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This list of University of Florida alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of the University of Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the List of University of Florida faculty and administrators.

Notable alumni or attendees

Alumni Status is open to all graduates of the University of Florida, all former students of the University of Florida who regularly matriculated and left the University of Florida in good standing. If a former athlete earns notable non-sports related distinictions then they should be added to this list.

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Dr. Nils Diaz

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Lesa Roe

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Dr. Lewis Stadler

Science and mathematics

Mark Adler, American researcher, known for his work in data compression, and creator of zlib and gzip
James Allchin, Developed Microsoft Operating Systems, former executive
John D. Anderson, Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum
John Vincent Atanasoff, Inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer
C. D. Atkins, Co-creator of the frozen Orange Juice concentrate
Rodney J. Bartlett, American chemist, and Guggenheim Fellow
Charles A. Becker, Food scientist, winner of the Calvert L. Willey Award
Karen Ramey Burns, American forensic anthropologist, and Fulbright Scholar
Archie Carr, Eminent American zoologist, famed conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Marjorie Harris Carr, Pioneer in the American Conservation Movement
Robert Costanza, American ecological economist and the Gund Professor of Ecological economics and Director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont
Nils J. Diaz, Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jonathan F. Earle, American Engineer, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
Philip Don Estridge, Led development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC"
Manuel Fernandez, Entrepreneur, guiding force behind the Gavilan SC, the first laptop computer
Harry James Free, Co-creator of Gatorade
Fred Gage, American researcher of Alzheimer's disease and the spinal cord
Robert Gentry, Nuclear physicist and creationist advocate
John W. Griffin, Archaeologist, researcher, administrator, and author
Kelsie Harder, American onomastician
Steven Hebert, American nephrologist
Joe Hernandez, Current CEO for the biotech firm Innovative Biosensors
Richard Highton, Famous Zoologist, and current Professor Emeritus in Biology at the University of Maryland
Shere Hite, Famous sex educator and feminist
Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., Famous carcinologist, and former Head Curator of the United States National Museum
James Hollan, American cognitive scientist, and Professor at University of California, San Diego
George Kauffman, Former Professor emeritus for Chemistry, Guggenheim Fellow
Pramod Khargonekar, Current Dean of the University of Florida College of Engineering
Bruce C. Kone, Former Dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine
Joseph C. Joyce, Current Executive Vice President for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Robert Love, American author, speaker, and open source software developer
Louis G. MacDowell, Co-creator of the frozen Orange Juice concentrate
Chris Malachowsky, American computer scientist and co-founder of NVIDIA
Preston McAfee, Current Vice President for Yahoo! Research
Edwin H. McConkey, Prominent biologists who study evolution, current Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado
Jerald Milanich, American anthropologist and archaeologist
Lee Ann Newsom, Famed Anthropologist, and MacArthur Fellow
Nandini Nimbkar, Current President of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in India
Jerald S. Paul, Former Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration
Peter Pritchard, Famed Zoologist
Anil K. Rajvanshi, Mechanical Engineer, and current Director of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in India
Michael Reynolds, Notable Astronomer
Lesa Roe, Current Director of the NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia
Douglas A. Rossman, American herpetologist
Michael Ryschkewitsch, Current chief engineer for NASA
Dana Shires, Co-creator of Gatorade
Eduardo Sontag, Notable Argentine mathematician
Jeffrey Spieler, Current Director of Research for USAID
Lewis Stadler, American geneticist
Gilbert Stork, Creator of the Stork enamine alkylation, and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University
Michael Thomas, American entomologist
James Thompson, Former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Nobel Prize laureates

Robert Grubbs, Won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2005 for his work in the field of olefin metathesis
Marshall Nirenberg, Won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine in 1968 for describing the genetic code and how it operates in protein synthesis

Astronauts

William Frederick Fisher, NASA Astronaut, and current Medical Doctor
Donald L. Mallick, NASA research pilot
Bill Nelson, NASA Astronaut, current U.S. Senator, and former U.S. Representative
Ronald A. Parise, NASA Astronaut
Norman Thagard, NASA Astronaut, and current Tenured Professor of Engineering at Florida State University

Presidents of Universities & Colleges

Byong Man Ahn, Former President of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea
George F. Baughman, Founding President of New College of Florida
P. George Benson, Current President of the College of Charleston

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Dr. Janet Todd

Thomas G. Carpenter, Former President of Memphis State University, and University of North Florida
Marshall Criser, Former President of University of Florida and former Chairman of Scripps Florida
Harold B. Crosby, Former President of University of West Florida and Florida International University
Gay Culverhouse, Former President of Notre Dame College and President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sandy D'Alemberte, Former President of Florida State University and the American Bar Association
John Delaney, Current President of the University of North Florida, former mayor of Jacksonville
Donald Eastman, Current President of Eckerd College
Ray F. Ferrero Jr., Current President of Nova Southeastern University
Fred Gainous, Former President of Florida A&M University
S. Malcolm Gillis, Former President of Rice University
Madlyn L. Hanes, Current President of Penn State Harrisburg
Carl Hite, President of Cleveland State Community College, Tennessee
Robert Lindgren, Current President of Randolph-Macon College
Charles N. Millican, Founding President of the University of Central Florida
Stephen C. O'Connell, Former President of the University of Florida
Eduardo J. Padrón, Current President of Miami Dade College
Paul G. Pearson, Former President of Miami University (Ohio) and former Interim President for Rutgers University
William L. Proctor, Former Chancellor of Flagler College
Michael Rao, Current President of Central Michigan University
W. Reece Smith Jr., Former President of the University of South Florida and the American Bar Association, and Rhodes Scholar
Janet Todd, Current President of Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge
E. Jean Walker, Former President of Virginia Highlands Community College

Politicians, Military, and Legal

Alto L. Adams, Former Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
Philip Agee, Former operative for the Central Intelligence Agency
J.D. Alexander, Current member of the Florida Senate, Grandson of Ben Hill Griffin Jr.
John R. Alison, The father of Air Force special operations
Harry Lee Anstead, Former Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
Winston E. Arnow, Judge who presided over the Gainesville Eight trial
Jeffrey Atwater, Current member of the Florida Senate, former CEO of Barnett Bank
Byllye Avery, Notable health care activist
Charles R. Black, Jr., Presidential Advisor to Ronald Reagan, and Lobbyist
Bob Butterworth, Former Florida Attorney General, Dean of St. Thomas University College of Law
Scott Camil, Political activist, known primarily for leading the Gainesville Eight
Skip Campbell, Former member of the Florida Senate, ran unsuccessfully for Florida Attorney General, Professor at Nova Southeastern University
Bernadette Castro, Former Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation for the state of New York
Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commandant United States Marine Corps 1968-1972
Paula Dockery, Current member of the Florida Senate and current Majority Whip
Stan Dromisky, Former member of the Canadian House of Commons, current professor and a director of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Raymond Ehrlich, Former justice on the Florida Supreme Court
Richard Ervin, Former Florida Attorney General
George Greer, Judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case, he serves in the Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Court of Florida
Stephen H. Grimes, Former Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
Earl Faircloth, Former Florida Attorney General
Mallory Horne, Former President of the Florida Senate, former Speaker of the House of Representatives for Florida
Bruce Jacob, Former Assistant Attorney General, and prosecuted in Gideon v. Wainwright
Joseph Kittinger, Famous pilot for the U.S. Air Force, known for his high-altitude balloon flights & parachute jumps
Jeff Kottkamp, Current Florida lieutenant governor
James W. Kynes, Former Florida Attorney General, former Vice President for the Jim Walter Corporation
Jorge Labarga, Current Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, also refused a new recount during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election
Lewis Landes, Former U.S. Army Colonel and prominent Attorney
Row Lewis, Grenadian activist
Evelyn J. Lynn, Current member of the Florida Senate
Parker Lee McDonald, Former Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Virginia Montes, Latina civil rights activist and feminist
Ben F. Overton, Former Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
Andrew Owens, Former Gator basketball player and current Judge
Robert C. Pittman, Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
Nan Rich, Current member of the Florida Senate
Alan G. Rogers, Civil rights activist, and US Army Major who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Marco Rubio, Current Speaker of the House of Representatives for Florida
Harold Sebring, Judge at the Nuremberg Trials, former Florida Supreme Court judge
T. Terrell Sessums, Former Speaker of the House of Representatives for Florida, former Chairman of the Florida Board of Regents
William A. Shands, Former member of the Florida Senate and namesake for the Shands Hospital
Robert Shevin, Former Florida Attorney General, current Judge for Florida's Third District Court of Appeal
Bruce Smathers, Former Florida Secretary of State
Terry Smiljanich, Counsel to the U.S. Senate during the Congressional hearing on the Iran-Contra Affair
Rod Smith, Former member of the Florida Senate, successfully prosecuted Danny Rolling, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida
Susan Stanton, Former city manager of Largo, Florida, and transsexual activist
Evelyn L. Stratton Current Justice for the Ohio Supreme Court
Mac Stipanovich, Republican Lobbyist, who had a large role in the 2000 Florida Recount
Paul Tibbets, Pilot of the Enola Gay
W. Fred Turner, Successful in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright
Marc Warren, Currently an administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration
Charles T. Wells, Former justice on the Florida Supreme Court
Jim Williams, Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Former Florida lieutenant governor

United States Ambassadors

Frank Almaguer, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
Lucius D. Battle, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, former President of the Middle Eastern Institute
Carey Cavanaugh, U.S. Ambassador and Director of Patterson School of Diplomacy
Stanley Tuemler Escudero, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan
Dennis K. Hays, U.S. Ambassador to Suriname
Barbara J. Stephenson, U.S. Ambassador to Panama
Donald L. Tucker, U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

United States Senators

Charles O. Andrews, Former U.S. Senator
Lawton Chiles, Former U.S. Senator and Florida governor
John Porter East, Former U.S. Senator
Bob Graham, Former U.S. Senator, Florida governor, and Presidential Candidate
William Luther Hill, Former U.S. Senator
Spessard Holland, Former U.S. Senator, Founder of Holland & Knight, and Former Florida governor
Connie Mack III, Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative
Bill Nelson, Current U.S. Senator, and former U.S. Representative
George A. Smathers, Former U.S. Senator, Presidential Candidate, and benefactor for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida

Federal Judges

Sidney M. Aronovitz, United States District Judge
C. Clyde Atkins, United States District Judge
William Julius Barker, United States District Judge
Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit
Susan H. Black, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit
William J. Castagna, United States District Judge
Anne C. Conway, United States District Judge
Edward B. Davis, United States District Judge
William Dimitrouleas, United States District Judge
Joe Oscar Eaton, United States District Judge
Patricia C. Fawsett, United States District Judge
Peter T. Fay, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit
Alan Stephen Gold, United States District Judge
Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr., United States District Judge
William Terrell Hodges, United States District Judge
Marcia Morales Howard, United States District Judge
Paul Huck, United States District Judge
Elizabeth Jenkins, United States Magistrate Judge
James W. Kehoe, United States District Judge
James Lawrence King, United States District Judge
Ben Krentzman, United States District Judge
Richard A. Lazzara, United States District Judge
William McRae, United States District Judge
William O. Mehrtens, United States District Judge
Howell W. Melton, United States District Judge
Steven D. Merryday, United States District Judge
Stephan P. Mickle, United States District Judge
Donald M. Middlebrooks, United States District Judge
James S. Moody, Jr., United States District Judge
Jon B. Morgan, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
Thomas Morris, United States Magistrate Judge
Ralph Wilson Nimmons, Jr., United States District Judge

James Carriger Paine, United States District Judge
Maurice M. Paul, United States District Judge
S. Jay Plager, United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit
Gregory A. Presnell, United States District Judge
John M. Bryan Simpson, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
John Richard Smoak, Jr., United States District Judge
Eugene P. Spellman, United States District Judge
Ursula Mancusi Ungaro-Benages, United States District Judge
James Whittemore, United States District Judge
George C. Young, United States District Judge

Business executives, policy leaders, and others

William J. Alcorn, Current Senior Vice President for J. C. Penney
Raymond W. Alden III, Current Provost and Executive Vice President of Northern Illinois University
Alan Paul Anderson, Current Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission
Larry Arrington, Current Senior Vice President of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
DuBose Ausley, Former Chairman of the Florida Board of Regents

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Alan S. Boyd

Debra D. Austin, Former Chancellor of the State University System of Florida
Holly Benson, Current Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Alan Stephenson Boyd, Former Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation
Robert B. Bradley, Current Vice President at Florida State University
Carol Browner, Current Climate Czar for the Obama Administration, former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Dana Bullen, Former director of the Press Freedom Committee, former foreign editor of The Washington Star
Leighton Campbell, Prominent investment advisor, and author of "The Other Way"
Kiki Carter, Former environmental activist, organizer, songwriter, and columnist
Robert B. Carter, Current CIO of the FedEx Corporation
Alan Cohen, Current owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team
John J. Considine, Current Senior Minister for the Unity Church, former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Marshall Criser, Former Chairman of Scripps Florida, and former President of the University of Florida
J. Broward Culpepper, First Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and former Dean at Florida State University
J.J. Daniel, Former Publisher of the Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville Journal
John Dillin, Former editor for the Christian Science Monitor
Paul Rand Dixon, Former Chairman and Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Ngo Dong, Founder of Cuong Nhu
William A. Emerson, Former Senior Vice President for Merrill Lynch
Mark Erstling, Senior Vice President and COO for the Association of Public Television Stations
Mark S. Fowler, Former Federal Communications Commissioner
Pedro José Greer, Current Assistant Dean for the Florida International University College of Medicine
Bill Gurley, General Partner at Benchmark Capital
Mason Hawkins, Founder of Southeastern Asset Management
W. Michael Heekin, Founding COO of WebMD, and Dean at the Florida State University College of Law
Kenneth T. Henson, Current Dean of Education at The Citadel
Lawrence J. Hoffman, Founder of Greenberg Traurig
Willis N. Holcombe, Current Chancellor of the Community College System of Florida
Van Ellis Huff, Inventor of the Jalousie Window
Maryfran Johnson, Former Editor-in-Chief of Computerworld, current VP & Editorial Director, CIO Decisions Media Group
Frank Karel III, Former Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Mark E. Kaplan, Former Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation
Jack Katz, Founder of the Panama Jack Company

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Frank Shorter

Douglas Leigh, American advertising executive, and pioneer in signage and outdoor advertising, and created New York City's Times Square
Chris Linn, Current Vice President for MTV
Robert Love, Developer that uses open source, known for his contributions to the Linux kernel
Shannon McAleavey, Current Vice President for Walt Disney World
Bill McBride, Successful Florida businessman & lawyer, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida in 2002
Marshall McDonald, Former Chairman of Florida Power and Light
Kip McKean, Founder of the International Churches of Christ
James E. McLean, Current Dean of Education at the University of Alabama
Jennifer McMillin, Current Executive Vice President for Golin Harris International
Howell W. Melton Jr., Current Managing Partner for Holland & Knight
Richard Monroe, Current Vice President for Darden Restaurants Inc.
Dianna Fuller Morgan, Former Senior Vice President of Walt Disney World, currently Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees for UF
Mortimer Neufville, Former Executive Vice-President for the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Rosemarie Rolando Nye, Current Vice President for Avaya Inc
Wilford B. Poe, Current Vice President for the Space Systems Group
David Ropes, Former Vice President of Reebok
Stephen M. Ross, Current owner of the Miami Dolphins and billionaire
Joan D. Ruffier, Former Chairman of the Florida Board of Regents
Frank Shorter, Former Chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and Olympic Gold Medalist
Eric J. Smith, Current Education Commissioner of Florida
Hal Steinbrenner, Current Executive Vice President and General Partner for the New York Yankees
Haywood Sullivan, Former owner of the Boston Red Sox
Donald Thomas, Current COO of American Cancer Society
Melinda Lou Thomas, Namesake of Wendy's Restaurants and daughter of Wendy's founder Dave Thomas
James R. Thompson, Jr., Former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Jon L. Thompson, Former Vice President of the Exxon Mobil Corporation
Karen Thurman, Current Chairman for the Florida Democratic Party, and Former U.S. Representative
W. Brad Todd, Former Chair of the Dept. of Advertising's Professional Advisory, principal for the Richards Group
Julie K. Underwood, Current dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
Craig Waters, Spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy
James L. Wattenbarger, Creator of the Florida Community Colleges System
Miles Wilkin, Current COO of Clear Channel Entertainment
Harry Wismer, Founding owner of the New York Titans, which ultimately became the New York Jets

Presidents & Chief Executive Officers

Carlos Alfonso, Current CEO of Alliant Partners, currently serving on the UF Board of Trustees
Cesar L. Alvarez, Current CEO of Greenberg Traurig
Martha Barnett, Former President of American Bar Association
Richard C. Barlett, Former President of Mary Kay Inc.
Barry Berrish, Former President of the James B. Beam Distilling Company
Alan Stephenson Boyd, Former President of Amtrak, Airbus, and Illinois Central Railroad
Malcolm Bricklin, Former CEO of Subaru of America & creator of the Bricklin SV-1
J. Thomas Cardwell, Current CEO of Akerman Senterfitt
William A. Chen, Current President of the Asia America Multitechnology Association
Thomas E. Clarke, Former President of Nike, Inc.
Lawrence W. Clarkson, Former President of Boeing Enterprises
Gay Culverhouse, Former President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
J. Michael Cook, Former CEO of Deloitte & Touche
Sandy D'Alemberte, Former President the American Bar Association, and Florida State University
John Dasburg, Former CEO of Northwest Airlines and Former Chairman of the Burger King Corporation
Chris A. Davis, Former Chairman and CEO of McLeodUSA, and Current General Partner of Forstmann Little & Company
Deborah Dugan, Current President of Disney Publishing Worldwide, Former Vice President of Angel Records
Kurt Feazel, Current President of Pecten Trading Company, Former USAF Pilot, Former Gator Basketball player
Manuel Fernandez, Former CEO of Gartner, and Former Chairman of the UF Board of Trustees
Alvin Flanagan, Former President & Chairman of Gannett Broadcasting and Former Vice Chairman of United Television
Bill France, Jr., Former President of NASCAR
C. Del Galloway, Current CEO of Public Relations Society of America
Mércio Pereira Gomes, Former President of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI)
Alexander Grass, Former CEO of Rite Aid and was also the founder of the company
Harbert Gregory, Founder of the Gregory-Salisbury & Company, Former Chairman and CEO of Electrical Equipment, Inc.
Ben Hill Griffin III, Former Chairman and CEO of Alico Inc.
Glenda K. Griffin, Current President & CEO of Corporate Growth Consultants Inc.
Kelsie B. Harder, Former President of the American Name Society and Professor
Debra Harvey, Current President of Ron Jon Inc.
Wayne T. Hockmeyer Founder, President, and CEO of MedImmune
Susan Ivey, Current Chairman and CEO of Reynolds American
John Janick, Current Founder and CEO of Fueled by Ramen Records

William King, Former President of the National Academy of Design
Josh Linkner, Founder and CEO of ePrize
Alan Levine, Current CEO of the Broward Hospital District, former Secretary of Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration
Stephen Knopik, Current CEO of Bealls Inc.
Hyung Khu Lim, Current CEO of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
James Mandell, Current President and CEO of Children's Hospital Boston
Betsy Markey, Current CEO of Syscom Services, currently a US Representative
J. Robert McClure III, Current President and CEO of the James Madison Institute
Daniel Mica, Current President and CEO of the Credit Union National Association and former U.S. Congressman
David Miller, Former President of J. C. Penney
J. Keith Moyer, Current President for Minneapolis Star Tribune
David Nelms, Current CEO of Discover Financial
Donna Pastore, Current President of the National Association for Gils & Women in sports
Herb Peyton, Founder and President of the Gate Petroleum Company
Glenn Renwick, Current CEO of the Progressive Corporation
Howard Roffman, Current President of Lucas Licensing
Al Rosen, Former President of the Houston Astros, and the New York Yankees
Sachio Semmoto, Current CEO for eAccess and eMobile
Eleanor Smeal,Former President of National Organization for Women
Chesterfield Smith, Former President of the American Bar Association, investigated the Watergate Scandal
W. Reece Smith Jr., Former President of the American Bar Association, the USF, and Rhodes Scholar
Dianne Snedaker, Current President of Ketchum Advertising
Sung Won Sohn, Current CEO of Hanmi Financial Corp, former Vice President of Wells Fargo
Stephen Strang, Current CEO of Relevant Magazine
David M. Thomas, Former CEO of IMS Health
Carlos O. Torano, Current President of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco
Herb Yalof, Former President of Macy's
Mark E. Yegge, Former CEO and Chairman of NexTrade Holdings
Jose Zaglul, Current President of EARTH University in Costa Rica
Jerry Zucker, Former CEO of the Polymer Group, Hudson's Bay Company, and made Forbes magazine's list of billionaires

Athletic Directors

William Carr, Former Athletic Director for the University of Houston, and University of Florida
Paul Dee, Former Athletic Director for the University of Miami
Doug Dickey, Former Athletic Director for the University of Tennessee
Bill Proctor, Former Athletic Director for Florida State University
Keith R. Tribble, Current Athletic Director for the University of Central Florida

University Benefactors

Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., Florida citrus farmer, University benefactor for the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida
William R. Hough, Prominent investment banker, namesake of the "Hough Graduate School of Business" at the University of Florida
Fred Levin, Prominent attorney, namesake of the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida
Alfred A. McKethan, Former Chairman of the SunTrust Bank, namesake of the Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
George Smathers, Benefactor for The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida
Al Warrington, Former CEO of Sanfill, namesake of the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida

Art, literature, humanities, and entertainment

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Wayne Besen

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Kate Dicamillo

Don Addis, Columnist and comic strip artist
Chris Adrian, Prominent American author who wrote God's Grief
Lauren Anderson, American model
Alex Anmahian, Notable architect and currently a faculty member at Harvard University
Chris Bachelder, American writer, e-book pioneer
Todd Barry, Stand-up comedian
Joseph Beckham, Winner of the McGhehey award, and currently a Professor at Florida State University
Wayne Besen, Former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, and gay rights advocate
Mike Bianchi, Columnist for the Orlando Sentinel
Matt Borondy, Publisher for Identity Theory Online Magazine
Edward L. Bowen, Notable horse racing historian
Wendy Brenner, Author and Professor; Phone Calls From the Dead , Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories
William C. Bradford, Apache writer, professor, and legal scholar
Rita Mae Brown, Author and famous activist
Alan Burnett, Television producer and writer
Al Burt, Miami Herald and Atlanta Journal writer
Kevin Canty, American author; Into the Great Wide Open, Nine Below Zero, and Winslow in Love
Kelly Carrington, American model
Juliana Catlin, Interior Design authority
Jean Chance, Chairman of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 years, Professor of Journalism at UF
Peter Christopher, American Author; Campfires of the Dead
Harry Crews, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
Michael Connelly, Best-selling author and Alumnus of Distinction
Jonathan Demme, Director, Academy Award for directing The Silence of the Lambs
Karen DeYoung, Pulitzer Prize recipient, Washington Post associate editor
Kate DiCamillo, Award-winning children's novelist and screenwriter
Micki Dickoff, Multiple Emmy Award winning Director & Producer
Brian Doherty, Senior Editor at Reason Magazine, author
Gregg Doyel, Writer for CBS Sports
Rich Fields, Announcer of The Price Is Right, meteorologist, radio personality, voice-over actor
Dexter Filkins, Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his journalism
Jesse Hill Ford, Writer and screenwriter
Michael France, Prominent screenwriter for Golden Eye, Hulk, and Punisher
Robert Fulton, Award winning writer and naturalist
Michael Gannon, military historian and Catholic priest
Merrill Gerber, author
Norman Gilliland, author, WERN host
MaryAnne Golon, picture editor for Time magazine
Philip Graham, former Washington Post publisher
Richard Grayson, Famous writer and political activist
Edwin Granberry, Long-time writer of the comic strip Buz Sawyer
Rebecca Greer, Woman's Day editor
James Grippando, Novelist and lawyer
Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald columnist, former Palm Beach Post columnist
Robert J. Haiman, St. Petersburg Times executive editor, Poynter Institute president
Carl Hiaasen, novelist, Miami Herald columnist, also won the Newbery Honor
Shere Hite, Author of the Hite Report, she is also a sex educator & feminist
Noy Holland, Author of What Begins With Bird and Spectacle of the Body
Judith Ivory, Best-selling American author of historical romance novels
Eberhard Jäckel, German historian

Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Indian columnist and consultant
Clint Johnson, American historian and author
Ed Johnson, Senior Editor for the New York Times
Mindi Keirnan, Current Vice President of Operations for Knight-Ridder
Stetson Kennedy, Award-winning author and human rights activist
Tom Kennedy, Current managing editor for the Washington Post and Newsweek Interactive
Jeff Kiel, Former Publisher for the San Jose Mercury News
Eliot Kleinberg, Author and writer for the Palm Beach Post
Dennis Kneale, Managing editor of Forbes Magazine
Michael Koretzky, Journalist, editor, and writer
Larry Lancit, Received an Emmy Award for Reading Rainbow
Victoria Lancelotta, Current editor of the Georgetown Review, and American Author
David Lawrence Jr., Former publisher of the Miami Herald, and former editor of the Detroit Free Press
Charlotte Laws, American author, talk show host, and community activist
Ken Leebow, Author, speaker and TV personality – 300 Incredible Things to Do on the Internet book series
Moss Mabry, Famed Costume designer, and nominated for four Academy Awards
Ron Magill, Renown photographer and wildlife expert
Thomas E. Mann, Author and political pundit for the Brookings Institute
Guillermo Martinez, Syndicated columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee
Frances Mayes, Author of New York Times bestselling book Under the Tuscan Sun
Andrew McClurg, Legal humor writer for the American Bar Association Journal
Diane McFarlin, Publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune
Tom Meek, Columnist and author of Another Day In Cyberville, Reflections On Media, and The Video Audio Overdose Galore
Sam Michel, Author of Under the Light and Lecturer at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Andrew Mondshein, Nominated for an Oscar for his film editing
Rodney Mullen, Entertainer and one of the most influential skateboarders in the sport
Lorraine Murray, Author of Why Me, Why Now?, and Grace Notes
Lee Ann Newsom, Famous anthropologist, named a MacArthur Fellow for 2002
Patricia O'Connor, Top scholar of Spanish theater and literature
Ivan Osorio, Columnist and editor at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
Mike Papantonio, Prominent trial lawyer, and co-hosts of Ring of Fire
John Parker Jr., Prominent American writer
David Penzer, Current professional wrestling ring announcer for the WWE
Sam Proctor, One of the world's foremost scholars of Florida history
Imad Rahman, Author who wrote I Dream of Microwaves
Jeff Randall, Former business editor of BBC News
James Rizzi, Prominent American pop artist
Thane Rosenbaum, Notable novelist, essayist, and Professor of Law at Fordham University
Joan Ryan, Author and Columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
Alex Scott, Activist for Young Men's Society of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Edward Sears, Former Editor for the Palm Beach Post
George Solomon, Former sports editor and columnist for The Washington Post, and the first ombudsman for ESPN
Julian Sprung, American writer
Angie Swindell, contestant on Big Brother 10
Janet Todd, Welsh-born author on books about women's literature, and Professor at the University of Aberdeen
Kendra Todd, Real estate businesswoman and winner of The Apprentice 3 reality TV show
Fredrick Ward, Writer and photographer
Sterling Watson, Writer, Weep No More My Brother, The Calling, and Blind Tongues
Miles Wilken, Co-producer of the Broadway hit The Producers
Andrew Wilkow, Conservative political talk radio host on Sirius Satellite Radio
Hugh Wilson, Famous director, writer, and actor
Dale Van Sickel, Former president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures
Edward Yang, Renowned Taiwanese film-maker, winner of Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film Yi yi
Hugo Zacchini, Entertainer known as the "Human Cannonball"
Phyllis Zatlin, Prominent author, received the Fulbright Fellowship, named a Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Actors & actresses

Jonathan Chase, Actor, One on One, Another Gay Movie, Gingerdead Man, and 7eventy 5ive
Cathy Jenéen Doe, Actress, Passions, Ed, and Buds for Life
Kahil Dotay, Actor, director, writer, and he won an award for his performance in Frank & Flo
Faye Dunaway, Actress, won an Academy Award for the movie Network
Brian F. Durkin, Actor, Broken Bridges, The O.C., and Deja Vu
Buddy Ebsen, Actor, best known as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies
Malcolm Gets, Actor, Caroline in the City
Darrell Hammond, Actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live, Scary Movie 3, Epic Movie, and Agent Cody Banks
Patty Maloney, Actress, Far Out Space Nuts
Patrick O'Neal, American television and film actor
Adrian Pasdar, Actor on Heroes, Profit, and Near Dark
Rain Phoenix, Actress and musician
John Posey, TV actor on Seinfeld, Cheers and The Pretender
Stephen Root, Actor, best known as "Milton" in Office Space and for his performance in Dodgeball, In addition Root received an Emmy nomination
Wil Shriner, Prominent actor, director and game show host
Rachel Specter, Actress in Prom Night, The House Bunny, and Alone in the Dark II
Nancy Stafford, Actress on Sidekicks, Matlock, and Judging Amy, and former Miss Florida
Bob Vila, Actor, home-improvement guru and former host of This Old House
Sally Wheeler, Actress, Two of a Kind, and Spin City
Jack Youngblood, Emmy-nominated actor, author, and NFL/College Football Hall of Famer

Head coaches

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Gene Chizik

Kerwin Bell, Current head coach for Jacksonville University
Gene Chizik, Current head coach for the Auburn Tigers, former coach for the Iowa State Cyclones
Doug Dickey, Former head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers and the Florida Gators
Chan Gailey, Former head coach for the Dallas Cowboys and former head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Todd Haley, Current head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs
Kim Helton, Former head coach for the University of Houston Cougars
Lindy Infante, Former head coach for the Green Bay Packers, and the Indianapolis Colts
Mike Mularkey, Former head coach for the Buffalo Bills
Steve Spurrier, Current head coach for the University of South Carolina, former coach of the Washington Redskins & Florida Gators, and Quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1966 for the University of Florida
Kay Stephenson, Former head coach for the Buffalo Bills
Charlie Strong, Interim Head Coach for the Florida Gators, current Co-Defensive Coordinator for the Florida Gators

Musicians

Stat Quo, Rapper Shady Records
Gene Adkinson, Baritone for the band The Dream Weavers
David M. Bellamy, Country music artists the Bellamy Brothers
Howard Bellamy, Country music artists the Bellamy Brothers
Stanley Benton, Hip-Hop Artist who goes by the name Stat Quo
Jett Beres, Plays bass guitarist and vocals for Sister Hazel
Ken Block, Sings lead vocals for Sister Hazel
Bob Bryar, Drummer for the band My Chemical Romance
Wade Buff, Lead singer for the band The Dream Weavers
Andrew Copeland, Plays baritone, rhythm and acoustic guitar for Sister Hazel, and in 2004 he released a solo album titled No Regrets
Chris Demakes, Co-founder and lead singer for Less than Jake
Vinnie Fiorello, Co-founder and drummer for Less than Jake
James Melton, Singer, Actor, and named to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Ryan Newell, Plays guitar for the band Sister Hazel
Stephen Stills, Member of bands CSNY and Buffalo Springfield
Keni Thomas, Country music singer
Mel Tillis, Singer, songwriter, and comedian
Johnny Tillotson, Singer, and songwriter
Peter Traub, Composer of electronic and acoustic music

Pageantry

Kristen Berset, The Miss Florida USA for 2004, was a finalist for Miss USA, current Model
Michelyn Butler, The Miss Wisconsin USA for 2008
Ann Gloria Daniel, The Miss Florida for 1954
Julie Donaldson, The Miss Florida USA for 2001, current host for Mets Weekly & Heat TV
Andrea Duke, The Miss North Carolina USA for 2008
Allison Kreiger, The Miss Florida for 2006
Kristin Ludecke, The Miss Florida for 1995, and Miss Florida USA for 2000
Carrie Ann Mewha, The Miss Florida USA for 2003, current Medical Doctor
Ann Schmalzried, The Miss Florida for 1975, Top 10 finalist at Miss America
Nancy Stafford, The Miss Florida for 1976, and actress
Tonoya Toyloy, The Miss Jamaica for 2004, and Miss World 2004 contestant
Mari Wilensky, The Miss Florida for 2005, Top 10 finalist at Miss America
Melissa Witek, The Miss Florida USA for 2005, Top 5 at Miss USA, and contestant on NBC's "Treasure Hunters"

Poets

Deborah Ager, Notable American poet
Joe Bolton, American poet who wrote Days of Summer Gone, The Last Nostalgia Poems, and Breckinridge County Suite
Geoffrey Brock, American poet and translator
Geri Doran, American poet
Robert Bernard Hass, American poet, literary critic, and professor
Randall Mann, American poet
Gail Paige Shepherd, Award winning poet and food writer
C. Dale Young, Award-winning poet

Reporters, correspondents, and anchormen

Stephanie Abrams, Reporter for The Weather Channel
Deborah Amos, Correspondent to the ABC News Magazine "Turning Point"
Erin Andrews, Reporter for ESPN
Sharyl Attkisson, Correspondent to CBS News
Pam Bondi, Correspondent for Fox News
Linda Church, Morning Weather Anchor for WPIX in New York
H. G. Davis, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
Jamie Dupree, Correspondent for Cox Broadcasting Washington News Bureau
David Finkel, Journalist, and also is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Post
Kristin Harmel, Reporter and novelist for People
Dan Hicken, Sports Director and Anchor for WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida

Ian D. Johnson, Current Berlin bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, and won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of China's suppression of the Falun Gong movement
David Johnson, American news anchorman for WPXI-TV
Clarence Jones, Three time winner of the duPont-Columbia Award for investigative reporting
Mark Long, Model, reality TV star of Road Rules, and correspondent for Reality Remix
Jamie McIntyre, Senior Pentagon correspondent for CNN
Jim McGee, Won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Iran-Contra Affair
Jeff Nesmith, American journalist and winner of a Pulitzer Prize
Howard Norton, Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his reporting
Forrest Sawyer, Current anchorman for ABC News and winner of the George Foster Peabody Award, five National Emmy Awards, two Edward Murrow Awards, and an Associated Press Award
Joe Scarborough, Current MSNBC talk show host, and former US Representative

Sportcasters

Red Barber, Radio sportscaster principally for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Bob Coldeen, TV sports commentator for KSPN-Saipan
Cris Collinsworth, TV commentator for HBO's Inside the NFL and for FOX NFL Sunday
Gene Deckerhoff, Current radio announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State Seminoles, and also for the Arena Football League
Ferdie Pacheco, Current Showtime boxing analyst, and personal physician to Muhammad Ali
Jesse Palmer, TV commentator for ESPN, former NFL Quarterback and star of ABC's The Bachelor
Guy Rawlings, TV sports anchor for NBC-Miami
Elfi Schlegel-Dunn, Sports/gymnastics commentator for NBC

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Golf

Tennis

Olympians

Board of Trustees

Carlos Alfonso, Current CEO of Alliant Partners
Frank Bova, Current Faculty member at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and member of the Graduate Research Faculty and the Doctoral Research Faculty
Courtney Cunningham, Attorney and Fellow of the British-American Project, which is sponsored by the SAIS and the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Roland Daniels, Business owner and an active participant in community and civic organizations
Mac McGriff, Private investor from Jacksonville
Joelen Merkel, Consultant for News Corporation and Fox Television Stations' Chris-Craft division
Dianna Fuller Morgan, Current Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and former Senior Vice President of Walt Disney World
Cynthia O'Connell, Current Senior Vice President of Hill and Knowlton and widow of former UF president Stephen C. O'Connell
Daniel Ponce, Current Partner in Miami based law firm
Earl Powell, Founding Partner and Chairman Emeritus of Trivest and Director of SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc. and a Principal of Westshore Capital Partners, L.P
Jordan Johnson, The current student body president of the University of Florida
Steven Scott, Current Chairman of Scott Holdings
Alfred Warrington, Former CEO of Sanfill, and benefactor of the Warrington College of Business

Honorary Degree Recipients

List of University of Florida Presidents

Presidents of the University of Florida^[1]	Presidential Years
Andrew Sledd	1904 – 1909
Albert Murphree	1909 – 1927
James Farr	1927 – 1928
John J. Tigert	1928 – 1947
Harold Hume	1947 – 1948
J. Hillis Miller, Sr.	1948 – 1953
John S. Allen	1953 – 1955
J. Wayne Reitz	1955 – 1967
Stephen C. O'Connell	1967 – 1973
E.T. York	1973 – 1974
Robert Q. Marston	1974 – 1984
Marshall Criser	1984 – 1989
Robert A. Bryan	1989 – 1990
John V. Lombardi	1990 – 1999
Charles E. Young	1999 – 2003
J. Bernard Machen	2003 – Present

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References

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