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Florida State University

This is a partial list of persons associated with Florida State University.

1 Notable alumni
2 Notable faculty and staff
3 FSU Athletes
4 List of Presidents

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable alumni and other attendees of Florida State University include:

This list of Florida State University alumni includes students who studied as undergraduates or graduate students at any of FSU's 16 colleges.

[edit] Presidents of Universities and Colleges

Frank Hagenback

Jim Towey

Paul Stein

Alumni	Notability
James Ammons	Current President of Florida A&M University
J. David Armstrong	Current President of Broward Community College
Franklin L. Hagenbeck	Current Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
Marvalene Hughes	Current President of Dillard University
John P. Johnson	Current President of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
A. James Kerley	Current President of Gulf Coast Community College
Anne B. Kerr	Current President of Florida Southern College
Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.	Current President of St. Petersburg College
William D. Law	Current President of Tallahassee Community College
Aubrey K. Lucas	Former President of the University of Southern Mississippi
E. Ann McGee	Current President of Seminole Community College
Robert L. McLendon, Jr.	Current President of St. Johns River Community College
Charles R. Middleton	Current President of Roosevelt University
William L. Proctor	Former Chancellor of Flagler College, and former Athletic Director for Florida State University
James C. Renick	Former Chancellor of University of Michigan-Dearborn, and current Vice President for the American Council on Education
Clyda Stokes Rent	Former President of Mississippi University for Women
Martha Dunagin Saunders	Current President of the University of Southern Mississippi
Betty L. Siegel	Former President of Kennesaw State University, and the University System of Georgia
Paul E. Stein	Former Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
Glenn Terrell	Former President of Washington State University
Jim Towey	Current President of Saint Vincent College, and director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
John Kenneth Waddell	Former President of Allen University, and current President of Denmark Community College
E. Jean Walker	Former President of Virginia Highlands Community College
T. K. Wetherell	Current President of Florida State University, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Mark S. Wrighton	Current Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis

[edit] Science, Space, and Math

Carolyn Griner

Sylvia Earle

Dr. Zemankova

Alumni	Notability
Antonio Busalacchi, Jr.	Current Chairman of a committee for the National Academy of Science, professor at the University of Maryland^{[citation needed]}
Joseph W. Cullen	Former Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C.^{[citation needed]}
Velma Dobson	Current Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Arizona, and co-developer of the Teller Acuity Card procedure^{[citation needed]}
Sylvia Earle	Former chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steve Edwards	Physicist
Mostafa El-Sayed	Current Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology; Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Marc H. Ellis	Theologian and philosopher
Leonard Erickson	Researcher of the DNA repair protein as a solution to cancer and Robert Wallace Miller Professor of Oncology, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Cancer Center^{[citation needed]}
Carolyn S. Griner	Former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Robert C. Harriss	Current Senior Scientist at the Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment of the National Center for Atmospheric Research^{[citation needed]}
Robert A. Holton	Scientist who discovered Taxol, current Professor at Florida State University
Jennifer L. Howse	Former President of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation^{[citation needed]}
Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh	Food scientist, and fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists
Deborah Mash	Professor of neurology, and Director of the Brain Endowment Bank at the University of Miami
Craig Nance	Engineer & Astronomer^{[citation needed]}
Orrin H. Pilkey	Geologist, and Professor Emeritus at Duke University
Alan R. Price	Current Associate Director for Investigative Oversight for the National Institute of Health^{[citation needed]}
Maurice A. Ramirez	Founder of the American Board of Disaster Medicine
Thomas S. Ray	Ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life
Dušan Repovš	Slovenian mathematician, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Science
Matthew Barnett Robinson	Criminologist; Assoc. Prof. at Appalachian State University
Paul Robinson	Former director of Sandia National Laboratories, candidate director of Los Alamos
Marcus Sachs	Current director of SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory
Mark Thiemens	Current Dean at the University of California San Diego, and two time Alexander von Humbolt Prize winner, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the AAAS^{[citation needed]}
Willis W. Tyrrell, Jr.	Geologist^{[citation needed]}
George Vourvopoulos	Inventor and innovator in applying elemental analysis to the coal and nuclear industries^{[citation needed]}
Nina B. Weinstein	Vice President of Programming for the National Geographic Channel^{[citation needed]}
Maria Zemankova	Computer scientist, created the theory of Fuzzy Relational Database System, recipient of the SIGMOD Contributions Award

[edit] Astronauts

Winston Scott

Bill Proenza

Max Mayfield

Neil Frank

Alumni	Notability
Winston Scott	former NASA astronaut
Norman Thagard	former NASA astronaut and currently a tenured Professor of Engineering at Florida State University

[edit] Meteorology

Alumni	Notability
Stephanie Abrams	Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Neil Frank	Former Director of the National Hurricane Center
Thomas Grazulis	Meteorologist, worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Janice Huff	Meteorologist, currently works for WNBC, and the Today Show
Rich Johnson	Meteorologist, currently works at The Weather Channel
Noel E. LaSeur	Former Director of the National Hurricane and Experimental Meteorology Laboratory^{[citation needed]}
Roy Leep	Meteorologist, worked for WTVT
Jennifer Lopez	Meteorologist, currently works for The Weather Channel
Max Mayfield	Former Director of the National Hurricane Center
Davis Nolan	Meteorologist, currently works for WKRN^{[citation needed]}
Bryan Norcross	Meteorologist, currently works for WFOR-TV
Rusty Pfost	Meteorologist-in-charge, Miami Weather Forecast Office, NOAA - National Weather Service^{[citation needed]}
Bill Proenza	Former Director of the National Hurricane Center and current Director of the National Weather Service's Southern Region
Dallas Raines	Meteorologist, currently works for KABC^{[citation needed]}
Peter S. Ray	Former Deputy Director of the National Severe Storms Laboratory^{[citation needed]}
David Roth	Meteorologist, currently works at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
George Winterling	Current chief meteorologist for WJXT in Jacksonville^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Governors

Parris Glendening

Alumni	Notability
Reubin O'Donovan Askew	Former Governor of Florida
Charlie Crist	Current Governor of Florida, and the former Florida Attorney General and Secretary of Education for Florida
Parris N. Glendening	Former Governor of Maryland

[edit] Federal and International Policy Makers

David Bibb

Dale Watson

Alumni	Notability
Michael Berenbaum	Current Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
David Bibb	Current Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration, and he also has served as Acting Administrator for a short period
William D. Clay, Jr.	Current special adviser to the United Nations
Bradley Cooper	Former Minister of Recreation for the Bahamas, and Olympic discus thrower
Manuel H. Johnson	Former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Eleanor J. Hill	Former Inspector General to the U.S. Department of Defense^{[citation needed]}
Aleksandar Popović	Current Serbian Minister of Energetics
Orson Swindle	Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Jim Towey	Former Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Dale Watson	Former Assistant Director for the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI

[edit] United States Congress

Mel Martinez

Jason Altmire

General Garner

General Minihan

Alumni	Notability
Jason Altmire	Current US Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District
Jim Bacchus	Former US Representative, current Justice and Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization
Allen Boyd	Current US Representative for Florida's 2nd Congressional District
William Carney	Former US Representative for New York's 1st Congressional District
Kathy Castor	Current US Representative for Florida's 11th Congressional District
James W. Grant	Former US Representative for Florida's 2nd Congressional District
Mel Martinez	Current US Senator, and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

[edit] Generals and Admirals

Alumni	Notability
Norma Elaine Brown	Retired Major General for the United States Air Force^{[citation needed]}
Charles J. Cunningham	Retired Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force^{[citation needed]}
Jay Garner	Retired General of the United States Army, former Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq
William H. Ginn Jr.	Retired Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force^{[citation needed]}
Winfield S. Harpe	Retired Major General for the United States Air Force^{[citation needed]}
Gordon S. Holder	Retired Vice Admiral for the United States Navy^{[citation needed]}
Paul David Miller	Retired Admiral of the United States Navy, current Chairman of Alliant Techsystems^{[citation needed]}
Kenneth Minihan	Retired Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force, former director of the National Security Agency
Michael K. Sheridan	Retired Brigadier General of the United States Marine Corps^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Business Executives

Alumni	Notability
Michael F. Ahern	Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder, Streampipe^{[citation needed]}
Gerald Banks	Principal for the Rowena Corporation^{[citation needed]}
Larry H. Crow	Former Vice President of Alion Science and Technology^{[citation needed]}
Ruth Eckerd	Matriarch of Eckerd Drugs, and noted philanthropist^{[citation needed]}
Jim Fritz	Current CFO for the Orlando Magic^{[citation needed]}
Tim Gannon	Co-founder of Outback Steakhouse^{[citation needed]}
James W. Grant	Former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Chemical, and former U.S. Representative
Chuck Hardwick	Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc.
Gary Huff	Former CFO for the Los Angeles Raiders, and also worked with the IBM Corporation
Manuel H. Johnson	Current Co-Chairman of Johnson Smick International and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank
J. Robert Jones, Jr.	Current Vice President of the Bisys Group^{[citation needed]}
William A. Kerr	Current Monsignor for the Catholic Church, and Director of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center^{[citation needed]}
Judy Lotas	Current Partner for LPNY Ltd.^{[citation needed]}
Marjorie S. Matthews	Former Bishop for the United Methodist Church^{[citation needed]}
Amos McMullian	Current Chairman of Flowers Foods^{[citation needed]}
Jane Mouton	Famous management theorist
Bruce Redditt	Current Vice President of the Omnicom Group^{[citation needed]}
Nick Riso	Current Vice President of Global Business Relationships^{[citation needed]}
Gary L. Rogers	Former Vice Chairman & Executive Officer, General Electric^{[citation needed]}
Jeffrey P. Rohr	Current CFO for the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Deloitte & Touche USA^{[citation needed]}
Howard L. Simmons	Former Executive Director of for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education^{[citation needed]}
Janet T. Stoner	Current Vice President of Texaco's Latin America Division^{[citation needed]}
Brian Sussman	Current Managing Partner of 34 Pictures Entertainment^{[citation needed]}
Eugene Taylor	Retired Vice Chairman of Consumer & Commercial Banking for Bank of America^{[citation needed]}
Jimmy M. Woodward	Current Vice President & CFO of Flower Foods, Inc.^{[citation needed]}
Woody Woodward	Former General Manager for the New York Yankees

[edit] Academic Administrators

Lawrence Abele

Alumni	Notability
Lawrence G. Abele	Current Provost of Florida State University
J. David Armstrong, Jr.	Former Chancellor of the Florida Community Colleges System, and current President of Broward Community College
Debra Austin	Former Provost of Florida A & M University^{[citation needed]}
A. Blanton Godfrey	Current Dean of Textiles Administration at North Carolina State University^{[citation needed]}
R.E. LeMon	Current Vice Chancellor of the Florida Board of Governors
M. Dianne Murphy	Current Athletic Director for Columbia University^{[citation needed]}
William L. Proctor	Former Athletic Director for Florida State University
James C. Renick	Current Vice President for the American Council on Education
Mark Thiemens	Current Dean at the University of California San Diego^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Presidents & Chief Executive Officers

Alumni	Notability
Bryan K. Bedford	President & CEO, Chautauqua Airlines^{[citation needed]}
Sara Blakely	President & Founder of SPANX, and one of the judges on ABC's reality television series, American Inventor
Thomas M. Culligan	Former CEO of Raytheon International^{[citation needed]}
Meg Crofton	Current President, the Walt Disney World Resort
Daniel P. Dillon	Current President & CEO of the Welch's Corporation^{[citation needed]}
Jefferey D. Gargiulo	Current President & CEO, Sunkist Growers, Inc.^{[citation needed]}
Verle B. Hammond	Current President & CEO, Innovative Logistics Techniques, Inc.^{[citation needed]}
Michael D. Leeks	Current President & CEO of Community Development Contractors, Inc.^{[citation needed]}
Thomas M. Mcalpin	Current President of Disney Cruise Line^{[citation needed]}
Marc Middleton	Current CEO and founder of Growing Bolder
Harry Sargeant	Current CEO of Sargeant Marine^{[citation needed]}
Hansel E. Tookes II	Former President & CEO of Raytheon International^{[citation needed]}
Carlos O. Torano	Current President of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco

[edit] Arts, Literature, Humanities, and Entertainment

Bud Grace

Fiona Kelleghan

Cathy Areu

Christine Lahti

Stephen Jones

Virginia S. Carr

Juan Gutierrez

Alumni	Notability
Lily Afshar	Classical guitarist; First woman to receive a Doctorate of Music in guitar performance
Dorothy Allison	American writer
Cathy Areu	Founder, publisher Catalina magazine
Alan Ball	Screenwriter and director for Six Feet Under, American Beauty
Michael G. Berenbaum	Writer and former Professor of Theology^{[citation needed]}
Valorie Burton	Writer: Listen to Your Life, What’s Really Holding You Back?, Rich Minds, Rich Rewards
Kat Candler	Award-winning independent filmmaker
Virginia Spencer Carr	Biographer and Professor at Georgia State University
Sandra M. Castillo	Poet
Matt Chapman	Co-creator of Homestar Runner
Colleen Clinkenbeard	Director, writer, and producer for Fullmetal Alchemist
Steven Conrad	Screenwriter, The Weather Man
Thomas A. Desjardin	Historian and author
Ron J. Friedman	Former Academy Award winning writer; films Brother Bear, Chicken Little, and Open Season
Charles Ghigna	Children's author and poet
Bud Grace	Cartoonist
Juan Gutierrez	Colombian author
Barbara Harris	Editor for Shape Magazine
Masumi Hayaski	Photographer and Fulbright fellow
John Earl Haynes	Historian, specializing in American communist and anti-communist movements
Lex Hester	Jacksonville consolidation architect, former chief administrative officer in Orlando, Broward County, and Jacksonville
Dayle Hinman	Criminal profiler
Jack D. L. Holmes	Historian^{[citation needed]}
Fiona Kelleghan	Science fiction scholar
Stephen Graham Jones	Author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction
Jonathan King	Producer and Vice President for Focus Features; works are Dreamgirls, I, Robot, and Finding Forrester
Bert Kreischer	Stand-up comedian^{[citation needed]}
Christine Lahti	Former Academy Award winning director, and actress, Chicago Hope, Jack & Bobby
Sharon Lechter	Author Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Jamie Linden	Screenwriter, We are Marshall
Jean Lorrah	Science fiction novelist and contributor to Star Trek series
Greg Marcks	Writer and director: the film 11:14 and Lector
Doug Marlette	Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist. Author of The Bridge and Magic Time
Drew McWeeny	Film critic
Michael James Nelson	Producer, writer, comedian The Bachelor, Miracle Workers, National Lampoon Comedy
Nancy Oliver	Screenwriter
Mark Perez	Screenwriter and producer, Accepted, The Country Bears, Herbie Fully Loaded^{[citation needed]}
Gabrielle Reece	Sports presenter, former fashion model, and professional volleyball player
Rick Reeves	Military artist^{[citation needed]}
Emilie Richards	Author of romance and mystery novels
Diane Roberts	Writer and Professor at Florida State University^{[citation needed]}
Jordan S. Rubin	Novelist
Gwyn Hyman Rubio	Novelist
Jeff Shaara	Novelist
Jenn Sterger	Columnist for Sports Illustrated, NFL GridIron Gab, and Model
Robin Swicord	American screenwriter and film director
David Ward-Steinman	American composer and music professor
Ron Yrabedra	Artist^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Actors & Actresses

Burt Reynolds

Traylor Howard

Casper Van Dien

Cheryl Hines

Ron Simmons

Alumni	Notability
Senait Ashenafi	Actress The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and General Hospital
Vanessa Baden	Actress Gullah Gullah Island, Rosewood, and Kenan & Kel
Cody Burger	Actor Heavyweights, and Christmas Vacation
Lacey Buehler	Reality TV star for the The Real World: Austin^{[citation needed]}
J. Smith-Cameron	Actress Crimes of the Heart, Lend Me a Tenor, Our Country's Good, and The First Wives Club
Matt Cohen	Actor South of Nowhere, The O.C., and Boogeyman 2
Chris Conrad	Actor The Next Karate Kid & Young Hercules
Valerie Cruz	Actress
Faye Dunaway	Emmy Award winning actress
Tiffany Fallon	Actress, and Playboy Playmate of the Year for 2005, Co-Host on the International Fight League's weekly program IFL Battleground
Davis Gaines	Stage actor, The Phantom of the Opera^{[citation needed]}
Joanna García	Actress Boston Public, Dawson's Creek, American Pie 2
Paul Gleason	Actor, Star Wars, Die Hard, The Breakfast Club
Courtney Hansen	Actress, TV personality, syndicated columnist, and model
Cheryl Hines	Actress, producer, director Curb Your Enthusiasm, Campus Ladies,RV
Polly Holliday	Actress, Golden Globe winner, nominated for an Emmy Award
Traylor Howard	Actress, Monk on USA Network, Son of the Mask
Kevin Kelly	Former ring announcer & manager for the World Wrestling Federation
Bert Kreischer	Actor & comedian^{[citation needed]}
Nancy Kulp	Actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
Billy Lane	Actor on the Discovery Channel, and Biker Build-Off. Owner of Choppers Inc.
Delane Matthews	Actress, Dave's World
Michelle McCool	Actress, and current WWE Diva
Henry Polic II	Actor, Super Password, and Webster
Burt Reynolds	Actor, Boogie Nights, The Longest Yard, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Deliverance
Victor Rivers	Actor, The Mask of Zorro, Amistad^{[citation needed]}
Chay Santini	Actress and model, Nightstalker, Seeing Other People
Richard Simmons	Actor and fitness expert
Ron Simmons	Actor named Farooq, former WCW Champion and WWE superstar
Pat Skipper	Actor in American Summer, Wall Street, Lethal Weapon 2, and Predator 2^{[citation needed]}
Tonea Stewart	Actress, In the Heat of the Night
Gabriel Traversari	Actor
Robert Urich	Actor, Vega$, Spencer: For Hire
Casper Van Dien	Actor, Saved by the Bell, Starship Troopers, and Sleepy Hollow

[edit] Head Coaches

Mack Brown

Tony La Rusa

Alumni	Notability
Jay Ashmore	Former gymnastics coach for the University of Texas at Austin^{[citation needed]}
Joe Avezzano	Former football coach of Oregon State University
Terry Bowden	Former football coach for Auburn University
Mack Brown	Current football coach for the University of Texas at Austin
Lee Corso	Former football coach for the University of Louisville and the University of Indiana
Dave Cowens	Former basketball coach for the Charlotte Hornets
Hugh Durham	Former basketball coach for the Georgia Bulldogs
Cliff Ellis	Former basketball coach for Clemson University and Auburn University
Ron Fraser	Former baseball coach for the University of Miami
Vince Gibson	Former football coach for Kansas State University, Tulane University, and University of Louisville
Reggie Herring	Former football coach for the University of Arkansas
Dick Howser	Former baseball coach for the Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Florida State University
Tony La Russa	Current baseball coach for the St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Martin	Current baseball coach for Florida State University
Cecile Reynaud	Former volleyball coach for Florida State University, current analyst for ESPN
Rick Stockstill	Current football coach for Middle Tennessee State University

[edit] Musicians

Scott Stapp

Rogue

Jake Owen

Ryan Key

Alumni	Notability
Sam Beam	Sole member of Iron & Wine
Ryland Blackinton	Guitarist for the band Cobra Starship
Rita Coolidge	Grammy Award-winning singer
Ricardo Cobo	Colombian guitar player
Frank Cooper	Pianist, conductor, and founder of the Festival of Neglected Romantic Music, and also a Research Professor of Music at the University of Miami
Virgil Roger du Pont III	Vocals for The Crüxshadows
Luis Fonsi	Singer and songwriter
Ryan Key	Vocals and guitar player for the band Yellowcard
Jessica Lackey	Of the Crüxshadows
Ben Lauren	Vocals for No Address^{[citation needed]}
Justin Long	Guitar player for "No Address"
Sean Mackin	Vocals and violin for the band Yellowcard
Rachel McDonnell	Of the Crüxshadows
Owen Middleton	Composer^{[citation needed]}
Martha Mier	Composer "Seventh Street Blues", and Jackson Street Blues
Jim Morrison	Singer and songwriter for The Doors
David Morris	Vocals for Cold Water Army
Phil Moreton	Guitar player for the band No Address^{[citation needed]}
Jake Owen	Country singer
Sarah Poulos	Of the Crüxshadows
Charles G. Rex	Violinist^{[citation needed]}
Marcus Roberts	Jazz pianist
Scott Stapp	Singer for the band Creed
Mark Tremonti	Guitarist from the band Creed
Charles Turner	American jazz trumpeter
David Ward-Steinman	Composer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Linda Zoghby	Opera singer, and Professor^{[citation needed]}
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	Composer and the first woman Pulitzer Prize winner

[edit] Pageant Winners

Kylie Williams

Alumni	Notability
Valorie Burton	Former Miss Black Texas USA
Tara Dawn Holland Christensen	Former Miss America for 1997, singer, and a sexual abstinence advocate who gives nationwide tours
Lea Mack	Former Miss Ohio for 1994, and motivational speaker
Shauna Pender	Former Miss Florida for 2003
Candace Rodatz	Former Miss Florida for 2000^{[citation needed]}
Kim Taggart	Former Miss Mediterranean and current model and actress^{[citation needed]}
Kylie Williams	Current Miss Florida for 2007

[edit] Reporters, Correspondents, and Anchormen

Lee Corso

Erica Morris

Donna Deegan

Alumni	Notability
Dan Bakkedahl	Correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show
Shannon Bream	Correspondent on the Fox News Channel, covers the U.S. Supreme Court^{[citation needed]}
Lee Corso	Sports broadcaster for ESPN, starred on College GameDay since its inception, and was the former head coach of Louisville and the University of Indiana
Donna Deegan	Current weekday anchor for WTLV/WJXX
Arnold Díaz	Correspondent on WNYW-TV in New York City
Jamie Dukes	Sports broadcaster for ESPN and host of Put Up Your Dukes
Mary Anne Loughlin	Former Anchor for CNN^{[citation needed]}
Erica Morris	Current reporter for the Jewish Journal
Eduardo Perez	Current commentator for ESPN's Baseball Tonight
Cecile Reynaud	Commentator for Fox Sports Net, the Sunshine Network, and ESPN
Chris Rix	Current football analyst for ABC and Fox Sports Radio
Spencer Ross	Former sports broadcaster
Deion Sanders	Current commentator for the NFL Network
Danielle Sargent	Current Anchor for ESPN^{[citation needed]}
Gayle Sierens	Current News Anchor, WFLA-TV, Tampa, Florida
Bailey White	Current commentator for the NPR program All Things Considered

[edit] State Politicians and Policy Makers

Anne McGihon

Alumni	Notability
Allan Bense	Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Marti Coley	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Charles S. Dean, Sr.	Current member of the Florida Senate
Valdez B. Demings	Current Chief of the Orlando Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Carl J. Domino	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Steven Geller	Current Minority Leader for the Florida Senate
Audrey Gibson	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Kay R. Hagan	Current member of the North Carolina Senate
Adam Hasner	Current Majority Leader for the Florida House of Representatives
Evan Jenne	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Mark E. Kaplan	Former Secretary Florida Department of Transportation & Chief of Staff to Governor Jeb Bush
Jeff Kottkamp	Current Lt. Governor of Florida
Chris Knight	Former Director of the Florida Highway Patrol
Ney Landrum	Current Director Emeritus for the Florida State Parks^{[citation needed]}
Marcelo Llorente	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Alfred Lawson, Jr.	Current member of the Florida Senate
Anne McGihon	Current member of the Colorado House of Representatives
John McKay	Former President of the Florida Senate^{[citation needed]}
Steve Oelrich	Current member of the Florida Senate
Jimmy Patronis	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Curtis B. Richardson	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
John Rutherford	Current Sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida
Ray Sansom	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives, designated to be the next Speaker of the Florida House
Michael Scionti	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
James C. Smith	Former Florida Attorney General^{[citation needed]}
Beverly Burnsed Spencer	Former member of the Florida House of Representatives, former Vice President for Florida State University
Dina Titus	Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate
Geraldine F. Thompson	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Trey Traviesa	Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
J. Alex Villalobos	Current member of the Florida Senate

[edit] Mayors

Alumni	Notability
Art Agnos	Former Mayor of San Francisco, California
Rick Baker	Current Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida
Mike Halfacre	Current Mayor of Fair Haven, New Jersey^{[citation needed]}
David T. Kennedy	Former Mayor of Miami, Florida
Scott Maddox	Former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, and former Chairman of the Florida Democratic Party; ran unsucessfully for Governor of Florida
John Marks	Current Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
Morgan McPherson	Current Mayor of Key West, Florida
Wayne L. Rubinas	Former Mayor of Ocala, Florida^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Law

Alumni	Notability
Barry Cohen	Famous personal injury & criminal attorney
Eric Gustafson	Current Financial analyst and commentator for CNBC^{[citation needed]}
Tim Howard	Current Director of the Northeastern University's Executive Doctorate Program in Law & Policy; past Assistant Attorney General of Florida
Bruce Jacob	Former Assistant Attorney General for Florida, prosecutor in Gideon v. Wainwright
Martin Mayhew	Current Assistant General Manager for the Detroit Lions
Sheila McDevitt	Current Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel for TECO^{[citation needed]}
Larry D. Simpson	Former Assistant State Attorney; successfully prosecuted the serial killer Ted Bundy^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Judges

Alumni	Notability
Michael E. Allen	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
Kenneth B. Bell	Current Florida Supreme Court Justice
Susan H. Black	Current federal judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals
Edwin B. Browning, Jr.	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
Raoul G. Cantero, III	Current Florida Supreme Court Justice
Marguerite H. Davis	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
George Greer	Judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case, and over Hulk Hogan's divorce case on January of 2008
Kim Hammond	Current circuit court judge, and former football player for the Florida State Seminoles
Paul M. Hawkes	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
James Joanos	Former judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
Philip J. Padovano	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
Ricky Polston	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
L. Clayton Roberts	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}
Alan Sundberg	Former Florida Supreme Court Justice^{[citation needed]}
Bradford L. Thomas	Current judge for the Florida District Court of Appeal^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Rhodes Scholars

Alumni	Notability
Caroline Alexander	1976 Rhodes Scholar^{[citation needed]}
Garrett Johnson	2006 Rhodes Scholar
Joseph O'Shea	2007 Rhodes Scholar^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Heisman Trophy winners

Alumni	Notability
Charlie Ward	1993 Heisman Trophy winner
Chris Weinke	2000 Heisman Trophy winner

[edit] Notable faculty and staff

[edit] Nobel Prize

Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac, 1933 Physics (deceased)
Konrad E. Bloch, 1964 Medicine (deceased)
Robert Sanderson Mulliken, 1966 Chemistry (deceased)
John Robert Schrieffer, 1972 Physics (currently on FSU faculty)
James M. Buchanan, 1986 Economics (currently on George Mason University faculty)
Sir Harold W. Kroto, 1996 Chemistry (currently on FSU faculty)

[edit] Pulitzer Prize

Robert Olen Butler, Fiction
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Music

[edit] National Academy of Sciences

Donald Caspar, Biophysics
Lev Gor'kov, Physics
Michael Kasha, Chemistry
Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry
Melvin Stern, Geophysics

[edit] National Academy of Engineering

David Larbalestier

David Larbalestier, Superconducting Materials
Simon Ostrach, Space Science/Mechanical Engineering

[edit] American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Donald Caspar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Frances James, Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology
Michael Kasha, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Simon Ostrach, Space Science/Mechanical Engineering
Melvin Stern, Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Visual and Performing Arts

[edit] Guggenheim Fellowship

Robert Olen Butler, English
Donald Caspar, Biological Science
Kathleen M. Erndle, Religion^{[citation needed]}
Richard L. Greaves, History^{[citation needed]}
Thomas Joiner, Psychology
Michael Kasha, Physical Chemistry
John Kelsay, Religion
David Kirby, English
Bruno Linder, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Dale A. Olsen, Music^{[citation needed]}
Jill Quadagno, Sociology
Michael Ruse, Philosophy
Raymond K. Sheline, Chemistry and Physics^{[citation needed]}
Melvin Stern, Oceanography
Gary Taylor, English
Mark Wingate, Music^{[citation needed]}
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Music

[edit] American Association for the Advancement of Science

Lawrence G. Abele, Biological Science
David Balkwill, Biomedical Sciences^{[citation needed]}
Gregory Boebinger, Physics^{[citation needed]}
Rafael P. Brüschweiler, Chemistry and Biochemistry^{[citation needed]}
Michael Chapman, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Gregory Choppin, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Timothy Cross, Chemistry
Naresh Dalal, Chemistry
DeLos DeTar, Chemistry 1983^{[citation needed]}
John G. Dorsey, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Dexter Morgan Easton, Biological Science^{[citation needed]}
Dean Falk, Anthropology
Marc Freeman, Biological Science^{[citation needed]}
Penny Gilmer, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Frances James, Biology
Russell Johnsen, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Marie E. Krafft, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Leo Mandelkern, Chemistry 1963^{[citation needed]}
Nancy Marcus, Oceanography^{[citation needed]}
Richard Mariscal, Biological Science^{[citation needed]}
Alan Marshall, Chemistry
Charles B. Nam, Sociology^{[citation needed]}
James O'Brien, Meteorology
Michael Ruse, Philosophy
Sanford Safron, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Joseph B. Schlenoff, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
James C. Smith, Psychology^{[citation needed]}
Sherry Southerland, Science Education^{[citation needed]}
De Witt Sumners, Mathematics^{[citation needed]}
David Thistle, Oceanography^{[citation needed]}
Joseph Travis, Biological Science^{[citation needed]}
Sherwood Wise, Geological Sciences

[edit] ISI Highly Cited Faculty

Sir Harold Kroto

Roy Baumeister, Psychology/Psychiatry
Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry
Werner Herz, Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
Shridhar Sathe, Agricultural Sciences
R. Jay Turner, Social Sciences
Alan Zindler, Geosciences^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Other notable faculty

John Dorsey, 2006 Award in Chromatography from the American Chemical Society^{[citation needed]}
Barbara Hamby, poet in residence
Dean Falk, lead scientist in research team mapping the brain shape of the LB1 Hobbit
Robert Hart, 2006 recipient of the Banner Miller Award from the American Meteorological Society^{[citation needed]}
Robert A. Holton, inventor of synthetic process for Taxol
R. Mark Isaac, scholar of experimental economics
Frederick L. Jenks, 2002 TESOL Heinle & Heinle Excellence in Teaching Award
Gary Kleck, criminologist known for empirical work on guns and violence
T. N. Krishnamurti, Carl Gustav Rossby Medal from the American Meteorological Society and developer of the FSU "Superensemble" hurricane prediction model
Alan G. Marshall, Society for Applied Spectroscopy Fellow (2004)
Alfred Mele, philosopher in practical reason
Doron Nof, Fridtjof Nansen Medal
Victor Nuñez, film director
Donald Robson, Tom W. Bonner Prize of the American Physical Society (1972)^{[citation needed]}
Per Arne Rikvold, 2004 Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Michael Ruse, Philosopher of Science, known for his work on the relationship between creationism and evolution
Pedro Schlottmann, 1982-1986 Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG (German Science Foundation)^{[citation needed]}
Friedrich Stephan, discovered the suprachiasmatic nucleus (circadian "clock")
Andre Thomas, composer and conductor of choral music.
Stephan von Molnár, 1986 Alexander von Humbolt Senior U.S. Scientist Award
Mark Winegardner, Novelist
Kun Yang, 2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association^{[citation needed]}
Charles Figley, distinguished traumatologist, American Psychological Association Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow

[edit] FSU Athletes

[edit] Baseball

J. D. Drew

John-Ford Griffin

Matt Diaz

Marshall McDougall

Athlete	Notability
Luis Alicea	professional MLB baseball player
Tony Avitable	professional MLB baseball player
Kevin Cash	professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Randy Choate	professional MLB baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
Bob Clem	professional MLB baseball player
Matt Diaz	professional MLB baseball player, Atlanta Braves
J. D. Drew	professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Stephen Drew	professional MLB baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
Jeff Gray	professional MLB baseball player
John-Ford Griffin	professional MLB baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
John Grubb	professional MLB baseball player
Jeff Hogan	professional MLB baseball player
Dick Howser	professional MLB baseball player
Terry Kennedy	professional MLB baseball player
Richie Lewis	professional MLB baseball player
Mike Loynd	professional MLB baseball player
Jim Lyttle	professional MLB baseball player
Mike Martin	head coach, Florida State Seminoles
Marshall McDougall	professional MLB baseball player, Texas Rangers record holder for most home runs in a college game (6)
Doug Mientkiewicz	professional MLB baseball player, New York Yankees
Eduardo Perez	professional MLB baseball player, Now serving as analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight
Scott Proctor	professional MLB baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
Jody Reed	professional MLB baseball player
Tony La Russa	current MLB manager, St. Louis Cardinals
Mac Scarce	professional MLB baseball player
TJ Souhlaris	professional MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Paul Sorrento	professional MLB baseball player
Ken Suarez	professional MLB baseball player
John Wasdin	professional MLB baseball player, Texas Rangers
Paul Wilson	professional MLB baseball player, Cincinnati Reds

[edit] Basketball

Sam Cassell

George McCloud

Athlete	Notability
Randy Allen	professional NBA basketball player
Sam Cassell	professional NBA basketball player, Boston Celtics
Ben Clyde	professional NBA basketball player
James Collins	professional NBA basketball player
Dave Cowens	professional NBA basketball player, (retired), Named to NBA's 50 Greatest of All Time List
Tony Dawson	professional NBA basketball player
Mickey Dillard	professional NBA basketball player
Hugh Durham	former Head Basektabll coach for Florida State University and the University of Georgia
Doug Edwards	professional NBA basketball player
Rowland Garrett	professional NBA basketball player
Alexander Johnson	professional NBA basketball player, Miami Heat
Jonathan Kerner	professional NBA basketball player
George McCloud	professional NBA basketball player
Tim Pickett	professional NBA basketball player
Bob Sura	professional NBA basketball player, Houston Rockets
Irving Thomas	professional NBA basketball player
Al Thornton	professional NBA basketball player Los Angeles Clippers
Von Wafer	professional NBA basketball player, Denver Nuggets
Charlie Ward	professional NBA basketball player, and Heisman Trophy winner
Mitchell Wiggins	professional NBA basketball player

[edit] Women's Basketball

Athlete	Notability
Roneeka Hodges	professional WNBA basketball player, Houston Comets
Stephanie Lowenthal	professional WNBA basketball player, Sacramento Monarchs
Brooke Wyckoff	professional WNBA basketball player, Chicago Sky

[edit] Football

Derrick Brooks