List of University of West Florida people

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.

Academics



 * Michael DeMaria - author
 * P.S. Ruckman Jr. - nationally recognized pardon expert; editor, PardonPower blog

Artist

 * Ligel Lambert - interdisciplinary artist and educator

Athletics
• Daniela Cruz - professional soccer player for the Costa Rica women's national football team

• Mark Ettles - former MLB player for San Diego

• Mickey Gorka (born 1972) - Israeli basketball player and coach

• Roy Jones Jr. - world champion boxer

• Moochie Norris - former NBA player

• Jodi-Ann Robinson - UWF soccer player, represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics

• Keith Savage - professional soccer player with the Portland Timbers of USL-1

• Kevin Warrick - golfer, low amateur at 2002 U.S. Open

• John Webb - former MLB player for Tampa Bay

Business

 * James Ellis - president and CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations at Lockheed Martin; former U.S. Navy admiral

Entertainment and television
• Michael DeMaria - musician, composer, Grammy-nominated recording artist

• Namrata Singh Gujral - Hollywood actress, producer, Americanizing Shelley; also Passions, The Agency

• David Hart - 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

Military, space, and aviation
• John W. Bergman - United States Marine Corps lieutenant general

• Jim Buchili - former NASA astronaut

• Kenneth Cockrell - former NASA astronaut

• James O. Ellis - retired admiral with the United States Navy

• 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

• Bruce Melnick - former US Coast Guard NASA astronaut

• 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

• Stephen A. Weathers - Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award recipient

Politics
• Robert E. "Bob" Barton - former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

• David L. Brewer III - former 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

• Anna Paulina Luna - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th district

• Carmen Maria 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 B. Richardson - former member of the Florida House of Representatives

• Margaret Catharine Rodgers - chief United States district judge, Northern District of Florida

• Michelle Salzman - Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 1st district

• Ray Sansom - former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

Notable faculty

 * Judith A. Bense - former university president, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology; archaeologist of the Southeastern United States