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==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{main|List of University of Utah people}}

Notable alumni include politicians [[Rocky Anderson]], [[Robert Foster Bennett|Bob Bennett]], [[Marsha K. Caddle]], [[Merrill Cook]], [[E. Jake Garn]], [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]], [[Karen Morgan]], [[Frank E. Moss]], [[Joshua Rush]], and [[Karl Rove]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/952840/Triumph-of-the-underdog.html|title=Triumph of the underdog|last=Davidson|first=Lee|date=December 8, 2002|work=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=May 26, 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> recent [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] presidents [[Gordon B. Hinckley]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|url=http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/president-gordon-b-hinckley|title=President Gordon B. Hinckley|work=Leader Biographies|access-date=May 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429193744/http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/president-gordon-b-hinckley|archive-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> [[Thomas S. Monson]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/president-thomas-s-monson|title=President Thomas S. Monson|work=Leader Biographies|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> and [[Russell M. Nelson]];<ref name="nelson bio">{{cite web|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/elder-russell-m-nelson|title=Elder Russell M. Nelson|work=Leader Biographies|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> historian and [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] laureate [[Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/university-of-utah-celebrates-distinguished-and-honorary-alumni-at-2013-founders-day-banquet-2|title=University of Utah Celebrates Distinguished and Honorary Alumni at 2013 Founders Day Banquet|publisher=University of Utah|access-date=January 16, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116210922/http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/university-of-utah-celebrates-distinguished-and-honorary-alumni-at-2013-founders-day-banquet-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> journalist and 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner for local reporting Rachel Piper<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Mackenzie |date=April 17, 2017 |title=Former Chronicle Editor Wins Pulitzer Prize for Sexual Assault Coverage |url=https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/04/17/former-chronicle-editor-won-pulitzer-prize-sexual-assault-coverage/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |website= |language=en}}</ref> authors [[Orson Scott Card]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hatrack.com/osc/about-more.shtml|title=About Orson Scott Card|publisher=Hatrack River Enterprises Inc.|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Stephen Covey]], [[Shannon Hale]], [[Terry Tempest Williams]], and [[Wallace Stegner]]; [[R Adams Cowley]], [[William DeVries]], and [[Robert Jarvik]] in medicine; historian [[Richard Foltz]]; educators [[Gordon Gee]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Rule|first=Ann|title=The stranger beside me|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|location=New York|year=2000|edition=Updated 20th anniversary|isbn=978-0-393-05029-5|page=118}}</ref> [[Jonathan H. Westover|Jonathan Westover]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan H. Westover, Ph.D, Official Member of Forbes Councils|url=https://profiles.forbes.com/members/coaches/profile/Jonathan-H-Westover-Ph-D-Associate-Professor-Department-Chair-Organizational-Leadership-Academic-Director-Center-for-Social-Impact-OD-HR-Consultant-Utah-Valley-University-Human-Capital-Innovations-LLC/607fd25d-2687-4bf8-b811-df504cb556b2|website=Forbes Councils|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> and [[Ann Weaver Hart]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://president.arizona.edu/biography|title=Biography of Ann Weaver Hart|publisher=[[University of Arizona]]|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122337/http://president.arizona.edu/biography|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> reporter [[Martha Raddatz]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/11/AR2007111101713.html|title=Martha Raddatz, Putting Herself in the Thick of Things|author=Howard Kurtz|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 12, 2007|access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> writer and canoeist [[Neal Moore]],<ref name="The Times">{{cite news |last1=Goddard |first1=Jacqui |title=Modern-day Huckleberry Finn paddles 7,500 miles across America |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/modern-huck-finn-paddles-7-500-miles-across-america-wz2nrtrsd |work=[[The Times]] |date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> and speed reading innovator [[Evelyn Wood (teacher)|Evelyn Nielsen Wood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/findaids/B00272/B0272.xml|title=The Evelyn Nielsen Wood Papers, ca. 1925–1979|publisher=University of Utah}}</ref>

Notable science and engineering alumni include [[Jim Blinn]]; [[Mark W. Fuller]], CEO of WET Design; [[Andrea Russell]], Vice President of the [[International Society of Electrochemistry]]; [[James H. Clark|Jim Clark]], founder of [[Silicon Graphics]], [[Netscape Communications Corporation]], [[myCFO]], and [[Healtheon]]; [[Gretchen W. McClain]], former [[NASA]] Deputy Associate Administrator of Human Space Exploration and Chief Director of the [[International Space Station]]; [[Henri Gouraud (computer scientist)|Henri Gouraud]]; [[John Call Cook|John C. Cook]] who played a crucial role in establishing the field of ground-penetrating radar;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServlet?region=9&imprint=000&cf=es&titleCode=AMWSE&edition=|title=American Men and Women of Science|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112230130/http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServlet?region=9&imprint=000&cf=es&titleCode=AMWSE&edition=|archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> [[Ralph Hartley]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/hartley.html|title=Ralph V. L. Hartley, 1888–1970|publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]|access-date=May 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409150024/http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/hartley.html|archive-date=April 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> rocket scientist [[Joseph Majdalani]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://majdalani.eng.auburn.edu/Team/bio_moorhem.html|title=Professor William K. Van Moorhem|website=majdalani.eng.auburn.edu}}</ref> [[Alan Kay]]; [[Simon Ramo]]; and [[John Warnock]], co-founder of [[Adobe Systems]].

Notable entrepreneur and business leader alumni include [[Alan Ashton (executive)|Alan Ashton]], co-founder of [[WordPerfect]] and [[Thanksgiving Point]]; Freestyle Skiër [[Tom Wallisch]]; [[Nolan Bushnell]], founder of [[Atari]] and [[Chuck E. Cheese]]; [[Edwin Catmull|Ed Catmull]], co-founder of [[Pixar]]; [[J. Willard Marriott]], founder of [[Marriott International]]; [[Robert A. "Bob" McDonald]], CEO of [[Procter & Gamble]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=983031&ric=PG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822205920/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=983031&ric=PG|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2009|title=Executive Profile: Robert A. McDonald|work=BusinessWeek|access-date=June 11, 2009}}</ref> [[David Neeleman]], founder of [[JetBlue]]; [[Telle Whitney]], CEO and President of the [[Anita Borg Institute]];<ref name="cs history">{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/school/history/|title=Major contributions by Utah faculty and alumni|publisher=University of Utah School of Computing|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> and Nintendo of America's current president, [[Doug Bowser]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://humanities.utah.edu/news/doug-bowser.php | title=President of Nintendo America to Address Humanities Students at 2022 Convocation - College of Humanities - the University of Utah }}</ref>

In athletics, notable alumni include baseball player [[Chris Shelton (baseball)|Chris Shelton]]; basketball players [[Andrew Bogut]], [[Kyle Kuzma]], [[Andre Miller]], and [[Keith Van Horn]]; football players [[Paul Kruger (American football)|Paul Kruger]], [[Star Lotulelei]], [[Jamal Anderson]], [[Kevin Dyson]], [[Eric Weddle]], [[Alex Smith]], and [[Steve Smith (American football, born 1979)|Steve Smith Sr.]]; hall of fame karate grandmaster [[Dan Hausel]]; and football coach [[LaVell Edwards]].<ref name="alumni">{{cite web|url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/trads/ute-trads-alum.html|title=Famous University of Utah Alumni|work=Utah Official Athletic Site|publisher=University of Utah|access-date=May 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618191842/http://utahutes.cstv.com/trads/ute-trads-alum.html|archive-date=June 18, 2009}}</ref> Notable members of the athletics faculty include [[Sharrieff Shah]], coach of the [[Utah Utes|University of Utah football team]] and husband to [[Jen Shah]], cast member of ''[[the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sharrieff Shah - Football Coach|url=https://utahutes.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/sharrieff-shah/2308|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=University of Utah Athletics|language=en}}</ref> [[Mykayla Skinner]] was a 2020 Olympic gymnast and vault silver medalist.

Notable alumni also includes serial killer [[Ted Bundy]], who briefly attended the College of Law before dropping out.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-law-school-dropouts-2012-10 |title=Ted Bundy and 9 Other Famous People Who Couldn't Handle Law School |last=Tzatzev |first=Aleksi |date=October 12, 2012 |website=Business Insider |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>

Drag queen [[Denali (drag queen)|Denali Foxx]] graduated from the University of Utah.

[[Lee Isaac Chung]], director of the Academy Award-winning film ''[[Minari (film)|Minari]]'', completed his graduate studies at the university's film-making program.

Notable faculty in science and engineering include [[David C. Evans (computer scientist)|David Evans]] and [[Ivan Sutherland]], founders of [[Evans and Sutherland]]; [[Bui Tuong Phong]], pioneer of [[computer graphics]]; [[Henry Eyring (chemist)|Henry Eyring]], known for studying [[Chemical kinetics|chemical reaction rates]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=heyring.html|title=Henry Eyring, February 20, 1901&nbsp;– December 26, 1981|last=Kauzmann|first=Walter|author-link=Walter Kauzmann|publisher=[[National Academies Press]]|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Scott A. Summers]], founder of Centaurus Therapeutics; Stephen Jacobsen, founder of [[Sarcos]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mech.utah.edu/people/faculty/jacobsen.html|title=Stephen Jacobsen&nbsp;– Distinguished Professor|publisher=University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering|access-date=May 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418050303/http://www.mech.utah.edu/people/faculty/jacobsen.html|archive-date=April 18, 2009}}</ref> [[Jindřich Kopeček]] and [[Sung Wan Kim]], pioneers of polymeric [[drug delivery]] and [[gene delivery]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nae.edu/Activities/MediaRoom/20095/42133.aspx|title=NAE Elects 68 Members and Nine Foreign Associates|access-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref> [[Suhas Patil]], founder of [[Cirrus Logic]]; [[Stanley Pons]], who claimed to have discovered "[[cold fusion]]" in 1989;<ref>{{cite news|title=Brilliance and Recklessness Seen in Fusion Collaboration|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/09/science/brilliance-and-recklessness-seen-in-fusion-collaboration.html|last=Broad|first=William J.|date=May 9, 1989|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Venkatraman Ramakrishnan]], later co-winner of the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13530930|title=Ramakrishnan: Nobel-winning work started in Utah|last=Maffly|first=Brian|date=October 11, 2009|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|access-date=November 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604211136/http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13530930|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Thomas Stockham]], founder of [[Soundstream]]; and [[David W. Grainger]], Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, winner of the "Excellence in Pharmaceutics" Award, and alumnus.<ref name="cs history" /> In medicine, notable faculty include [[Mario Capecchi]], the co-winner of the 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]];<ref name="Nobel 2007">{{cite web | title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 | url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/index.html | publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] | access-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> [[Willem Johan Kolff]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4604625/Willem-Kolff.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4604625/Willem-Kolff.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Willem Kolff|date=March 20, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 26, 2009|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and Russell M. Nelson.<ref name="nelson bio" /> Biologist [[Ralph Vary Chamberlin]], founding dean of the Medical School, professor, and later historian of the University, was also an alumnus.

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File:MarioCapecchiFotoThalerTamas.JPG|[[Mario Capecchi]], Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology, co-winner of the 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
File:VES Awards 89 cropped.jpg|[[Ed Catmull]], B.S. 1969, Ph.D. 1974, co-founder of [[Pixar]], president of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] and [[Pixar Animation Studios]]
File:John Warnock 2008.jpg|[[John Warnock]], B.S. 1961, M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1969, co-founder of [[Adobe Systems]] Inc.
File:James H. Clark.jpg|[[James H. Clark]], Ph.D. 1974, founder of [[Netscape]], [[Silicon Graphics]], [[Harris myCFO|myCFO]], [[Healtheon]], co-author of the [[Catmull–Clark subdivision surface|Catmull-Clark algorithm]]
File:Nolan Bushnell 2013.jpg|[[Nolan Bushnell]], B.S. 1968, founder of [[Chuck E. Cheese's]], co-founder of [[Atari]]
File:J Willard Marriott.jpg|[[J. Willard Marriott]], A.B. 1926, founder of [[Marriott International]]
File:Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (32803708014).jpg|[[Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]], B.A. 1960, received the [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] in 1991.
File:Jake Garn.jpg|[[Jake Garn]], B.S. 1955, U.S. senator and [[STS-51-D|Space Shuttle astronaut]]
File:Alan Kay (3097597186) (cropped).jpg|[[Alan Kay]], M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1969, father of Object-Oriented Programming, 2003 [[Turing Award]] and 2004 [[Kyoto Prize]] winner
File:William DeVries (cropped).jpg|[[William DeVries]], B.S. 1966, M.D. 1970, performed the first transplant of a [[Artificial heart|total artificial heart]] using the Jarvik-7 model.
File:Robert A. McDonald Official Portrait.jpg|[[Bob McDonald (businessman)|Robert A. McDonald]], M.B.A. 1978, former CEO of [[Procter & Gamble]], 8th [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
File:Hartley ralph-vinton-lyon-001.jpg|[[Ralph Hartley]], A.B. 1909, inventor of the [[Hartley oscillator]] and the [[Hartley transform]], recipient of the [[IEEE Medal of Honor]]
File:Ivan Sutherland at CHM.jpg|[[Ivan Sutherland]], past Professor of Computer Science 1968–1974, winner of the [[Turing Award]] in 1988, [[Kyoto Prize]] in 2012, co-founder of [[Evans and Sutherland]]
File:Gordon Gee.jpg|[[E. Gordon Gee]], B.A. 1968, past president of universities including [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]], [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]], [[Brown University|Brown]] and [[University of Colorado]]
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