List of Arizona State University alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Arizona State University.

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Business
  • Kathleen von Alvensleben – architect and charity fundraiser
  • Robert Bigelow – hotel and aerospace entrepreneur
  • Michael R. Burns – vice chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; received the Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2017
  • Chris Cohan – founder of Sonic Communications; former NBA owner, Golden State Warriors
  • Vince Ferraro – VP of Global Strategy and Marketing, Eastman Kodak (2010–present)
  • Ira A. Fulton – businessman, founder of Fulton Homes (attended)
  • Bennie Gonzales – architect; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1970
  • Derrick Hall – president of the Arizona Diamondbacks; received the Founders’ Day Young Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2003
  • Robert Hecht-Nielsen – businessman, computer developer and adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering, University of California-San Diego; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1994
  • Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr. – architect, business owner
  • Howard Lindzon – author and founder of StockTwits[1]
  • Allison Maslan – CEO of Blast Off!, executive producer of Allie & You web series
  • T. Allen McArtor – chief executive, EADS North America; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1989
  • Ioanna Morfessis – helped launch the nation's first "one-stop" business assistance center for small minority business enterprises; inaugural executive director, Phoenix Economic Growth Corporation; founding president and CEO, Greater Phoenix Economic Council; founder, IO. INC consulting practice; honoree for the 2012 Arizona Centennial Legacy Project: Arizona's 48 Most Intriguing Women project
  • Ted Sarandos – Chief Content Officer at Netflix
  • Joe Shoen – chairman of Amerco; chairman and president of U-Haul
  • Kate Spade – fashion designer, business owner
  • Gary L. Tooker – retired corporate executive; received the Founders' Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1983
  • Ryan Wood, co-founder of the Under Armour company

Arts, literature and entertainment

Military
  • Maj. Gen. William P. Acker – retired major general in the U.S. Air Force; former commander of 3rd Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, with headquarters at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
  • Maj. Gen. John J. Batbie, Jr. – retired major general in the U.S. Air Force; former vice commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, GA
  • Gen. Philip M. Breedlove – four-star general in the U.S. Air Force
  • Ryan Cleckner – former army sniper and veterans activist
  • John C. Keegan – served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy; retired with the rank of Commander in the U.S. Navy; served as judge of the Justice Court in Maricopa County, Arizona
  • Gen. John L. Piotrowski – retired U.S. Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, from 1985 to 1987; former commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Space Command (attended)
  • Rick Romley – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam; elected Maricopa County Attorney in 1989 and served until 2004; currently serves as Interim Maricopa County Attorney following his appointment by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
  • Eldon Rudd – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps; served as a fighter pilot during World War II; served 20 years in the FBI on assignments in Latin America, Washington, D.C. and Phoenix; elected to U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 4th District in 1976, where he served until retirement in 1987 (deceased)
  • Brig. Gen. Michael A. Ryan – retired general in the U.S. Army
  • Jeremy Staat – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps; Iraqi War veteran; NFL professional athlete; founder of the Jeremy Staat Foundation, which works to prevent veteran suicide
  • Margaret H. Woodward – major general in the U.S. Air Force, one of the commanders of Operation Odyssey Dawn
  • Daniel Yoo (military officer) Commander of MARSOC

Miscellaneous

Government
  • Harriet C. Babbitt – Vice Chair, World Resources Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, former Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, and former First Lady of Arizona
  • Barbara Barrett – former U.S. Ambassador to Finland
  • Betsey Bayless – former Arizona Secretary of State
  • Ken Bennett – former Arizona Secretary of State
  • Bruce Blakeman – first Presiding Officer Nassau County NY, Commissioner Port Authority of NY/NJ
  • Tena Campbell – chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
  • Doug Ducey – Governor of Arizona (2015–present); Arizona State Treasurer (2011–2015); former president and CEO of Coldstone Creamery
  • Terry Goddard – former Arizona Attorney General
  • Barry Goldwater Jr. – U.S. Congressman for California
  • Michael Daly Hawkins – senior judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1995
  • Carl Hayden – former U.S. Senator and Arizona's first Congressional Representative; Normal School graduate, class of 1896
  • Cecil Heftel – founder of Heftel Broadcasting; former U.S. Representative
  • Jane Dee Hull – former Governor of Arizona
  • Steve T. Kirby – former Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
  • Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori – Minister of Economy for the United Arab Emirates (UAE); received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2010
  • Dean Martin – former State Treasurer of Arizona
  • Ruth McGregor – former chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1998
  • Evan Mecham – former Governor of Arizona (1987–1988)[10]
  • Harry Mitchell – former U.S. Congressman, former Mayor of Tempe, former State Senator
  • Ed Pastor – former U.S. Congressman from Arizona; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1993
  • Matt Salmon – former U.S. Congressman; former Arizona gubernatorial candidate
  • Fatmir Sejdiu – President of Kosovo, former Visiting Scholar at ASU
  • David Schweikert – U.S. Congressman; former Maricopa County Treasurer; former State Representative
  • Kyrsten Sinema – U.S. Senator from Arizona
  • Susan Bitter Smith – Arizona Corporation Commission member (2013–2017); former executive director at Southwest Cable Communications Association; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2003
  • Bob Stump – former U.S. Congressman; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1996 (deceased)
  • Peterson Zah – educator; former President of the Navajo Nation; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1985

Sports

Baseball

100 ASU Sun Devils have made it to Major League Baseball, including:

Ike Davis
Ian Kinsler

Basketball

Football

Golf

Olympics

Soccer

Track

Mixed martial arts
  • Ryan Bader – MMA fighter, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 8; former competitor in the UFC,[34] current Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Champion
  • C.B. Dollaway – state champion wrestler; JUCO National Champion; NCAA D-1 All-American for ASU; professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC's Middleweight Division[35]
  • Don Frye – former MMA fighter for Pride Fighting Championships and the UFC[36] (attended)
  • Dan Henderson – Olympic team member for Greco-Roman wrestling; former MMA fighter, won both the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship and the Pride Welterweight and Middleweight Championship, competed for titles in the UFC[37]
  • Bubba Jenkins – 2011 National Champion at 157 lbs,[38] professional MMA fighter
  • Zeke Jones – competed on the 1988 NCAA Wrestling Championship team, Olympic silver medalist (1992) and World Wrestling Champion (1991)
  • Matthew Lopez (attended) – professional MMA fighter[39]
  • John Moraga – two-time Freestyle All-American wrestler; mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC[40]
  • Anthony Robles – 2011 National Champion at 125 lbs., ESPY award-winner, author of Unstoppable, 2013 appointee to the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
  • Frankie Saenz – professional mixed martial artist, UFC Bantamweight[41] (attended)
  • Townsend Saunders – 1996 Olympic silver medalist
  • Dan Severn – Olympic team alternate and NCAA All-American wrestler; former professional mixed martial artist and Professional Wrestler ("The Beast"); UFC Hall of Fame member[42]
  • Aaron Simpson – All-American in 1996 and 98; retired MMA fighter, formerly with the UFC[43]
  • Clifford Starks – MMA competitor, in both Bellator and the UFC[44]
  • James Terry – professional MMA fighter
  • Cain Velasquez – two-time All-American wrestler at heavyweight 5th in 2005, 4th in 2006; professional MMA fighter, former UFC Heavyweight Champion, first UFC champion of Mexican-American descent[45]
  • Patrick Williams – professional MMA fighter for the UFC[46]

E-sports
  • Sean Gares – professional Counter-Strike player; in game leader of Cloud9, 2013–2015; formerly a member of Complexity and of Area 51[47]

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