List of New Mexico State University people
This is a list of notable people affiliated with New Mexico State University. Faculty and staff Reta Beebe - professor emeritus in the Astronomy Department, best known for participation in the Voyager mission David Boje - author; current NMSU endowed Bank of America professor of management Garrey Carruthers - former NMSU President and Dean of College of Business; former governor of New Mexico David Clements - conspiracy theorist James Cuffey - former professor in astronomy, known for photoelectric photometry Frank Harary - mathematician, specialized in graph theory Delano Lewis - founding director of New Mexico State University's International Relations Institute Mark Medoff - playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor Antonya Nelson - English professor at NMSU; author Burl Noggle - professor, American historian Cyrus Nowrasteh - screenwriter and director Fred T. Plog, III-archaeologist, anthropologist, author Gerald W. Thomas - NMSU President Emeritus, 1970–1984 Edward O. Thorp - mathematician best known for writing the book Beat the Dealer and co-inventing the first wearable computer; Associate Professor of Mathematics 1961–65 Clyde Tombaugh - astronomer best known for his discovery of Pluto; former professor of astronomy Alumni Science, medicine, and technology Arlan Andrews - mechanical engineer and science fiction author