List of University of New Mexico alumni of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Alumnus | Class | Notes | ||
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1951, 1956 | Author and essayist of the American Southwest, famous for his work The Monkey Wrench Gang[1] | |||
Poet | ||||
1948 | Pioneer of Navajo and Zuni cultural studies; in 1948, the university's first doctoral candidate in anthropology[2] [3] | |||
Horror novelist[4] | ||||
1980 | United Nations Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Human Rights[5] | |||
1963 1968 1972 | Author and humanitarian, best known for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima | |||
1995 | Geologist[6] | |||
1953 | Former Governor of New Mexico[7] | |||
1960 | Former Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court[8] | |||
1966 | WAC Cross-Country and Mile Championship[9] | |||
1959 | Academic and sports historian[10] | |||
1959 | Educator and swimming coach[11] | |||
2006 | Former NFL wide receiver[12] | |||
PGA Tour winner | ||||
2010 | Former NFL offensive tackle[13] | |||
1973 | Novelist, screenwriter, and journalist[14] | |||
Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives | ||||
All-American middle-distance runner and international athlete[15] | ||||
Former NFL offensive lineman[16] | ||||
1972 | First Ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States (1995–2013)[17] | |||
Former special counsel for compliance, U.S. Department of Energy, Carter Administration[18] | ||||
Country musician[19] | ||||
1999 | Author and playwright[20] | |||
Geologist[21] | ||||
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy[22] | ||||
One of the founders of integrating Native American Studies with science disciplines[23] | ||||
1970 | Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission[24] | |||
United States Federal Judge | ||||
1985 | 18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida | |||
1968 | Abstract artist and painter, educator | |||
2001 | Musician, composer, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Music[25] | |||
1981 | Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court[26] | |||
1975 | Former Mayor of Albuquerque[27] | |||
Israeli runner[28] | ||||
Former NFL player, first round draft pick, and two-time SuperBowl winner | ||||
Former Chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico[29] | ||||
1978 | Former NBA player[30] | |||
1966 | Artist and painter[31] | |||
Soccer player[32] | ||||
1980 | Photographer[33] | |||
1971 | Former Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico[34] | |||
1951 | Painter[35] | |||
Journalist, author, TV anchor | ||||
1997 | College basketball coach[36] | |||
1933 | Painter, Navajo code-talker, linguist | |||
Mixed martial artist competing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship[37] | ||||
1954 | Former U.S. Senator representing New Mexico[38] | |||
1980 | Mathematician; computer scientist; Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee; 2022 recipient of the Turing Award[39] | |||
1986 | Fine art photographer[40] | |||
1974 | Contemporary painter and educator[41] | |||
1968 | Dean of USC Marshall School of Business[42] | |||
1938 | Former Professor of Mathematics at Oberlin College and University of Michigan; former Associate Dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at Michigan[43] | |||
wrestler; Computer Engineering; current mixed martial artist for the UFC[44] | ||||
PHD 2009 | art historian; professor at the University of Oklahoma | |||
Professor of Zoology and Faculty Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at Texas A&M University[45] | ||||
Former NFL offensive tackle[46] | ||||
1985 | Quantum physics expert[47] | |||
2003 | Quantum physicist and professor[48] | |||
Koyangk'auwi Maidu writer and scholar[49] | ||||
NBA player[50] | ||||
1987 | College basketball coach, current head women's basketball coach at University of Oregon[51] | |||
WWE wrestler and a prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family | ||||
1994 2006 | 54th Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; first Native American to hold a cabinet position;[52] Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district; one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress[53] | |||
1976 | Former United States poet laureate; writer, musician, and activist | |||
1963 | Award-winning children's author[54] | |||
Prominent architect and educator | ||||
Women's Studies researcher on faculty at University of Arizona[55] | ||||
Major League Baseball player[56] | ||||
1976 | United States federal judge[57] | |||
Zia Pueblo painter[58] | ||||
Professional golfer on the PGA Tour[59] | ||||
2004 | First woman to score in a Division I college football game and college football bowl game[60] | |||
Professional association football player[61] | ||||
Former NFL player[62] | ||||
Professional mixed martial arts fighter, former UFC bantamweight champion[63] | ||||
1945 | First United States Secretary of Education[64] | |||
1984 | Former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico; controversially dismissed[65] | |||
Former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims[66] | ||||
Football player[67] | ||||
1975 | Former Governor of New Mexico; 2012 and 2016 presidential candidate[68] | |||
1975 | Science author[69] | |||
1989 | Author, biographer of Washington Irving, Jim Henson, George Lucas, and Dr. Seuss; former president of Biographers International Organization[70] | |||
1987 | Iraqi diplomat; professor of engineering at Southern New Hampshire University[71] [72] | |||
Former three-term Governor of New Mexico[73] | ||||
1984 | Attorney General of New Mexico[74] | |||
One of the founding feminists of the field of women's studies[75] | ||||
1975 | Member of the New York City Council[76] | |||
Major General Air National Guard[77] | ||||
President of Brooklyn College | ||||
1964 | Chairman and CEO of Essence Communications Inc.[78] | |||
1971 | Head football coach, San Diego State University | |||
1991 | Former NBA player and the first Australian to play in the NBA[79] | |||
Baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants | ||||
Michelle Lujan Grisham | 1981 | Governor of New Mexico, former Member of Congress (2013-2019), politician | ||
Poet[80] | ||||
Kathy Lueders | 1986 | First woman to head NASA's human spaceflight program as the Associate Administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate[81] | ||
Former Governor of New Mexico; Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court[82] | ||||
1986 | Author and distinguished historian of the Middle Ages | |||
1968 | The first African American to serve in the New Mexico House of Representatives (1969–1979) and the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners (1981–1989) [83] | |||
Horror novelist[84] | ||||
Actress and director[85] | ||||
ABC News correspondent[86] | ||||
2005 2008 | Grammy-winning producer, drummer, composer, writer | |||
1990 | Former NFL player | |||
1946 | Utah politician and LDS church leader[87] | |||
1974, JD 1979 | New Mexico politician[88] | |||
1968 | Co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies hedge fund | |||
1974 | Painter[89] | |||
Professor, social justice activist[90] | ||||
Lawyer; former President of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars[91] | ||||
1983, JD 1989 | Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court; former State District Court Judge, Chief Judge of Albuquerque Metro Court[92] | |||
Artist | ||||
1968 | U.S. Marine Corps four-star general; former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps[93] | |||
Short story writer[94] | ||||
Major League Baseball infielder for the Colorado Rockies | ||||
BA 1944 | Medical and cultural anthropologist | |||
Former NFL All-Pro running back[95] | ||||
BA 1997 | Writer and taxi driver | |||
Architect[96] | ||||
1962 | Journalist, poet, author, scholar and New Mexico historian[97] | |||
1974 | Author and editor[98] | |||
Egyptologist[99] | ||||
MA 1974, MFA 1977 | Photographer and installation artist | |||
Soccer player for Real Salt Lake[100] | ||||
1970 | Former NFL and CFL player[101] | |||
MA 1983, MFA 1985 | Photographer and video artist[102] | |||
JD 1972 | Former U.S. congressman representing New Mexico[103] | |||
Member of the Kansas Senate[104] | ||||
BA 1969 | American writer | |||
1940 | Geologist and CEO of Sundance Oil Company, endowed Caswell Silver Foundation at UNM | |||
1948 | Professor of Geology, California Institute of Technology; member of National Academy of Sciences; winner of NASA Scientific Achievement Medal; trained Apollo astronauts in field geology for their lunar mission | |||
Science fiction novelist and screenwriter; co-creator, with George R.R. Martin, of the Wild Cards series | ||||
Major League Baseball player[105] | ||||
M.A., painting and art history, 1961 | artist, known for her abstract paintings[106] | |||
Football player | ||||
New Mexico politician[107] | ||||
Historian of the American Southwest[108] | ||||
MFA | Artist[109] | |||
2001 (M.S.), 2006 (Ph.D.) | Genetic anthropologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University[110] | |||
B.A., M.A. | Secretary of State of New Mexico[111] | |||
JD 1978 | Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland; the eldest of Robert F. Kennedy's children[112] | |||
1966 (BS), 1967 (BA), MA (1970), MD (1974) | Native American Physician and director of the Indian Health Service[113] | |||
Apache/Rarámuri photographer[114] | ||||
JD 1977 | U.S. congressman and senator representing New Mexico[115] | |||
2000 | Former NFL Defensive Player of the Year[116] | |||
First Native American woman to be a state district judge in the U.S.[117] | ||||
1970 | Former NFL player and Super Bowl champion[118] | |||
JD 1995 | Former member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee[119] | |||
1996 | Fox Business Network anchor[120] | |||
Chicago Bears linebacker |