List of University of Missouri–Columbia alumni

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Notable former students of the University of Missouri–Columbia.

1 Arts, film, and literature
2 Athletics
3 Business
4 Journalism
5 Government and Law
6 Science and technology

[edit] Arts, film, and literature

Lindsey Alley (BA '00), actress
Tom Berenger (BA '71), actor
Kate Capshaw (BS '75, MEd '77, ΑΔΠ), actress
Chris Cooper (BGS '76), actor
Sheryl Crow (BS Ed '84, ΚΑΘ, ΟΔΚ), musician
Matthew C. Dudenhoeffer (BS IE '91, MPA '93, ΦΚΨ), guitarist for rock band Gravity Kills
William Least Heat-Moon (BA '61, MA '62, PhD '73, BJ '78, ΤΚΕ), author
Robert Loggia (BJ '51), actor
Richard Matheson (BJ '49, ΦΜΑ), author and screenwriter
Brad Pitt (ΣΧ), actor (attended, but did not graduate)
Michael Patrick, (PhD '66), author
George C. Scott, actor
Mort Walker (BA '48, ΚΣ), cartoonist (A life size bronze statue of his creation Beetle Bailey sits in front of alumni center.)
Tennessee Williams (ΑΤΩ), playwright (attended)

[edit] Athletics

Basketball

Norm Stewart, All-American and former head coach at Northern Iowa (1961–1967) and Mizzou (1967–1999)
John Brown, former NBA player
Keyon Dooling, current NBA player
Linas Kleiza, current NBA player
Gary Leonard, former NBA player
Anthony Peeler, former NBA player
Kareem Rush, former NBA player
Doug Smith, former NBA player
Steve Stipanovich, former NBA player
Jon Sundvold, former NBA player

Football

Dwayne Blakley, current NFL player
Atiyyah Ellison, current NFL Player
Justin Gage, current NFL player
Andy Gibler, former NFL player
Damien Nash, current NFL player
Kent Layman
Mike Jones, former NFL player
Steve Martin, current NFL player
C.J. Mosley, current NFL Player
Brock Olivo, former NFL player
Johnny Roland, current NFL coach and former player
Jason Simpson, Former College Player
Brad Smith, current NFL player
Justin Smith, current NFL player
Kellen Winslow, College and Pro Hall of Fame player
Jim Leavitt, Head Coach University of South Florida

Baseball

Phil Bradley (also played football), former MLB player
Ian Kinsler, current MLB player, Texas Rangers
Dave Otto, former MLB player
Jerald Schoonmaker (also played football), former Major League Baseball (MLB) player

Other

Christian Cantwell, current world-class shot putter, 2004 IAAF World Indoor Champion
Kyle Hawkins, head lacrosse coach, first male openly gay coach of a men's team sport at the NCAA level
Colleen O'Toole Gibler, former professional triathlete
Derrick Peterson, current professional runner, 2004 Olympian
Gene Snitsky, current professional wrestler
Matt Sydal, current professional wrestler
Babak Torgoley, former Turkcell Super League soccer player

[edit] Business

Ralph W. Babb (BS BA '71), Chairman and CEO, Comerica
Mark E. Burkhart (BS BA '76, ΣΠ), President and CEO, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
Jack E. Bush (BS BA '58, ΑΓΡ, ΑΚΨ) former president and director of Michaels; president of Raintree Partners
Harry M. Cornell, Jr. (BS BA '50, ΒΘΠ), Chairman Emeritus, Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Harvey P. Eisen (BS BA '64, ZBT, QEBH, ΟΔΚ), Chairman of Bedford Oak Advisors
Alan Greenberg (BS BA '49), Chairman, Bear Stearns Companies
David S. Haffner (BS '74, MBA '80), President and CEO, Leggett & Platt, Inc
Harold S. Hook (BS BA '53, ΒΘΠ), former President, CEO, and Chairman, American General Insurance
R. Crosby Kemper (did not graduate from MU, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares
Richard Kinder (BA '66. JD '68), Chairman and CEO, Kinder Morgan, and former President, Enron
E. Stanley Kroenke (BS BA '71, MBA '73), Chairman, THF Realty, owner, NBA's Denver Nuggets, NHL's Colorado Avalanche; co-owner NFL's St. Louis Rams
Kenneth Lay (BA '64, MA '65, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), former CEO of Enron
Jeremy Levy and David Robinson, co-owners of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks
Harry J. Lloyd (BJ '50, TKE), founder of House of Lloyd and the upscale Loch Lloyd village and country club near Kansas City
Steve Lumpkin (BS BA '77, ΦΔΘ), CFO & Treasurer, Applebee's International
Bruce B. Melchert ('61, TKE), VP of government affairs, Clarion Health, and International Founder and past Executive Director of Tau Kappa Epsilon
James C. Morton, Jr. (JD '72), Senior VP Finance & Administration, Nissan North America
David C. Novak (BJ '74, ΔΥ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Gary L. Rainwater (BS EE '69), CEO and President, Ameren
Edward Rapp (BS BA '79, ΑΚΨ), Vice President, Caterpillar, Inc.
Rodger O. Riney (BS CiE '68, MBA '69), founder of Scottrade, deep-discount brokerage firm
Matthew K. Rose (BS BA '81, ΛΧΑ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Bill S. Thompson (BS CiE '68, ΑΤΩ, ΟΔΚ), CEO and Managing Director of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO)
Roger M. Vasey (BS BA '58, ΦΚΨ), former Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co.
Samuel M. Walton (BA '40, ΒΘΠ, QEBH), founder of Wal-Mart
Phillip J. Yeckel ('33, ΒΘΠ), founder of Hidden Valley Ranch

[edit] Journalism

John Anderson, ESPN SportsCenter host
Barney Calame, Public Editor, New York Times Company
Jann Carl, Weekend Anchor/Correspondent, Entertainment Tonight
John Mack Carter, Former President, Hearst Corporation
Sophia Choi, CNN Headline News anchor
Pat Forde, ESPN columnist
Major Garrett, National Correspondent, Fox News Channel
John Graham, Chairman and CEO, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
Mike Hall, the first winner of the ESPN "Dream Job" series.
Lee Hills, Former Chairman and CEO, Knight-Ridder Inc.
Juliet Huddy, FOXNews host
Michael Kim, ESPNEWS host
Jim Lehrer, PBS news anchor
Andrea Mackris, FOX News Television Producer, Allegedly harassed by Bill O'Reilly
Russ Mitchell, News Correspondent/Anchor, CBS News
Lisa Myers, Senior Investigative Correspondent, NBC News
Ken Paulson, Editor, USA Today
Chuck Roberts, CNN news anchor
Charles Griffith Ross, Press secretary for President Harry S. Truman
Jon Scott, FOXNews anchor
Edgar Snow, main Western journalist in Mao's China
Joyce King Thomas, Chief Creative Officer, McCann-Erickson Worldwide
Elizabeth Vargas, ABC World News Tonight co-anchor and 20/20 co-anchor
Graham Watson, sports writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Matt Winer, ESPN SportsCenter host
Lee Strobel, journalist and author of The Case for Christ series
James O'Shea, editor of the Los Angeles Times

[edit] Government and Law

William Jayne, first Governor of Dakota Territory
Mel Carnahan, former Missouri Governor, only person elected U.S. Senator posthumously
Russ Carnahan, U.S. Congressman
Paul Coverdell (ΦΚΨ), former U.S. Senator (GA)
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, former U.S. Congressman from California who resigned in 2005 amid a massive bribery scandal
Thomas Eagleton, former US Senator
Hon. John R. Gibson (BA '49, JD '52, TKE), Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Tim Kaine, current Governor of Virginia
Ted Kulongoski, current Governor of Oregon [1]
Claire McCaskill (AB '76, JD '77), former Missouri State Auditor and current 2007 U.S. Senator
Bruce B. Melchert ('61, TKE), former Chairman, Indiana Republican Party, and former Deputy Mayor, City of Indianapolis
Ike Skelton (AB '53, JD '56, ΣΧ, ΦΒΚ), U.S. Congressman & Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee
Roger B. Wilson, former Missouri Governor
Kenny Hulshof (BA '80), U.S. Congressman