Notable Alumni
- Marion Higgins (1897), supercentenarian who died at age 112 and was briefly the oldest California resident
- Milt Woodard (1933), sports executive, co-founder of American Football League
- Gretchen Fraser (1941), gold medalist, slalom, 1948 Winter Olympics
- Edward LaChapelle (1949), avalanche researcher and glaciologist
- Jose Calugas (1961), Medal of Honor recipient
- Bill Baarsma (1964), mayor of Tacoma, 2002–2009
- Jeff Smith (1967), TV Chef, "The Frugal Gourmet"
- George Obiozor (1969), Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S.
- Mike Price (1969), head football coach at the University of Texas-El Paso
- Terry Castle (1975), Professor of English, Stanford University
- Ross Shafer (1975) comedian and motivational speaker
- Christine Quinn-Brintnall (JD 1980), Washington state Court of Appeals judge
- Scott Griffin (MBA 1982), CIO of Boeing
- Justin Jaschke (1984), founder and former CEO of Verio
- Scott Bateman(1986), nationally syndicated cartoonist
- Sean Parnell (JD 1987), Governor of Alaska
- Chris Pirih (1987), creator of SkiFree, one of the seminal computer games in the early days of Microsoft Windows
- Mike Oliphant (1988), professional (NFL) football player
- Terry Bain (1989), novelist and short-story writer
- Hari Sreenivasan (1995), correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Jori Chisholm (1997), Champion bagpiper
- Dale Chihuly (non-degreed alum), glass artist
- Brian Sonntag (non-degreed alum), Washington State Auditor
- Adam West (non-degree alum), Actor most notably portraying Batman. Transferred to Whitman College
- Ted Bundy (non-degreed alum), serial killer
- Rick Steves (non-degree alum), producer of the popular Rick Steves' tour guidebook series as well as "Rick Steve's Europe" on PBS. Attended Puget Sound for only one semester, citing cost and a desire to spend free time traveling as reasons to transfer to UW.
- Greg Craven, climate change activist who produced a viral video on YouTube
- Charlie Lowery, NBA player
- Rebecca Welles, daughter of director Orson Welles and actress Rita Hayworth
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