# List of University of Puget Sound alumni

The University of Puget Sound is a private liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington. Following is a list of its notable alumni.

## Art and architecture

| Name | Class | Notability | References |
| Dale Chihuly | Non-degreed | Glass artist | |

## Clergy

| Name | Class | Notability | References |
| Ray Ortlund | Non-degreed | Evangelical speaker, Presbyterian minister, and author who cofounded Renewal Ministries | |

## Education

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Suzanne Anderson | 1979 | Professor of Geophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder |
| Robert Lee Barker | 1959 | Professor of social work and author of The Social Work Dictionary |
| Janet Beery | 1983 | Historian of mathematics who serves as a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Redlands. |
| Jessica N. Berry | 1994 | Philosopher and professor of philosophy at Georgia State University. |
| Terry Castle | 1975 | Professor of English at Stanford University |
| Gary Hansen | 1980 | Macroeconomist at the University of California, Los Angeles |
| Robert Huey | 1973 | Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| John Chester Miller | | Professor of history at Bryn Mawr College and at Stanford University |
| Rebecca Ann Parker | 1975 | President of Starr King School for the Ministry, theologian, and author |
| Jeffrey T. Parsons | 1988 | Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) |
| Sara B. Pritchard | | Associate professor of science and technology studies at Cornell University |
| Melissa Thomasson | 1992 | Julian Lange Professor of Economics at Miami University |
| Bang Wong | 1994 | Creative director of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard University |
| Zelda Zabinsky | | Professor of industrial engineering at the University of Washington, |

## Entertainment

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Kiʻilani Arruda | 2025 | Miss Teen USA 2020 |
| Jori Chisholm | 1997 | Champion bagpiper |
| Katie Harman | Non-degreed | Classical vocalist and actress who won the Miss America 2002 and Miss Oregon 2001 pageants |
| Bayard Johnson | | Screenwriter (The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo, Tarzan and the Lost City) |
| Erik Scott Kimerer | | Voice actor and professional wrestler under the name 'Sassy Assassin' |
| Irshad Manji | Honorary 2008 | Emmy Award nominated film producer, journalist, and television presenter |
| Rachel Martin | 1996 | Host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday |
| Chris Pirih | | Creator of SkiFree, one of the seminal computer games in the early days of Microsoft Windows |
| Roald Reitan | | Metropolitan Opera star |
| Casey Sander | | Actor |
| Ross Shafer | 1975 | Comedian and motivational speaker |
| Jeff Smith | 1967 | TV Chef, The Frugal Gourmet |
| Hari Sreenivasan | 1995 | Correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer |
| Darby Stanchfield | 1993 | Actress known for Mad Men and Scandal |
| Rick Steves | Non-degreed | Producer and presenter of Rick Steve's Europe on PBS and author of Rick Steves' tour guidebook series |
| Adam West | Non-degreed | Actor most notably portraying Batman. Transferred to Whitman College |

## Law

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Charles W. Johnson | JD, 1976 | Associate Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court |
| Frank Prewitt | | Attorney and government affairs consultant. |
| Christine Quinn-Brintnall | JD, 1980 | Washington state Court of Appeals judge |
| Hugh J. Rosellini | Non-degreed | Chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court |
| Nicole Shanahan | BA, 2007 | Silicon Valley–based attorney, independent candidate for vice president in 2024 |

## Military

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Burton C. Andrus | | U.S. Army officer who was the commandant of the Nuremberg Prison |
| Jose Calugas | 1961 | Medal of Honor recipient |
| Roosevelt Mercer Jr. | 1975 | Retired United States Air Force major general |

## Politics

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Bill Baarsma | 1964 | Mayor of Tacoma, 2002–2009 |
| Ramona Bennett | | Puyallup leader and activist |
| Gwendalyn F. Cody | | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Dennis Flannigan | Non-degreed | Washington House of Representatives |
| Rosa Franklin | | Washington State Senate |
| Tom Huff | | Washington House of Representatives |
| Daniel Nguyen | | Businessman and member of the Oregon House of Representatives |
| Rochelle Nguyen | | Attorney and member of the Nevada Assembly |
| T'wina Nobles | | Educator and member of the Washington State Senate |
| George Obiozor | 1969 | Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S. |
| Sean Parnell | JD; 1987 | Governor of Alaska |
| Debbie Regala | | Former member of the Washington State Legislature |
| Brian Sonntag | Non-degreed | Washington State Auditor |
| Thomas A. Swayze Jr. | | Washington House of Representatives |
| Bob Tiernan | | Former member of the Oregon House of Representatives |
| Max Vekich | | Former member of the Washington House of Representatives and commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission |
| Hal Wolf | | Washington House of Representatives |

## Science and medicine

| Name | Class | Notability |
| William Canfield | 1976; 2008 | Glycobiologist who developed an enzyme that can stabilize Pompe disease |
| Helen Engle (née Harris) | | Conservationist and activist |
| Edward LaChapelle | 1949 | Avalanche researcher and glaciologist |
| Richard Stolarski | 1963 | Atmospheric scientist who played a critical role in discovery of the ozone hole |

## Sports

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Kai Correa | | Major League Baseball coach for the San Francisco Giants |
| Craig Driver | | Professional and college baseball coach |
| Gretchen Fraser | 1941 | Gold medalist in the slalom at 1948 Winter Olympics |
| Grady Fuson | | Professional baseball scout and executive who is a special adviser for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. |
| Erik Scott Kimerer | | Professional wrestler under the name 'Sassy Assassin' and voice actor |
| Charles Lappenbusch | Non-degreed | Athlete and sports coach at Western Washington University |
| Charlie Lowery | | Professional basketball player |
| Judy MacLeod | | Commissioner of Conference USA intercollegiate athletic conference |
| Mike Oliphant | 1988 | Professional (NFL) football player |
| Mike Price | 1969 | Head football coach at Washington State University and the University of Texas at El Paso |
| Lael Wilcox | | Ultra-distance cyclist who won the Trans Am Bike Race |
| Milt Woodard | 1933 | Sports executive, co-founder of American Football League |

## Other

| Name | Class | Notability | References |
| Ted Bundy | Non-degreed | Serial killer | |
| Marion Higgins | 1897 | Supercentenarian who died at age 112 and was briefly the oldest California resident | |