List of University of West Florida people
Foliage at UWF
The official list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of West Florida.[1]
The University of West Florida, also known as West Florida and UWF, is a mid-sized public university located in Pensacola, Florida, United States. The university enrolls approximately 12,000 students as of Fall 2009.[2]
UWF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. It is a doctoral/research university, specializing in engineering and the humanities. Its mascot is an Argonaut, and its logo is the Chambered Nautilus.
Notable alumni
Academics
Kenneth Cockrell
Ambassador Carmen Maria Martinez
- Michael DeMaria - author
- P.S. Ruckman, Jr. - nationally recognized pardon expert; editor, PardonPower blog[3]
Athletics
- Daniela Cruz - professional soccer player for the Costa Rica women's national football team
- Mark Ettles - former MLB player for San Diego
- Roy Jones, Jr. - world champion boxer
- Moochie Norris - former NBA player
- Jodi-Ann Robinson - UWF soccer player, represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics
- Keith Savage - professional soccer player with the Portland Timbers of USL-1
- Kevin Warrick - golfer, low amateur at 2002 U.S. Open
- John Webb - former MLB player for Tampa Bay
Business
- James Ellis - President and CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations at Lockheed Martin, former U.S. Navy Admiral
Entertainment and television
- Michael DeMaria - author
- Namrata Singh Gujral - Hollywood actress, producer Americanizing Shelley; also Passions, The Agency
- David Hart - actor, most known for his role as Sgt. Parker Williams in In the Heat of the Night television series (1988-1995)
- Jan Hooks - Saturday Night Live performer (attended; did not graduate)
- Robert P. Watson - professor, author, and frequent media commentator
Military, space, and aviation
- John W. Bergman - United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
- Jim Buchili - former NASA astronaut
- Kenneth Cockrell - former NASA astronaut
- James O. Ellis - retired Admiral with the United States Navy
- Mark P. Fitzgerald - Vice Admiral and current Director of Navy Staff for the United States Navy
- Charles H. Johnston - Vice Admiral and current Vice Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command
- Bruce Melnick-former US Coast Guard NASA astronaut
- Bryan Daniel O'Connor - former NASA astronaut
- John L. Phillips - NASA astronaut
- William H. Plackett - former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
- Richard N. Richards - former NASA astronaut
Politics
- Robert E. "Bob" Barton - former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- David L. Brewer III - superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
- Lacey Collier - Senior Status United States District Judge, Northern District of Florida
- Mike Hill - member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Mike Jacobs - Illinois state senator from the 36th district
- Carmen Maria Martinez - U.S. Ambassador to Zambia
- Jerry L. Maygarden - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Dave Murzin - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Curtis Richardson - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Margaret "Casey" Rodgers - Chief United States District Judge, Northern District of Florida
- Ray Sansom - former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Science
- Kenneth M. Ford - computer scientist, chairman of National Science Board Committee on Programs and Plans, founder of Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Notable faculty
- Judith A. Bense - University President, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, renowned archaeologist of the Southeastern United States
References
- ↑ Facts About UWF Alumni
- ↑ Headcount enrollment by level Archived 2010-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
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