37 Notable alumni of University of Alaska Anchorage
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Alaska Anchorage is ranked #6,188 in the world and #1,621 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 37 notable alumni from University of Alaska Anchorage sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Alaska Anchorage won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Walter B. Parker
1926-2014 (aged 88)
academic
Walter Bruce "Walt" Parker was an American civil servant, policy adviser, transportation adviser, academic and local politician. Parker's career focused on the development of natural resources, transportation and infrastructure in Alaska from the 1940s to the 2000s. In 1989, Alaska Governor Steve Cowper appointed Parker as the chairman of the Alaska Oil Spill Commission, which investigated the Exxon Valdez oil...
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2. Lynn Gattis
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Lynn Gattis is an American politician. She served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from January 2013 to January 2017 and has represented Districts 9 and 7.
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3. Nathan Lawson
1983-. (aged 43)
ice hockey player
Nathan Lawson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A goaltender, Lawson is currently playing with HPK in the Finnish top-flight Liiga. Lawson has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators.
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4. Nils Bäckström
1986-. (aged 40)
ice hockey player
Nils Bäckström is a Swedish ice hockey player who has played professionally in USA, Finland, Sweden and Russia. He currently plays for AIK IF in the Swedish second division, HockeyAllsvenskan.
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5. Eric Walsky
1984-. (aged 42)
ice hockey player
Eric Walsky is a Swiss-American former professional ice hockey right winger. He played most of his career in the National League (NL) with Genève-Servette HC, HC Lugano, Lausanne HC and on loan with the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers.
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6. Kane Lafranchise
1988-. (aged 38)
ice hockey player
Kane Lafranchise is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
7. Harriet Drummond
1952-. (aged 74)
graphic designer
businessperson
politician
Harriet A. Drummond is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives since January 18, 2013 who has represented District 16. She ran to represent District 17 in the Alaska legislature and lost to Zack Fields, by 752 votes.
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8. Matt Bailey
1991-. (aged 35)
ice hockey player
Matthew Bailey is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Södertälje SK in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv).
9. Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
1950-. (aged 76)
scientist
Kathleen Sutcliffe is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Business at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School and School of Medicine and the Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor Emerita of Business Administration at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. She studies high-reliability organizations and group decision making in order to understand how organizations and their members...
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10. Charisse Millett
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Charisse Millett is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 25th District from 2009 to 2019. In the 29th Legislature, from 2015 to 2016, she was the House Majority Leader. In the 30th Legislature, she served the House Minority Leader. She has also served as co-chair of the Energy Special Committee, and is a member...
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11. Anna Fairclough
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Anna MacKinnon is an American Republican politician who is formerly a member of the Alaska Senate, representing District G from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, she served in the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 17th district, from 2007 to 2013. In the 26th Alaska State Legislature, she was a member of the House Finance Committee, and chair of...
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12. Kevin White
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Kevin David White is an Australian former professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL).
13. Hollis French
1958-. (aged 68)
lawyer
businessperson
politician
Hollis S. French II is an American attorney, businessman and politician. He served in the Alaska Senate from 2003 to 2015. He was minority leader from January 2014 until he left office. During this time, French authored an unsuccessful bill to strike down the state's same-sex marriage ban. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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14. Ernestine Hayes
1945-. (aged 81)
writer
biographer
Ernestine Saankaláxt Hayes is a Tlingit author and an Emerita professor at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau, Alaska. She belongs to the Wolf House of the Kaagwaaataan clan of the Eagle side of the Tlingit Nation. Hayes is a memoirist, essayist, and poet. She served as Alaska State Writer Laureate 2017–2018.
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15. Johnny Ellis
1960-2022 (aged 62)
merchant
politician
Johnny Ellis was an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate from 1992 to 2017. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1986 through 1992.
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16. Lance Pruitt
1981-. (aged 45)
businessperson
politician
Lance David Pruitt was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 27th district which covers East Anchorage. He was elected in 2010 and left office in 2021 following his election loss in 2020.
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17. Shelley Hughes
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Shelley Hughes is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from 2017 to 2025. Hughes represented Palmer and other parts of the southern Matanuska-Susitna Borough. She was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from January 18, 2013, until January 22, 2017.
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18. Calvin Schrage
1991-. (aged 35)
politician
Calvin Richard Schrage is an American politician from Alaska. He represents District 12 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
19. Kevin Clark
1987-. (aged 39)
ice hockey player
Kevin Clark is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Düsseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
20. Cathy Giessel
1951-. (aged 75)
nurse
consultant
politician
Catherine Andrea Giessel is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she has served as Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate since 2023. From 2013 to 2021, Giessel represented District N in the Alaska Senate, including Northeast Anchorage, Anchorage Hillside and the Turnagain Arm communities of Bird, Girdwood, Indian, and Anchorage, all within the Municipality of Anchorage. First...
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21. Curtis Glencross
1982-. (aged 44)
ice hockey player
Curtis Jack Glencross is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, he signed with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a free agent in 2004 and made his NHL debut with the team in 2007. He has also played in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers,...
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22. Neal Foster
1972-. (aged 54)
business executive
businessperson
aircraft pilot
politician
Neal Winston Foster is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 39th District, which is centered on Nome, Alaska. He has served in the House since November 15, 2009. He was appointed to the House to replace his father, Richard Foster, who had died in office the previous month. In the 27th Alaska State Legislature, Foster joined...
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23. Hansi Gnad
1963-. (aged 63)
basketball player
basketball coach
Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Gnad is a retired German professional basketball player and coach. He is currently working as an assistant coach of the Bayer Giants Leverkusen of the ProA..He represented the senior German national basketball team, and played in the German League team Bayer Giants Leverkusen (1995–1997, 1999–2001).
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24. Mat Robinson
1986-. (aged 40)
ice hockey player
Mat Robinson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Robinson played professionally from 2009 to 2022, most notably in the KHL, with CSKA Moscow with whom he won the Gagarin Cup Championship in 2019. He also played in the KHL with Dinamo Riga, and SKA Saint Petersburg.
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25. Mike Peluso
1965-. (aged 61)
ice hockey player
Michael David Peluso, is an American former professional ice hockey player. Peluso was known primarily as an enforcer throughout his National Hockey League (NHL) career. Peluso played in the NHL from 1990 until 1998 with the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils, St. Louis Blues, and Calgary Flames. He won the Stanley Cup in 1995 with New Jersey as...
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26. Jay Beagle
1985-. (aged 41)
ice hockey player
Jay Beagle is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). As an undrafted free agent, Beagle joined the Washington Capitals's organization for the 2007-08 season. He eventually made his NHL debut on February 11, 2009, and joined the team full time during their 2010–11 season. He concluded...
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27. Solomon Yue, Jr
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Solomon Yue Jr. is an American Republican Party activist and businessperson. He is the founder and vice chairman and CEO of Republicans Overseas and a Republican national committeeman from Oregon Republican Party.
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28. Bryce Edgmon
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Bryce Edgmon is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 37th District. He served as speaker from 2017–2021. The district includes all or portions of the Kodiak Island Borough, Aleutians East Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Bristol Bay Borough, and the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.
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29. Kira Buckland
1987-. (aged 39)
voice actor
actor
Kira Buckland is an American voice actress who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime, cartoons, and video games. Some of her major roles are Jolyne Cujoh and Reimi Sugimoto in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, 2B in Nier: Automata, Trucy Wright in the Ace Attorney series, Hiyoko Saionji and Kirumi Tojo in the Danganronpa series, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer:...
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30. Mark Begich
1962-. (aged 64)
businessperson
politician
Mark Peter Begich is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009. As of 2026, he is the most recent Democrat to serve Alaska in the U.S. Senate.
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31. Mary Peltola
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
judge
Mary Sattler Peltola is an American politician and former tribal judge who served as the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district from 2022 to 2025. A moderate Blue Dog Democrat, she previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councilor, and member of the...
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32. Justin Johnson
1981-. (aged 45)
ice hockey player
Justin Blake Johnson is an American professional basketball player for Rinascita Basket Rimini of the Italian Serie A2. He played college basketball for Western Kentucky.
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33. Lora Reinbold
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019, representing District 26. In 2018, Reinbold was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing the G district. She served in the State Senate from 2019 until retiring in 2023. From 2015 to the...
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34. Loren Leman
1950-. (aged 76)
civil engineer
engineer
politician
Loren Dwight Leman is an American politician who served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Alaska, from 2002 to 2006. Before that, he served in both houses of the state legislature, and was elected as the Senate Majority Leader by the end of his term. He served in office in electoral politics from 1989 to 2006. When Leman was elected...
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35. Susan Tanui
1987-. (aged 39)
long-distance runner
steeplechase runner
middle-distance runner
Susan Tanui is an American long-distance runner of Kenyan descent. She has competed in running events ranging from 1500 m to 10,000 m. She has also taken part in 5 km and half marathon events.
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36. Andy Josephson
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
school teacher
legislative assistant
politician
Andrew Lewis Josephson is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
37. Spencer Carbery
1981-. (aged 45)
ice hockey player
ice hockey coach
Spencer Carbery is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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