List of University of Nevada, Reno people
Over the years, the University of Nevada, Reno has had an assortment of people gain regional, national, and international prominence in various fields of study.
Professors
- R. Jacob Baker – inventor, author, and professor[1]
- William Dwight Billings – preeminent ecologist who served as faculty in the Department of Biology from 1938 to 1952 and is known as the father of physiological ecology and for his contributions in desert and arctic ecology. In 1989 he received the Nevada medal presented by Governor Bob Miller.[2]
- Bryan E. Bledsoe – DO, FACEP, EMT-P – clinical professor, School of Medicine Emergency Department; emergency physician, University Medical Center
- T. Brian Callister, M.D. – Associate Professor, Internal Medicine; physician; health care quality and policy expert
- James E. Church – best known for having developed the Mount Rose snow sampler (1906), the first instrument for measuring snow water content
- Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. – foundation professor, clinical psychology; developer of acceptance and commitment therapy;[3] also known for his work on relational frame theory
- John Marini, professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno and senior fellow at the Claremont Institute[4]
- Anne Henrietta Martin – established the university's department of history; first woman to run for United States Senate
- James Richardson, Ph.D. – sociologist, critic of "cultic brainwashing" theories
- Wolfram Samlowski – clinical professor of medicine; member of the Research Developmental Therapeutics and Genitourinary Committees for the US Oncology Network
- James G. Scrugham – professor of mechanical engineering, 1903-1914; dean, 1914-1917; served as Governor, Representative, and Senator from Nevada
- C. Richard Tracy – professor of biology; director of the Biological Resources Research Center; Vada Trimble Outstanding Mentor (1999); UNR Graduate Advisor of the Year (2008); Nevada System of Higher Education Most Outstanding Graduate Advisor (2008)
- Glenn Wilson, Ph.D. – Adjunct Professor of Psychology, 1994–2002; taught and established the field of psychology for performing artists; produced the standard text on the topic
- Esmail Zanjani – in 2007, led scientists at the School of Medicine and created a sheep with 15% human cells and 85% animal cells, the world's first "human-sheep chimera", which has the body of a sheep but half-human organs[5]
Pulitzer Prize winners
- Ron Einstoss, 1955 – awarded in 1966 for coverage of the Watts Riot
- Susan Forrest, 1982 – awarded for general news reporting in 1988
- Kristen Go, 1998 – awarded in 1998 for her coverage of the Columbine High School shootings
- Warren Lerude, 1961 – awarded in 1977
- Edward Montgomery, 1934 – awarded for distinguished local reporting in 1952
- Howard Sheerin, 1931 – awarded for public service in 1956
Arts and media
- Myram Borders – UPI bureau chief and reporter, Las Vegas News Bureau chief
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark – author of The Ox-Bow Incident
- Gabriel Damon – actor, RoboCop 2, Newsies
- Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, 1904 – Nevada State Architect, 1919–1926
- Charley Douglass, 1933 – sound engineer, created the first TV laugh track[6]
- Peter Epstein – jazz musician, alto saxophone
- Grant Harvey – actor on Secret Life of the American Teenager[7]
- Lorie Line – classical pianist; performer and composer
- William D. Lutz, Ph.D. 1971 – author of The World of Doublespeak
- Geoff Schumacher, 1981 – journalist and author, Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue
- Cathy Scott – adjunct journalism instructor, 2000–2005; journalist and true-crime author, The Killing of Tupac Shakur
- Benjamin Wade - reality television personality
- Claire Vaye Watkins – author of Battleborn
- Dolora Zajick – opera mezzo-soprano
Politics and public service
Judge Gershwin A. Drain
- Mark E. Amodei – current U.S. Representative from Nevada, Nevada State Assembly, 1996–1998; Nevada State Senate, 1998–2010
- Bernie Anderson – current member of the Nevada State Assembly representing AD 31- Washoe County
- Thomas Atkinson – former Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Helen Delich Bentley – former Congresswoman from Maryland
- Alan Bible, 1930 – U.S. Senator from Nevada (1954–1974)
- Paul Bible, 1962 – lawyer; son of Alan Bible; former ASUN President; former Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Emmet D. Boyle, 1898 – former governor of Nevada
- Ernest S. Brown, 1926 – U.S. Senator from Nevada
- Richard Bryan, 1959 – former governor of Nevada and US Senator (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Catherine Cortez Masto, 1986 – current U.S. Senator; first Latina U.S. Senator; former Attorney General for the State of Nevada
- Frankie Sue Del Papa, 1971 – first female Nevada State Attorney General; first female Secretary of State
- Gershwin A. Drain – U.S. federal judge
- Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., 1962 – Chairman of the Republican National Committee; 1983–1989 American Gaming Association Chairman; Currently Co-Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which conducts the United States general election presidential and vice presidential debates in presidential election years. (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Jim Gibbons – 28th Governor of Nevada (Sigma Nu)
- Scott F. Gilles – former Deputy Secretary of State, current Senior Advisor to Governor Steve Sisolak, and current member of the Reno Elks Lodge (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Matt Griffin – current Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Nevada (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Procter Ralph Hug, Jr. – Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Robert Jackson, 2008 – current Mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona
- Steven R. Kosach – current Washoe County District Court Judge; former member of the university's championship 1965 baseball team for University of Nevada; earned two silver stars in Vietnam (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Myron E. Leavitt, 1952 – Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; Justice, Nevada Supreme Court
- Sheila Leslie, 1979 – M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature; Current member of the Nevada State Assembly representing AD 27 (Washoe County)
- Pat McCarran, attended but did not graduate – Democratic United States Senator from Nevada, 1933-1954; noted for his strong anti-Communist stance
- William Raggio – former Nevada State Senator (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Edward C. Reed, Jr – Staff Sergeant in WWII, prisoner of war, lawyer, U.S. District Court Judge. Reed entered the University of Nevada in the fall of 1942 and played basketball one year at the University of Nevada. He played on the basketball team that defeated nationally ranked St. John's University at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and when the team arrived back in Reno they received a hero's welcome. (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Sig Rogich, 1967 – political adviser to President Reagan and Bush; former US Ambassador to Iceland (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
- Brian Sandoval, 1986 – former U.S. District Court judge and former Governor of Nevada (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
- James David Santini – U.S. Representative from Nevada (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Grant Sawyer – former Governor of Nevada (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Robin L. Titus – Republican member of the Nevada Assembly.[8]
- Harvey Whittemore – lawyer, businessman, lobbyist
Sports
- Chris Ault, 1969 – former Head Coach of Wolf Pack football team (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
- Rob Awalt – professional football player. Transferred after his first season
- Luke Babbitt (class of 2012; left in 2010) – basketball player, Miami Heat
- Eric Beavers – professional football player
- Doug Betters, 1977 – professional football player and Pro Bowler, Miami Dolphins
- Joel Bitonio, 2014 – professional football player, Cleveland Browns
- Nate Burleson, 2003 – wide receiver, Detroit Lions
- Kaelin Burnett, 2012 – professional football player
- Gina Carano (attended) – retired professional mixed martial artist[9] actress, television personality, and fitness model
- Ryan Church, 2000 – Major League Baseball player, New York Mets
- Todd Clever, 2004 – international rugby player
- Jorge Cordova – professional football player[10]
- Andy Dominique, 1996–1997 – former Major League Baseball player
- Forey Duckett – professional football player
- Cody Fajardo - Quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Nick Fazekas, 2007 – basketball player, Denver Nuggets
- Lucius Floyd, 1987 – Canadian Football League player, Grey Cup champion.
- Isaiah Frey, 2012 – professional football player
- Joseph Salvatore Gilbert – Boxer on reality tv show The Contender (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
- Virgil Green, 2011 – professional football player, Denver Broncos
- Bob Hamm – NFL player
- Frank Hawkins, 1981 – NFL running back, Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1981–87
- Stan Heath, 1949 – first NCAA quarterback to throw for more than 2,000 yards in a season
- Terry Hermeling – former offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins
- Jeff Horton, 1958 – NFL Assistant Coach, St. Louis Rams
- Joe Inglett, 1997–2000 – Major League Baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
- Trevor Insley, 1999 – NCAA Division I-A all-time receiving yards leader
- Bill Ireland, 1960–67 – "father of UNLV Athletics", graduated from University of Nevada, Reno (Alpha Tau Omega)
- James-Michael Johnson, 2012 – professional football player, Kansas City Chiefs
- Edgar Jones, 1979 – former professional basketball player, drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1979.
- Colin Kaepernick, 2011 – NFL Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers
- Kevin Kouzmanoff, 2003 – Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics
- Mills Lane, 1963 – NCAA boxing champion, boxing referee, lawyer, judge
- Liu Lumin, 1998–2000 – 1996 Olympic Swimming silver medalist (100m butterfly)
- Lisé Mackie, 1995–1998 – 1996 Olympic Swimming bronze medalist (800m freestyle relay team, Australia)[11]
- Charles Mann, 1980–82 – former professional football player and Pro Bowler, Washington Redskins
- Brock Marion, 1989–92 – professional football player, Detroit Lions
- Brandon Marshall, 2012 – professional football player, Denver Broncos
- Rishard Matthews, 2012 – professional football player
- Vladimir Matyushenko, 1999 – retired mixed martial artist formerly fighting in the UFC and Bellator MMA
- Josh Mauga, 2009 – professional football player
- JaVale Mcgee, 2008 – professional basketball player, Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, and currently on the Los Angeles Lakers
- Corky Miller, 1997–1998 – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox
- Marko Mitchell, 2009 – professional football player with Washington Redskins
- Dontay Moch, 2011 – professional football player, Tennessee Titans
- Marion Motley, 1940–42 – professional Football Hall of Famer
- David Neill, 1999–2002 – set the NCAA freshman record for most touchdown passes in a season
- Lyle Overbay, 1996–1999 – Major League Baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
- Shar Pourdanesh, 1989–1992 – professional football player, NFL 1996–2001; CFL 1994, 1995
- Chad Qualls, 1999–2000 – Major League Baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Darrell Rasner, 2000–2002 – Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees
- Jeff Rowe, 2007 – professional football player, New England Patriots
- Mike Schellin, 1966-68 – boxer; University of Nevada Hall of Fame; two-time winner of the Julius LaRowe Memorial Trophy; runner-up at the 1968 Western Regional Olympic Trials (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Ramon Sessions, 2007 – professional basketball player, Milwaukee Bucks, April 2008 NBA Rookie of the Month
- Chris Singleton, 1992–1993 – former Major League Baseball player, current ESPN commentator
- Kirk Snyder, 2004–2011 – basketball player, Minnesota Timberwolves
- Zach Sudfeld, 2013 – professional football player
- Kirk Triplett – professional PGA Tour golfer
- Duke Williams, 2013 – professional football player, Buffalo Bills
- Khalid Wooten, 2013 – professional football player
- Charles Wright – professional wrestler (gimmicks included The Godfather, Kama, and Papa Shango)
- Tony Zendejas, 1983 – professional football player
Other notables
- Susan Desmond-Hellmann – CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,[12] first woman to hold position of Chancellor at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)[13]
- John Etchemendy – philosopher and Stanford provost
- Jennifer Harman – professional poker player; first woman to win two bracelets in World Series of Poker open events
- Diane Kennedy – CPA, speaker, and financial writer
- Charlton Laird – linguist and writer; created the 1971 edition of the Webster's New World Thesaurus, which became the standard edition still used today
- Irena Scott, author and physiologist
- Ron Toomer, 1961 – developed the first upside-down roller coaster, the Corkscrew
- Washoe – first chimpanzee to successfully learn American Sign Language
References
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- Strain, Boyd R. (April 1, 1997). "William Dwight Billings, 1910‐1997". The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 78 (2): 115–117. JSTOR 20168134 – via esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com.
- "NevadaNews – University of Nevada, Reno". Archived from the original on April 18, 2008.
- Baskin, Jon (March 17, 2017). "The Academic Home of Trumpism". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
John Marini, a professor of political science at the University of Nevada at Reno, praised Trump in July for having grasped that neither political party any longer provided a "meaningful link between the people and the government."
- Press TV – Iranian scientist creates sheep with half-human organs Archived November 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- King, Susan; Baker, Bob (April 25, 2003). "Charles Douglass, 93; Inventor Brought Canned Laughs to TV". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- "Grant Harvey". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- "Assemblywoman Robin L. Titus". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- "Gina Carano MMA Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- "Jorge Alberto Cordova". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- "Lise Mackie (1995-98/Swimming)". University of Nevada Athletics.
- "Sue Desmond-Hellmann". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- "Susan Desmond-Hellmann | UCSF Profiles". profiles.ucsf.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
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