Utah State University

all U.S. states and more than 110 countries.
Particularly notable alumni include Harry Reid, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader; Lars Peter Hansen, one of the three Americans to win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; May Swenson, poet; Merlin Olsen, pro football hall-of-famer, actor, and TV personality; Ardeshir Zahedi, former Iranian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S. under the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Shah; LaDonna Antoine-Watkins 1996 and 2000 Olympic sprinter; Chris Cooley, pro-football tight-end who played for the Washington Redskins (2004–2012); the late Mary L. Cleave, NASA astronaut, Bobby Wagner, an NFL linebacker who has played for the Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams, and Washington Commanders; South Korean film and television actress, Cha Joo-Young; Julie A. Robinson, Chief Scientist of the International Space Station (ISS) Program at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center from 2007 to 2018; Bibhu Mohapatra, New York-based fashion designer and …