convicted of the murder of her roommate in Italy, conviction later overturned Notable faculty Nobel Laureates Pulitzer Prize winners Elizabeth Bishop – Poetry, 1956 Stephen Dunn – Poetry, 2001 Richard Eberhart – Poetry, 1966 Vernon Louis Parrington – History, 1928 Theodore Roethke – Poetry, 1954 Biology and medicine Business and law William R. Greiner – President of the University at Buffalo, 1991–2004 Paul Heyne – economist and author of The Economic Way of Thinking Terence Mitchell – Gold member of Academy of Management Hall of Fame; one of three Gold members out of over 10,000 members Politics and administration Science and technology Social science, arts, and humanities Athletics References University of Washington people