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, letters, media, and the humanities
- Rilla Askew – novelist and short story author
- Louis W. Ballard – composer and author
- Ted Berrigan (BA/MA) – poet associated with the New York School movement
- Ridge Bond – Broadway actor
- Gibson Byrd – painter
- Becky Dixon – television broadcaster
- 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. Hinton (BS, 1970) – author of Rumble Fish and The Outsiders
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (BFA, 1972) – American Indian painter and print-maker
- Jerry Keller – pop singer and songwriter best known for 1959 hit "Here Comes Summer"
- R.A. Lafferty (attended 1933–35) – 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
- Ralph Mullins- jazz trumpet player and film composer
- Mary Kay Place (BA, Speech, 1969) – actress and singer
- John Elwood Price – composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and music teacher
- Carter Revard (B.A. 1952) – poet and linguist
- Donald Roulet (BA, Theology) – Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist
- Gailard Sartain (BFA, 1969) – film and television actor and illustrator
- Joseph Shore – operatic baritone
- Patrick Suppes (attended) – philosopher and longtime professor at Stanford University
- Vu Tran – writer; teaches at University of Chicago
- Jeanne Tripplehorn (attended) – film and television actress
- K. D. Wentworth – science fiction author
- W. Richard West Sr. – painter and sculptor
- Wade Williams (BA, Theatrical Studies, 1987) – actor starring in television series Prison Break
- Daniel H. Wilson – roboticist and author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Where's My Jetpack? and How to Build a Robot Army and the bestseller Robopocalypse
- Antonio Zarro – actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker
Politics, business, and education
- Tareq Al-Suwaidan (PhD, Petroleum Engineering, 1990) – Muslim scholar; reformer; TV personality; management expert
- Howard Barnett Jr. – President of Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
- Bradley M. Berkson (BS, Petroleum Engineering, 1985) – US 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[2]
- Kevin Easley – oil and gas executive, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate
- Drew Edmondson (JD, 1978) – Oklahoma Attorney General and candidate for governor
- Lex Frieden – scholar, disability rights activist, deemed "chief architect of the 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) – US Senator (R-Oklahoma), former Mayor of Tulsa
- Michael Kitces – financial commentator
- Bill LaFortune (JD, 1983) – former Mayor of Tulsa
- Steve Largent (BS, Biology, 1975) – former US 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
- Doug McMillon (M.B.A. 1991) – CEO of Walmart
- Colonel Michael Mulligan (J.D. 1988) – US Army attorney famous for serving as lead prosecutor in the courts-martial of Hasan Akbar and of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole accused in the November 2009 Fort Hood shooting
- Ermirio Pereira de Moraes (BS, Petroleum Engineering) – Brazilian billionaire[3]
- 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 for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Chad "Corntassel" Smith (JD, 1980) – Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Science, engineering, healthcare and technology
- Richard M. Eakin (attended) – pioneering zoologist and Guggenheim Fellow
- Elise Harmon – physicist and computer scientist who helped lead the miniaturization of computers
- Gordon Matthews (BS, Engineering Physics, 1959) – pioneer of voicemail technology
- Marie Tharp – geologist and oceanic cartographer
- Harry Volkman – meteorologist, first to issue a tornado warning
- Michael Wehmeyer (B.S., 1980, M.A. 1982) – educational psychologist and pioneer of application of positive psychology to studies of disability
Sports
- Mike Anderson (1982) – former UAB and current Missouri basketball coach
- Bob Babich – captain of the 1982 team; defensive coordinator, Chicago Bears
- Tom Baldwin – professional football player, New York Jets[4]
- Don Bandy – professional football player, Washington Redskins[5]
- 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[6]
- Gus Frerotte (1994) – professional football player [7]
- 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
- Damaris Johnson – professional football player
- Jerome Jordan – professional basketball player
- Brian Kelly – professional boxing; fought for the WBC World Light Heavyweight
- GJ Kinne – professional football quarterback, New York Giants
- Carin Koch – professional golfer on the LPGA Tour
- Steve Largent (1975) – Seattle Seahawks receiver, Pro Football Hall of Famer; former US 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 – 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
- Bill Van Burkleo – former CFL player; four-time Grey Cup champion
- Kaye Vaughan – Hall of Fame football player, CFL
- Tyrunn Walker – defensive lineman Detroit Lions
- Howard Waugh – first player to rush for 1000 yards in the CFL
- Charles Wright – gridiron football player
Current and former faculty
- Larry Catá Backer – scholar of comparative law and international affairs
- Natan Brand – Israeli classical pianist
- Robert Butkin – law professor and former State Treasurer of Oklahoma
- Alfred Corn – poet and essayist
- Dennis Denisoff – literary critic and poet
- 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 – psychologist known for his innovations in personality testing and organizational studies
- Alexandre Hogue – realist painter
- Moscelyne Larkin – one of the "Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century
- Pawel Lewicki – cognitive scientist and tech entrepreneur
- 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
- Robert Sanborn - urban educator
- Paul Scott – British novelist
- Boaz Sharon – 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
- Leonard Zusne – psychologist
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
- ↑ "William Daniel, IV's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Ermirio Pereira de Moraes". Forbes. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ↑ "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.
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