This is a list of some notable people associated with Colorado State University , located in the Fort Collins , Colorado , United States.
Colorado State University
CSU has 169,935 living alumni, with 50 active alumni chapters (14 in Colorado and 37 out of state) and nine national interest groups.[1] CSU graduates include Pulitzer Prize winners, astronauts , CEOs, and two former governors of Colorado .
Nicole Anona Banowetz , artist and sculptor
Alicia Bertone , ENGIE-Axium Endowed Dean's Chair of the Graduate School at Ohio State University
Baxter Black , cowboy poet
Paul Broadie , president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College
Mary L. Cleave , astronaut
Martin J. Fettman , astronaut
Edward Harwood , aeroponics inventor
James Van Hoften , astronaut
John Gill , mathematician and father of modern bouldering
Garry Gross , fashion photographer known for his dog portraiture and work with model and actress Brooke Shields
Michael Johnson , country and folk singer-songwriter
Yusef Komunyakaa (MA '81), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Susan Lowdermilk , artist, printmaker
George Marsaglia , computer scientist
Mark Mattson , neuroscientist
Jürgen Mulert , economist, Fulbright scholar, founder of the German Fulbright Alumni Association
J. Wayne Reitz , fifth president of the University of Florida (1955–1967)
Kent Rominger ('78), former NASA astronaut and shuttle commander
Jon Rubinstein , computer scientist, member of National Academy of Engineering, helped create the iPod,iMac
Saleem (Saleem Azzouqa), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer
Isaac Slade , professional musician and lead singer of The Fray
George E. Staples , veterinary researcher and animal nutrition pioneer
Harlan Thomas , Seattle architect
Frank Alan Ward , Distinguished Professor in the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Science; 2022 DARE Hall of Fame Award;
Paul J. Crutzen , Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , Former Adjunct professor in Colorado State University.
Steven D. Tanksley , Chief Technology Officer of Nature Source Improved Plants, Professor Emeritus at Cornell University , Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Wolf Prize and Japan Prize laureates
Rebecca Skloot , American Science writer, Author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Kjell N. Lindgren , American Astronut
Handa Lin, Chinese Historian, deputy to the National People's Congress, former Vice Minister of education of China, co-author of Five Thousand Years Up and Down
Anne LaBastille , American author, ecologist, and photographer. 1974 World Wildlife Fund Gold Medal for Conservation, 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Adirondack Literary Awards, 2008 Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award given by the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, known for The Woodswoman series
Fred Anderson (historian) , American historian, held fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Colorado State University : Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022[2]
Reporters and journalists
Singer
Becky Hammon
Bill Ritter
David Anderson , professional football player[5]
Al "Bubba" Baker , professional football player
Shaquil Barrett , professional football player, 2 times Superbowl winner, Second-Team All pro 2019
Randy Beverly , professional football player
Kapri Bibbs , professional football player
Sam Brunelli , professional football player
Susan Butcher , dogsled racer
Jack Christiansen , professional football player[6]
David Cohn (born 1995), professional basketball player
Jim David , professional football player[7]
Amy Van Dyken , Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
Steve Fairchild , college and professional football coach
Sherwood Fries , professional football player
Donovan Gans , professional football player
Crockett Gillmore , professional football player
Garrett Grayson , professional football player
Clark Haggans , professional football player[8]
Becky Hammon , professional basketball coach
Caleb Hanie , professional football player
John Howell , professional football player[9]
Colton Iverson (born 1989), professional basketball player[10]
Selwyn Jones , professional football player
Brady Keys , professional football player and businessman[11]
Stanton Kidd (born 1992), professional basketball player
Mark Knudson , professional baseball player[12]
Martin Laird , professional golfer
Keith Lee , professional football player
Kim Lyons , athlete and personal trainer on The Biggest Loser
Jim Malloy , professional racecar driver
Lawrence McCutcheon , professional football player
Kevin McDougal , professional football player[13]
Thurman "Fum" McGraw , professional football player
Keli McGregor , president of the Colorado Rockies and professional football player
Kevin McLain , professional football player[14]
Scooter Molander , professional football player
Mike Montgomery , professional basketball coach
Sean Moran , professional football player[15]
Glenn Morris , 1935, Gold medal winner in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Clint Oldenburg , professional football player[16]
Milt Palacio , professional basketball player
Erik Pears , professional football player
Bradlee Van Pelt , professional football player
Joey Porter , professional football player, member of 2006 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Quayle , athletics director for Emporia State University 1979–1999
David Roddy , professional basketball player
Bob Rule , professional basketball player
Ty Sambrailo , professional football player
Bailey Santistevan , legendary coach featured in the July 5, 1999, edition of Sports Illustrated.
Brady Smith , professional football player
Jason Smith , professional basketball player
Andre Strode , professional football player
Pete Thomas , professional football player
Weston Richburg , former NFL player for New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers
Trey McBride , NFL player for Arizona Cardinals
Kim Mestdagh , Belgian professional basketball player, WNBA champion 2019, EuroBasket Women bronze medalist in 2017 and 2021,now playing for PF Schio
Joel Dreessen , former NFL player
Janay DeLoach Soukup , 2012 Summer Olympic bronze medalist in Women's long jump
Erin Popovich , three-time United States Paralympic swimmer , has won 14 Paralympic gold medals , and 19 medals total.
Cory Gardner
Wayne Allard
Wayne Allard , United States Senator from Colorado (1997–2009)[17]
David Asay , former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf , Finance Minister, Saudi Arabia
Anwar al-Awlaki , Yemeni-American imam and reputed Al-Qaeda terrorist; first American citizen to be targeted and killed by a U.S. drone strike[18] [19]
Benny Begin , PhD in geology, Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister[20]
Mohammed Ali Beshr , Egyptian politician
Greg Brophy , Republican member of the Colorado Senate
Les Eaves (Business Management), Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County [21]
John Ensign , former United States Senator from Nevada[22]
Cory Gardner , Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado[23]
Basuki Hadimuljono , Indonesian Minister of Public Works and Public Housing[24]
Jim Hawkes (PhD in psychology, 1970), Canadian politician
Paula Hicks-Hudson , lawyer, Toledo, Ohio City Council President and acting Mayor
Doug Hutchinson , former mayor of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado
Conway LeBleu , attended late 1940s, did not graduate, native of Lake Charles , Louisiana, represented Calcasieu and Cameron parishes in the Louisiana House of Representatives 1964–1988[25]
Mousa Abu Marzook , Hamas member
Stan Matsunaka , politician
Marilyn Musgrave , former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives[26]
Angie Paccione , politician
Bill Ritter , governor of Colorado , former Denver District Attorney
Roy R. Romer , former Colorado governor[27]
Brian Schweitzer , 23rd governor of Montana [28]
Ismail Abu Shanab , Hamas founder
Carol Voisin , ethics professor and former candidate for Congress
Dwight A. York , politician
Dave Young , Treasurer of Colorado , member of the Colorado House of Representatives
Hsu Shu-hsiang
Sam Steiger , member of the U.S. House of Representatives , former mayor of Prescott, Arizona
William E. Adams , former major in the United States Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor [29]
James H. Dickinson , commander, United States Space Command
Salvatore Augustine Giunta , former Staff Sergeant in the United States Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor
Barbara Robbins , first female CIA employee to die in action in the agency's history
Lew Walt , decorated U.S. Marine
George Watson , private in U.S. Army, earned a Medal of Honor in World War II
Ralph C. Smith , a senior officer of the United States Army , was decorated with the Legion of Merit for his service in World War II
Roger A. Brady , United States Air Force four-star general , served as commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe
Dee Mewbourne , retired United States Navy vice admiral , 16th deputy commander of United States Transportation Command
Maurice Albertson , civil engineer, Peace Corps co-founder
Theodosia Grace Ammons , president, Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
Raj Chandra Bose , statistician
Louis George Carpenter , irrigation engineer and first dean of Engineering & Physics
Henry P. Caulfield, Jr. , political scientist
Howard Ensign Evans , entomologist
Elnora M. Gilfoyle , dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences (1989–1991), provost/academic vice president (1991–1995)
Temple Grandin , animal scientist
William M. Gray , atmospheric scientist
Rachel Justine Pries , mathematician, fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Robin Reid , environmental scientist and member of the team who established the International Livestock Research Institute
Bernard Rollin , animal ethics advocate
Holmes Rolston III , father of environmental ethics
Ronald M. Sega , systems engineer
Steve Simske , systems engineer
Jamuna Sharan Singh , ecologist, faculty (1971–74, 1981–82 and 1993–94), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
Holly Stein , geologist
Thomas Sutherland , former hostage in Lebanon
Bryan Willson , mechanical engineer
Albert Meyers , American organic chemist, member of National Academy of Sciences , known for Meyers synthesis
Colorado State University Fact Book, 2007–2008 . Pg 6
"Wayne Allard" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Archived from the original on October 11, 2000. Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
"Benny Begin" . jewishvirtuallibrary.org . Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016 .
"John Ensign" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
"Cory Gardner" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
"Marilyn Musgrave" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
"Roy R. Romer" . National Governors Association. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2012 .