List of Southwestern University alumni
Following is a list of notable alumni from Southwestern University.
Business
- James Marion West Jr. – Texas oil, timber, and ranching tycoon
Clergy
- Hiram Abiff Boaz[1] – Methodist bishop and former president of SMU
- Stanley Hauerwas[2] – Theologian and ethicist
- Jay W. Richards – philosopher, theologian, economist, apologist, social researcher, author
- William Angie Smith[1] – Methodist bishop
Education
- Hiram Abiff Boaz[1] – Methodist bishop and former president of SMU
- Serena DeBeer – adjunct professor at Cornell University and head of department for Inorganic Spectroscopy at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- Laura Kuykendall (1883–1935) – dean of women at Southwestern 1918–1935
- Margaret (Young) Menzel – Florida State University scientist (1924–1987)
- Amanda Sheffield Morris – Regents Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University
Entertainment
- Bill Engvall – stand-up comedian
- Jerry Hardin – actor
- Claude Porter White – author and composer of operas
- Susan Youens – musicologist
Law
- William H. Atwell[1] – U.S. district court judge
- J. Marvin Jones[1] – U.S. Court of Claims chief judge and U.S.cCongressman from Texas (1917–1940)
- Joseph Tyree Sneed, III[1] – U.S. court of appeals judge
- Brent Webster – acting Texas attorney general[3]
Literature and journalism
- J. Frank Dobie[1] – author
- Abbie Graham – author
- Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author[4]
- John Murrell – Canadian playwright, member of the Order of Canada
Non-profit
- Ernesto Nieto – founder and president of the National Hispanic Institute
- Annie Clo Watson – social worker based in San Francisco
Politics
- Jessie Daniel Ames[1] – civil rights activist
- Joan Bray – state senator in Missouri
- Robert L. Henry[1] – U.S. congressman from Texas (1897–1917), chairman of the House Rules Committee
- J. Marvin Jones[1] – U.S. congressman from Texas (1917–1940), U.S. Court of Claims chief judge
- Earle Bradford Mayfield[1] – U.S. senator from Texas (1923–1929)
- Pete Sessions – U.S. congressman from Texas (2013–present), chairman of the House Rules Committee
- R. Ewing Thomason – U.S. congressman from Texas (1931–1947), mayor of El Paso
- John Tower – U.S. senator from Texas (1961–1988)
Science
- Robert Simpson – meteorologist, former director of the National Hurricane Center, and co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Sports
- Harry Ables[1] – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mike Anderson – Major League Baseball pitcher and current pro scout with the Texas Rangers
- Solon Barnett – offensive tackle and guard for the Chicago Cardinals and Green Bay Packers (1945–1946)
- Pete Cawthon[1] – head football coach and athletic director of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Carlton Massey – defensive lineman and pro bowler for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers (1954–1958)
- Carl Reynolds – Major League Baseball player and member of Texas Sports Hall of Fame; played for five teams over 12 years
- Mike Timlin – Major League Baseball pitcher
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "SU Historical Alumni Directory: 1844 – 1920". Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ↑ "Stanley Hauerwas". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ↑ "Ken Paxton's Leadership Team | Office of the Attorney General". www.texasattorneygeneral.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ↑ Walter Prescott Webb, Eldon Stephen Branda, The Handbook of Texas vol. 3 (1952), p. 482