The official list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of West Florida.
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.
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.
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
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
Kenneth M. Ford - computer scientist, chairman of National Science Board Committee on Programs and Plans, founder of Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
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
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