University of Wyoming - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Mohammed Al Mady – Executive President, SABIC
• Jim Anderson, Republican member of the Wyoming Senate (2001–incumbent); former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1997–2000).
• Rodney Anderson - former member of the Wyoming House of Representativeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vermont_politician_stubs

• Paul Andrews – Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Kroenke Sports Enterprise
• Eli Bebout – Wyoming state senator from Riverton since 2007, former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2002
• Rigo Beltrán – former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Larry Birleffi – Class of 1942, announced all Wyoming Cowboys football and basketball games from 1947–1986
• Anthony Blakes – current Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
• Charles Bradley – NBA Basketball Player
• Bradley A. Buckles – Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) 1999–2004
• Jerry Buss – owner of the Los Angeles Lakers
• Harriet Elizabeth Byrd – first African-American member of the Wyoming Legislature
• Cale Case (Ph.D. in economics)- state senator from Fremont County
• Dick Cheney – former Vice-President of the United States of America (George W. Bush President), former U.S. Congressman, former White House Chief Of Staff (served under Gerald Ford) and former U.S. Defense Secretary (served under George H. W. Bush)
• Francis Chesley – linebacker for the Green Bay Packers
• Josh Davis – NBA Basketball Player
• Fennis Dembo – NBA Basketball Player
• W. Edwards Deming – Creator of Total Quality Management
• Francois M. Dickman – former United States Ambassador to Kuwait
• Floyd Dominy – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner 1959–1969
• Aaron Elling – NFL placekicker
• Floyd Esquibel, member of the Wyoming Senate and former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Bob Fitzke – MLB and NFL player

• Dave Freudenthal – former Governor of Wyoming
• Malcom Floyd – wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
• Ted Gilmore – wide receivers coach for the Oakland Raiders

• Curt Gowdy – American Sportscaster
• John J. Hickey - U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Gretchen Hofmann - professor of ecological physiology of marine organisms at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Richard Honaker - attorney, former state legislator, unsuccessful nominee for U.S. District Judge
• Jeff Huson – former Major League Baseball player and current commentator for the Colorado Rockies
• Robert H. Johnson – state senator from Rock Springs, 1967 to 1978
• Jim Kiick – halfback for Miami Dolphins 1968–1974
• Eric Leckner – NBA Basketball Player
• John A. List – University of Chicago economist
• Cynthia Lummis – attorney and rancher, former state legislator and state treasurer
• Derrick Martin – cornerback for the New York Giants
• Leonard McEwan – former member of the Wyoming Supreme Court and the Fourth District Court in Sheridan
• M. Margaret McKeown – judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Mary Mead - Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1990; Jackson rancher and businesswoman
• Matt Mead – Governor of Wyoming
• Joseph B. Meyer – Wyoming attorney general and state treasurer
• Bob Nicholas (Class of 1982) – Member of Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne since 2011
• Stephen Nicholas – founder of Incarnation Children's Center (for children with AIDS/HIV); chief of pediatrics, Harlem Hospital
• Jay Novacek – 5-time pro bowl NFL Tight End
• Blake Neubert – Artist
• Chuck Pagano – head coach for the Indianapolis Colts
• Owen Petersen, Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
• John Pilch – former NBA player
• Wayde Preston – television actor
• Chris Prosinski – Safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Theo Ratliff – Center for the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA
• Charles E. Richardson (1934–2009) – publisher of the Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner newspaper in Rock Springs
• Ken Sailors – Invented the jump shot and is a former NBA player
• Robert Schliske (1924–2007) – state representative from Laramie County and a founder of Laramie County Community College
• General Peter J. Schoomaker – Army Chief of Staff
• Jack Schofield – Retired USAF Colonel, Head of Nevada Test Site
• Claire Schreiner – Miss Wyoming USA 2010 and placed at the Miss USA 2010 pageant finals
• Marlan Scully – theoretical physicist
• Joseph D. Selby (1950–2007) – attorney and former state legislator from Cheyenne
• Matthew Shepard (1976–1998) – victim of notable murder off campus, inspired The Laramie Project
• Alan K. Simpson – former U.S. Senator
• Pete Simpson - former state representative, UW administrator and Hall of Fame member
• Milward Simpson – former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator
• Todd Skinner – free climber
• Gerry Spence – trial lawyer, author, and television legal consultant
• Michael John Sullivan – a former governor of Wyoming and United States ambassador to Ireland
• Dick Termes – artist
• Craig Thomas – U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator
• Richard V. Thomas (1932–2010) – Wyoming Supreme Court justice, 1974–2001
• Thomas E. Trowbridge – former member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature from Carbon County
• Sol Trujillo – CEO, Telstra Corp.
• Jim Walden – former college football head coach, Wyoming's QB in late 1950s
• Alvin Wiederspahn – former member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature and prominent Cheyenne attorney
• Justin Williams – Power Forward/Center for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA
• Scottie Vines – former wide receiver for the Detroit Lions
• Tony Windis – former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
• Tom Walsh, former mayor of Casper and three-term member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Weston Johnson, former professional football player, Atlanta Falcons