This List of University of Oregon alumni includes graduates and former students that did not obtain a degree of the University of Oregon.
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The university opened in 1876 and the first class contained only five members, graduating in 1878. The university has over 160,000 living alumni, 10 of whom are Pulitzer Prize winners, and 2 of whom are Nobel laureates.
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