List of Boise State University people
This list of Boise State University people includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and administrators affiliated with Boise State University, a public, coeducational research university located in Boise, Idaho. As of 2010, the university has approximately 20,000 current students and over 75,000 living alumni.[citation needed]
University alumni include the current Governor of Idaho, former members of the United States Congress, judges on the United States Federal Courts and the Idaho Supreme Court, members of the Idaho Legislature, leaders of Fortune 500 companies, Hollywood actors and directors, best-selling authors, Rhodes Scholars, and numerous professional athletes.[examples needed]
Bachelor's degrees were first awarded in the late 1960s; degrees granted prior are associates only.
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Business and finance
Name | Class year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Steve Appleton | 1983 | Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology | [1] |
Jim Cathey | 1992 | Vice President of Qualcomm Inc. | [2] |
John Carley | 1955 | Former President and chief operating officer of Albertsons Inc. | [3] |
Karl Knapp | 1981 | Rhodes Scholar; Vice chairman and managing director at United Bank of Switzerland (UBS) | [4] |
Ralph Peterson | 1965 | President of CH2M HILL; former advisor to President Bill Clinton | [5] |
William Glynn | 1979 | President of Intermountain Industries (Intermountain Gas Co., Petroglyph Energy, and InterWest Capital) | [6] |
William Agee | 1958 | Former President and CEO of Bendix Corporation and Morrison Knudsen Corporation | [7] |
Jan Packwood | 1984 | President and CEO of Idaho Power Company and IDACORP, Inc. | [8] |
Jim Kissler | 1984 | Owner and CEO of Norco, Inc. | [9] |
Jack Kane | 1970 | managing director of Duff & Phelps Corp. in New York; former Major General in the U.S. Army | [10] |
James McClary | 1959 | Former President of the Morrison Knudsen Corporation | [11] |
John Elorriaga | 1949 | Former chairman of the board and CEO of U.S. Bancorp | [12] |
Butch Otter | 1964 | Former President of Simplot International | [13] |
Larry Williams | 1964 | Founder and President of Idaho Timber Corp. | [14] |
Louann Krueger | 1978 | Pacific Northwest Regional Director for Wells Fargo Bank | [15] |
Bill Ilett | 1965 | President of TransCorp Inc.; founder of the Idaho Stampede | [16] |
Government and public policy
Arts, media, and entertainment
Name | Class year(s) | Notability | Reference | |
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Michael Hoffman | 1974 | Rhodes Scholar; Hollywood director of 13 movies, including several Oscar-winning titles | [32] | |
Earl Boen | 1961 | Hollywood actor with roles in over 50 films and 400 televisions appearances, including Naked Gun, the Terminator series, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, LA Law, and The Wonder Years | [33] | |
Jerry Hannifin | 1938 | Former Time Magazine and United Press bureau chief in Brazil and Washington, D.C. | [34] | |
William Anderson | 1939 | Best-selling author of 22 books; his book BAT-21 sold a million copies and became a Hollywood movie | [35] | |
Gary Green | 1968 | Award-winning conductor; Music Department chairman at the University of Miami | [36] | |
Victoria Holloway | 1978 | Co-founder of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival; professor of theatre performance at Arizona State University | [37] | |
Michelle Willis | 1996 | Popular composer of LDS and Christian music | [38] | |
Trevor Powers[39] | – | Musician; Youth Lagoon[40] |
Academia and the sciences
Name | Class year(s) | Notability | Reference |
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Radhika Ramana Dasa | 1999 | Professor at The College of William & Mary and Bhaktivedanta College | [41] |
Ben Jayne | 1948 | Former Dean of Duke's School of Forestry; professor at Yale and the University of Washington | [42] |
Keith Bishop | 1982 | Cellular immunologist specializing in organ transplants at the University of Michigan School of Medicine | [43] |
Michael Adcox | 1981 | Medical director of the Saint Alphonsus Nephrology Center | [44] |
Gary L. Bennett | 1960 | Former manager at NASA; worked on the Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons missions | [45] |
Paul Courtright | 1978 | Renowned epidemiologist fighting leprosy and ocular diseases in Africa; clinic director at Tumaini University | [46] |
Gary Green | 1968 | Award-winning conductor; Music Department chairman at the University of Miami | [47] |
Merle Wells | 1939 | Founder of the Idaho State Archives; the Wells State Archives Building was named in his honor | [48] |
Diane Haddock Russell | 1961 | Former department chair at the University of Arizona College of Medicine; pioneer in cell growth research | [49] |
Marvin Bryant | 1947 | Former bacteriologist at the University of Illinois; inducted into the National Academy of the Sciences | [50] |
Jay Luo | 1982 | Former professor at Johns Hopkins University; graduated with a B.S. in math at the age of 12 | [51] |
Justin W. Vance | 2000 | Interim Dean, Military Campus Programs and Assistant Professor of History at Hawaii Pacific University (HPU). HPU is one of the top ranked schools in the country for military and Veterans. | [52] |
Sports
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