PROMINENT SMU ALUMNI

SMU has approximately 100,000 alumni worldwide. About 60,000 live in Texas, with nearly 40,000 alumni living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Notable alumni include:

Public Service

First Lady Laura Bush
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio O. Garza Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives members John Culberson, Ralph Hall, Sam Johnson, Eddie Bernice Johnson and Lamar Smith
Karen Hughes, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Harriet Miers, former Counsel to the President
Jeanne L. Phillips, former U.S. Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, based in Paris
Roy M. Huffington, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria
R. Richard Rubottom, former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and Ambassador to Argentina
William P. Clements, former Texas governor and Deputy Secretary of Defense

Science and Education

Nobel Prize-winning physicist James Cronin
Computer memory pioneer Robert Dennard
Former University of Texas-Austin President Larry R. Faulkner
University of North Texas Chancellor Lee Jackson

Performing and Visual Arts

Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley
Emmy Award-winning actor Powers Boothe, filmmaker-artist-author William Joyce and the late television producer Aaron Spelling
Tony Award winning actor Scott Waara

Law

The Master’s degree program in comparative and international law of Dedman School of Law has graduated more than 1,400 lawyers from more than 75 countries. Many have since occupied prominent leadership positions around the world, including:

Two Supreme Court Justices in Japan and one in the Philippines
President of the Thailand Senate
Minister of Justice in Argentina
Member of the Brazilian Supreme Court of Accounts

Business

Robert H. Dedman Jr., chair, ClubCorp International
James R. Gibbs, chair, president and CEO, Frontier Oil Corporation
Ray L. Hunt, chair and CEO, Hunt Oil Company
Kenneth R. Morris, co-founder, PeopleSoft
Melissa Reiff, president, Container Store
Angela Braly, president and CEO, WellPoint, Inc.
Helmut R. Sohmen, chair, World-Wide Shipping Group, Hong Kong

Athletics

Olympic gold medal swimmers Lars Frolander, Steve Lundquist, and Ryan Berube; and gold medal track and field athlete Kevin Robinzine
The late Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League
The late Doak Walker, recipient of football’s Heisman Trophy
The late Payne Stewart, championship golfer
Pro Football Hall of Fame members Raymond Berry, Eric Dickerson, Forrest Gregg, Lamar Hunt and Doak Walker
Jerry LeVias, National College Football Hall of Fame and NFL Rookie of the Year

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