- Greg Nickels
Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels (born August 7, 1955) became the 51st and current mayor of Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2002. He was elected to a second term November 8, 2005. Prior to becoming mayor, Nickels was legislative assistant to Seattle City Council member and future mayor Norm Rice from 1979 to 1987. Nickels was elected to the King County Council in 1987 (defeating longtime incumbent Bob Grieve), and reelected in 1991, 1995 and 1999. - Tyrone Willingham
Lionel Tyrone Willingham, or Ty Willingham (born December 30 1953 in Kinston, North Carolina, USA), is the head football coach at the University of Washington. A football player and graduate of Michigan State University, Willingham held assistant coaching stints at his alma mater, as well as at Central Michigan University, North Carolina State University, Rice University, and Stanford University. - David Horsey
David Horsey (born 1951) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist in the United States. His cartoons appear in the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" and are syndicated to newspapers nationwide. Horsey was born in Evansville, Indiana and moved to Seattle, Washington at age 3. He began perfecting his craft as a cartoonist in the "Cascade", the school newspaper at Ingraham High School. - Adam Smith
Adam Smith was born on June 15, 1965 and his lived his entire life in the Ninth District. He grew up in the SeaTac area of South King County and graduated from Tyee High School in 1983. Adam's father, Ben, worked as a baggage handler at SeaTac airport and was active in the local Machinists' Union. He taught Adam the value of community involvement, public service, and participating in our democracy. - Mark Emmert
Mark Emmert has, since 2004, been the 30th president of the University of Washington, and is a former chancellor of Louisiana State University. Emmert, who is a University of Washington alumnus, grew up in Fife, Washington, one of two brothers. He attended Fife High School. He afterwards married his high school sweetheart, DeLaine Smith, at Fife Presbyterian Church, and they have two children, Stephen and Jennifer. - Adam Smith
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. He is a major contributor to the modern perception of economics. One of the key figures of the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment, he is known primarily as the author of two treatises: "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759), … - Daniel J. Evans
Daniel Jackson Evans (born October 16 1925) served three terms as governor of the state of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989. As a young man, Evans was an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He also served as a staff member at Camp Parsons, a well known Boy Scout camp in Washington State. Gov. - Bill Holm
Bill Holm (born 1925 in Roundup, Montana) is a U.S. artist, author and art historian specializing in the visual arts of Northwest Coast Native Americans as well as a practitioner and teacher of the Northwest Coast art style. He is Professor Emeritus of Art History, and Curator Emeritus of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and occasionally lectures at the University of Washington in Seattle. - Pepper Schwartz
Dr. Schwartz has contributed to many magazines, journals and newspapers including the New York Times "Parent and Child" column, Sexual Health, Psychology Today and Contexts . Dr. Schwartz was a regular member of the KIRO-TV ( Seattle ) news staff for twelve years and appears regularly on national TV news, documentaries and other programs. - Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958 in South Gate, California, United States) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington. Romar also played basketball for the University of Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA. After the NBA, Romar played and coached for Athletes in Action. - David Baker
David Baker is an American biochemist and computational biologist who studies methods to predict the three-dimensional structures of proteins. He is a faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. The Baker laboratory developed the Rosetta algorithm for "ab initio" protein structure prediction, which has been extended to a distributed computing project called Rosetta@Home. - John Gottman
World renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, involving the study of emotions, physiology and communication, John Gottman was recently voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the Past Quarter-Century by the Psychotherapy Networker magazine. 30 years of breakthrough research on marriage and relationships have earned him numerous major awards. - Peter Ward
Peter D. Ward is a paleontologist and professor of Biology and of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. Ward is co-author, along with Donald Brownlee, of the best-selling "Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe", published in 2000. In the work the authors suggest that the universe is fundamentally hostile to advanced life, … - Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. - Hec Edmundson
Clarence S. "Hec" Edmundson was a college men's basketball coach. The Moscow, Idaho, USA native coached at the University of Idaho (1916-1918) and the University of Washington (1920-1947), compiling a 508-204 (.713) overall record over 29 seasons. Edmunson also served on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee from 1941 to 1946. The basketball building at the University of Washington is named Hec Edmundson Pavilion in his honor. - Richard Hugo
Richard Hugo (December 21, 1923 - October 22, 1982), born Richard Hogan, was an American poet. Primarily a regionalist, Hugo's work reflects the economic depression of the Northwest, particularly Montana. Born in White Center, Washington, he was raised by his mother's parents after his father left the family. In 1942 he legally changed his name to Richard Hugo, taking his stepfather's surname. He served in World War II as a bombardier in the Mediterranean. - Mark Crispin
Mark Crispin (born 1956) is a staff member at the University of Washington, noted as the inventor of IMAP. He is the author or co-author of numerous RFCs; and is the principal author of UW IMAP, one of the reference implementations of the IMAP4rev1 protocol described in RFC 3501. - Leroy Hood
Dr. Hood is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics. A passionate and dedicated researcher, he holds numerous patents and awards for his work and prides himself on his life-long commitment to making science accessible to the general public. One of his foremost goals is to bring hands-on, inquiry-based science to K-12 classrooms. - Spencer Hawes
Spencer Hawes (born April 28 1988, in Seattle, Washington) is an American basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2007 NBA Draft. He is the nephew of Steve Hawes, a retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player. - Don James
Don James (born December 31, 1932 in Massillon, Ohio, USA) was a college football coach at Kent State University and the University of Washington. James played quarterback for the University of Miami, where he set five school passing records. He then received a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Kansas. - Jerramy Stevens
Jerramy Stevens (born November 13, 1979 in Boise, Idaho) is a National Football League tight end playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was signed April 29th as a free agent with the Buccaneers. Stevens played college football at the University of Washington. He currently lives in Bellevue, Washington. - Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee (born February 9, 1951) is an American politician, currently serving as U.S. Representative from Washington's 1st congressional district (north of Seattle, including parts of King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties). He is a Democrat. He lives on Bainbridge Island. He married his wife Trudi on August 27, 1972. Born in Seattle, Washington, he graduated from Seattle's Ingraham High School and the University of Washington (B.A., … - Tim Lincecum
Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (born June 15, 1984 in Bellevue, Washington) is a professional baseball pitcher who plays for the San Francisco Giants. His first Major League Baseball start took place on a nationwide ESPN broadcast on the evening of May 6th, 2007. At 5'11" in height and weighing 160, Lincecum bats left and throws right. Lincecum pitched for Liberty Senior High School and the University of Washington before becoming a professional. - Mary-Claire King
Mary-Claire King (1946-) is an American human geneticist. She is professor at the University of Washington, where she studies the genetics and interaction of genetics and environmental influences on human conditions such as HIV, lupus, inherited deafness, and also breast and ovarian cancer. - William H. Calvin
William H. Calvin, Ph.D., (born 30 April 1939) is a Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a well-known popularizer of neuroscience and evolutionary biology, including the hybrid of these two fields, neural Darwinism. He relates abrupt climate change to human evolution and speculates about the future. In his book "How Brains Think: Evolving Intelligence, Then and Now", … - Nick Licata
Nick Licata is the current president of the Seattle City Council. With Peter Steinbrueck, he is considered to be one of the two most left-wing members of the Council. His aides http://www.seattle.gov/council/licata/bios.htm#newell, Newell Aldrich, Lisa Herbold, and Frank Video have worked for him since he took office in 1998. As of September 2004 he is chair of the Public Safety, Civil Rights & Arts Committee, vice chair of the Utilities & Technology Committee, … - Isaiah Stanback
Isaiah Stanback (born August 16, 1984) is a quarterback on the Dallas Cowboys. He attended the University of Washington for college. Stanback threw for over 2,000 yards in his junior year, but an injury during his senior year limited him to 1,325 yards in seven games. He also played wide receiver in college and will likely play wide receiver and special teams in the NFL. Stanback, who is known for his speed, also played center field for the Huskies. - Richard White
Richard White (born May 28, 1947) is an American historian, a past President of the Organization of American Historians, and the author of influential books on the American West, Native American history, and environmental history. He is the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History at Stanford University, having previously taught at the University of Washington, University of Utah, and Michigan State University. - Alan Marlatt
G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington and Director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at that institution. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. After serving on the faculties of the University of British Columbia (1968-1969) and the University of Wisconsin (1969-1972), he joined the University of Washington faculty in the fall of 1972. - Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos, Ph.D (born February 1 1928, Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamás Péter) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district, located in the southwest part of San Francisco County and the northern part of San Mateo County. He is the chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. - Norm Maleng
Norm Maleng (1939 - May 24, 2007) was the King County, Washington prosecuting attorney for 28 years and one of Washington's judicial leaders. Maleng was born in Acme, Washington, and grew up on a dairy farm. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1960, then served as an officer in the military. He obtained his law degree in 1966 from the University of Washington Law School, was elected as prosecutor in 1978, and was re-elected seven times. - Tank Johnson
Terry "Tank" Johnson (born December 7, 1981) is an American football player who last played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Drafted in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft from University of Washington, he was one of the Bears' defensive tackles. He was notably a member of the Bears during their Super Bowl run in 2006. - Anita Ramasastry
Anita Ramasastry is the Associate Director of the Center for Law, Commerce & Technology and an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle. She joined the faculty in 1996. Her research and teaching interests include law and technology, international commercial law and banking and payment systems. - Paul Schell
Paul Schell, born Paul Schlachtenhaufen on October 8, 1937, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, was the 50th mayor of Seattle, Washington. His four-year term as mayor began on January 1, 1998. Schell first ran for mayor in 1977, but lost to Charles Royer. He then turned to real estate development, and finally won public office as a Port of Seattle commissioner in 1989, becoming commission president in 1995. - Keith Gilbertson
Keith Gilbertson (born May 15, 1948 in Snohomish, Washington) is an American football coach. He was the head coach for the University of Washington from 2003-04, where his record was 7-16 (.304). His previous head coaching experience was at California (1993-96, 20-26 (.435)), and Idaho (1986-88, 28-9 (.757)), then in Division I-AA. His overall record as a collegiate head coach stands at 55-51 (.519). He was previously an assistant coach at Washington (1999-2002 & 1989-92), … - Bobby Jones
Bobby Ray Jones, Jr. (born January 9, 1984 in Compton, California, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player. After playing collegiately at the University of Washington, he was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft and shortly thereafter traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Philadelphia's 2007 second round draft pick and cash considerations. As a senior at UW, he averaged 10.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, … - Tom Robbins
Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. His novels are complex, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. His novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (1976) was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant. - Udi Manber
Udi Manber , Vice President, Engineering - Margaret Levi
Margaret Levi (born 1946) is an American political scientist and author, noted for her work in comparative political economy, labor politics, and democratic theory, notably on the origins and effects of trustworthy government. Levi graduated with a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1968 and completed a Ph.D. degree in government at Harvard University in 1974. Since then, she has taught at the University of Washington in Seattle, … - Larry Gossett
Larry Gossett is a member and current Chair of the King County Council, representing District 2 (portions of Seattle, Washington). He is a graduate of the University of Washington, a founder of the Black Student Union on that campus, and a former member of the Black Panthers with a history of community organizing in Seattle.
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