List of West Virginia University alumni

Actors and actresses

Don Knotts, five-time Emmy Award-winning American actor best known for his role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show.

• Antoine Fuqua - noted director of Training Day, Shooter, Replacement Killers, etc. Attended, but did not graduate.^[1]
• Cheryl Hines - Actress from Curb Your Enthusiasm; attended but did not graduate^[2]
• Kathleen Noone - portrays Edna Wallace on the NBC soap opera "Passions," known to have attended.^[3]
• Don Knotts - television and movie actor^[4]
• Chris Sarandon - television and movie actor, voice of "Jack Skellington"^[5]
• David Selby - actor^[6]
• Billy Mays - television advertiser featured on Discovery Channel's PitchMen and known for promoting several as seen on TV products; attended but did not graduate; died in 2009^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

Jerry West, NBA coach and hall-of-fame NBA player, West is depicted in the official NBA logo.

• John Barton - Head Football Coach of the Hollidaysburg Golden Tiger Football Team and winner of the District 6 Championship(1999,2006,2008)
• Joe Alexander - NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
• Terry Bowden - Yahoo Sports Analyst
• Tommy Bowden - Former Head Football Coach at Clemson University and Tulane University
• Marc Bulger - Baltimore Ravens Quarterback
• Gale Catlett - winningest coach in WVU basketball history
• Mike Compton - Former NFL Guard for the Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, and Jacksonville Jaguars
• Mike Gansey - Basketball player in NBA Development League
• Major Harris - Quarterbacked for West Virginia in their 1988 undefeated season.
• Johannes "Joe" Herber - German international basketball player
• Chris Henry - Former NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Jeff Hostetler - Former Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders & New York Giants Quarterback
• Chuck Howley - WVU Five Sport Letterman, NFL Linebacker and Super Bowl MVP with Dallas Cowboys
• Sam Huff - NFL Linebacker, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
• Rodney Clark (Hot Rod) Hundley - First pick in the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.
• James Jett - All-American sprinter and wide receiver for Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders.
• Adam "Pacman" Jones - Former cornerback for the Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys
• Brian Jozwiak - Former lineman, Kansas City Chiefs.
• Ken Kendrick - owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball
• Owen Schmitt - Fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Steve Kline - Major League Baseball Pitcher
• Pat McAfee - NFL punter for the Indianapolis Colts.
• Adrian Murrell - Former running back for NY Jets.
• Dan Mozes - First Team All American Center, won the Rimington Trophy in his senior year
• Kevin Pittsnogle - Former WVU basketball star
• Bob Huggins - Former WVU basketball player. Current Head Basketball Coach of the WVU Men's Basketball Team. One of only 4 active Division I coaches with 600+ career victories.
• Jerry Porter - Former NFL Wide Receiver for the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars
• Rich Rodriguez - Former head football coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
• Todd Sauerbrun - NFL punter, Went to the Pro Bowl in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
• Floyd B. "Ben" Schwartzwalder - Former head coach of the 1959 National Championship Syracuse University football team
• Steve Slaton - Current NFL running back for the Houston Texas
• Dave Stephenson - Former NFL Guard for the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers
• Darryl Talley - WVU all-time team member and former NFL Linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
• Rod Thorn - Former WVU basketball player and current President of the Philadelphia 76ers
• John Thornton - defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Mike Vanderjagt - former Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys placekicker
• Jerome Alan "Jerry" West - WVU & NBA basketball player, Model for NBA Logo
• Pat White (American football) - Former NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins
• Amos Zereoue - Former NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, & New England Patriots
• Andrew Wright - Current Defender/Midfielder for Scunthorpe United F.C.
• Oliver Luck - Former NFL player and president and general manager of the[Houston Dynamo. Current Athletic Director of West Virginia University]

Authors

• Maggie Anderson - poet
• Allen Appel - writer
• Matt Carson - novelist
• Stephen Coonts - New York Times bestselling author
• Paul Russell Cutright, American historian and biologist
• Chuck Kinder - novelist
• Marc Kramer - author of business books^[7]
• Ann Pancake - author
• Thomas Antion - author^[8]

Business

• John Chambers - President and CEO of Cisco Systems
• Karen S. Evans - de facto CIO of the United States under President George W. Bush^[9]
• Gregory Babe - US CEO Bayer Corporation^[10]
• Justin Roemer - WorkWell, Inc. Provider Relations Recruiter

Education

• Todd H. Bullard - former president of Potomac State College and Bethany College
• Patrick Vaughan - Historian and professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
• Charles M. Vest - President Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i - Nigeria's Minister of Education

Journalists

• Don Brake - Music Director of radio station WFRE in Frederick, Maryland
• Patrice King Brown - news anchor at KDKA-TV, the CBS television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Fred Griffith, longtime Cleveland, Ohio television host^[11]
• Frank Kearns - Foreign correspondent/broadcast journalist CBS News 1953-1971; and WVU Professor of Journalism 1971-1983 (died 1986)
• Liz Keptner - Anchor KYW-TV, Philadelphia
• Melanie Lofton - News Anchor at WHSV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Harrisonburg, Virginia
• Frank Lovece
• Asra Nomani
• Monica Robins - news anchor and health reporter at WKYC-TV, NBC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio
• Michael Tomasky

Military

Bantz J. Craddock, former U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and commanding officer of Allied Command Operations (ACO).

• Ret. Gen. Earl E. Anderson - Marine Corps General
• Gen. Bantz J. Craddock - United States Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
• Brig. Gen. Frank Kendall Everest, Jr - test pilot and pioneer of rocket aircraft
• Gen. Robert H. Foglesong - Retired, Commander, US Air Force in Europe; President of Mississippi State University

Music

• Velvet Brown - tuba soloist, music educator
• Jay Chattaway - a Star Trek music score writer
• Fuzzy Knight - writer of the WVU Fight Song and Country-Western actor
• Kathy Mattea - Country music singer
• Timothy Hahn - Lead singer and songwriter along with founding member of the indie-rock band, The Clique
• James Valenti- Tenor at the Metropolitan Opera, NY.
• John R. Locke - Director of Bands at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Politics

• Carl George Bachmann - U.S. Congressman, Republican Minority Whip 1931-1933
• William Wallace Barron - 26th Governor of West Virginia
• Irene C. Berger - federal judicial nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
• Frank L. Bowman was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives
• Becky Cain - past president of the League of Women Voters
• William G. Conley - 18th Governor of West Virginia
• William Harrison Courtney - special assistant to President Clinton
• David Ginsburg (1912–2010), presidential adviser and executive director of the Kerner Commission.^[12]
• William E. Glasscock - 13th Governor of West Virginia
• Howard Mason Gore - 17th Governor of West Virginia
• Kathleen M. Hawk - Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Robert Lynn Hogg - Represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1930–1933
• Sen. Harley M. Kilgore - chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization during World War II
• Nancy Jacobs - Maryland State Senator (1973).
• Tim Mahoney (politician) - U.S. Congressman from Florida
• Darrell McGraw - Current West Virginia Attorney General, Former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court
• Joe Manchin - The 34th Governor of West Virginia
• William C. Marland - 24th Governor of West Virginia
• M. Blane Michael - Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Alan Mollohan - United States Congressman
• Arch A. Moore, Jr. - 28th & 30th Governor of West Virginia
• Ephraim F. Morgan - 16th Governor of West Virginia
• Matthew M. Neely - 22nd Governor of West Virginia
• Asra Nomani - former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and Islamic reform and feminism activist
• Tom Pridemore - West Virginia House of Delegates and football player
• Jeff Pyle - Pennsylvania State Representative
• Stuart F. Reed - politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives
• Paul S. Stull, member Maryland House of Delegates.
• John G. Trueschler, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1979).
• Cecil H. Underwood - Youngest (25th) and oldest (32nd) Governor of West Virginia

Science

• Jon McBride - astronaut
• Kim Weaver - astrophysicist

Other notable alumni

• Melanne Pennington - 1984 Miss West Virginia
• Patrick "Seton" O'Connor - Executive Producer of The Dan Patrick Show (attended but did not graduate)^{[13] [14]}

Notes

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2. ^ Hines, Cheryl (2010). "Cheryl Hines - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385644/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
3. ^ NBC Universal, Inc.. "NBC.com - Passions - About". NBC Universal, Inc.. http://www.nbc.com/Passions/bios/actors/Kathleen_Noone.shtml. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
4. ^ Hopwood, Jon C. (2010). "Don Knotts - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461455/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
5. ^ IMDb.com, Inc. (2010). "Chris Sarandon (I) - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001697/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
6. ^ Brumburgh, Gary (2010). "David Selby - Biography". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782978/bio. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
7. ^ Marc Kramer Bibliography (Amazon.Com)
8. ^ "Wake 'Em Up"(Amazon.Com listing)
9. ^ Vijayan, Jaikumar (January 10, 2008). "White House cuts paper out of federal budget". Computerworld. IDG. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056838. Retrieved 2008-06-29. 
10. ^ Del Jones (November 17, 2008). "Bayer exec hopeful that Obama won't be a pain for business". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/advice/2008-11-16-bayer-greg-babe-obama_N.htm. Retrieved March 16, 2011. 
11. ^ "Fred Griffith". Cleveland Seniors. http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/fredgriffith.htm. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
12. ^ Grimes, William. "David Ginsburg, Longtime Washington Insider, Dies at 98", The New York Times, May 25, 2010. Accessed June 1, 2010.
13. ^ "The Dan Patrick Show". http://danpatrick.directv.com.edgesuite.net/Podcast/DP-Hr1_08-19-2011_stream.mp3. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
14. ^ Perloff, Andrew. "DanPatrick.com". http://www.danpatrick.com/2011/08/19/breaking-news-patrick-seton-oconnor-never-graduated-from-wvu/. Retrieved 19 August 2011.