Nobel laureates Academic administration and teaching Aeronautics and astronautics , NASA astronaut and crew member of the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster , test pilot
Art and architecture Business and law Literature Pulitzer Prize winners ====
National Book Award==== •
Beverly Cleary (1939) – Children's Books, Fiction, Paperback 1981 •
Timothy Egan (1981) – Non-fiction 2006 for
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl General If no class year is listed, author may not have graduated. , science fiction writer
Government, politics & diplomacy Military Prominent officers on campus
Active duty •
Peter W. Chiarelli (1980) –
four-star general; vice chief of staff of the
United States Army •
Bruce W. Clingan (1977) –
admiral,
United States Navy, and commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, commander, Allied Joint Force Command, Naples
World War II •
Leslie Groves –
major general,
United States Army Corps of Engineers, head of the
Manhattan Project •
William H. Holloman III (1924–2010) –
U.S. Army Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot with the
Tuskegee Airmen;
U.S. Air Force's first African American
helicopter pilot; University of Washington professor of Black Studies •
Tatsuji Suga –
lieutenant colonel,
Imperial Japanese Army, commander of all
prisoner-of-war (POW) and
civilian internment camps in
Borneo Other •
Frank E. Garretson – brigadier general, U.S. Marine Corps;
Navy Cross recipient •
Tracy L. Garrett – major general, first female inspector general of the
United States Marine Corps •
Harley D. Nygren (B.S. 1945, BSME 1947) –
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rear admiral, first director of the
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps •
Kelly E. Taggart –
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rear admiral, second Director of the
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps •
Ronald R. Van Stockum – brigadier general' director,
Marine Corps Reserve 1962–1964
Medal of Honor recipients , pilot
Religion •
Sanford Brown – social justice advocate, ordained
United Methodist minister, and executive director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle
Science and technology , PhD 1982, science-fiction writer and professor of
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Social science and humanities Sports Olympic medal winners Baseball Basketball Football , Hall of Fame
NFL Quarterback Soccer Track and field •
Don Kardong (1974) – fourth-place finisher at the
1976 Olympic marathon and former president of the
Road Runners Club of America •
Brad Walker (2003) – two-time NCAA pole vault champion; gold medalist at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and 2007 World Championships
Other sports Music Television, film, and other arts Crime •
Ted Bundy – serial killer, 1974–1978; admitted to killing 30 people; some sources say he could have killed as many as 100 •
Amanda Knox; convicted of the murder of her roommate in Italy, conviction later overturned ==Notable faculty==