List of Texas A&M University people
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The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with Texas A&M University in the United States of America.
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[edit] Notable former students
[edit] Arts & entertainment
- Shane Barnard — musician
- Carissa Blair — Miss Texas USA 1999; Miss Texas Teen USA 1992[1]
- Roger Creager — musician
- Lisa Dalzell — Miss Texas USA 2002[2]
- Robert Earl Keen — musician
- Kandace Krueger — Miss USA 2001[2]
- Lyle Lovett — musician
- Sherri Ryman — Miss Texas 1981[2]
- Kimberly Tomes — Miss USA 1976 and Miss Universe finalist[1]
- Chris Tomlin — musician
- Rip Torn — actor
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith — actor
- Gene Wolfe — science fiction writer
- Rick Trevino — musician
[edit] Athletics
[edit] American Basketball Association
- John Beasley — former player
[edit] ATP Tour Tennis
- Dean Goldfine, former ATP Tour tennis player, former Team USA Olympic coach, former coach of Todd Martin and Andy Roddick
[edit] Major League Baseball
- Chad Allen — Kansas City Royals outfielder
- Mike Balenti — former player[3]
- Kevin Beirne — former pitcher
- Beau Bell — former player[3]
- Matt Blank — former Montreal Expos pitcher
- Bobby Bonner — former player[3]
- Lou Camilli — former player
- John Carden — former player[3]
- Rip Collins — former pitcher
- Lew Ford — Minnesota Twins outfielder
- Casey Fossum — Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher
- Tim Griesenbeck — former player[3]
- Bernie Henderson — former player[3]
- Stan Hollmig — former player[3]
- Joel Hunt — former player[3]
- Davey Johnson — former all-star second baseman, American League manager of the year, current Team USA manager
- Ray Katt — former player[3]
- Logan Kensing — Florida Marlins pitcher
- Jesse Landrum — former player[3]
- Bryan Little — former player
- Scott Livingstone — Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres infielder
- Logan Kensing — Florida Marlins relief pitcher
- Chuck Knoblauch — former all-star second baseman 1991 American League Rookie of the Year
- Wally Moon — former all-star outfielder, 1954 National League Rookie of the Year
- Jake Mooty — former player[3]
- Pat Olsen — former New York Yankees player[4]
- Les Peden — former player[3]
- Cotton Pippen — former player[3]
- Doug Rau — former player[3]
- Eric Reed — Florida Marlins outfielder
- Topper Rigney — former player[3]
- Ryan Rupe — former player
- Rollie Sheldon — former player[3]
- Bill Sodd — former player[3]
- Russ Swan — late pitcher
- Mark Thurmond — former pitcher
- Jason Tyner — Minnesota Twins outfielder
- Kelly Wunsch — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher
[edit] National Basketball Association
- R.C. Buford — San Antonio Spurs General Manager
- David Britton— former Washington Bullets player
- Winston Crite — former Phoenix Suns player
- Walt Davis — former Philadelphia Warriors player
- Jimmy Gilbert — former Chicago Bulls player
- Doug Lee — former player
- Sonny Parker — former Golden State Warriors forward
- Brooks Thompson — former player
- Antoine Wright — New Jersey Nets guard-forward
[edit] National Basketball League (Australia)
- Darryl McDonald — Melbourne Tigers guard
[edit] National Football League
- Sam Adams — Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle
- Rocky Bernard — Seattle Seahawks defensive end
- Reggie Brown — former Detroit Lions linebacker
- Lee Roy Caffey — Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys linebacker, retired
- Dan Campbell — Detroit Lions tight end
- Ray Childress — former Houston Oilers defensive lineman
- Albert Connell — former wide receiver
- Quentin Coryatt — former Indianapolis Colts linebacker
- John David Crow — winner of Heisman Trophy (1957)
- Sammy Davis — San Diego Chargers cornerback
- Curtis Dickey — former player
- Dave Elmendorf — Los Angeles Ramscornerback, retired
- Robert Ferguson — Green Bay Packers wide receiver
- Ronald Flemons — Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman
- Tony Franklin — former kicker
- Aaron Glenn — Dallas Cowboys cornerback
- Dante Hall — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver
- Geoff Hangartner — Carolina Panthers center
- Lester Hayes — former Oakland Raiders cornerback
- Warrick Holdman — Washington Redskins linebacker
- Johnny Holland — Green Bay Packers former player and coach
- Robert Jackson — Cleveland Browns linebacker, retired
- Michael Jameson — Cleveland Browns defensive back
- Marcus Jasmin — Detroit Lions defensive lineman
- Edward Jasper — Oakland Raiders defensive lineman
- Bethel Johnson — New Orleans Saints wide receiver
- Johnny Jolly — Green Bay Packers defensive tackle
- Byron Jones — Atlanta Falcons defensive back
- Keith Joseph — New Orleans Saints receiving back
- Terrence Kiel — San Diego Chargers defensive back
- Gary Kubiak — Houston Texans head coach
- Yale Lary — player and Hall of Famer
- Shane Lechler — Oakland Raiders punter
- Jason Matthews — Tennessee Titans offensive lineman
- Steve McKinney — Houston Texans offensive lineman
- Seth McKinney — Miami Dolphins offensive lineman
- Reggie McNeal — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
- Ray Mickens — New York Jets defensive back
- Brandon Mitchell — Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman
- Mike Montgomery — Green Bay Packers defensive lineman
- Mark Moseley — former place kicker
- Don Muhlbach — Detroit Lions center
- Terrence Murphy — Green Bay Packers wide receiver
- Dat Nguyen — retired player and Lombardi Award winner
- Jack Pardee — former player and head coach
- Alan Reuber — Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman
- Cody Scates — Houston Texans punter
- Ed Simonini — Baltimore Colts linebacker, retired
- Shawn Slocum — Green Bay Packers assistant coach, former Texas A&M linebacker
- Kevin Smith — Dallas Cowboys cornerback, retired
- Cameron Spikes — Denver Broncos offensive lineman
- Gene Stallings — Dallas Cowboys former player and coach
- Dennis Swilley — Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman, retired
- Jamaar Taylor — New York Giants wide receiver
- Garth Ten Napel — Detroit Lions linebacker, retired
- Pat Thomas — Los Angeles Rams cornerback, retired
- Rex Tucker — St. Louis Rams offensive lineman
- Ty Warren — New England Patriots defensive lineman
- Richmond Webb — former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman
- Jason Webster — Atlanta Falcons defensive back
- Taylor Whitley — Miami Dolphins offensive lineman
- Pat Williams — Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman
- Billy Yates — New England Patriots offensive lineman
[edit] Olympic Games
- Walter "Buddy" Davis — member of US Olympic Team High Jump; 1952 gold medalist
- Darrow Hooper — member of US Olympic Team Shot Put; 1952 silver medalist
- Randy Barnes — member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1988 silver medalist, 1996 gold medalist. Current Shot Put World Record Holder (23.12m)
- Mike Stulce — member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1992 gold medalist
- Riley Janes — member of the Canada Men's Olympic Swimming Team (2004)[5]
- Randy Matson — member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1964 silver medalist, 1968 gold medalist. Broke world record in 1965 (70-7 1/4 (21.52m))and 1967(71-5 1/2 (21.78m))
- Jennifer McFalls — member of the US Olympic Softball Team[6]
- Matt Rose — member of the Canada Men's Olympic Swimming Team (2004)[5]
- Vic Wunderle — Silver Medalist in Archery (2000)
[edit] Business
- James R. Adams — Director of Texas Instruments, Inc.
- Ed Brockett — former Chairman of Gulf Oil
- Jerry S. Cox — Director of Hydril Company
- Ray Galvin — former president of Chevron
- Marvin J. Girouard — CEO of Pier 1 Imports
- Richard Goodson — former chairman of Southwestern Bell
- Michel T. Halbouty — legendary oil and gas wildcatter, head of Michel T. Halbouty Energy Company
- Edward F. Kruse — Chairman of the Board of Blue Bell Creameries
- Howard W. Kruse — President & CEO of Blue Bell Creameries
- R. Steve Letbetter — former CEO of Reliant Energy
- Jack E. Little — Director at TXU and former CEO & President of Shell Oil Company
- L. Lowry Mays — retired CEO & President of Clear Channel Communications
- Erle A. Nye — former CEO and chairman of TXU
- Harris J. Pappas — President & CFO of Pappas Restaurants, Inc.
- Joseph Tortorice — founder of Jason's Deli and president of Deli Management, Inc.
- Clayton Williams — President & CEO of Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
- James Wilson — former president of Shell Oil
- Oscar S. Wyatt — former Chairman and CEO of the Coastal Corporation
- H. Bartell Zachry — Chairman of Zachry Construction Corporation
- Donald Zale — former Chair and CEO of Zale Corporation
[edit] Government & politics
[edit] Armed forces
- Horace S. Carswell, Jr. — Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas W. Fowler — Medal of Honor recipient
- George H. Gay, Jr. — notable Battle of Midway survivor
- William Harrell — Medal of Honor recipient
- Lloyd D. Hughes — Medal of Honor recipient
- George D. Keathley — Medal of Honor recipient
- Turney W. Leonard — Medal of Honor recipient
- T. Michael Moseley — Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
- Jay T. Robbins — Lt Gen USAF, Fighter ace with 22 aerial victories in Pacific theater during WWII.
- James Earl Rudder — 16th President of Texas A&M University & honorable Major General in World War II
- Bernard Adolph Schriever — "the father of the U.S. Air Force's space and missile program", former U.S. Air Force General & Commander of Air Force Systems Command, namesake of Schreiver Air Force Base Colorado.
- Otto P. Weyland — former U.S. Air Force General & Commander of Tactical Air Command[7]
- Eli Whiteley — Medal of Honor recipient
[edit] Government
- Joe Barton — U.S. Congressman & Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee
- Henry Cisneros — first Hispanic Mayor of a major city (San Antonio) & former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Billy Wayne Clayton — former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1983).
- Aaron Cohen — Director of NASA Johnson Space Center
- Bobby Eberle — President & CEO of GOPUSA
- Chet Edwards — U.S. Congressman
- Ed Garza — recent mayor of San Antonio
- Louie Gohmert — U.S. Congressman
- Gerald D. Griffin — former Director of NASA Johnson Space Center
- Chakib Khelil — Algerian Minister for Energy and Mines & ex-head of Sonatrach and OPEC
- Dan Kuykendall — U.S. Congressman (R-Tenn, 1966-1974)
- Edwin Jackson Kyle — U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala from 1945-48; namesake of Kyle Field
- Rick Perry — Governor of the State of Texas
- Jorge Quiroga — former President of Bolivia
- Brooke L. Rollins — President of Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Marvin T. Runyon — former Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service
- John Sharp — former Texas State Comptroller (1991-1998)
- Michael Quinn Sullivan — Vice President of Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Olin E. Teague — former U.S. Congressman
- Martín Torrijos — President of Panama
- Francis Turner — "Father of the U.S. Interstate" & Federal Highway Administrator (1969-1972)
- Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., — 1990 Texas Governor candidate
- Will Wynn — Mayor of Austin, TX
[edit] Media
- Neal Boortz — libertarian radio personality and host of The Neal Boortz Show
- Roland Martin — CNN journalist[8]
[edit] Science & technology
- James “Red” Duke, M.D. — famed trauma surgeon
- Michael Fossum — NASA astronaut
- Dr. Mavis Kelsey — original partner of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
- Wen Ho Lee — controversial nuclear researcher
- Bryan Lunney — NASA flight director
- Frank Malina — Czech aeronautical engineer and artist
- William A. Pailes — NASA astronaut
[edit] Misc.
- George P. Mitchell — billionaire and developer of The Woodlands, TX
[edit] Notable faculty & staff
[edit] Athletics
- Dana X. Bible — former football coach (1917-1928)
- Homer Norton — former head football coach
- Shelby Metcalf — former head basketball coach
- Paul "Bear" Bryant — former head football coach (1954 - 1957)
- Dennis Franchione — head football coach (2003 - present)
- Billy Gillispie — head men's basketball coach (2004 - present)
- Jackie Sherrill — former head football coach (1982 - 1988)
- R.C. Slocum — former head football coach (1989 - 2002)
- Frank Thomas — head coach of the Men's Archery Team in the 2004 Olympics
[edit] College of Agriculture and Life Science
- Perry Adkisson — 1994 Wolf Prize in Agriculture Laureate & 1997 World Food Prize Laureate (Professor, 1958 - 2000)
- Norman Borlaug — 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate & member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Connie Smotek — member of the U.S. Olympic Skeet Shooting Team (staff member)
- Max Summers — member of the National Academy of Sciences
[edit] College of Geosciences
- Robert Berg — member of the National Academy of Engineering
[edit] College of Liberal Arts
- George Bass — excavator of Bronze Age, Classical Age, and Byzantine shipwrecks
- Phil Gramm — former U.S. senator (Professor, 1967-1978)
- Morgan Reynolds — 9/11 conspiracy theorist & former Chief Economist for U.S. Department of Labor
- Charles Gordone — 1970 Pulitzer Prize recipient (Professor, 1987-1995)
[edit] College of Science
- Sir Derek Barton — 1969 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (Professor, 1986 - 1998)
- F. Albert Cotton — 1982 National Medal of Science Laureate in Chemistry & member of the National Academy of Sciences (Professor, 1972-2007)
- Sheldon Glashow — 1979 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (Guest Lecturer, 1983 - 1986)
- Dudley Herschbach — 1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
[edit] College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- James Womack — 2001 Wolf Prize in Agriculture Laureate & member of the National Academy of Sciences
[edit] Dwight Look College of Engineering
The faculty of the Dwight Look College of Engineering consists of numerous members of the National Academy of Engineering. Among the most notable are:
- Jack Kilby — 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (Professor, 1978-1984)
- Bjarne Stroustrup — Developer of C++
[edit] George Bush School of Government and Public Service
- Robert M. Gates — former Director of the CIA, former President of Texas A&M University, and 22nd Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush.
[edit] Notable Presidents
- Robert Gates — former CIA director and current United States Secretary of Defense
- David Franklin Houston — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1913-1920) & U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1920-1921)
- Lawrence Sullivan Ross — Civil War general & Texas Governor
- James Earl Rudder — notable World War II General
[edit] Otherwise connected
- George H. W. Bush — former U.S. President (through George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)
- Charles S. West — Texas jurist and politician (a founding director of the university)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "New Miss Texas USA Is An Aggie; Thirteen Others Also In Pageant", Texas A&M University, 1998-08-12. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ a b c McCullough, Molly. "Former student crowned Miss Texas 2002", The Battalion, 2002-07-18. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Texas A&M University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ "Services Scheduled For C.E. "Pat" Olsen", Texas A&M University, 2000-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ a b "Rose swims way into Olympics", The Battalion, 2004-07-12. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ U.S. Softball Team. CNNSI. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ GENERAL OTTO PAUL WEYLAND. United States Air Force. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ Robinson, Travis. "Class of 1991 Aggie to be CNN journalist", The Battalion, 2007-03-29. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.