byu alumni travel

Intense, Personal, Customer Care

We provide “ Intense, Personal, Customer Care " through great people and lasting travel industry relationships. Delivering exceptional value and service is what we do. We can get you there!

Contact BYU Travel Phone: 801-422-3872 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: 8 – 12, 1 – 5; Monday thru Friday Closed Tuesday’s 10:45 – 1:00 for Devotional or Forum

On-call Emergency Help - If it is between 5pm and 8am MT and you're currently traveling or are traveling before the next business day and have an emergency , please contact us at the appropriate number below. An on-call BYU travel agent will be glad to assist. This service is for emergencies only, not for general inquiries or requests.

General Travel: 801-422-3872 (voicemail will direct you to an emergency line) Athletic Travel: 801-592-6534 FSY Travel: 801-422-4901

University On-Site Reservation Services

Simply Travel is the University's self-booking tool and has access to university contracted pricing, 24/7 at https://purchasing.byu.edu/simply-travel .

The University travel policy has recently been updated and can be found at https://policy.byu.edu/view/index.php?p=134 . Contact the travel office at 801-422-3872 and consult with a member of our travel team if you have any questions.

Named for the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center serves as a gateway to Brigham Young University, greeting alumni, friends, and other campus visitors from around the world.

For information about the Hinckley Center, tours, room reservations, policies, and departments please visit this site. If you have any questions, contact the front desk receptionist at 801-422-4663.

Please enjoy your time at BYU!

General Campus Tours

Tour Campus Virtually

Visit Campus

Directions to Campus

Hinckley Center

BYU Tree Tour

Visit Off-Campus

Travel Reimbursement

Travel reimbursement is available for all FIRST TIME ATTENDEES attending the 2024 Alumni Chapter Leadership Conference (September 19-21, 2024). This includes any attendee who has not attended an in-person conference. Reimbursements will be made following the conference. The amount of travel costs available for reimbursement will vary by distance from Provo, UT. The amount is per chapter, not per attendee.

0 to 99 miles = No Reimbursement

100 to 300 miles = up to $200

300 to 900 miles = up to $300

900 miles and above = up to $500

To qualify for Conference Travel reimbursement, chapter leaders must:

• Register and attend the entire Alumni Chapter Leadership Conference
• Submit the reimbursement form and receipt by November 15, 2024

AT&T Cell Phone Plan

BYU is excited to announce the BYU Cell Phone Plan for BYU Alumni and their families.

This offer is made in partnership with AT&T. Please log in to view pricing and features.

• Unlimited data, talk and text for smartphones
• Includes use in the US, Canada and Mexico with no additional fees
• You may have as many lines on your account as you want
• Custom International travel packages are available
• Billing, purchasing new equipment, adding removing features are all managed on the BYU Cell Phone website or through the BYU Cell Phone Office

To join the BYU Alumni Cell Phone Plan, you will need the following:

• BYU Net ID – call 801-422-4000 and the Help Desk will assist in getting your Net ID
• Once you have your Net ID and password, go to BYU Cell Phones and Sign In

Questions? Contact the BYU Cell Phone Office by email: [email protected] or phone: 801-422-7311 or stop by the office located in the Cougar Tech section of the BYU Store on the third floor (3951D WSC).

Two-Night, Land-Only

September 20-22, 2024, overview & pricing.

$959 per person, double occupancy All pricing options

Hotel: Hilton Salt Lake City Center

Activity Level

Travel Host: K-State Sports Tours Staff Email Host

Package Overview

Join the K-State Alumni Association and K-State Sports Tours in Utah as the Wildcats head to play new Big XII foe BYU! Packages include Salt Lake City hotel accommodations, K-State Alumni Association pregame, and more!

Package Includes :

• Check-in: Friday, September 20
• Check-out: Sunday, September 22
• Arrival refreshments and light appetizers
• Including beer, wine, and snacks
• Official K-State Alumni Association PREGAME
• K-State Sports Tours  HOSPITALITY DESK
• Exclusive SOUVENIR
• K-State Sports Tours STAFF  on-hand throughout the program
• Event  LANYARD and  CREDENTIAL
• TAXES  and  GRATUITIES on all included items

PLEASE NOTE:  Transportation to/from your hometown and Salt Lake City is not included. Deposits are non-refundable  and travel insurance is highly recommended ( CLICK HERE  for more information).

*Pricing is per person, based on room occupancy.

Occupancy Rules: Max Occupancy: 4 Max Adult: 4 Max Children: 3

Hilton Salt Lake City Center

255 S W Temple Street | Salt Lake City, UT 84101

801-328-2000

In central Salt Lake City, this hotel is a two-minute walk from Salt Palace Convention Center. City Creek Center mall and Temple Square are both within a half-mile of the hotel’s main doors. Cottonwood Canyon is 40 minutes away, offering summer hiking, biking, and climbing, as well as winter skiing. Enjoy on-site car rental, Starbucks® coffee, and an indoor pool.

Hotel Information

• attractions

Standard Guestroom

Max Occupancy: 4 / Max Adults: 4 & Max Children: 3

LaVell Edwards Stadium

Travel packages  do not include game tickets to the game. Please click here for more information on away game tickets and ordering procedures.

K-State Sports Tours Welcome Event

Join us at a tour welcome event as we get to know everyone to kick off our BYU football weekend experience with arrival refreshments and featuring special K-State guests!

INCLUDED IN PACKAGE

K-State Alumni Association Pregame

The event will feature food and drinks, and lots of Wildcat fanfare!

What is a “Land-Only” package?

A Land-Only package includes all the items listed as “tour package features” EXCEPT for air transportation, airport/hotel transfers, and baggage handling. A Land-Only package would be appropriate should the tour participant not be able to conveniently depart/return from the same city listed in the Air package or wish to travel on their own. Please note flights and/or motor coach transportation to the destination city is not included in this type of package.

What’s included in my price?

Your final price includes room and all hotel taxes. It does not include items such as charges for meals, parking, rollaway beds, phone calls, valet and room service, or any other items of a personal nature.

What do “Single,” “Double,” “Triple,” and “Quad” mean?

Single, Double, Triple, and Quad refer to how many adults (13 and over) are sharing each room (total room occupancy). For example, if two adults wish to stay in the same room, the price would be the Double price, and this would be per person.

Do I need travel insurance?

Due to the investment of your travel package, we strongly recommend the purchase of appropriate insurance coverage. Medical insurance policies may not protect your travels away from home and often have out-of-network deductibles. Likewise, coverage through credit cards and travel suppliers can have shortfalls and not fully protect you. For additional information, please click on the Insurance link on the bottom right of this website.

What does the “Child” price mean?

Children’s prices are limited to those 12 years of age or under sharing a room with one or more adults and using existing bedding. For example, if the room is shared with one adult, the single rate applies as the adult’s price plus the child’s price. If the room is shared with two adults, the double rate applies as each adult’s price plus the child’s price.

What type of payments do you accept?

We accept all major credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Debit cards featuring the Visa or MasterCard logo are also accepted; however, please be advised these types of cards typically have a maximum amount that you may charge daily. Please check with your financial institution.

When will I receive my trip documents?

Trip documents are typically emailed two to three weeks prior to departure for regular season football weekends and specialty programs while bowl game participants will receive theirs five to seven days out.  Itineraries for special events, such as the Final Four and Bowl Games, will be sent via email just prior to leaving. If you are not the main reservation contact and would like to receive the emailed tour documents, please add your email to the reservation or contact your booking agent.

If I’m not traveling, can I make a reservation for someone else?

When completing the reservation, use the name of the person for whom you are making the reservation. When entering credit card information, you may use your credit card and billing address for payment.

Study abroad programs highlighted in popular Instagram takeover series

Five days, five students, five stories in five countries.

BYU recently featured five study abroad students in an international spin-off of its #MyViewFromBYU Instagram Story takeovers. The five-day series commenced in Washington, D.C., and concluded in Moscow.

Each day, a different student documented a typical day of immersing themselves in their new home’s language, culture, food and transportation.

Fourteen percent of BYU’s 91,000 person audience watched the five takeovers. In total, there were 1.6 million views of the photos and videos within the stories themselves.

Stop No. 1 — Washington, D.C., with Trevor Morgan

Trevor Morgan, a public relations major, kicked off the series in Washington, D.C. As a press intern for Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, Trevor gave BYU’s audience a peek inside one of America’s most prominent buildings, the U.S. Capitol. Even Senator Hatch himself, a BYU grad, made a brief cameo on Trevor’s takeover. Day one of the series ended at the Washington Monument.  

Stop No. 2 — Vienna, Austria, with Natalee Torgerson

The second stop of the series was Vienna. Student Natalee Torgerson is there taking German and art classes as well as interning at a local children’s school for the summer. Natalee shared her day of celebrating the Corpus Christi holiday by wearing traditional Austrian clothing, taking a train through a salt mine and swimming in a lake surrounding a quintessential Austrian village.

Stop No. 3 — London, England, with Sam Frazier

London was documented by political science major Sam Frazier. She’s studying at the London Centre, which thousands of BYU study abroad students have called home since 1977. Sam started her day with a final exam at the National Portrait Gallery and then visited local markets and museums. A West End showing of The Phantom of the Opera topped off her takeover.

Stop No. 4 — Senegal and Morocco with Amy Read

French and biology major Amy Read featured her study abroad in Senegal and Morocco, highlighting traditional dancing, food and languages. Amy ended her takeover by sharing her unique experience of being in Morocco during Ramadan, a time of fasting for Muslims.

Stop No. 5 — Moscow, Russia, with Hanel Watkins

The series’s fifth and final stop was in Moscow via neuroscience and Russian major Hanel Watkins. Hanel’s Sunday started with a ride on the metro to attend her church meetings. Afterward, Hanel highlighted some of her favorite buildings in Moscow. Hanel’s day ended with a traditional Russian meal.

While every takeover in the series was unique to each student and their location, there were a few common themes throughout the series.

The students helped to dispel the misconception that studying abroad is financially impossible. They shared how they financed their programs through BYU department and academic scholarships, federal student aid and savings.

“Experiences like this are awesome," Trevor said. "There’s grants, there’s scholarships — you can make it work. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity anywhere you go."

The students expressed their enthusiasm and love for their newly-adopted homes as they excitedly shared their favorite things to eat, see and do.

The students highlighted the educational opportunities afforded to them in their new homes through internships, language courses and on-site learning.

At BYU, there are four international study program types, with study abroad being the most popular:

• Traditional study abroad programs are guided by BYU professors in the field and include lectures, study, research and field trips.  
• International internships are individual, work-focused programs that are more personalized to a student’s future career goals than study abroad programs. Students are guided by a faculty mentor and receive training from a field professional.  
• Direct enrollment is more of an independent and individual experience than a study abroad or international internship program. Direct enrollment students do not travel with a BYU professor and group of BYU students. Rather, they directly enroll in an international university for a semester, independent of BYU professors and students.  
• Field school is the most research-based international study program. Field school students are mentored by a faculty director in a specific location. They conduct field work on a project of interest.  

Get all of the details on BYU Study Abroad programs from the Kennedy Center .

This takeover series enabled BYU to provide its 91,000 person audience a rare peek inside some of BYU’s popular study abroad programs. Prospective, incoming and current students were also able to interact with each of the five study abroad students through direct messaging on Instagram.

More than 150 direct messages were sent by prospective students, current students, alumni and others to the five study abroad students. Many of these questions pertained to the students’ majors, study abroad programs and career goals. Other messages thanked the students for sharing their experiences living abroad.

“Seeing a day in the life of these students in amazing places doing amazing things was eye-opening and inspiring, all while being able to ask them questions," said Connor Dillon in one of the messages. "As a student about to start at BYU in the fall, I just loved seeing the ways these students got involved out in the world as an accompaniment to their studies. Without a doubt, the first series was a success.”

Instagram Story takeovers have proven to be an invaluable tool for BYU in reaching and interacting with its followers in a meaningful way. BYU plans to continue the weeklong series approach with the success of its first takeover series. Next up on the takeover series queue: unique, interesting and impactful on-campus student jobs and internships.

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Travel Night Slated for January

Fall 1996 Issue

T he BYU Alumni Association and the BYU Division of Continuing Education, Travel Study Department will jointly sponsor a free special Tour Night for all alumni and friends of the university on Friday, January 31, 1997 in the BYU Conference Center at 7 p.m.

The program will feature illustrated remarks by one of BYU’s tour guides about some of the exciting challenges of a travel adventure. There will be displays highlighting the tours offered by the Department of Travel Study, Alumni Expeditions, and Alumni Booster Travel groups. Tour directors will be available to discuss details and answer questions regarding each of the tours.

Featured at this year’s Tour Night will be a lecture by Robert J. Matthews about the alumni sponsored Church history tours in June—August 1997, the sesquicentennial year of the Mormon Trek.

For more information, contact Christine Huntley at (801) 378-6745, or by E-mail at  [email protected].

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100 Notable alumni of University of Idaho

Updated: February 29, 2024

The University of Idaho is 689th in the world, 258th in North America, and 238th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Idaho sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

Sarah Palin

Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside U.S. Senator John McCain.

Bill Fagerbakke

William Fagerbakke is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen's father Marvin.

Louis Carl Dobbs is an American conservative political commentator, author and former television host who presented Lou Dobbs Tonight from 2003 to 2009 and 2011 to 2021. Since 2021, he hosts The Great America Show on iHeart Radio and loudobbs.com.

Mark Schlereth

Mark Fremont Schlereth is an American former professional football player who is a television and radio sportscaster. Schlereth played guard in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons (1989–2000) with the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos. He is currently a football analyst for Fox Sports, appearing on FS1, and other programs. He also co-hosted Sedano & Stink with Jorge Sedano from 7–10 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio until late March 2015 when he left the program to pursue other broadcast opportunities. He also appeared on the soap opera Guiding Light, and 2012's Red Dawn remake.

Larry Craig

Lawrence Edwin Craig is an American retired politician who served in the United States Senate representing Idaho from 1991 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Idaho's 1st District from 1981 to 1991. A Republican, his 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history, trailing only William Borah, who served over 32 years in the Senate.

James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter. He also served from May 2006 to January 2007 as the 31st governor of Idaho.

Jerry Kramer

Gerald Louis Kramer is an American former professional football player, author and sports commentator. He played 11 years as a guard and kicker with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

Kristin Armstrong

Kristin Armstrong Savola is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for Cervélo TestTeam in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar (NRC) and UCI Women's World Cup. She announced a return to competitive cycling beginning in the 2011 season, competing for Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 at the Redlands Classic.

Gordon Herbert

Gordon Walter Herbert is a Canadian-born Finnish professional basketball coach and former player. He was named the head coach of the Germany national team in 2021 and guided them to a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2022, and to the gold medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

Scott Linehan

Scott Thomas Linehan is an American football coach who currently works as an offensive analyst for Missouri. He was most recently the passing game coordinator for LSU. He was previously the head coach of the St. Louis Rams and the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions. Prior to becoming an NFL coach in 2002, Linehan was a college assistant coach for 13 seasons.

Douglas Wilson

Douglas James Wilson is a conservative Reformed and evangelical theologian, pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, faculty member at New Saint Andrews College, and author and speaker. Wilson is known for his writing on classical Christian education, Reformed theology, as well as general cultural commentary. His most controversial work is Southern Slavery, As It Was, which he coauthored with Steve Wilkins. He is also featured in the documentary film Collision documenting his debates with anti-theist Christopher Hitchens on their promotional tour for the book Is Christianity Good for the World?.

Dan O'Brien

Daniel Dion O'Brien is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992.

Doug Nussmeier

Douglas Keith Nussmeier is an American football coach and former player who is the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally as a quarterback in the NFL and Canadian Football League (CFL). Nussmeier played college football for the Idaho Vandals football, winning the Walter Payton Award as the most outstanding offensive player in NCAA Division I-AA. He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He finished his playing career with the CFL's BC Lions.

Brad Little

Bradley Jay Little is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Idaho since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019 and as an Idaho state senator from 2001 to 2009.

Edward Elmer Smith

Edward Elmer Smith was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.

Gus Johnson

Gus Johnson Jr. was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 235-pound (107 kg) forward–center, he spent nine seasons with the Baltimore Bullets, and his final season was split between the Phoenix Suns and the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA).

James F. Amos

James F. "Jim" Amos is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 35th commandant of the Marine Corps. As a naval aviator, Amos commanded the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during the Iraq War in 2003 and 2006. He served as the 31st assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from 2008 to 2010, and was the first Marine Corps aviator to serve as commandant.

Joachim B. Olsen

Joachim Brøchner Olsen is a Danish former politician and former world class shot putter. He was elected to the Danish parliament at the 2011 election, representing the Liberal Alliance in the Greater Copenhagen constituency.

Jake Luton is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Dirk Kempthorne

Dirk Arthur Kempthorne is an American politician who served as the 49th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1993 to 1999 and the 30th governor of Idaho from 1999 to 2006.

Robert L. Ghormley

Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander, South Pacific Area during World War II. Ghormley was long considered to be an ineffective leader–overly cautious, pessimistic, and even defeatist–but recent scholarship has shown that while he may not have been an inspiring leader, he performed well under difficult circumstances.

Sean Patrick Reiley, better known as Seanbaby, is an American writer and video-game designer best known for his comedy website and frequent contributions to video game media outlets Electronic Gaming Monthly and 1UP.com, as well as the humor website Cracked.com.

Guy McPherson

Guy R. McPherson is an American scientist, professor emeritus of natural resources and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. He is known for inventing and promoting doomer fringe theories such as Near-Term Human Extinction (NTHE), which predicts human extinction by 2026.

Shiloh Keo is a former American football safety. Selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans, he played college football for the University of Idaho.

Terrel Bell

Terrel Howard Bell was the secretary of education in the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan. He was the second secretary of education, following Shirley Hufstedler.

Paul W. Tibbets IV

Paul Warfield Tibbets IV is a former United States Air Force brigadier general. He is the grandson of Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. He was the Deputy Director for Nuclear Operations in the Global Operations Directorate of the United States Strategic Command, where he was responsible for the nuclear mission of the nation's ballistic missile submarines, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and strategic bombers. During his career he participated in Operation Allied Force in the Balkans and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and is one of the few pilots qualified to fly all three of the USAF's strategic bombers: the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. In June 2015, he assumed command of the 509th Bomb Wing. In July 2017, he became Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

Philip Eugene Batt was an American politician who served as the 29th Governor of Idaho from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, Batt had previously served as the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, Chair of the Idaho Republican Party, and as a member of the Idaho Legislature.

Claude King

Claude King was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain".

Mike O'Callaghan

Donal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan was an American politician and educator who served as the 23rd Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Steve Symms

Steven Douglas Symms is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–1993), representing Idaho. He is a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.

David H. Bieter

David Harold Bieter is an American politician and attorney who served as mayor of Boise from 2004 to 2020. A Democrat, Bieter was the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. According to The New York Times, he was the only Basque-speaking mayor in the United States as of 2012. His father, Pat Bieter, was also a local politician who served in the Idaho House of Representatives.

William Agee

William McReynolds Agee was an American business executive. In 1976 at age 38, he was appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Bendix Corporation. From 1988 to 1995, Agee was the chairman, president, and CEO of Morrison-Knudsen.

Keith Harvey Miller

Keith Harvey Miller was an American Republican politician from Alaska. Miller was the second secretary of state of Alaska under Walter Hickel. He became the third governor of Alaska after Hickel’s resignation to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Under his tenure, Alaska came into sudden wealth after an oil lease sale on the North Slope created a revenue of $900 million.

Philip Habib

Philip Charles Habib was an American career diplomat active from 1949 to 1987.

Jeffrey Ashby

Jeffrey Shears Ashby is an American mechanical engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance.

Bill Stoneman

William Hambly Stoneman III is an American former professional baseball player and executive who, during his eight-year (1967–1974) pitching career in Major League Baseball, threw two no-hitters; then, as general manager of the Anaheim Angels (1999–2007), presided over the franchise's first-ever World Series championship in 2002. He later served briefly as the Angels' interim general manager from July 1 to October 4 of 2015.

Megan Griffiths

Megan Griffiths is a film and television director who resides in Seattle, Washington, U.S., and is a board member of Northwest Film Forum.

Michael Kirk

Michael Kirk is a documentary filmmaker and partial creator of the PBS show Frontline, where he worked as senior producer until 1987. Kirk founded and currently owns the production company, the Kirk Documentary Group, in Brookline, Massachusetts, which has produced dozens of award-winning documentaries, both for Frontline and through his company, that focus on political, social and cultural issues.

Harry Huskey

Harry Douglas Huskey was an American computer design pioneer.

Leonard J. Arrington

Leonard James Arrington was an American author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association. He is known as the "Dean of Mormon History" and "the Father of Mormon History" because of his many influential contributions to the field. Since 1842, he was the first non-general authority Church Historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1972 to 1982, and was director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History from 1982 until 1986.

Kelli Johnson

Kelli Johnson is an American journalist and former sports anchor on NBC Sports Bay Area in San Francisco, California. She provided coverage on the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants as well as other teams. She co-hosted the shows SportsNet Central and The Happy Hour. Growing up in Moscow, Idaho, she played basketball for University of Idaho and went into sports broadcasting with various places such as Medford, Oregon; Austin, Texas; and St. Louis, Missouri. With Comcast, she worked with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in the Washington D.C. region, Comcast SportsNet Houston, and eventually NBC Sports Bay Area.

William Thomas Sali is an American lawyer and politician who served as a congressman from Idaho. A Republican, he served a single term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Idaho's 1st congressional district from 2007 to 2009. Sali previously served in the Idaho Legislature as a member of the House.

Herman Welker

Herman Orville Welker was an American politician from the state of Idaho. He was a member of the Idaho Republican Party and served one term in the United States Senate, from 1951 to 1957.

Rebecca Zanetti

Rebecca Zanetti is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of paranormal romance, contemporary romance, and romantic suspense.

JuJu Hughes

Juwuane "JuJu" Hughes is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Fresno State.

Frank Shrontz

Frank Anderson Shrontz is an American corporate executive and former government official. He is the former CEO and chairman of the Boeing Company.

Mary Brooks

Mary Elizabeth Thomas Peavey Brooks was an American politician. She directed the United States Mint from September 1969 to February 1977.

Angela Whyte

Angela Whyte is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She is a three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, and 2016) in the 100m hurdles at the Summer Olympics. She has won multiple medals at both the Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games in the 100 metres hurdles. She was a four-time All-American and a five-time Big West Conference champion in two years of competition at the University of Idaho and holds school records in the sprints, hurdles, jumps, multi-events and relays at both Idaho and the University of New Mexico. She also holds two Big West records in the 100m hurdles. She is currently an assistant track and field coach at Washington State University.

Bernard Lo is a Canadian television anchor on CNBC Asia.

Danielle J. Forrest

Danielle Jo Forrest, formerly known as Danielle Jo Hunsaker, is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Forrest was previously an Oregon state court judge for the Washington County Circuit Court from 2017 to 2019.

Kyle Barone

Kyle James Barone is an American basketball player who played for the Saga Ballooners of the B2 League. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2012–13 after leading the WAC in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (10.9) in conference games. Barone became the first player from the University of Idaho to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC.

Lawrence H. Gipson

Lawrence Henry Gipson was an American historian, who won the 1950 Bancroft Prize and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for History for volumes of his magnum opus, the fifteen-volume history of "The British Empire Before the American Revolution", published 1936–70. He was a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied the British Empire from the perspective of London, and generally praised the administrative efficiency and political fairness of the Empire.

James Charles Norton was an American professional football safety and punter who played for the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL). An original member of the Oilers franchise, he played in their first nine seasons from 1960 to 1968. Norton was an AFL All-Star for three seasons and holds the league's record for career interceptions. His jersey No. 43 was the first of eight retired by the Oilers/Titans franchise.

Falemao "Mao" Tosi is a former American football player, a defensive tackle for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is the only Samoan to date to be named Alaska's high school basketball player of the year.

Edward Lodge

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Bret Ingalls

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T. J. Conley

Timothy Joseph “T. J.” Conley Jr. is an American football punter who currently is a free agent. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Jets in 2009. He played college football at Idaho.

Hawthorne C. Gray

Hawthorne Charles Gray was a captain in the United States Army Air Corps. On May 4, 1927, he succeeded in setting a new altitude record in a silk, rubberized, and aluminum-coated balloon launched from Scott Field near Belleville, Illinois, reaching a human world altitude record of 42,470 ft (12.94 km). This record was not recognized by the FAI because Gray parachuted out of the balloon and did not land with his vehicle as per FAI rules. On November 4, 1927, Gray broke his own record by reaching more than 43,000 ft (13.1 km), but died during his descent after his oxygen supply became depleted. The record was recognized by the National Aeronautical Association, but not by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale because the dead aeronaut "was not in personal possession of his instruments." Gray was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his three ascents on March 9, May 4 and November 4.

Kaniel Dickens

Kaniel Dickens is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (50th pick overall) in the 2000 NBA draft.

Hyrum Rex Lee was an American government employee and diplomat who was the last unelected governor of American Samoa. Lee served as governor from 1961 to 1967, and again briefly from 1977 to 1978. Governor Lee's administration from 1961 to 1967 saw the establishment of schools, a new airport, roads, Rainmaker Hotel, an educational television system, new harbor facilities, and a fisheries cannery. Tourism boomed and there was an increasing acceptance of Western institutions, lifestyles, and ideas. Many residents relocated to California and Hawai'i or joined the U.S. Armed Forces.

Robert J. Lamphere

Robert J. Lamphere was a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) involved in the cases of atomic spies Klaus Fuchs, Harry Gold, Julius Rosenberg, and Ethel Rosenberg, as well as British spy Kim Philby. "He had a hand in every major Soviet spy case from the end of World War II through the mid-1950s."

William Conan Davis

William Conan Davis was a professor emeritus and was chair of natural sciences at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas. The William C. Davis Science Building is named in his honor.

Dennis Eichhorn

Dennis P. Eichhorn was an American writer, best known for his adult-oriented autobiographical comic book series Real Stuff. His stories, often involving, sex, drugs, and alcohol, have been compared to those of Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, and Charles Bukowski.

Orval H. Hansen

Orval Howard Hansen was an American politician who served as a congressman from Idaho. He served three terms as a Republican in the House from 1969 to 1975, representing the state's 2nd district.

Art Anderson

Arthur Anthony Anderson was a professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He is one of the few tackles to prevent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Deacon Jones from accomplishing any sacks in a game (1961 season). His teammates on the Chicago Bears under George Halas included Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Stan Jones (his close friend), Doug Atkins, and 1961 rookie Mike Ditka.

Erik C. Peterson

Erik C. Peterson is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the deputy chief of staff for programs of the United States Army from 2021 to 2024. Previously, he was director of force development of the same directorate, and prior to that was the Commanding General of First Army Division West.

Tzvetelina Yanchulova

Tzvetelina "Lina" Yanchulova, also known as Lina Taylor, is a Bulgarian beach volleyball player. She represented her nation Bulgaria in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), along with her partner and younger sister Petia. As a junior player in her native Bulgaria, Yanchulova became a four-time National Champion with her club Levski. She trained for most of her beach volleyball sporting career in San Diego, California, United States, while directing and coaching at Coast Volleyball Club.

Patrick Bailey is an American former college baseball coach. He served as the head coach of the NCAA Division III George Fox Bruins (1996–2007). He was then the interim coach of the Oregon State Beavers (2019), and its assistant coach the following year. In 2020 it was announced that Bailey would not be returning to the Beavers' coaching staff in 2021.

Kenneth Marvin Schrom is a former major league baseball pitcher and current minor league executive.

Robert J. Twiggs is an American professor of Astronautics and Space Science at Morehead State University. He is responsible, along with Jordi Puig-Suari of California Polytechnic State University, for co-inventing the CubeSat reference design for miniaturized satellites which became an Industry Standard for design and deployment of the satellites.

Benjamin R. Merkle

Benjamin R. Merkle is president of New Saint Andrews College, a Christian college in Idaho, United States.

Mike McKevitt

James Douglas "Mike" McKevitt was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1971 to 1973.

Hamer H. Budge

Hamer Harold Budge was an American attorney politician. He was a five-term congressman from Idaho and later chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Arden L. Bement, Jr

Arden Lee Bement Jr. is an American engineer and scientist and has served in executive positions in government, industry and academia.

Bart McKay Davis is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate, representing District 33 from 2002 to 2017. He represented District 29 from 1998 to 2002. During his time in the Idaho Senate, he served as state senate majority leader.

Gladys Lehman

Gladys Lehman was a prolific American screenwriter who had a long career in Hollywood.

Dell David Bull is a retired United States Navy Rear Admiral and Naval Flight Officer bombardier/navigator currently assigned as Deputy Director for Operations and Intelligence Integration at the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO). He previously served as Special Assistant for Naval Air Systems Command in Washington, D.C. From July 2015 to June 2017, Bull was Chief of Naval Air Training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.

George Mattson

George Mattson is an American inventor, and is an early pioneer in electronic music synthesizer technology. He is credited with the invention of the Syntar, the first fully self-contained "keytar", in 1978, and is founder and owner of Mattson Mini Modular. Mattson lives in the Seattle area.

Robert S. Neuman

Robert Sterling Neuman was an American abstract painter, printmaker, and an art teacher.

Jessica Draskau-Petersson

Jessica Draskau Petersson is a Danish long-distance runner. Her fastest marathon time was set at the 2015 Bank of America Chicago marathon, where she ran a time of 2:30:07. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Olympic Marathon in Rio She finished eighth in the marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships.

Jeremy Yoder

Jeremy B. Yoder is an American evolutionary biologist, science communicator and LGBTQIA+ advocate. He is an assistant professor of biology at California State University, Northridge.

Verne Duncan

Verne Allen Duncan is an American politician from the state of Oregon. As an educator and moderate Republican, he has become outspoken in protest of policies of his own party he views as extreme.

Jesse Walters

Jesse Raymond Walters Jr. is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, a member from 1997 to 2003.

Ross Erastus Rowell

Ross Erastus Rowell was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps aviator who achieved the rank of lieutenant general by the end of his 40 years of service. He served as the Marine Corps' Director of Aviation from May 30, 1935, until March 10, 1939, and was one of the three senior officers of Marine Corps Aviation during World War II.

Abe McGregor Goff

Abe McGregor Goff was an attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, most notably as a one-term congressman from 1947 to 1949. He served in the U.S. Army in both world wars.

Burton L. French

Burton Lee French was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-serving U.S. House member in Idaho history.

Lonny R. Suko

Lonny Ray Suko is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Grant Burgoyne

Grant T. Burgoyne is an American attorney, politician, and a Democratic member of the Idaho Senate representing Idaho's District 16. Burgoyne was born on August 9, 1953, in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Pete T. Cenarrusa

Pete Thomas Cenarrusa was an American politician from Idaho. He served continuously for over half a century in elective office, first as a member of the Idaho Legislature and then as Secretary of State. He was a member of the Republican Party.

J. Blaine Anderson

J. Blaine Anderson was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.

Jane Roskams

Angela Jane Roskams is a neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia with a joint appointment in Neurosurgery at the University of Washington. She is professor at the Centre for Brain Health at UBC, and directed the laboratory of neural regeneration and brain repair, before winding down her lab in 2015–16 to become Executive Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and a leader in the Open Science movement. After leading Strategy and Alliances for the Allen institute's multiple branches, she has become an influencer in the fields of neuroinformatics, public-private partnerships, and Open Data Sharing.

Frank Reberger

Frank Beall Reberger is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco Giants from 1968 to 1972.

Compton I. White, Jr

Compton Ignatius White Jr. was a two-term congressman from northern Idaho. A Democrat, he was elected to the open seat in the first district in 1962 and re-elected in 1964. White left office in January 1967 and was the last from the Idaho Panhandle region to represent the state in Congress.

Red Morrison

Dwight Willard "Red" Morrison was an American professional basketball player.

Kelly Talavou

Kelly Simone Talavou is a former American football defensive tackle. He was originally signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2007, and has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens.

Samuel Harrison Coon was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented the 2nd Congressional District of Oregon from 1953 to 1957.

James A. Brown

James Allen "Babe" Brown was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head coach in basketball and football at the University of Idaho in Moscow, and later a three-sport coach and athletic director at the College of Idaho in Caldwell. He also coached multiple sports at four high schools in Idaho: Lewiston, Burley, Moscow, and Nampa.

Bill Hubbell

Wilbert William Hubbell was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1925. He attended college at the University of Idaho. He was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Lakewood, Colorado.

Keith M. Peck was a highly acclaimed American bow maker from Evanston, Illinois. His bows are used on instruments such as those created by master makers Giuseppe Guarneri, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Giovanni Grancino, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and many others.

Blaine Stubblefield

Blaine Stubblefield was the founder of the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest held annually in Weiser, Idaho, an archiver of American folk songs, the originator of regular passenger boat tours down the Hells Canyon of the Snake River, a writer, and a magazine editor.