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.
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Current faculty
Former faculty
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
Name | Years |
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David B. Miller | 2022–present |
Robert H. Dedman Jr. | 2018–2022 |
Michael M. Boone | 2014–2018 |
Caren H. Prothro | 2010–2014 |
Carl Sewell | 2006–2010 |
Gerald J. Ford | 2002–2006 |
Ruth Sharp Altshuler | 2000–2002 |
William R. Howell | 1996–2000 |
Robert H. Dedman Sr. | 1992–1996 |
Ray Lee Hunt | 1987–1992 |
Edwin L. Cox, Sr. | 1976–1987 |
Chairpersons of the board of governors
Name | Years |
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William L. Hutchison | 1986–1987 |
Bill Clements | 1983–1986 |
Bill Clements | 1967–1973 |
Eugene McElvaney | 1952–1956 |
Name | Years |
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Robert Stewart Hyer | 1911–1920 |
Hiram Abiff Boaz | 1920–1922 |
Charles Claude Selecman | 1923–1938 |
Umphrey Lee | 1939–1954 |
Willis M. Tate | 1954–1972 |
Paul Hardin | 1972–1974 |
James Zumberge | 1975–1980 |
L. Donald Shields | 1980–1986 |
A. Kenneth Pye | 1987–1994 |
R. Gerald Turner | 1995–present |