List of Portland State University people

This List of Portland State University people includes graduates of the Portland State University as well as former students who studied at the university but did not obtain a degree.

Academia

• Peter Boghossian - assistant professor of philosophy, Portland State University^[1]
• Hans G. Furth - professor emeritus of psychology at The Catholic University of America
• Peter A. Griffin - mathematician, professor at California State University-Sacramento
• Michael Kazin - historian, professor at Georgetown University^[2]
• Thomas Talbott - professor emeritus of philosophy, Willamette University^[3]
• Jack Ernest Vincent - professor emeritus of political science, University of Idaho
• Dali Yang - professor of political science, the University of Chicago^[4]

Architecture and design

• Sergio Palleroni - Architect and co-founder of BASIC Initiative^[5]

Business and finance

• D. Scott Davis - chairman and CEO, United Parcel Service of America^[6]
• Sho Dozono - businessman, CEO of Azumano Travel^[7]
• Mike Erickson - entrepreneur^[8]
• Judi Hofer - executive CEO, The May Department Stores Company^[9]
• Darren Kimura - entrepreneur, inventor of MicroCSP^[10]
• Phil Knight - co-founder and chairman of Nike, Inc.^[11]
• Steven Smith - teamaker and entrepreneur, founder of Tazo Tea Company^[12]
• Norm Winningstad - businessman and engineer^[13]

Fine arts and entertainment

Marc Dacascos, actor and martial artist

Film, television, and performing arts

• Jessica Carlson - Miss Oregon USA winner^[14]
• Mark Dacascos - actor and martial artist^[15]
• Katie Harman - 2002 Miss America
• Terence Knox - actor, St. Elsewhere
• Jennifer Lyon - competitor on Survivor: Palau
• Holly Madison - Playboy model, Reality TV Star "The Girls Next Door"
• Caroline McGowan - actress, Miss Oregon winner; Miss America competitor
• Kari Ann Peniche, Miss Teen USA winner
• Rick Reynolds - comedian, Only the Truth Is Funny^[16]
• Sara Jean Underwood - Playboy model, actress^[17]
• Ali Wallace - Miss Oregon USA 2015^[18]

Literature

• Jean M. Auel - author of The Clan of the Cave Bear
• Francisco Laguna Correa - writer, awarded the National Literary Prize of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language^[19]
• Walt Curtis - poet, painter, author of Mala Noche which was made into a film by Gus Van Sant^[20]
• Michael Dickman - poet, recipient of Alfred Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University^[21]
• David James Duncan - novelist, essayist; author of The River Why^[22]
• Christopher Howell - poet, editor, two-time National Endowment Fellowship winner^[23]
• Ted Newsom - screenwriter and producer
• Pierre Ouellette - science fiction author

Courtney Love, frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole

• Mike Richardson - publisher and founder, Dark Horse Comics^[24]
• Deborah J. Ross - science fiction and fantasy author^[25]
• John Sibley Williams - poet, publisher

Music

• Mel Brown - jazz drummer, worked with Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye^[26]
• Ken Butler - experimental musician
• Dave Carter - folk musician
• Sarah Dougher - singer-songwriter^[27]
• Jack Ely - vocalist and musician, The Kingsmen; singer of "Louie Louie" (1963)^[28]
• Issa - singer, songwriter and producer signed with Akon^[29]
• Courtney Love - vocalist and guitarist, frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole^[30][31]
• Rob Simonsen - film composer; Foxcatcher, The Age of Adaline^[32]
• Lawrence Leighton Smith - conductor and pianist
• Esperanza Spalding - jazz musician^[33]
  

  Travis Knight, animator and businessman
• Nancy Wilson - rock musician, lead singer of Heart^[34]

Visual arts

• Holly Andres - photographer^[35]
• Howard Ben Tré - glass artist^[36]
• John Callahan - cartoonist, creator of Pelswick^[37]
• Carolyn Davidson - graphic designer, creator of the Nike swoosh
• Steve Gaynor - game designer, BioShock 2
• Anne Hughes - art patron, gallery owner, restaurateur
• Lee Kelly - sculptor
• Travis Knight - animator, president & CEO, LAIKA^[38]
• Jack Ohman - editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian
• Bill Plympton - animator
• Laura Ross-Paul - contemporary painter

History and humanities

• Lee D. Baker - cultural anthropologist, professor at Duke University
• Chet Orloff - historian, director emeritus of Oregon Historical Society^[39]
• Mark Weber - historian, director of Institute for Historical Review
• Amos Yong - Pentecostal theologian^[40]

Journalism and media

• Kambiz Hosseini - political satirist, radio host^[41]
• Michael Moynihan - journalist, author; Lords of Chaos
• Ebbert Webber - photojournalist^[42]

Politics and law

President Casten Nemra

Barbara Roberts, 34th Governor of Oregon

Presidents and other Heads of State

• Casten Nemra - 7th President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Diplomats

• Joseph LeBaron - current U.S. Ambassador to Qatar^[43][44]
• Marisa Lino - former U.S. Ambassador to Albania^[45]

Governors

• Barbara Roberts - 34th Governor of Oregon

Judges

• Anna J. Brown - U.S. federal judge
• Paul De Muniz - Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
• R. William Riggs - former Oregon Supreme Court justice
• Betty Roberts - first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court and Oregon Court of Appeals

Other politicians

Margaret Carter, politician

• Margaret Carter - Democratic member of Oregon House of Representatives and Senate^[46]
• Joe DeLaCruz - Native American program leader, elected president of National Congress of American Indians^[47]
• Richard Devlin - Democratic member of Oregon House of Representatives and Senate
• Margaret Doherty - Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 35th district
• Joe Gallegos - Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 13th district
• Avel Gordly - first African American woman elected to the Oregon Senate
• Chris Gorsek - Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 49th district
• Jim Moeller - Washington House of Representatives, Washington's 49th district
• Charles Moose - former police chief for Montgomery County, Maryland, one of the sites of the Beltway Sniper attacks
• Ron Packard - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California's 43rd district
• Chuck Riley - Member of the Oregon House of Representatives, Oregon Senate^[48]

Science, technology, and psychology

• John Hughes - pioneer in school-based alcohol and drug prevention efforts
• Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil - theoretical physicist, Outstanding Scientist Award (2004) winner
• David Maier - chairman of the program committee of ACM SIGMOD^[49] ACM Fellow^[50]
• Fariborz Maseeh - pioneer in the field of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and philanthropist who founded IntelliSense in 1991
• Paul Shattuck - autism researcher at Drexel University
• Ivan Sutherland - director, Asynchronous Research Center (ARC);^[51] computer science and Internet pioneer, Turing award winner^[52]

Social activism

• Harry Anastasiou - pioneer in peace-building initiatives
• Musse Olol - social activist and recipient of the Director's Community Leadership Award (DCLA)
• Paul Popham - gay rights activist, founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Vietnam war veteran^[53][54]
• Robert Robideau - Native American activist, acquitted in 1975 shooting deaths of two FBI agents in South Dakota^[55]

Sports

Baseball

• Jeff Lahti - retired Major League Baseball pitcher and 1982 World Series Champion
• Steve Olin - late Major League Baseball pitcher
• Gordon Riese - Portland State pitcher and Pac-10 Referee
• Paul Schrieber - Major League Baseball umpire^[56]
• Tom Trebelhorn - Major League Baseball manager

Basketball

• Ime Udoka - current assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association
• Freeman Williams - retired National Basketball Association guard

Football

Julius Thomas, NFL player

• Shaun Bodiford - American football wide receiver, New York Giants; Oakland Raiders
• Tony Curtis - backup tight end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Clint Didier - former NFL tight end, Super Bowl XVII Champion^[57]
• Dan Frantz - American football player for the Chicago Rush
• Adam Hayward - linebacker for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Darick Holmes - former NFL running back
• June Jones - head football coach, Southern Methodist University
• Neil Lomax - National Football League quarterback, played for St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals (1981–89)
• Jordan Senn - linebacker for Carolina Panthers
• DeShawn Shead safety for the 2014 Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks ^[58]
• Dave Stief - American football wide receiver, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Redskins
• Julius Thomas - tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars^[59]

Other sports

• Bree Schaaf Boyer - U.S. Olympic Bobsledder, 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver BC^[60]
• Dave Jansen - wrestler and mixed martial artist^[61]
• Mike Pierce - 2-time All-American wrestler; professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the UFC^[62]
• Richard Sanders - wrestler, NCAA, FILA and Summer Olympics^[63]

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