University of Arizona

The University of Arizona (UA) is a land-grant institution of higher learning located in Tucson, Arizona. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885 when the state was still a territory. In 2005, total enrollment was 37,036 students.

Notable Alumni and Former Students

Athletics

• Tedy Bruschi - three-time Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots
• Mike Bibby - NBA player
• Sean Elliott - World Champion NBA player with the San Antonio Spurs. Only professional Arizona Wildcat athlete to have his number retired (San Antonio Spurs - March 4, 2005). Graduated from Cholla High School in Tucson, AZ.
• Jennie Finch (2002) - Olympic Gold Medal winning professional women's softball pitcher.
• Terry Francona - manager of the 2004 World Series Champions Boston Red Sox
• Channing Frye (2005) - NBA player (New York Knicks)
• Jim Furyk - PGA Tour Golfer and 2003 U.S. Open Winner
• Natalie Gulbis - LPGA Golfer
• Andre Iguodala - NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers)
• Richard Jefferson - NBA player (New Jersey Nets) Member of the 2001 Final Four Team
• Steve Kerr - five-time NBA champion (Chicago Bulls - 3, San Antonio Spurs - 2)
• Kenny Lofton - MLB player (played basketball for the Wildcats)
• Chris McAllister - World Champion NFL player with the Baltimore Ravens
• Annika Sörenstam - One of the greatest LPGA Golfers of all-time
• Damon Stoudamire - NBA player (Portland Trailblazers)
• Salim Stoudamire (2005) - NBA player (Atlanta Hawks)
• Jason Terry - NBA player
• Luke Walton (2002) - NBA player (L.A. Lakers), son of former NBA great Bill Walton, Member of the 2001 Final Four team

Arts & Media

• Jerry Bruckheimer - film and television producer
• Nancy Cleeland - Pulitzer Prize winner
• Joan Ganz Cooney - Creator of Sesame Street, founder of the Children's Television Workshop
• Virginia Escalante - Pulitzer Prize winner
• Harrison Ford - actor
• Jose Galvez - Pulitzer Prize winner
• J.A. Jance - mystery writer
• Barbara Kingsolver - author, local resident and activist. Married to a U of A faculty member.
• Greg Kinnear (1985) - actor
• Linda McCartney - photographer
• Jack McElroy - Pulitzer Prize winner
• Craig T. Nelson - actor
• Caroline Rhea - actor & comedian
• Geraldo Rivera (1965) - talk show host, television journalist
• Richard Russo - Pulitzer Prize winner for his novel Empire Falls
• Fritz Scholder - late Native American artist
• Garry Shandling - actor & comedian
• Ron Shelton - film screenwriter & director
• Richard Siken - (MFA poetry 1994) won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, the oldest annual literary award in the U.S. 2004 marked the third time a UA alum won the prize.
• Frank Sotomayer - Pulitzer Prize winner
• David Foster Wallace - author

Business

• Bennett Dorrance - Grandson of Campbell Soup Co. founder and heir of the company, philanthropist, estimated worth: $2.4 billion in 2004 (Forbes Magazine)
• Robert A. Eckert - chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Mattel, Inc.
• Karl Eller - Arizona business leader and nationally recognized entrepreneur, was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame by the American Advertising Federation in March 2004 in New York City. Eller is the first Arizonan and second outdoor advertising executive to be elected to the Advertising Hall of Fame. Eller is also the namesake of the Eller College of Management.
• Terry Lundgren - CEO/Chairman of the Board/President/Director at Federated Department Stores, Inc., the parent company of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores
• Arturo Moreno - Owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, outdoor advertising entrepreneur
• Jeffrey Rein - president and chief operating officer of Walgreen's Company

Technology

• Joe Acaba - earned a master?s degree in geology in 1992, was selected to be a NASA educator astronaut.
• Thomas Jones(Ph.D., 1988) - NASA astronaut
• Chris Lewicki - senior flight systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, graduated from the UA aerospace and mechanical engineering department with a bachelor's (1997) and master's (2000) degree. He is a member of the engineering team that successfully built and landed the two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
• Don Pettit - NASA astronaut
• William Rathje (1967) - archaeologist & garbologist. A retired faculty member
• Richard Scobee (1965) - late astronaut
• Bernie Seery - earned a master's degree in optical sciences, serves as deputy associate administrator for programs in NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research.
• Cliff Stoll (Ph.D., 1980) - astronomer & Klein bottle manufacturer
• Paul Wehrle - physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox

Law, Politics & Government

• Richard Carmona - U.S. Surgeon General
• Bob Dole - former U.S. Senator
• Barry Goldwater - former U.S. Senator
• Jon Kyl (BA 1964, JD 1966) - U.S. Senator
• Steve Soboroff - President, Playa Vista; Former Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Los Angeles; Former Los Angeles Parks Commissioner; Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles (2001)
• Morris K. Udall (JD 1949) - former U.S. Congressman, professional basketball player
• Stewart Udall (JD 1948) - former U.S. Congressman, former Secretary of the Interior under U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson