Michael R. Burns[2] – vice chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2017[3]
Ira A. Fulton[6] – businessman, founder of Fulton Homes (attended)
Bennie Gonzales[7] – architect; recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1970[3]
Derrick Hall[8] – president, CEO and general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks; recipient of the Young Alumni Achievement Award in 2003[9] and the Alumni Achievement Award in 2016[3] from the ASU Alumni Association
Ioanna Morfessis[14] – helped launch the nation's first "one-stop" business assistance center for small minority business enterprises; inaugural executive director, Phoenix Economic Growth Corporation; founding president and CEO, Greater Phoenix Economic Council; founder, IO. INC consulting practice; honoree for the 2012 Arizona Centennial Legacy Project: Arizona's 48 Most Intriguing Women project
Gary L. Tooker[17] – retired corporate executive; recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award in 1983[3] and the James W. Creasman Award of Excellence in 1999[18] from the ASU Alumni Association
Christine Devine – television news anchor based in Los Angeles; received the Founder's Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2002
Brody Stevens – stand-up comedian and actor, star of the Comedy Central show Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, pitcher for Arizona State University baseball team
Maj. Gen. William P. Acker[22] – retired major general in the U.S. Air Force; former commander of 3rd Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, with headquarters at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
Maj. Gen. John J. Batbie, Jr.[23] – retired major general in the U.S. Air Force; former vice commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, GA
John C. Keegan[26] – served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy; retired with the rank of Commander in the U.S. Navy; served as judge of the Justice Court in Maricopa County, Arizona
Gen. John L. Piotrowski[27] – retired U.S. Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, 1985–1987; former commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Space Command (attended)
Rick Romley[28] – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam; elected Maricopa County Attorney in 1989 and served until 2004; currently serves as Interim Maricopa County Attorney following his appointment by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Eldon Rudd[29] – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps; served as a fighter pilot during World War II; served 20 years in the FBI on assignments in Latin America, Washington, D.C. and Phoenix; elected to U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 4th District in 1976, where he served until retirement in 1987 (deceased)
Brig. Gen. Michael A. Ryan – retired general in the U.S. Army
Jeremy Staat[30] – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps; Iraqi War veteran; NFL professional athlete; founder of the Jeremy Staat Foundation, which works to prevent veteran suicide
Angela Bryan – Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, health psychologist conducting HIV/STD and cannabis research[37]
Harriet C. Babbitt – Vice Chair, World Resources Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, former Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, and former First Lady of Arizona
Barbara Barrett[50] – former U.S. secretary of the Air Force;[51] former U.S. ambassador to Finland; recipient of the James W. Creasman Award of Excellence in 2022[52]
Michael Daly Hawkins[69] – Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; recipient of the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1995[70]
Carl Hayden – former U.S. Senator and Arizona's first Congressional Representative; Normal School graduate, class of 1896
Cecil Heftel – founder of Heftel Broadcasting; former U.S. Representative
Ruth McGregor – former chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1998
Susan Bitter Smith – Arizona Corporation Commission member (2013–2017); former executive director at Southwest Cable Communications Association; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2003
Bob Stump – former U.S. Congressman; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1996 (deceased)
Peterson Zah – educator; former president of the Navajo Nation; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1985
Sal Bando – former MLB player; played for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers; inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 (attended)
Barry Bonds – home run king and seven-time MVP;[81] played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants; received the Founder's Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2002 (attended)
Andre Ethier – outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers (attended)
Herman Frazier – deputy athletics director/chief of staff, Syracuse University; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2000
Reggie Jackson – former player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, "Mr. October"; played for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and Anaheim Angels; received the Founder's Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1974 (attended)
Mitch Jones – outfielder who played for the Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates (attended)
Ken Phelps – radio broadcaster, former designated hitter and first baseman; played for the Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, and the Cleveland Indians (attended)
Andrew Romine – MLB baseball player for the Detroit Tigers (attended)
Joe Caldwell – former professional basketball forward/guard; Olympic gold medalist; played for the Detroit Pistons, St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, and ABA Carolina Cougars
James Harden – NBA guard for the Los Angeles Clippers; NBA All-Star; '11–'12 Sixth Man of the Year; NBA MVP ‘17-‘18; Olympic gold medalist; Pac-10 Player of the Year (attended)
Kurt Nimphius – former forward/ center; played for the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, and Philadelphia 76ers
Jeff Pendergraph (Ayers) – former NBA player for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Clippers
Randall McDaniel – former guard, college and Pro Football Hall of Famer; played for the Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Special Education Paraprofessional at Hilltop Primary School in Minnesota; received the Founder's Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2012
JoAnne Carner – retired professional golfer; played on the LPGA tour 1970–2005; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 1978
Phil Mickelson – professional golfer, three-time Masters Champion, 2012 inductee to World Golf Hall of Fame;[102] received the Founder's Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2010
C.B. Dollaway – state champion wrestler; JUCO National Champion; NCAA D-1 All-American for ASU; professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC's Middleweight Division[107]
Dan Henderson – Olympic team member for Greco-Roman wrestling; former MMA fighter, won both the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship and the Pride Welterweight and Middleweight Championship, competed for titles in the UFC[109]
Cain Velasquez – two-time All-American wrestler at heavyweight 5th in 2005, 4th in 2006; professional MMA fighter, former UFC Heavyweight Champion, first UFC champion of Mexican-American descent[119]
Neil Cochran – won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in swimming events: one in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay and one for the 200 meter individual medley relay
Léon Marchand – won five total medals in swimming (gold: 200 m breaststroke, 200 m butterfly, 200 & 400 m individual medleys; bronze: 4 × 100 m medley relay) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Students: 135,729 (77,881 on campus and 57,848 digital)
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