List of University of Idaho people explained

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Idaho and a list of its presidents.

Alumni

Jesse Buchanan - tenth president of the university (1946–54), previously dean of engineering; B.S.C.E. '27, M.S. '29
Lawrence Henry Chamberlain - former dean of Columbia College (1950–1958) and vice president of Columbia University (1962–1967); B.S. '30^[1]
C. Scott Green - nineteenth president of the university (2019–); Class of '84
James Henry Meyer Chancellor of the University of California, Davis from 1969-1987; B.S. '47

William Agee - business executive; Class of '60
Jack Lemley - construction manager for Europe's Channel Tunnel or "Chunnel," the undersea rail tube linking England and France; Class of '60
Frank Shrontz - former chairman and CEO (1986–96) of Boeing; LL.B. '54

Anthony Curcio - former Vandal football player; real estate investor; masterminded one of the most elaborate armored car heists in history^[2] ^[3]

Michael Kirk, documentary filmmaker and co-creator of Frontline; Class of '71
Kelli Johnson, sports anchor for NBC Sports Bay Area, Class of 1998
Otis Livingston, sportscaster for WCBS-TV in New York^[4]
David Neiwert, Seattle-based investigative journalist and blogger (Orcinus); contributing writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center; author of Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us (2015); Class of 1984

Steven Amstrup - polar bear researcher and conservationist; M.S. '75
Malcolm Renfrew - polymer chemist, inventor, and professor emeritus; contributor to the development of Teflon; Class of '32, M.S. '34^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Bob Twiggs - Rocket scientist; inventor of the CubeSat technology; Class of '61
Thomas Mueller - American rocket engineer and rocket engine designer. He is a founding employee of SpaceX, a space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California

Kristin Armstrong, cyclist; 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist (women's time trial); Class of '95
Hec Edmundson, state's first Olympian in 1912 (7th in 800 m, 6th in 400 m); Class of 1910 (see entry under "Basketball")
Dan O'Brien, 1996 Olympic gold medalist (decathlon), three-time world champion; Class of '93
Joachim Olsen, 2004, Olympic bronze medalist (shot put) for Denmark and NCAA champion; Class of '02
Chris Stokes, five-time Olympic bobsledder for Jamaica; Class of '87
Angela Whyte, 2004 Olympic finalist (100 m hurdles); 2008 representative for Canada; four-time NCAA All-American;^[8] Class of '03

Bob Dillinger - MLB third baseman; three-time AL stolen base champion; Class of '40
Frank Reberger - MLB pitcher (1968–72); Class of '66
Ken Schrom - MLB pitcher (1980–87); former Vandal quarterback; Class of '77
Bill Stoneman - MLB pitcher (1967–74); threw two MLB no-hitters; GM of L.A. Angels (1999–2007); Class of '66

Steve Belko - head coach at Idaho State and Oregon; third commissioner of Big Sky Conference; also starred in football for Vandals; Class of '39
Hec Edmundson - basketball and track coach at UI and Washington; Class of 1910
Gus Johnson - NBA star (power forward) (1963–73); played for Vandals during the 1962–63 season; Class of '64
Gordon Herbert - played for the Vandals from 1979-82, subsequently played professional basketball mainly in Finland. Following this, he coached mainly in Europe, most notably winning the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as head coach of Germany; Class of '82
Dan Monson - head coach at Eastern Washington University; formerly at Gonzaga, Minnesota and Long Beach State; Class of '85
Don Monson - head coach at UI (1978–83) and Oregon; father of Dan Monson; Class of '55
Don Newman - head coach at Arizona State and NBA assistant coach (Spurs: 2002–12); Big Sky player of the year (1980)

The following individuals have held the office of President of the University of Idaho.^[9]

James H. Forney (Acting)	1891–1892
Franklin B. Gault	1892–1898
Joseph P. Blanton	1898–1900
James Alexander MacLean	1900–1913
William L. Carlyle (Acting) <	-- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nuFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6568%2C1897492 -->	1913–1914
Melvin A. Brannon	1914–1917
Ernest H. Lindley	1917–1920
Alfred H. Upham	1920–1928
Frederick J. Kelly	1928–1930
Mervin G. Neale	1930–1937
Harrison C. Dale	1937–1946
Jesse E. Buchanan	1946–1954
Donald R. Theophilus	1954–1965
Ernest W. Hartung	1965–1977
Richard D. Gibb	1977–1989
Elisabeth A. Zinser	1989–1995
Thomas O. Bell (Acting)	1995–1996
Robert A. Hoover	1996–2003
Gary G. Michael (Interim) <	-- former CEO pf Albertsons -->	2003–2004
Timothy P. White	2004–2008
Steven Daley-Laursen (Interim)	2008–2009
M. Duane Nellis	2009–2013
Donald L. Burnett Jr. (Interim)	2013–2014
Chuck Staben	2014–2019
C. Scott Green	2019–Present

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Web site: Doughery. Phil. D.B. Tuber. History Link.
Web site: Stangeland. Brooke. Out of Prison, Real-Life Thomas Crown Looks Back on Almost-Perfect Heist. ABC news.
Web site: Otis Livingston .
Web site: Malcolm Renfrew Celebrates 100-College of Science-University of Idaho . 2012-03-01 . 2012-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302181052/http://www.uidaho.edu/sci/newsevents/features/renfrew . dead .
Web site: Center for Oral History. Malcolm M. Renfrew . .
Book: Bohning, James J. . Malcolm M. Renfrew, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by James J. Bohning at New Orleans on 31 August 1987 . 31 August 1987 . Philadelphia, PA. .
Web site: U-Idaho Grads Go For Gold: A Look at Olympians Present and Past . 27 July 2012 . . 2 August 2012.
http://www.provost.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=73123 President of the University of Idaho