List of The Evergreen State College people

This is a list of notable students and staff of The Evergreen State College, an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. TESC is located in Olympia, Washington, United States.

Notable alumni

Academia

• Thomas Herndon, economist^[1][2]
• Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor^[3]
• Douglas Kahn, historian of sound, media arts, and science and technology studies
• Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies^[4]
• Russell Potter, novelist and college professor
• David Price, anthropologist
• Douglas Robinson, professor of English, dean, best known as a translation scholar
• Joshua Stovall, professor of faculty of languages
• Roger Stritmatter, professor of humanities and one of the leading modern-day advocates of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship

Activists

• Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement political activist, killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces
• Saab Lofton, author, activist
• Don Price, Deputy Head of Darfur for the United Nations

Business

• Noah Maffitt, Executive Vice President, Global Digital of Live Nation
• Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records
• Bre Pettis, entrepreneur; co-founder of MakerBot Industries, NYC Resistor
• Thomas Thwaites, entrepreneur; co-founder of Coda Coffee (Roast Magazine's Macro Roaster of the Year, 2014)
• Dan Tishman, Vice Chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation; Chairman and CEO of Tishman Construction Corp. of New York;^[5] Chair of Natural Resources Defense Council Board of Trustees ^[6]

Entertainment, visual arts and media

• Tom Anderson, artist
• Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author
• Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator for Rugrats and Hey Arnold!; married to Lisa Groening, Matt Groening's sister
• Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of US Men's Paralympic Soccer Team
• Violetta Blue, adult film star
• Robert Meyer Burnett, filmmaker; writer-director of Free Enterprise; producer of The Hills Run Red, Agent Cody Banks
• Charles Burns, cartoonist
• Tammy Rae Carland, artist
• Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000^[7]
• Colleen Frakes, cartoonist
• Tatiana Gill, cartoonist
• Tim Girvin, calligrapher and designer
• Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama
• Byron Howard, director and story artist at Walt Disney Feature Animation; lead character animator on Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear; director of Bolt and Tangled
• Clayton Kauzlaric, artist, animator, game designer noted for work on Total Annihilation, Voodoo Vince and DeathSpank
• Megan Kelso, cartoonist
• Sarah Larson, Season 5 Fear Factor winner; ex-girlfriend of George Clooney
• Audrey Marrs, Academy Award-winning film producer and Sundance Film Festival award winner
• Nikki McClure, illustrator of New York Times best-selling children's book All in a Day
• Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist
• Heather Rae, filmmaker
• Michael Richards, actor, known as the popular character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld
• Don Roff, writer and filmmaker
• Dana Simpson, cartoonist, creator of Ozy and Millie and I Drew This
• John Taylor, star of the Emmy Award-nominated weight loss series Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back; New Jersey's State Teacher of the Year for 2016^[8]
• Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House
• Cappy Thompson, artist
• Peter West, filmmaker^[9]
• Jennifer West, artist and filmmaker
• Tay Zonday, internet personality, musician, voice actor

Fictional

• Bill (possible alumnus), Charlie's advanced English teacher in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, "studied undergraduate work at some college in the West that doesn't give grades, which [Charlie] thought was peculiar, but Bill said it was the best education he ever got."^[10]

Government

• Maia Bellon, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology ^[11]
• Elizabeth Furse, former US Congresswoman
• Dennis Heck, Washington State Representative, 17th District; founder of TVW
• Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration's Chief Technology Innovation Officer, 2005-^[12][13]
• Judge Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals Judge
• Kevin Ranker, Washington State Senator, 40th Legislative District^[14]
• Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington State Representative, 37th District
• John Stocks, Idaho State Senate, 1989-1990; Deputy Executive Director NEA, 2004-
• Timi Vann, Western Regional Coordinator, National Weather Service (NOAA) ^[15]

Literature

• Maile Chapman, author
• John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review
• Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author
• Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh
• Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award recipient
• Tom Maddox, science fiction writer ^[16]
• Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review
• Judith Moore, author of the novel Fat Girl: A True Story
• Inga Muscio, author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
• Leslie Rule, non-fiction author, novelist, paranormal writer
• Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist

Music

• Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney and co-star in the television series Portlandia
• Martin Courtney, musician in the band Real Estate
• Kimya Dawson, musician
• Heather Duby, musician
• Timo Ellis, musician
• Phil Elverum, musician
• Steve Fisk, musician, audio engineer, and producer
• Jeff Fuccillo, musician and member/founder of the band Irving Klaw Trio
• Glass, progressive-rock band
• Kathleen Hanna, musician in Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin
• Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records
• Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordionist
• Sara Lund, musician in band Unwound
• Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, rapper
• Lois Maffeo, musician
• Jeff Miller, musician and founder of The Folk School, St. Louis, Missouri
• Mirah, born Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist
• Casey Neill, musician, singer, songwriter, leader of the band Casey Neill & the Norway Rats
• David Rovics, musician, political folk
• Jeff Sherman, musician in band Glass
• Justin Trosper, musician in band Unwound
• Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney
• Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill
• Kathi Wilcox, musician in band Bikini Kill
• John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer

Science

• Michelle Mack, plant and ecosystem ecology^[17]
• Paul Stamets, mycologist

Sports

• Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer

Faculty and staff

• Stephanie Coontz, historian
• Daniel J. Evans, former governor of Washington
• Bill Ransom, science fiction author
• Gail Tremblay, poet and artist
• Willi Unsoeld, mountaineer (deceased)
• Sean Williams, ethnomusicologist
• Michael Zimmerman, biologist

References