This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students of Southern Methodist University. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known.

Notable alumni and attendees

Politics and government

Foreign government

Fadel Mohammed Ali Major General Engineer Fadel Mohammed Ali (اللواء المهندس فضل محمد علي) (2010–1945) was the Director of Royal Maintenance Corps of the Jordanian Armed Forces responsible for supporting continuous operations for the milita ...

(M.S. 1978) – Jordanian former director of the Royal Maintenance Corps of the Jordanian Armed Forces * Ahmed Mohamed Zakaria (B.S. 2003) – Former Treasurer of the Government of Dubai - Department of Finance. *

Fahad Almubarak Fahad Almubarak is a Minister of State and Member of the Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers and the Saudi Arabia's G20 Sherpa since 2018. He has also been a Royal Court Advisor since 2015 and the Secretary-General of G20 Saudi Secretariat as we ...

(B.S.) – Governor Central Bank of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *

Catherine Bamugemereire Catherine Bamugemereire is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who, since 2015, has served as a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Uganda, which doubles as Uganda's Constitutional Court. Background and education She was born in Bubulo, in the then Mbale ...

(LL.M. 2003) – justice of the Constitutional Court and

Court of Appeal of Uganda The Court of Appeal of Uganda (also constituted as the Constitutional Court of Uganda) is the second-highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives its powers from Article 134 of the 1995 Constitution. It is an appellate court when hearing cases ...

, the second-highest judicial organ in Uganda *

Gela Bezhuashvili Gela Bezhuashvili ( ka, გელა ბეჟუაშვილი) (born March 1, 1967) is a Georgian politician and served as the head of the Georgian Intelligence Service from February 1, 2008 to December 27, 2013. He formerly served as Minist ...

(LL.M. 1997) – Georgian former head of the Georgian Intelligence Service, Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Charles Brumskine Charles Walker Brumskine (27 April 1951 – 20 November 2019) was a Liberian politician and attorney. He was the leader of the Liberty Party and came third in the 2005 presidential election. He challenged incumbent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for the ...

(LL.M. 1982) – Liberian leader of the Liberty Party, former

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

of the

Liberian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the House of Representatives comprises the Legislature of Liberia. Each of the fifteen counties are equally represented by two senators, elected to se ...

* Hideo Chikusa (M.C.L. '62) – justice of the Supreme Court of Japan * Haechang Chung (M.C.L. '68) – former minister of justice and former chief of staff to the president of Korea * Mirsad Hadžikadić (PhD 1987) – professor and director of the Institute of Complex Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and candidate for presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the

2018 election The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2018. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. Africa *2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election 23 February 2018 *2018 Sierra Leonean general elect ...

* Yukio Horigome – justice, Supreme Court of Japan * Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (LL.M. 2000) – Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Sierra Leone *

Susan Kihika Susan Wakarura Kihika is a Kenyan lawyer, politician and the current governor of Nakuru County. She is also the first female governor of Nakuru County. She was elected as a senator in 2017 on Jubilee Party as a Majoritwhip Susan held the posi ...

- Senator for Nakuru County, Republic of Kenya * S. M. Krishna (LL.M. 1959) – Indian former

Minister of External Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

, Governor of Maharashtra,

Chief Minister of Karnataka The chief minister of Karnataka, formerly known as the chief minister of Mysore, is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's ''de j ...

* Bagir Manan – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia * Shigeharu Negishi (M.C.L. '60) – justice, Supreme Court of Japan * Reynato Puno (LL.M. 1967) – 22nd Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court ( fil, Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the ''Korte Suprema'' lso used in formal writing is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on Ju ...

(2007–2010), 131st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1993–2007) * Manouchehr Talieh – justice

Supreme Court of Iran The Supreme Court of Iran is the highest juridical authority in Iran, established to supervise the correct implementation of laws by courts of justice and consisting of the most prominent judges of the country. The head of the judiciary assigns cr ...

* Gillian Triggs (LL.M. '72) – president of the Australian Human Rights Commission

U.S. government

=U.S. Cabinet/White House

Laura Bush Laura Lane Welch Bush (''née'' Welch; born November 4, 1946) is an American teacher, librarian, memoirist and author who was First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Bush previously served as First Lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000. ...

(B.S. 1968) –

First Lady of the United States The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...

(2001–2009), First Lady of Texas (1995–2000) * Bill Clements (attended) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1973–1977) * Hope Hicks (B.A. 2010) – former White House Communications Director, former press secretary for Donald Trump's

2016 presidential campaign This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/federal elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *7 January: Kir ...

and

presidential transition team In the United States, a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of the United States prepares to take over the administration of the federal government of the United States from the incumbent President of the Un ...

* Karen Hughes (B.A. 1977) – former

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is currently a top-10 ranking position in the U.S. Department of State that is intended to help ensure that public diplomacy is practiced in combination with public affairs and traditiona ...

, Counselor to the President, White House Communications Director * Jo Jorgensen (MBA 1980) - Libertarian Party's nominee in the

2020 election This national electoral calendar for 2020 lists the national/federal elections held in 2020 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *5 January: **Cro ...

, First woman to become the Libertarian nominee and the only female 2020 presidential candidate with ballot access to over 270 electoral votes. * John Lee Ratcliffe (J.D. 1989) -

Director of National Intelligence The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a senior, cabinet-level United States government official, required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Commu ...

, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas representing the 4th district. *

Chad Wolf Chad Fredrick Wolf (born June 21, 1976) is a former lobbyist and former American government official who was named the acting United States secretary of homeland security in November 2019. His appointment was ruled unlawful in November 2020. Wo ...

(B.A. 1998) – Acting Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security and Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, previously,

Chief of Staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...

of the United States Department of Homeland Security and Chief of Staff of the Transportation Security Administration

=U.S. Senate

* Bob Krueger (B.A. 1957) – former

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana,

U.S. Ambassador to Burundi The part of Africa that is now Burundi and Rwanda was a feudal monarchy headed by a ''mwami'' (king) and a ''ganwa'', a feudal hierarchy of Tutsi nobles and gentry until 1890. In that year the Germans attacked the nation and attempted to subdue i ...

Rick Scott Richard Lynn Scott ( Myers, born December 1, 1952) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Scott ...

(J.D. 1978) –

from Florida * John Tower (M.A. 1951) – former U.S. Senator from Texas

=U.S. House of Representatives

= * John Wiley Bryant (B.A. 1969, J.D. 1972) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * Jim Chapman (J.D. 1970) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * James M. Collins (B.S. 1937) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * John Culberson (B.A. 1981) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * Bob Franks (J.D. 1976) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee * Ralph Hall (LL.B. 1951) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * Eddie Bernice Johnson (M.P.A. 1976) – current member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * Sam Johnson (B.B.A. 1951) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * Bob Krueger (B.A. 1957) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana,

* Dennis Moore (attended) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas * John Lee Ratcliffe (J.D. 1989) - former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas representing the 4th district, 2015 - 2020. * Lamar Smith (J.D. 1975) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas

=U.S. ambassadors and diplomats

= * Rena Bitter (J.D. 1991) – former U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Nominee for

Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for ...

Teel Bivins Miles Teel Bivins (November 22, 1947 – October 26, 2009) was an American diplomat and politician. He served as a Republican member for the 31st district of the Texas Senate, and also as the 18th United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of ...

(J.D. 1976) – former

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden The United States Ambassador to Sweden ( sv, Förenta Staternas ambassadör i Sverige) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the President of the United States, President and the Government of the United States of America to the Mona ...

, member of the Texas Senate *

Tony Garza Antonio Oscar "Tony" Garza Jr. (born July 7, 1959) is an American lawyer and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. In recognition of his work, Mexico bestowed on him the Águil ...

(J.D. 1983) – former

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett bec ...

Texas Railroad Commissioner The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surf ...

, 98th

Secretary of State of Texas The Secretary of State of Texas is one of the six members of the executive department of the State of Texas in the United States. Under the Constitution of Texas, the appointment is made by the governor of Texas, with confirmation by the Texas S ...

Roy M. Huffington Roy Michael Huffington (October 4, 1917 – July 11, 2008)Hanson, Ericman, Philanthropist Huffington dies], ''Houston Chronicle'', July 13, 2008, retrieved 2008-07-13 was an American oilman originally from Tomball in Harris County, Texas, wh ...

(B.S. 1938) – former United States Ambassador to Austria, U.S. Ambassador to Austria * Bob Krueger (B.A. 1957) – former U.S. Ambassador to Botswana,

* George C. McGhee (attended) – former

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century. Ottoman Empire Chargé d'Affaires *George W. Erving (before 1831) * David Porter (September 13, 1831 – May 23, 1840) Minister Resident * David Port ...

, U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs *

Jeanne L. Phillips Jeanne Linden Phillips (born 1954) is an American businesswoman and diplomat. She served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2001 to 2003, under President George W. Bush.Deborah SolomonIt ...

(B.A. 1976) – former U.S. Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development * Elizabeth Holzhall Richard (B.A. 1981, J.D. 1984) – current

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon. * George Wadsworth (1942–1947) – Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to Syria but resident in Beirut. * Lowell C. Pink ...

* Roy R. Rubottom Jr. (B.A. 1933) – former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina,

Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs within the United States Department of State, the foreign affairs department of the United States federal government ...

=State governors

Official Portrait of Senator Rick Scott (R-FL)

* Bill Clements (attended) – 42nd and 44th

governor of Texas The governor of Texas heads the state government of Texas. The governor is the leader of the executive and legislative branch of the state government and is the commander in chief of the Texas Military. The current governor is Greg Abbott, who ...

(1979–1983; 1987–1991), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1973–1977) *

(J.D. 1978) – 45th governor of Florida (2011–2019)

=State legislators

= * Rafael Anchia (B.A. 1990) – current member of the Texas House of Representatives * Leo Berman (B.A. 1969) – former member of the Texas House of Representatives, member of the city council of

Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. ...

* Dan Branch (J.D.) – former member of the Texas House of Representatives *

Raleigh Brown Raleigh Holden Brown (December 10, 1921 – May 23, 2009) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives 1963-1967 and later became a judge. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Brown's ancestry was from Tennessee, where also lived mu ...

– member of the Texas House of Representatives; Texas State District Court judge in Abilene * Jim R. Caldwell (M.S.) – former member of the Arkansas Senate, chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party * Mickey Dollens (B.A. 2011) – current member of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's b ...

Charlie Geren Charles L. Geren (born October 22, 1949) is an American businessman and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. He represented District 89 from 2001 to 2003 before being redistricted into District 99. Both districts encompass a po ...

(B.B.A. 1971) – member of the Texas House of Representatives from his native Fort Worth * Ike Harris (J.D. 1960) – member of the Texas Senate (1967–1995),

of the Texas Senate (1973) *

Todd Ames Hunter Todd Ames Hunter (born August 26, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer from Corpus Christi, Texas, serving as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 32 in Nueces County. From 1993 to 1997, as a Democrat, ...

(Law '78) – member of the Texas House of Representatives from Corpus Christi (Democrat, 1989–1997; Republican, since 2009) * Ray Hutchison (B.A. '57, J.D. '59) – former state representative and partner in

Vinson and Elkins Vinson & Elkins LLP (or V&E) is an international law firm with approximately 700 lawyers worldwide headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. The firm has offices in major energy, financial, and political centers worldwide, including Austin, Dalla ...

in Dallas; husband of U.S. Senator

Kay Bailey Hutchison Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republi ...

* Jim Keet (B.B.A. 1971) – 2010 Republican nominee for

Governor of Arkansas A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

, member of the Arkansas Senate (1993–1997), member of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

(1989–1991) *

Bill Keffer William Ralph Keffer (born September 15, 1958) is an attorney in Dallas, Texas, who was from 2003 to 2007 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 107. His older brother, Jim Keffer, is a still-serving Republican H ...

(B.A. 1981) – member of the Texas House of Representatives (2003–2007) * Sharon Keller – Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals *

Bob McFarland Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: Places * Mount Bob, New York, United States *Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica People, fictional characters, and named animals * Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Bob (surnam ...

(J.D. 1966) – member of the Texas Senate (1983–1991),

of the Texas Senate (1989) *

Morgan Meyer Morgan Meyer (born August 8, 1974) is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 108th district. Elected in November 2014, he assumed office in January 2015. The district is entirely loc ...

– Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 108 in Dallas County, including University Park *

Barrow Peacock Russell Barrow Peacock (born March 19, 1970) is the current Republican state senator for District 37 in northwestern Louisiana. He began his second term on January 11, 2016. A native of Shreveport, Peacock is a businessman and former electe ...

– Republican member of the

Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees. Composition The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...

from

Shreveport Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population o ...

E. J. Pipkin Edward Joseph Pipkin Jr. (born November 1, 1956) is an American activist, politician, and Republican former member of the Maryland State Senate, had represented Maryland's 36th Senate district, and was first elected in 2002 and served until 201 ...

(M.S. 2014) – Republican member of the Maryland Senate (2003–2013) * Ana-Maria Ramos (J.D.) - current member of the Texas House of Representatives *

Matt Shaheen Matthew Frank Shaheen (born June 8, 1965) is an American politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 66th district. Elected in the November 2014, he assumed office in January 2015. Early life and education Sh ...

– Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Plano, effective 2015; former Collin County commissioner; received master's degree from SMU *

Kenneth Sheets Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a by ...

(J.D. 2004) – Dallas attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 107 in Dallas County since 2011 *

Virginia Shehee Virginia Ruth Kilpatrick Shehee (1923-2015) was an American businesswoman and politician from Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected to the Louisiana State Senate. Personal life Shehee was born on July 12, ...

– member of the

from

, 1976 to 1980; businesswoman and philanthropist; studied social work at SMU * Burt Solomons – Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton County; received a Master of Public Administration degree from SMU in early 1970s

=Other state and local government

= *

Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr. (born March 16, 1947) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. An oil industry executive and political figure in Tulsa, Bartlett was the Republican nominee for mayor of ...

(M.B.A. 1971) – 39th mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma (2009–2016), son of former U.S. Senator Dewey F. Bartlett * Bryan Bush –

district attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a l ...

of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (1985–1990) * K. Dennise Garcia (B. A., B.S., J.D.) State District Judge (2004-2020); Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals (2021–present) https://ballotpedia.org/Dennise_Garcia * Eric V. Moyé (B.A.) State District Judge (1992–95; 2008–present) * Barbara Staff (B.A.) – Texas

Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa *Republican Party (Liberia) * Republican Part ...

activist, Texas co-chairman of

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

's 1976 presidential primary campaign *

Martha Whitehead Martha Whitehead is an American politician and pastor from the U.S. state of Texas. She was the last Texas State Treasurer before the position was abolished by constitutional amendment in 1996. Career Whitehead served as the mayor of Longview, Te ...

(B.A. 1962) – last

Texas State Treasurer Texas State Treasurer was an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Texas, responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The position was established in the Constitution of ...

(1993–1996) * Phil Wilson (M.B.A.) – 106th Texas Secretary of State (2007–2008)

Military

Fred E. Ellis Fred E. Ellis is a former major general in the Texas Air National Guard. Career Ellis originally joined the United States Air Force in 1968. He was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base until 1970, at which time he was assigned to Griffiss Air ...

–

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...

major general *

Fred E. Haynes Jr. Fred Elmore Haynes Jr. (January 5, 1921 – March 25, 2010) was a United States Marine Corps major general who served in World War II and the Vietnam War. He completed his Marine Corps career as deputy chief of staff for Research, Development an ...

– World War II Marine Officer and later Major General; brother of actor Jerry Haynes * General

Craig R. McKinley Craig Richard McKinley (born May 6, 1952) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 26th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, serving from 2008 to 2012. He is the first officer from the National Guard to ever achieve the grade ...

(B.B.A. 1974) – 26th Chief of the National Guard Bureau (2008–2012) * Jack Miller – World War II Marine Officer; namesake of the USS ''Jack Miller'' *

Huan Nguyen Huan Nguyen (born ) is a South Vietnamese engineer and retired rear admiral (United States), rear admiral in the United States Navy. Personal life The son of South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia#Commissioned officer ranks, Lieutenant Co ...

– first Vietnamese-American Navy rear admiral *

Harry M. Wyatt III Harry M. "Bud" Wyatt III (born 1949) is a retired Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general of the United States Air Force (USAF) who last served as 14th Director, Air National Guard. He is also an attorney from Oklahoma and served a ...

(B. A. in Business Administration, 1974) – attorney, retired lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force, former Adjutant General of Oklahoma, former Secretary of Military Affairs for State of Oklahoma; J. D. from University of Tulsa School of Law (1980)

Business

* Gerald Alley – founder, president and CEO, Con-Real * Thaddeus Arroyo – CEO, AT&T Business Solutions and International *

Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Gabriel Barbier-Mueller is the founder and CEO of Harwood International. Gabriel was born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland. He came to Dallas in 1979 and graduated from Dallas's Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = "The truth will ma ...

– founder and CEO, Harwood International * Harry W. Bass, Jr. – owner, Vail Resorts * April Beasley – CEO of RCKT, Global Marketing Strategist for tech startups * Mark Blinn – former president and chief executive officer, Flowserve Corporartion *

Henry L. Brandon Henry Logan Brandon (April 22, 1923 – June 21, 1997) was an American Naval Aviator and attorney. He sat on the Board of Directors of Unocal Corporation of California, and was the company's Vice President of International Development. He also sat ...

– chairman of the board, Unocal Corporation * John J Christmann IV – chairman and CEO, Apache Corporation *

Richard L. Clemmer Richard L. Clemmer (born c. 1952) is an American business executive. He was the chief executive officer of NXP Semiconductors NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXP) is a Dutch semiconductor designer and manufacturer with headquarters in Eindhoven, Net ...

(MBA) – CEO of

NXP Semiconductors NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXP) is a Dutch semiconductor designer and manufacturer with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The company employs approximately 31,000 people in more than 30 countries. NXP reported revenue of $11.06 billion in 2 ...

Lodwrick Cook Lodwrick ("Lod") Monroe Cook (June 17, 1928 in Castor, Louisiana; - September 28, 2020) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Background and education Cook was raised in Grand Cane, Louisiana. He received a bachelor's degree in mathema ...

– chairman and CEO, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) * Trammell Crow – Founder, Trammell Crow Company * Álex Cruz – CEO, British Airways *

C. David Cush C. David Cush (born Shreveport, Louisiana) is the CEO of Service King, an auto repair company. Cush was the CEO of Virgin America from December 2007 to December 2016. He was named CEO on November 26, 2007, effective December 10, 2007, replacing ...

– CEO, Virgin America * Aaron Davidson – chairman of the North American Soccer League and president of Traffic Sports USA * Aart J. de Geus – co-founder, chairman and CEO of Synopsys *

Robert H. Dedman, Sr. Robert H. Dedman Sr. (1926–2002) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and past chairman of ClubCorp. Biography Early life Robert Dedman was born in poverty in Rison, Arkansas. His family house only ...

– founder and CEO, ClubCorp * Robert H. Dedman, Jr. – former CEO, ClubCorp * David B. Dillon – president and chairman of the Kroger Co. * Bob Dudley – CEO, BP *

Thomas Dundon Thomas Dundon (born September 5, 1971) is an American businessman, specializing in financial services and entertainment. He is chairman and managing partner of Dundon Capital Partners in Dallas, Texas, and is now sole owner and chief executive of ...

(B.S. 1993) – chairman and managing partner of Dundon Capital Partners in Dallas, Texas, owner of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and one-quarter of TopGolf * J. Lindsay Embrey – chairman and CEO of First Continental Enterprises Inc. and Embrey Enterprises Inc. * Martin L. Flanagan – president and CEO, Invesco * Gerald J. Ford (B.A. 1966, J.D. 1969) – Dallas-based billionaire * Jerry Fullinwider – founder of V–F Petroleum * Deborah Gibbins – chief operating officer, Mary Kay, Inc. * Rob C. Holmes – CEO, President and a member of the Board of Directors, Texas Capital Bank * Donald Holmquest – CEO, California

RHIO A Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO, pronounced ''rio''), also called a Health Information Exchange Organization, is a multistakeholder organization created to facilitate a health information exchange (HIE) – the transfer of heal ...

Thomas W. Horton Thomas W. Horton (born May 24, 1961) is a partner of Global Infrastructure Partners and is lead director at Walmart Inc. and General Electric Corp. He was chairman, president, and CEO of AMR Corporation until it merged with US Airways Group to fo ...

– CEO, American Airlines * Clark Hunt (B.B.A. 1987) – current part owner, chairman, and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), founding investor-owner in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

* Helen LaKelly Hunt – founder of The Sister Fund *

Hunter L. Hunt Hunter L. Hunt is an American heir and businessman. He serves as the chairman and co-chief executive officer of Hunt Consolidated Energy. Life and career Hunt's late paternal grandfather, H. L. Hunt, was the founder of Hunt Oil Company, and his ...

(B.A. 1990) – current chairman and CEO of Hunt Consolidated Energy * Lamar Hunt (B.S. 1956) – principal founder of the

American Football League The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...

(AFL),

(MLS), and Kansas City Chiefs, owner of the

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and ...

, Columbus Crew, and FC Dallas * Ray Lee Hunt – chairman and CEO, Hunt Oil Company * Jim Irsay (B.A. 1982) – current owner and CEO of the

Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...

of the National Football League * Keith D. Jackson – president, CEO and Director of ON Semiconductor and 2020 Chair of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors *

Jerry Junkins Jerry Ray Junkins (December 9, 1937 – May 29, 1996) was a U.S. electronics businessman who served as the president, chairman, and CEO of Texas Instruments, Incorporated from 1988 until his death in Germany, during a business trip. Junkins was b ...

– president, chairman, and CEO of Texas Instruments (1988–1996) *

Paul B. Loyd, Jr. Paul B. Loyd Jr. is an American businessman. From 1997 to 2001, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of the R&B Falcon Corporation, the world's largest offshore drilling company, until it merged with Transocean. Transocean has named a ...

– former chairman and CEO of the R&B Falcon Corporation, the world's largest offshore drilling company (1997–2001); sits on the SMU Board of Trustees *

Harold MacDowell Harold MacDowell is a construction company executive. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, MacDowell graduated from high school in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and received his bachelor's degree in engineering management from Southern Methodist University (SMU) ...

– CEO, TDIndustries *

John H. Matthews John Henry Matthews IV (August 11, 1888 – July 7, 1956) was the Mayor of Brantford, Ontario, Canada (1946–1947), Known as Jack to his family and friends, he came to Canada in 1909 from the island of Guernsey, he married Florence Honor ...

Beth E. Mooney Beth Elaine Mooney (born 1955) is an American financial executive who is the first woman to be CEO of a top-20 U.S. bank. On May 1, 2011 KeyCorp named Mooney its chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based bank. From Nov ...

– CEO of Key Bank * Kenneth R. Morris – co-founder, PeopleSoft *

Robert Mosbacher, Jr. Robert Adam Mosbacher Jr. (born May 29, 1951) is an American businessman, founder of BizCorps, and the former head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush, Mosbacher was sworn in as the ...

– Houston businessman; president of Mosbacher Energy Company, Overseas Private Investment Corporation * Erle A. Nye – chairman and CEO,

TXU TXU or txu may refer to: *TXU Corporation (formerly "Texas Utilities") a USA group companies **TXU Energy, energy generation subsidiary of TXU Corp. **TXU Energi, subsidiary of TXU Europe, formerly "The Energy Company" *txu, ISO:639 code for the K ...

* William J. O'Neil – founder of the business newspaper '' Investor's Business Daily'' * Jamie Patel – Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, American Century Investments *Marc Patrick (B.A. 1993) – Senior director for global brand communications, Nike, Inc. * Martin W. "Bud" Pernoll – founder and CEO, Bay Mutual Financial * Eckhard Pfeiffer (MBA) – chairman and CEO, Compaq * Melissa Reiff – CEO, The Container Store *

Robert Rowling Robert B. Rowling (born 1953) is an American billionaire businessman, and the Founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels. Early life A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rowling has an undergraduate degree from the University of Te ...

– U.S. billionaire No. 45 on Forbes 400 * Edward B. Rust, Jr. (MBA) – chairman and CEO,

State Farm Insurance State Farm Insurance is a large group of mutual insurance companies throughout the United States with corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois. Overview State Farm is the largest property and casualty insurance provider, and the lar ...

* John Santa María Otazua – CEO, Coca-Cola FEMSA *

George Edward Seay III George Seay is a Dallas, Texas-based businessman, co-founder and chairman of Annandale Capital, and conservative political leader. Seay previously served as Texas finance chairman for Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2012 Presidential campaign, and was ...

– businessman; co-founder and CEO of Annandale Capital; philanthropist; conservative political activist * Mark Shepherd – chairman and CEO, Texas Instruments * Jeffrey Skilling – chairman and CEO of Enron * Jeff Storey, president and chief executive officer of Level 3 Communications *

Emily Summers Emily Summers (born 1945), is an American interior designer. She is president and CEO of Emily Summers Design Associates. Beginning her design career in 1979, she became known for her collaboration with architects and artists along with the collec ...

– interior designer * John H. Tyson – chairman of Tyson Foods * Ray Washburne – real estate investor * Whitney Wolfe Herd – founder and CEO, Bumble; co-founder of Tinder * Donald Zale – chairman, Capitol Entertainment Group and son of Morris (M. B.) Zale, the co-founder of Zale Corporation

Law

James A. Baker James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President ...

(B.B.A. 1953, LL.B. 1958) – justice of the

Supreme Court of Texas The Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) is the court of last resort for civil matters (including juvenile delinquency cases, which are categorized as civil under the Texas Family Code) in the U.S. state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of ...

(1995–2002) * Jeff Cox (Legal Law Masters in Taxation) – judge since 2005 of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster parishes * Craig T. Enoch – justice, Texas Supreme Court * Mondonna ("Mondi") Ghasedi (BA 1996) - Judge, State of Missouri (21st Circuit - St. Louis County) *

David C. Godbey David Charles Godbey (born September 17, 1957) is the United States federal judge, Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Education and career Godbey was born in Temple, Texas, ...

– federal judge * Deborah Hankinson – former justice of Texas Supreme Court * Nathan Hecht – chief justice, Texas Supreme Court * Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. – justice, Supreme Court of Missouri * Barbara M.G. Lynn – judge,

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in D ...

* Robert B. Maloney – federal judge * Lawrence E. Meyers – judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 1993; resides in Fort Worth * Harriet Miers – George W. Bush administration nominee to the United States Supreme Court * James Latane Noel, Jr. – Attorney General of Texas * Michael Pryles (LL.M '68, S.J.D '70) former Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission; former Commissioner, United Nations Compensation Commission (Geneva); chairman, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2009–2012) *

William Steger William Merritt Steger (August 22, 1920 – June 4, 2006) was an American politician and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Education and career Born on August 22, 1920, in Dallas, ...

– judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Scientists

* Michael Bunnell - Winner of 2010 Scientific and Engineering Academy Award® for making computer-generated characters look more real *

Donald D. Clayton Donald Delbert Clayton (born March 18, 1935) is an American astrophysicist whose most visible achievement was the prediction from nucleosynthesis theory that supernovae are intensely radioactive. That earned Clayton the NASA Exceptional Scientifi ...

– astrophysicist *

James Cronin James Watson Cronin (September 29, 1931 – August 25, 2016) was an American particle physicist. Cronin was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were aw ...

– Nobel Prize-winning physicist * Robert Dennard – computing pioneer * Donald Holmquest – NASA astronaut, physician * Jack N. James – engineer and manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; project manager for the Mariner program *

Kent Norman Kent L. Norman is an American cognitive psychologist and an expert on computer rage. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1969 and earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Iowa in 1973. Norman was an associ ...

–

cognitive Cognition refers to "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses all aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as: perception, attention, thought, ...

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

and expert on

computer rage Computer rage refers to negative psychological responses towards a computer due to heightened anger or frustration. Examples of computer rage include cursing or yelling at a computer, slamming or throwing a keyboard or a mouse, and assaulting the c ...

Andrés Ruzo Andrés Ruzo is a geoscientist, conservationist, author, science communicator and educator, who became the first scientist granted permission to study the Boiling River of the Amazon in 2011. And in 2002, he was awarded with the National Geogra ...

– geothermal scientist and a National Geographic Young Explorer *

Clyde Snow Clyde Snow (January 7, 1928 – May 16, 2014) was an American forensic anthropologist. Some of his skeletal confirmations include John F. Kennedy, victims of John Wayne Gacy, King Tutankhamun, victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, and Nazi doctor ...

– forensic anthropologist * Robert Taylor – computing pioneer * Mary E. Weber – NASA

astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

Donald J. Wheeler Donald J. Wheeler is an American author, statistician and expert in quality control.''A Conversation with Donald J. Wheeler'', by William H. Woodall, Quality Engineering, Vol. 21 pages 357-365, 2009. Wheeler graduated from the University of Texas ...

– expert on statistical process control and data analysis * Cindy Ann Yeilding - American geologist and former Vice President of British Petroleum, BP

Academia

Betsy Boze Betsy Vogel Boze (pronounced Bōz), is an American academic and higher education administrator. During her career at public universities she has been a professor of marketing, department chair, dean, CEO of Kent State University at Stark, and ...

(née Betsy Vogel) – President,

The College of The Bahamas The University of The Bahamas (UB) is the national public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas with campuses throughout the archipelago. The main campus is located in the capital city of Nassau, on the island of New ...

Larry Faulkner Larry Ray Faulkner (born November 26, 1944) is an American academic and businessman. He served as the twenty-seventh president of The University of Texas at Austin from 1998 to 2006, and as the president of the Houston Endowment Inc. from 2006 ...

– President, University of Texas at Austin (1998–2006) * Utpal K. Goswami - President Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) *

Lee F. Jackson Lee F. Jackson is the former chancellor of the University of North Texas System (2002–2017). Jackson was the State of Texas' longest-serving Chancellor when he announced his retirement in March, 2017. Jackson previously served as Dallas County ...

– former Chancellor of the University of North Texas System (2002–2017) and the State of Texas' longest-serving chancellor at the time when he announced his retirement in March 2017. * Jo Jorgensen (M.B.A. 1983) – 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate and Senior Lecturer of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Clemson University *

Herma Hill Kay Herma Hill Kay (August 18, 1934 – June 10, 2017) was the Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She previously served as dean of Boalt from 1992 to 2000. She specialized in family law and co ...

– Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law *

Mary Elizabeth Moore Mary Elizabeth (Mullino) Moore is an educator, writer, and current dean of the Boston University School of Theology in Boston, Massachusetts. She has also been a professor of religion and education at the Claremont School of Theology, as well as ...

- Dean, Boston University School of Theology * Donde Plowman – Chancellor of the University of Tennessee (2019–present) *

William C. Roberts William Clifford Roberts (September 11, 1932 – June 15, 2023) was an American physician specializing in cardiac pathology. He was a Master of the American College of Cardiology, a leading cardiovascular pathologist, and the former editor of ...

– cardiologist; pathologist; first head of pathology for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute * Andrea I. Robinson – master sommelier and dean of wine studies at the

French Culinary Institute The International Culinary Center was a private for-profit culinary school headquartered in New York City. In 2020, it merged into the Institute of Culinary Education, also in New York City. It was founded as The French Culinary Institute by D ...

* Earl Rose – Dallas County medical examiner at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy; pathologist at University of Iowa *

Vernon L. Scarborough Vernon Lee Scarborough (born 1950) is an American academic anthropologist and archaeologist, known for his research and publications on settlement, land use and water management practices of archaic and Pre-industrial society. Scarborough is a Di ...

(PhD 1980) – Mesoamerican archaeologist; professor and head of department in anthropology at University of Cincinnati *

Thomas F. Siems Thomas F. Siems is senior economist and policy advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He holds a master's degree and PhD from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he also lectures. Biography Siems earned a B.S. (eng ...

– senior economist and policy advisor in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture

Bill Fagerbakke on Comic-Con panel (2009)

Amy Acker Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series ''Angel'' (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series ''Alias'' (2005 ...

– actress, ''

Person of Interest "Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...

'', '' Angel'' * Michael Aronov – actor, playwright * Antoine Ashley (a.k.a. Sahara Davenport) – female impersonator, singer, and reality show participant ('' RuPaul`s Drag Race'') * Astronautalis (Charles Andrew Bothwell) – hip-hop artist *

Bob Banner Robert James Banner Jr. (August 15, 1921 – June 15, 2011) was an American producer, writer and director. From 1967 to 1972 he co-produced ''The Carol Burnett Show''. Life and career Banner was a native of Ennis, Texas, and credited his hom ...

– TV producer *

Joseph Banowetz Joseph Murray Banowetz (December 5, 1934 – July 3, 2022) was an American pianist, pedagogue, author, and editor, who taught at the University of North Texas. Banowetz was an expert on the music of the Russian romantic composer Anton Rubinstein ...

– Grammy-nominated classical pianist; music professor *

Adam Bartley Adam Bartley (born January 28, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sheriff's Deputy Archie "the Ferg" Ferguson on the television series '' Longmire''. Life and career Bartley was born in Minnesota, and is a 1997 graduate ...

– actor notable for television's '' Longmire'' * David Bates – artist * Kathy Bates – Oscar-winning actress * Brian Baumgartner – actor on '' The Office'' * Matt Earl Beesley – TV and film director * Andy Blankenbuehler – dancer, choreographer, '' Hamilton'', '' Bandstand'', '' In the Heights'' * Powers Boothe –

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

-winning actor * Cale Boyter – film producer, '' Wedding Crashers'' * Edie Brickell – singer-songwriter, guitarist with The New Bohemians * Allen Case – Broadway and television actor ('' The Deputy'') * R. Jane Chu – chairperson, National Endowment for the Arts *

Laura Claycomb Laura Claycomb (born August 23, 1968) is an American lyric coloratura soprano singer. Background Claycomb was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, but grew up in Dallas, where she excelled in church and school choir, winning numerous youth competitio ...

– operatic soprano * Eddie Coker – children's musician *

Graham Colton Graham Colton (born November 6, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His most recent album, ''Inside Out'', was released on August 14, 2020. Colton's songs have been featured on numerous TV shows including ''Am ...

– pop singer, performer, songwriter * Cristi Conaway – actress *

Mimi Davila Chongalicious is a 2007 homemade music video performed by Laura DiLorenzo and Mimi Davila (both born in 1990), who were drama students at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School in Unincorporated north Miami-Dade County. The song is a parody of Fergie's ...

– from the Chonga Girls * Paige Davis – TLC Network personality *

Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Martin (born 5 August 1982) is a Panamanian model, TV host, and beauty pageant contestant. She is the winner of the 2002 Señorita Panamá pageant, and she competed in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held in Panama City, Panama, w ...

– model, represented Panama in Miss Universe 2003 and Miss Earth 2006 *

Fernando del Valle Fernando del Valle (né Brian Stephen Skinner; February 28, 1964) is an American operatic tenor. He is the son of Edward King Skinner II, a Korean War veteran and Concha Marina Meléndez del Valle the cousin of George Melendez Wright. He is th ...

(Brian S. Skinner) – operatic tenor *

Hacksaw Jim Duggan James Edward Duggan Jr. (born January 14, 1954), better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE on a Legends contract. His best-known character is that of an American patriot, which ...

– pro wrestler *

Amanda Dunbar Amanda Dunbar (born 1982) is a Texas-based artist who gained acclaim at an early age for her oil painting skills. Amanda Dunbar began painting in an after school art class at the age of 13. Her spontaneous and advanced works acquired significan ...

– visual artist * Mary Elizabeth Ellis – actress known for portraying "The Waitress" on '' It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' * Bill Fagerbakke – actor on ''

Coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co ...

'' and voice on '' SpongeBob SquarePants'' *

Katie Featherston Katie Dianne Featherston (born October 20, 1982) is an American actress. She is known for playing Katie in the ''Paranormal Activity'' series. Early life and career Was born in Texas. She attended Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas and part ...

– lead actress in the independent horror film '' Paranormal Activity'' * Morgan Garrett – voice actress affiliated with Funimation * Clarence Gilyard – actor, '' Walker, Texas Ranger'' * Lynda Goodfriend - American actress *

Lauren Graham Lauren Graham (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Lorelai Gilmore on The WB/ CW television series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), for which she received nominations for Screen Actors Guild ...

– lead actress, '' Gilmore Girls'', ''Parenthood'', and ''Guys and Dolls'' on broadway * Art Greenhaw – Grammy Award-winning artist, record producer and audio engineer * Daniel Hart – musician and composer * James V. Hart – screenwriter and author * Jerry Haynes - Actor, most well known as Mr. Peppermint, brother of

, World War II Marine Officer and later Major General; * Thomas Hayward – chairman of the Voice and Opera departments of the Meadows School of the Arts; named distinguished professor of voice 1990; namesake of the Thomas Hayward Memorial Award scholarship *

Jerrika Hinton Jerrika Hinton is an American actress, best known for her role as Stephanie Edwards in the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy''. Early life Hinton was born and raised in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Cynthia, a retired gove ...

– actress, ''Grey's Anatomy'' *

John Holiday John Thomas Holiday Jr. (born March 31, 1985) is an American operatic countertenor. His repertoire focuses on the Baroque and contemporary composers, including staged opera and opera in concert, works for voice and orchestra, and experimental mix ...

– operatic

countertenor A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a s ...

* David Hudgins – TV writer and producer, '' Everwood'' and '' Friday Night Lights'' *

Tom Hussey Thomas Goldsmith Hussey (November 10, 1910 – March 8, 1982) was a Major League Baseball announcer for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves. Early life Hussey was born on November 10, 1910 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas P. and ...

– photographer specializing in commercial advertising and lifestyle photography * Jack Ingram – country music singer *

Rick Jaffa Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) and Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) are an American married screenwriting and film production duo.

– screenwriter * William Joyce – creator of '' Rolie Polie Olie'' and ''

George Shrinks ''George Shrinks'' is a children's animated television series. It is based on the children's book by the well-known author William Joyce, produced in China by Jade Animation and Canadian studio Nelvana, in association with PBS. The show premie ...

'', Academy Award winner *

Ron Judkins Ron Judkins (born 1953) is an American production sound mixer and writer-director. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three in the same category. He is also the winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Sou ...

– production sound mixer and writer-director * Kourtney Kardashian (attended) – co-owner of '' D-A-S-H''; featured on ''

Keeping Up with the Kardashians ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' (often abbreviated ''KUWTK'') is an American reality television series which focused on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian family, Kardashian–Jenner Stepfamily, blended family, airing b ...

'', '' Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami'', and '' Kourtney and Kim Take New York'' * Bavand Karim – TV and film producer * Jordan Ladd – actress and model * Sheryl Leach – creator of '' Barney & Friends'' children's television program *

Gus Levene Gus Levene, born Gershun Levene (July 11, 1911 – February 9, 1979), was an American arranger, composer, orchestrator and guitarist. In the mid-1940s, he was one of the top network radio arrangers. Levene is best remembered for his work as an ar ...

– arranger, composer, orchestrator, and guitarist *

Lydia Mackay Lydia Marie Mackay is an American voice and stage actress, known internationally for her work for Funimation and OkraTron 5000. She has provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. E ...

– voice actress affiliated with Funimation * Dorothy Malone – Academy Award-winning Actress * Jayne Mansfield - Actress * Page McConnell – keyboardist for

Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended jams, blending of genres, and a dedicated fan base. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon ...

* Jay McGraw – son of Dr.

Phil McGraw Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), better known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author best known for hosting the talk show '' Dr. Phil''. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased rene ...

, "Dr. Phil" * Debra Monk – Tony Award-winning actress * Belita Moreno – actress; Benny on the '' George Lopez'' TV series * N'dambi –

Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

-nominated recording artist * Jeffrey Nordling – actor, '' 24'', ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry, Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from Octobe ...

'', '' Big Little Lies'', ''

Once and Again ''Once and Again'' is an American family drama television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999, to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz a ...

'' *

Sybil Robson Orr Sybil Ann Robson Orr (born 1962) is an American film producer. She is a niece of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and the founder of Robson Orr Entertainment. Early life and career Sybil Robson Orr was born in 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahom ...

– film producer and former news anchor * Candice Patton – actress, ''

The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

'' * Khary Payton – actor, The Walking Dead *

Artemis Pebdani Artemis Pebdani (born August 2, 1977) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Susan Ross on ''Scandal'', Artemis on ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' and Gramma Alice on ''Big City Greens''. Early life Pebdani was born and raised ...

– actress, '' It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' *

Lynne Strow Piccolo Lynne Strow Piccolo (born 17 June 1943) is an American soprano, particularly associated with the spinto roles of the Italian operatic repertoire. She pursued her career mainly in Europe and made her mark in Verdi and Verismo operas. After stud ...

- operatic

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

* D.J. Pierce (a.k.a. Shangela Laquifa Wadley) – drag queen, reality television personality reality show participant (seasons 2 & 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race) and actor * Patricia Richardson – actress, '' Home Improvement'', ''

Strong Medicine ''Strong Medicine'' is an American medical drama with a focus on feminism, feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime Television, Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It was created and produced in part by Who ...

'', '' The West Wing'' *

Wolfgang Rübsam Wolfgang Friedrich Rübsam (born October 16, 1946, in Gießen) is a German-American organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue. Biography After his musical training with Erich Ackermann in Fulda, Germany, Rübsam studied at the Musikhochschule ...

– German-American organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue * Saundra Santiago – actress, '' Miami Vice'' *

Wrenn Schmidt Melinda Wrenn Schmidt (born February 18, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as NASA engineer, flight director and later Director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama serie ...

– actress * Sarah Shahi – actress, ''

'' and '' The L Word'' * Joey Slotnick – actor, '' Boston Public'', '' A League of Their Own'' * David Lee Smith – actor, '' Fight Club'' and '' CSI: Miami'' *

Dan Smoot Howard Smoot, known as Dan Smoot (October 5, 1913 –July 24, 2003), was a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a conservative political activist. From 1957 to 1971, he published ''The Dan Smoot Report'', which chronicled alleged communist ...

– journalist, author, radio, and television commentator; figure in the

anti-communist Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, w ...

movement *

Aaron Spelling Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923 June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the TV series ''Family'' (1976–1980), '' Charlie's Angels'' (1976–1981), ''The Love Boat'' (1977–1986 ...

– TV and film producer *

Rawson Stovall Rawson Law Stovall (born 1972) is the first nationally syndicated video game journalist in the United States. Stovall's first column appeared in the ''Abilene Reporter-News'', his local newspaper, in 1982, when he was eleven. He began being distr ...

– video game producer * Regina Taylor – playwright, director,

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

-winning actress *

Carole Terry Carole Ruth Terry (born in 1948) is an American organist, harpsichordist, and pedagogue. Biography Carole Terry received her musical training at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (organ with Robert T. Anderson, harpsichord with Larry ...

– organist, harpsichordist, and pedagogue * Frank Ticheli – musician, composer, and professor of music composition at University of Southern California *

Craig Timberlake Craig Timberlake (October 30, 1920 – December 31, 2006) was an American stage actor, singer, author, and educator. A talented bass, Timberlake performed in operas and musicals in theatres throughout North America in addition to acting in ...

– stage actor and opera singer * Stephen Tobolowsky – actor * Tsui Hark – film director * Kellie Waymire – actor, notable for her appearances in the ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'' franchise. *

Alliene Brandon Webb Alliene Gibbons Brandon Webb (January 2, 1910 – November 1965) was an American composer, singer, and teacher who was born in Palestine, Texas, to Blanche and George Thomas Brandon. She married Robert Barron Webb in 1934. Webb completed a B.A. de ...

, composer

Writing and journalism

* Deborah Coonts – romantic, mystery, and humor novelist; lawyer * Robert M. Edsel – art history * Craig Flournoy –

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning journalist *

Beth Henley Elizabeth Becker Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play ''Crimes of the Heart'' won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a ...

– Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright *

Monika Kørra Monika Kørra (born September 5, 1989) is a Norwegian author and former track and field athlete from Løten. Running In 2008, she won the bronze medal in the 3000 metre steeplechase at the Norwegian championships representing the Norwegian club ...

– Norwegian author and athlete * Jack Myers – poet laureate of the state of Texas in 2003 * Matt Zoller Seitz - Editor at Large of

RogerEbert.com ''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times' ...

, TV critic for New York Magazine and

Vulture.com ''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'', ...

, and a

in criticism finalist *

Andy Sidaris Andrew W. Sidaris (February 20, 1931 – March 7, 2007) was an American television and film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. Early life Sidaris was born in Chicago, Illinois, to first-generation Greek immigrants. He grew up ...

– sports TV pioneer * Clifton Taulbert – author and public speaker * Marshall Terry – author, nicknamed Mr. SMU, founded the Creative Writing department, founded the university literary festival, co-winner of the Texas Institute of Letter's (TIL) top prize for best novel of 1968

Religious

Sante Uberto Barbieri Sante Uberto Barbieri was a bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1949. A native of Italy, he was elected Bishop by the Latin American Central Conference of the Church. He was assigned the work of the Church in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay ...

– a bishop of the Methodist Church in Latin America (earned

bachelor's A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ye ...

, master's and divinity degrees) * Kirbyjon Caldwell – UM pastor and community leader in Houston, Texas, gave the benediction at George W. Bush's first

inauguration In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugu ...

John Wesley Hardt John Wesley Hardt (14 July 1921 – 18 June 2017) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1980. He also distinguished himself as a preacher and a pastor of Methodist Churches, as a district superintendent, and as an a ...

– a bishop of the United Methodist Church * Robert E. Hayes Jr – a bishop of the United Methodist Church (

M.Th. Master of Theology ( la, Theologiae Magister, abbreviated MTh, ThM, or MTheol) is a post-graduate degree offered by universities, divinity schools, and seminaries. It can serve as a transition degree for entrance into a PhD program or as a sta ...

degree, 1972) * Rev. Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr., pastor emeritus, St. Luke Community UMC, Dallas, TX * Hiram "Doc" Jones – deputy chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force *

Scott J. Jones Scott Jameson Jones (born 23 May 1954) is an American former bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2004, serving until his retirement and subsequent resignation from the episcopal office in January 2023. He was born in Nashville, Tenne ...

– a bishop of the United Methodist Church and former McCreless Associate Professor of Evangelism and director of the Center for the Advanced Study and Practice of Evangelism, Perkins School of Theology (earned

and PhD degrees) * Neill F. Marriott – second counselor in the Young Women's General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (earned bachelor's degree in English literature and secondary education) *

William Clyde Martin William Clyde Martin (July 28, 1893 – August 30, 1984) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church. He distinguished himself in military service during World War I as a Methodi ...

– elected bishop to the Methodist Church, 1938 * Cecil Williams – pastor of Glide Memorial Church ( United Methodist) in San Francisco, California

Non-profit

* Eleanor Smith Morrison - 11th National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America

Athletics

Football

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* Kenneth Acker – professional football player * Jerry Ball – professional football player; three-time pro-bowler * Chris Banjo – professional football player * Lloyd Baxter – professional football player * Kelvin Beachum – professional football player * Cole Beasley – professional football player *

Ja'Gared Davis Ja'Gared Deniandruis Davis (born September 11, 1990) is an American gridiron football defensive end for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning in 2018 with the Stampeders a ...

– professional football player * Raymond Berry (B.B.A. 1955) – Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver * Chris Bordano – professional football player *

Maury Bray Andrew Maurice Bray (August 27, 1909 – December 8, 1966) was an American football tackle who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League. He played college football at Southern Methodist University and attende ...

– professional football player *

John Burleson John Charles Burleson (August 21, 1909 – October 6, 1983) was an American football lineman who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Portsmouth Spartans, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds. He played college ...

– professional football player * Michael Carter – professional football player and Olympic silver medalist * Russell Carter – professional football player * Putt Choate – professional football player * Willard Dewveall – professional football player first "star" to go from NFL to AFL * Eric Dickerson – Pro Football Hall of Fame running back * Joe Ethridge – professional football player * Bill Forester – professional football player; elected to Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame * Eddie Garcia – professional football player * Ben Gottschalk (born 1992), NFL football player * Forrest Gregg – former NFL coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle * Glynn Gregory – professional football player * Dale Hellestrae – professional football player; Played for 3 Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl teams * Margus Hunt (class of 2013) – Cincinnati Bengals defensive end; former world junior champion in the discus and shot put, representing his homeland of Estonia * Charlie Jackson – football player * Craig James – football player; former commentator * Don King – professional football player * Josh Leribeus – professional football player * Jerry LeVias – broke color barrier in the Southwest Conference; inducted into Texas Sports and College Football Hall of Fame *

Zach Line Zach Line (born April 26, 1990) is a former American football fullback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at South ...

– professional football player *

Mike Livingston Michael Paul Livingston (born November 14, 1945) is a former American football player, a quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League for twelve seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. Early years Born and raised in Dal ...

— a quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League for twelve seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. * Jerry Mays – professional football player * Bryan McCann – professional football player for Dallas Cowboys * Don Meredith – former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and '' Monday Night Football'' commentator *

Don Miller Don Miller or Donald Miller may refer to: * Don Miller, former CNN anchor * Don Miller (American football, born 1902) (1902–1979), member of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team * Don Miller (American ...

– professional football player *

Sterling Moore Sterling Moore (born February 3, 1990) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Southern Methodist University. Early years Moore attended Deer Valley High School, where he played as a wide receiver and defensive ...

– professional football player *

Thomas Morstead Thomas James Morstead (born March 8, 1986) is an American football Punter (football), punter for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at SMU Mustangs football, SMU and was drafted by the New Orlean ...

– professional football player; kicker for the New Orleans Saints *

Jerry Norton Jerry Ray Norton (May 16, 1931 – January 14, 2020) was a professional American football safety and punter in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. He was se ...

– professional football player; five-time Pro Bowler *

Uzooma Okeke Uzooma Okeke (born September 3, 1970) is a former Canadian Football League Offensive tackle, tackle for the Montreal Alouettes. He won a Grey Cup with Montreal in 2002 Grey Cup, 2002. Okeke is currently the Football Operations Assistant/Scout fo ...

– professional football player * Taylor Reed – professional football player * Jerry Rhome – former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and

College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ...

inductee * Mike Richardson – Professional football player * John Roderick – professional football player * Justin Rogers – All-conference defensive end; professional football player * Kyle Rote – professional football player; four-time Pro Bowler * Emmanuel Sanders – professional football player; Denver Broncos *

Ray Schoenke Raymond Frederick Schoenke (born September 10, 1941) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. He played college football at Southern Methodist University. Ea ...

– professional football player and entrepreneur * Courtland Sutton – professional football player * Taylor Thompson – professional football player * Ted Thompson - General Manager of the

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

from 2005 to 2017, American professional football player and executive in the National Football League (NFL). * Doak Walker –

Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard ...

winner and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back * Val Joe Walker – professional football player * Gene Wilson – professional football player *

Zach Wood Zach Wood (born January 10, 1993) is an American professional football long snapper for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at SMU. He has also been a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Early ...

– professional football player

Basketball

* Sterling Brown – professional basketball player * Oscar Furlong – inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 * Rick Herrscher – professional basketball player * Denny Holman – player in the

ABA ABA may refer to: Businesses and organizations Broadcasting * Alabama Broadcasters Association, United States * Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, Japanese television station * Australian Broadcasting Authority Education * Académie des Beaux- ...

* Jalen Jones (born 1993) - basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

* Jon Koncak – professional basketball player * Jim Krebs – professional basketball player * Ben Moore (born 1995), basketball player in the

Ike Ofoegbu Ikechukwu Justin (Yitzhak) "Ike" Ofoegbu (born November 9, 1984) is an American-Nigerian former professional basketball player. He is a 2.05 m (6 ft 8.75) tall power forward-center. He played college basketball with SMU. Professional car ...

(born 1984) - American-Nigerian Israeli Premier Basketball League player * Semi Ojeleye – professional basketball player *

Quinton Ross Quinton Lenord Ross (born April 30, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. High school and college Ross led Dallas's Justin F. Kimball High School to the state finals, but they lost in the championship game. He went undraft ...

– professional basketball player *

Jeryl Sasser Jeryl Henry Braxton Sasser (born February 13, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Al Arabi in Kuwait. Sasser played college basketball for the SMU Mustangs and professionally in the NBA for the Orlando Ma ...

– professional basketball player

Baseball

* Rick Herrscher – New York Mets * Jack Knott – pitcher, Chicago White Sox

Golf

* Bryson DeChambeau (B.S. 2016) – professional golfer, winner of a major championship, winner of the 2015 NCAA Individual Champion and 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship (one of only five golfers to win both titles in the same year) * Colt Knost (B.B.A. 2007) – professional golfer; winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship and 2007

U.S. Amateur Public Links The U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, was a men's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the United States Golf Association. The USGA typically cal ...

* Kelly Kraft (B.B.A. 2011) – professional golfer * Hank Kuehne (B.A. 1999) – professional golfer, winner of the 1998 U.S. Amateur Championship * Payne Stewart (B.B.A. 1979) – professional golfer, winner of three major championships (

1989 PGA Championship The 1989 PGA Championship was the 71st PGA Championship, held August 10–13 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove, Illinois, northwest of Chicago. Payne Stewart won the first of his three Men's major golf championships, major championships, on ...

, 1991 U.S. Open, 1999 U.S. Open), member of World Golf Hall of Fame * DeWitt Weaver – golf consultant and former professional golfer

Soccer

* Jordan Cano – professional soccer player * Kenny Cooper – professional soccer player, American international five-time *

Byron Foss Byron Foss (born October 6, 1979, Monarch Beach, California) is an American soccer player who spent the 2004 season playing goalkeeper for the A-League's Syracuse Salty Dogs on loan from the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played 21 ga ...

– professional soccer player, Colorado Rapids MLS Football *

Kevin Friedland Kevin Friedland (born October 3, 1981) is an American former soccer player, who played as a defender. In high school, he was ''The Los Angeles Times'' Orange County boys’ soccer player of the year. Playing for Southern Methodist University, ...

(born 1981) - professional soccer player * Luchi Gonzalez – professional soccer player,

Hermann Trophy The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players. History In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and the ...

winner * Daniel Hernández – Professional soccer player *

Ramón Núñez Ramón Fernando Núñez Reyes (born 14 November 1985) is an international footballer who last played for the Mesquite Outlaws in the Major Arena Soccer League. Núñez plays primarily as an attacking midfielder. He can also play as a winger o ...

– professional soccer player, Honduran international * Chase Wileman – professional soccer player

Swimming

Corrie Clark Corrie Clark (born April 11, 1982) is a female breaststroke and medley swimmer from the United States. At the 2003 Pan American Games, she won silver medals in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM, although at one point PASO stripped Clark of the br ...

– Pan Am silver medalist swimmer * Lars Frölander – Olympic gold medalist swimmer * Jerry Heidenreich – Olympic gold medalist swimmer * Steve Lundquist – Olympic gold medalist swimmer *

Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak medley, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). ...

– Olympic silver medalist swimmer * Ricardo Prado – Olympic silver medalist swimmer for Brazil *

Nina Rangelova Nina Rangelova (born 22 October 1990) is a Bulgarian swimmer. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 200 m freestyle, but did not progress beyond the heats. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 400 metre ...

– Bulgarian Olympic swimmer *

Richard Saeger Richard Edwin "Rich" Saeger (born March 4, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Saeger earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning ...

– Olympic gold medalist swimmer

Track and Field

Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (; born 12 October 1976 in Sollentuna, Stockholm) is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and ...

– Olympic

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

bronze medalist for

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

* Roald Bradstock – Olympian javelin thrower for Great Britain and an artist nicknamed "Olympic Picasso" *

Libor Charfreitag Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a former hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague. Career He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003. He attended Southe ...

– Olympic hammer thrower for Slovakia *

Sten Ekberg Sten Anders Ekberg (born 25 December 1964 in Täby, Sweden) is a former decathlon athlete who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics for Sweden and was a Swedish decathlete National Record holder. Sten Ekberg won the Swedish Championship in both d ...

– Olympic

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

athlete for

Florence Ezeh Florence Edem Apefa Ezeh (born December 29, 1977 in Lomé) is a female hammer thrower from Togo, who previously represented France during her career. She set her personal best (68.03 metres) on August 9, 2002 at the European Championships in Munich ...

– hammer thrower for France and Togo *

Teri Steer Teri Steer-Cantwell (born October 30, 1975, in Crete, Nebraska) is an American shot putter. In 1999, she won bronze medals at the World Indoor Championships and the Pan American Games, and finished ninth at the World Championships. She attended ...

– Olympic

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter * Jason Tunks – Olympic discus thrower for Canada

Other athletics

Jack Adkisson Jack Barton Adkisson Sr. (August 16, 1929 – September 10, 1997), better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich, was an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was a 3-time world champion ...

– professional wrestler better known as "Fritz Von Erich" * Jim Duggan – professional wrestler * Nastia Liukin – world gymnastics champion; Olympic gold medalist * Robert Richardson – Race car driver *

Isabella Tobias Isabella Tobias (born August 23, 1991) is an American-born Israeli ice dancer who competes with Ilia Tkachenko. Together they have won four medals on the ISU Challenger Series. Earlier in her career, Tobias skated with Otar Japaridze for Georgia ...

(2020) – American-born Olympic ice skater for Lithuania *

Mark Vines Mark Vines (born February 23, 1957, in Richmond, Virginia, United States) is an American former tennis player. He won one singles title, the Paris Indoors tournament in 1981. Vines reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 110 in April ...

- former tennis player

Notable faculty members

''Current faculty'' *

Ravi Batra Raveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra (born June 27, 1943) is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University. Batra is the author of six bestselling books, two of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, ...

– best-selling economist; awarded medal of the

Italian Senate The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...

by Italian Prime Minister for predicting the downfall of Soviet communism *

Caroline Brettell Zoe Caroline Brettell (née Bieler; born June 11, 1950) is a Canadian cultural anthropologist known for her scholarship on migration and gender. Brettell is the University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University ...

, cultural anthropologist and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences * John D. Buynak – developed compounds to help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria * Frederick R. Chang – former director of research at the National Security Agency * Bill Dillon – associate dean, Cox School of Business * Delores M. Etter – Fellow, National Academy of Engineering; former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition * Rick Halperin – chair, Amnesty International USA * Eugene Herrin – co-developed a seismic system that detects underground nuclear detonations worldwide * Choon Sae Lee – developed a new form of

antenna Antenna ( antennas or antennae) may refer to: Science and engineering * Antenna (radio), also known as an aerial, a transducer designed to transmit or receive electromagnetic (e.g., TV or radio) waves * Antennae Galaxies, the name of two collid ...

* Larry Shampine – his work was recognized by ''New Media Magazine'' as "one of the nine best digital projects on the planet" * Brian Stump – co-developed a seismic system that detects underground nuclear detonations worldwide ''Former faculty'' *

Robert Theodore Anderson Robert Theodore Anderson (October 5, 1934 – May 29, 2009) was an American organist, composer and pedagogue. Biography He was born on October 5, 1934, in Chicago. He received his musical training at the American Conservatory of Music in Chica ...

– organist, composer, and pedagogue * Lev Aronson – cellist, Holocaust survivor * Lewis Binford – Archaeologist and Fellow,

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...

José Antonio Bowen José Antonio Bowen (born March 11, 1962) is an American author and academic. He served as the 11th president of Goucher College from 2014 to 2019. Early life and education Bowen was born in Woodland, California, to Wayne Bowen and Celina Anto ...

– former dean of the SMU Meadows School of the Arts, President of Goucher College, and jazz musicianSMU Dean José Antonio Bowen named president of Goucher College – March 2014
''SMU News'', September 20, 2018 * David J. Chard – Founding Dean of the SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development, President of Wheelock College, Dean ad interim of the

Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development is the school of education within Boston University. It is located on the University's Charles River Campus in Boston, Massachusetts in the former Lahey Clinic building. BU Wheel ...

Jesse Lee Cuninggim Jesse Lee Cuninggim (1870–unknown) was an American Methodist clergyman and university professor and administrator. After serving as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he served as the ...

– Methodist clergyman; served as head of the Department of Religious Education at SMU; received honorary degree from SMU * Steven C. Currall – former provost of SMU, president of University of South Florida * Hesham El-Rewini – former chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, within the

Lyle School of Engineering The Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering is the school of engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The engineering program has existed at SMU since 1925. Many of the college's degree programs are accredited by ABET. The scho ...

, dean, University of North Dakota College of Engineering and MinesUniversity Of North Dakota: Hesham El-Rewini Named UND Dean Of Engineering And Mines
''UND News'', September 20, 2018 * Craig Flournoy –

-winning journalist * Elaine Heath – former McCreless Professor of Evangelism in the SMU Perkins School of Theology, former dean of the Duke Divinity School *

William Andrew Irwin William Andrew Irwin (6 December 1884, in Ontario, Canada – April 1967, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA), was a Canadian educator. He was Professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature at the University of Chicago and the Southern Methodist Unive ...

– scholar of the Old Testament * Michael K. McLendon – former Harold and Annette Simmons Centennial Chair in Higher Education Policy and Leadership at the SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development, former provost ad interim, Baylor University, former dean of the Baylor School of EducationBaylor Provost David Garland Announces Appointment of Dr. Michael McLendon, B.A. '91, as Dean of the School of Education
''Baylor News'', September 20, 2018 *

Geoffrey Orsak Geoffrey Charles Orsak (born May 26, 1963)

– former dean of the SMU

, former president of the

University of Tulsa The University of Tulsa (TU) is a private research university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has a historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church and the campus architectural style is predominantly Collegiate Gothic. The school traces its origin to ...

* Laurence Perrine – author of ''Sound and Sense'' * Ellen S. Pryor – former associate provost and the Homer R. Mitchell Endowed Professor of Law at the SMU

Dedman College Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences is the school of liberal arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth- ...

, founding associate dean for academic affairs at the University of North Texas at Dallas College of LawEllen S. Pryor to Become Associate Dean of UNT Dallas College of Law – November 2013
''UNT News'', September 20, 2018 * György Sándor – pianist and writer * Laura J. Steinberg – former chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, within the

, special assistant for strategy to vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, former dean of the

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

College of Engineering and Computer ScienceLaura J. Steinberg Named Special Assistant for Strategy to Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation
''Syracuse News'', September 20, 2018Laura J. Steinberg named dean of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
''Syracuse News'', September 20, 2018 * Jeffrey W. Talley – former professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Bobby B. Lyle Professor of Leadership and Global Entrepreneurship and the Founding Director of the Hunter and Stephanie Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity, within the

, Retired United States Army General and a Global Fellow for the IBM Center for the Business of Government, former president and CEO of Environmental Technology Solutions (ETS Partners), in Phoenix, Arizona Since 2017, he has also been a professor of Practice in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. *

William Tsutsui William M. Tsutsui is an American academic, author, economic historian, Japanologist and university administrator.Southern Methodist University (SMU), Administration William Tsutsui, bio notes/ref> He was named President and CEO of Ottawa Unive ...

– former dean of the SMU

, president of Hendrix College * Paul van Katwijk - former dean of the SMU School of Music * P. Gregory Warden – former university distinguished professor emeritus of art history and associate dean for research and academic affairs at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts, president of

Franklin College Switzerland Franklin University Switzerland is a private university in Lugano, Switzerland. Founded in 1969, Franklin is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe and the first to be established in Switzerland. Franklin offers Ba ...

David J. Weber David Joseph Weber (December 20, 1940 – August 20, 2010) was an American historian whose research focused on the history of the Southwestern United States, Southwestern U.S. and its transition from Spain, Spanish and Mexico, Mexican control ...

– Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Fred Wendorf – archaeologist and Fellow, National Academy of Sciences * Lori S. White – former SMU vice president for student affairs, vice chancellor for students at Washington University in St. LouisLori S. White appointed vice chancellor for students at Washington University in St. Louis – April 2015
''SMU News'', September 20, 2018

Chairpersons of the board of trustees

The board of governors served as an executive committee of the 75-member board of trustees. Because of the group's size, most of the real governing was done by the 21-member board of governors. In the aftermath of the 1987 Football 'Death penalty' against SMU, the board of governors was eliminated and replaced with a smaller and more efficient board of trustees. The changes were also designed to increase the independence and authority of the university president. The new structure called for a board of trustees of 40 members and meeting four times a year instead of twice. ''Chairpersons of the board of trustees'' ''Chairpersons of the board of governors''

Honorary degree recipients

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

(Doctor of Humane Letters, 1992) – 41st president of the United States * Gerald R. Ford (Doctor of Laws, 1975) – 38th president of the United States *

Juan Carlos I Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

(Doctor of Arts, 2001) – King of Spain * Jack Kilby ( Doctor of Science) – Nobel Prize winner; inventor of the

integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Large numbers of tiny ...

* Bob Hope (Doctor of Humane Letters, 1967) – actor *

H. Ross Perot Henry Ross Perot (; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American business magnate, billionaire, politician and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an inde ...

(Doctor of Humane Letters, 1991) – billionaire and former presidential candidate *

William McFerrin Stowe William McFerrin Stowe (1913 – November 24, 1988) was a U.S. Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches, elected in 1964. Biography Early life William McFerrin Stowe was born in 1913. He graduated from Hendrix College in 1938, wh ...

(Doctor of Laws, 1965) – bishop of the Methodist Church

Other SMU affiliates (non-alumni)

* U.S. Vice President

Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former U ...

was a diplomat-in-residence at SMU's John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies in March 1996. Later that year, Cheney was named to the SMU Board of Trustees, resigning in August 2000 when he became the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president. * General

Colin Powell Colin Luther Powell ( ; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African ...

in 1997 received the first Medal of Freedom Award given by SMU's John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at

Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences is the school of liberal arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth- ...

. * Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher in 1999 received the second Medal of Freedom Award, presented to her by

, the recipient of the first medal. * Senator and candidate for the Republican nomination for US President John McCain received the Tower Center's Medal of Freedom Award in 2005. * Former British prime minister Tony Blair received the Medal of Freedom Award in 2008.

SMU presidents

References

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