EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Tucson, AZ

Founding Date:
1885

Team:
Wildcats

Mascot:
Wilbur the Wildcat

Enrollment:
36,847

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas Aranda, Jr.	Attorney	9-Apr-1934		US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1981-85
Gilbert Arenas	Basketball	6-Jan-1982		All-Star NBA guard
Samaire Armstrong	Actor	31-Oct-1980		The O.C. and Entourage
Bobby R. Baldock	Judge	24-Jan-1936		10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2001
Ron Barber	Politician	25-Aug-1945		Congressman, Arizona 8th
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
Bill Bonanno	Criminal	5-Nov-1932	1-Jan-2008	Bound by Honor: A Mafioso's Story
Gregory H. Boyce	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Peabody Energy
Malcolm Boyd	Religion	8-Jun-1923		Are You Running with Me, Jesus?
Stephen M. Brophy	Business	?		Page Land & Cattle Co.
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
Howard W. Cannon	Politician	26-Jan-1912	5-Mar-2002	US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83
Richard H. Carmona	Doctor	22-Nov-1949		US Surgeon General, 2002-06
Raúl H. Castro	Politician	12-Jun-1916		Governor of Arizona, 1975-77
Art Clokey	Cartoonist	12-Oct-1921	8-Jan-2010	Creator of Gumby
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, 1969-96
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, Cleveland Indians
Alan Fudge	Actor	27-Feb-1934	10-Oct-2011	C. W. Crawford on The Man from Atlantis
Jim Furyk	Golf	12-May-1970		Winner, 2003 US Open
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
Savannah Guthrie	Journalist	27-Dec-1971		NBC News Chief Legal Analyst
Edward T. Hall	Anthropologist	16-May-1914	20-Jul-2009	The Silent Language
Paul Hazen	Business	1941		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1995-98
Brad William Henke	Actor	10-Apr-1966		Owen Rowan on October Road
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
Trevor Hoffman	Baseball	13-Oct-1967		Baseball's all-time saves leader
Brian J. Hogan	Business	c. 1961		Hogan Motor Leasing
Robert Wood Johnson IV	Business	12-Apr-1947		Johnson & Johnson heir
Kourtney Kardashian	Socialite	18-Apr-1979		Daughter of Robert Kardashian
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
Ann Kirkpatrick	Politician	14-Mar-1950		Congresswoman from Arizona, 2009-11
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
Conrad Murray	Doctor	19-Feb-1953		Michael Jackson's personal physician
Lorena Ochoa	Golf	15-Nov-1981		Winner of 2 Majors
Lynne Olson	Author	c. 1949		Freedom's Daughters
Donald R. Parfet	Business	c. 1952		Former Senior VP, Pharmacia
Richard Paul	Actor	6-Jun-1940	25-Dec-1998	Born to play Jerry Falwell
Ramiro G. Peru	Business	c. 1956		CFO of Phelps Dodge, 1999-2007
Jeffrey A. Rein	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Walgreens
John J. Rhodes III	Politician	8-Sep-1943		Congressman from Arizona, 1987-93
Nicole Richie	Socialite	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
John M. Roll	Judge	8-Feb-1947	8-Jan-2011	US District Court Judge, murdered
Linda Ronstadt	Singer	15-Jul-1946		Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
Eldon Dean Rudd	Politician	15-Jul-1920	8-Feb-2002	Congressman from Arizona, 1977-87
Richard Russo	Novelist	15-Jul-1949		Nobody's Fool
Janet A. Sanderson	Diplomat	1955		US Ambassador to Haiti
Brian P. Schmidt	Astronomer	24-Feb-1967		Accelerating universe
Richard U. De Schutter	Business	?		CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, 2000-01
John Shadegg	Politician	22-Oct-1949		Congressman from Arizona, 1995-2011
James Sharp	Attorney	1940		High-powered Washington attorney
David Sheff	Author	23-Dec-1955		Beautiful Boy
Ron Shelton	Film Director	15-Sep-1945		White Men Can't Jump
Roger Smith	Actor	18-Dec-1932		Jeff Spencer on 77 Sunset Strip
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	20-Mar-2010	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	12-Sep-2008	Infinite Jest
Kate Walsh	Actor	13-Oct-1967		Dr. Montgomery on Private Practice
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Abbey	Author	29-Jan-1927	14-Mar-1989	Desert Solitaire
W. Scott Bales	Judge	c. 1956		Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Nicolaas Bloembergen	Physicist	11-Mar-1920		Nonlinear optics
Bart Jan Bok	Astronomer	28-Apr-1906	5-Aug-1983	Bok globules
Vance Bourjaily	Novelist	17-Sep-1922	31-Aug-2010	The End of My Life
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
Bert Hölldobler	Zoologist	25-Jun-1936		Social organizations in insects
Keith Lehrer	Philosopher	10-Jan-1936		Metamind
Frank J. Low	Astronomer	23-Nov-1933	11-Jun-2009	Infrared astronomy
Terry McMillan	Novelist	18-Oct-1951		Waiting to Exhale
Robert A. Nisbet	Sociologist	30-Sep-1913	9-Sep-1996	The Sociological Tradition
John M. Roll	Judge	8-Feb-1947	8-Jan-2011	US District Court Judge, murdered
Joaquin Ruiz	Educator	1951		Science Dean, University of Arizona
William R. Sears	Engineer	1-Mar-1913	12-Oct-2002	Airfoil engineer
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
Mark A. Zupan	Educator	c. 1959		Dean of Business, University of Rochester

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bart Jan Bok	Astronomer	28-Apr-1906	5-Aug-1983	Bok globules
Myles Brand	Educator	17-May-1942	16-Sep-2009	President of the NCAA, 2003-09
Molly Corbett Broad	Business	1941		University Chancellor
Stephen M. Brophy	Business	?		Page Land & Cattle Co.
Louise L. Francesconi	Business	c. 1954		Raytheon Missile Systems
Gabrielle Giffords	Politician	8-Jun-1970		Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12
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 Phelps Dodge, 1999-2007
Joaquin Ruiz	Educator	1951		Science Dean, University of Arizona
Joel Seligman	Educator	11-Jan-1950		President, University of Rochester
Robert N. Shelton	Educator	1948		President, University of Arizona
Mark A. Zupan	Educator	c. 1959		Dean of Business, University of Rochester

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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