Prominent Alumni from DU

The University counts more than 114,000 alumni since the school's founding. Of 102,000 living alumni, approximately 39,000 reside in Colorado. Approximately 2,100 live outside the United States. DU alumni have distinguished themselves in foreign affairs, politics, business, journalism, professional athletics and the arts and entertainment.

Prominent alumni include

• Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson
• U.S. Army Gen. George Casey, Jr.
• Andrew Rosenthal (assistant managing editor, New York Times)
• the late Lowell Thomas (radio commentator)
• Susan Waltz (chair, International Executive Committee, Amnesty International)
• U.S. Sen. Peter Domenici (R-NM)
• Paul Laxalt (former Nevada governor and senator)
• Peter Coors (CEO, Coors Brewing Co.)
• Brad Anderson (CEO, Best Buy)
• James Cox Kennedy (CEO, Cox Communications)
• U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
• U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
• Colorado Senate President Peter Groff
• Emily Cinader Woods (co-founder, J. Crew)
• Howard P. James (former CEO, Sheraton Hotels)
• Peter Morton (founder, Hard Rock Cafe chain)
• Ibrahim A. Assaf (finance minister, Saudi Arabia)
• Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (chairman, Emirates Airlines)
• The late Keith Magnuson (former Chicago Blackhawks coach and defenseman)
• Mark Rycroft (forward, St. Louis Blues)
• Craig Patrick (Pittsburgh Penguins executive vice president/general manager)
• Elliott Martin (Broadway producer)
• Scott Rosenberg (founder, Malibu Comics, screenwriter of Con Air and Men in Black)
• David Adkins (comedian known as Sinbad)