25 Notable alumni of
University of Puget Sound
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The University of Puget Sound is 1517th in the world, 536th in North America, and 504th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from the University of Puget Sound sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Adam West
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorpresentercomedian
- Biography
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William West Anderson, professionally known as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017. West began acting in films in the 1950s. He played opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962) and The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). He also appeared in the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) and performed voice work on The Fairly OddParents (2003–2008), The Simpsons (1992, 2002), and Family Guy (2000–2019), playing fictionalized versions of himself in all three.
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Darby Stanchfield
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Darby Leigh Stanchfield is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal (2012–2018). Stanchfield is also known for roles as April Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho (2006–07), and as Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–08). In 2020, she began starring as Nina Locke in the Netflix fantasy horror series Locke & Key.
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Rick Steves
- Occupations
- travel writerwriterradio personalitybusinessperson
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Richard John Steves Jr. is an American travel writer, author, activist, and television personality. His travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-touristy areas of destinations and to become immersed in the local people's way of life. From 2000 to 2020, he hosted Rick Steves' Europe, a travel series on public television. Steves also has a public radio travel show called Travel with Rick Steves (2005−present) and has authored numerous travel guides, the first of which was the popular Europe Through the Back Door. In 2006, he became a syndicated newspaper columnist, and in 2010, his company released a mobile phone application called "Rick Steves’ Audio Europe" containing self-guided walking tours and geographic information.
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Dale Chihuly
- Occupations
- university teachersculptorinstallation artistglassblowerphotographer
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Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist and entrepreneur. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".
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Jeff Smith
- Enrolled in the University of Puget Sound
- Studied in 1962
- Occupations
- cookbook writerwriterchef
- Biography
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Jeffrey L. Smith was the author of several cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show. The show began in Tacoma, Washington, as Cooking Fish Creatively on local PBS station KTPS (now KBTC), where it aired from 1973 to 1977. It then moved to WTTW in Chicago, and finally to KQED in San Francisco where it aired from 1984 to 1997. From 1972 to 1983, Smith was the owner and operator of the Chaplain's Pantry Restaurant and Gourmet Shop.
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Sean Parnell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Sean Randall Parnell is an American attorney and politician who was the tenth governor of Alaska from 2009 to 2014. He succeeded Sarah Palin in July 2009, and was elected governor in his own right in 2010 with 59.06% of the vote, as the largest percentage margin of any Alaska governor since statehood. In 2014, he narrowly lost his bid for re-election and returned to work in the private sector. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Hari Sreenivasan
- Occupations
- news presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan is an American broadcast journalist.
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Ross Shafer
- Occupations
- motivational speaker
- Biography
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Ross Alan Shafer is an American comedian, network television host, and motivational and leadership speaker/consultant. He has authored nine business books, and earned six Emmys as a network talk and game show host.
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Erik Scott Kimerer
- Occupations
- voice actor
- Biography
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Erik Scott Kimerer is an American voice actor and professional wrestler under the name 'Sassy Assassin' in Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling. As a voice actor, he has provided voices for the English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Some of his major voice roles include Ryuji Takasu in Toradora!, Obanai Iguro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Biscuit Griffon in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Riku Mikami in Gundam Build Divers, Alibaba Saluja in the Magi series, Hydra Knell in Blood Lad, Speed o' Sound Sonic in One-Punch Man, Teruki Hanazawa in Mob Psycho 100, Ayato Amagiri in The Asterisk War, and Haruyuki Arita in Accel World.
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Burton C. Andrus
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Colonel Burton C. Andrus was a career U.S. Army officer who served from 1917 through 1952. He was an armor officer for most of his career and his most noted assignment was as the commandant of the Nuremberg Prison which housed the accused during the Nuremberg Trials after World War II.
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Katie Harman
- Occupations
- modelopera singersingeractorbeauty pageant contestant
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Katie Marie Harman Ebner is an American classical vocalist and actress who won the Miss America 2002 and Miss Oregon 2001 pageants. She is the first and only contestant from the Pacific Northwestern United States to hold the title of Miss America.
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Jose Calugas
- Occupations
- soldierbusiness theorist
- Biography
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Jose Cabalfin Calugas was a member of the Philippine Scouts during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Bataan.
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Kiʻilani Arruda
- Years
- 2002-.. (age 22)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
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Kiʻilani Arruda is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2020. Arruda had previously been crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2020; she is the second entrant from Hawaii to have been crowned Miss Teen USA, following Kelly Hu who was crowned Miss Teen USA 1985.
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Scott Griffin
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Scott Griffin, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2000, one of the world's most generous poetry awards, and Poetry In Voice, a bilingual recitation competition for Canadian high schools. Celebrating its 20th year in 2020, the Griffin Poetry Prize has become known as the most adventurous and generous international literary award. Griffin has been interviewed on CBC Radio, discussing the genesis of his love for poetry, reading from his favourite works and paying tribute to poet Seamus Heaney, who received the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award in 2012.
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Ginny Burdick
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Virginia Burdick is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate. She represented Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.
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Jori Chisholm
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Jori Lance Chisholm is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington. Chisholm is a successful solo competitor winning the United States Gold Medal four times and has placed in the top three in Scotland's Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal competition. He played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and was a featured solo performer for the band on multiple occasions. Chisholm has performed in front of sold-out audiences with The Chieftains and with ex-Grateful Dead rocker Bob Weir and his band Ratdog, and has been featured as a soloist or band member on over 20 recordings. His debut solo album Bagpipe Revolution was nominated for Album of the Year by Pipes|Drums magazine. He writes the "Sound Technique" column for the National Piping Centre’s bi-monthly Piping Today Magazine. The New York Times featured Chisholm's online teaching program, BagpipeLessons.com, and described him as a "top-tier teacher" in a front-page story about the growth of Skype music lessons. A cover story in American Profile Magazine named Chisholm one of the "world's elite pipers."
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Rick Dantzler
- Occupations
- magazine writerpolitician
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Rick Dantzler is an American lawyer, former Florida politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. From Winter Haven, Dantzler served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1982 to 1990, and in the Florida Senate from 1990 to 1998. He was Buddy MacKay's running mate in the 1998 Florida gubernatorial election; they lost to Jeb Bush and Frank Brogan. From 2014 to 2017, Dantzler was President Obama's appointed Florida State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency.
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Stephen McAlpine
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Stephen Alan "Steve" McAlpine is an American lawyer and politician. McAlpine served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1982 until 1990.
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Rachel Martin
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- radio personalityjournalist
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Rachel Martin is an American journalist for NPR. She previously co-hosted Morning Edition and was previously a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco.
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Scott Bateman
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- cartoonist
- Biography
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Scott Bateman is an American filmmaker, author, animator, and cartoonist.
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Milt Woodard
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- 1911-1996 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Milton P. Woodard was an American sports writer and sport executive. He was the President of the American Football League until it merged with the NFL in 1970. Woodard served from July 1966 to March 1970, succeeding Commissioner Al Davis as chief executive of the League.
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Roosevelt Mercer, Jr
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Retired Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Mercer Jr., SES, is the director of the Interagency Planning Office for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) at the Federal Aviation Administration where he provides high-level leadership for interagency and international collaboration related to NextGen. He executes the collaborative processes needed to ensure efficient coordination among all federal partners whose decisions impact NextGen. The federal partner agencies include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Commerce (DOC), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as an ex officio participant. Mr. Mercer is charged with providing executive direction to a dynamic multi-agency and international partnering organization focused on future NextGen technology, policy, and collaborative activities.
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Joe Stortini
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Lewis Stortini is an American restauranteer, educator, and politician in the state of Washington. He served the 27th district from 1969 to 1977.
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Lois Phillips Hudson
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Lois Phillips Hudson was an American academic, editor, and novelist.
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Scott Ordway
- Enrolled in the University of Puget Sound
- 2002-2006 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- classical composer
- Biography
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Scott Ordway is an American composer, conductor, and Assistant Professor of Music in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Previously, he held faculty positions at the Curtis Institute of Music and Bates College.
