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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.

Notable alumni

Academics

Michael DeMaria - author

Artist

Ligel Lambert - interdisciplinary artist and educator

Athletics

Daniela Cruz - professional soccer player for the Costa Rica women's national football team
Mark Ettles - former MLB player for San Diego
Mickey Gorka (born 1972) - Israeli basketball player and coach
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

Entertainment and television

Michael DeMaria - musician, composer, Grammy-nominated recording artist
Namrata Singh Gujral - Hollywood actress, producer, Americanizing Shelley; also Passions, The Agency
David Hart - 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

Military, space, and aviation

John W. Bergman - United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
Jim Buchili - former NASA astronaut
Kenneth Cockrell - former NASA astronaut
James O. Ellis - retired admiral with the United States Navy
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
Bruce Melnick - former US Coast Guard NASA astronaut
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

Politics

Robert E. "Bob" Barton - former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
David L. Brewer III - former 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
Anna Paulina Luna - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th district
Carmen Maria 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 B. Richardson - former member of the Florida House of Representatives
Margaret Catharine Rodgers - chief United States district judge, Northern District of Florida
Michelle Salzman - Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 1st district
Ray Sansom - former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

Notable faculty

Judith A. Bense - former university president, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology; archaeologist of the Southeastern United States

References

^ Facts About UWF Alumni
^ Headcount enrollment by level Archived 2010-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Facts About UWF Alumni

[2] Headcount enrollment by level Archived 2010-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

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List of University of West Florida people