List of University of Missouri alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Academic

• Terry H. Anderson (MA 1973), Professor of history at Texas A&M University
• Thomas Curtright (BS 1970, MS 1970), Professor of Physics at University of Miami
• Robert P. Foster (MA, Ph.D.), President of Northwest Missouri State University (1964–1977)
• Uel W. Lamkin (attended), President of Northwest Missouri State University (1921–1945)
• Robin Luke (Ph.D. Business Administration and Marketing), Professor and Department Head, Marketing Department, Missouri State University; previously a 1950s pop music singer, best known for the 1958 hit "Susie Darlin'"
• John C. McManus (Ph.D.), military historian, author, and professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Francis Joseph Mullin, president of Shimer College^[1]
• Donald E. Pease (BA 1968, MA 1969,) Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College
• Mason Vaugh (B.S. 1919, B.Eng 1921), founder and Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering in Allahabad Agricultural Institute^[2]
• Todd Whitaker (B.S. 1981, M.Ed. 1985, Ph.D. 1992), Professor of Educational Leadership, Indiana State University

Arts, film, and literature

Sheryl Crow

Brad Pitt

Tennessee Williams

• Stephen Morehouse Avery, Hollywood screenwriter
• Tom Berenger, actor
• Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, writer and television producer
• Neal E. Boyd (BA 2001), musician; winner of 2008 America's Got Talent
• Brent Briscoe MU 1984, actor^[3]
• Hal Call, pioneering LGBT rights activist and gay publisher/pornographer
• Kate Capshaw (BS 1975, MEd 1977, ΑΔΠ), actress, Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Chris Cooper (BGS 1976), Academy Award-winning actor, Adaptation
• Candice Crawford (BJ 2009, ΠΒΦ), Miss Missouri and Miss USA finalist; reporter for KDAF-TV
• Sheryl Crow (BS Ed 1984, ΚΑΘ, ΟΔΚ, SAI), musician, singer songwriter
• Jeffery Deaver (BJ 1972), author Lincoln Rhyme series
• Hope Driskill (BA 2012, ΧΩ), Survivor: Caramoan, Miss Missouri USA 2011 and Miss USA Top 16 finalist
• Dave Fogel (ΣΧ, Radio Disc Jockey)
• Jon Hamm (BA 1993), actor, Don Draper of AMC's Mad Men
• William Least Heat-Moon (BA 1961, MA 1962, PhD 1973, BJ 1978, ΤΚΕ), author
• Rebecca Johns (BA 1993, BJ 1993), author
• David Koechner, actor, Todd Packer of The Office, Champ Kind of Anchorman
• Robert Loggia (BJ 1951 ΑΣΦ), actor, Jagged Edge, Big, Scarface, The Sopranos
• Harris Merton Lyon, short-story writer
• Richard Matheson (BJ 1949, ΦΜΑ), screenwriter, author of I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come
• Marijane Meaker (BA 1949 ΑΔΠ), novelist
• Greg Miller, IGN cast member, host of Up at Noon^[4]
• Pamela Morsi, author
• Suniti Namjoshi, writer
• Brad Pitt (ΣΧ, Journalism School, remains one credit short of graduation), actor^[5]
• James Rollins, aka James Czajkowski, author of the bestselling Sigma Force series^[6]
• SallyAnn Salsano, producer and creator of reality television shows for MTV including Jersey Shore
• Ed Sanders (dropout 1958), poet, lead singer of the Fugs, social activist, author
• George C. Scott, Academy Award-winning actor, Patton, Dr. Strangelove, The Hustler, Anatomy of a Murder
• Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican telenovela producer/director noted for her work on Televisa
• Mort Walker (BA 1948, ΚΣ), cartoonist; a life-sized bronze statue of his creation Beetle Bailey sits in front of alumni center; restaurant in student center is named Mort's
• George Woodward Warder (BA circa 1866), eccentric lawyer, real estate speculator, poet, philosopher, cosmologist
• John Edward Williams (PHD 1954), recipient of National Book Award, author of Stoner and Augustus
• Tennessee Williams (ΑΤΩ), playwright, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Athletics

Baseball

Ian Kinsler

• Phil Bradley, former MLB player, also played football
• Skip Caray, former broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves; son of Harry Caray
• Jeff Cornell, former MLB pitcher
• Aaron Crow, MLB pitcher; currently a free agent
• John Dettmer, former MLB pitcher
• David Freese, MLB third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels, 2011 NLCS and World Series MVP and Babe Ruth Award winner for St. Louis Cardinals^[7]
• Kyle Gibson, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
• Ian Kinsler, current All-Star MLB second baseman, Detroit Tigers
• Dave Otto, former MLB pitcher
• Max Scherzer, MLB All-Star pitcher for the Washington Nationals, 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner (Detroit Tigers)
• Jerry Schoonmaker, former MLB outfielder, also played football
• Art Shamsky, former MLB outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager
• Mike Shannon (attended), former MLB infielder and current broadcaster
• Sonny Siebert, former MLB pitcher
• Dave Silvestri, former MLB infielder
• Gene Stephenson, current Wichita State University baseball head coach, also played football
• Nick Tepesch, pitcher for the Texas Rangers

Basketball

• Jabari Brown, current CBA player for Foshan Dralions
• John Brown, former NBA player
• DeMarre Carroll, current NBA player for Toronto Raptors
• Jordan Clarkson, current NBA player for Los Angeles Lakers
• Marcus Denmon, TBL player for the Istanbul BB
• Keyon Dooling, former NBA player for Boston Celtics
• Larry Drew, former NBA player, former head coach for Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks
• Al Eberhard, former NBA player
• Kim English, former NBA player
• Thomas Gardner, former NBA player for Atlanta Hawks
• Linas Kleiza, former NBA player who is currently a free agent
• Gary Leonard, former NBA player
• Anthony Peeler, former NBA player
• Phil Pressey, current NBA player for Boston Celtics
• Kareem Rush, former NBA player
• Doug Smith, former NBA player
• Norm Stewart (BA 1956, ΒΘΠ), All-American and former head coach at Northern Iowa (1961–67) and Mizzou (1967–99)
• Steve Stipanovich, former NBA player
• Jon Sundvold, former NBA player

Football

• Bud Abell, former American Football League player for the Kansas City Chiefs^[8]
• Danario Alexander, current NFL player for San Diego Chargers^[9]
• Russ Ball, Vice President of Football Administration/Player Finance of the Green Bay Packers
• Gary Barnett (1969, ΒΘΠ), former head football coach at Northwestern and Colorado
• Dwayne Blakley, current NFL player for Tennessee Titans^[10]
• Justin Britt, current offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks
• Colin Brown, current NFL player for Buffalo Bills
• Lloyd Carr (KΣ), former head coach University of Michigan
• Byron Chamberlain, former NFL player^[11]
• Paul Christman (KΣ), College Football Hall of Famer, former NFL player and broadcaster
• Chase Coffman, John Mackey Award winner
• DeMontie Cross, current assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers
• Chase Daniel, current NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Robert Delpino, former NFL player
• Kony Ealy, current defensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers
• Brad Edelman, former NFL player
• Atiyyah Ellison, current NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Don Faurot (1924 Farmhouse), MU coach and player^[12]
• Ron Fellows, former NFL player
• Will Franklin, former NFL player
• Blaine Gabbert, current NFL player for San Francisco 49ers
• Andrew Gachkar, current NFL player with San Diego Chargers
• Justin Gage, former NFL player
• E.J. Gaines, current NFL player for Los Angeles Rams
• Tony Galbreath, former NFL player
• Markus Golden, NFL player for Arizona Cardinals
• Mel Gray, former NFL player
• Dorial Green-Beckham, NFL player for Tennessee Titans
• Ziggy Hood, NFL player for Jacksonville Jaguars
• Harry Ice (ΒΘΠ), MVP of 1942 Sugar Bowl, longtime member of athletic department
• Brad Imes, former football player; appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 2, retired professional mixed martial arts fighter^[13]
• Jim Jennings, former NFL player

Mario Johnson, former NFL player for the New York Jets

• Mike Jones, former NFL player
• Henry Josey, former NFL player
• Jim Kekeris, former NFL player
• Jim Leavitt, former head coach of the University of South Florida
• Leo Lewis, former NFL player
• Rick Lyle, former NFL player
• Bill McCartney, former head coach of the University of Colorado
• Jeremy Maclin, NFL player for Kansas City Chiefs
• Henry Marshall, former NFL player
• Steve Martin, former NFL player
• John Matuszak, former NFL player
• Ron McBride, former NFL player
• Erik McMillan, former NFL player
• William Moore, NFL player for Atlanta Falcons
• Mitch Morse, NFL player for Kansas City Chiefs
• C. J. Mosley, current NFL player for Cleveland Browns
• Damien Nash, former NFL player
• Brock Olivo, former NFL player
• Gus Otto (ΒΘΠ), former NFL player
• Francis Peay, former NFL player
• Kurt Petersen, former NFL player
• Johnnie Poe, former NFL player
• Shane Ray, NFL player for Denver Broncos
• Howard Richards (Kappa Alpha Psi), former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys
• Johnny Roland (Kappa Alpha Psi), former NFL coach and player
• Martin Rucker, NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles
• Andy Russell, former NFL player
• Jerome Sally, former NFL player
• Michael Sam, former NFL player for St. Louis Rams, first openly gay player in NFL
• George Seals, former NFL player
• Aldon Smith, current NFL player for San Francisco 49ers
• Brad Smith, current NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles
• Justin Smith, current NFL player San Francisco 49ers
• Otis Smith, former NFL player
• Ray Smith, NFL player
• Hugh Sprinkle, NFL player
• Stryker Sulak, current NFL player for Green Bay Packers
• Morris Towns, former NFL player
• Bruce Van Dyke, former NFL player
• L'Damian Washington, current wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
• Russ Washington, former NFL player
• Sean Weatherspoon, current NFL player for Atlanta Falcons^[14]
• Roger Wehrli, 7-time Pro Bowl NFL player and Pro Hall of Fame
• Bill Whitaker, former NFL player
• James Wilder, former NFL player
• Kellen Winslow, college and Pro Hall of Fame player
• Eric Wright, former NFL player

Other

• Ben Askren, two-time NCAA Wrestling Champion (2006,2007); 2008 US Olympics team member; professional MMA fighter; former Bellator Welterweight Champion^[15]
• Dick Ault, Olympic hurdler
• Evan Bourne, current professional wrestler
• Christian Cantwell, current world-class shot putter, 2004 IAAF World Indoor Champion, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Champion
• Michael Chandler, 2009 NCAA Wrestling All-American (5th place 157 lbs.), current Bellator Lightweight Champion^[16]
• J'den Cox, 2x NCAA champion wrestler, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the 86kg weight class for freestyle wrestling
• Carl Edwards, NASCAR drive and 2007 Busch Series Champion (attended but did not graduate)^[17]\
• Sammie Henson, two-time NCAA Wrestling Champion; 1998 World Freestyle Wrestling Champion; 2000 Olympic silver medalist; 2006 world bronze medalist at age 36
• Derrick Peterson (AKΛ), current professional runner, 2004 Olympian
• J.P. Reese, two-time NCAA Wrestling Championships qualifier (2002 and 2003); current professional MMA fighter^[18]
• Gene Snitsky, current professional wrestler
• Mike Whitehead (attended), three-time All-American wrestler; current professional MMA fighter^[19]
• Tyron Woodley, 2-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler; current mixed martial artist in the Welterweight division and champion for the Ultimate Fighting Championship^[20]

Business

• Tom Carnahan (JD 1995), founder of Wind Capital Group developer of wind farms
• Andrew Cherng (MS 1972), founder of Panda Express and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group
• James H. Faulkner, Alabama politician, newspaper publisher, and business leader
• Alan C. Greenberg^[21] (BS BA 1949, ZBT), Chairman, Bear Stearns Companies
• Edward D. "Ted" Jones (1947), managing partner of Edward Jones Investments
• R. Crosby Kemper (AB 1914, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares
• R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. (AB 1949, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares
• Oliver Winfield Killam (Law 1898), South Texas oil industrialist; former Oklahoma state legislator
• Richard Kinder (BA 1966, JD 1968, ΣN, QEBH), Chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan; former President of Enron; net worth of $10.2 billion; #39 on 2013 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans^[22]
• E. Stanley Kroenke (BS BA 1971, MBA 1973), Chairman of THF Realty; owner of NBA's Denver Nuggets and NHL's Colorado Avalanche; co-owner of NFL's St. Louis Rams; majority shareholder Arsenal FC; net worth of $3.5 billion, tied for #105 on 2008 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans
• Kenneth Lay (BA 1964, MA 1965, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), former CEO of Enron
• Harry J. Lloyd (BJ 1950, TKE), founder of House of Lloyd and the upscale Loch Lloyd village and country club near Kansas City
• David C. Novak (BJ 1974, ΔΥ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Yum! Brands, Inc.
• Rodger O. Riney^[23] (BS CiE 1968, MBA 1969, XE), founder of Scottrade, deep-discount brokerage firm
• Matthew K. Rose (BS BA 1981, ΛΧΑ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
• Roger Straus (1917–2004), co-founder and chairman of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Samuel M. Walton (BA 1940, ΒΘΠ, QEBH), founder of Walmart

Journalism

• John Anderson (BJ 1987), ESPN SportsCenter host
• Douglas F. Attaway (1910–1994), publisher of since defunct Shreveport Journal and former owner of KSLA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Gerald M. Boyd, former Managing Editor of the New York Times, first African-American metropolitan editor and managing editor of the New York Times
• Barney Calame (ΒΘΠ), Public Editor, New York Times
• Jann Carl (BJ 1982, KKΓ), weekend anchor, correspondent, Entertainment Tonight
• Papa Joe Chevalier, host of the nationally syndicated Papa Joe Show on the Sporting News Radio Network until 2005^[24]
• Sophia Choi, CNN Headline News anchor
• Clifton C. Edom (BJ 1946), Mizzou photojournalism educator and co-founder of Pictures of the Year, Missouri Photo Workshop, and Kappa Alpha Mu
• Clarence Faulk (BJ c. 1931), publisher of Ruston Daily Leader, founder of radio station KRUS, and diversified businessman in Ruston, Louisiana
• Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports columnist
• Martin Frost (BJ 1964, ZBT), political commentator, Fox News Channel
• Major Garrett (BJ 1984), national correspondent, Fox News Channel
• Mike Hall, first winner of the ESPN "Dream Job" series
• Sarah Hollins, (BA 2013), Miss Nebraska USA 2016, TV Personality
• Robert Horner (BJ 1970), president of NBC News Channel
• Juliet Huddy, Fox News Channel host
• Walter E. Hussman, Sr. (1906–1988), owner of newspaper chain in south Arkansas, including Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, cable systems, and radio stations
• Jeffrey Crawford Jones, radio host
• James J. Kilpatrick (BJ 1941), conservative columnist^[25][26]
• Michael Kim, ESPNEWS host
• Ah Jook Ku (1935), former Associated Press correspondent, first Asian American female reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin^[27]
• Jim Lehrer^[28] (ΣΔΧ award), PBS news anchor
• David Limbaugh (BA 1975, JD 1978), political commentator and author
• Andrea Mackris, Fox News television producer
• Joel Meyers, ports play-by-play voice
• Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard (ΒΘΠ), journalist
• Russ Mitchell (BJ 1982), weekend anchor, CBS Evening News
• Jonathan Murray (BJ 1977), executive producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World
• Lisa Myers (BJ 1973), former senior investigative correspondent, NBC News
• Ken Paulson, editor, USA Today
• Chuck Roberts (BJ 1971), CNN news anchor
• Ben Robertson (1926), WW II war correspondent,New York Herald Tribune; author
• Charles Griffith Ross, press secretary for President Harry S. Truman
• Jon Scott, Fox News Channel anchor
• Brad Sham (BJ 1970, AEΠ), Dallas Cowboys Radio Network host
• Edgar Snow (ΒΘΠ), main Western journalist in Mao's China
• Lee Strobel (BJ 1974), journalist and author of The Case for Christ series
• Bob Sullivan - New York Times Bestseller and founding member of MSNBC
• Wright Thompson, ESPN senior writer
• Elizabeth Vargas (BJ 1984), former ABC News anchor/correspondent and 20/20 co-anchor
• Matt Winer (BJ 1991, ΠKA), ESPN SportsCenter host

Government and law

• Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (PHD 1983), also known as Chemical Sally; Iraqi scientist and microbiologist; former member of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council
• Emily Newell Blair, writer, suffragist, national Democratic Party political leader, co-founder of the League of Women Voters, feminist
• Russ Carnahan (BS 1979, JD 1983, KA), U.S. Congressman^[29]
• Paul Coverdell (ΦΚΨ), former U.S. Senator (GA); died 2000
• William S. Cowherd (1881, ΒΘΠ), former Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1892–1893 and U.S. Congressman from Missouri in 1897–1905
• William B. Cravens (1893, ΒΘΠ), former U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr. (1882, ΒΘΠ), former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1908–1909
• Elgin English Crull (1930, Kappa Sigma), longest serving city manager of Dallas, Texas to date (1952–1966); city manager when Kennedy was assassinated
• Randy "Duke" Cunningham, former U.S. Congressman from California who resigned in 2005 amid a massive bribery scandal
• Gen. Donald Dawson (1932, ΒΘΠ), former aide to President Truman, Curator of the Truman Presidential Library
• Hon. Harsha de Silva (MA and PhD, 1993), Sri Lankan Member of Parliament
• Martin Frost^[30] (BJ 1964, ZBT), former U.S. Congressman
• Nicole Galloway (Master's degree in business administration), State Auditor of Missouri
• Hon. John R. Gibson (BA 1949, JD 1952, TKE, QEBH, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Jack Goodman (BA 1995, JD 1998), State Senator, practicing attorney in Mount Vernon, MO
• Sam Graves (BS 1986, AΓΣ), U.S. Congressman^[31]
• Bob F. Griffin (JD 1958), Speaker of Missouri House of Representatives for 15 years^[32]
• Jason Grill, Missouri House of Representatives (2006–2010)
• Chuck Gross (BA 1981, MPA 1982), Missouri State Senator
• Kate Hanley, née Keith (BA 1965, BS 1965, ΦΒΚ), Virginia politician
• Martin Heinrich (BS 1995), former U.S. Congressman and current U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Jay Houghton, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Kenny Hulshof (BA 1980, Farmhouse), former U.S. Congressman
• Fred W. Jones, Jr. (BA), city, district, and state circuit judge from Ruston, Louisiana^[33]
• James P. Kem (1910, ΒΘΠ), United States Senate from Missouri, 1947 to 1953
• Jason Klumb (JD 1993), Regional Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration
• Lloyd E. Lenard (MS, advertising and merchandising), Caddo Parish (Louisiana) commissioner; businessman; author
• Rush Limbaugh, Sr. (1914), attorney, civic leader, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives, and patriarch of the Limbaugh family
• Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. (1951 ΒΘΠ), U.S. Federal District Court Judge; former president of the Missouri Bar Association
• Jon Lindgren, Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota, 1978–1994; pioneering LGBT supporter
• Jerry Lon Litton, (B.S. Journalism 1961, AΓP) National Secretary of the Future Farmers of America, U.S. Representative from Missouri's 6th Congressional District (1972-1976), killed in a plane crash after winning the 1976 Democratic Nomination for U.S. Senator from Missouri, favored to be the Democratic nominee for President, Host of the T.V. show Dialogue with Litton
• Claire McCaskill (AB 1975, JD 1978, ΚΑΘ, QEBH), former Missouri State Auditor and current senior U.S. Senator from Missouri
• Walter McCormick (BJ 1976; JD 1979; ATΩ, OΔK, Mystical 7), President and CEO of United States Telecom Association; former general counsel of U.S. Department of Transportation; U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
• James B. Potter, Jr., Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–71
• Clarke Reed, Mississippi state Republican chairman, 1966 to 1976; instrumental in the nomination of Gerald R. Ford, Jr., at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City; Greenville, Mississippi businessman^[34][35]
• Jody Richards, Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and former speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• Thomas L. Rubey (1885, ΒΘΠ), former U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Sally Shelton-Colby, Ambassador to Grenada and Barbados 1979-1981
• Tom Shively, Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Ike Skelton (AB 1953, JD 1956, ΣΧ, ΦΒΚ, QEBH), former U.S. Congressman; former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
• Kimbrough Stone (1895, ΒΘΠ), judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• Carl M. Vogel, member of both houses of the Missouri State Legislature; from Jefferson City

Governors

• James T. Blair, Jr., former Missouri Governor
• Mel Carnahan, former Missouri Governor, only person elected U.S. Senator posthumously
• John M. Dalton (ΦΓΔ), former Missouri Governor^[36]
• Forrest C. Donnell (KΣ, ΦΔΦ, ΦΒK, ΘKΝ, QEBH), former Missouri Governor
• Eric Greitens Governor Elect of Missouri
• Warren E. Hearnes (QEBH), former Missouri Governor, namesake of the Hearnes Center
• William Jayne, first Governor of Dakota Territory
• Tim Kaine (QEBH), former Governor of Virginia
• Ted Kulongoski (undergraduate and law degrees), Governor of Oregon^[37]
• Jay Nixon, current Governor of Missouri
• Guy B. Park (ΒΘΠ), former Missouri Governor
• Roger B. Wilson, former Missouri Governor

Military

• Gen. Fred F. Castle Jr. (1970 and 1977), United States Military Vietnam War and Gulf War
• Major General Roger E. Combs (1968 and 1975), Assistant Adjutant General-Air Missouri National Guard, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5), National Guard Bureau
• Gen. Enoch Crowder (1886, ΒΘΠ), United States Military Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, World War I general
• Lt General Mark A. Ediger (1978), Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
• Colonel Arthur D. Simons (1941), United States Military, with distinguished service in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War; ranger patriarch; leader of the Son Tay Raid
• Rear Admiral Kelly E. Taggart (1955), second Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
• Lieutenant Stephen W. Thompson, first person in US military history to shoot down an enemy aircraft
• Colonel F. D. Wickham (1893, ΒΘΠ), United States Army Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, World War I; helped found Kappa Kappa Psi band fraternity at Oklahoma A&M College

Science and technology

• Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (PhD 1983), WMD Scientist for Saddam Hussein, one of the 55 most wanted Iraqis post-Coalition invasion
• William F. Baker (BS CiE '75), chief structural engineer of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest man-made structure^[38]
• Gerald J. Fishman (BS 1965, AEΠ), research astrophysicist specializing in gamma-ray astronomy
• Linda Godwin (MS 1976, PhD 1980), NASA astronaut
• Ernest Lenard Hall (BS EE 1965, MS 1966, PhD 1971), roboticist
• William T. Kane (PhD., 1966), physicist in the field of fiber optics
• William Langston Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center in Sunnyvale, California
• Richard N. Richards (BS ChE 1969, ΛΧΑ), NASA astronaut
• Herschel Roman (PhD 1942), early pioneer in yeast genetics^[39]
• William C. Schwartz (MA 1951), physicist, laser pioneer, and founder of International Laser Systems
• Thomas Jefferson Jackson See (BS 1889, Valedictorian), controversial astronomer; critic; opponent of Einstein
• Harlow Shapley (AB in 1910, AM in 1911), astronomer; used RR Lyrae stars to correctly estimate the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and the sun's position within it
• Larry Smarr (BA 1970, MS 1970), physicist; founding director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• William Jasper Spillman (B.S. 1886, M.S. 1890), wheat geneticist, founder, agricultural economics^[40]
• Debbye Turner (DVM 1991), veterinarian and former Miss America

Social sciences

• Thomas Swain Barclay (BA 2015, ΒΘΠ), professor of political science at Stanford University
• Ritch Savin-Williams (BA 1971), professor of developmental psychology at Cornell University; prolific sexual orientation researcher
• Karen Marie Shelton (BA 1973 ΑΞΔ – Alpha Xi Delta), internet (HairBoutique.com) and telephony (T&S Software) entrepreneur^[41]

Other

• Thomas Doty, suicide bomber

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