List of Texas A&M University people
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The list of Texas A&M University people includes notable former students, faculty, and presidents of Texas A&M University. The term Texas Aggie, which comes from A&M's history as an agricultural school, refers to current and former students of Texas A&M. The class year of each former student indicates the year four years after their enrollment year, and does not necessarily represent the graduation year. Non-graduates or attendees of the university are indicated by an asterisk (*).
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[edit] Notable Texas A&M alumni
[edit] Academics
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- Bob Bowden (1986) - Professor at the United States Military Academy [1]
- W. Arthur Porter - Dean for the College of Engineering and University Vice President for the Office of Technology Development at the University of Oklahoma
- Lawrence Fouraker (1947) - Former Dean of Harvard Business School (1970–1980) [2]
- Steven C. Hackett (1986) - Professor at Humboldt State University [3]
- Donald R. Haragan - Former president of Texas Tech University (1996–2000); Professor and President Emeritus at Texas Tech Honors College and Texas Tech College of Geosciences [4]
- Yoon Ho Kim - Dean of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea [5]
- Michael R. Lane - President of Emporia State University [6]
- Chao-Shing Lee (1983) - Dean of the College of Science at National Taiwan Ocean University and Science Advisor to President of Taiwan [7]
- Charles T. McDowell (1943) - Professor Emeritus of Russian and Director of the Center for Post-Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington [8]
- Wendell Nedderman (1949) - Former president of the University of Texas at Arlington [9]
- Van Wiesner (1960) - Assistant Professor of Counseling and Premier Researcher at Sam Houston State University [10]
[edit] Armed forces
- Joseph W. Ashy (1962) - United State Air Force General [11]
- A.D. Bruce (1916) - Major General in the United State Army; founded Fort Hood; third president of the University of Houston [12]
- Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1938) - Medal of Honor recipient; namesake of Carswell Air Force Base [13]
- Thomas W. Fowler (1943) - Medal of Honor recipient [14]
- Patrick K. Gamble (1967) - United State Air Force General [15]
- George H. Gay, Jr. - Sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 during their attack on the Japanese fleet during the Battle of Midway [16]
- William Harrell (1943) - Medal of Honor recipient [17]
- James F. Hollingsworth (1940) - United State Army Lieutenant General; Known as "Danger 79er" during Vietnam. Gen. Hollingsworth commanded 13 Army divisions in South Korea.
- Hal M. Hornburg (1968) - United States Air Force General [18]
- Randolph W. House (1968) - United State Army Lieutenant General [19]
- Lloyd Herbert Hughes (1943) - Medal of Honor recipient [17]
- George D. Keathley (1937) - Medal of Honor recipient [20]
- Turney W. Leonard (1942) - Medal of Honor recipient [21]
- T. Michael Moseley (1971) - Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force [22]
- Raymond Murray (1935) United States Marine Corps Major General [23]
- Jay T. Robbins (1940) - United States Air Force Lieutenant General; Fighter ace with 22 aerial victories in Pacific theater during WWII [24]
- James Earl Rudder (1932) - Honorable Major General in World War II; 16th President of Texas A&M University [25]
- Bernard Adolph Schriever (1931) - Former United States Air Force General and Commander of Air Force Systems Command; namesake of Schriever Air Force Base Colorado [26]
- John B. Sylvester (1967) - Retired United States Army Lieutenant General and Assistant Chief of Staff for NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina [27]
- Otto P. Weyland (1923) - United States Air Force General and Commander of Tactical Air Command [28]
- Eli Whiteley (1941 ) - Medal of Honor recipient [29]
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Film/Television
- Mary Beth Decker (2003) - Model and actress [30]
- Patricia Gras (1983) - CBS Television anchor and Emmy Award winner [31]
- Ty Hardin* (1959) - Actor [32]
- Sean Koehler (1999) - All Around Performance Horse Weekly TV host [33]
- Martha Madison (1999) - Actress; plays Belle Black in Days of our Lives [34]
- Tanya McQueen - Actress
- Melinda Murphy (1986) - The Early Show correspondent and Emmy Award winner [35]
- Rip Torn* (1952) - Actor [36]
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith - Actor
[edit] Journalism
- Neal Boortz (1967) - Libertarian radio personality and host of The Neal Boortz Show [37]
- Roland Martin (1991) - CNN journalist [38]
- Kathleen McElroy (1981) - New York Times editor [39]
- Orelon Sidney (1992) - former CNN anchor[40]
[edit] Music
- Shane Barnard (1998) - Christian musician [41]
- Jason Castro (2008) - Musician; American Idol contestant [42]
- Roger Creager (1993) - Country musician [43]
- Shane Everett - Christian musician
- Robert Earl Keen (1978) - Country musician [44]
- Lyle Lovett (1979) - Musician
- Chris Tomlin (1994) - Christian worship leader [45]
- Rick Trevino* - Country musician [46]
[edit] Pageantry
- Carissa Blair (1996) - Miss Texas USA (1999); Miss Texas Teen USA (1992) [47]
- Lisa Dalzell (2001) - Miss Texas USA (2002) [48]
- Kandace Krueger (2002) - Miss USA (2001) [49]
- Melissa McConnell (1999) - Miss Louisiana USA (2004); Miss USA 2004
- Sherri Ryman - Miss Texas USA (1981) [48]
- Kimberly Tomes - Miss USA (1976) and Miss Universe finalist [47]
[edit] Writers
- Richard L. Cox (1992) - Author
- Geralyn Dawson - Romance novel author
- Payne Harrison - Author
- Russell Lutz - Science fiction author
- Martha Wells (1986) - Fantasy and science fiction author
- Gene Wolfe - Science fiction author
[edit] Other
- Dan Allen - Comedian
- Harold Dow Bugbee - Artist (attended in 1918)
[edit] Business leaders and entrepreneurs
- Donald Adam - CEO of Adam Corporation [5]
- James R. Adams (1961) - Director of Texas Instruments, Inc. [50]
- Mark W. Albers - Vice President of Exxon Mobil Corporation [51]
- Pete Aldredge - President and CEO of Aerospace Corporation [5]
- Bruce Applebaum - President of Texaco Exploration [5]
- Mike Barnes - Vice president and CFO of Rockwall International [5]
- William R. Barnes - President of Traveler's Insurance Co. [5]
- James Belote - President of Bechtel [5]
- Michael R. Bonsignore - CEO of Honeywell, Inc. [5]
- Charles Bowman - Former president and CEO of British Petroleum, U.S.A. [5]
- Bum Bright (1943) - Former owner of Dallas Cowboys (1984 – 1989) [52]
- Ed Brockett (1934) - Former Chairman of Gulf Oil [53]
- Jack Brown - Partner of Wagner and Brown, Ltd. [5]
- Carlos H. Cantu - CEO of ServiceMaster [5]
- Lawrence M. Carrell - President of Texas Commerce Bank [5]
- Eduardo Castro-Wright (1975) - CEO and President of Wal-Mart Stores USA [54][55]
- Henry G. Cisneros - President of American City Vista [5]
- Charles Collins - President of Barnes & Click, Inc. [5]
- Jerry S. Cox (1972) - Director of Hydril Company [56]
- Don H. Davis - CEO and chairman of Rockwell International [5]
- Bobby Eberle (1990) - President and CEO of GOPUSA [57]
- Jesse Frank Ford (1955) -- Founder of Arrowhead Mills organic foods company in Deaf Smith County
- Morris Foster - Former president of Exxon International [5]
- Herbert A. Fox - President of Murphy Oil, U.S.A., Inc. [5]
- J.L. Frank - President of Marathon Ashland [5]
- Ray Galvin (1953) - Former president of Chevron Corporation [58][53]
- Gregory Garland - President of Phillips Petroleum Company Qatar [5]
- Marvin Girouard (1961) - Former CEO of Pier 1 Imports [59]
- Richard Goodson (1927) - Former chairman of Southwestern Bell [53]
- Michel T. Halbouty - Chairman and CEO of Michel T. Halbouty Energy [5]
- William W. Hanna - President of Koch Industries [5]
- Tommy Knight - Former president of Brown and Root, Inc. [5]
- Edward F. Kruse (1949) - Chairman of the Board of Blue Bell Creameries [60]
- Howard W. Kruse (1952) - President and CEO of Blue Bell Creameries [60]
- Rita LeBlanc (2001) - Owner and Executive Vice President of the NFL's New Orleans Saints[61][62]
- R. Steve Letbetter (1970) - Former CEO of Reliant Energy [56]
- Jack E. Little (1960) - Director at TXU and former CEO and President of Shell Oil Company [53]
- Charlie Mast - Former vice president of Amoco [5]
- Lowry Mays (1957) - Founder of Clear Channel Communications [63]
- Arthur McFerrin - President of KMCO, Inc. [5]
- Michael McGuire - President of WinSim [5]
- William Merrell - CEO of Heinz Food [5]
- George P. Mitchell (1940) - Billionaire and developer of The Woodlands, TX [64]
- Erle A. Nye (1959) - Former CEO and chairman of TXU [53]
- Harris J. Pappas (1966) - President and CFO of Pappas Restaurants, Inc. [56]
- Ronald J. Robinson - President of Texaco Technology Division [5]
- Rolando H. Santos (1978) - CNN International Vice President of International Relations;[65] former president of CNN en Español [66]
- Les Shephard - Vice President for Energy, Resources and Nonproliferation, Sandia National Laboratories
- Jung U. Sio - President of Korea Mobil Telecom; Minister of Telecom, Republic of Korea [5]
- Dan Smith - President and CEO of Lyondell [5]
- Joseph Tortorice (1970) - Founder of Jason's Deli and president of Deli Management, Inc. [67]
- Keiyu Veno - President of Dojindo Laboratories [5]
- Ronnie Ward - Former vice president of Compaq [5]
- Jack Whiteside (1968) - Vice president of Barnes & Click, Inc. [68]
- Clayton Williams (1954) - President and CEO of Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. [69]
- James Wilson (1937) - Former president of Shell Oil [53]
- Marilyn Wilson - President and COO of H.J. Gruy and Associates Inc. [5]
- Oscar S. Wyatt (1949) - Former Chairman and CEO of the Coastal Corporation [70]
- S. Shariq Yosufzai - President of Caltex Lubricants [5]
- H. Bartell Zachry, Jr. (1954) - Chairman of Zachry Construction Corporation [71]
- Donald Zale* (1955) - Former Chair and CEO of Zale Corporation [72]
[edit] Government and politics
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- Edward Aldridge (1960) - Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (2001–2003); currently Member of the Board at Lockheed Martin and Global Crossing [73]
- Oscar Álvarez - Former Minister of Public Security for Honduras
- Robin Armstrong - Vice Chairman of Republican Party of Texas (first African-American to hold position since Reconstruction era)
- Jimmie Don Aycock (1969) - Member of Texas Legislature
- Joe Barton (1972) - U.S. Congressman (R-Texas; 1985-present) and Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee [74]
- Earle Cabell - Former mayor of Dallas and U.S. Congressman
- Henry Cisneros (1968) - First Hispanic Mayor of a major city (San Antonio) and Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [75]
- Bill W. Clayton (1950) - Former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975–1983) [76]
- Aaron Cohen (1952) - Former Director of NASA Johnson Space Center [77]
- James deAnda (1948) - United States federal judge; Attorney for Hernandez v. Texas case
- George Deutsch - Former press officer for NASA
- Chet Edwards (1974) - U.S. Congressman (D-Texas; 1991–present) [78]
- Ed Garza (1992) - Former Mayor of San Antonio [79]
- Louie Gohmert (1975) - U.S. Congressman (R-Texas; 2005–present) [80]
- Gerald D. Griffin (1956) - Former Director of NASA Johnson Space Center [81]
- Jeb Hensarling (1979) - U.S. Congressman (R-Texas; 2003–present) [82]
- Israel Hernandez (1999) - Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director-General of United States Commercial Service [83]
- Chakib Khelil (1968) - Algerian Minister for Energy and Mines & ex-head of Sonatrach and OPEC [84]
- Glenn Kothmann (1950) - Former member of Texas House of Representatives (D-Bexar) [85][86]
- Dan Kuykendall - U.S. Congressman (R-Tenn, 1966–1974)
- Edwin Jackson Kyle (1899) - U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala (1945–48); namesake of Kyle Field [87]
- Greg Laughlin (1964) - Former U.S. Congressman [88]
- Sim Lake - Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, presided over the trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling
- Garry Mauro - 1998 Texas Governor candidate; former Texas Land Commissioner [5]
- Glen Maxey - Former Texas Legislature member and gay rights activist
- Don McLeroy (1968) - Bryan dentist and president of the Texas State Board of Education
- Larry C. Napper (1969) - U.S. Ambassador to Latvia (1995–1998); U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2001–2004) [89]
- Steve Ogden (1987) - Texas State Senator [90]
- Jerry E. Patterson - Former Texas State senator (1993–1999) and state land commissioner (2003–present)
- Rick Perry (1972) - Governor of the State of Texas [91]
- Jorge F. Quiroga-Ramirez (1981) - Former President of Bolivia [92]
- Bill Read - Director of the National Hurricane Center[93]
- Brooke Rollins - President of Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Marvin Runyon (1948) - Former Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service [94]
- A.R. Schwartz (1948) - Texas State senator (1960–1981)
- John Sharp - Former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts [5]
- Michael T. Shelby - U.S. Attorney
- Joe R. Skeen (1950) - Former New Mexico U.S. Congressman [95] [5]
- Todd Staples - Texas Commissioner of Agriculture; former Texas State Senator
- Michael Quinn Sullivan - Vice President of Texas Public Policy Foundation [96]
- Olin Teague (1932) - Former U.S. Congressman [97]
- Jack Ward Thomas - 13th Chief of United States Forest Service [98]
- Martín Torrijos (1987) - President of Panama [99]
- Francis Turner (1929) - Developer of U.S. Interstate Highway System and Federal Highway Administrator (1969-1972) [100]
- Mike Villarreal - Member of Texas Legislature
- Clayton Williams (1954) - 1990 Texas Governor candidate [101]
- Will Wynn (1984) - Mayor of Austin, TX [102]
[edit] Science and technology
- James “Red” Duke, M.D. (1950) - Trauma surgeon [103]
- Michael Fossum (1980) - NASA astronaut (STS-121; STS-124) [104]
- Michel T. Halbouty (1930) - Wildcatter and winner of Hoover Medal [105][53]
- Mavis Kelsey (1932) - Original partner of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic [106]
- Wen Ho Lee (1969) - Controversial nuclear researcher [107]
- Bryan Lunney (1989) - NASA flight director [108]
- Frank Malina (1934) - Czech aeronautical engineer and artist [109]
- Glenn McCarthy - Wildcatter
- William A. Pailes (1981) - NASA astronaut (STS-51-J) [110]
- W. Roy Smythe (1989) - Chairman of Surgery at Scott & White Memorial Hospital [111]
- Richard Steadman (1959) - Knee surgeon [112]
- Steven Swanson (1998) - NASA astronaut (STS-117; STS-119)[113]
- Gordon Walton (1981) - Video game developer [114]
[edit] Notable Texas A&M faculty and affiliates
[edit] Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Perry L. Adkisson - Wolf Prize winner; World Food Prize winner [5]
- Fuller W. Bazer - Wolf Prize winner [5]
- Norman E. Borlaug - One of five people in history to have won the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal; Nobel Prize winner [5]
- Hobart Muir Smith - Herpetologist
[edit] Engineering
- Ray M. Bowen - Engineering professor; former president of Texas A&M University [5]
- Jack Kilby - 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics; National Medal of Science winner [115]
- Bjarne Stroustrup - Developer of C++ [116]
[edit] Geosciences
- George Bass - National Medal of Science winner [5]
- Gordon Manley - Climatologist
[edit] Government and Public Service
- Silas L. Copeland - Third Sergeant Major of the Army [117]
- Robert Gates - U.S. Secretary of Defense; former Texas A&M University president [118]
- David Franklin Houston - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1913–1920) and U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1920–1921); former Texas A&M University president [119]
- Tito Guerrero, III (1970) - Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity at Texas A&M University; Former president of Stephen F. Austin University (2001–2006) and University of Southern Colorado (now known as Colorado State University-Pueblo) (1997–2001) [120]
- Fred McClure - Attorney; Vice Chair of the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System [5]
- Lawrence Sullivan Ross - Civil War general; former Texas Governor; former Texas A&M University president [121]
[edit] Liberal Arts
- Joe Feagin - Pulitzer Prize nominee [122]
- Charles Gordone - 1970 Pulitzer Prize recipient [123]
- Phil Gramm - Former U.S. Senator [124]
- Morgan Reynolds - Former Chief Economist for the United States Department of Labor
- Rick Rigsby - Former news reporter at KHSL-TV
- Robert Sherrill - Journalist
- Douglas P. Starr - Pulitzer Prize recipient [125][126]
[edit] Science
- Sir Derek Barton - 1969 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry [127]
- Elias Corey - Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry [5]
- F. Albert Cotton - National Medal of Science Laureate in Chemistry; Wolf Prize winner; Priestly Medal winner [5]
- Sheldon Glashow - 1979 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics [128]
- Dudley Herschbach - 1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry [129]
- James Womack - Wolf Prize winner [5]
[edit] Other
- Fred Weick - Aviation pioneer [130]
[edit] Notable Texas A&M athletes
[edit] Baseball
- Chad Allen (1997) - Former MLB player; Olympic bronze medalist [131][132]
- Kevin Beirne (1996) - Former MLB player [131][132]
- Matt Blank (1997) - MLB player [131][132]
- Rip Collins - Former MLB player [132]
- Lew Ford - MLB player
- Casey Fossum (2000) - MLB player [132][133]
- Zach Jackson (2005) - MLB player [131][132]
- Davey Johnson (1968) - Former MLB player and team manager [132][85]
- Logan Kensing (2005) - MLB player [131][132]
- Chuck Knoblauch (1990) - Former MLB player [132][85]
- Wally Moon (1951) - Former MLB player [132][133]
- Trey Moore - Former MLB player [132]
- Jake Mooty - Former MLB player
- Troy Neel - Former MLB player [132]
- C. E. "Pat" Olsen (1923) - Former MLB player; namesake of Olsen Field [134]
- Les Peden - Former MLB player
- Cotton Pippen - Former MLB player [132]
- Eric Reed (2003) - MLB player [131][132]
- Topper Rigney - Former MLB player [132]
- Justin Ruggiano (2004) - 2007 Baseball World Cup player; Tampa Bay Devil Rays player [135]
- Ryan Rupe (1998) - Former MLB player [132][133]
- Russ Swan (1986) - Former MLB player [131][132]
- Mark Thurmond (1979) - Former MLB player [132][85]
- Jason Tyner (1999) - MLB player [132][133]
- Kevin Whelan - MLB player [132]
- Kelly Wunsch (1994) - MLB player [132][85]
[edit] Basketball
- Morenike Atunrase (2008) - WNBA player
- John Beasley (1966) - Former ABA player [85][136]
- R.C. Buford (1980) - San Antonio Spurs General Manager [85][137]
- David Britton (1979) - Former NBA player [85][136]
- Winston Crite (1987) - Former NBA player [85][136]
- Walt Davis (1952) - Former NBA player [85][136]
- A'Quonesia Franklin (2008) - WNBA player
- Jimmie Gilbert (1986) - Former NBA player [85][136]
- Antanas Kavaliauskas (2007) - Panionios BC player; NBA summer league player
- Acie Law IV (2007) - NBA player
- Doug Lee (1984) - Former NBA player [131][136]
- Darryl McDonald (1988) - NBL player [131][138]
- Sonny Parker (1976) - Former NBA player [85][136]
- Jaynetta Saunders (2001) - Former WNBA player [131]
- Brooks Thompson (1986) - Former NBA player; current head coach of University of Texas - San Antonio basketball team [131][136]
- Toccara Williams (2004) - Former WNBA player [85]
- Antoine Wright (2006) - NBA player [136][139]
- DeAndre Jordan (2008) - Current Los Angeles Clippers
[edit] American football
- Sam Adams (1993) - NFL player [133][140]
- Dennis Allen - NFL coach
- Phil Bennett (1978) - Former SMU Mustangs football coach [85][141]
- Martellus Bennett (2009) - NFL player [140]
- Rocky Bernard (2002) - NFL player [140][85]
- Rod Bernstine (1987) - Former NFL player
- Reggie Brown (1999) - Former NFL player [133][142]
- Melvin Bullitt (2007) - NFL player [133][142]
- Lee Roy Caffey (1963) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Dan Campbell (1999) - NFL player [140][85]
- Red Cashion (1953) - Football official [143]
- Ray Childress (1985) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Chris Cole (1998) - Former NFL player [131]
- Calvin Collins (1995) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Albert Connell (1996) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Quentin Coryatt (1994) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- John David Crow (1958) - Former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1957 [142][144]
- Sammy Davis (2003) - NFL player [140][131]
- Curtis Dickey (1980) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Ron Edwards (2001) - NFL player [142][131]
- Dave Elmendorf (1971) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Eric England (1993) - Former NFL player [131][145]
- Robert Ferguson (2001) - NFL player [140][131]
- Ronald Flemons (2001) - CFL player [140][131]
- Jerry Fontenot (1998) - NFL assistant coach; former NFL player [146]
- Tony Franklin (1979) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- E. King Gill - Inspiration for the moniker "12th Man"[147]
- Aaron Glenn|(1993) - NFL player [85][140]
- Jason Glenn (2000) - Former NFL player [85][140]
- Dante Hall (1998) - NFL player [140][131]
- Curley Hallman (1969) - Former football coach [85][148]
- Geoff Hangartner (2004) - NFL player [133][142]
- Lester Hayes (1976) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Greg Hill (1993) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Warrick Holdman (1998) - NFL player [140][131]
- Johnny Holland (1986) - NFL coach; former NFL player [85][149]
- Robert Jackson (1976) - Former NFL player [85][142]
- Michael Jameson (2000) - Former NFL player [140][131]
- Marcus Jasmin (2004) - Former NFL player [140][131]
- Edward Jasper - Former NFL player [142]
- Bethel Johnson (2002) - NFL player [140][131]
- Johnny Jolly (2006) - NFL player [140][85]
- Byron Jones (2005) - Former NFL player [85]
- Keith Joseph (2004) - Former NFL player [140][131]
- Terrence Kiel (2002) - Former NFL player [140][131]
- Gary Kubiak (1982) - Houston Texans head coach; former NFL player [85][150]
- Yale Lary (1952) - Former NFL player [133]
- Shane Lechler (1999) - NFL player [140][85]
- Jason Matthews (2003) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Leeland McElroy (1997) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Seth McKinney (2000) - NFL player [133][140]
- Steve McKinney (1997) - NFL player [140][85]
- Reggie McNeal (2006) - Former NFL player [140][85]
- Ray Mickens (1996) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Brandon Mitchell (1996) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Mike Montgomery - NFL player [140]
- Mark Moseley - Former NFL player
- Don Muhlbach (2003) - NFL player [133][140]
- Terrence Murphy (2005) - Former NFL player and coach [133][151]
- Robert Neyland* - Former University of Tennessee head coach
- Dat Nguyen (1998) - Assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys; former NFL player; Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award winner [133][142]
- Jack Pardee (1957) - Former NFL player and coach [133][142]
- Alan Reuber (2003) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Gary Reynolds - NFL assistant coach
- Zerick Rollins - NFL assistant coach
- Cody Scates (2003) - Former NFL player [131]
- Ed Simonini (1976) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Shawn Slocum (1984) - NFL coach [85][152]
- Cody Scates (2003) - Former NFL player [131]
- Detron Smith (1995) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Kevin Smith (1992) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Cameron Spikes (1998) - Former NFL player [133][142]
- Gene Stallings (1957) - Former NFL player and coach [133]
- Boone Stutz (2005) - NFL player
- Dennis Swilley (1976) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Chris Taylor (2001) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Jamaar Taylor (2004) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Garth Ten Napel (1976) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Pat Thomas (1976) - Former NFL player [133][142]
- Rodney Thomas (1995) - Former NFL player [142][85]
- Rex Tucker (1998) - Former NFL player [140][85]
- Joe Utay (1908) - College Football Hall of Famer [153]
- Ty Warren (2003) - NFL player [140][131]
- Richmond Webb (1990) - Former NFL player [133][142]
- Jason Webster (1998) - NFL player [140][131]
- Taylor Whitley (2002) - Former NFL player [142][131]
- Michael Whitwell (1981) - Former NFL player [131]
- Pat Williams (1996) - NFL player [140][131]
- Billy Yates (2002) - NFL player [140][85]
[edit] Golf
- Jeff Maggert (1986) - Golfer [133]
- Ryan Palmer - Golfer
- Philip Parkin - Former golfer; winner of British Amateur Championship (1983); Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year (1984)
[edit] Olympics
- Randy Barnes (1989) - Former member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1988 silver medalist, 1996 gold medalist [85]
- Walter "Buddy" Davis (1952) - Former member of US Olympic Team High Jump; 1952 gold medalist [85]
- Darrow Hooper (1953) - Member of US Olympic Team Shot Put; 1952 silver medalist [133]
- Riley Janes (2002) - Member of Canada's Men's Olympic Swimming Team (2004) [154]
- Randy Matson (1967) - Former member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1964 silver medalist and 1968 gold medalist [155]
- Jennifer McFalls (1994) - Member of the US Olympic Softball Team [156][85]
- Tetsuo Okamoto - 1952 bronze medalist in swimming; Brazil's first-ever Olympic medalist [157]
- Matt Rose (2004) - Member of the Canada Men's Olympic Swimming Team (2004) [154]
- Mike Stulce (1991) - Member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1992 gold medalist [85]
- Stacy Sykora (1999) - Member of the US Olympic Volleyball Team (2000, 2004) [158][85]
- Vic Wunderle (2002) - Silver medalist in Archery (2000) [159]
[edit] Tennis
- Grant Connell (1986) - Former world #1 doubles player
- Dean Goldfine (1987) - Former Team USA coach and former coach to Andy Roddick
[edit] Other
- Eddie Hill - Drag racer [160]
- Anjanette Kirkland - hurdler; 2001 World Indoor 60 m hurdles champion; 2001 World 100 m champion
- Fabrice Lapierre - long jumper; 2005 NCAA long jump national champion[161]
[edit] References
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- ^ "Lawrence Fouraker, Former Business School Dean, Dies at 74", The Harvard University Gazette (1998-01-15). Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
- ^ "Steven C. Hackett". Humboldt State University. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
- ^ "Dr. Donald R. Haragan, Professor and President Emeritus". Texas Tech University. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
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- ^ "Dr. Michael R. Lane". Emporia State University. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
- ^ "[http://www.aggienetwork.com/events/intlalum_past.aspx Outstanding International Alumnus Award Past Recipients]". The Association of Former Students. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
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- ^ "2000 Marston Medalist". Iowa State University. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
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