List of Texas Tech University alumni

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Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public, coeducational, research university located in Lubbock, Texas. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the sixth largest student body in the state of Texas. It is the only school in Texas to house an undergraduate institution, law school, and medical school at the same location. Initial enrollment in 1925 was 910 students; [1] as of 2009, the university has 30,049 students from more than 110 countries, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. [2] Since its first graduating class in 1927 of 26 students, Texas Tech has awarded more than 221,000 degrees, including 45,000 graduate and professional degrees to its alumni. [3] The Texas Tech Alumni Association, with over 27,000 members, operates more than 120 chapters in cities throughout the United States and the world. [4] [5]

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Throughout Texas Tech's history, alumni have played prominent roles in many different fields. Among the university's Distinguished Alumni is Demetrio B. Lakas, President of the Republic of Panama from 1969 to 1978. [6] [7] Three United States Governors, Daniel I. J. Thornton, Governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955, John Burroughs, Governor of New Mexico from 1959 to 1961, and Preston Smith, Governor of Texas from 1968 to 1972, are graduates of the university. [8] [9] [10] Five astronauts, including Rick Husband, the final commander of Space Shuttle Columbia and recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. [11] [12] [Note 1] U.S. Marine Corps Major and Medal of Honor recipient, George H. O'Brien, Jr., is a distinguished alumnus. [13] Richard E. Cavazos is a two-time Distinguished Service Cross recipient and the first Hispanic and Mexican American to advance to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army. [14] The school's influence on the business world is seen in such people as General Motors Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre, Jr., Finisar CEO Jerry S. Rawls, Belo Corporation CEO Dunia A. Shive, and ExxonMobil board member Angela Braly, ranked by Fortune magazine as the most powerful woman in business. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Others among the university's alumni are folk rocker John Denver, country singer Pat Green, and actor George Eads. [20] [21] [22] John Hinckley, Jr., who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981, attended the university sporadically from 1973 to 1980. [23]

Alumni

Arts and literature

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Susan Budge 1983Ceramic sculptor [24]
Rachel Caine 1985Author
John Fincher Artist
Ruth Hurmence Green 1935Author [25]
Grace Halsell Writer
Stephen Graham Jones Author
Holly Hunt Designer; founder and CEO of Holly Hunt Design
Anne Leaton Author
Ken Little 1970Sculptor
Jim Marrs Author
Douglas Moss 1990Architect and founding partner of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture [26]
Ruben Quesada Poet
Jodi Thomas Author
Robert Whitehill Author
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Stephen Graham Jones
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Jim Marrs

Business

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Hussein Al Uzri 1985Head of the Trade Bank of Iraq [27]
Angela Braly [lower-alpha 1] 1982Board member of ExxonMobil [7] [28] [29]
Richard L. Clemmer 1973CEO, NXP Semiconductors; former CEO Agere Systems, the former Lucent semiconductor company [30]
Ed Cunningham
Cindi Love 1984 [31]
Robert Palmer Former CEO, Digital Equipment Corporation
Jerry S. Rawls [lower-alpha 1] President and CEO, Finisar Corporation [7]
Charles "Tex" Thornton [lower-alpha 1] 1935Founder and CEO, Litton Industries [7] [32]

Education

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
G. Kemble Bennett 1970 (Ph.D.)Two-term dean of the Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University [33] [34]
Robin E. Bowen 1988 (Ed.D.)12th and current President of Arkansas Tech University [35] [36]
David Christiansen 19848th and current Chancellor of Penn State York [37] [38]
Margaret Formby 1950Founder of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame [39] [40]
Michael Hinojosa 1979Superintendent of Dallas Independent School District (2005–2011, 2015–present), Cobb County School District (2011–2014) [41]
Walter B. Huffman [lower-alpha 1] 1967 (B.A.), 1968 (M.Ed.), 1977 (J.D.) Texas Tech University School of Law dean; former United States Army Judge Advocate General [7] [42]
R. Duane Ireland 1969 (B.B.A.), 1971 (M.B.A.), 1977 (Ph.D.)Former interim dean of Mays Business School at Texas A&M University [43]
Jeffry H. Larson 1980 [44]
David J. Schmidly 1966 (B.A), 1968 (M.S.)20th president of the University of New Mexico; former Texas Tech University president; former Oklahoma State University president [7] [45]
Barry B. Thompson 10th Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System [46] [47]
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Walter B. Huffman
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David J. Schmidly

Entertainment

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
G. W. Bailey 1966Actor [28]
Will Bigham 1998Winner of the 2007 reality series On the Lot [28] [48]
Todd Brunson (did not graduate)Professional poker player [49]
Jerry "Bo" Coleman Radio broadcaster in Lubbock; currently at KDAV AM [50]
Barry Corbin 1964Actor [28]
Dayna Devon (did not graduate)Journalist
Colby Donaldson 1996Actor
George Eads 1990Actor [28]
Andy Fickman Film director
Johnny Hardwick Comedian; voice actor
Anne Hudson 1999Radio and TV personality [51]
Brad Leland 1980Actor [52]
Michael Morrison Actor
Keith Samples 1977Writer, producer [28]
William Shockley Actor
Jordan Smith 2008 (M.A.)Conductor [53]
Jack Tippit [lower-alpha 1] 1947Cartoonist [7] [32]
Alexis Tipton 2008Voice actress [54]
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G.W. Bailey
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Todd Brunson
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Dayna Devon
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George Eads

Government, law, and public policy

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Jodey Arrington 1994 (B.S.), 1997 (M.P.A.)Former Chief of Staff, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; current Chief of Staff, Texas Tech University System; Distinguished Alumni, MPA Program [28]
Bob Bullock 1955Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas; former Texas Comptroller [32]
John Burroughs 1929Former Governor of New Mexico [55]
Dustin Burrows 2004 Texas State Representative, District 83 (2014– ) [56]
Waggoner Carr [lower-alpha 1] 1940Former Texas Attorney General [7] [57]
Joel Carson III 1994U.S. Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit [58]
John Carter 1964 United States Representative, Texas District 31 [59]
Lauro Cavazos [lower-alpha 1] 1949 (B.S.), 1951 (M.S.)Former Texas Tech University president; former U.S. Secretary of Education [7] [60]
Tim Cole (did not graduate)First person in Texas to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence; namesake of the Tim Cole Compensation Act of Texas
Louis Conradt Attorney
Kilmer B. Corbin Former Texas State Senator, District 28
Tom Craddick 1965 Texas State Representative, District 82 [32]
Samuel Ray Cummings 1967 United States District Court Judge, Northern District of Texas [61]
James G. Denton [lower-alpha 1] 1938Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court [7] [32]
Robert L. Duncan [lower-alpha 1] 1976 Texas State Senator, District 28 [7]
William Royal Furgeson, Jr. 1964 United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas [28]
Ruben Garcia Jr. 1973Former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation [62]
Millard Hall Journalist and political consultant; served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith; instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission
Kent Hance [lower-alpha 1] 1965Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor [7] [32]
Harvey Hilderbran 1983 Texas State Representative, District 53 from Kerrville [63]
John Hinckley, Jr. (did not graduate)Attempted assassin of United States President Ronald Reagan [64]
John Hodgson 1984Kentucky state representative [65]
Phil Johnson 1975 Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 8 [66]
Delwin Jones 1949 Texas State Representative, District 83 [28]
Robert A. Junell 1969 Senior status United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas [28]
Jim Keffer 1975 Texas State Representative from District 60 [67]
Demetrio B. Lakas [lower-alpha 1] 1963Former President of the Republic of Panama [7]
Pete Laney [lower-alpha 1] 1965Former Texas State Representative [7]
W. Mark Lanier 1984Attorney [68]
Tom Martin 1970Former Mayor of Lubbock, Texas [69]
Jim McReynolds 1987 (J.D.) Texas State Representative, District 12 [28]
Tibor P. Nagy 1972Former United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, Guinea [70]
Randy Neugebauer 1972 United States Representative, Texas District 19 [71]
Charles Perry 1984 Texas State Senate, District 28 [72]
Edward Rappaport 1988Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center [73]
Ron Reynolds Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Missouri City since 2011 [74]
Lionel Rivera 1979 Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado [75]
Bill Sarpalius 1972Former Texas State Senator, District 31; former United States Representative, Texas District 13 [76]
Clay Sell 1989Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Energy [28] [77]
Preston Smith [lower-alpha 1] 1934Former Governor of Texas [7] [32]
John T. Smithee 1976 (J.D.) Texas State Representative, District 86 from Amarillo [28]
Burt Solomons 1977 Texas State Representative, District 65
Paul Stanley 1985Former Tennessee State Senator, District 31
Charles Stenholm 1961 (B.S.), 1962 (M.S.)Former United States Representative, Texas District 17 [78]
Karen Tandy [lower-alpha 1] 1974, 1977Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration [7] [32]
Elmer Tarbox [lower-alpha 1] 1939 Texas State Representative, District 76 [7] [28]
Mac Thornberry 1980 United States Representative, Texas District 13 [79]
Dan Thornton 1932Former Governor of Colorado [32]
T. John Ward [lower-alpha 1] 1964 United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Texas [7] [80]
Elizabeth Watson 1971Former Chief of police, Houston Police Department [81]
Joseph M. Watt 1971 Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, 9th District [82]
Jeff Wentworth 1972 (J.D.) Texas State Senator, District 25 [83]
John C. White [lower-alpha 1] 1946Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee [7] [84]
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Kent Hance
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John Hinckly, Jr.
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Randy Neugebauer
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Charles Stenholm

Journalism and media

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Jim Angle [lower-alpha 1] 1969Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent [7] [85]
Emily Jones 1998Fox Sports Net anchor and reporter [86]
Wyman Meinzer [lower-alpha 1] 1974State photographer of Texas [7]
Robert Montemayor 19751978 George Polk Award, Local Reporting, Dallas Times Herald ; 1984 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, Los Angeles Times [87] [88]
Scott Pelley [lower-alpha 1] 1978Journalist, former anchor and managing editor for CBS Evening News ; 60 Minutes correspondent [7] [89]
Herbert Southworth Journalist [90]
Dirk West 1954Cartoonist, journalist [91]
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Scott Pelley
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Emily Jones

Military

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
John D. Alexander [lower-alpha 1] 1982Assistant Commander of Navy Personnel Command for Career Management (PERS-4) [7] [92]
Richard E. Cavazos [lower-alpha 1] 1951First Hispanic 4-star General in the U.S. Army; Commander U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) [7]
Robert T. Clark [lower-alpha 1] 1970 Lieutenant General; Commander, 5th Army [7]
Fred E. Ellis 1967Major General, Texas Air National Guard [93]
Wendy M. Masiello 1980One of the highest-ranking women in the United States Department of Defense [94]
George H. O'Brien, Jr. 1950Major, USMCR, Medal of Honor recipient [95]
Herman C. Wallace Private first class, United States Army, Medal of Honor recipient [96]
Leonard Wong Professor of Military Strategy in the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College; author on military leadership [97]
Charles Q. Brown [lower-alpha 1] 198521st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; former 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, first African-American to become a service chief. [7] [98]
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Richard E. Cavazos
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Wendy M. Masiello

Music

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Josh Abbott Singer, songwriter [99]
Jerry Allison Drummer (Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Jerry Allison and The Crickets) [100]
Ponty Bone [101]
Wade Bowen Singer, songwriter [102]
John Denver 1961Singer, actor [28]
Ralna English Singer [103]
Jimmy Dale Gilmore Singer
Susan Graham [lower-alpha 1] 1983Mezzo-soprano [7] [28]
Pat Green 1997Singer [104]
William Clark Green [lower-alpha 1] Singer, Songwriter
Jack Huddle Musician [105]
Virgil Johnson Musician
Bob Livingston Singer, songwriter
Lloyd Maines Music producer, musician and songwriter [106]
Natalie Maines (did not graduate)Singer, songwriter [106]
Cory Morrow 1992Singer, songwriter [28]
Timothy Rhea Director of bands at Texas A&M University [107]
Doug Smith
Jordan Randall Smith conductor
Lane Turner Singer, songwriter
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John Denver
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Susan Graham
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Bob Livingston
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Natalie Maines

Science, technology and medicine

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Joseph M. Acaba 2015Astronaut [108]
Charles Bassett 1960Astronaut [109]
Mica Endsley [lower-alpha 1] 1982First female and former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force [110]
Grandmaster Ratte' Hacker; co-founder of Cult of the Dead Cow
Ashawna Hailey Computer scientist; creator of HSPICE [111]
Rick Husband [lower-alpha 1] 1980Former astronaut [7] [112]
Ginger Kerrick 1993First non-astronaut Capsule Communicator (Capcom), first Russian-training-integration instructor, and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA [113] [114] [115]
Paul Lockhart 1978 Astronaut [116]
Benjamin F. Logan [117]
Timothy P. Marshall 1980, 1983 (M.S.)Civil engineer and meteorologist; damage analysis expert [118]
Francis Muguet 1992 (Ph.D.)Chemist, information freedom advocate [119]
Arati Prabhakar 1979 (B.S)Director of DARPA; first female director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology [120]
Erik N. Rasmussen 1982 (M.S.)Atmospheric scientist, tornadogenesis expert
Nick Tredennick 1968 (B.S.), 1970 (M.S.) Electrical engineer [121]
Steven L. West 2000Disability researcher
Joe Ben Wheat (did not graduate) Archaeologist [122]
Terry Yates 1978 Biologist [123]
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Joseph Acaba
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Charles Bassett
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Rick Husband

Honorary

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
John W. Carpenter 1940Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [124]
Amon G. Carter 1930Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [124]
Tom C. Clark 1947 United States Supreme Court Justice and United States Attorney General [124]
Glenna Goodacre Sculptor [125]
Fred Gurley 1953President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [124]
Kent Hance [lower-alpha 1] 2005Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor [125]
Susan Polgar 2007Former World Chess Champion [126]
Daniel I.J. Thornton 1953Former Colorado governor [124]
Andre Waismann 2000Medical practitioner, notable for development of the ANR treatment of Opiate addiction [127]
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Tom C. Clark
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Susan Polgar

Sports

Texas Tech University alumni have also made contributions to field of sports. Former Red Raiders have gone on to compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball League (NBA), National Football League (NFL), PGA Tour, and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Approximately 94 alumni have been selected to the MLB Draft, 19 alumni have been selected in the NBA draft, 149 alumni have been selected in the NFL draft, and 9 alumni have been selected in the WNBA draft. Texas Tech alumni have also gone on to coach collegiate and professional teams.

See also

Notes

  1. Astronaut Fact Book was last published by NASA in 2013. Joseph Acaba is a 2015 graduate of the College of Education.

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