List of University of Texas at Arlington people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with The University of Texas at Arlington. Since its inception, the university has produced over 200,000 alumni with approximately 100,000 living in the North Texas region.

Notable UTA alumni

Arts and culture

• Keith Alcorn - Cartoonist, Creator of Jimmy Neutron^[1]

Acting and Drama

• Lou Diamond Phillips - Actor, Golden Globe nominee^[2]
• Morgan Woodward - Actor, Golden Boot Award winner for work in Western television and movie genre^[3]
• Lauren Lane - Actress on The Nanny^[2]
• Drew Johnson, Brandon Vanderford, Andrew Walton, Nathan Keefer, and Neil Fong Gilfillan - founding members of cello rock group The 440 Alliance^[4]
• Annie Ilonzeh - Actress on General Hospital and in the short-lived ABC reboot of Charlie's Angels.
• Charles Baker - Actor portraying the character Skinny Pete on Breaking Bad^[5]

Cinema

• Daryush Shokof - Iranian filmmaker and political activist

Literature

• Craig Lancaster, novelist.

Music

• Ray Price - Country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee^[3]

Photography

• Tom Fox - Pulitzer prize-winning photographer^[6]
• Michael Ainsworth - Pulitzer prize-winning photographer^[6]
• Brad Loper - Pulitzer prize-winning photographer^[6]

Business

• Kelcy Warren (BS '78 Civil Engineering) Chairman & CEO, Energy Transfer Partners; 143rd Richest American - 2013^[7][8]
• H. Ralph Hawkins (BS '73 Architecture) - Chairman & CEO, HKS, Inc.^[9][10]
• Brian Happpel (BBA '83) - CEO of Forth Worth's division of BBVA Compass
• D. Wayne Watts (BBA '76) - Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel, AT&T^[11]
• Eric Smith (BA '82, MBA Accounting '86) - CFO, Americas, Deutsche Bank^[12]
• Robert Early (MS '09) - Founder and CEO of the JPS Health Network.^[13]
• Greg Barron (BBA '91) - CEO/President, The Barron Companies, Inc.^[14]
• Herbert A. Beckwith (MS '94) - CFO, Justin Brands, Inc.^[15]
• Andrew B. Sommerman (BA '83) - Founder, The American Collegiate Moot Court Association^[16]
• Bruce L. Tanner (MBA '90) - CFO, Lockheed Martin Corp.^[17]
• Nicholas Barber (BBA '04) - Owner and CEO of the Sigma Relocation Group, LLC .^[13]
• Stacey Dwyer (MS '89) - Executive Vice President and Treasurer, D.R. Horton, Inc.^[18]
• Jacqualyn A. Fouse (BBA '82, MA '84) - CFO & SVP, Celgene Corporation^[19]
• Roland Fryer - Economist, youngest tenured African-American professor in Harvard University's history, Time Magazine 2009 TIME 100 List^[20]
• Carey Hendrickson (MBA ’96) - Senior Vice President/CFO, Belo Corp.^[21]
• Bill McWhirter (BBA '86) - Senior Vice President/CFO, Trinity Industries Inc.^[15]
• Jerome Oglesby (BS ‘01)- Global Chief Technology Officer, Deloitte^[22]
• Jim Wilkinson (BBA ’93) - Managing Partner, International Business and Finance, Brunswick Group LLC. Former Chief of Staff for Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson^[23]
• Pat Choate - Economist, author, vice-presidential candidate^[24]

Government and military

• George W. Ballance - Rear Admiral, Deputy Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet.^[25]
• Walter H. Baxter III - Major General, Commander of the 3rd Air Force from 1981-1982.^[26]
• Richard E. Cavazos - First Mexican American four-star general of the United States Army^[27]
• Phillip J. Ford - Lieutenant General, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strategic Command from 1998-2000.^[28]
• Tommy Franks - General, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command from 2000-2003^[29]
• James F. Hollingsworth - Lieutenant General, Commanded the U.S. Army XXIV Corps in Vietnam^[30]
• Chief Rick Stone - Chief of Police. United States Department of Justice "Law Enforcement Officer of the Year" and the most highly decorated officer in Dallas Police Department history, including the Medal of Valor

Politics

• Rodney Anderson (Class of 1990, Bachelor of Business Administration) - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Grand Prairie
• Cindy Burkett (Class of 2004) - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County since 2011
• Les Eaves - Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015; a businessman from Searcy, Arkansas; attended UTA^[31]
• Kent Grusendorf - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington
• Sally Kern - member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Bob McFarland - Republican member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Arlington, 1977–1991
• Diane Patrick - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; defeated Kent Grusendorf in 2006 Republican primary; denied re-nomination herself in 2014
• Kenneth Sheets (Class of 2001) - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 107 in Dallas County^[32]
• Steven Wayne Smith - former justice of the Texas Supreme Court^[33]
• Wayne Smith (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County since 2003^[34]
• Royce West - Democratic member of the Texas State Senate^[35]
• Ann Wynia - Former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and current president of North Hennepin Community College^[3]
• Betsy Price - 44th Mayor of Forth Worth.^[36]

Science and technology

• Kalpana Chawla - Astronaut, perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster^[37]
• Robert L. Stewart - Former NASA Astronaut and retired Army brigadier general^[38]

Sports

• Lanny Bassham - 1976 Summer Olympics gold medalist in 50 m rifle^[39]
• Kenny Bernstein - American drag racing driver and former NASCAR owner, nicknamed the “King of Speed”^[40]
• Kaleb Canales - First Mexican-American head coach in NBA history
• Michael Choice - Baseball outfielder, 10th overall draft pick by the Oakland Athletics in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft^[41]
• Steve Foster - Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds^[42]
• Dillon Gee - Pitcher for the New York Mets^[43]
• Trey Hillman - Manager of the Kansas City Royals from 2008–2010^[44]
• John Lackey - American League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox^[44]
• Mark Lowe - Pitcher for the Texas Rangers^[45]
• Tim McKyer - Cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers^[46]
• Adam Moore - Catcher for the Seattle Mariners^[47]
• Cliff Odom - Former NFL football player^[3]
• Daniel Ortmeier - First baseman/outfielder for the San Francisco Giants^[48]
• Dave Owen - Shortstop for the Chicago Cubs^[49]
• Hunter Pence - National League Baseball player, San Francisco Giants^[44]
• Ryan Roberts - Infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks^[50]
• Douglas Russell - 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in 100 m butterfly and 4x100 m medley relay^[51]
• Takeshi Fujiwara - Olympiad in Track & Field representing El Salvador in Athens, 2004^[52]
• Mike Rhyner - Founder of Sports Radio 1310AM The Ticket in Dallas. He is the anchor on the afternoon drive time show the Hardline. Also known as The Old Gray Wolf or The Blue Flame.
• Jared Connaughton - Olympic 200m track athlete for Canada
• Bruce Collie - San Francisco 49ers^[53]

Notable faculty and staff

• Ramez Elmasri - Associate Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Department. Holds Patent for The Time Index Access Structure for Temporal Databases Having Concurrent Multiple Versions, US Patent 5,440,730 with G. Wuu Bellcore, 1995
• Dale A. Anderson - Professor of Aerospace Engineering and former Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Students.
• Joseph Bastien - Professor of Anthropology and former Chair of the Anthropology department, UTA Distinguished Scholar Professor. Awarded the La Cruz Andina de Oro by the Bolivian government for his research.
• José Ángel Gutiérrez - Political science professor, lawyer and founding member and past president of the La Raza Unida Party.
• Susan Hekman - Political science professor and director of the graduate humanities program.
• Charles T. McDowell - Professor Emeritus and former director of the Center for Post-Soviet and Eastern European Studies.
• Stanley Palmer - Professor of History. Scholar of British history and member of the UT Arlington Academy of Distinguished Teachers (1996).
• Vasant K. Prabhu - Electrical Engineering professor. Life Fellow of IEEE, and inventor of communication system designs.
• K. R. Rao - Electrical engineering professor. Fellow of IEEE, and inventor of discrete cosine transform.
• Matthew Wright - Computer Science Scientist. Known for his work in Anonymity and path finding algorithms.^[54]

External links

• The University of Texas at Arlington
  • University Overview
  • University History
• UTAMavericks - Fan Site
• College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni
• The University of Texas at Arlington Alumni Relations

References