List of The Evergreen State College people

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

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

Notable alumni

Academia

• Wayne Au , American educational researcher (born 1972)
• Thomas Herndon, economist ^{[1] [2]}
• Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor ^[3]
• Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies ^[4]
• David Price, anthropologist
• Douglas Robinson, professor of English, dean, best known as a translation scholar
• Roger Stritmatter, professor of humanities and one of the leading modern-day advocates of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
• Philip S. Thurtle, historian, biologist and academic.

Activists

• Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement political activist, killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces
• Saab Lofton, author, activist

Business

• Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records
• Bre Pettis, entrepreneur; co-founder of MakerBot Industries, NYC Resistor

Criminals

• Scott Scurlock (1955–1996), robbed 17 banks in the Northwest
• Justin Solondz, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident ^[5]
• Briana Waters, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident ^[6]

Entertainment, visual arts and media

• Katie Baldwin, artist
• Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author
• Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing , member of US Men's Paralympic Soccer Team
• Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000 ^[7]
• 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
• Megan Kelso, cartoonist
• Michael Leavitt (artist), fine art sculptor and toy maker
• 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
• Sam Miller, comedian
• Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist
• Michael Richards, actor, known as the popular character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld
• Liz Sales, artist
• Dana Simpson, cartoonist, creator of Phoebe and her Unicorn , and Ozy and Millie
• Margaret Stratton, photographer and video artist
• Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House
• Cappy Thompson, artist
• Tay Zonday, internet personality, musician, voice actor
• Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, artist

Government

• Jessica Bateman, member of the Washington House of Representatives
• Elizabeth Furse, former United States congresswoman
• Maia Bellon, former Washington Secretary of Ecology ^[8]
• Yuh-Line Niou, 2002–present; New York State Assembly member whose district includes Chinatown ^[9]
• Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration's chief technology innovation officer ^{[10] [11]}
• Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington state representative, 37th district

Literature

• Maile Chapman, author
• Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author
• Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh
• Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award recipient
• Tom Maddox, science fiction writer ^[12]
• Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review
• 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
• Phil Elverum, musician
• Ely Guerra, singer-songwriter
• 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
• Heather Lewis, musician in band Beat Happening
• Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, rapper
• Lois Maffeo, musician
• Mirah, born Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist
• Katherine K. Preston, musicologist
• 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
• Allison Wolfe, singer, songwriter, writer, & podcaster. In the band Bratmobile
• Sara Lund, musician in band Unwound
• Myra Melford, jazz pianist and composer

Science

• Holly Hagen (epidemiologist). professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University, and director of the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
• Paul Stamets, mycologist

Faculty and staff

• Stephanie Coontz, historian
• Daniel J. Evans, former governor of Washington
• Elizabeth Kutter, biologist
• Bill Ransom, science fiction author
• Gail Tremblay, poet and artist
• Willi Unsoeld, mountaineer (deceased)
• Miranda Mellis, author

References

1. "PERI: : Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogo ff". Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
2. Kevin Roose (April 18, 2013). "Meet the 28-Year-Old Grad Student Who Just Shook the Global Austerity Movement". Nymag.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
3. Professor of American Studies, African American Studies, and History
4. personal website Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. Earth Liberation Front members plead guilty in 2001 firebombing, By Hal Bernton and Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times, October 5, 2006
6. US woman convicted of being lookout during arson gets prison, restitution Associated Press June 19, 2008
7. "Class Notes". Evergreen Magazine. Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College. Spring 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
8. "Governor Names Maia Bellon '91 Named Washington State Director of Ecology | The Evergreen Mind" . Retrieved October 16, 2021.
9. Macabasco, Lisa Wong (September 15, 2016). "Meet Yuh-Line Niou: The New Face of Downtown Manhattan's Political Scene". Vogue. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
10. "TED | Profile". www.ted.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
12. "Evergreen Authors Directory | the Evergreen State College". Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.