List of University of West Florida people
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Foliage at UWF
The official list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of West Florida.[1]
The University of West Florida, also known as West Florida and UWF, is a mid-sized public university located in Pensacola, Florida, United States. The university enrolls approximately 12,000 students as of Fall 2009.[2]
UWF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. It is a doctoral/research university, specializing in engineering and the humanities. Its mascot is an Argonaut, and its logo is the Chambered Nautilus.
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Notable alumni
Academics
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Kenneth Cockrell
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Ambassador Martinez
- Michael DeMaria - author
- P.S. Ruckman, Jr. - nationally recognized pardon expert; editor, PardonPower blog[3]
Athletics
- Daniela Cruz - professional soccer player for the Costa Rica women's national football team
- Mark Ettles - former MLB player for San Diego
- Roy Jones, Jr. - world champion boxer
- Moochie Norris - former NBA player
- Jodi-Ann Robinson - UWF soccer player, represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics
- Keith Savage - professional soccer player with the Portland Timbers of USL-1
- Kevin Warrick - golfer, low amateur at 2002 U.S. Open
- John Webb - former MLB player for Tampa Bay
Business
- James Ellis - President and CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations at Lockheed Martin, former U.S. Navy Admiral
- Tom Keiser - CIO of GAP Inc.
- Bruce Edward Melnick - Vice President of Boeing Company's Integrated Defense Systems group, former NASA astronaut
- Marc D. Oken - former CFO of Bank of America, 2004-2005
- Hansel Tookes - CEO of Raytheon Aircraft
Entertainment and television
- Katherine David Céspedes - winner of the 2007 Miss Bolivia pageant, represented her country in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant
- Michael DeMaria - author
- Namrata Singh Gujral - Hollywood actress, producer Americanizing Shelley; also Passions, The Agency
- David Hart - actor, most known for his role as Sgt. Parker Williams in In the Heat of the Night television series (1988-1995)
- Jan Hooks - Saturday Night Live performer (attended; did not graduate)
- Robert P. Watson - professor, author, and frequent media commentator
- Fez Whatley - co-host of The Ron & Fez Show on Sirius/XM
Military, space, and aviation
- John W. Bergman - United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
- Jim Buchili - former NASA astronaut
- Kenneth Cockrell - former NASA astronaut
- Patricia Denkler - first woman to land a jet on an aircraft carrier; in 1982, the first woman to land a combat jet on an aircraft carrier
- James O. Ellis - retired Admiral with the United States Navy
- Michael L. Ferguson - Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army
- Mark P. Fitzgerald - Vice Admiral and current Director of Navy Staff for the United States Navy
- Charles H. Johnston - Vice Admiral and current Vice Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command
- Bryan Daniel O'Connor - former NASA astronaut
- John L. Phillips - NASA astronaut
- William H. Plackett - former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
- Richard N. Richards - former NASA astronaut
- Rear Admiral Edward G. Winters, III - Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command
Politics
- Robert E. "Bob" Barton - former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- David L. Brewer III - superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
- Lacey Collier - Senior Status United States District Judge, Northern District of Florida
- Mike Hill - member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Mike Jacobs - Illinois state senator from the 36th district
- Carmen Martinez - U.S. ambassador to Zambia
- Jerry L. Maygarden - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Dave Murzin - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Curtis Richardson - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Margaret "Casey" Rodgers - Chief United States District Judge, Northern District of Florida
- Ray Sansom - former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Science
- Kenneth M. Ford - computer scientist, chairman of National Science Board Committee on Programs and Plans, founder of Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Notable faculty
- Judith A. Bense - University President, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, renowned archaeologist of the Southeastern United States
- James Bezdek - Distinguished Professor of the Department of Computer Science; founding editor of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning and IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems; creator of the Fuzzy C-Means clustering algorithm; recipient of the 2001 Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, and the 2007 IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
- Dallas Blanchard - sociologist
- Dr. M. Lal Goel - political scientist, author
- Susan W. Harrell - distinguished legal studies faculty
- Patrick Moore - Distinguished Professor of Public History, selected Carnegie Foundation CASE U.S. Professor of the Year for the State of Florida in 2007
- Robert Yeager - Professor and Chair of English Department, writer on Medieval Studies who co-authored Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery with Terry Jones
