Notable Alumni of University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Tony Mendez 1940–2019

CIA technical operations officer and writer

Spouse: Jonna Mendez (Wichita State University)

Jason Lewis 1955–

Former U.S. representative and conservative radio host

Master of Arts · Class of 1992

Also attended: University of Iowa

Yadira Caraveo 1980–

Former Colorado congresswoman and pediatrician

Also attended: Regis University

Melat Kiros 1997–

Lawyer, incoming US representative for Colorado's 1st district

Also attended: University of Notre Dame, Washington College

Michael Hancock 1969–

45th Mayor of Denver, Colorado

Also attended: Hastings College

Lois Court 1958–

Former Colorado state legislator

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1926–2004

Psychiatrist who developed the five stages of grief

Daniel Gilbert 1957–

Harvard psychology professor and writer

Also attended: Princeton University

Emily Rosa 1987–

At nine, published therapeutic touch study in JAMA

Frances McConnell-Mills 1900–1975

Denver's first female city toxicologist

Also attended: University of Denver

Janet Petra Bonnema 1938–2008

Civil engineer and women's rights activist

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder

Jonathan Bergmann

Teacher and developer of the flipped classroom

Michael Winslow 1958–

Actor and beatboxer, Police Academy films

Illenium 1990–

Electronic music DJ and producer

Isaac Slade 1981–

Singer-songwriter of the rock band The Fray

Alan Berg 1934–1984

Denver talk radio host

Also attended: University of Denver

Tenzing Rigdol 1982–

Contemporary artist

Peggy Lu 1963–

Taiwanese American actress, Mrs. Chen in Venom

Julie Anne Peters 1952–2023

Young adult fiction author

Master of Business Administration

Chauncey Billups 1976–

Former NBA player and Trail Blazers head coach

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder

Sibling: Rodney Billups (University of Denver)

Sumner Paine 1868–1904

Sport shooter at the 1896 Olympics

Also attended: Harvard University

Father: Charles Jackson Paine (Harvard University)

Sibling: John Paine (Harvard University)

Ginette Harrison 1958–1999

British climber and physician

Insook Bhushan 1952–

Korean-born American table tennis player

James Holmes 1987–

Convicted perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora theater shooting

Also attended: University of California-Riverside