List of University of North Dakota people

This is a list of notable people associated with the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This list includes both alumni and faculty members.

Alumni

National and international award winners

Pulitzer Prize winners

• Maxwell Anderson - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter, and lyricist
• Mel Ruder - editor of the Hungry Horse News in Columbia Falls, Montana; 1965 Pulitzer Prize winner in Journalism for spot news covering a 1964 flood in Montana

Rhodes scholars

• Thomas McGrath - distinguished poet and Rhodes scholar

Arts and entertainment

• Sam Anderson - actor
• Michael Halstenson - musician and composer
• Nicole Linkletter - winner of reality show America's Next Top Model fifth season
• Shadoe Stevens - announcer on Hollywood Squares

Athletics

• Murray Baron - former NHL defenseman
• Ryan Bayda - current AHL player, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins; former player in the NHL Carolina Hurricanes
• Ed Belfour - former NHL goaltender
• Jason Blake - current Anaheim Ducks player in the NHL
• Dave Christian - member of the 1980 Olympic ice hockey team that beat the USSR in the "Miracle on Ice" game
• Mike Commodore - current Columbus Blue Jackets player in the NHL
• Pablo Garza - basketball player; professional mixed martial artist; former UFC Featherweight^[1]
• Matt Greene - current Los Angeles Kings player in the NHL
• David Hale - current Phoenix Coyotes player in the NHL
• Dave Hakstol - current head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
• Phil Jackson - former NBA player; current coach
• Greg Johnson - former player in the NHL
• Ryan Johnson - current Vancouver Canucks player in the NHL
• Milson Jones - former CFL running back
• Jim Kleinsasser - former Minnesota Vikings NFL player
• Chris Kuper - current Denver Broncos NFL player
• Jim LeClair - former Cincinnati Bengals NFL player
• Brian Lee - current Ottawa Senators player in the NHL
• Errol Mann - former Detroit Lions NFL player
• Chad Mustard - former Denver Broncos NFL player
• Travis O'Neel - UND football captain of 2001 National Championship Team
• Dave Osborn - former Minnesota Vikings NFL player
• T.J. Oshie - current Washington Capitals player in the NHL
• Zach Parise - current Minnesota Wild player in the NHL
• Pete Retzlaff - former Philadelphia Eagles NFL player
• Lawrie Skolrood - former CFL player
• Monte Smith - former Denver Broncos NFL player
• Drew Stafford - current Winnipeg Jets player in the NHL
• Dave Tippett - former NHL player; current head coach of the Arizona Coyotes
• Jonathan Toews - current Chicago Blackhawks player in the NHL
• Landon Wilson - former Dallas Stars player in the NHL
• Travis Zajac - current New Jersey Devils player in the NHL

Business

• Thomas Barger - geologist and former CEO of Aramco
• Mark Chipman - NHL executive, owner of the Winnipeg Jets
• Elmer Ellis - former president of the University of Missouri (1955-63)
• Ralph Engelstad - former Las Vegas casino owner; UND philanthropist
• Andrew Freeman - inventor of the block heater; former manager of Minnkota Power Cooperative
• Hugo Magnuson - founder of Hugo's regional grocery store chain; former Grand Forks mayor
• William C. Marcil - current CEO of Forum Communications
• Dale Morrison - former CEO of McCain Foods
• Gregory R. Page - current president and CEO of Cargill
• Sally J. Smith - current president and CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain

Law, politics, and government

• Fred G. Aandahl - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Congressman^[2]
• Dick Armey - former United States House of Representatives Majority Leader
• Ronald Davies - former federal judge, ordered the integration of Little Rock Central High School
• John E. Davis - former governor of North Dakota
• Byron Dorgan - former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
• Lynn Frazier - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
• Chase Iron Eyes - Lakota lawyer, activist and founder of Last Real Indians, a major online media presence for Native American people
• Joseph N. Kimkung - former Kenyan Member of Parliament for Mt. Elgon Constituency
• William Langer - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
• John Moses - former governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
• Ragnvald A. Nestos - former governor of North Dakota
• Allen I. Olson - former governor of North Dakota
• Rosanna M. Peterson - professor at Gonzaga University School of Law and current federal judicial nominee to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
• Earl Pomeroy - former U.S. Representative for North Dakota
• Michael Rustad - scholar on intellectual property; author; professor at Suffolk University Law School
• Ed Schafer - former United States Secretary of Agriculture and Governor of North Dakota
• George F. Shafer - 17th Governor of North Dakota, serving from 1929 to 1933^[3]
• Charles Tighe - Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
• Kurt Zellers - current Minnesota State Representative and former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Literature and journalism

• Maxwell Anderson - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter, and lyricist
• Jon Hassler - novelist
• Chuck Klosterman - author and journalist for Spin and Esquire magazines
• Irv Kupcinet - Chicago Sun-Times columnist; national syndicated talk show host; winner of 15 Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award
• Thomas McGrath - distinguished poet and Rhodes scholar
• Edward W. Moser - linguistics teacher
• Edward K. Thompson - former editor of LIFE magazine
• Era Bell Thompson - former editor of Ebony magazine
• Larry Watson - Milkweed National Fiction Prize-winning author

Military

• Harvey M. Haakenson - former Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States
• David Charles Jones - former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former General in the United States Air Force
• Homer N. Wallin - former Vice Admiral in the United States Navy

Science

• Cora Smith Eaton – physician, suffragist and mountaineer
• Carl Eielson - pioneer aviator
• Karen L. Nyberg - NASA astronaut
• Harry Nyquist - important contributor to information theory; recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor (1960)
• Vilhjalmur Stefansson - Arctic explorer

Faculty

• Robert B. Ammons - founder of Psychological Reports and Perceptual and Motor Skills journals
• Rich Davis - former Dean of the UND School of Medicine; founder of KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce
• Michael James Gaffey - planetary scientist
• Robert L. Henry, Jr. - former Dean of the UND School of Law
• Meyer Jacobstein - professor of economics U.S. Representative from New York
• Philip Manuel - pianist, organist, harpsichordist
• Peter A. Munch - professor of sociology
• Rodney K. Smith - current President of Southern Virginia University
• Albert H. Taylor - electrical engineer who made important early contributions to the development of radar
• Jack Russell Weinstein - professor of philosophy

See also

• Presidents of the University of North Dakota

References

1. "Pablo Garza UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014.
2. "AANDAHL, Fred George, (1897 - 1966)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
3. "North Dakota Governor George Frederick Shafer". National Governors Association. Retrieved 6 September 2012.