University of Arizona Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Brian Schmidt

Nobel Prize in Physics (2011)

BS (Physics)

1989

Savannah Guthrie

Co‑anchor of Today

BA (Journalism)

1993

Steve Kerr

5× NBA Champion as player and coach

BA (General Studies)

1988

Kristen Wiig

Actor, Saturday Night Live, Bridesmaids

Attended (Art student)

N/A

Kate Walsh

Actor (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice)

Attended (Art)

N/A

Joseph M. Acaba

NASA astronaut

MS (?), 1992

1992

Don Pettit

NASA astronaut

PhD (?), 1983

1983

Daniel W. Bradley

Co-discoverer of Hepatitis C virus

PhD

N/A

Fritz Scholder

Painter, major figure in Native American art

BFA/MFA (?)

N/A

Garry Shandling

Comedian, The Larry Sanders Show

Attended or degree unknown

N/A

Jerry Bruckheimer

Producer (Top Gun, CSI, Pirates of the Caribbean)

BA (Psychology)

N/A

Joan Ganz Cooney

Founder of Sesame Street

BA (Education)

N/A

R.L. Stine

Author (Goosebumps)

BA (English)

1965–67

Steve Chen

Co‑founder of YouTube

BS (Computer Science)

2002

Jawed Karim

Co‑founder of YouTube

BS (Computer Science)

2004

Ted DeGrazia

Painter, sculptor, actor – “most reproduced artist”

BFA (Art Education), 1945

1945

Jim Furyk

PGA Tour golfer

Attended/BSc (?)

N/A

Terry Lundgren

CEO/Chairman of Macy’s

BA

1975

Arturo Moreno

Owner of the LA Angels

BA

1973

Robert Sarver

Former owner of the Phoenix Suns

BA

1982

Robert Eckert

Former CEO of Mattel & Kraft Foods

BA

1976

Karl Eller

Business entrepreneur, Eller College namesake

BA

1952

Paul Giblin

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist

BA

1988

Tony Bouie

Consensus All-American NFL safety

N/A

1994

Sean Elliott

NBA champion who returned to earn BA at 57

BA (Interdisciplinary Studies)

2022

Sethuraman Panchanathan

President of ASU, leading innovator and advisor to AZ Governor

N/A

N/A