List of University of Tulsa people

This is a list of notable alumni and notable current and former faculty of the University of Tulsa

Notable alumni

Arts, media, and the humanities

Ted Berrigan (BA/MA) – poet
Gail Farrell (BA, 1969) – singer
P. S. (Patrick) Gordon (BFA, 1974) – painter
Jim Hartz (attended 1958–1960) – former co-host of "The Today Show"
Paul Harvey (attended 1930s) – syndicated radio personality and author
Lance Henson (MA) – poet^[1]
S. E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton (BS, 1970) – author of Rumble Fish and The Outsiders
Ruthe Blalock Jones (BFA, 1972) – American Indian painter and print-maker
R.A. Lafferty (attended 1933–35) – American science fiction and fantasy writer
Dennis Letts – stage actor and English professor
Bob Losure (BA, Broadcast Journalism, 1969) – former CNN Headline News anchor and author
Kim Manning (BA, Musical Theater) – singer, actress, reality TV personality
Anurag Mathur – best-selling author of The Inscrutable Americans
Rue McClanahan (German and Theater Arts, 1956) – Emmy Award-winning actress, known as Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls
Phillip McGraw, aka Dr. Phil (attended 1968–1969) – TV personality and psychologist
Mary Kay Place (BA, Speech, 1969) – actress and singer
Carter Revard (B.A. 1952) – poet and linguist
Donald Roulet (BA, Theology) – Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist
Gailard Sartain (BFA, 1969) – actor
Joseph Shore – operatic baritone
Vu Tran – writer (teaches at University of Chicago)
Wade Williams (BA, Theatrical Studies, 1987) – actor
Ashley J- Singer

Athletics

Mike Anderson (1982) – former UAB and current Missouri basketball coach^{[citation needed]}
Bob Babich – captain of the 1982 team; defensive coordinator, Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
Tom Baldwin – professional football player, New York Jets^[2]
Don Bandy – professional football player, Washington Redskins^[3]
Dick Blanchard – former professional football player
Bob Breitenstein – former offensive lineman and first Argentine to play in the NFL
Dennis Byrd – professional football player, New York Jets
Chris Chamberlain – linebacker, St. Louis Rams
Danny Colbert – NFL player
Joe Cooper – professional basketball player
Steve Cox – former professional wrestler
Ken Duncan – former professional football player
Jim Finks – pro football Hall of Famer
Todd Franz – 2005 NFL player Green Bay Packers^[4]
Gus Frerotte (1994) – professional football player ^[5]
Dean Hamel – former defensive lineman Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys
Hank Haney (BS, Education, 1977) – professional golf coach
Steve Harris (BS, Sociology 2001) – the university's second all-time leading scorer; former professional basketball player, Houston Rockets; #19 in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft
Todd Hays (BA, Education, 1992) – Olympic silver medalist in bobsled
Jerome Jordan – professional basketball player
Damaris Johnson – Professional football player
Brian Kelly - professional boxing Fought for the WBC World Light Heavyweight
GJ Kinne – Professional football QuarterbackNew York Giants
Carin Koch – professional golfer on the LPGA Tour
Steve Largent (1975) – Seattle Seahawks receiver, Pro Football Hall of Famer; former U.S. Congressman
Clyde LeForce, Detroit Lions quarterback
Kevin Lilly – NFL defensive lineman
Tony Liscio – former offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys
Nancy Lopez (attended 1974–1977) – professional golfer
Tim Martin – football player (Miami Dolphins)
Garrett Mills (2006) – tight end/fullback for the Minnesota Vikings
Barry Minter – former Chicago Bears linebacker
Ricky Ortiz – professional wrestler
Jerry Ostroski – former Buffalo Bills offensive lineman
Drew Pearson (BS, Recreation Administration, 1973) – former wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys; sportscaster; member of the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor
Chris Penn – former San Diego Chargers wide receiver
Stacy Prammanasudh (BS, Exercise & Sports Science, 2002) – professional golfer on the LPGA Tour
Paul Pressey – former Milwaukee Bucks player; unofficially the first NBA point forward
Dave Rader (BS Mechanical Engineering, 1975–1980) – former college and professional football player; head football coach of the University of Tulsa (1988–1999); former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Alabama
Ray Rhodes – former NFL head coach
Jerry Rhome – former NFL quarterback
Steve Rogers – former Montreal Expos starting pitcher
Michael Ruffin – professional basketball player for Obradoiro CAB of the Liga Española de Baloncesto in Spain
Bob St. Clair – former offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Tracy Scroggins – former Detroit Lions linebacker
Lovie Smith – head coach, Chicago Bears
Paul Smith (BA, Communication, 2007) – quarterback, Jacksonville Jaguars
Ray Smith – American football player
Bob Storey – former CFL player; two-time Grey Cup champion
Willie Townes – former defensive lineman Dallas Cowboys
Howard Twilley (1965) – former Wide Receiver Miami Dolphins 1966–76
Kaye Vaughan – Hall of Fame football player, CFL
Bill Van Burkleo – former CFL player; four-time Grey Cup champion
Tyrunn Walker – Defensive lineman Detroit Lions
Howard Waugh – first player to rush for 1000 yards in the CFL
Charles Wright – gridiron football player

Public Affairs, Business, and Education

Tareq Al-Suwaidan (PhD, Petroleum Engineering, 1990) – Muslim scholar; reformer; TV personality; management expert
Bradley M. Berkson (BS, Petroleum Engineering, 1985) – U.S. Department of Defense Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness; recipient of Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Jim R. Caldwell – first Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate in the 20th century, 1969–1978; retired Church of Christ minister in Tulsa; studied in doctoral program at University of Tulsa
Craig Campbell (BA, Political Science, 1974) – Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
William Daniel (MBA, 1985) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Baton Rouge; petroleum engineer; businessman^[6]
Drew Edmondson (JD, 1978) – Oklahoma Attorney General and candidate for Governor
Lex Frieden – Scholar, disability rights activist, deemed "chief architect of Americans with Disabilities Act"
Gregory Kent Frizzell (BA, History, 1981) – Federal Judge
David Hall (JD 1959) – former Governor of Oklahoma
Jim Inhofe (BS, Economics, 1973) – U.S. Senator (R-Oklahoma), former Mayor of Tulsa
Bill LaFortune (JD, 1983) – former Mayor of Tulsa
Steve Largent (BS, Biology, 1975) – former U.S. Congressman (R-Tulsa) and Pro Football Hall of Famer
Robert E. Lavender (JD, 1953) – Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Dale A. Lunsford (B.A. 1982, M.B.A. 1985) – President of LeTourneau University
Ermirio Pereira de Moraes (BS, Petroleum Engineering) – Brazilian billionaire^[7]
Elizabeth Crewson Paris (BA, 1980; JD, 1987) – United States Tax Court Judge
Roger Randle (J.D., 1979) – former [President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate]] and former Mayor of Tulsa
Myles W. Scoggins – President, Colorado School of Mines; former energy executive
Rodney W. Sippel (BS, 1978) – Federal Judge
Chad "Corntassel" Smith (JD, 1980) – Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

Science, engineering, and technology

Gordon Matthews (BS, Engineering Physics, 1959) – pioneer of voicemail technology

Current and former faculty

Larry Catá Backer – Cuban-American scholar of comparative law and international affairs
Natan Brand – Israeli classical pianist
Robert Butkin – Law professor and former State Treasurer of Oklahoma
Alfred Corn – American poet and essayist
Robert Donaldson – Political scientist and former dean at Vanderbilt University
Nancy Feldman – Civil rights activist and civic leader
Paul Finkelman – Legal historian
Germaine Greer – feminist theorist (one of the major voices of the second-wave feminist movement)
Robert Hogan – American psychologist known for his innovations in personality testing and organizational studies
Pawel Lewicki – Cognitive scientist
John S. Lowe – Energy law scholar
Joseph Wilson Morris – Federal District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Darcy O'Brien – Literary critic and author of fiction
Albert C. Reynolds – Petroleum engineering expert
Boaz Sharon – noted pianist at Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Melissa L. Tatum – Scholar of Native American law
Victor Udwin – comparative literature professor
Keith Ward – Philosopher and theologian at Oxford University
Yevgeny Yevtushenko – Russian poet, dissident public intellectual and essayist

References

^ Arnett, Gogisgi Carroll. "Lance (David) Henson," Handbook of Native American Literature. Wiget, Andrew, ed. Taylor & Francis, 1996, p.445. ISBN 0-8153-1560-0
^ "Tom Baldwin". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
^ "Don Bandy". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
^ "Todd Franz". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
^ "Gus Frerotte". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
^ "William Daniel, IV's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Ermirio Pereira de Moraes". Forbes. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[Handbook-NA-Lit-1] Arnett, Gogisgi Carroll. "Lance (David) Henson," Handbook of Native American Literature. Wiget, Andrew, ed. Taylor & Francis, 1996, p.445. ISBN 0-8153-1560-0

[2] "Tom Baldwin". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.

[3] "Don Bandy". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.

[4] "Todd Franz". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

[5] "Gus Frerotte". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

[6] "William Daniel, IV's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 22, 2015.

[Forbes-7] "Ermirio Pereira de Moraes". Forbes. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

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