
  • Martin V. Melosi, earned B.A. and M.A. from the University, environmental historian and director of the Institute for Public History at the University of Houston
  • Harold Urey, physical chemist, won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for work on isotopes; Harold C. Urey Lecture Hall at the University is named in his honor.
  • Reynold C. Fuson, chemist
  • Raymond R. Rogers, geology professor
  • John P. Grotzinger,geology professor

Writers

  • James Welch – Award winning author
  • A.B. Guthrie, Jr.-Pulitzer Prize winning author, screenwriter, historian.
  • Richard Hugo – Poet and Creative Writing Professor whose work reflected the economic depression in the Northwest.
  • Judy Blunt – Writer
  • Dan Flores – Historian of the American West; holds A.B. Hammond Chair at UM
  • Deirdre McNamer – Writer
  • J. Robert Lennon – Writer
  • Ed Skoog – Writer and Poet

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