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
Rilla Askew – novelist and short story author
Louis W. Ballard – composer and author
Sara Berner – film, television and radio actress and distinguished voice artist
Ted Berrigan (BA/MA) – poet associated with the New York School movement
Ridge Bond – Broadway stage actor (famous for playing Curly in the musical Oklahoma! )
Gibson Byrd – painter and longtime faculty member at University of Wisconsin–Madison
Greyson Chance - singer and songwriter
Becky Dixon – television broadcaster
Gail Farrell (BA, 1969) – singer and songwriter
Jim Hartz (attended 1958–1960) – former co-host of The Today Show
Paul Harvey (attended 1930s) – syndicated radio personality and author
Lance Henson (MA) – Cheyenne 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
Anurag Mathur – best-selling author of The Inscrutable Americans
Rue McClanahan (German and Theater Arts, 1956) – Emmy Award-winning actress, known for her performance as Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls
Phillip McGraw , aka Dr. Phil (attended 1968–1969) – TV personality and psychologist
Peter McRobbie – Scottish-born American actor
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
Darren Sherkat - American sociologist
Joseph Shore – operatic baritone
Patrick Suppes (attended) – philosopher and longtime professor at Stanford University
Vu Tran – writer; teaches at University of Chicago
Julie Ann Ward - Poet Laureate of Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Professor
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
Grace Steele Woodward – writer and historian
Antonio Zarro – actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker
Business and industry
Law, politics, and public affairs
Suhail Al Mazroui – Energy minister for the United Arab Emirates
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
Samuel H. Cassidy (Law, 1975) – former Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
William Daniel (MBA, 1985) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Baton Rouge ; petroleum engineer; businessman[ 3]
John E. Dowdell (Law, 1981) – United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma .
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) – United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma .
Ross C. Goodman (JD, 1995) – noted Las Vegas criminal defense attorney
David Hall (JD 1959) – former Governor of Oklahoma
Kendra Horn (BA, 1998) – US Congresswoman (Representative-elect for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district)
Hani Abdulaziz Al Hussein (B.S. 1971)- CEO of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ; oil minister of Kuwait[ 4]
Jim Inhofe (BS, Economics, 1973) – US Senator (R-Oklahoma), former mayor of Tulsa
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
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
Elizabeth Crewson Paris (BA, 1980; JD, 1987) – United States Tax Court Judge
Roger Randle (J.D., 1979) – former mayor of Tulsa and President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
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
Steve Young – former mayor of Kennewick , Washington .
Science, technology, engineering, and medicine
Academic leaders
Scholars, authors and researchers may be listed for accomplishments in other categories.
Sports
Mike Anderson (1982) – former men's basketball player; former head coach of UAB , Missouri , Arkansas , and St. John's [citation needed ]
Bob Babich – captain of the 1982 team; defensive coordinator, Chicago Bears [citation needed ]
Kathy Baker – professional golfer, NCAA champion and U.S. Women's Open champion
Tom Baldwin – professional football player, New York Jets [ 7]
Don Bandy – professional football player, Washington Redskins [ 8]
Dick Blanchard – former professional football player
Steve Bracey (1950–2006) - NBA basketball player
Bob Breitenstein (born 1943) – former offensive lineman and first Argentine to play in the NFL
André Bossert – Swiss professional golfer
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
Junior Etou (born 1994) - Congolese basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jim Finks – pro football Hall of Famer
Todd Franz – 2005 NFL player Green Bay Packers [ 9]
Gus Frerotte (1994) – professional football player [ 10]
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
Sarah Haskins (2003) - triathlete, won gold in 2011 Pan American games , competed in triathlon in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Mark Holata – former Captain Cane Outside Linebacker;[ 11] professional Mixed Martial Artist
Damaris Johnson – professional football player
Jerome Jordan – professional basketball player
Brian Kelly – professional boxing; fought for the WBC World Light Heavyweight
G. J. 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 )
Jake McGuire - professional soccer player for Örebro SK
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 1,000 yards in the CFL
Charles Wright – gridiron football player
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