Notable Alumni of Pacific University

Les AuCoin 1942–

Former Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon

Child: Kelly AuCoin (Oberlin College)

Mike Kreidler 1943–

Former Washington Insurance Commissioner and congressman

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Thomas H. Tongue 1844–1903

Oregon politician and attorney

Shirley Abbott 1924–2013

Businessman, rancher, politician and ambassador

Edward B. Watson 1844–1915

12th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

Alfred Carlton Gilbert 1884–1961

Inventor and businessman, creator of the Erector Set

Also attended: Yale University

Harold Elmer Anthony 1890–1970

American zoologist, paleontologist and mammalogist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Olaus Murie 1889–1963

Naturalist and wildlife biologist

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth Murie (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Reed College)

Austin Craig 1872–1949

Historian and biographer of José Rizal

Also attended: Cornell University, University of Rochester

Robert T. Oliver 1909–2000

Academic and authority on public speaking and debate

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thomas N. Hibbard 1929–2016

Computer scientist and mathematician

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Augustus C. Kinney 1845–1908

Physician and scientist in Oregon

Also attended: New York University, Linfield University, Willamette University

Nancy Wilson 1954–

Guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Heart

Also attended: Portland State University

Spouse: Cameron Crowe (San Diego City College)

Emily Williams 1869–1942

Pioneering woman architect in California

Also attended: San Jose State University, Stanford University

Tommy Walter 1970–

Musician, Abandoned Pools and former Eels bassist

Crystal Aikin 1974–

Gospel singer-songwriter

Harvey Whitefield Scott 1838–1910

Editorialist and part owner of The Oregonian

Leslie What 1955–

Nebula Award-winning speculative fiction writer

Marianne Monson 1975–

Author of women's history and children's books

Also attended: Brigham Young University-Provo, Vermont College of Fine Arts

Gordon Haller 1950–

Winner of the first Ironman Triathlon

Liz Heaston 1977–

First woman to score in a college football game

Sam Willard 1988–

Former professional basketball player

Also attended: University of the Pacific

Dick Daniels 1944–

NFL defensive back for Cowboys and Bears

Tacy Atkinson 1870–1937

Missionary in Ottoman Empire, Armenian genocide witness

Also attended: Park University