27 Notable alumni of University of Puget Sound

Lois Phillips Hudson was an American academic, editor, and novelist.

Scott Ordway is an American composer, conductor, and Associate Professor of Music in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Previously, he held faculty positions at the Curtis Institute of Music and Bates College.

Milton P. Woodard was an American sports writer and sport executive. He was the President of the American Football League until it merged with the NFL in 1970. Woodard served from July 1966 to March 1970, succeeding Commissioner Al Davis as chief executive of the League.

Joseph Lewis Stortini is an American restauranteer, educator, and politician in the state of Washington. He served the 27th district from 1969 to 1977.

Rick Dantzler is an American lawyer, former Florida politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. From Winter Haven, Dantzler served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1982 to 1990, and in the Florida Senate from 1990 to 1998. He was Buddy MacKay's running mate in the 1998 Florida gubernatorial election; they lost to Jeb Bush and Frank Brogan....

Stephen Alan "Steve" McAlpine is an American lawyer and politician. McAlpine served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1982 until 1990.

Scott Bateman is an American filmmaker, author, animator, and cartoonist.

Retired Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Mercer Jr., SES, is the director of the Interagency Planning Office for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) at the Federal Aviation Administration where he provides high-level leadership for interagency and international collaboration related to NextGen. He executes the collaborative processes needed to ensure efficient coordination among all federal partners whose decisions impact NextGen. The...

Rachel Martin is an American journalist for NPR. She previously co-hosted the radio news program Morning Edition and was previously a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco.

Gretchen Kunigk Fraser was an American alpine ski racer and nurse. She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in skiing, as well as the first American to win an Olympic silver medal in skiing. She was also the first American to be awarded the Pery Medal by the ski club of Great Britain, and National Ski...

Virginia Burdick is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate. She represented Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.

Jori Lance Chisholm is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington. Chisholm is a successful solo competitor winning the United States Gold Medal four times and has placed in the top three in Scotland's Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal competition. He played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and was...

Jose Cabalfin Calugas was a member of the Philippine Scouts during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Bataan.

Katie Marie Harman Ebner is an American classical vocalist and actress who won the Miss America 2002 and Miss Oregon 2001 pageants. She is the first and only contestant from the Pacific Northwestern United States to hold the title of Miss America.

Kiʻilani Arruda is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2020. Arruda had previously won Miss Teen USA 2020; she is the second competitor from Hawaii to have won Miss Teen USA.

Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan is an American broadcast journalist.

Erik Scott Kimerer is an American voice actor and professional wrestler under the name Sassy Assassin in Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling. As a voice actor, he has provided voices for the English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Some of his major voice roles include Ryuji Takasu in Toradora!, Obanai Iguro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Biscuit...

Colonel Burton Curtis Andrus Sr. was a United States Army officer who served in World War II. He was an armor officer for most of his career and his most noted assignment was as the commandant of the Nuremberg Prison which housed the accused during the Nuremberg trials after the end of World War II in Europe.

Ross Alan Shafer is an American comedian, network television host, motivational and leadership speaker and consultant. He has authored nine business books, and earned six Emmy Awards as a network talk and game show host.

Nicole Ann Shanahan is an American attorney and entrepreneur. She was the running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his 2024 presidential campaign in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Richard John Steves Jr. is an American travel writer, activist, and television personality. His travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-frequented areas of destinations and to become immersed in the local people's way of life. Starting in 2000, he hosted Rick Steves' Europe, a travel series on public television. Steves also has a public radio travel show called Travel with...

Darby Leigh Stanchfield is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal (2012–2018). Stanchfield is also known for roles as Shannon Gibbs in the CBS military procedural NCIS, April Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho (2006–07), and as Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series...

Jeffrey L. Smith was the author of several cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show. The show began in Tacoma, Washington, as Cooking Fish Creatively on local PBS station KTPS (now KBTC-TV), where it aired from 1973 to 1977. It then moved to WTTW in Chicago, and finally to KQED in San Francisco where...

William West Anderson, known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017. Having made his film debut in the 1950s, West starred opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962) and The Three Stooges in The...

Sean Randall Parnell is an American attorney and politician who was the tenth governor of Alaska from 2009 to 2014. He succeeded Sarah Palin in July 2009 and was elected to a full term as governor in 2010. In 2014, he narrowly lost his bid for re-election and returned to work in the private sector. He is a member of...

Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".