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.
Notable alumni
Academia
- Thomas Herndon, economist
- Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor
- Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies
- 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
Business
Criminals
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
- Miz Cracker, drag queen
- Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000
- 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
Literature
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 â¦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
Faculty and staff
References