- Roger Williams
Roger Williams (born October 1, 1924) is one of the most popular pianists in American popular music history. As of 2004, he has released 116 albums. He was born Louis Weertz, the son of a Lutheran minister (Rev. Frederick J. Weertz) and a music teacher (Dorothea Bang Weertz), in Omaha, Nebraska, but before his first birthday moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He first played the piano at age three, but in high school became interested in boxing, …
- Eli M. Oboler
Eli M. Oboler (1915-1983) was head librarian at the Idaho State University library, later Eli M. Oboler Library from 1949 to 1980. He was also a member of the Idaho Library Association and the Pacific Northwest Library Association, and served as president for both organizations. Oboler held degrees from both the University of Chicago and Columbia University, including a Bachelor of Science degree in Library Science.
- Jeffrey Meldrum
D. Jeffrey Meldrum (born 1958) is a tenured Associate Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University. Meldrum is also Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Physical Therapy and Affiliate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. Meldrum is considered to be among the world's foremost experts on the Sasquatch.
- Arthur C. Vailas
Dr. Arthur Vailas is vice chancellor and vice president for research and intellectual property management for the University of Houston System and the University of Houston (UH). He joined UH in 1995 as vice president for research and vice provost for graduate studies, and professor and distinguished chair in biology and biochemistry.
- Richard L. Bowen
Richard L. Bowen, Ph.D. served as President of Idaho State University from 1985 to 2005. Bowen was also President of the University of South Dakota. At Idaho State Bowen is credited with helping to improve the university's financial support. Idaho State's enrollment nearly doubled during his tenure as president. Bowen holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.
- Stacy Dragila
Stacy Dragila (born Stacy Mikaelson on March 25, 1971) is an American pole vaulter. Dragila was born in Auburn, California. She was a standout pole vaulter for the Idaho State University women's track and field team in the mid-1990s. She won the first gold medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her accomplishments also include being a two-time world champion (1999, 2001), a 1997 world indoor champion, …
- Brian Attebery
Brian Attebery is an academic writer on science fiction and fantasy fiction. He is professor of English at Idaho State University. His 1979 doctorate from Brown University was in American Civilization.
- Joe O'Brien
Joe O'Brien is the head men's basketball coach at Idaho State University.
- Jared Allen
Jared Scot Allen (born April 3, 1982 in Los Gatos, California) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Wally Buono
Wally Buono completed his fourth season as B.C. Lions head coach and general manager with a Grey Cup victory. Over the past four seasons, Buono has led the Lions to four consecutive playoff appearances and three consecutive first-place regular season finishes. Over a 17-year coaching career, Buono has led his clubs to 10 first place finishes and three Grey Cup championships.
- W. Lane Startin
Wesley Lane Startin (born July 15, 1973 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) is an American author and politician. Adopted at the age of three weeks, Startin grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho. He graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1991 and Idaho State University in Pocatello in 1996. Shortly before his 21st birthday, in 1994 Startin was elected president of Idaho Young Democrats and served a two-year term on the Idaho Democratic Party executive committee.
- Matt Gutierrez
Matt Gutierrez (born June 9, 1984 in Concord, California) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was signed on May 8, 2007 as an undrafted rookie free agent from Idaho State University and had transferred from University of Michigan. Gutierrez is currently competing for the third-string spot with veteran Vinny Testaverde.
- Doug Oliver
Doug Oliver is an assistant men's basketball coach at Stanford University. He previously served as the head coach at Idaho State University.
- Richard D. Hansen
Dr. Richard D. Hansen, Ph.D, is a American archaeologist and current Affiliate Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University. Dr. Hansen is a specialist on the ancient Maya and also a director of the Mirador Basin Project, which investigates the mainly unexplored territory in Petén, northern Guatemala.
- Merril Hoge
Merril DuAine Hoge (born January 26, 1965 in Pocatello, Idaho) is a former professional football player. He played eight seasons at running back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears, retiring after the 1994 season. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN television.
- Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams MS'84 has received the 1995 Governor's Award in the Humanities. The award, given by the Utah Humanities Council, was made to Williams in recognition of her work as co-editor of the recently published centennial anthology of Utah literature, Great and Peculiar Beauty: A Utah Reader.
- James A. McClure
James Albertus "Jim" McClure (born December 27, 1924 in Payette, Idaho) is an American politician from the state of Idaho, most notably serving as a Republican in the U.S. Senate. McClure attended public schools in Payette. Upon turning 18, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. McClure graduated from the Navy Program at the University of Idaho-Southern Branch (now Idaho State University) in 1943.
- Ron Boone
Ronald Bruce Boone (born September 6 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American former American Basketball Association (ABA) player. During his years at Tech High in North Omaha, Nebraska, Boone stood 6'2" and weighed 175 pounds. After college, at Idaho State University, he played for the Utah Stars team, which had relocated from Los Angeles to Utah. He was also on their championship team in the 1971 ABA Finals.
- Ed Sanders
Hayes Edward “Big Ed” Sanders, Olympic champion boxer, was born in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, to Hays Sanders, a municipal garbage worker, and Eva Sanders. As a child, Sanders, the oldest male child of the family, was mature and physically strong. He collected coffee cans, filled them with cement and connected two of them with a steel bar to make a weight set for exercising.
- William E. Davis
William E. "Bud" Davis is a former university president and Democratic politician and head football coach. He was an interim head football coach for the Colorado Buffaloes for the 1962 season. He has also been the Chancellor of Oregon university system, President of Idaho State University and University of New Mexico, and Chancellor Louisiana State University. However, he is best known for writing the book "Glory Colorado! A history of the University of Colorado, …
- Michael C. Gallagher
Michael C. Gallagher is an American academic administrator. He is a former President of Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado. Gallagher later served as interim President of Idaho State University. Gallagher is a professor of business administration. He earned his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University–San Marcos). His Ph.D. is from Texas A&M University.
- Steve Belko
Steve Belko was an American college basketball coach at the University of Oregon and Idaho State University. At Idaho State, his team made the NCAA tournament four out of his six years there. His record at Idaho State was 109-51, and he was named "Rocky Mountain Coach of the Year" three times. From 1977 to 1981 he served as the commissioner of the Big Sky Conference. From 1956 to 1971, he served as the head basketball coach at Oregon.
- Irv Cross
Irvin Acie Cross (b. July 27 1939) is a former professional American football player and commentator. In 1961, Cross was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the National Football League (NFL) draft. Later in 1966 he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams. Then in 1969, he returned to the Eagles and became a player/coach. He retired from playing football in 1970, when he became just a coach for the Eagles.
- Charles Kegel
Charles Kegel served as interim President of Idaho State University from 1975 to 1976.
- Michael Waterman
Michael S. Waterman is a Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC), where he holds an Endowed Associates Chair. He previously held positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Idaho State University and earned a doctorate in statistics and probability from Michigan State University in 1969. Waterman is one of the founders and current leaders in the area of computational biology.
- Rodrick Rhodes
Rodrick Rhodes (born September 24 1973, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft.
- Lynn Archibald
Lynn Archibald (September 27, 1944 - May 27 or May 28, 1997) was the former men's basketball coach of the University of Utah from 1983-1989. Archibald led the Utes to a 98-86 (.532) record before being fired after the 1989 season. Prior to Utah, Archibald was the head coach at Idaho State University. After his career with Utah, Archibald became an assistant at Arizona State University from 1989-1994, when he left the program to become an assistant coach, and later, …
- George V. Hansen
George Vernon Hansen (born September 14, 1930) is a Republican politician from the state of Idaho. He served in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and again from 1975 to 1985. Hansen was born in Tetonia, Idaho. He graduated from Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) in 1956 and did graduate work at Idaho State University. Hansen served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1954 and the United States Naval Reserve from 1964 to 1970.
- Dave Kragthorpe
Dave Kragthorpe was the head football coach at Oregon State for six seasons, from 1985 to 1990. His record was 17-48-2 (.268). Kragthorpe had better results at Idaho State, recording a 21-14 record in three seasons, 1980-82. The best results were definitely in the second season, a 12-1 season in 1981, when the Bengals won the Big Sky conference title and the Division I-AA national championship behind quarterback Mike Machurek, …
- Ralph Hutchinson
Ralph Hutchinson was a college football coach at Idaho, Idaho State, and Texas. From 1903 to 1905, he coached at Texas, where he compiled a 16-7-2 record. In 1919, he coached at Idaho, where he compiled a 2-3 record. From 1920 to 1927, he coached at Idaho State, where he compiled a 25-22-2 record. His overall record stands at 43-34-4. He played quarterback at Princeton.
- Kennedy Nkeyasen
Kennedy Nkeyasen (born April 7, 1978 in Ghana, Africa) is a free safety (converted from running back) playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Nkeyasen was drafted out of college by Saskatchewan (18th overall) in 1999. The CFL awarded him non-import (Canadian) status because he played his high school football at Thom Collegiate in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Harvey Holmes
Harvey R. Holmes was an American college football coach at the University of Utah (1900-1903), the University of Southern California (1904-1907), and the Academy of Idaho (now Idaho State University) (1909-1914). Holmes attended the University of Wisconsin, where he lettered in football in 1897 and 1898. He became coach at the University of Utah in 1900, and led the team to a record of 12-8-1; he was the first Utah coach to compile a winning record.
- Clifford Trump
Clifford Trump served as interim President of Idaho State University from 1984 to 1985.
- Alan Steinberg
Dr. Alan Steinberg is an American author. He has published Divided, a collection of short stories, and Cry of the Leopard, a novel. In addition an opera of The Falcon and the Sailor Boy, for which Steinberg wrote the libretto, was recently performed at SUNY Potsdam, starring Stephanie Blythe. Steinberg received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a Professor in SUNY Potsdam's English department, where he also serves as the coordinator of the writing program.
- Dwaine Wilson
Dwaine Wilson was an award winning running back during his brief Canadian Football League career. A graduate of Idaho State University, he played 2 seasons for the Montreal Concordes (part of the Montreal Alouettes franchise history.) In 1984 he played 16 games and in 1985 he played 13 games. In 1984 he rushed 226 times for 1083 yards, which won him an all star and CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award. In 1985 his production fell off, with 435 yards, …
- Carl Kilpatrick
Carl Kilpatrick (born May 16 1956, in Bastrop, Louisiana) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'10" center, he attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe and was selected by the New Orleans Jazz with the sixth pick in the eighth round of the 1978 NBA Draft. He played only 2 games for the Jazz, in their first season (1979-80) reincarnated as the Utah Jazz since the franchise relocated from New Orleans, Louisiana to Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Jason Alba
I've worked for about10 years in internet/intranet environments as a developer and manager of sophisticated custom on-line applications. Sites have including eCommerce, intranet applications interfaceing with legacy servers for HR, Finance and Accounting, operational quality control systems in building maintenenance, online communities for higher education, and many smaller custom sites. Currently I work at designing, supporting and marketing JibberJobber which is a CRM + Career . . .
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- Steven P. Schmidt
Steven P. Schmidt Steven P. Schmidt , Ph.D. is the Director of the Division of Surgical Research at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Schmidt is also the President of BioMedical Research Associates, Inc, a consulting and CRO for the medical device industry located in Akron, and Vice-President of DataPharm, a clinical trials management company located in Youngstown. Dr. Schmidt’s personal research interests are related to cardiovascular health.