Prominent National Alumni
 

Prominent Alumni in the Field of Sports

 

 

 

Sean T. Casey
Richmond
First Baseman, Cincinnati Reds

 

 

John Fina
Arizona
Tackle, Buffalo Bills

 

 

Richard J. Gannon
Delaware

Quarterback, Oakland Raiders

 

 

Orel L. Hershiser
Bowling Green

Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers

 

 

Thomas O. Hicks
Texas-Austin

Owner, Dallas Stars & Texas Rangers

 

 

"Gene" Keady, Jr.

Kansas State

Head Basketball Coach, Purdue University

 

 

Robert L. Lilly
Texas
Christian

NFL Hall of Fame
Tackle, Dallas Cowboys 

 

 

J.C. Snead
East
Tennessee State

Professional Golfer

 

 

Jim Warsaw
Oregon

Founder, Warsaw Sports Marketing Center

Prominent Alumni in the Field of Business

 

 

 

 

Thomas G. Allardyce
Lamar

Internationally Recognized Interior Architect

 

 

Tom H. Barrett
Kansas State

Retired Chairman & CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

 

 

Richard W. Bennet, III
Central Missouri State

President, Famous-Barr Department Stores

 

 

 

Wallace C. Doud
Wisconsin

Consultant & Corporate Director, Motorola, Inc.

 

 

Curtis L. Carlson
Minnesota

Founder & Chairman, Carlson Companies (Radisson Hotels & TGI Fridays Restaurants)

 

 

W."H" Clark
North Carolina State

Retired Chairman & CEO, Nalco Chemical Company

 

 

James L. Clayton
Tennessee

Chairman & CEO, Clayton Homes

 

 

Gordon L. Crenshaw
Virginia

Retired Chairman & CEO, Universal Corporation

 

 

Kenneth T. Derr
Cornell

Chairman, Chevron Oil

 

 

Richard M. DeVos
Grand Valley State

President & Co-Founder, Amway Corporation

 

 

Douglas C. Engelbart
Oregon State

Inventor of the Computer Mouse & Windows

 

 

D. Travis Engen
MIT

CEO, ITT Industries, Inc.

 

 

Walter B. Hailey, Jr.
Texas-Austin

Founder, "Power of Persuasion" Consulting

 

 

Terry J. Lundgren
Arizona

CEO, Federated Department Stores (Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor, and Marshalls Field’s)

 

 

Kent C. "Oz" Nelson
Ball State

Retired Chairman & CEO, United Parcel Service

 

 

Harold A. Poling
Monmouth

Retired Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Company

 

 

William A. Schreyer
Penn State

Retired Chairman & CEO, Merrill Lynch & Co.

 

 

Robert C. Stempel
WPI

Retired Chairman & CEO, General Motors Corporation

 

 

R. David Thomas
Duke

Chairman & Founder, Wendy’s International

 

 

William G. Tragos
Washington U. in St. Louis

Retired Chairman & CEO, TBWA Worldwide Advertising

 

 

Fred L. Turner
Drake

Chairman, McDonald’s Corporation

 

 

Edward H. Vick, Jr.
North Carolina
President, Young & Rubicam Advertising

Prominent Alumni in the Field of Education

 

 

Kenneth J. Arrow
Stanford
Nobel Laureate in Economics and Professor, Stanford University

 

 

John P. Kotter, Ph.D.
MIT
Author and Professor, Harvard Business School

 

 

Barry Z. Posner, Ph.D.
UC-Santa Barbara
Author and Professor, University of Santa Clara

 

 

 

 

Prominent Alumni in the Field of Science and Medicine

 

 

Col. Karol J. Bobko
Texas-Austin

Space Shuttle Commander, NASA

 

 

Jay K. Harness, M.D.
Arizona

Director of Surgical Oncology, University of California-Davis Hospital

 

 

Prominent Alumni in the Entertainment and Literature

 

 

Joe Don Baker
North Texas State

Actor

 

 

Robert L. Bartley
Iowa State

Editor, The Wall Street Journa
l

 

 

Theodor S. "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
Dartmouth

Author

 

 

John S. Goodman
Southwest Missouri State

Actor

 

 

R. Steven Hicks
Texas-Austin
Founder & Chairman, Capstar Partners

 

 

Garry C. Kief
Southern California
Founder & President, Stiletto Entertainment

 

 

Hank Moonjean
Southern California
Producer of "Beauty and the Beast"

 

 

Carroll J. O’Connor
Montana
Actor

Prominent Alumni in the Government and Military

 

 

Armand Arabian
Boston
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California

 

 

Steve Bartlett
Texas-Austin
Former U.S. Congressman, Dallas, Texas

 

 

Ronald H. Brown
Middlebury
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

 

 

John E. Douglas, Ph.D.
Montana State

Special Agent, FBI Investigative Unit

 

 

John Engler
Michigan State
Governor, State of Michigan

 

 

Gary Griffith
Texas-Austin
Dallas City Councilman

 

 

Conrad W. Hewitt
Illinois
Superintendent of Banking, State of California

 

 

James D. Latham
Kansas State
General, United States Air Force

 

 

Anthony "Nuts" McAuliffe
West Virginia
General, United States Army

 

 

Roy R. Romer
Colorado State
Governor, State of Colorado

 

 

Cecil H. Underwood
Marshall
Governor, State of West Virginia

 

 

William L. Waller, Jr.
Mississippi State
Justice, Supreme Court of Mississippi

 

 

Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.
Connecticut
Former Chief of Naval Operations &

Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff