University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU or CU?Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. With its unique Tuscan sandstone architecture and its location nestled under the Flatiron rock formations of Boulder, the campus is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the United States.

Notable CU students, alumni, and staff

• Loren Acton, NASA astronaut
• Patrick Baudry, CNES astronaut
• James Barton, Co-founder of TiVo
• Bob Beauprez, U.S. Representative
• Petr Beckmann, physicist, engineer
• Chauncey Billups, member of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA
• Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
• Vance D. Brand, NASA astronaut
• Scott Carpenter, NASA astronaut
• Thomas R. Cech, chemist, (Nobel laureate}
• Kalpana Chawla, Columbia astronaut
• Lynne Cheney, wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
• Ward Churchill, CU Professor
• Sarvadaman Chowla, mathematician
• Judy Collins, American folk musician
• Kevin Corke, NBC News Correspondent
• Tom Costello, NBC News Correspondent
• Eric Allin Cornell, physicist, Nobel laureate
• Takao Doi, NASA astronaut
• Ed Dorn, poet
• Samuel T. Durrance, NASA astronaut
• Larry Esposito, discoverer of Saturn?s fourth ring
• Chris Fowler, ESPN College Football analyst
• Jim Gray, ESPN and ABC Sports
• George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist
• Edward Greenberg. CU Professor
• Dave Grusin, composer
• John L. Hall, physicist, Nobel laureate
• John Herrington, NASA astronaut
• Richard Hieb, NASA astronaut
• Katie Hnida, football place kicker (now attends University of New Mexico)
• Hale Irwin, golf star
• Marsha Ivins, NASA astronaut
• Deborah S. Jin, physicist
• Alan Kay, computer scientist, Turing Award winner
• William Lee Knous, state Supreme Court judge and state legislator
• Herbert Kroemer, physicist
• Larry Linville, actor (M*A*S*H)
• John M. Lounge, NASA astronaut
• Christopher Meloni, actor
• Richard McCray, astrophysicist
• Glenn Miller, band leader
• James Naismith, inventor of basketball
• George Nelson, NASA astronaut
• Ellison Onizuka, Challenger astronaut
• Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
• William Pierce, physicist, white separatist
• Carl Quintanilla, NBC News Correspondent
• Robert Redford, actor, did not graduate
• Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated
• Stuart Roosa, NASA astronaut
• Roy Romer, (Colorado Law School) former Colorado governor
• Ronald M. Sega, NASA astronaut
• Payton Sheets, discoverer of Joya de Cerén
• Paul Soldner, artist
• Matt Stone, co-creator of South Park
• Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 astronaut
• Dalton Trumbo, writer
• Debi Thomas, Olympic figure skater
• Joan Van Ark, actress
• James Voss, NASA astronaut
• Byron White, associate justice of the Supreme Court
• Leslie Whittington, Georgetown professor and Sep. 11 victim
• Carl Wieman, physicist, Nobel laureate
• Michael Westbrook, football player
• Steve Wozniak, personal computer pioneer