List of Texas Tech University people
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The list of Texas Tech University people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of Texas Tech University.
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[edit] Alumni and former students
[edit] Arts and media
Many former Texas Tech students and alumni have achieved notability in the arts and media. These include Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, award-winning journalists, singers, songwriters, and actors.
- Jerry Allison, drummer (Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Jerry Allison and The Crickets)[1]
- Mechelle Avey, author
- G.W. Bailey, actor (The Closer, Police Academy)
- Will Bigham, winner of the 2007 reality series On the Lot[2]
- Wade Bowen, singer / songwriter[3]
- Barry Corbin, actor (Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, Northern Exposure)
- Lane Crockett, journalist, entertainment writer and theater / arts critic
- John Denver, singer, actor
- Dayna Devon, journalist (Extra)
- Colby Donaldson, actor (Survivor: The Australian Outback)
- George Eads, actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- Ralna English, singer, formerly with Lawrence Welk
- Andy Fickman, film director (The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain)
- John Fincher, artist[4]
- Rudy Gatlin, singer (Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers)[5]
- Steve Gatlin, singer (Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers)[6]
- Jimmy Dale Gilmore, singer[7]
- Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
- Pat Green, country music singer
- Grace Halsell, writer
- Johnny Hardwick, comedian and voice actor
- Jack Huddle, musician
- Anne Hudson, radio and television personality, host on Music and Entertainment Television[8][9]
- Virgil Johnson, singer, educator
- Emily Jones, FSN anchor and reporter
- Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet author
- Bob Lapham, singer (The Picks)
- Brad Leland, actor
- Natalie Maines, singer-songwriter (The Dixie Chicks)
- Mark David Manders, singer and songwriter[10]
- Jim Marrs, author
- Joe McLaughlin, Texas sportswriter
- Wyman Meinzer, wildlife photographer[11]
- Cory Morrow, singer / songwriter
- Joe Norman, actor (Friday Night Lights, The Game Plan, We Are Marshall)[12]
- Scott Pelley, journalist (CBS, 60 Minutes)
- Timothy Rhea, director of bands at Texas A&M University[13]
- William Shockley, actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
- Duane Simolke, author
- Herbert Southworth, journalist and historian specializing in the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship, whose work led the Francoist ministry of information to set up a department to counter his debunking of the regime's propaganda
- Steve Tanner, nationally-syndicated disk jockey[14]
- Kelly Ray Turner, guitarist (Cooder Graw)
- Lane Turner, singer-songwriter
- Dirk West, cartoonist and journalist
- Edwin "Big Ed" Wilkes, Lubbock, Texas, radio personality[15]
[edit] Athletics
- Donny Anderson, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Cardinals
- Doug Ault, Major League Baseball player
- Josh Bard, Major League Baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres
- Tony Battie, NBA player
- Rodney Blackshear, coach of the Lubbock Renegades of the af2
- Gary Blair, Head women's basketball coach for Texas A&M University
- Dallas Braden, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics
- Todd Brunson, professional poker player
- John Paul Cain, professional golfer, Texas Golf Hall of Fame inductee
- Richard Clapp, Major League Baseball player
- Marcus Coleman, NFL player
- Michael Crabtree, NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers; #10 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft
- Sonny Cumbie, Indoor Football League quarterback for the San Angelo Stampede Express, former Arena Football League quarterback for the Los Angeles Avengers
- Leigh Daniel, NCAA championship track runner; women's cross country coach at Ashland University; winner of TODAY's TODAY Throws a Wedding contest in 2009
- Stan David, NFL player; named as one of the top fifty athletes from New Mexico
- Joe Dillon, Major League outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Carlos Francis, NFL player for the Oakland Raiders
- Dylan Gandy, NFL player for the Denver Broncos
- Darvin Ham ("Dunkin' Darvin"), Former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks; TV analyst
- Cody Hodges, Arena Football 2 quarterback for the Fort Wayne Fusion
- E.J. Holub, American Football League All-star
- Kliff Kingsbury, NFL player; holder of several NCAA passing records
- Sally Kipyego, first Kenyan woman to win an NCAA cross country individual championship; tied as top championship winner in the NCAA
- Derrell Mitchell, CFL wide receiver
- Bam Morris, Former NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Baltimore Ravens, and Kansas City Chiefs
- Eric Morris, CFL wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Sammy Morris, NFL Running back for the New England Patriots
- Dave Parks, NFL player; first overall selection in 1964 NFL Draft
- Montae Reagor, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Sheryl Swoopes, Four-time WNBA champion
- Jia Perkins, WNBA All-Star of the Chicago Sky
- Plenette Pierson, WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock
- B.J. Symons, Former NFL player; holder of many NCAA passing records including career passing yards
- Zach Thomas, NFL middle linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
- Billy Joe Tolliver, former NFL quarterback
- Wes Welker, NFL receiver / kick returner for the New England Patriots
- Dwayne Slay, CFL player for theWinnipeg Blue Bombers
- Tom Wilson, former Texas A&M football coach[16]
[edit] Business
Texas Tech University has produced 12 Fortune 500 CEO's as well as many nationally prominent business leaders and entrepreneurs.
- Scott Arbuckle, CEO, Eljer Industries[17]
- Angela Braly, president & CEO, WellPoint, Inc.
- Blake Buchanan, founder & president, Bahama Buck's
- J. Fred Bucy, former CEO, Texas Instruments[17]
- R. Trent Campbell, former CEO, Mosher Steel[17]
- C.A. Cash, former president & CEO, Diamond Shamrock[18]
- R.D. Cash, former president & CEO, Questar[19]
- Richard L. Clemmer, CEO, Agere Systems[20]
- B.R. "Rip" Griffin, CEO, Griffin Companies[21]
- Don Hayden, CFO & Treasurer, Griffen Companies[22]
- Jim Humphreys, former manager of Pitchfork Ranch east of Lubbock[23]
- Mark W. Jackson, president of EchoStar Technologies[24][25]
- James "Rocky" Johnson, chairman emeritus / former CEO, GTE[26]
- Julie Fuller Jones, vice president of SBA lending, Southwest Securities[27]
- Robert Lewis, CEO, US Bank[17]
- Robert Marting, fitness trainer
- Judy Odom, founder & CEO, Software Spectrum[28]
- R. Randall Onstead, former CEO, Randall's Food Markets[29]
- Robert Palmer, former CEO, Digital Equipment Corporation
- Jerry S. Rawls, president & CEO, Finisar Corporation
- Dunia Shive, president and chief executive officer, Belo Corp.[30][31]
- William Snyder, former CEO, GEICO[32]
- Jim Sowell, founder & CEO, Jim Sowell Construction Company[33]
- Bobby G. Stevenson, chairman of the board and co-founder, Ciber, Inc.[34]
- Charles "Tex" Thornton, founder & CEO, Litton Industries
- Edward R. Tinsley, III, Law school graduate; chairman, K-Bob's Steakhouse chain; New Mexico rancher, and political activist
- Edward Tian Shuoning, former CEO, China Netcom; co-founder, AsiaInfo[35]
- Allan Tomlison, Jr., former president, Valero[36]
- J. Rex Vardeman, founder, Harris Communications[36]
- Edward Whitacre, Jr., chairman of General Motors; former chairman & CEO, AT&T
- Alan White, CEO, Plains Capital Corporation[37]
- Phillip L. Frederickson, Executive VP, ConocoPhillips[38]
[edit] Education, science, and technology
Texas Tech University is one of only two Universities in Texas that feature both a Law School and a Medical School. Tech's contribution to the USA's national space program includes four NASA astronauts, including the first African-American to ever walk in space. From world-renowned heart surgeons to leaders in education, Tech's contribution to Education, Science and Technology has been significant in the relatively short period since it opened in 1925.
- Charles Bassett, astronaut
- Bill G. Chapman, (1928-2007), advocate for the blind, author
- Felix Crawford (1938-2007), dentist in Plainview, Texas and official of the American Dental Association
- Juan C. González, Vice President of Student Affairs, University of Texas at Austin[39]
- Grandmaster Ratte', hacker
- Bernard A. Harris, Jr., astronaut (first African-American to walk in Space)
- Rick Husband, astronaut and commander of STS-107 (Columbia), killed in the Columbia disaster
- Norman Igo (1921-2007), civil engineer and director of construction of the Tech Library, Medical School, Law School, Museum, and Architecture Building
- O. Wayne Isom, David Letterman's heart surgeon and chairman of the Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Cornell University[40]
- Paul Lockhart, astronaut
- Willard Hughes Rollings (1948-2008), historian of Native Americans
- David J. Schmidly, president of the University of New Mexico, former President of Texas Tech University, former CEO of Oklahoma State University
- Helen Verduin Palit, founder of City Harvest, America Harvest, Angel Harvest, and Aloha Harvest[11]
[edit] Government, politics, law, and military
Texas Tech University alumuni have made contributions in the area of public service, having served in government, law, and the military. Three graduates of the university went on to become governors and one became the president of Panama.
- Bob Bullock, former state comptroller and Lieutenant Governor of Texas
- John Burroughs, former Governor of New Mexico (1959-1961)
- Waggoner Carr, former Texas attorney general who began his own investigation of the Kennedy assassination
- Warlick Carr, attorney, brother of Waggoner Carr
- John Carter, U.S. Congressman, Republican
- Lauro Cavazos, former Texas Tech president and U.S. Secretary of Education under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
- General Richard E. Cavazos, first Hispanic 4-star general in the U.S. Army; Commander U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
- Lieutenant General Robert T. Clark, Commander, 5th Army
- Timothy Cole, first person in Texas history to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence
- Tom Craddick, former Texas Speaker of the House, Republican
- Sam R. Cummings, United States District Judge[41]
- Robert L. Duncan, Texas State Senator
- Ruben Garcia Jr., former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Kent Hance, former U.S. Congressman and chancellor of Texas Tech University, Republican
- Millard Hall, journalist and political consultant, served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith and was instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission
- Joseph P. Heflin, attorney and state representative from Crosbyton, Democrat
- John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan
- Michael Hinojosa, superintendent, Dallas Independent School District[42]
- Walter Huffman, Dean, Texas Tech School of Law and former U.S. Judge Advocate General[43]
- Carl Isett, CPA and Texas state representative from Lubbock since 1997, Republican
- Phil Johnson, Texas Supreme Court Justice, Republican
- Demetrio B. Lakas, former President of the Republic of Panama (1969-1978)
- Pete Laney, Former Texas Speaker of the House, Democrat
- Mark Lanier, 1998 National Law Journal Top 10 Trial Attorney's, Founder of The Lanier Law Firm[44]
- Tibor Nagy, former U.S. ambassador and deputy ambassador in Africa[45]
- Randy Neugebauer, U.S. Congressman, Republican
- George H. O'Brien, Jr., petroleum geologist, Major, USMCR, Medal of Honor recipient
- Larry A. Olson, Chief Technology Officer for the State of Texas[46]
- Edward Rappaport, Acting Director of the National Hurricane Center
- Lionel Rivera, Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Clay Sell, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy[47]
- Preston Smith, former Governor of the State of Texas, Democrat
- John T. Smithee, lawyer and state representative from Amarillo since 1985, Republican
- Charles Stenholm, former U.S. Congressman, Democrat
- Karen Tandy, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency
- Mac Thornberry, U.S. Congressman, Republican
- Dan Thornton, former Governor of Colorado, Democrat[48]
- Morris W. Turner, businessman; mayor of Lubbock, 1972-1974
- Joseph M. Watt, Chief Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Harold Welch, father of first lady Laura Bush[49]
- Cypert O. Whitfill, Associate Judge Circuit Court, Harford County, Maryland[50]
- Leonard Wong, Professor of Military Strategy in the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College, published author on military leadership.
[edit] Faculty
- M. M. Ayoub, a pioneer in the field of ergonomics
- David A. Bednar, assistant professor of Management (1984–1986); president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (1997–2004)
- Burwell B. Bell III, US Army general, former ROTC instructor at Texas Tech
- Julien Paul Blitz, cellist, conductor, and teacher; first music director of the Houston Symphony
- David Brandon, guitar professor and musician who toured with guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening for 15 years[51]
- Thomas C. Butler, former professor, credited with making oral hydration the standard treatment for diarrhea, lost samples of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague
- Ralph Carpenter, former sports information director, credited with coining the term, "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."[52]
- Jo Carr, English professor who became one of the first women Methodist pastors and church administrators in the South Plains
- Sankar Chatterjee, paleontologist
- Carlos Manuel Chavez, heart surgeon
- Romeo Crennel, defensive assistant from 1975-1977, head coach of the Cleveland Browns
- J. William Davis, former chairman of Texas Tech's Athletic Council, father of the National Letter of Intent for college athletics
- Spike Dykes, former head football coach, all-time winningest coach in Texas Tech football history
- Upe Flueckiger, associate professor of Architecture, internationally recognized because of the design of his house
- Alberto Gonzales, former United States Attorney General, political science professor and diversity recruiter
- Larry Hays, former head baseball coach, one of the winningest coaches in college baseball
- William Curry Holden, archaeologist and historian
- Shelby D. Hunt, highly-cited marketing professor[53][54]
- Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet author, former associate professor at Texas Tech
- Bob Knight, former head men's basketball coach, all-time winningest NCAA D-1 men's basketball coach; Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- Magne Kristiansen, pulsed power expert and recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal[55]
- Mike Leach, head football coach, all-time winningest coach in Texas Tech football history
- Danny Mason, Tech golf coach, 1969-1980, physical education professor
- Kishor C. Mehta, Tech's first member of the National Academy of Engineering
- Bill Parcells, assistant football coach from 1975-77, went on to win two Super Bowls as head coach of the New York Giants
- Susan Polgar, four-time women’s classical world chess champion and five-time Olympic chess champion
- Gabor B. Racz MD, FIPP, Pioneer in the treatment of chronic pain[56]
- Marsha Sharp, former women's basketball head coach who led Texas Tech Lady Raiders to the national championship title in 1993; Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, namesake of a freeway running through the center of Lubbock
- Tom Shires, chair of the Surgery department (1991–1995), trauma surgeon who pioneered administering saline to shock and surgical patients
- Michael Shonrock, educational psychologist, administrator in higher education[57]
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, composer
- F. Alton Wade, scientist, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition and namesake of Mount Wade in Antarctica[58]
- Ernest Wallace, historian of the South Texas Plains and the Comanche[59]
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