EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Eugene, OR

Founding Date:
1876

Motto:
Mens agitat molem

Team:
Ducks

Enrollment:
20,000

Official Website:
http://www.uoregon.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sam Adams	Politician	3-Sep-1963		Mayor of Portland, 2009-12
Victor G. Atiyeh	Politician	20-Feb-1923	20-Jul-2014	Governor of Oregon, 1979-87
Andrew S. Berwick, Jr.	Business	c. 1933		Berwick-Pacific Corporation
Gene D. Block	Educator	c. 1948		Chancellor, UCLA
Lee C. Bollinger	Educator	c. 1946		President of Columbia University
Suzanne Bonamici	Politician	14-Oct-1954		Congresswoman, Oregon 1st
Bill Bowerman	Fitness Guru	19-Feb-1911	24-Dec-1999	Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Walter H. Brattain	Physicist	10-Feb-1902	13-Oct-1987	Co-Inventor of the transistor
Norm Van Brocklin	Football	15-Mar-1926	2-May-1983	NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game
Edgar Buchanan	Actor	20-Mar-1903	4-Apr-1979	Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction
Stephen J. Cannell	Film/TV Producer	2-May-1941	30-Sep-2010	Creator of The Rockford Files
Gary L. Countryman	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Liberty Mutual, 1986-98
Ann Curry	Journalist	19-Nov-1956		Dateline NBC Co-Host
Peter DeFazio	Politician	27-May-1947		Congressman, Oregon 4th
William M. Drozdiak	Journalist	c. 1949		American Council on Germany
Alan L. Earhart	Business	c. 1944		Former Partner, PWC
Sam Elliott	Actor	9-Aug-1944		Rush, The Hulk
Mark Few	Basketball	27-Dec-1962		Head Coach, Gonzaga University
Dan Fouts	Football	10-Jun-1951		San Diego Chargers QB
Neil Goldschmidt	Government	16-Jun-1940		Governor of Oregon, 1987-91
Alfred T. Goodwin	Judge	29-Jun-1923		9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971-91
Joey Harrington	Football	21-Oct-1978		Atlanta Falcons QB
Howard Hesseman	Actor	27-Feb-1940		Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati
Donald Hodel	Government	23-May-1935		Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior
Douglas Hofstadter	Author	15-Feb-1945		Godel, Escher, Bach
Glen A. Holden	Business	2-Jul-1927		US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1989-93
Robert D. Holmes	Politician	11-May-1909	6-Jun-1976	Governor of Oregon, 1957-59
James Ivory	Film/TV Producer	7-Jun-1928		The Remains of the Day
Clifton James	Actor	29-May-1921		Sheriff J. W. Pepper
Renée J. James	Business	c. 1964		President of Intel, 2013-15
David E. Jeremiah	Military	25-Feb-1934	7-Oct-2013	Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1990-94
Robert Erwin Johnson	Historian	3-Feb-1923	28-Jan-2008	Guardians of the Sea
June Jones	Football	19-Feb-1953		Hawaii Warriors Head Coach
Leonard B. Jordan	Politician	15-May-1899	30-Jun-1983	Governor and Senator from Idaho
Christopher Judge	Actor	13-Oct-1964		Teal'c on Stargate SG-1
Richard J. Kerr	Government	4-Oct-1935		CIA Deputy Director, 1989-92
Ken Kesey	Novelist	17-Sep-1935	10-Nov-2001	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
John Kitzhaber	Politician	5-Mar-1947		Governor of Oregon, 1995-2003 and 2010-15
Phil Knight	Business	24-Feb-1938		Co-Founder of Nike
Laurence Leamer	Author	30-Oct-1941		The Kennedy Men
Charles M. Lillis	Business	c. 1945		President of MediaOne, 1995-2000
Fredrik Logevall	Historian	1963		Embers of War
Barry Lopez	Author	6-Jan-1945		Of Wolves and Men
Monica C. Lozano	Publisher	21-Jul-1956		Publisher of La Opinión
John Markoff	Journalist	24-Oct-1949		New York Times computer guy
Ben Masters	Actor	6-May-1947		Julian Crane on Passions
Tom McCall	Politician	22-Mar-1913	8-Jan-1983	Governor of Oregon, 1967-75
Connie McCready	Politician	21-Aug-1921	22-Dec-2000	Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1979-81
John McKay	Football	5-Jul-1923	10-Jun-2001	USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75
Julius L. Meier	Politician	31-Dec-1874	14-Jul-1937	Governor of Oregon, 1931-35
John H. F. Miner	Business	c. 1956		President of Intel Capital, 2003-05
William P. Murphy	Scientist	6-Feb-1892	9-Oct-1987	Liver therapy for pernicious anemia
Maurine Brown Neuberger	Politician	9-Jan-1907	22-Feb-2000	US Senator from Oregon, 1960-67
Richard L. Neuberger	Politician	26-Dec-1912	9-Mar-1960	US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60
Howard C. Nielson	Politician	12-Sep-1924		Congressman from Utah, 1983-91
Mike Nolan	Football	7-Mar-1959		Head Coach, San Francisco 49ers
A. Walter Norblad	Politician	12-Sep-1908	20-Sep-1964	Congressman from Oregon, 1946-64
Ron Packard	Politician	19-Jan-1931		Congressman from California, 1983-2001
Chuck Palahniuk	Author	21-Feb-1962		Fight Club
Paul L. Patterson	Politician	18-Jul-1900	31-Jan-1956	Governor of Oregon, 1952-56
Steve Prefontaine	Track and Field	25-Jan-1951	30-May-1975	Long distance runner
Kathryn L. H. Proffitt	Diplomat	1951		US Ambassador to Malta, 1998-2001
Carol Queen	Author	c. 1957		Prolific sexologist
Gregory L. Quesnel	Business	c. 1949		CEO of CNF, 1998-2004
Ahmad Rashad	Sports Journalist	19-Nov-1949		Wide Receiver turned sportscaster
Steven A. Raymund	Business	16-Nov-1955		CEO of Tech Data, 1986-2006
James Read	Actor	31-Jul-1953		North & South
Mel Renfro	Football	30-Dec-1941		Dallas Cowboys Hall-of-Famer
Michael Retzer	Business	c. 1946		US Ambassador to Tanzania, 2005-07
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky	Historian	21-Dec-1923	14-May-2011	A History of Russia
John Robinson	Football	25-Jul-1935		LA Rams, NCAA head coach
William V. Roth, Jr.	Politician	22-Jul-1921	13-Dec-2003	US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001
Joe Sacco	Cartoonist	2-Oct-1960		Palestine
Gordon Scott	Actor	3-Aug-1926	30-Apr-2007	Played Tarzan, 1955-60
Randy Shilts	Journalist	8-Aug-1951	17-Feb-1994	Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk
Paul Simon	Politician	29-Nov-1928	9-Dec-2003	US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Bruce Snyder	Football	14-Mar-1940	13-Apr-2009	Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000
Vic Snyder	Politician	27-Sep-1947		Congressman from Arkansas, 1997-2011
Sarah Susanka	Architect	c. 1957		The Not So Big House
Norv Turner	Football	17-May-1952		Former Coach, San Diego Chargers
Greg Walden	Politician	10-Jan-1957		Congressman, Oregon 2nd
Martha Lee Walters	Judge	1950		Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
James H. Weaver	Politician	8-Aug-1927		Congressman from Oregon, 1975-87
Kent M. Wiedemann	Diplomat	1946		US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1999-2002
Daniel E. Winfree	Judge	c. 1953		Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Wendell Wyatt	Politician	15-Jun-1917	28-Jan-2009	Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75
Ron Wyden	Politician	3-May-1949		US Senator from Oregon
Gary Zimmerman	Football	13-Dec-1961		NFL Hall of Famer

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert M. Berdahl	Educator	15-Mar-1937		Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1997-2004
David B. Frohnmayer	Politician	9-Jul-1940	9-Mar-2015	President, University of Oregon, 1994-2009
Wayne Morse	Politician	20-Oct-1900	22-Jul-1974	US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69
Charles Ogletree	Attorney	31-Dec-1952		Law professor
Martha Lee Walters	Judge	1950		Justice, Oregon Supreme Court

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert M. Berdahl	Educator	15-Mar-1937		Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1997-2004
Myles Brand	Educator	17-May-1942	16-Sep-2009	President of the NCAA, 2003-09
Arthur S. Flemming	Government	12-Jun-1905	7-Sep-1996	HEW Secretary, 1958-61
David B. Frohnmayer	Politician	9-Jul-1940	9-Mar-2015	President, University of Oregon, 1994-2009
Tom Jennings	Computer Programmer	1955		Author of FidoNet BBS protocols

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Bowerman	Fitness Guru	19-Feb-1911	24-Dec-1999	Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Rich Brooks	Football	20-Aug-1941		Kentucky Wildcats Head Coach
John McKay	Football	5-Jul-1923	10-Jun-2001	USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75
Jim O'Brien	Basketball	11-Feb-1952		Head Coach of Indiana Pacers, 2007-11
Chris Petersen	Football	13-Oct-1964		Head Coach, Boise State
John Robinson	Football	25-Jul-1935		LA Rams, NCAA head coach
Jeff Tedford	Football	2-Nov-1961		Head Coach, California Golden Bears

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