List of Colorado State University people

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This is a list of some notable people associated with Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States.

Colorado State University

Location of Colorado State University in Colorado

CSU has 169,935 living alumni, with 50 active alumni chapters (14 in Colorado and 37 out of state) and nine national interest groups.^[1] CSU graduates include Pulitzer Prize winners, astronauts, CEOs, and two former governors of Colorado.

Arts, sciences, academia and literature

Fred Anderson, American historian, held fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Nicole Anona Banowetz, artist and sculptor
Alicia Bertone, ENGIE-Axium Endowed Dean's Chair of the Graduate School at Ohio State University
Baxter Black, cowboy poet
Paul Broadie, president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College
Mary L. Cleave, astronaut
Sean Colgan, medical researcher
Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, former adjunct professor at Colorado State University
Martin J. Fettman, astronaut
Edward Harwood, aeroponics inventor
John Gill, mathematician and father of modern bouldering
Garry Gross, fashion photographer known for his dog portraiture and work with model and actress Brooke Shields
Michael Johnson, country and folk singer-songwriter
Yusef Komunyakaa (MA '81), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Anne LaBastille, author, ecologist, and photographer; 1974 World Wildlife Fund Gold Medal for Conservation, 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Adirondack Literary Awards, 2008 Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award given by the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, known for The Woodswoman series
Kjell N. Lindgren, astronaut
Susan Lowdermilk, artist, printmaker
George Marsaglia, computer scientist
Mark Mattson, neuroscientist
Nancy E. McIntyre, ecologist and academic
Jürgen Mulert, economist, Fulbright scholar, founder of the German Fulbright Alumni Association
Grace Espy Patton (1896–1904), Colorado state superintendent of schools; professor, Colorado Agricultural College
J. Wayne Reitz, fifth president of the University of Florida (1955–1967)
Kent Rominger ('78), former NASA astronaut and shuttle commander
Jon Rubinstein, computer scientist, member of National Academy of Engineering, helped create the iPod, iMac
Saleem (Saleem Azzouqa), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer
Rebecca Skloot, science writer, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
George E. Staples, veterinary researcher and animal nutrition pioneer
Steven D. Tanksley, chief technology officer of Nature Source Improved Plants, professor emeritus at Cornell University, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Wolf Prize and Japan Prize laureate
Harlan Thomas, Seattle architect
James Van Hoften, astronaut
Frank Alan Ward, Distinguished Professor in the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Science; 2022 DARE Hall of Fame Award, Colorado State University: Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022^[2]

Entertainment and media

Reporters and journalists

Eugene Daniels (BA '12), White House correspondent and Playbook author^[3]

Cinema and television

John Amos, actor
Keith Carradine, Academy Award-winning actor
Dominique Dunne, actress
Leslie Jones, actress and comedian^[4]
Willow Patterson, drag queen and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 14
Derek Theler, actor in Baby Daddy

Musicians

Henson Cargill, country music singer, known for "Skip a Rope"

Vloggers

Paul Ray Ramsey, far-right vlogger, YouTube personality, and public speaker

Athletics

David Anderson, professional football player^[5]
Al "Bubba" Baker, professional football player
Shaquil Barrett, professional football player, two-time Super Bowl winner, Second-Team All-Pro 2019
Randy Beverly, professional football player
Kapri Bibbs, professional football player
Sam Brunelli, professional football player
Susan Butcher, dogsled racer
Jack Christiansen, professional football player^[6]
David Cohn (born 1995), professional basketball player
Jim David, professional football player^[7]
Joel Dreessen, former NFL player
Steve Fairchild, college and professional football coach
Sherwood Fries, professional football player
Donovan Gans, professional football player
Crockett Gillmore, professional football player
Garrett Grayson, professional football player
Clark Haggans, professional football player^[8]
Becky Hammon, professional basketball coach
Caleb Hanie, professional football player
John Howell, professional football player^[9]
Colton Iverson (born 1989), professional basketball player^[10]
Selwyn Jones, professional football player
Brady Keys, professional football player and businessman^[11]
Stanton Kidd (born 1992), professional basketball player
Mark Knudson, professional baseball player^[12]
Martin Laird, professional golfer
Keith Lee, professional football player
Kim Lyons, athlete and personal trainer on The Biggest Loser
Jim Malloy, professional racecar driver
Trey McBride, NFL player for Arizona Cardinals
Lawrence McCutcheon, professional football player
Kevin McDougal, professional football player^[13]
Thurman "Fum" McGraw, professional football player
Keli McGregor, president of the Colorado Rockies and professional football player
Kevin McLain, professional football player^[14]
Kim Mestdagh, Belgian professional basketball player, WNBA champion 2019, EuroBasket Women bronze medalist in 2017 and 2021, now playing for PF Schio
Scooter Molander, professional football player
Mike Montgomery, professional basketball coach
Sean Moran, professional football player^[15]
Glenn Morris, 1935, gold medal winner in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Clint Oldenburg, professional football player^[16]
Milt Palacio, professional basketball player
Erik Pears, professional football player
Erin Popovich, three-time United States Paralympic swimmer, has won 14 Paralympic gold medals, and 19 medals total
Joey Porter, professional football player, member of 2006 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Quayle, athletics director for Emporia State University 1979–1999
Weston Richburg, former NFL player for New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers
David Roddy, professional basketball player
Bob Rule, professional basketball player
Ty Sambrailo, professional football player
Bailey Santistevan, legendary coach
Brady Smith, professional football player
Jason Smith, professional basketball player
Janay DeLoach Soukup, 2012 Summer Olympic bronze medalist in women's long jump
Andre Strode, professional football player
Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
Bradlee Van Pelt, professional football player

Politics

Wayne Allard, United States senator from Colorado (1997–2009)^[17]
David Asay, former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Finance Minister, Saudi Arabia
Anwar al-Awlaki, Yemeni-American imam and reputed Al-Qaeda terrorist; first American citizen to be targeted and killed by a U.S. drone strike^[18]^[19]
Benny Begin, PhD in geology, Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister^[20]
Mohammed Ali Beshr, Egyptian politician
Greg Brophy, Republican member of the Colorado Senate
Jeff Crank, United States representative from Colorado's 5th district^[21]
Les Eaves (Business Management), Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County^[22]
John Ensign, former United States senator from Nevada^[23]
Cory Gardner, Republican U.S. senator from Colorado^[24]
Basuki Hadimuljono, Indonesian Minister of Public Works and Public Housing^[25]
Jim Hawkes (PhD in psychology, 1970), Canadian politician
Paula Hicks-Hudson, lawyer, member of the Ohio State Senate, former Toledo, Ohio city council president and acting mayor
Hsu Shu-hsiang
Doug Hutchinson, former mayor of Fort Collins, Colorado
Conway LeBleu, attended late 1940s, did not graduate, native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, represented Calcasieu and Cameron parishes in the Louisiana House of Representatives 1964–1988^[26]
Mousa Abu Marzook, Hamas member
Stan Matsunaka, politician
Marilyn Musgrave, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives^[27]
Angie Paccione, politician
Bill Ritter, governor of Colorado, former Denver District Attorney
Roy R. Romer, former Colorado governor^[28]
Brian Schweitzer, 23rd governor of Montana^[29]
Ismail Abu Shanab, Hamas founder
Sam Steiger, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, former mayor of Prescott, Arizona
Carol Voisin, ethics professor and former candidate for Congress
Dwight A. York, politician
Dave Young, treasurer of Colorado, former member of the Colorado House of Representatives

Business

Bonnie Ross, corporate vice president at Xbox Game Studio, founder and former head of 343 Industries, known for developing Halo series
Walter Scott, Jr., former CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated, Level 3 Communications; Berkshire Hathaway chairman
Andrew Wirth, businessman, CEO of Palisades Tahoe

Military and intelligence agencies

William E. Adams, former major in the United States Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor^[30]
Roger A. Brady, United States Air Force four-star general, served as commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe
James H. Dickinson, commander, United States Space Command
Salvatore Augustine Giunta, former staff sergeant in the United States Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor
Dee Mewbourne, retired United States Navy vice admiral, 16th deputy commander of United States Transportation Command
Barbara Robbins, first female CIA employee to die in action in the agency's history
Scott Sherman, United States Army National Guard major general
Ralph C. Smith, senior officer of the United States Army, decorated with the Legion of Merit for his service in World War II
Lew Walt, decorated U.S. Marine
George Watson, private in U.S. Army, earned a Medal of Honor in World War II

Notable faculty

Maurice Albertson, civil engineer, Peace Corps co-founder
Theodosia Grace Ammons, president, Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
Raj Chandra Bose, statistician
Louis George Carpenter, irrigation engineer and first dean of Engineering & Physics
Henry P. Caulfield, Jr., political scientist
Howard Ensign Evans, entomologist
Elnora M. Gilfoyle, dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences (1989–1991), provost/academic vice president (1991–1995)
Temple Grandin, animal scientist
William M. Gray, atmospheric scientist
Albert Meyers, organic chemist, member of National Academy of Sciences, known for Meyers synthesis
Rachel Justine Pries, mathematician, fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Robin Reid, environmental scientist and member of the team who established the International Livestock Research Institute
Bernard Rollin, animal ethics advocate
Holmes Rolston III, father of environmental ethics
Ronald M. Sega, systems engineer
Steve Simske, systems engineer
Jamuna Sharan Singh, ecologist, faculty (1971–74, 1981–82 and 1993–94), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
Michael F. Steger, social psychologist^[31]
Holly Stein, geologist
John Kenneth Stille, chemist, known for the Stille reaction, thought to have been a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry before his death
Thomas Sutherland, former hostage in Lebanon
Bryan Willson, mechanical engineer

Presidents

The following persons have served as president of Colorado State University:^[32]

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No.	President	Term start	Term end	Ref.
Presidents of Colorado Agricultural College (1870–1935)
1	Elijah Evans Edwards	1879	1882
2	Charles L. Ingersoll	1882	1891
interim	James W. Lawrence	1891	1892
3	Alston Ellis	1892	1899
4	Barton O. Aylesworth	1899	1909
Presidents of Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1935–1950)
5	Charles A. Lory	1909	1940
6	Roy M. Green	1940	1948 ^[a]
7	Isaac E. Newsom	1948	1949
Presidents of Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College (1950–1957)
8	William E. Morgan	1949	1969
Presidents of Colorado State University (1957–present)
9	Adrian R. Chamberlain	1969	1979
10	Ralph E. Christoffersen	1981	1983
11	Philip E. Austin	1984	1989 ^[b]
interim	Judson M. Harper	August 15, 1989	June 30, 1990	^[33]
12	Albert C. Yates	July 1, 1990	July 31, 2003	^[34]^[35]
13	Larry Edward Penley	August 1, 2003	November 30, 2008	^[36]^[35]^[37]
interim	Tony Frank	December 1, 2008	June 30, 2009	^[37]
14	Tony Frank	July 1, 2009	June 30, 2019 ^[c]	^[38]
15	Joyce McConnell	July 1, 2019	June 30, 2022	^[39]^[40]
interim	Rick Miranda	July 1, 2022	January 31, 2023	^[41]
16	Amy Parsons	February 1, 2023	present	^[42]

Table notes:

[a]
Died in office
[b]
Resigned to head the University of Alabama system
[c]
Resigned to head the three-campus Colorado State University System

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[40]
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[42]
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