30 Notable alumni of
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
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The University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is 1606th in the world, 561st in North America, and 528th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from the University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Chauncey Billups
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Chauncey Ray Billups is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball with the Colorado Buffaloes, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. Billups spent the majority of his 17-year basketball career playing for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. He was given the nickname "Mr. Big Shot" for making late-game shots with Detroit. A five-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA selection and two-time NBA All-Defensive selection, Billups also played for the Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers during his NBA career.
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Illenium
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- recording artistrecord producerdisc jockey
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Nicholas Daniel "Nick" Miller, professionally known as Illenium (stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He has released five studio albums, his most recent being Illenium, released in April 2023. Illenium earned his first Grammy nomination following the release of his fourth studio album, Fallen Embers, released in July 2021. One of Illenium's more notable albums, Ascend, was released in August 2019 on Astralwerks. The album was Illenium's first to top the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart and also reached his highest peak on the Billboard 200 at number 14.
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Isaac Slade
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- musicianpianistlyricist
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Isaac Edward Slade is an American singer and musician; the former lead vocalist, main songwriter, pianist and co-founder of Colorado-based rock band The Fray.
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Michael Hancock
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- politician
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Michael B. Hancock is an American author and politician who served as the 45th mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was in his second term as the Denver City Councilor from the 11th district at the time he was elected to the mayorship.
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Daniel Gilbert
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- writeruniversity teacherpsychologist
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Daniel Todd Gilbert is an American social psychologist and writer. He is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and is known for his research with Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia on affective forecasting. He is the author of the international bestseller Stumbling on Happiness, which has been translated into more than 30 languages and won the 2007 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books. He has also written essays for several newspapers and magazines, hosted a non-fiction television series on PBS, and given three popular TED talks.
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Jason Lewis
- Enrolled in the University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- In 1992 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- columnistpoliticiantelevision presenterradio personality
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Jason Mark Lewis is an American politician and former conservative radio personality who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district from 2017 until 2019. The district included most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. A member of the Republican Party, he was a radio talk show host and a conservative political commentator before serving in Congress. He hosted the nationally syndicated Jason Lewis Show, based out of KSTP (AM) in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul radio market, from 2009 to 2014.
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Emily Rosa
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- psychologist
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Emily Rosa is the youngest person to have a research paper published in a peer reviewed medical journal. At age nine Rosa conceived and executed a scientific study of therapeutic touch which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2009 with a major in psychology. Her parents, Larry Sarner and Linda Rosa, are leaders of the advocacy group Advocates for Children in Therapy.
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Deanne Criswell
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Deanne Bennett Criswell is an American emergency management officer who served as the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 2021 to 2025. Criswell is the first woman to lead FEMA. She was previously the commissioner of the New York City Emergency Management Office.
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Reese Roper
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Michael Reese Roper is an American singer-songwriter, best known as lead singer for the Denver, Colorado-based Christian ska punk band Five Iron Frenzy, as well as fronting the rock bands Brave Saint Saturn and Roper.
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Rick Alden
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Richard P. "Rick" Alden is an American entrepreneur and the founder and former CEO of Skullcandy, Inc., Device Step-In Snowboard Bindings, Stance Socks, and co-founder of Plus550 LLC.
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Jonathan Bergmann
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- high-school teacherpolitician
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Jon Bergmann is a chemistry and physics teacher and one of the developers of the "flipped classroom" model of teaching along with fellow chemistry teacher Aaron Sams. Although already noted for his teaching, Bergmann decided to "flip" what students did in his classes, watching video lectures at home and doing exercises (homework) in class under supervision. He and Sams not only found that grades went up, they also found time for other types of activities, which Bergmann states is more important than the videos. Bergmann has since become the lead technology facilitator for a school in Illinois and has worked to promote the models speaking at schools, universities, and more both in the United States and abroad. He currently teaches science at a private high school in the suburbs on the West side of Houston, Texas.
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Patrick Neville
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- politician
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Patrick Neville is an American politician and a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 45th District, which included much of Douglas County. A Republican, Neville served as the Minority Leader of the House, having been elected to this position at the beginning of his second term in January 2017, until being replaced before the 2021 session.
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Ginette Harrison
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- mountaineerphysician
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Ginette Harrison was a professional climber of British origin. She also lived in Australia and the United States.
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Ted Harvey
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United States - Occupations
- politician
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Ted Harvey is an American politician. In 2001, Harvey was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican, representing the 43rd House District. Elected in 2006 to the Colorado Senate, he represented Senate District 30, which encompasses Northern Douglas County—Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, and Roxborough Park. He was also one of Colorado's delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, in addition to Republican National Conventions in 2012, 2016, and prior election cycles.
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Costa Dillon
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- screenwriterfilm screenwriterassistant director
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Constantine Dillon, usually known as Costa, is a retired U.S. National Park Service Superintendent and a writer and actor of Greek ancestry. He is most famous as the creator of the film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! and its sequels: Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! and Killer Tomatoes Eat France. He also wrote the film Happy Hour.
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Alec Garnett
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- politician
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Alec Garnett is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives and the former Speaker of the House. He represented District 2, which covered a portion of the city of Denver. He was first elected in 2014 to replace retiring House Speaker Mark Ferrandino. In November 2020, Garnett's colleagues elected him to serve as speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives for the two-year term beginning in January 2021. From January 2023 to September 2024, he served as Governor Jared Polis' chief of staff.
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Peter B. Teets
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Peter Bartholomew Teets was the thirteenth Director of the National Reconnaissance Office and the Under Secretary of the Air Force.
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Christi Grimm
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Christi A. Grimm is a former American government official who had served as the Inspector General in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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Tenzing Rigdol
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- actorartist
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Tenzing Rigdol is an American contemporary artist. He is known for his thought provoking art and art installations, fostering cultural exchange through the Dialogue Artist Residency. His works have been exhibited worldwide, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and he has published poetry collections.
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Justin Everett
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- 1971-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Justin David Everett is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 22nd district from 2013 to 2019, as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state house he was referred to as Dr. No for his opposition to large amounts of legislation with him being the legislator who voted against the most legislation.
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Lois Court
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- politician
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Lois Court is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Initially elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008, Court represented House District 6 from 2009 through 2016, and was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2016. Court represented State Senate District 31, which encompasses portions of central and southeast Denver, Colorado. Court resigned from the senate on January 16, 2020, after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome in early 2020. She served as the President Pro Tempore of the Colorado State Senate from January 2019 until her resignation from the senate in 2020.
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Leonard R. Olijar
- Enrolled in the University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- In 1987 graduated with Master of Science in accounting
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Leonard R. Olijar is an American government official who had served as the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 2015 to 2023. As director, Olijar was responsible for managing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury tasked with producing Federal Reserve Notes, paper currencies, and United States Treasury securities.
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Paul K. Carlton, Jr
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- military officer
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Lieutenant General Paul Kendall Carlton Jr. (born May 13, 1947) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, D.C.
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Mike Kopp
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- politician
- Biography
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Mike Kopp is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the Colorado Senate, representing Senate District 22, which encompassed southern Jefferson County. He served from 2007 and as Senate Minority Leader from 2009 until his resignation in October 2011 after his wife died from cancer. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Colorado in 2014.
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Bob Hagedorn
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- politician
- Biography
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Bob Hagedorn is an American politician and journalist who served in the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1993 to 2001. After serving eight years in the state house, Hagedorn was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004, representing Senate District 29, which includes central Aurora, Colorado.
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John Morse
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- politician
- Biography
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John P. Morse is an American former politician who was a state senator in the Colorado Senate from 2007 to 2013, serving as president of the senate in 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Morse represented Senate District 11, which encompassed at the time Manitou Springs, Colorado, and eastern Colorado Springs.
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Karen Middleton
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karen Middleton is an American politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008 and 2008 to 2011.
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Mike Goggin
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael P. Goggin is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 21 in southeastern Minnesota.
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Don Southerton
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- writerbusiness consultant
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Donald Southerton is a business consultant, writer, and global Korean issues specialist. Southerton, who is a University of Colorado Denver alumnus, taught traditional Korean martial arts before establishing and becoming CEO of Bridging Culture Worldwide, in 2003. Southerton is also the author of a number of books emphasizing on matters related to South Korea. His latest book Korea 101:The Book was released in September 2024.
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Alan Ford
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- architect
- Biography
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Alan B. Ford, FAIA, is an American architect and author best known for his work on K-12 sustainable schools.
