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'''Washington State University''' is a public [[research]] university in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]], [[Washington]]. It is the state's [[land-grant]] university. The main campus is in Pullman, located in [[Eastern Washington]], with branch campuses in [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]], [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], and the [[Tri-Cities, Washington|Tri-Cities]] ([[Richland, Washington|Richland]], [[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]], and [[Kennewick, Washington|Kennewick]]). The university has strong programs in [[communication]], [[pharmacy]], [[engineering]], and [[veterinary medicine]].
==History==
Founded on March 28, [[1890]] as the State Land-Grant College, the school changed names to the State College of Washington in [[1905]], and, subsequently, in [[1959]], to Washington State University. As a land grant institution, the university has been trusted by the state since statehood with 190,000 acres (769 km²) of land for [[agricultural]] and [[scientific]] research throughout the [[Pacific Northwest]].
==Campus==
The 620 acre (2.5 km²) Pullman campus is located on College Hill in Pullman, a [[college town]] which is notable for its hilly environment. Surrounding the campus and town are the rolling [[wheat]] fields of the [[Palouse]].
==Organization==
Washington State University is composed of the following colleges:
*Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
*Business and Economics
*Education
*Engineering and Architecture
*Honors College
*Liberal Arts
*Nursing
*Pharmacy
*Sciences
*Veterinary Medicine
==Athletics==
Washington State University is a member of the [[Pacific Ten Conference|PAC-10]] athletic conference.
Athletes, students, and alumni of the university are known as [[Cougar|Cougars]]. An older nickname for the school is [[Wazzu]]. The official colors are [[crimson]] and [[gray]].
The [[American football|football]] team plays in [[Martin Stadium]]. An annual highlight is the Washington State University-[[University of Washington]] [[Apple Cup]] football game, with a traveling trophy between the two schools since 1900--currently possessed by Washington State.
The school's main rival is the [[University of Washington]], especially in football, but the school also maintains a lesser rivalry with the [[University of Idaho]], and a friendly rivalry with [[Gonzaga University]] in [[basketball]].
==Notable Alumni==
Academics & Institution Leaders
*[[Howard Bowen]], '29 B.A. & ’33 M.A. Econ., chancellor of [[Claremont University]]; president of the [[University of Iowa]], [[Grinnell College]], and the [[American Association of Higher Education]].
*[[Weldon Gibson]], '38 B.A. Bus. Adm., executive vice president of [[Stanford Research Institute]].
*[[Henry Heald]], '23 Civil Engr., President of the [[Ford Foundation]], [[New York University]], [[Illinois Institute of Technology]], & [[American Society for Engineering Education]].
*[[Samuel H. Smith]], WSU President Emeritus; former [[NATO]] post-doctoral fellow.
*[[Matsuyo Omori Yamamoto]] '37 Home Ec., served as the first chief of the Rural Home-living Improvement Section of Japan’s Ag. Extension; cheif of the Education and Training Section, Home Economics Branch, [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], or FAO, of the [[United Nations]] in [[Rome]].
Art & Literature
*[[Sherman Alexie]], [[author]] & film maker.
*[[Gary Larson]], '72 Comm., "[[Far Side]]" [[cartoonist]].
*[[Mary Turner DeGarmo]], '26 Educ., pioneer in working with music & [[Braille]].
Athletics & Sport
*[[Buck Bailey]], WSU Baseball Coach.
*[[Drew Bledsoe]], '93 Educ. [[NFL]] [[quarterback]].
*[[Bobo Brayton]], '50 Phys. Ed., '59 M.S. Phys. Ed., WSU Baseball Coach.
*[[John Chaplin]], '63 Geography, WSU [[Track & Field]] Coach, U.S. Olympic Track & Field Coach.
*[[Jason Gesser]], 2002 [[Heisman]] Candidate, [[NFL]] quarterback.
*[[William Henry Dietz]] ("[[Lone Star Dietz]]"), WSU Football Coach, Won First Annual [[Rose Bowl]], professional football coach.
*[[Jason Hanson]], '93 Zoo., [[NFL]] Place Kicker.
*[[Mel Hein]], '31 Phys. Ed., All-American WSU football player in 1930; 8-time all-pro with New York Giants.
*[[Bernard Lagat]], '00, Olympic 1500m Runner.
*[[Ryan Leaf]], former [[NFL]] [[quarterback]] with the [[San Diego Chargers]].
*[[Keith Lincoln]], '61 Educ., '64 Phys. Ed., WSU football running back & kicker; record 206 yards in [[AFC]] Championship game in 1964 for the Chargers, two time [[Pro Bowl]] MVP.
*[[Gerry Lindgren]], won 11 [[NCAA]] [[Track & Field]] distance running championships.
*[[Reuben Mayes]], former NFL runningback.
*[[John Olerud]], x'90, [[MLB]] [[first baseman]] for the [[Boston Red Sox]].
*[[Henry Rono]], Olympic Distance Runner.
*[[Mark Rypien]], x'86, former [[NFL]] [[quarterback]], [[Super Bowl]] MVP with the [[Washington Redskins]].
*[[Jack Thompson]], the "[[Throwin' Samoan]]", x'78, '84 Bus. Adm., former [[NFL]] [[quarterback]].
Business
*[[Paul Allen]], x'74, Co-Founder of [[Microsoft]]; Owner of the [[Seattle Seahawks]], [[Portland Trailblazers]], and [[Vulcan Enterprises]].
*[[Robert Stevenson]], '29 Econ., CEO, president, & board chairman of [[Allis-Chalmers]]; trustee of Carroll College; board chairman of the Medical College of Wisconsin; director of Northwest [[Mutual Life Insurance Company]], [[Marshall & Ilsey Bank]], and [[Universal Oil Products Company]].
Government & Politices
*[[John Folger]], '14 Hort., '17 M.S. Hort., [[U.S. Ambassador]] to [[Belgium]] 1957-59, member of the Board of Governors of the [[New York Stock Exchange]], & president of the [[Investment Bankers Association of America]], and chaired the GOP National Finance Committee.
*[[Michael Lowry]], ('62 Gen. St.), Former [[Washington State]] [[Governor]].
*[[Patty Murray]], ('72 Rec.), [[U.S. Senator]] representing [[Washington State]].
*[[Marshall Neill]], '36 Pol. Sci., Fed district court judge, [[Washington State Supreme Court]] judge.
*[[George Nethercutt]], '67, U.S. Congressman from 1995-2005.
Humanities
*[[James Blackwell]], '59 Ph.D. Sociology, national study ranked him fifth among black sociologists, living & dead, who made the most significant contribution to the field.
*[[Laurence Peter]], '63 Ed.D., co-author the international best seller, "[[The Peter Principle: Why Things Go Wrong]]," & author of three sequels, "[[The Peter Prescription]]", "[[The Peter Plan]]," and "[[The Peter Pyramid]]."
*[[William Wilson]], '66 Ph.D. Sociology, wrote "[[The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy]]" and "[[The Declining Significance of Race]]"; one of nine people to receive the [[National Medal of Science]] for creativity, resolve & innovation.
Media & Communications
*[[Keith Jackson]], '54 Speech Comm., ABC-TV sports commentator.
*[[Edward R. Murrow]], '30 Speech, Father of Television News Broadcasting, WWII Radio Correspondent, [[Hear It Now]] radio program host, [[See It Now]] television program host.
*[[Barry Serafin]], x'64, '86 Humanities, ABC news correspondent.
Military
*[[Robert Higgins]], '57 Pharm., Navy Rear Admiral, Deputy Surgeon General, & Medical Corps chief.
*[[Robert Russ]], '55 Bus. Adm., Four-star general in [[U.S. Air Force]].
Royalty
*[[V.N. Bhatia]], Former WSU Honors Program Director, [[Knight]] of [[Denmark]], [[Dannebrog Order]].
Science
*[[Neva Abelson]], '34, Developed the blood test for the [[Rh disease]].
*[[John Abelson]], '60 Physics, Co-founder & president of [[Agouron Pharmaceuticals]]; through [[rational drug design]] developed [[Viracept]], the leading drug used for controlling [[HIV]] infections, which cut the death rate in half amoung AIDS patients in the mid-1990s.
*[[Philip Abelson]], '33 Chem., '35 M.S. Physics, Father of nuclear-fueled submarine; [[Manhattan Project]] participant; Editor of [[Science Magazine]].
*[[Jacob Bigeleisen]] '41 M.S. Chem., founder of the modern school of [[isotope chemistry]; [[Manhattan Project]] participant; researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory; vice president for research, dean of Graduate Studies and a leading chemistry professor at [[State University of New York at Stony Brook]].
*[[Charles King]], '18, Chem., leading authority on [[Vitamin C]].
*[[Karl Sax]], '16 Hort., Radiation biologist and geneticist.
*[[Orville Vogel]], '39 Ph.D. Agronomy, Wheat breeder whose findings sparked the "[[Green Revolution]]".
*[[Allan Wilson]], '57 M.S. Zoo., Evolutionist.
Space & Astronomy
*[[John Fabian]], '62 Mech. Engr., [[NASA]] astronaut.
Technology & Engineering
*[[William A. Bugge]], '22 Civil Engr., Washington director of highways from 1949-63, project director for design & construction of [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) System in [[San Francisco]].
Veterinary Medicine
*[[Leo Bustad]], '41 Ag., ’48 M.S. Ag., ’49 D.V.M., Dean of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine from 1973-83, Pioneer in the international human-companion animal bond movement.
*[[John Gorham]], '46 Vet. Sci., '46 D.V.M., '47 M.S. Vet. Sci., Researcher in slow virus diseases, fur animal diseases, & animal models of human genetic diseases.
*[[Charles Schroeder]], '29 D.V.M., Director of the [[San Diego Zoo]] for 19 years.
*[[Jack Gorski]], '56 M.S. Ani. Sci., 1958 Ph.D. Ani. Sci., discovered the [[estrogen receptor]].
==External links==
Official WSU Sites
*[http://www.wsu.edu/ WSU Homepage]
*[http://www.regents.wsu.edu/ WSU Board of Regents]
*[http://www.alumni.wsu.edu/ WSU Alumni Association]
*[http://wsufoundation.wsu.edu/ WSU Foundation]
*[http://www.wsucougars.com/ WSU Athletics]
Branch Campuses
*[http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/ WSU Spokane website]
*[http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/ WSU Tri-Cities website]
*[http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/ WSU Vancouver website]
About WSU
*[http://www.wsu.edu/WSU-history/ History of WSU]
*[http://www.virtual-tour.wsu.edu/ WSU Virtual Tour]
*[http://www.ir.wsu.edu/ WSU Office of Institutional Research]
*[http://washington.stateuniversity.com/ WSU information & statistics page]
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