List of University of Florida people
This list of University of Florida alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of the University of Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the List of University of Florida faculty and administrators.
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Notable alumni or attendees
Alumni Status is open to all graduates of the University of Florida, all former students of the University of Florida who regularly matriculated and left the University of Florida in good standing. If a former athlete earns notable non-sports related distinctions then they should be added to this list.
Science and mathematics
- Mark Adler, American researcher, known for his work in data compression, and creator of zlib and gzip
- Seong-Eun Ahn, notable Korean economist
- James Allchin, developed Microsoft Operating Systems, former executive
- John D. Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum
- John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer
- C. D. Atkins, co-creator of the frozen Orange Juice concentrate
- Rodney J. Bartlett, American chemist, and Guggenheim Fellow
- Charles A. Becker, food scientist, winner of the Calvert L. Willey Award
- Sidney W. Bijou, developmental psychologist
- George F. Bond, American physician, and father of saturation diving
- Karen Ramey Burns, American forensic anthropologist, and Fulbright Scholar
- Archie Carr, American zoologist, famed conservationist, and founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation
- Marjorie Harris Carr, pioneer in the American Conservation Movement
- Robert Costanza, American ecological economist and the Gund Professor of Ecological economics and Director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont
- Nils J. Diaz, former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Jonathan F. Earle, American engineer, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
- Wesley R. Elsberry, notable marine biologist
- Philip Don Estridge, led development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), known as "father of the IBM PC"
- Manuel Fernandez, entrepreneur, guiding force behind the Gavilan SC, the first laptop computer
- Fred Gage, American researcher of Alzheimer's disease and the spinal cord
- Jesse James Garrett, American experience designer, who coined the term Ajax
- Jürgen Gauß, German theoretical chemist
- Robert Gentry, nuclear physicist and creationist advocate
- John W. Griffin, archaeologist, researcher, administrator, and author
- Herbert Gursky, former superintendent of the Naval Research Laboratory's Space Science Division
- Kelsie Harder, American onomastician
- Steven Hebert, American nephrologist
- Richard Highton, famous zoologist, and current professor emeritus of biology at the University of Maryland
- Shere Hite, famous sex educator and feminist
- Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., notable carcinologist, and former head curator of the United States National Museum
- James Hollan, American cognitive scientist, and professor at University of California, San Diego
- Nicholas Honerkamp, American archaeologist
- George Kauffman, former professor emeritus of chemistry, Guggenheim Fellow
- Pramod Khargonekar, former dean of the University of Florida College of Engineering
- Bruce C. Kone, former dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine
- Martin Kreitman, American geneticist, and professor at the University of Chicago
- Kenney Krysko, American herpetologist
- Joseph C. Joyce, current executive Vice President for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Seymour London, American physician, and inventor of the first automatic blood pressure monitor
- Robert Love, American author, speaker, and open source software developer
- Louis G. MacDowell, co-creator of the frozen Orange Juice concentrate
- Ron Magill, renowned wildife expert, photographer and communications director for the regional Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens
- Chris Malachowsky, American computer scientist and co-founder of NVIDIA
- Preston McAfee, current vice president for Yahoo! Research
- Edwin H. McConkey, prominent biologist who studies evolution, current Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado
- Jerald Milanich, American anthropologist and archaeologist
- Lee Ann Newsom, famed anthropologist, and MacArthur Fellow
- Nandini Nimbkar, current president of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in India
- Carole C. Noon, American primatologist, and founder of Save the Chimps
- Jerald S. Paul, former Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration
- Peter Pritchard, famed zoologist
- Anil K. Rajvanshi, mechanical engineer, and current Director of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in India
- Michael Reynolds, notable Astronomer
- Lesa Roe, current director of the NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia
- Douglas A. Rossman, American herpetologist
- Michael Ryschkewitsch, current chief engineer for NASA
- Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, American psychotherapist and author
- Samuel Sears, notable American psychologist
- Stephen C. Sillett, American botanist
- Eduardo Sontag, notable Argentine mathematician
- Jeffrey Spieler, current director of research for USAID
- Lewis Stadler, American geneticist
- David Steadman, currently a museum curator
- Will Steffen, executive director of the ANU Climate Change Institute
- Gilbert Stork, creator of the Stork enamine alkylation, and professor emeritus of chemistry at Columbia University
- Ashutosh Tewari, notable Indian oncologist and urologist
- Michael Thomas, American entomologist
- James Thompson, former director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Nobel Prize laureates
Astronauts
- Andrew M. Allen, NASA astronaut, and former U.S. Marine Corps naval aviator
- William Frederick Fisher, NASA astronaut, and current medical doctor
- Kevin A. Ford, NASA astronaut pilot
- Ronald J. Garan, NASA astronaut, and former U.S. Air Force pilot
- Donald L. Mallick, NASA research pilot
- Bill Nelson, current U.S. Senator and former U.S. Representative; Space Shuttle payload specialist astronaut (non-NASA Astronaut Corps); part of NASA initiative for placing U.S. congressional members in space until initiative suspended following Columbia mishap
- Ronald A. Parise, NASA astronaut
- Norman Thagard, NASA astronaut, and current professor of engineering at Florida State University
Presidents of universities and colleges
- Byong Man Ahn, former president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea
- M. S. Ananth, current director of Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- George F. Baughman, founding president of New College of Florida
- P. George Benson, current president of the College of Charleston
- Thomas G. Carpenter, former president of Memphis State University and University of North Florida
- Marshall Criser, former president of University of Florida and former chairman of Scripps Florida
- Harold B. Crosby,former president of University of West Florida and Florida International University
- Gay Culverhouse, former president of Notre Dame College and president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Sandy D'Alemberte, former president of Florida State University and the American Bar Association
- John Delaney, current president of the University of North Florida, former chancellor of the State University System of Florida
- Donald Eastman, current president of Eckerd College
- Ray F. Ferrero Jr., former president and current chancellor of Nova Southeastern University
- Fred Gainous, former president of Florida A&M University
- S. Malcolm Gillis, former president of Rice University
- Madlyn L. Hanes, current president of Penn State Harrisburg
- Carl Hite, president of Cleveland State Community College, Tennessee
- Robert Lindgren, current president of Randolph-Macon College
- Charles N. Millican, founding president of the University of Central Florida
- Stephen C. O'Connell, former president of the University of Florida, former Florida Supreme Court justice
- Eduardo J. Padrón, current president of Miami Dade College
- Paul G. Pearson, former president of Miami University and former interim president for Rutgers University
- William L. Proctor, former chancellor of Flagler College
- Michael Rao, current president of Virginia Commonwealth University, and former president of Central Michigan University
- W. Reece Smith Jr., former president of the University of South Florida and the American Bar Association, and Rhodes Scholar
- Janet Todd, current president of Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge
- E. Jean Walker, former president of Virginia Highlands Community College
Politicians, military officers, and judges
- Alto L. Adams, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Philip Agee, former operative for the Central Intelligence Agency
- J.D. Alexander, current member of the Florida Senate
- John R. Alison, the father of U.S. Air Force special operations
- Harry Lee Anstead,former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Winston E. Arnow, judge who presided over the Gainesville Eight trial
- Jeffrey Atwater, current Chief Financial Officer of Florida and Former President of the Florida Senate
- Byllye Avery, notable health care activist
- Charles R. Black, Jr., adviser to President Ronald Reagan, and lobbyist
- Ellyn Bogdanoff, current member of the Florida Senate
- John F. Bolt, lieutenant colonel, United States Marine Corps, Naval Aviator, Navy Cross recipient
- Bob Butterworth, former Florida Attorney General, dean of St. Thomas University College of Law
- Pam Bondi, current Attorney General of Florida
- Scott Camil, political activist, known primarily for leading the Gainesville Eight
- Skip Campbell, former member of the Florida Senate, ran unsuccessfully for Florida Attorney General, professor at Nova Southeastern University
- Bernadette Castro, former Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation for the State of New York
- Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., general, United States Marine Corps, 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Doyle Conner, former Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- Paula Dockery, current member of the Florida Senate and current Majority Whip
- Stan Dromisky, former member of the Canadian House of Commons, current professor and a director of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
- Raymond Ehrlich, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Richard Ervin, former Florida Attorney General
- Steven W. Fisher, former judge for the New York Supreme Court
- Anitere Flores, current member of the Florida Senate
- Lou Frost, public defender in Jacksonville for 36 years
- George Greer, circuit court judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case, he serves in the Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Court
- Stephen H. Grimes, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Earl Faircloth, former Florida Attorney General
- Ralph Haben, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and lobbyist
- Mallory Horne, former President of the Florida Senate, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- Bruce Jacob, former Assistant Attorney General of Florida, and prosecuted in Gideon v. Wainwright
- Joseph Kittinger, colonel, U.S. Air Force; notable USAF fighter pilot known for his high-altitude balloon flights and parachute jumps
- Jeff Kottkamp, former Florida lieutenant governor
- James W. Kynes, former Florida Attorney General, former vice president for the Jim Walter Corporation
- Jorge Labarga, current justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Lewis Landes, former U.S. Army colonel and prominent attorney
- Row Lewis, Grenadian activist
- Evelyn J. Lynn, current member of the Florida Senate
- Parker Lee McDonald, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Virginia Montes, Latina civil rights activist and feminist
- Stephen C. O'Connell, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court and president of the University of Florida
- Ben F. Overton, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Andrew Owens, former Gators basketball player and current circuit Court judge
- Obie Patterson, current member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Robert C. Pittman, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
- Adam Putnam, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
- Nan Rich, current member of the Florida Senate
- Harold Sebring, judge at the Nuremberg Trials, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- T. Terrell Sessums, former speaker of the House of Representatives for Florida, former chairman of the Florida Board of Regents
- William A. Shands, former member of the Florida Senate and namesake of the Shands Hospital
- Robert Shevin, former Florida Attorney General, current judge on Third District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Bruce Smathers, former Florida Secretary of State
- Terry Smiljanich, counsel to the U.S. Senate during the Congressional hearing on the Iran-Contra Affair
- Rod Smith, former member of the Florida Senate, successfully prosecuted Danny Rolling, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida
- Susan Stanton, former city manager of Largo, Florida, and transsexual activist
- Evelyn L. Stratton current justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
- Mac Stipanovich, notable Republican lobbyist and political consultant who had a large role in the 2000 Florida Recount
- Paul Tibbets, brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; pilot of the Enola Gay; Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- W. Fred Turner, successful attorney in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright
- Marc Warren, currently an administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration
- Charles T. Wells, former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Jim Williams, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and former Florida lieutenant governor
- Charles F. Willis, distinguished Naval Aviator who served as an aide to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Ambassadors
- Frank Almaguer, former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
- Lucius D. Battle, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, former president of the Middle Eastern Institute
- Carey Cavanaugh, former U.S. Ambassador, current director of Patterson School of Diplomacy
- Stanley Tuemler Escudero, former U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan
- Dennis K. Hays, former U.S. Ambassador to Suriname
- Barbara J. Stephenson, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama
- Donald L. Tucker, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- A. Vernon Weaver, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
United States Senators
- Charles O. Andrews, former U.S. Senator
- Lawton Chiles, former U.S. Senator and Florida governor
- John Porter East, former U.S. Senator (North Carolina)
- Bob Graham, former U.S. Senator, Florida governor, and U.S. Presidential Candidate
- William Luther Hill, former U.S. Senator
- Spessard Holland, former U.S. Senator and Florida governor, founder of Holland & Knight
- Connie Mack III, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative
- Bill Nelson, current U.S. Senator, and former U.S. Representative
- Marco Rubio, current U.S. Senator, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- George A. Smathers, former U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and benefactor of the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida
Federal Judges
- Sidney M. Aronovitz, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- C. Clyde Atkins, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- William Julius Barker, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Rosemary Barkett, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Susan H. Black, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- William J. Castagna, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Anne C. Conway, current chief judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Edward B. Davis, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- William Dimitrouleas, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Joe Oscar Eaton, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Patricia C. Fawsett, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Peter T. Fay, current senior judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Alan Stephen Gold, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr., current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- William Terrell Hodges, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Marcia Morales Howard, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Paul Huck, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Elizabeth Jenkins, current U.S. Magistrate Judge (Middle District of Florida)
- James W. Kehoe, former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), and U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- James Lawrence King, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Ben Krentzman, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Richard A. Lazzara, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- William McRae, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- William O. Mehrtens, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Howell W. Melton, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Steven D. Merryday, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Stephan P. Mickle, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
- David L. Middlebrooks, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
- Donald M. Middlebrooks, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- James S. Moody, Jr., current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- Ralph Wilson Nimmons, Jr., former judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- James Carriger Paine, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Maurice M. Paul, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
- S. Jay Plager, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit)
- Gregory A. Presnell, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- John M. Bryan Simpson, former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), and U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- John Richard Smoak, Jr., current judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Florida)
- Eugene P. Spellman, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- Ursula Mancusi Ungaro, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida)
- George Whitehurst, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern and Southern Districts of Florida)
- James Whittemore, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
- George C. Young, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida)
United States Representatives
- Charles Edward Bennett, former U.S. Representative
- Gus Bilirakis, current U.S. Representative
- Michael Bilirakis, former U.S. Representative
- Corrine Brown, current U.S. Representative
- William V. Chappell, Jr., former U.S. Representative
- Ander Crenshaw, current U.S. Representative
- Jim Davis, former U.S. Representative, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida
- Don Fuqua, former U.S. Representative
- Sam Gibbons, former U.S. Representative
- James W. Grant, former U.S. Representative
- Robert A. Green, former U.S. Representative
- Bill Gunter, former U.S. Representative
- Albert S. Herlong, Jr., former U.S. Representative
- Marjorie Holt, former U.S. Representative
- William C. Lantaff, former U.S. Representative
- Tom Lewis, former U.S. Representative
- Craig T. James, former U.S. Representative
- Harry Johnston, former U.S. Representative
- Buddy MacKay, former U.S. Representative
- Connie Mack III, former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator
- Connie Mack IV, current U.S. Representative
- Betsy Markey, former U.S. Representative
- Donald Ray Matthews, former U.S. Representative
- Bill McCollum, former U.S. Representative and former Florida Attorney General
- Chester B. McMullen, former U.S. Representative
- Daniel Mica, former U.S. Representative
- John Mica, current U.S. Representative
- Dan Miller, former U.S. Representative
- Jeff Miller, current U.S. Representative
- Bill Nelson, former U.S. Representative and current U.S. Senator
- J. Hardin Peterson, former U.S. Representative
- Adam Putnam, former U.S. Representative
- Paul G. Rogers, former U.S. Representative
- Tom Rooney, current U.S. Representative
- Dennis A. Ross, current U.S. Representative
- Joe Scarborough, former U.S. Representative and current MSNBC talk show host
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, current U.S. Representative
- Robert L. F. Sikes, former U.S. Representative
- Karen Thurman, former U.S. Representative
- Robert Wexler, former U.S. Representative
Governors
- Reubin O'Donovan Askew, former Florida governor
- C. Farris Bryant, former Florida governor
- Lawton Chiles, former Florida governor and U.S. Senator
- Bob Graham, former Florida governor, U.S. Senator, and Presidential Candidate
- Spessard Holland, former Florida governor U.S. Senator, and founder of Holland & Knight
- Charley Eugene Johns, former governor
- Buddy MacKay, former Florida governor and Florida lieutenant governor
- Daniel T. McCarty, former Florida governor
- Wayne Mixson, former Florida governor and lieutenant governor
- Beverly Perdue, current North Carolina governor, and former North Carolina lieutenant governor
- Fuller Warren, former Florida governor
Mayors
- Ed Austin, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
- John Delaney, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
- Buddy Dyer, current mayor of Orlando, Florida
- Randy Ewers, current mayor of Ocala, Florida
- Robert L. Floyd, former mayor of Miami, Florida
- Pegeen Hanrahan, former mayor of Gainesville
- John Land, currently the longest serving mayor in the history of the State of Florida
- Julian Barnes Lane, former mayor of Tampa, Florida
- Craig Lowe, current mayor of Gainesville, Florida
- William F. Poe, former mayor of Tampa, florida
- Hans Tanzler, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Generals and admirals
- John R. Alison, retired U.S. Air Force major general, and father of Air Force Special Operations
- George F. Baughman, retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, and founding president of New College of Florida
- Albert H. Blanding, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general
- Richard E. Cellon, active U.S. Navy rear admiral
- Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., retired U.S. Marine Corps general, former Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Charles W. Dorman, retired U.S. Marine Corps brigadier general, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
- Mark T. Emerson, active U.S. Navy rear admiral, current commander of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center
- Joseph C. Joyce, retired U.S. Army brigadier general, current vice president of Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Richard B. Landolt, active U.S. Navy rear admiral
- Joseph Martin, active U.S. Air Force general
- Leon E. Salomon, retired U.S. Army general, current vice president for Rubbermaid
- Leland C. Shepard, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general
- Alan S. Thompson, current U.S. Navy rear admiral
- Paul Tibbets, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, pilot of the Enola Gay
- Kenneth S. Wilsbach, active U.S. Air Force brigadier general
Business executives, policy leaders, and others
- Raymond W. Alden III, current provost and executive vice president of Northern Illinois University
- M. S. Ananth, current director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- A. Paul Anderson, former commissioner of the United States Federal Maritime Commission
- Bryan Aylstock, founder of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz
- DuBose Ausley, former chairman of the Florida Board of Regents
- Debra D. Austin, former chancellor of the State University System of Florida
- Holly Benson, former secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Alan Stephenson Boyd, former secretary of the United States Department of Transportation
- Robert B. Bradley, current vice president at Florida State University
- Carol Browner, director of the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy for the Obama Administration, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Dana Bullen, former director of the Press Freedom Committee, former foreign editor of The Washington Star
- Leighton Campbell, prominent investment advisor, and author of The Other Way
- Kiki Carter, former environmental activist, organizer, songwriter, and columnist
- Robert B. Carter, current CIO of the FedEx Corporation
- Alan Cohen, current owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team
- Robert Cohn, founder of Octel Communications
- John J. Considine, current senior minister for the Unity Church, former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Marshall Criser, former chairman of Scripps Florida, and former president of the University of Florida
- J. Broward Culpepper, first chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and former dean at Florida State University
- J.J. Daniel, former publisher of The Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville Journal
- Paul Rand Dixon, former commissioner and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
- Ngo Dong, founder of Cuong Nhu
- Carl Epting, current bishop for the Episcopal Church
- Mark Erstling, senior vice president and COO for the Association of Public Television Stations
- Mark S. Fowler, former Federal Communications Commissioner
- Arun K. Garg, founder of the American Dental Implant Association
- Pedro José Greer, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and assistant dean for Florida International University College of Medicine
- Bill Gurley, general partner at Benchmark Capital
- Mason Hawkins, founder of Southeastern Asset Management
- Kenneth T. Henson, current dean of education at The Citadel
- Bertram Nelson Herlong, former Episcopal bishop of Tennessee
- Lawrence J. Hoffman, founder of Greenberg Traurig
- Willis N. Holcombe, current chancellor of the Community College System of Florida
- Van Ellis Huff, inventor of the Jalousie Window
- Mark E. Kaplan, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation
- Jack Katz, founder and CEO of the Panama Jack Company
- W. Don Ladd, former vice president for Marriott International
- Gene Leedy, Founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture
- Douglas Leigh, advertising executive, and pioneer in signage and outdoor advertising, and created New York City's Times Square
- Chris Linn, current vice president for MTV
- Robert Love, software developer who uses open source, known for his contributions to the Linux kernel
- Alan M. Lovelace, former deputy administrator of NASA
- CJ Lyons, physician and writer of medical suspense novels
- Stephen MacNamara, current vice president of Florida State University
- Bill McBride, lawyer, former managing partner of Holland & Knight, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Florida in 2002
- Kip McKean, founder of the International Churches of Christ
- James E. McLean, current dean of education at the University of Alabama
- Howell W. Melton Jr., current managing partner for Holland & Knight
- Jon L. Mills, former dean of the university's Fredric G. Levin College of Law
- Dianna Fuller Morgan, former senior vice president of Walt Disney World, current chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees
- Esther Olavarria, current deputy assistant secretary for United States Department of Homeland Security
- Karen W. Pane, former assistant secretary for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- Wilford B. Poe, current vice president for the Space Systems Group
- William F. Powers, former vice president of research for the Ford Motor Company
- Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr., former director of the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service
- Stephen M. Ross, current owner of the Miami Dolphins
- Frederick H. Schultz, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- Frank Shorter, former chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and Olympic gold medalist
- Eric J. Smith, former Education Commissioner of Florida
- Hal Steinbrenner, current executive vice president and general partner for the New York Yankees
- Haywood Sullivan, former owner of the Boston Red Sox
- Donald Thomas, current COO of American Cancer Society
- Melinda Lou Thomas, namesake of Wendy's restaurants and daughter of Wendy's founder Dave Thomas
- James R. Thompson, Jr., former firector of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Jon Thompson, former vice president of the Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Karen Thurman, former chairwoman for the Florida Democratic Party, and former U.S. Representative
- W. Brad Todd, former chairman of the Department of Advertising's Professional Advisory, principal for the Richards Group
- Julie K. Underwood, current dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Craig Waters, spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy
- James L. Wattenbarger, creator of the Florida Community Colleges System
- A. Vernon Weaver, former administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
- John W. Williams, current inspector general of the South Florida Water Management District
- Harry Wismer, founding owner of the New York Titans, which became the New York Jets
Presidents and chief executive officers
- Braulio Alonso, former president of the National Education Association (NEA)
- Cesar L. Alvarez, current chief executive officer (CEO) of Greenberg Traurig
- Martha Barnett, former president of American Bar Association (ABA)
- Edward L. Bowen, current president of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
- Alan Stephenson Boyd, former president of Amtrak, Airbus, and Illinois Central Railroad
- Malcolm Bricklin, former CEO of Subaru of America & creator of the Bricklin SV-1
- William Chen, current president of the Asia America Multitechnology Association
- Joie Chitwood, current president and chief operating officer of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Gay Culverhouse, former president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Sandy D'Alemberte, former president the American Bar Association, and Florida State University
- John Dasburg, former CEO of Northwest Airlines, and former chairman of the Burger King Corporation
- Manuel Fernandez, former CEO of Gartner, and former chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees
- Mary Lou Foy, former president of the National Press Photographers Association
- Bill France, Jr., former president of NASCAR
- André-Philippe Futa, former president of Parti de l’Alliance Nationale pour l’Unité
- Todd H. Goldman, founder and CEO of the David and Goliath Company
- Mércio Pereira Gomes, former president of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI)
- Alexander Grass, founder and former CEO of Rite Aid
- Harbert Gregory, founder of the Gregory-Salisbury & Company, former chairman and CEO of Electrical Equipment, Inc.
- Ben Hill Griffin III, former chairman and CEO of Alico, Inc.
- Kelsie B. Harder, former president of the American Name Society and professor
- Susan Ivey, current chairman and CEO of Reynolds American
- John Janick, founder and current CEO of Fueled by Ramen Records
- William King, former president of the National Academy of Design
- Alan Levine, current CEO of the Broward Hospital District, former Secretary of Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration
- Betsy Markey, current CEO of Syscom Services, former U.S. Representative
- Steven Marrs, founder and current CEO of Branded Pictures
- Daniel Mica, current president and CEO of the Credit Union National Association, former U.S. Representative
- J. Keith Moyer, current president for Minneapolis Star Tribune
- David Nelms, current CEO of Discover Financial
- Donna Pastore, current president of the National Association for Girls & Women in sports
- Herb Peyton, founder and president of the Gate Petroleum Company
- Satya Prabhakar, founder and current CEO of Sulekha
- Howard Roffman, current president of Lucas Licensing
- Al Rosen, former president of the Houston Astros, and the New York Yankees
- Lawrence Scarpa, current CEO of Pugh + Scarpa
- Sachio Semmoto, current CEO for eAccess and eMobile
- Eleanor Smeal, former president of National Organization for Women (NOW)
- Chesterfield Smith, former president of the American Bar Association (ABA)
- W. Reece Smith Jr., former President of the American Bar Association, and the University of South Florida; Rhodes Scholar
- Sung Won Sohn, current CEO of Hanmi Financial Corp, former chief economist of Wells Fargo
- Margaretta Styles, former president of the American Nurses Association
- David M. Thomas, former CEO of IMS Health
- Carlos O. Torano, current president of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco
- Robert Wexler, current president of the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation, former U.S. Representative
- Charles F. Willis, former president of Alaska Airlines
- Jerry Zucker, former CEO of the Polymer Group and Hudson's Bay Company
Athletic directors
University benefactors
- Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., Florida citrus farmer, major University of Florida benefactor, namesake of the university's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
- William R. Hough, prominent investment banker, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Hough Graduate School of Business
- Fred Levin, prominent attorney, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Levin College of Law,
- Alfred A. McKethan, former chairman of SunTrust Bank, major university benefactor, namesake of the university's Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
- George Smathers, former U.S. Senator, major university benefactor, namesake of university's The George A. Smathers Libraries
- Al Warrington, former CEO of Sanfill, major university benefactor, former chairman of university's Board of Trustees, namesake of the university's Warrington College of Business
Art, literature, humanities, and entertainment
- Don Addis, long-time newspaper columnist and syndicated comic strip artist for the St. Petersburg Times
- Chris Adrian, novelist and shirt-story writer who wrote Gob's Grief
- Lauren Anderson, American model
- Chris Bachelder, novelist, short-story writer, and e-book pioneer
- Todd Barry, stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
- Joseph Beckham, frequent writer on the topic of legal problems in education, winner of the McGhehey award, and currently a professor of education leadership at Florida State University
- Wayne Besen, former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, and gay rights advocate
- Mike Bianchi, sports columnist for the Orlando Sentinel
- Matt Borondy, publisher for Identity Theory Online Magazine
- Langdon Bosarge, notable comic and radio personality
- Edward L. Bowen, notable horse racing historian
- Wendy Brenner, author and professor; Phone Calls From the Dead , Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories
- William C. Bradford, Apache writer, professor, and legal scholar
- Leland Brewsaugh, Sculptor, designer, and painter
- Jenn Brown, television producer, host, and fashion model
- Rita Mae Brown, author and famous activist
- Alan Burnett, television producer and writer
- Mike Burns, songwriter and music producer
- Al Burt, Miami Herald and Atlanta Journal writer
- Kevin Canty, author; Into the Great Wide Open, Nine Below Zero, and Winslow in Love
- Kelly Carrington, model
- Debbie Cenziper, journalist with the Washington Post, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- Jean Chance, chairman of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 years, professor of journalism at the University of Florida
- Peter Christopher, author, Campfires of the Dead
- Paul Cootner, economist, author of The Random Character of Stock Market Prices
- Harry Crews, novelist, short story writer, and essayist
- Michael Connelly, best-selling author
- Mark Curtis, journalist, author, and political analyst
- Jeff Darlington, current sportswriter for the Miami Herald
- Jonathan Demme, motion picture director, won Academy Award for directing for The Silence of the Lambs
- Karen DeYoung, Pulitzer Prize recipient, The Washington Post associate editor
- Kate DiCamillo, award-winning children's novelist and screenwriter
- Micki Dickoff, television director and producer, winner of multiple Emmy Awards
- Brian Doherty, senior editor of Reason magazine, author
- Gregg Doyel, sports writer for CBSSports.com
- Louann Fernald, model and actress
- Robert W. Fichter, notable photographer
- Rich Fields, announcer of The Price Is Right, meteorologist, radio personality, voice actor
- Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist
- Jesse Hill Ford, writer and screenwriter
- Michael France, screenwriter for Golden Eye, The Hulk, and Punisher
- Robert Fulton, award-winning writer and naturalist
- Alan Gallay, American historian, and winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- Michael Gannon, military historian and Catholic priest
- Leslie Yalof Garfield, current editor of the Journal of Court Innovation and professor at Pace Law School
- Merrill Gerber, author
- Norman Gilliland, author, WERN host
- MaryAnne Golon, picture editor for Time magazine
- Philip Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post
- Richard Grayson, writer and political activist
- Edwin Granberry, long-time writer of the comic strip "Buz Sawyer"
- Rebecca Greer, Woman's Day editor
- James Grippando, novelist and lawyer
- Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald columnist, former Palm Beach Post columnist
- Robert J. Haiman, St. Petersburg Times executive editor, Poynter Institute president
- Carl Hiaasen, novelist, Miami Herald columnist, also won the Newbery Honor
- Shere Hite, author of the Hite Report, she is also a sex educator & feminist
- Noy Holland, author of What Begins With Bird and Spectacle of the Body
- Judith Ivory, best-selling author of historical romance novels
- Jarrod Jablonski, pioneering technical diver and record setting cave diver
- Eberhard Jäckel, German historian
- Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Indian columnist and consultant
- Clint Johnson, American historian and author
- Steven J. Kachelmeier, current editor of The Accounting Review, and professor at the University of Texas
- Stetson Kennedy, award-winning author and human rights activist
- Eliot Kleinberg, author and writer for the Palm Beach Post
- Michael Koretzky, journalist, editor, and writer
- Allan J. Kuethe, historian of Latin America
- Victoria Lancelotta, current editor of the Georgetown Review, author
- Charlotte Laws, author, talk show host, and community activist
- Will Ludwigsen, writer of horror, mystery, and science fiction
- Moss Mabry, costume designer, and nominated for four Academy Awards
- Ron Magill, renown photographer and wildlife expert
- Thomas E. Mann, author and political pundit for the Brookings Institute
- Gabriel Martinez, Cuban-American artist
- Guillermo Martinez, syndicated columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee
- Frances Mayes, author of best-selling book Under the Tuscan Sun
- Andrew McClurg, legal humor writer for the American Bar Association Journal
- Diane McFarlin, publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune
- Tom Meek, columnist and author of Another Day In Cyberville, Reflections On Media, and The Video Audio Overdose Galore
- Louis A. Meyer, writer and painter
- Sam Michel, author of Under the Light and Lecturer at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Andrew Mondshein, nominated for an Oscar for his film editing
- Rodney Mullen, entertainer and one of the most influential skateboarders in the sport
- Lorraine Murray, author of Why Me, Why Now?, and Grace Notes
- Lee Ann Newsom, famous anthropologist, named a MacArthur Fellow for 2002
- Patricia O'Connor, top scholar of Spanish theater and literature
- Ivan Osorio, columnist and editor at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Mike Papantonio, prominent trial lawyer, and co-hosts of Ring of Fire
- Alfred Browning Parker, notable Modernist architect
- Jeff Parker, novelist and short story writer
- John Parker Jr., prominent American writer
- David Penzer, current professional wrestling ring announcer for the WWE
- Sam Proctor, one of the world's foremost scholars of Florida history
- Imad Rahman, author who wrote I Dream of Microwaves
- Jeff Randall, former business editor of BBC News
- Marc Randazza, current editor of The Legal Satyricon
- Charlie Reed, current journalist with Stars and Stripes
- James Rizzi, prominent American pop artist
- Edward G. Roberts, Jr., pioneer race car drivers of NASCAR
- Alan G. Rogers, gay rights activist, and U.S. Army major who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Thane Rosenbaum, novelist, essayist, and professor of law at Fordham University
- Scott Sanders, Emmy Award and Tony Award winning television producer
- Lawrence Scarpa, award-winning architect and educator, leader in sustainable design
- Paul Shyre, director and playwright who won a Tony Award and an Emmy Award
- Eugene Sledge, biologist and university professor; author of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, a recount of his experiences as a U.S. Marine during World War II
- George Solomon, former sports editor and columnist for The Washington Post, and the first ombudsman for ESPN
- Julian Sprung, American writer
- Randall J. Stephens, author, editor, and historian of American religion
- Howard Stelzer, composer and performer of electronic music
- Craig Symonds, distinguished American Civil War historian and former Professor at the United States Naval Academy
- Angie Swindell, contestant on Big Brother 10
- Maggie Taylor, digital imaging artist
- Janet Todd, Welsh-born author on books about women's literature, and Professor at the University of Aberdeen
- Kendra Todd, real estate businesswoman and winner of The Apprentice 3 reality TV show
- Claudio Véliz, Chilean author, historian, and Sociologist
- Robert Venditti, notable comic book creator
- Sterling Watson, writer, Weep No More My Brother, The Calling, and Blind Tongues
- Andrew Wilkow, conservative political talk radio host on Sirius Satellite Radio
- Hugh Wilson, Famous director, writer, and actor
- Eric Wu, creator of the website Eric Conveys an Emotion
- Dale Van Sickel, former president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures
- Claudio Véliz, sociologist and historian from Chile
- Edward Yang, Taiwanese film-maker, winner of Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film Yi yi
- Hugo Zacchini, entertainer known as the "Human Cannonball"
Actors and actresses
- Jonathan Chase, actor, One on One, Another Gay Movie, Gingerdead Man, and 7eventy 5ive
- Richard E. Council, stage, television and film actor
- Cathy Jenéen Doe, actress, Passions, Ed, and Buds for Life
- Kahil Dotay, actor, director, writer, and he won an award for his performance in Frank & Flo
- Faye Dunaway, actress, won an Academy Award for the movie Network
- Brian F. Durkin, actor, Broken Bridges, The O.C., and Deja Vu
- Buddy Ebsen, actor, best known as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies
- Malcolm Gets, actor, Caroline in the City
- Darrell Hammond, actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live, Scary Movie 3, Epic Movie, and Agent Cody Banks
- Patty Maloney, actress, Far Out Space Nuts
- Patrick O'Neal, television and film actor
- Adrian Pasdar, actor on Heroes, Profit, and Near Dark
- Rain Phoenix, actress and musician
- Stephen Root, Emmy-nominated actor, best known as "Milton" in Office Space and for his performance in Dodgeball
- Wil Shriner, actor, director and game show host
- Rachel Specter, actress in Prom Night, The House Bunny, and Alone in the Dark II
- Nancy Stafford, actress on Sidekicks, Matlock, and Judging Amy, and former Miss Florida
- Bob Vila, actor, home-improvement guru and former host of This Old House
- Tarita Virtue, Trinidadian actress and model on The Unit, and Living the Dream
- Robin Weisman, actress on Three Men and a Little Lady, and Thunder in Paradise
- Sally Wheeler, actress, Two of a Kind, and Spin City
- Jack Youngblood, Emmy-nominated actor, author, and NFL/College Football Hall of Famer
- Kerwin Bell, current head football coach for the Jacksonville Dolphins
- Gene Chizik, current head football coach for the Auburn Tigers, former head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones
- Doug Dickey, former head football coach for the Tennessee Volunteers and Florida Gators
- Chan Gailey, current head coach for the Buffalo Bills, former head coach for the Dallas Cowboys and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- Fred Goldsmith, former head coach for the Duke Blue Devils and the Rice Owls
- Todd Haley, current head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Kim Helton, former head football coach for the Houston Cougars
- Marcelino Huerta, former head football coach of the Tampa Spartans, the Wichita State Shockers and Parsons College
- Lindy Infante, former head coach for the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts
- Mike Mularkey, former head coach for the Buffalo Bills
- Steve Spurrier, current head football coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks, former coach of the Washington Redskins and Florida Gators
- Kay Stephenson, former head coach of the Buffalo Bills
- Charlie Strong, current head football coach for the Louisville Cardinals, former interim head coach for the Florida Gators
- John Symank, former head football coach for Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and Texas–Arlington Mavericks
- Charlie Tate, former head football coach for the Miami Hurricanes
Musicians
- Gene Adkinson, baritone for the band The Dream Weavers
- David M. Bellamy, country music artists the Bellamy Brothers
- Howard Bellamy, country music artists the Bellamy Brothers
- Stanley Benton, hip-hop artist who goes by the name Stat Quo
- Jett Beres, plays bass guitarist and vocals for Sister Hazel
- Ken Block, lead singer for Sister Hazel
- Bob Bryar, drummer for the band My Chemical Romance
- Wade Buff, lead singer for The Dream Weavers
- Andrew Copeland, plays baritone, rhythm and acoustic guitar for Sister Hazel, and in 2004 he released a solo album titled No Regrets
- Chris Demakes, co-founder and lead singer for Less than Jake
- Vinnie Fiorello, co-founder and drummer for Less than Jake
- Scott Howard, current member of Legacy Five
- Alejandro Manzano, musician, singer, and songwriter
- Fabian Manzano, guitarist, and songwriter
- James Melton, Singer, Actor, and named to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Ryan Newell, plays guitar for the band Sister Hazel
- Stephen Stills, member of bands CSNY and Buffalo Springfield
- Keni Thomas, country music singer
- Mel Tillis, singer, songwriter, and comedian
- Johnny Tillotson, singer, and songwriter
- Peter Traub, composer of electronic and acoustic music
Pageantry
- Kristen Berset, Miss Florida USA for 2004, finalist for Miss USA pageant, current Model
- Michelyn Butler, Miss Wisconsin USA for 2008
- Ann Gloria Daniel, Miss Florida for 1954
- Julie Donaldson, Miss Florida USA for 2001
- Andrea Duke, Miss North Carolina USA for 2008
- Allison Kreiger, Miss Florida for 2006
- Kristin Ludecke, Miss Florida for 1995, and Miss Florida USA for 2000
- Carrie Ann Mewha, Miss Florida USA for 2003, current medical doctor
- Ann Schmalzried, Miss Florida for 1975, top-ten finalist at Miss America pageant
- Nancy Stafford, Miss Florida for 1976, and actress
- Mari Wilensky, Miss Florida for 2005, top-ten finalist at Miss America pageant
- Melissa Witek, Miss Florida USA for 2005, top-five finalist at Miss USA pageant, and contestant on NBC's "Treasure Hunters"
Poets
- Deborah Ager, poet, co-founder of 32 Poems literary magazine
- Joe Bolton, was an American regional poet who wrote Days of Summer Gone, The Last Nostalgia Poems, and Breckinridge County Suite
- Geoffrey Brock, poet, poetry translator, and professor at the University of Arkansas
- Geri Doran, poet, professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon, author of Resin and Sanderlings
- Robert Bernard Hass, poet, professor of English at Edinboro University, author of Going by Contraries: Robert Frost's Conflict With Science and Counting Thunder
- Randall Mann, poet, author of Breakfast with Thom Gunn and Complaint in the Garden, recipient of Kenyon Prize
- Chris Tusa, poet, managing editor of Poetry Southeast, professor of English at Louisiana State University
- C. Dale Young, award-winning poet and short-story writer, oncologist, professor of creative writing at Warren Wilson College
Reporters, correspondents, and newscasters
- Stephanie Abrams, reporter for The Weather Channel
- Erin Andrews, reporter for ESPN
- Sharyl Attkisson, correspondent for CBS News
- Jackie Bange, current anchor with WGN-TV
- Kristen Berset, current anchor for WBFF
- Ernie Bjorkman, former anchor for KWGN-TV in Denver, and winner of two Emmy Awards
- Pam Bondi, correspondent for Fox News
- Linda Church, morning weather anchor for WPIX in New York
- Bob Collins, former broadcaster for WGN-TV in Chicago
- Chris Cowperthwaite, current television reporter for WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Mark Curtis, current anchor for WLNE-TV
- H. G. Davis, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
- Jamie Dupree, correspondent for Cox Broadcasting Washington News Bureau
- David Finkel, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post
- Kristin Harmel, novelist and reporter for People magazine
- Dan Hicken, sports director and anchor for WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida
- Susan Hutchison, former anchor for KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington
- Ian D. Johnson, current Berlin bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, Pulitzer Prize-winner
- David Johnson, news anchor for WPXI-TV
- Jamie McIntyre, senior Pentagon correspondent for CNN
- Jeff Nesmith, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner
- Howard Norton, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his reporting
- Elizabeth Prann, current reporter with the Fox News Channel
- Forrest Sawyer, current anchorman for ABC News and winner of the George Foster Peabody Award, five National Emmy Awards, two Edward Murrow Awards, and an Associated Press Award
- Joe Scarborough, current MSNBC talk show host, and former US Representative
- Sara Sidner, international correspondent with CNN
Sportcasters
- Red Barber, long-time radio sportscaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees
- Cris Collinsworth, television commentator for HBO's Inside the NFL and Fox NFL Sunday
- Gene Deckerhoff, current radio announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State Seminoles, and formerly for the Arena Football League
- Julie Donaldson, former sports commentator for WHDH-TV
- Ferdie Pacheco, current Showtime boxing analyst, and personal physician to Muhammad Ali
- Jesse Palmer, television commentator for ESPN, former NFL quarterback, and star of ABC's The Bachelor
- Elfi Schlegel-Dunn, gymnastics and sports commentator for NBC Sports
- Lauren Shehadi, current sportscaster for CBS College Sports Network and CBSSports.com
Sports
Baseball
Basketball
Golf
Tennis
Olympians
Honorary degree recipients
Honorary alumni
An honorary alumnus (male) or honorary alumna (female) is a person who has evidenced an interest in, or who has rendered outstanding service to, the University of Florida and who has been elected by the Board of Directors of the Association as Honorary Alumnus. Individuals are nominated by various sources, including college deans, development officers, etc. The nomination is put to the Alumni Association Board of Directors and if approved the individual is designated as an honorary alumnus. The awardee is presented with a certificate commemorating their approval as an honorary alumnus at a time designated by the nominating college or department.[1]
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| Urban Meyer |
2010 |
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| Shelley Meyer |
2010 |
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| Louis H. Oberndorf |
2010 |
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| Paul A. Robell |
2010 |
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| Susan P. Robell |
2010 |
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| Eric M. Gold |
2009 |
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| Dwight Johnson |
2009 |
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| Betsy Karel |
2009 |
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| Lillian B. Peek |
2009 |
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| Shelby M.C. Davis |
2008 |
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| Melvin Greer |
2008 |
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| Jo A. Irving |
2008 |
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| J. Bernard Machen |
2008 |
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| Chris Machen |
2008 |
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| Judi Rembert |
2008 |
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| George Wedgworth |
2008 |
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| Peggy Wedgworth |
2008 |
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| Jean Wittner |
2008 |
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| Allen Boyd |
2007 |
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| Jeb Bush |
2007 |
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| Jane Edmondson |
2007 |
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| Hazel Hough |
2007 |
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| Roy H. Lambert, Sr. |
2007 |
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| Aneice Lassiter |
2007 |
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| William G. Luttge |
2007 |
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| Louis Larson |
2006 |
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| Reda Larson |
2006 |
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| Mike Martin |
2006 |
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| Jan Martin |
2006 |
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| Russell B. Newton, Jr |
2006 |
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| William Jape Taylor |
2006 |
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| Patricia Alcorn |
2005 |
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| Mary Ann Cofrin |
2005 |
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| David A. Cofrin |
2005 |
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| Judith S. Davis |
2005 |
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| Homer J. Hand |
2005 |
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| Frances Lucille Hand |
2005 |
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| James Mondello |
2005 |
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| Charles Bronson |
2004 |
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| Robert Cade |
2004 |
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| Howard J. Leonhardt |
2004 |
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| Ron Zook |
2004 |
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| Denise Zook |
2004 |
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| Charles E. Young |
2003 |
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| Judy Young |
2003 |
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| S. Clark Butler |
2002 |
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| J. Lee Dockery |
2002 |
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| Billy Donovan |
2001 |
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| Christine Donovan |
2001 |
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| Albert Rhoton |
2001 |
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| Wayne L. Carse |
2000 |
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| William Enneking |
2000 |
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| Jeremy Foley |
2000 |
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| Hugh Hill |
2000 |
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| Cynthia O'Connell |
2000 |
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| Gerold Schiebler |
2000 |
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| Shirley A. Graves |
1999 |
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| L. Gale Lemerand |
1999 |
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| John Lombardi |
1999 |
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| Cathryn L. Lombardi |
1999 |
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| Jerome H. Modell |
1999 |
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| Irving Fien |
1998 |
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| Carolyn Roberts |
1995 |
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| William S. Lloyd |
1994 |
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| Snead Y. Davis |
1993 |
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| Alfred Z. Homiske, Jr. |
1991 |
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| Walter Lorenz |
1991 |
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| Kay Bryan |
1990 |
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| Robert A. Bryan |
1990 |
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| Jack Holloway |
1990 |
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| Clarence A. Moore |
1990 |
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| M. G. Sanchez |
1989 |
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| Elizabeth Castor |
1988 |
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| Galen Hall |
1988 |
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| Elaine Hall |
1988 |
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| Bob Martinez |
1987 |
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| Richard Smith |
1987 |
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| Jean Smith |
1987 |
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| Samuel P. Bell, III |
1985 |
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| Benjamin Greenbaum |
1985 |
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| George Kirkpatrick |
1985 |
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| Robert R. Rowe |
1985 |
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| Quintilla Geer Bruton |
1984 |
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| Paul Chun |
1984 |
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| James Jesse |
1984 |
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| Marshall Raff |
1984 |
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| Marcia Raff |
1984 |
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| Roger Gourd |
1983 |
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| Jack Parker |
1983 |
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| Collins Bird |
1981 |
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| F. Earl Boston |
1981 |
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| Edwin F. Miller |
1981 |
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| John E. Price |
1981 |
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| Bill Boardman |
1980 |
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| Luther Coggin |
1980 |
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| Phil Emmer |
1980 |
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| Sue Goza |
1980 |
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| Rebecca Kushner |
1980 |
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| Robert Q. Marston |
1980 |
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| Ann Marston |
1980 |
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| J. Malcom Randall |
1980 |
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| Dan Rather |
1980 |
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| Jay Skelton |
1980 |
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| Dave Thomas |
1980 |
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| Guy Bostick |
1979 |
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| Jim Brown |
1979 |
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| Gene Ellenson |
1979 |
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| William Roy Pritchard |
1979 |
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| Pat Summerall |
1979 |
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| Steve Wilkerson |
1978 |
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| William E. Elmore |
1976 |
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| Lester D. Hale |
1976 |
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| Eugene L. Jewett |
1976 |
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| John B. McFerrin |
1976 |
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| Lester R. Dragstedt |
1974 |
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| C. Herbert Hickox, Sr. |
1974 |
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| Darrel J. Mase |
1974 |
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| Frances M. Reitz |
1974 |
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| John C. Slater |
1974 |
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| Mrs. Herbert Bedford |
1973 |
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| Linton E. Grinter |
1973 |
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| Allen Neuharth |
1973 |
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| Rita O'Connell |
1973 |
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| George Edmondson, Jr. |
1972 |
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| George English |
1972 |
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| Robert F. Lanzillotti |
1972 |
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| Harry Prystowsky |
1972 |
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| Cornelius V. Whitney |
1972 |
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| Charles P. Lykes |
1971 |
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| W. Ashley Verlander |
1971 |
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| Jere W. Annis |
1970 |
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| Opal Graves |
1970 |
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| Claude Pepper |
1970 |
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| Milton N. Weir |
1970 |
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| E. T. York, Jr. |
1970 |
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| Wilbur H. Boyd |
1969 |
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| Van Fletcher, Sr. |
1969 |
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| Carolyn L. Pearce |
1969 |
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| Ernest B. Wright |
1969 |
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| U. S. Gordon |
1968 |
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| Robert Mautz |
1968 |
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| Gert Schmidt |
1968 |
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| James Van Fleet |
1968 |
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| Rae Weimer |
1968 |
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| Ray Graves |
1967 |
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| J. Saxton Lloyd |
1967 |
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| John E. Matthews, Jr. |
1967 |
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| Robert E. McNeill, Jr. |
1967 |
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| James M. Wellman |
1967 |
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| Percy Beard |
1966 |
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| Leroy Collins |
1966 |
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| J. Wayne Reitz |
1966 |
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| R. C. Beaty |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Haydon Burns |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Mildred F. Caldwell |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Artemus Darius Davis |
Prior to 1966 |
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| James E. Davis |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Clarence M. Gay |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Hardin Goodman |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Thomas Gurney |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Frederick Euggene Lykes |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Nathan Mayo |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Harry M. Philpott |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Edith Pitts |
Prior to 1966 |
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| Charles Thebaut, Jr. |
Prior to 1966 |
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| C. H. Willoughby |
Prior to 1966 |
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University of Florida presidents, trustees and faculty
Presidents
Board of Trustees
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