List of University of Missouri alumni

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Notable former students of the University of Missouri.

1 Arts, film, and literature
2 Athletics
3 Business
4 Journalism
5 Government and Law
- 5.1 State Governors
- 5.2 Military
6 Science and technology
7 Social sciences
8 References

[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 ΑΣΦ), actor
Richard Matheson (BJ '49, ΦΜΑ), author and screenwriter
Marijane Meaker (BA '49 ΑΔΠ) novelist
Brad Pitt (ΣΧ), actor (Journalism School, but did not graduate)
Michael Patrick, (PhD '66), author
Ed Sanders (dropout '58), poet, lead singer of the Fugs, social activist, 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 (BA '56, ΒΘΠ), All-American and former head coach at Northern Iowa (1961–1967) and Mizzou (1967–1999)
John Brown, former NBA player
Thomas Gardner, current NBA player
Keyon Dooling, current NBA player
Linas Kleiza, current NBA player
Gary Leonard, former NBA player
Anthony Peeler, former NBA player
Kareem Rush, current NBA player
Doug Smith, former NBA player
Steve Stipanovich, former NBA player
Jon Sundvold, former NBA player

Football

Gary Barnett '69 (ΒΘΠ), former head football coach
Dwayne Blakley, current NFL player
Lloyd Carr, former head coach University of Michigan
Lamont Downer
Paul Christman (KΣ), College Football Hall of Famer, former NFL player and broadcaster
Atiyyah Ellison, current NFL Player
Don Faurot '24 (Farmhouse), legendary MU coach and player[1]
Justin Gage, current NFL player
Tony Galbreath, former NFL player
Andy Gibler, former NFL player
Mel Gray, former NFL player
Harry Ice (ΒΘΠ), MVP of 1942 Sugar Bowl, longtime member of athletic department
Damien Nash, former 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
Gus Otto (ΒΘΠ), former NFL player
Howard Richards, 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
Roger Wehrli, 7-time pro-bowl NFL player and Pro Hall of Fame
James Wilder, former 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
Mike Shannon (attended), former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and current broadcaster

Other

Christian Cantwell, current world-class shot putter, 2004 IAAF World Indoor Champion
Carl Edwards, current NASCAR driver ^[1]
Colleen O'Toole Gibler, former professional triathlete
Derrick Peterson (AKΛ), current professional runner, 2004 Olympian
Gene Snitsky, current professional wrestler
Matt Sydal, current professional wrestler
Babak Torgoley, former Turkcell Super League soccer player
Warren "Skeeter" Rankins world-record setting cross-country runner

[edit] Business

Ralph W. Babb (BS BA '71, ΒΘΠ), Chairman and CEO, Comerica
Mark E. Burkhart (BS BA '76, ΣΠ), President and CEO, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
Moris Burger (BS '61), Chairman of Burgers' Smokehouse; Largest country cured ham producer in the world.
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, ZBT), Chairman, Bear Stearns Companies [2]
David S. Haffner (BS '74, MBA '80), President and CEO, Leggett & Platt, Inc
Harold S. Hook (BS BA '53, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ), former President, CEO, and Chairman, American General Insurance
Edward D. "Ted" Jones (1947), managing partner of Edward Jones Investments
R. Crosby Kemper (ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares (did not graduate)
Richard Kinder (BA '66. JD '68, ΣN), 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, XE), founder of Scottrade, deep-discount brokerage firm[3]
Matthew K. Rose (BS BA '81, ΛΧΑ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
William S. Thompson, Jr. (BS CiE '68, ΑΤΩ, ΟΔΚ, Mystical Seven), 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 (BJ '87), ESPN SportsCenter host
Douglas F. Attaway (1910-1994), publisher of defunct Shreveport Journal and former owner of KSLA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana
Gerald M. Boyd, former Managing Editor of the New York Times, first African American metropolitan editor and managing editor of the New York Times
Barney Calame (ΒΘΠ), Public Editor, New York Times Company
Jann Carl, (KKΓ) Weekend Anchor/Correspondent, Entertainment Tonight
John Mack Carter, Former President, Hearst Corporation
Sophia Choi, CNN Headline News anchor
Gabe Dearmond, Rivals.com columnist
Dennis Dodd, CBSSportsline columnist
Kit Doyle, Southeast Missourian world-renowned photojournalist
Clifton C. Edom (BJ '46), Mizzou photojournalism educator and co-founder of Pictures of the Year, Missouri Photo Workshop, and Kappa Alpha Mu
Pat Forde, ESPN columnist
Martin Frost (BJ '64, ZBT), Political Commentator, Fox News Channel
Major Garrett (BJ '84), 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
Walter E. Hussman, Sr. (1906-1988) owner of newspaper chain in south Arkansas, including Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, cable systems, and radio stations
Michael Kim, ESPNEWS host
Jim Lehrer (ΣΔΧ award), PBS news anchor[4]
Andrea Mackris, FOX News Television Producer
Linda Marx (BJ, AEΦ), Writer, People Weekly, freelance journalist, author
Russ Mitchell (BJ '82), Anchor, CBS Evening News Sunday, CBS News
Joel Myers Sports Play-By-Play Voice, Various
Lisa Myers (BJ '73), Senior Investigative Correspondent, NBC News
James O'Shea, Editor, Los Angeles Times
Ken Paulson, Editor, USA Today
Chuck Roberts (BJ '71), CNN news anchor
Charles Griffith Ross, Press secretary for President Harry S. Truman
Brian Sandalow, McAllen Monitor, Texas
Jon Scott, FOXNews anchor
Edgar Snow (ΒΘΠ), main Western journalist in Mao's China
Lee Strobel, journalist and author of The Case for Christ series
Joyce King Thomas (BJ '78), Chief Creative Officer, McCann-Erickson Worldwide
Elizabeth Vargas (BJ '84), ABC News anchor/correspondent and 20/20 co-anchor
Graham Watson, sports writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Matt Winer (BJ '91, ΠKA), ESPN SportsCenter host

[edit] Government and Law

Russ Carnahan (BS '79, JD '83, KA), U.S. Congressman [5]
William S. Cowherd 1881 (ΒΘΠ), former Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1892-1893 and U.S. Congressman from Missouri in 1897-1905
Paul Coverdell (ΦΚΨ), former U.S. Senator (GA); died 2000
William B. Cravens 1893 (ΒΘΠ), former U.S. Representative from Missouri
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, former U.S. Congressman from California who resigned in 2005 amid a massive bribery scandal
Gen. Donald Dawson '32 (ΒΘΠ), former aide to President Truman, Curator of the Truman Presidential Library
Martin Frost (BJ '64, ZBT), former U.S. Congressman[6]
Hon. John R. Gibson (BA '49, JD '52, TKE, QEBH, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Sam Graves (BS '86, AΓΣ), U.S. Congressman[7]
Kate Hanley, nee Keith (BA '65, BS '65, ΦΒΚ), Virginia politician
Kenny Hulshof (BA '80, Farmhouse), U.S. Congressman
James P. Kem '10 (ΒΘΠ), United States Senate from Missouri, 1947 to 1953
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. '51 (ΒΘΠ), U.S. Federal District Court Judge and former president of the Missouri Bar Assoc.
Claire McCaskill (AB '75, JD '78), former Missouri State Auditor and current junior U.S. Senator from Missouri
Bruce B. Melchert ('61, TKE), former Chairman, Indiana Republican Party, and former Deputy Mayor, City of Indianapolis
Thomas L. Rubey 1885 (ΒΘΠ), former U.S. Representative from Missouri
Ike Skelton (AB '53, JD '56, ΣΧ, ΦΒΚ), U.S. Congressman, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
Kimbrough Stone 1895 (ΒΘΠ), judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

[edit] State Governors

James T. Blair, Jr. former Missouri Governor
Mel Carnahan, former Missouri Governor, only person elected U.S. Senator posthumously
John M. Dalton (ΦΓΔ), former Missouri Governor [8]
Forrest C. Donnell (KΣ, ΦΔΦ, ΦΒK, ΘKΝ, QEBH) former Missouri Governor
Warren E. Hearnes former Missouri Governor namesake of the Hearnes Center
William Jayne, first Governor of Dakota Territory
Tim Kaine, current Governor of Virginia
Ted Kulongoski, current Governor of Oregon [9]
Guy B. Park (ΒΘΠ), former Missouri Governor
Roger B. Wilson, former Missouri Governor

[edit] Military

Gen. Enoch Crowder 1886 (ΒΘΠ), United States Military World War I general

[edit] Science and technology

Bruce Barkelew creator of ProComm
Linda Godwin, NASA astronaut
Richard N. Richards (BS ChE '69, ΛΧΑ), NASA astronaut
Herschel Roman[10] (PhD '42), Early Pioneer in Yeast Genetics,
William C. Schwartz - Physicist, Laser pioneer, and founder of International Laser Systems
Larry Smarr (BA '70, MS '70), physicist; founding director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Debbye Turner, veterinarian and former Miss America
Ernest Lenard Hall, Roboticist
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash WMD Scientist for Saddam Hussein, one of the 55 most wanted Iraqis post-Coalition invasion