List of Texas A&M University people

The Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center

The list of Texas A&M University people includes notable alumni, faculty, and affiliates of Texas A&M University. The term Texas Aggie, which comes from Texas A&M's history as an agricultural school, refers to students and alumni of Texas A&M. The class year of each alumnus indicates the projected undergraduate degree award year designation, although the actual year may differ. At Texas A&M and within its student culture, the term "former student" is more commonly used than "alumni".

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Texas A&M alumni

Armed forces

Name Class year Notability References Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. 1960 Former United States Secretary of the Air Force Joseph W. Ashy 1962 Former United States Air Force General A.D. Bruce 1916 Former president of the University of Houston; former United States Army Major General; founded Fort Hood Horace S. Carswell, Jr. 1938 Medal of Honor recipient; namesake of Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, Texas Patrick P. Caruana 1972 Former United States Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas W. Fowler 1943 Medal of Honor recipient William M. Fraser III 1974 Former United States Air Force General Patrick K. Gamble 1967 Former United States Air Force General George H. Gay, Jr. 1938 Former TBD Devastator pilot; sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 during the attack on the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Midway William G. Harrell 1943 Medal of Honor recipient Hal M. Hornburg 1968 Former United States Air Force General Lloyd Herbert Hughes 1943 Medal of Honor recipient George D. Keathley 1937 Medal of Honor recipient Turney W. Leonard 1942 Medal of Honor recipient Charles T. McDowell 1943 Professor Emeritus of Russian and former director of the Center for Post-Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington Teed Michael Moseley 1971 Former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Raymond L. Murray 1935 Former United States Marine Corps Major General Jay T. Robbins 1940 Former United States Air Force Lieutenant General; fighter ace with 22 aerial victories in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II James Earl Rudder 1932 Former United States Army Major General; 16th president of Texas A&M University Bernard Adolph Schriever 1931 Former United States Air Force General; former Commander of Air Force Systems Command; namesake of Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado John B. Sylvester 1967 Former United States Army Lieutenant General; former NATO Assistant Chief of Staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina Otto P. Weyland 1923 Former United States Air Force General; former Commander of Tactical Air Command Eli L. Whiteley 1941 Medal of Honor recipient Robert B. Williams 1923 World War II US Army Air Corps Major General; led raid on Schweinfurt

File:A.D. Bruce in uniform.jpg A.D. Bruce, former United States Lieutenant general File:Horace S. Carswell, Jr..jpg Horace S. Carswell, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient Hal M. Hornburg, former United States Air Force General T. Michael Moseley, former United States Air Force General

Arts

Art and architecture

Name Class year Notability References Harold Dow Bugbee 1921 Artist Frank Malina 1934 Aeronautical engineer and artist Margaret Ann Withers Artist and poet

Film, television, and theater

Name Class year Notability References Mary Beth Decker 2003 Actress and model; former cast member of MTV's Road Rules and Road Rules: South Pacific Shobu Yarlagadda 1994 Notable Indian film producer, Co-founder and CEO of Arka Mediaworks Patricia Gras 1983 CBS television anchor and Emmy Award winner Ty Hardin 1959 Actor, star of TV series Bronco Sean Koehler 1999 All Around Performance Horse Weekly television show host Martha Madison 1999 Actress best known as Belle Black in Days of Our Lives Tim McCanlies Filmmaker, directed Secondhand Lions and wrote screenplay for The Iron Giant Tanya McQueen Actress Ilan Mitchell-Smith Actor Melinda Murphy 1986 The Early Show correspondent and Emmy Award winner Tiffany Thornton Actress known for her role as Tawni in Sonny With a Chance Rip Torn 1952 Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actor, films including Men in Black, The Cincinnati Kid, Defending Your Life, Cross Creek, Down Periscope and television series The Larry Sanders Show

File:Tiffany Thornton 2010.jpg Tiffany Thornton Rip Torn at the 47th Emmy Awards

Journalism and literature

Name Class year Notability References Dan Allen Comedian Neal Boortz 1967 Libertarian radio personality and host of The Neal Boortz Show Richard L. Cox 1992 Author Geralyn Dawson Romance novelist Dan Flores Pre-1980 Historian of the American West at University of Montana at Missoula Payne Harrison Author Hubert D. Humphreys 1953 Historian, archivist, oral historian, affiliated with Louisiana State University in Shreveport Russell Lutz Science-fiction author Roland S. Martin 1991 CNN journalist Lou Halsell Rodenberger Scholar of women writers Martha Wells 1986 Fantasy and science-fiction author Lowell Mick White Fiction writer Gene Wolfe Science-fiction author Jerry B. Lincecum Emeritus Professor of English and author, affiliated with Austin College in Sherman, Texas Steven Gould Science-fiction author

Neal Boortz Gene Wolfe

Music

Name Class year Notability References Shane Barnard 1998 Christian musician Jason Castro 2008 American Idol contestant Roger Creager 1993 Country musician Shane Everett 1993 Christian musician Robert Earl Keen 1978 Country musician Lyle Lovett 1979 Country musician; four-time Grammy Award winner Jimmy Needham 2007 Christian musician Chris Tomlin 1994 Christian musician Rick Trevino 1994 Country musician Granger Smith 2002 Country musician

Lyle Lovett

Pageantry

Name Class year Notability References Carissa Blair 1996 Miss Texas USA (1999); Miss Texas Teen USA (1992) Lisa Dalzell 2001 Miss Texas (2002) Kandace Krueger 2002 Miss USA (2001) Melissa McConnell 1999 Miss USA (2004); Miss Louisiana USA (2004) Rebecca Robinson 2002 Miss Texas (2008) Sherri Ryman Miss Texas (1981) Kimberly Tomes Miss USA (1976); Miss Universe finalist

File:Rebecca Robinson-Miss Texas 2008-Wilford Hall Medical Center April 24, 2009.jpg Rebecca Robinson

Business

Name Class year Notability References Khalid Al-Falih 1982 President and chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco Peter Arguindegui 1953 Oilman; member of the Laredo City Council 1960-1976 Michael Bonsignore 1969 Former chairman and chief executive officer of Honeywell Hal N. Carr 1943 Former president of North Central Airlines O. Wayne Crisman 1938 Former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of Gulf Oil Don H. Davis, Jr. 1961 Former chief executive officer of Rockwell International Frank Ford 1955 Founder of Arrowhead Mills Joe Foster 1957 Marvin Girouard 1961 Former chief executive officer of Pier 1 Imports Britt Harris 1980 Chief investment officer of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; former chief executive officer of Bridgewater Associates Mavis Kelsey 1932 Original partner of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Chakib Khelil 1968 Algerian Minister for Energy and Mines; former president of Sonatrach and OPEC Rita LeBlanc 2001 Owner and executive vice president of the New Orleans Saints Lowry Mays 1957 Co-founder of Clear Channel Communications George P. Mitchell 1940 Founder and former chief executive officer of Mitchell Energy and Development (subsequently acquired by Devon Energy); pioneer of fracking; real estate developer Oscar Wyatt 1949 Founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Coastal States Gas Producing Company (now Coastal Corporation) Henry Bartell "Pat" Zachry 1922 Founder and former president and chairman of Zachry Construction Corporation Chase Koch Son of Charles Koch and President of Koch Fertilizer, a subsidiary of Koch Industries

Khalid Al-Falih, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco File:Ritabensonleblanc.jpg Rita LeBlanc, New Orleans Saints owner

College presidents

Name Class year Notability References A.D. Bruce 1916 Former president of the University of Houston; former United States Army Major General; founded Fort Hood James G. Cheek Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Lawrence E. Fouraker 1944 Former dean of Harvard Business School James F. Gaertner 1977 President of Sam Houston State University Tito Guerrero, III 1970 Former president of Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Southern Colorado (now known as Colorado State University-Pueblo) Donald R. Haragan Former president of Texas Tech University Michael R. Lane 1980 President of Emporia State University R. Bowen Loftin 1971 Former President of Texas A&M University; former vice president and chief executive officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston Alvin Luedecke 1932 Former President of Texas A&M University Juan L. Maldonado Attended 1967-1970 with studies in engineering President of Laredo Community College since 2007 Wendell Nedderman 1949 Former president of the University of Texas at Arlington G. P. "Bud" Peterson 1985 President of Georgia Institute of Technology James Earl Rudder 1932 Former United States Army Major General; 16th president of Texas A&M University Michael Tan 1977 University chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman

Criminal activity

Name Class year Notability References Eduardo Castro-Wright 1975 Former Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc; key figure in the U.S. government's probe into Wal-Mart's Mexican bribery allegations David Duncan 1981 Lead audit partner on Enron for Arthur Andersen Wen Ho Lee 1969 Nuclear researcher indicted on 59 counts by a federal grand jury for stealing U.S. nuclear arsenal secrets for China

Government and politics

Heads of state

Name Class year Notability References Jorge F. Quiroga-Ramirez 1981 Former president of Bolivia Martin Torrijos 1987 Former president of Panama

U.S. cabinet secretaries

Name Class year Notability References Henry Cisneros 1968 Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio) Marvin Runyon 1948 Former United States Postmaster General

U.S. federal judges

Name Class year Notability References James DeAnda 1948 Former United States federal judge; attorney in Hernandez v. Texas Michael T. Shelby 1981 Former United States attorney Simeon Timothy "Sim" Lake III 1966 U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

U.S. state governors

Name Class year Notability References Rick Perry 1972 Governor of the State of Texas; former Texas House of Representatives member Frank D. White 1956 Former Governor of the State of Arkansas

U.S. House of Representatives members

Name Class year Notability References Joe L. Barton 1972 United States House of Representatives member and Ranking Member of the Energy & Commerce Committee Carlos Bee Former United States House of Representatives member Earle Cabell 1929 Former United States House of Representatives member; former mayor of Dallas Chet Edwards 1974 Former United States House of Representatives member William H. "Bill" Flores 1976 United States House of Representatives member Louie Gohmert 1975 United States House of Representatives member Jeb Hensarling 1979 United States House of Representatives member Carlos Bee Former United States House of Representatives member Will Hurd 2000 United States House of Representatives member Greg Laughlin 1964 Former United States House of Representatives member Joe R. Skeen 1960 Former United States House of Representatives member Olin E. Teague 1932 Former United States House of Representatives member

U.S. ambassadors and foreign political figures

Name Class year Notability References Oscar Alvarez 1982 Former Minister of Public Security for Honduras Chakib Khelil 1968 Algerian Minister for Energy and Mines; former president of Sonatrach and OPEC Edwin Jackson Kyle 1899 Former United States Ambassador to Guatemala; namesake of Kyle Field Larry C. Napper 1969 Former United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Latvia

State Upper House members

Name Class year Notability References Robert W. Baker 1944 Former Texas senator; former Texas House of Representatives member J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. 1938 Former Texas senator; former Texas House of Representatives member Chet Edwards 1974 Former Texas senator; United States House of Representatives member Glenn Hegar 1993 Former Texas senator, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Wally Horn Iowa senator Peyton McKnight 1947 Former Texas senator; former Texas House of Representatives member William T. Moore 1940 Former Texas senator Steve Ogden 1987 Texas senator Jerry E. Patterson 1969 Former Texas senator; Commissioner of the General Land office of Texas A.R. Schwartz 1948 Former Texas senator E L Short 1947 Member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Lynn County, 1969–1983 Todd Staples 1984 Former Texas senator; commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture Jeff Wentworth 1962 Texas senator Tommy Williams 1978 Texas senator; former Texas House of Representatives member

State Lower House members

Name Class year Notability References Charles "Doc" Anderson Texas House of Representatives member Trent Ashby 1996 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Lufkin Jimmie Don Aycock 1969 Member of the Texas House of Representatives Robert W. Baker 1944 Former Texas House of Representatives member; former Texas senator Dwayne Bohac Texas House of Representatives member Greg Bonnen 1988 Neurosurgeon and medical professor at University of Texas Medical Branch; Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2013 from Galveston County J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. 1938 Former Texas House of Representatives member; former Texas senator Fred Brown 1993 Texas House of Representatives member Bill W. Clayton 1950 Former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Frank Corte, Jr. 1982 former member of the Texas House of Representatives John Cyrier 1995 Owner of Saber Commercial, Inc., in Lockhart; Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 17 since 2015 Myra Crownover Texas House of Representatives member Dawnna Dukes Texas House of Representatives member Ryan Guillen Texas House of Representatives member Kyle Kacal 1992 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from College Station since 2013 Tracy O. King Texas House of Representatives member Tim Kleinschmidt 1979 member of the Texas House of Representatives from Lee County Glenn Kothmann 1950 Former Texas House of Representatives member L. B. Kubiak Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991; veterinarian Brooks Landgraf 2003 Incoming (January 2015) Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 81 (Ector, Andrews, and Winkler counties); Odessa lawyer and rancher; member of the TAMU Army Corps of Cadets Jim Landtroop 1991 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Plainview, 2011-2013 Lyle Larson 1981 Member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2011 Nathan Macias 1982 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Comal County from 2007 to 2009; lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, at Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Peyton McKnight 1947 Former Texas House of Representatives member; former Texas senator Joe Nixon 1978 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston (1995-2007) Rick Noriega Former Texas House of Representatives member Solomon Ortiz 1999 Former Texas House of Representatives member John Otto 1970 Texas House of Representatives member Rick Perry 1972 Former Texas House of Representatives member; Governor of the State of Texas John N. Raney 1969 Texas House of Representatives member Mark M. Shelton 1983 Member of the Texas House of Representatives (2009-2013) E L Short late 1940s Member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Lynn County, 1969–1983 Joe Spurlock II 1960 Former Texas House of Representatives member Todd Staples 1984 Former Texas House of Representatives member; commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture; former Texas senator Mike Villarreal 1993 Texas House of Representatives member Jeff Wentworth 1962 Former Texas House of Representatives member; former Texas senator Tommy Williams 1978 Former Texas House of Representatives member; former Texas senator Paul D. Workman 1973 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Austin since 2011 John Wray 1993 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Waxahachie and former mayor of Waxahachie

Metropolitan mayors

Name Class year Notability References Bob Bolen 1948 Longest-serving Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas (1982-1991) Earle Cabell 1929 Former mayor of Dallas; former United States Congressman Henry Cisneros 1968 Former mayor of San Antonio; first Hispanic mayor of a major United States city; former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ed Garza 1992 Former mayor of San Antonio Gary D. McCaleb 1975 Former vice president and management professor at Abilene Christian University; former mayor of Abilene, Texas Lonnie Stabler 1969 Mayor of Bryan from 1995-2001 Will Wynn 1984 Former mayor of Austin

NASA

Name Class year Notability References Josh Byerly 1999 NASA Spokesman and Public Affairs Officer Aaron Cohen 1952 Former Acting Administrator of NASA George Deutsch 2003 Former NASA press officer Gerald D. Griffin 1956 Former Director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Dana Weigel Weigel 1993 flight director at NASA Hubert Davis 1951 Project Manager for Construction of Lunar Module - Apollo 11

National political figures

Name Class year Notability References Leslie Glasgow 1958 (Ph.D.) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources (1969-1970); Louisiana State University professor (1948-1980); director of the Louisiana State Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (1966-1968) Israel Hernandez 1999 Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director-General of United States Commercial Service Bill Read 1971 Director of the National Hurricane Center Jack Ward Thomas 1957 Former Chief of United States Forest Service Mayo J. Thompson 1941 Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission Francis Turner 1929 Developer of U.S. Interstate Highway System and Federal Highway Administrator

State political figures

Name Class year Notability References Robin Armstrong 1991 Former vice chairman of the Republican Party of Texas; Republican National Committeeman for Texas Paul Bettencourt c. 1980 Member of the Texas State Senate from District 7 in Houston, effective January 2015; former Harris County tax assessor-collector Kent Caperton 1971 Lawyer, lobbyist, former state senator from Bryan Gil Carmichael 1950 Businessman and transportation specialist from Meridian, Mississippi; Republican nominee for United States Senator (1972), governor of Mississippi (1975 and 1979) and lieutenant governor (1983) Jack Crichton 1937 Oil and gas industrialist James Frank Businessman in Wichita Falls; member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 69 since 2013 Glenn Hegar 1993 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Former member of the Texas State Senate; former member of the Texas House of Representatives Dick Hervey 1942 Third secretary of the Association of Former Students 1947-1964; mayor of College Station 1971-1974; president of Community Savings and Loan in College Station 1964 to 1982 Harlan "Bo" Holleman Late chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party Kyle Kacal 1992 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from College Station since 2013 Lyle Larson 1981 Member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2011 Nathan Macias 1982 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Comal County from 2007 to 2009; lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, at Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Garry Mauro 1970 Former commissioner of the Texas General Land Office Don McLeroy 1968 President of the Texas State Board of Education Tom Mechler Texas Republican Party state chairman since 2015; oil and gas consultant in Amarillo Andrew Murr 1999 Incoming 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives; former county judge in his native Kimble County Brooke Rollins 1994 President of the Texas Public Policy Foundation Joe Rollins 1938 Attorney Leighton Schubert c. 2004 Member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 13 since 2015; lawyer in Caldwell, Texas John Sharp 1972 Former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Barry Smitherman Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton 2015 Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Quinn Sullivan 1992 Vice President of Texas Public Policy Foundation Clayton Williams 1954 1990 Republican Texas gubernatorial nominee Lou Zaeske 1964 Leader of English-only movement; advocate for Czech ethnic causes

Science and technology

Name Class year Notability References James Henry "Red" Duke 1950 Trauma surgeon Michael E. Fossum 1980 NASA astronaut (STS-121 and STS-124) Steven C. Hackett 1986 Environmental and natural resource economist Michael T. Halbouty 1930 Winner of the Hoover Medal; wildcatter Edward F. Knipling 1930 Entomologist; 1966 National Medal of Science winner; listed in Esquire as one of the "100 Most Important People in the World" in 1970 Maurice Lukefahr 1961 Researcher in the field of plant resistance to insect pests Bryan Lunney 1989 NASA Flight Director Frank Malina 1934 Aeronautical engineer and artist; second director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Glenn McCarthy 1931 Wildcatter William A. Pailes 1981 NASA astronaut (STS-51-J) W. Roy Smythe 1989 Chairman of Surgery at Scott & White Memorial Hospital Richard Steadman 1959 Knee surgeon Steven Swanson 1998 NASA astronaut (STS-117 and STS-119) William C. Tinus 1928 Naval Ordnance Development Award recipient; conducted Bell Labs' first work on radar Gordon Walton 1981 Video game developer Clayton W. Williams, Sr. 1915 Oilman, rancher, historian, first registered geologist in Texas

Texas A&M faculty and affiliates

Nobel Prize laureates

Name Department Notability References Derek Barton style="text-align:center;" | Chemistry 1969 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry Norman Borlaug style="text-align:center;" | Soil and Crop Sciences One of five people in history to have won the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal; Nobel Prize winner Elias James Corey style="text-align:center;" | n/a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Sheldon Lee Glashow style="text-align:center;" | Physics 1979 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics Robert H. Grubbs style="text-align:center;" | Chemistry 1995 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry Dudley R. Herschbach style="text-align:center;" | Physics 1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry Jack Kilby style="text-align:center;" | Electrical engineering 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics; National Medal of Science winner David Lee style="text-align:center;" | Physics 1996 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics Bruce McCarl style="text-align:center;" | Agricultural economics 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner (member of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Vernon L. Smith style="text-align:center;" | Institute for Advanced Study 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics

Academia

College presidents

Name Department Notability References William Bizzell style="text-align:center;" | Former president of the University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M University Norman Hackerman style="text-align:center;" | Former president of the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University Robert Gates style="text-align:center;" | George Bush School of Government and Public Service Former president of Texas A&M University; former United States Secretary of Defense David Franklin Houston style="text-align:center;" | Political science Former United States Secretary of Agriculture and United States Secretary of the Treasury; former chancellor of the Washington University in St. Louis; former president of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University Elsa Murano style="text-align:center;" | Nutrition and Food Services Former president of Texas A&M University; former United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety Lawrence Sullivan Ross style="text-align:center;" | - Former governor of Texas; Civil War general; Texas A&M University president Frank Vandiver style="text-align:center;" | History Former president of Rice University, Texas A&M University, and the University of North Texas

Professors and scholars

Name Department Notability References Gary Clayton Anderson style="text-align:center;" | History Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Allen J. Bard style="text-align:center;" | n/a Recipient of the Priestley Medal and Wolf Prize in Chemistry Garland Bayliss style="text-align:center;" | History Specialist in southern history; Director of General Studies, Director of Academics Services, founder of the TAMU Mentors Program, recipient of the 1978 Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award F. Albert Cotton style="text-align:center;" | Chemistry Recipient of the Priestley Medal and Wolf Prize in Chemistry Joe Feagin style="text-align:center;" | Sociology Pulitzer Prize-nominated author John Hope Franklin style="text-align:center;" | n/a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Arnold Krammer style="text-align:center;" | History Two-time Fulbright scholar; two-time TAMU "Distinguished Achievement Award" recipient; specialist in German and United States studies; on faculty, 1974-retirement in 2015 John J. McDermott style="text-align:center;" | Philosophy University Distinguished Professor, philosopher, past president of the William James Society Martin V. Melosi style="text-align:center;" | History Fulbright scholar grant recipient Gerald North style="text-align:center;" | Atmospheric Science The North Report Tropical Rain Measuring Mission Dudley L. Poston, Jr. style="text-align:center;" | Professor of Sociology and Demography Morgan Reynolds style="text-align:center;" | Former Chief Economist for the United States Department of Labor Henry C. Schmidt style="text-align:center;" | Historian, specialist in Latin American studies Betty Miller Unterberger style="text-align:center;" | History Namesake of the SHAFR Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize Paul P. Van Riper style="text-align:center;" | Political Science Namesake of the ASPA Paul P. Van Riper Award Venkatesh Shankar style="text-align:center;" | Business Marketing Scholar. Namesake of the Shankar-Spiegel Award

Armed forces

Name Department Notability References Silas L. Copeland style="text-align:center;" | Former Sergeant Major of the Army

Government and politics

Heads of state

Name Department Notability References George H.W. Bush style="text-align:center;" | The Bush School of Government and Public Service Former President of the United States; namesake of The Bush School of Government and Public Service and George Bush Presidential Library housed at Texas A&M University

U.S. cabinet secretaries

Name Department Notability References Robert Gates style="text-align:center;" | Former United States Secretary of Defense; former Texas A&M University president David Franklin Houston style="text-align:center;" | Former United States Secretary of Agriculture and United States Secretary of the Treasury; former chancellor of the Washington University in St. Louis; former president of The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University

U.S. state governors

Name Department Notability References Lawrence Sullivan Ross style="text-align:center;" | Former governor of Texas, Civil War general, and Texas A&M University president

U.S. senators

Name Department Notability References Phil Gramm style="text-align:center;" | Former United States senator

U.S. ambassadors and foreign political figures

Name Department Notability References Ryan Crocker style="text-align:center;" | The Bush School of Government and Public Service Former ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon; former dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned style="text-align:center;" | Consort to the Emir of the State of Qatar; chairman of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development Sally Shelton-Colby style="text-align:center;" | Former Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, and Grenada

National political figures

Name Department Notability References Andrew Card style="text-align:center;" | The Bush School of Government and Public Service White House Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush; current dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service Elsa Murano style="text-align:center;" | United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety; former president of Texas A&M University

State political figures

Name Department Notability References John Nielsen-Gammon style="text-align:center;" | Texas State Climatologist

Journalism and literature

• Joe Feagin – Pulitzer Prize nominee
• Charles Gordone – 1970 Pulitzer Prize recipient
• Douglas P. Starr – Pulitzer Prize recipient
• Robert Sherrill – Journalist

Science and technology

• Perry L. Adkisson – Wolf Prize winner; World Food Prize winner
• George Bass – National Medal of Science winner
• Richard H. Battin – Applied mathematician and engineer
• Fuller W. Bazer – Wolf Prize winner
• Robert Byron Bird – 1987 National Medal of Science winner
• F. Albert Cotton – National Medal of Science Laureate in Chemistry; Wolf Prize winner; Priestly Medal winner
• Michael E. DeBakey – World-renowned cardiac surgeon, innovator, and scientist
• Paul Erdős – Mathematician
• John Junkins – Aerospace Engineer
• Leonid Keldysh – Namesake of Keldysh formalism
• John Henry Kinealy - engineer and inventor
• Peter Lax – Mathematician
• Gordon Manley – Climatologist
• Leonard M. Pike - Established the Vegetable Improvement Center
• Marlan Scully – Physicist
• Hobart Muir Smith – Herpetologist; credited with describing more than 100 new species of American reptiles and amphibians
• Bjarne Stroustrup – Designer and original implementer of the C++ programming language.
• Nicholas B. Suntzeff – Cosmologist, winner of Gruber Prize in cosmology, co-discoverer of Dark Energy
• Fred Weick – Aviation pioneer
• James Womack – Wolf Prize winner

Texas A&M athletes

Baseball

Casey Fossum

• Chad Allen (1997) – Former MLB player; Olympic bronze medalist
• Kevin Beirne (1996) – Former MLB player
• Matt Blank (1997) – MLB player
• Rip Collins – Former MLB player
• Lew Ford – MLB player
• Casey Fossum (2000) – MLB player
• Jeff Granger – Former MLB Player
• Grady Higginbotham (1920) – Texas A&M baseball head coach (1930–1935); Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball head coach (1928–1929); Texas Tech Red Raider football head coach (1929); Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball head coach (1925–1927)
• Zach Jackson (2005) – MLB player
• Davey Johnson (1968) – Former MLB player and team manager, 1973 Comeback Player of the Year, three time Gold Glove winner, four time all-star, three time World Series champion, 1997 AL Manager of the Year
• Logan Kensing (2005) – MLB player
• Chuck Knoblauch (1990) – 1991 MLB rookie of the year. four-time all-star, four-time MLB World Series champion
• Wally Moon (1951) – 1954 MLB rookie of the year, 1960 Gold Glove winner, two-time all-star, two-time MLB World Series champion
• Trey Moore – Former MLB player
• Jake Mooty – Former MLB player
• Troy Neel – Former MLB player
• C. E. "Pat" Olsen (1923) – Former professional baseball player; namesake of Olsen Field
• Les Peden – Former MLB player
• Cotton Pippen – Former MLB player
• Eric Reed (2003) – MLB player
• Topper Rigney – Former MLB player
• Justin Ruggiano (2004) – 2007 Baseball World Cup player; Tampa Bay Devil Rays player
• Ryan Rupe (1998) – Former MLB player
• Ross Stripling - MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Russ Swan (1986) – Former MLB player
• Mark Thurmond (1979) – Former MLB player
• Jason Tyner (1999) – MLB player
• Michael Wacha- MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Kevin Whelan – MLB player
• Kelly Wunsch (1994) – MLB player

Basketball

File:Acie Law Texas A&M.jpg

Acie Law IV

• Morenike Atunrase (2008) – WNBA player
• John Beasley (1966) – Former ABA player
• David Britton (1979) – Former NBA player
• R. C. Buford (1980) – General manager of the San Antonio Spurs
• Winston Crite (1987) – Former NBA player
• Walt Davis (1952) – Former NBA player
• A'Quonesia Franklin (2008) – WNBA player
• Jimmie Gilbert (1986) – Former NBA player
• DeAndre Jordan (2008) - Center for Los Angeles Clippers
• Antanas Kavaliauskas (2007) – Panionios BC player; NBA summer league player
• Acie Law IV (2007) – NBA player
• Doug Lee (1984) – Former NBA player
• Darryl McDonald (1988) – NBL player
• Khris Middleton – NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
• Sonny Parker (1976) – Former NBA player
• Jaynetta Saunders (2001) – Former WNBA player
• Brooks Thompson (1986) – Former NBA player; current head coach of University of Texas – San Antonio basketball team
• Toccara Williams (2004) – Former WNBA player
• Antoine Wright (2006) – NBA player

American football

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E. King Gill during the 1921–1922 season, the original Twelfth Man

See also: Texas A&M Aggies football § Player accomplishments

• Sam Adams (1993) – NFL player
• Johnny Manziel (2014) - NFL player
• Dennis Allen – NFL coach
• Keith Baldwin – Former NFL player
• Ken Beck – Former NFL player
• Phil Bennett (1978) – Former SMU Mustangs football coach
• Martellus Bennett (2009) – NFL player
• Rocky Bernard (2002) – NFL player
• Rod Bernstine (1987) – Former NFL player
• Reggie Brown (1999) – Former NFL player
• Harvey "Bum" Bright (1943) – Former owner of the Dallas Cowboys
• Domingo Bryant – NFL player
• Melvin Bullitt (2007) – NFL player
• Lee Roy Caffey (1963) – Former NFL player
• Dan Campbell (1999) – NFL player
• Red Cashion (1953) – Football official
• Ray Childress (1985) – Former NFL player
• Mike Clark (1962) – Former NFL player
• Chris Cole (1998) – Former NFL player
• Calvin Collins (1995) – Former NFL player
• Albert Connell (1996) – Former NFL player
• Bobby Joe Conrad (1958) – Former NFL player
• Quentin Coryatt (1994) – Former NFL player
• John David Crow (1958) – Former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1957
• Matt Darwin (1985) – Former NFL player
• Sammy Davis (2003) – NFL player
• Curtis Dickey (1980) – Former NFL player
• Ron Edwards (2001) – NFL player
• Dave Elmendorf (1971) – Former NFL player
• Eric England (1993) – Former NFL player
• Robert Ferguson (2001) – NFL player
• Ronald Flemons (2001) – CFL player
• Jerry Fontenot (1998) – NFL assistant coach; former NFL player
• Tony Franklin (1979) – Former NFL player
• E. King Gill – Inspiration for the moniker "12th Man"
• Aaron Glenn|(1993) – NFL player
• Jason Glenn (2000) – Former NFL player
• Dante Hall (1998) – NFL player
• Curley Hallman (1969) – Former football coach
• Geoff Hangartner (2004) – NFL player
• Lester Hayes (1976) – Former NFL player
• Greg Hill (1993) – Former NFL player
• Warrick Holdman (1998) – NFL player
• Johnny Holland (1986) – NFL coach; former NFL player
• Clay Honeycutt (2014) - Big Brother contestant and model
• Robert Jackson (1976) – Former NFL player
• Tramain Jacobs – NFL player
• Michael Jameson (2000) – Former NFL player
• Edward Jasper – Former NFL player
• Bethel Johnson (2002) – NFL player
• Johnny Jolly (2006) – NFL player
• Byron Jones (2005) – Former NFL player
• Keith Joseph (2004) – Former NFL player
• Terrence Kiel (2002) – Former NFL player
• Kelvin Korver – Former NFL player
• Gary Kubiak (1982) – Houston Texans head coach; former NFL player
• Yale Lary (1952) – Former NFL player
• Shane Lechler (1999) – NFL player
• Billie Wayne Lemons (1976) – NFL player, Cleveland Browns in 1977; Church of Christ minister
• Jason Matthews (2003) – Former NFL player
• Leeland McElroy (1997) – Former NFL player
• Seth McKinney (2000) – NFL player
• Steve McKinney (1997) – NFL player
• Reggie McNeal (2006) – Former NFL player
• Ray Mickens (1996) – Former NFL player
• Von Miller (2011) – NFL Player for the Denver Broncos
• Brandon Mitchell (1996) – Former NFL player
• Mike Montgomery – NFL player
• Mark Moseley – Former NFL player
• Don Muhlbach (2003) – NFL player
• Terrence Murphy (2005) – Former NFL player and coach
• Robert Neyland* – Former University of Tennessee head coach
• Dat Nguyen (1998) – Assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys; former NFL player; Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award winner
• Ernie Pannell – Former NFL player
• Jack Pardee (1957) – Former NFL player and coach
• Alan Reuber (2003) – Former NFL player
• Gary Reynolds – NFL assistant coach
• Tommy Robison – Former NFL player
• Zerick Rollins – NFL assistant coach
• Thomas Sanders – Former NFL Player, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles
• Ed Simonini (1976) – Former NFL player
• Shawn Slocum (1984) – NFL coach
• Detron Smith (1995) – Former NFL player
• Kevin Smith (1992) – Former NFL player
• Cameron Spikes (1998) – Former NFL player
• Gene Stallings (1957) – Former NFL player and coach
• George Strohmeyer – AAFC player
• Boone Stutz (2005) – NFL player
• Dennis Swilley (1976) – Former NFL player
• Damon Tassos – Former NFL player
• Chris Taylor (2001) – Former NFL player
• Jamaar Taylor (2004) – Former NFL player
• Garth TenNapel (1976) – Former NFL player
• Pat Thomas (1976) – Former NFL player
• Rodney Thomas (1995) – Former NFL player
• Rex Tucker (1998) – Former NFL player
• Joe Utay (1908) – College Football Hall of Famer
• Kary Vincent - former Arena Football League player
• Ty Warren (2003) – NFL player
• Richmond Webb (1990) – Former NFL player
• Jason Webster (1998) – NFL player
• Taylor Whitley (2002) – Former NFL player
• Mike Whitwell (1981) – Former NFL player
• Pat Williams (1996) – NFL player
• Billy Yates (2002) – NFL player
• James Zachery - CFL player
• Derel Walker (2014) - CFL player - 2015 Most Outstanding Rookie

Golf

• Danny Briggs (1983) - Golfer
• Jeff Maggert (1986) – Golfer
• Ryan Palmer – Golfer
• Philip Parkin – Winner of British Amateur Championship (1983); Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year (1984)
• Bobby Nichols - Twelve-Time winner on the PGA Tour. Also winner of the 1964 PGA Championship and runner up at the 1967 Masters

Olympics

Name Class year Notability References Cammile Adams 2014 Member of the US Olympic Swimming team (2012) Triin Aljand 2010 Member of the Estonia Olympic Swimming team (2004, 2008, 2012) Alia Atkinson 2010 Member of the Jamaica Olympic Swimming team (2004, 2008, 2012); 2010 NCAA 200 breaststroke champion Randy Barnes 1989 Member of the US Olympic Shot Put team; 1988 silver medalist, 1996 gold medalist Kanika Beckles 2013 Member of the Grenada Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Janeil Bellille 2015 Member of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Steve Bultman -- US Swimming team coach (1988, 2012) Walt Davis 1952 Member of US Olympic Team High Jump; 1952 gold medalist Wayne Davis II 2014 Member of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Erica Dittmer 2014 Member of the Mexico Olympic Swimming team (2012) Robert Fausett 1997 Taekwondo coach for Brazil (2012) and the US (2008) Amini Fonua 2012 Member of the Tonga Olympic Swimming team (2012) Tabarie Henry 2011 Member of the U.S. Virgin Islands Olympic Track & Field team (2008, 2012) Darrow Hooper 1953 Member of US Olympic Team Shot Put; 1952 silver medalist Liliana Ibanez 2014 Member of the Mexico Olympic Swimming team (2012) Riley Janes 2002 Member of the Canada Olympic Swimming team (2004) Antanas Kavaliauskas 2007 Member of the Lithuania Olympic Basketball team (2012) Breeja Larson 2014 Gold medalist in the 4x100-meter swim relay (2012) Miranda Leek 2016 Member of the US Olympic Archery team (2012) Deon Lendore 2015 Member of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Randy Matson 1967 Member of the US Olympic Shot Put Team; 1964 silver medalist and 1968 gold medalist Jennifer McFalls 1994 Member of the US Olympic Softball team Rita Medrano 2012 Member of the Mexico Olympic Swimming team (2012) Jennifer Nichols 2012 Member of the US Olympic Archery team (2004, 2008, 2012) Tetsuo Okamoto 1959 1952 bronze medalist in swimming; Brazil's first-ever Olympic medalist Jaele Patrick 2012 Member of the US Olympic Swimming team (2012); 2012 3M diving NCAA champion Kim Pavlin 2014 Member of the Croatia Olympic Swimming team (2012) Demetrius Pinder 2011 Member of the Bahamas Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Demetrius Pinder 2011 Member of the Bahamas Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Gerald Phiri 2011 Member of the Zambia Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Matt Rose 2004 Member of the Canada Olympic Swimming team (2004) Eric Sehn 2008 Member of the Canada Olympic Diving team (2012) Mike Stulce 1991 Member of the US Olympic Shot Put team; 1992 gold medalist Stacy Sykora 1999 Member of the US Olympic Volleyball team (2000, 2004, 2008) Jeneba Tarmoh 2012 Member of the US Olympic Track & Field team (2012) Julia Wilkinson 2010 Member of the Canada Olympic Swimming team (2008, 2012); all-time winningest Big 12 swimmer Vic Wunderle 2002 Silver medalist in Archery (2000)

Tennis

• Grant Connell (1986) – Former world No. 1 doubles player
• Dean Goldfine (1987) – Former Team USA coach and former coach to Andy Roddick

Other

• Paige Miller - swimmer, 4x conference champion, 2014 NCAA champion 100 backstroke
• Kristy Hawkins – professional female bodybuilder
• Eddie Hill – drag racer
• Anjanette Kirkland – hurdler; 2001 World Indoor 60 m hurdles champion; 2001 World 100 m champion
• Fabrice Lapierre – long jumper; 2005 NCAA long jump national champion
• Dude Perfect - YouTube personalities, sports & comedy

External links

• Texas A&M University
• The Association of Former Texas A&M Students