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Following is a list of notable alumni from the
University of Northern Colorado . The university was called the State Normal School of Colorado from 1889 to 1935, Colorado State College of Education at Greeley from 1935 to 1957, and Colorado State College from 1957 to 1970.
Art
Business
Education
Wendy Adams ,
physics educator
Camila Alire , librarian and president of the
American Library Association
Carmen Roybal Arteaga , Chicana educator and activist
Rosa Roberto Carter , President of the
University of Guam from 1977 to 1983
Chih-Fu Cheng , vice president of the National Taiwan Normal University
William E. Davis , president of
Idaho State University and the
University of New Mexico , and Chancellor of the
Oregon University System and
Louisiana State University
K. Newell Dayley ,
composer ,
hymnwriter ,
musician , and professor of music at
Brigham Young University
Ervin Dennis , professor at the
University of Northern Iowa and member the Iowa House of Representatives
Rick Edgeman , Professor of Sustainability & Enterprises Performance,
Aarhus University , professor and chair of Management and Center for Entrepreneurship Director, Fort Hays State University. Academician of the International Academy of Quality.
Steven Forness ,
psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the
University of California
Margaret Hayes Grazier , librarian and professor of library science at
Wayne State University
[1]
Elinor Miller Greenberg , author, educationalist, and
speech pathologist
Gene Hatfield , artist and professor at the
University of Central Arkansas
Bill Heller , dean of the College of Education at the
University of South Florida St. Petersburg and
Florida House of Representatives
Rose Kekedo , leading educator in
Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the first woman to be chancellor of the
University of Papua New Guinea
Allen Meadors , CEO at
Penn State Altoona , Chancellor at the
University of North Carolina at Pembroke , and President of the
University of Central Arkansas
Charles M. Roessel , president of
Diné College , photographer, journalist, and Director of the
Bureau of Indian Education
Jennie Mae Rucker , librarian and founding faculty of the
Community College of Denver
John Salas , President of the
University of Guam , first
provost of Vocational High School (now known as
Guam Community College ), and Senator in the
Legislature of Guam
Hortensia Soto , professor of mathematics at
Colorado State University
Donnis Thompson , professor of health, physical education, and recreation at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa and the university's first women's athletic director, and State of Hawaii Department of Education school superintendent.
Entertainment
Greg Germann , actor known for
Ally McBeal
Grey's Anatomy
Marshall Gilkes , jazz trombonist and composer
Edward W. Hardy , composer, violinist, violist, and producer
Autumn Hurlbert , actress, singer, and dancer
Beth Malone , Tony Award-nominated actress
Ryan Malaty , actor and television personality
Beth Malone , actress and singer
Victoria Matlock , musical theatre actress
J. Durward Morsch , composer, prolific arranger, and trombonist
Neyla Pekarek , vocalist and instrumentalist for
The Lumineers
Amanda Peterson , famous actress, appeared in the 1987 film
Can't Buy Me Love
Herminigildo Ranera, conductor, composer, arranger, performer, and educator
Nathaniel Shaw , actor, dancer, and director
Erica Sweany , film and television actress, dancer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
Tyler Ward , musician and producer
Steven Wasson , director of
Theatre de l'Ange Fou
Bill Welsh , radio and television announcer
[4]
Ed Werder , reporter for
ESPN
Government and civil service
Michael J. Allen - District Attorney for Colorado's largest District Attorney's office
Katherine Archuleta , director of the
United States Office of Personnel Management
David Bernhardt , 53rd
United States Secretary of the Interior
Hillary Hall , clerk and recorder in
Boulder County, Colorado who issued marriage licenses to
same-sex couples the
Colorado Supreme Court ordered her to stop
Lynn A. Johnson ,
Assistant Secretary for Family Support at the Department of Health and Human Services
Huang Kun-huei , Taiwanese minister of the
Mainland Affairs Council from 1991 to 1994 and
Minister of the Interior from 1994 to 1996
Henrietta H. Fore , 7th Executive Director of
UNICEF , Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development , Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, the 11th Under Secretary of Management in the Department of State, and the 37th Director of the
United States Mint in the
U.S. Department of Treasury
Irene Montie , a statistician in the US government service who became president of the
Caucus for Women in Statistics
Sully Sullenberger , captain of
US Airways Flight 1549 and
Permanent Representative of the United States to the International Civil Aviation Organization
Edna Wilson-Mosley , civil rights specialist for Colorado's Civil Rights Commission
Law
Literature and journalism
Steven Dietz , playwright
Vinita Diteeyont , author
Edwina Hume Fallis , writer
J. Michael Martinez , poet
Karyl McBride , author and marriage and family therapist
James A. Michener , author
Steven Moore , literary critic and Washington Post book reviewer
Evan Oakley , poet
Sayyid Qutb , author, poet, novelist, a leading member of the Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood , and
Islamic scholar considered "the Father of
Salafi jihadism "
Neal Rubin ,
The Detroit News columnist and author of comic strip
Gil Thorp
Don Welch , poet
Connie Willis , science-fiction author
Military
Van E. Chandler ,
flying ace in
World War II
Jeffrey Chessani , commanding officer
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines during the November 2005 urban combat in
Haditha ,
Iraq
John L. Dolan , Lt. General of
United States Air Force
William M. Fraser III ,
United States Air Force general
Stephen R. Lorenz ,
United States Air Force general
Carol Mutter ,
Marine Corps Lieutenant General
Thurman D. Rodgers , United States Army general
Randall Schmidt ,
United States Air Force general
Robert L. Scott ,
United States Air Force general
David N. Senty ,
United States Air Force Major General
Edward Tipper , United States Army soldier
Frances C. Wilson ,
United States Marine Corps general
Politics
Rhonda Fields , member of
Colorado State House of Representatives
Linda Gray , Arizona State Senator
Bill Heller ,
Florida House of Representatives and the dean of the College of Education at the
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Janak Joshi ,
Colorado House of Representatives
Richard Kelly ,
U.S. House of Representatives
Judy Kennedy , Mayor of
Newburgh, New York
Halima Khatun ,
Bangladeshi activist, writer, and academic who took part in
Bengali Language Movement
Maryanne Kusaka ,
Mayor of the County of Kaua'i
Don Marostica ,
Colorado House of Representatives
Jack McGuire ,
Illinois House of Representatives
Rory Ogle , member of the
New Mexico House of Representatives
Andrew Perchlik , member of the
Vermont Senate
[7]
Mary Peltola , member of the
United States House of Representatives from Alaska
Lisa Poppaw , former
Fort Collins city council member
Karlee Provenza ,
Wyoming House of Representatives
Mary Pruitt ,
Tennessee State Representative
Nathan Reichert ,
Iowa House of Representatives
Jeannie Ritter , former First Lady of Colorado
John Salas , Senator in the
Legislature of Guam , first
provost of Vocational High School (now
Guam Community College ) and President of the
University of Guam
Eunice Sato , mayor of
Long Beach, California
Sue Schafer ,
Colorado House of Representatives
Shyu Jong-shyong , Taiwanese politician, Deputy Secretary-General of the
Executive Yuan and Deputy
Mayor of
Taichung City
Harry Stephens , Kansas Senate
Ken Summers ,
Colorado House of Representatives
Sports
Bryce Boarman ,
Paralympic soccer player
Jacob Bobenmoyer , professional football player
Bob Boerigter , sports administrator and retired commissioner for the
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Gregg Brandon , college football coach of Colorado School of Mines
Dominic Breazeale , boxer
Irv Brown , college baseball coach, commissioner of the
Colorado Athletic Conference and
Mountain Collegiate Baseball League , and analyst for the
NBA on ESPN
Sam Brunelli , professional football player
Pat Burris , two-time
Olympian in
judoka and
Pan American Games bronze medalist
Pete Butler , college football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator
Cisco Carlos , professional baseball player
Joel Collier , professional football coach and executive
Earnest Collins Jr. ,college football coach
Gerry Dattilio , professional gridiron football player
Jordan Davis , professional basketball player
Jourdan Delacruz , Olympic weightlifter
Elijah Dotson , professional football player
Reed Doughty , football
safety for
Washington Redskins
Ben Dreith ,
AFL and
NFL referee
Terry Dunn , head men's basketball coach at
Dartmouth College
R. W. Eaks , professional golfer
Kai Edwards , professional basektball player
Ron Ernst , football player and coach
Brian Ferguson , football coach
Justin Gaethje , professional
mixed martial arts , currently competing in the
UFC
[8]
Andy Haase , professional football player
Pat Haggerty ,
NFL referee
Ron Herbel , professional baseball player
Mike Higgins , professional basketball player
Tracy Holland , head football coach at the
University of Central Oklahoma
Paul Hubbard , college football coach
Carl Iwasaki , professional baseball coach
Vincent Jackson , football player for
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Virgil Jester , baseball
pitcher for
Milwaukee Braves
Dirk Johnson , professional football coach
Adrienne Jordan , professional soccer player
Dave Keller , baseball minor league player and coach
Joe Lindahl , football player, coach, and administrator
Bob Lord , college and professional football coach
Mike Madden , former baseball
pitcher for
Houston Astros
Milt Martin , college
football coach,
wrestling coach, and athletics administrator
Corte McGuffey , professional football player
Don Meyer , college baseball coach
Dave Nakama , baseball player and coach
Joe Pennucci , head baseball coach at
East Tennessee State University
Dennis Preece , high school
wrestling coach
Brad Pyatt , professional football player
Jonah Radebaugh , professional basketball player
Tony Ramirez , professional football player
Jed Roberts , former
Canadian Football League player with the
Edmonton Eskimos
Tom Runnells , professional baseball player, coach, and manager
Frankie Saenz , (attended), wrestler and professional
Mixed Martial Artist with
UFC
[10]
John Sanders ,
professional baseball
scout ,
Major League Baseball
player for the
Kansas City Athletics ,
manager at the pro level, and a
college baseball coach
Kyle Sloter , professional football player
Aaron Smith, football
defensive end for
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ernie Smith , college football coach
Loren Snyder, football
quarterback for
Dallas Cowboys
[11]
Dave Stalls, football
defensive end for
Dallas Cowboys ,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ,
Los Angeles Raiders and
Denver Gold
Joe Strain , professional baseball player
Rich Stubler ,
football coach, primarily in the
Canadian Football League
Jed Stugart , football player and coach
Peter Stuursma , football player and coach
Joe Taibi , professional football player
Cedric Tillman , professional arena football player
Herve Tonye-Tonye ,
Canadian Football League linebacker,
Toronto Argonauts
Khoa Tran , professional basketball player
Mike Trujillo , professional baseball player
Bob Wachs , college football and basketball coach
Frank Wainright , former football
tight end for
New Orleans Saints ,
Philadelphia Eagles ,
Miami Dolphins and
Baltimore Ravens
Nick Willhite , professional baseball player
Other
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