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University of Arizona

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Tucson, AZ

Founding Date:
1885

Team:
Wildcats

Mascot:
Wilbur the Wildcat

Enrollment:
36,847

Official Website:
http://www.arizona.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Thomas Aranda, Jr.
Attorney
9-Apr-1934   US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1981-85
Gilbert Arenas
Basketball
6-Jan-1982   Washington Wizards
Samaire Armstrong
Actor
31-Oct-1980   The O.C. and Entourage
Mike Bibby
Basketball
13-May-1978   Atlanta Hawks point guard
Michael Biehn
Actor
31-Jul-1956   Aliens, The Rock, The Abyss
Alan L. Boeckmann
Business
1948   CEO of Fluor
Gregory H. Boyce
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Peabody Energy
Jerry Bruckheimer
Film/TV Producer
21-Sep-1945   Bombastic Movie Producer
Janet Burroway
Novelist
21-Sep-1936   The Dancer from the Dance
August Busch III
Business
6-Jun-1937   Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002
Richard H. Carmona
Doctor
22-Nov-1949   US Surgeon General, 2002-06
Raúl H. Castro
Politician
12-Jun-1916   Governor of Arizona, 1975-77
Sanford Cloud, Jr.
Business
27-Nov-1944   President of NCCJ, 1994-2004
Joan Ganz Cooney
Film/TV Producer
30-Nov-1929   Producer of Sesame Street
C. Webb Crockett
Attorney
c. 1936   Partner, Fennemore Craig
Dennis DeConcini
Politician
8-May-1937   US Senator from Arizona, 1977-95
David Dewhurst
Politician
18-Aug-1945   Lt. Governor of Texas
Bob Dole
Politician
22-Jul-1923   US Senator from Kansas, Viagra spokesman
Bennett Dorrance
Business
1947   Campbell Soup scion
Robert A. Eckert
Business
14-Aug-1954   CEO of Mattel
Paul J. Fannin
Politician
29-Jan-1907 13-Jan-2002 Governor and Senator from Arizona
Donald E. Felsinger
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Sempra Energy
William J. Flynn
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide
Terry Francona
Baseball
22-Apr-1959   Manager, Boston Red Sox
Sam Goddard
Politician
8-Aug-1919 1-Feb-2006 Governor of Arizona, 1965-67
Barry Goldwater
Politician
1-Jan-1909 29-May-1998 US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Phil Gordon
Politician
18-Apr-1951   Mayor of Phoenix
Raúl Grijalva
Politician
19-Feb-1948   Congressman, Arizona 7th
Paul Hazen
Business
1941   CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1995-98
Keith Henson
Victim
1942   Scientology Victim
Earl Hindman
Actor
20-Oct-1943 29-Dec-2003 Elusive neighbor on Home Improvement
Rick Hoffman
Actor
12-Jun-1970   Jake in Progress
Brian J. Hogan
Business
c. 1961   Hogan Motor Leasing
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Business
12-Apr-1947   Johnson & Johnson heir
Bob Kasten
Politician
19-Jun-1942   US Senator from Wisconsin, 1981-93
Barbara Kingsolver
Author
8-Apr-1955   Prodigal Summer
Greg Kinnear
Actor
17-Jun-1963   Talk Soup
Jon Kyl
Politician
25-Apr-1942   US Senator from Arizona
Chris Langton
Biologist
1948   Father of Artificial Life
Olden Lee
Business
c. 1942   Long-time Pepsi executive
Kenny Lofton
Baseball
31-May-1967   Cleveland Indians
Terry J. Lundgren
Business
1952   CEO of Macy's
Steve Maguire
Computer Programmer
?   Writing Solid Code
Dayton S. Mak
Government
10-Jul-1917   US Ambassador to Kuwait, 1962-63
Mary Alice Malone
Business
c. 1950   Campbell Soup scion
Sally Mason
Educator
c. 1950   President, University of Iowa
Linda McCartney
Musician
24-Sep-1941 17-Apr-1998 Beatle wife and photographer
Carolyn Meinel
Author
c. 1946   Walking scr1pt k1dd13 factory
William D. Mensch
Engineer
9-Feb-1945   Co-Designer, 6502 microprocessor
Lynne Olson
Author
c. 1949   Freedom's Daughters
Richard Paul
Actor
6-Jun-1940 25-Dec-1998 Born to play Jerry Falwell
Ramiro G. Peru
Business
c. 1956   CFO of Swift Transportation
Jeffrey A. Rein
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Walgreens
John J. Rhodes III
Politician
8-Sep-1943   Congressman from Arizona, 1987-93
Nicole Richie
TV Personality
21-Sep-1981   The Simple Life
Geraldo Rivera
Journalist
4-Jul-1943   Fox News commentator
Perry C. Rogers
Tennis
4-Oct-1968   Andre Agassi's manager
Linda Ronstadt
Singer
15-Jul-1946   Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
Eldon Dean Rudd
Politician
15-Jul-1920 8-Feb-2002 Congressman from Airzona, 1977-87
Richard Russo
Novelist
15-Jul-1949   Nobody's Fool
Janet A. Sanderson
Diplomat
1955   US Ambassador to Haiti
Richard U. De Schutter
Business
?   CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, 2000-01
John Shadegg
Politician
22-Oct-1949   Congressman, Arizona 3rd
James Sharp
Attorney
1940   High-powered Washington attorney
Thomas P. Smith
Business
c. 1968   Chairman of TASER International
Annika Sörenstam
Golf
9-Oct-1970   Winner of 10 majors
Stephen Spinella
Actor
11-Oct-1956   Love! Valour! Compassion!
Cliff Stoll
Author
?   The Cuckoo's Egg
William G. Stratton
Politician
26-Feb-1914 2-Mar-2001 Governor of Illinois, 1953-61
Ward J. Timken
Business
c. 1943   President, The Timken Foundation
David J. Tippeconnic
Business
c. 1940   CEO of CITGO, 1997-2000
Mo Udall
Politician
15-Jun-1922 12-Dec-1998 Congressman from Arizona, 1961-91
Nick Udall
Politician
23-Jul-1913 15-Jun-2005 Mayor of Phoenix, 1948-52
Stewart Udall
Politician
31-Jan-1920   US Secretary of the Interior, 1961-69
Jack Wagner
Actor
3-Oct-1959   Frisco Jones on General Hospital
David Foster Wallace
Novelist
21-Feb-1962   Infinite Jest
Kate Walsh
Actor
13-Oct-1967   Dr. Montgomery on Grey's Anatomy
Kristen Wiig
Actor
22-Aug-1973   Saturday Night Live
Douglas Woolf
Novelist
23-Mar-1922 18-Jan-1992 Fade Out
Francis Parker Yockey
Author
18-Sep-1917 16-Jun-1960 Imperium

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward Abbey
Author
29-Jan-1927 14-Mar-1989 Desert Solitaire
W. Scott Bales
Judge
c. 1956   Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Bart Jan Bok
Astronomer
28-Apr-1906 5-Aug-1983 Bok globules
Richard H. Carmona
Doctor
22-Nov-1949   US Surgeon General, 2002-06
Richard H. Gallagher
Engineer
17-Nov-1927 30-Sep-1997 Finite element method
Roy J. Glauber
Physicist
1-Sep-1925   Quantum optics
Frank J. Low
Astronomer
23-Nov-1933   Infrared astronomy
Terry McMillan
Author
18-Oct-1951   Waiting to Exhale
Joel Seligman
Educator
11-Jan-1950   President, University of Rochester
Robert N. Shelton
Educator
1948   President, University of Arizona
Vernon L. Smith
Economist
1-Jan-1927   Experimental economics
Andrew Weil
Author
8-Jun-1942   New age ethnopharmacologist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bart Jan Bok
Astronomer
28-Apr-1906 5-Aug-1983 Bok globules
Molly Corbett Broad
Business
1941   University Chancellor
Gabrielle Giffords
Politician
8-Jun-1970   Congresswoman, Arizona 8th
Olden Lee
Business
c. 1942   Long-time Pepsi executive
Peter W. Likins
Educator
1936   President, University of Arizona, 1997-2006
William D. Mensch
Engineer
9-Feb-1945   Co-Designer, 6502 microprocessor
Manuel T. Pacheco
Educator
c. 1940   President, University of Missouri, 1997-2003
Ramiro G. Peru
Business
c. 1956   CFO of Swift Transportation
Joel Seligman
Educator
11-Jan-1950   President, University of Rochester
Robert N. Shelton
Educator
1948   President, University of Arizona

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Mackovic
Football
1-Oct-1943   NFL and NCAA football coach
Kevin O'Neill
Basketball
24-Jan-1957   Interim Head Coach, U. of Arizona
Lute Olson
Basketball
22-Sep-1934   Head Coach, AZ Wildcats Basketball
Larry Smith
Football
12-Sep-1939 28-Jan-2008 Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000


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