List of New Mexico State University people

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This is a list of notable people affiliated with New Mexico State University.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Faculty and staff[]

  • Reta Beebe - professor emeritus in the Astronomy Department, best known for participation in the Voyager mission
  • David Boje - author; current NMSU endowed Bank of America professor of management[1]
  • James Cuffey - former professor in astronomy, known for photoelectric photometry[2]
  • Garrey Carruthers - former NMSU President and Dean of College of Business; former governor of New Mexico
  • Frank Harary - mathematician, specialized in graph theory
  • Delano Lewis - founding director of New Mexico State University's International Relations Institute
  • Mark Medoff - playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor
  • Antonya Nelson - English professor at NMSU; author
  • - professor, American historian
  • Cyrus Nowrasteh - screenwriter and director
  • -archaeologist, anthropologist, author
  • Gerald W. Thomas - NMSU President Emeritus, 1970–1984
  • Edward O. Thorp - mathematician best known for writing the book Beat the Dealer[3] and co-inventing the first wearable computer; Associate Professor of Mathematics 1961–65[4]
  • Clyde Tombaugh - astronomer best known for his discovery of Pluto; former professor of astronomy[5]

Alumni[]

Science, medicine, and technology[]

Law, politics, military and government[]

Business[]

  • Kevin Johnson - CEO of Starbucks Corporation
  • Dave Lopez - telecommunications executive

Academia, arts, and literature[]

  • Lee K. Abbott - writer; professor emeritus of English at Ohio State University
  • Subhankar Banerjee - photographer, author and activist
  • Denise Chavez - author, playwright and stage director
  • Leroy Quintana - poet, Vietnam veteran
  • - author and scholar of Native American history and of the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand[citation needed]
  • Larry Torres - linguist and lecturer on Southwestern culture
  • Martin Guevara Urbina - writer, professor, and researcher; as a sociologist and criminologist, works on Latina and Latino issues in the United States

Athletics[]

Entertainment, film, news and television[]

Other[]

  • Jorge A. Rojas - general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
  • Clara Belle Williams (1885–1994) - first African-American graduate of the university (English, 1937)

References[]

  1. ^ Boje, David. "David Boje | New Mexico State University - Academia.edu". Nmsu.academia.edu. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  2. ^ https://aas.org/obituaries/james-cuffey-1911-1999 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Thorp, Edward O. (1966). Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One (9780394703107): Edward O. Thorp: Books. ISBN 0394703103.
  4. ^ "About Edward O. Thorp". Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  5. ^ Gottwald, Melissa; Kenny, Maura. "Clyde W. Tombaugh Biographical Outline". Archives.nmsu.edu. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  6. ^ "Founder Biography". Klipsch.com. May 5, 2002. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  7. ^ "Scientific American: Interview with Jaron Lanier", September 1996
  8. ^ "Kathy Lueders Selected to Lead NASA's Human Spaceflight Office," NASA Press Release, June 2020
  9. ^ Fulghieri, Carl; Bloom, Sharon (2014). "Sarah Elizabeth Stewart". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20 (5): 893–895. doi:10.3201/eid2005.131876. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 4012821. PMID 24751102.
  10. ^ Greenwood, John, ed. (2008). Normandy to Victory: The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges. p. 429. ISBN 978-0813126425.
  11. ^ "Former Aggies to be inducted into intercollegiate athletic hall of fame". The Round Up. January 10, 2002. Archived from the original on September 12, 2004.
  12. ^ Hinojosa, Alex (2014-08-16). "Barbara Funkhouser, former El Paso Times editor, dies at 84". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2014-09-21.

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