List of The Evergreen State College people explained

This is a list of notable students and staff of The Evergreen State College (Evergreen), an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Evergreen is located in Olympia, Washington, United States.

Notable alumni

Academia

• • Thomas Herndon, economist^{[1] [2]}
• Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor^[3]
• Douglas Kahn, historian of sound, media arts, and science and technology studies
• Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies^[4]
• Joyce McConnell, first female president of Colorado State University
• Russell Potter, novelist and college professor
• David Price, anthropologist
• Douglas Robinson, professor of English, dean, best known as a translation scholar
• Roger Stritmatter, professor of humanities and one of the leading modern-day advocates of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
• Philip S. Thurtle, historian, biologist and academic.

Activists

• Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement political activist, killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces
• Saab Lofton, author, activist

Business

• Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records
• Bre Pettis, entrepreneur; co-founder of MakerBot Industries, NYC Resistor

Criminals

• Mechele Linehan, convicted murderer
• Andrew Mickel, activist sentenced to death for murder of a California police officer
• Scott Scurlock (1955–1996), robbed 17 banks in the Northwest
• Justin Solondz, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident^[5]
• Briana Waters, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident ^[6]

Entertainment, visual arts and media

• Tom Anderson, artist
• Katie Baldwin, artist
• Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author
• Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator for Rugrats and Hey Arnold!; married to Lisa Groening, Matt Groening's sister
• Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of US Men's Paralympic Soccer Team
• Violetta Blue, adult film star
• Robert Meyer Burnett, filmmaker; writer-director of Free Enterprise; producer of The Hills Run Red, Agent Cody Banks
• Charles Burns, cartoonist
• Tammy Rae Carland, artist
• Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000^[7]
• Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama
• Byron Howard, director and story artist at Walt Disney Feature Animation; lead character animator on Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear; director of Bolt and Tangled
• Clayton Kauzlaric, artist, animator, game designer noted for work on Total Annihilation, Voodoo Vince and DeathSpank
• Megan Kelso, cartoonist
• Michael Leavitt (artist), fine art sculptor and toy maker
• Audrey Marrs, Academy Award-winning film producer and Sundance Film Festival award winner
• Nikki McClure, illustrator of New York Times best-selling children's book All in a Day
• Sam Miller, comedian
• Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist
• Heather Rae, filmmaker
• Michael Richards, actor, known as the popular character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld
• Don Roff, writer and filmmaker
• Liz Sales, artist
• Dana Simpson, cartoonist, creator of Phoebe and her Unicorn, and Ozy and Millie
• Margaret Stratton, photographer and video artist
• John Taylor, reality television star of
• Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House
• Cappy Thompson, artist
• Jennifer West, artist and filmmaker
• Tay Zonday, internet personality, musician, voice actor
• Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, artist

Government

• Jessica Bateman, member of the Washington House of Representatives
• Elizabeth Furse, former United States congresswoman
• Dennis Heck, Lieutenant Governor of Washington (since 2021)
• Maia Bellon, former Washington Secretary of Ecology^[8]
• Yuh-Line Niou, 2002–present; New York State Assembly member whose district includes Chinatown ^[9]
• Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration's chief technology innovation officer^{[10] [11]}
• Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals judge
• Kevin Ranker, Washington state senator, 40th district^[12]
• Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington state representative, 37th district

Literature

• Maile Chapman, author
• John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review
• Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author
• Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh
• Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award recipient
• Tom Maddox, science fiction writer ^[13]
• Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review
• Judith Moore, author of the novel
• Inga Muscio, author of book
• Leslie Rule, non-fiction author, novelist, paranormal writer
• Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist

Music

• Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney and co-star in the television series Portlandia
• Martin Courtney, musician in the band Real Estate
• Kimya Dawson, musician
• Heather Duby, musician
• Timo Ellis, musician
• Phil Elverum, musician
• Steve Fisk, musician, audio engineer, and producer
• Ely Guerra, singer-songwriter
• Kathleen Hanna, musician in Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin
• Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records
• Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordionist
• Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, rapper
• Lois Maffeo, musician
• Mirah, born Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist
• Molly Neuman, musician in band Bratmobile, recording artist
• Casey Neill, musician, singer, songwriter, leader of the band Casey Neill & the Norway Rats
• David Rovics, musician, political folk
• Jeff Sherman, musician in band Glass
• Justin Trosper, musician in band Unwound
• Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney
• Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill
• Kathi Wilcox, musician in band Bikini Kill
• John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer

Science

• Holly Hagen (epidemiologist). professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University, and director of the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
• Paul Stamets, mycologist

Sports

• Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer

Faculty and staff

• Stephanie Coontz, historian
• Daniel J. Evans, former governor of Washington
• Elizabeth Kutter, biologist
• Bill Ransom, science fiction author
• Gail Tremblay, poet and artist
• Willi Unsoeld, mountaineer (deceased)
• Sean Williams, ethnomusicologist
• Miranda Mellis, author

Notes and References

1. Web site: PERI: : Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogo ff . 2013-04-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130418125353/http://www.peri.umass.edu/236/hash/31e2ff374b6377b2ddec04deaa6388b1/publication/566/ . 2013-04-18 .
2. Web site: Kevin Roose . Meet the 28-Year-Old Grad Student Who Just Shook the Global Austerity Movement . Nymag.com . 2013-04-18 . 2019-10-20.
3. http://www.yale.edu/amstud/faculty/jacobson.html Professor of American Studies, African American Studies, and History
4. http://www.robertmcchesney.com/ personal website
5. Earth Liberation Front members plead guilty in 2001 firebombing, By Hal Bernton and Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times, October 5, 2006 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20061005&slug=uwfire05m
6. http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-woman-convicted-of-being-lookout/n20080619184809990008 US woman convicted of being lookout during arson gets prison, restitution
7. Spring 2010 . Class Notes . Evergreen Magazine . Olympia, Washington . The Evergreen State College . January 24, 2014 .
8. Web site: Governor Names Maia Bellon '91 Named Washington State Director of Ecology The Evergreen Mind. 2021-10-16. en-US.
9. Web site: Meet Yuh-Line Niou: The New Face of Downtown Manhattan's Political Scene. Macabasco. Lisa Wong. Vogue. 15 September 2016. December 14, 2016.
10. Web site: TED | Profile . www.ted.com . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20120912105106/http://www.ted.com/profiles/bio/id/438633 . 12 September 2012 . dead.
11. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111025132929/https://www.bpa.gov/corporate/about_BPA/orgs/orgs/OrgChart.pdf . 2011-10-25 .
12. Web site: Sen. Kevin Ranker - Biography - Washington State Senate Democrats . 2011-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110906043843/http://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/senators/ranker/biography.htm . 2011-09-06 .
13. Web site: Evergreen Authors Directory | the Evergreen State College . 2015-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210152540/http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/writersproject/home.htm . 2015-02-10 . dead .