SMU alumni number approximately 100,000 worldwide. About 60,000 alumni live in Texas, with nearly 40,000 living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Prominent alumni include Nobel Prize-winning physicist James Cronin, First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio O. Garza, Jr., Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates, computer memory pioneer Robert Dennard and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley. Notable athletes include Olympic gold medal swimmers Lars Frolander, Steve Lundquist and Ryan Berube; the late Payne Stewart, championship golfer; and the late Doak Walker, Heisman Trophy recipient.

