List of Texas Tech University alumni

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|name = {{sortname|Susan|Budge}}

|year=1983

|nota=Ceramic sculptor

|ref={{Cite web|url=https://www.cinnabarart.com/susan-budge|title=Susan Budge|website=cinnabargallery}}

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|name = {{sortname|Rachel|Caine}}

|year=1985

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ruth Hurmence|Green}}

|year=1935

|nota=Author

|ref={{Cite book | last = Green | first = Ruth Hurmence | author-link = Ruth Hurmence Green | title = The Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the Bible | publisher = Freedom From Religion Foundation | year = 1999 | location = Madison, Wisconsin | pages = 293 | isbn = 1-877733-01-6}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Grace|Halsell}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Writer

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Stephen Graham|Jones}}

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|nota=Author

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Holly |Hunt|link=Holly Hunt}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Designer; founder and CEO of Holly Hunt Design

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|name = {{sortname|Anne|Leaton}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Author

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ken|Little}}

|year=1970

|nota=Sculptor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jim|Marrs}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Author

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Douglas|Moss|link=Douglas Moss}}

|year=1990

|nota=Architect and founding partner of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture

|ref={{cite web|url=http://holzmanmossbottino.com/people|title=Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Partners|website=Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture|access-date=2017-07-31|archive-date=2017-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731193858/http://holzmanmossbottino.com/people/|url-status=dead}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ruben|Quesada}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Poet

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jodi|Thomas}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Author

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robert|Whitehill|link=Robert Whitehill (Hebrew poet)}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Hussein|Al Uzri}}

|year=1985

|nota=Head of the Trade Bank of Iraq

|ref={{cite news|last=Waston|first=Kelly|title=Tech grad, Iraqi official visits campus|work=The Daily Toreador|date=2010-04-23|url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/tech-grad-iraqi-official-visits-campus-1.2237576|access-date=2010-04-23}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|name = {{sortname|Angela|Braly}} {{efn|name=d|Texas Tech Distinguished Alumni}}

|year=1982

|nota=Board member of ExxonMobil

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/media/alumni.php|title=Texas Tech University :: Texas Tech Notable Alumni|work=ttu.edu|access-date=2010-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609211729/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/media/alumni.php|archive-date=2010-06-09|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist47/bolton.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706005528/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist47/bolton.htm |url-status=dead |title=House.state.tx.us|archive-date=July 6, 2009}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Richard L.|Clemmer}}

|year=1973

|nota=CEO, NXP Semiconductors; former CEO Agere Systems, the former Lucent semiconductor company

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.cantata.com/company/board.cfm|title=Dialogic Corporation Board of Directors|work=cantata.com|access-date=2007-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503174117/http://www.cantata.com/company/board.cfm|archive-date=2007-05-03|url-status=dead}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ed|Cunningham|link=Ed Cunningham (executive)}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Cindi|Love}}

|year=1984

|nota=

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://www.mccchurch.org/AM/TextTemplate.cfm?Section=Workshops1&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3302|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011738/http://www.mccchurch.org/AM/TextTemplate.cfm?Section=Workshops1&Template=%2FCM%2FHTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3302 |url-status=dead |title=MCCchurch.org|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robert|Palmer|link=Robert Palmer (computer businessman)}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Former CEO, Digital Equipment Corporation

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jerry S.|Rawls}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=President and CEO, Finisar Corporation

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Charles "Tex"|Thornton|link=Tex Thornton}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1935

|nota=Founder and CEO, Litton Industries

|ref={{cite web|title=Activities & Programs: Distinguished Alumni Dinner|publisher=Texas Tech Alumni Association|url=https://admin.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/programs/distinguished_alumni.jsp|access-date=2010-07-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121658/https://admin.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/programs/distinguished_alumni.jsp|archive-date=2011-07-07}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|G. Kemble|Bennett}}

|year=1970 (Ph.D.)

|nota= Two-term dean of the Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University

|ref= {{Cite journal|last=Bennett|first=George|date=1970|title=Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution|url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/19892/31295001871549.pdf|access-date=May 16, 2023}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.tamu.edu/industrial/profiles/gkbennett.html|title=G. Kemble Bennett|website=engineering.tamu.edu|language=en|access-date=June 15, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230516221043/https://engineering.tamu.edu/industrial/profiles/gkbennett.html|archive-date=May 16, 2023}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robin E.|Bowen}}

|year=1988 (Ed.D.)

|nota=12th and current President of Arkansas Tech University

|ref={{cite web |url=https://www.atu.edu/presidentsoffice/about.php |title=About Dr. Bowen |publisher=Arkansas Tech University |website=wbu.edu |access-date=May 10, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=https://www.atu.edu/presidentsoffice/docs/REBowenVita2015.pdf |title=Bowen |publisher=Arkansas Tech University | website=wbu.edu | access-date=May 10, 2021 }}

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|name = {{sortname|David|Christiansen}}

|year=1984

|nota=8th Chancellor of Penn State York

|ref={{cite web |url= https://news.psu.edu/story/522961/2018/05/24/administration/university-leader-david-christiansen-appointed-chancellor | title=University leader David Christiansen appointed chancellor of Penn State York |publisher=Pennsylvania State University News | website=news.psu.edu | access-date=2021-07-06}}{{cite web |url= https://york.psu.edu/this-is-penn-state/campus-history/ceo-chancellor-history | title=CEO/Chancellor History |publisher=Pennsylvania State University York | website=york.psu.edu | access-date=2021-07-06}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Margaret|Formby}}

|year=1950

|nota=Founder of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_formby.html|title=Amarillo.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|title=Douglas Martin, "Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame"|publisher=The New York Times, April 20, 2003|access-date=December 20, 2009 | date=2003-04-20}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Michael|Hinojosa}}

|year=1979

|nota=Superintendent of Dallas Independent School District (2005–2011, 2015–present), Cobb County School District (2011–2014)

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/0516dnmethinojosa5years.96eaa14.html|title=Dallas ISD under Hinojosa: academic progress, fiscal crisis|work=dallasnews.com}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Walter B.|Huffman}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1967 (B.A.), 1968 (M.Ed.), 1977 (J.D.)

|nota=Texas Tech University School of Law dean; former United States Army Judge Advocate General

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.law.ttu.edu/faculty/bios/huffman|title=Walter Huffman :: Texas Tech University School of Law|work=ttu.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701124511/http://www.law.ttu.edu/faculty/bios/Huffman/|archive-date=2010-07-01}}

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|name = {{sortname|R. Duane|Ireland}}

|year=1969 (B.B.A.), 1971 (M.B.A.), 1977 (Ph.D.)

|nota=Former interim dean of Mays Business School at Texas A&M University

|ref={{cite web |author1=George Watson |title=Rawls College of Business to Recognize Four Distinguished Alumni |url=https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2018/02/adv-rawls-distinguished-alumni |website=Texas Tech Today |publisher=Texas Tech University |access-date=5 September 2021}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jeffry H.|Larson}}

|year=1980

|nota=

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/Faculty/jhl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620144604/http://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/Faculty/jhl/ |url-status=dead |title=FHSSfaculty.byu.edu|archive-date=June 20, 2010}}

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|name = {{sortname|David J.|Schmidly}}

|year=1966 (B.A), 1968 (M.S.)

|nota=20th president of the University of New Mexico; former Texas Tech University president; former Oklahoma State University president

|ref={{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F788BA02319B567&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=David Schmidly}}

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|name = {{sortname|Barry B.|Thompson}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=10th Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2-6-97/article5.htm|title=A&M Chancellor to Address Principal's Academy at TAMIU|work=tamiu.edu|access-date=2011-09-21|archive-date=2010-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528112717/http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2-6-97/article5.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tamus.edu/offices/chancellor/pastandpresent/ |title=Chancellors Past & Present » the Texas A&M University System |access-date=2011-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327214828/http://www.tamus.edu/offices/chancellor/pastandpresent/ |archive-date=2012-03-27 }}

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|name = {{sortname|G. W.|Bailey}}

|year=1966

|nota=Actor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Will|Bigham}}

|year=1998

|nota=Winner of the 2007 reality series On the Lot

|ref={{cite news|last=Casady|first=Michelle|title=Tech grad wins $1 million deal on reality TV show|work=The Daily Toreador|date=2007-08-27|url=http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/08/27/News/Tech-Grad.Wins.1.Million.Deal.On.Reality.Tv.Show-2937053.shtml?|access-date=2008-09-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922172822/http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/08/27/News/Tech-Grad.Wins.1.Million.Deal.On.Reality.Tv.Show-2937053.shtml|archive-date=2008-09-22}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Todd|Brunson}}

|year={{sort|00|(did not graduate)}}

|nota=Professional poker player

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://ww17.doylesroom.net/bio/todd.cfm|title=doylesroom.net - Doylesroom Resources and Information.|website=ww17.doylesroom.net}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jerry "Bo"|Coleman}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Radio broadcaster in Lubbock; currently at KDAV AM

|ref={{cite web|url=http://collections.swco.ttu.edu/handle/10605/995|title=Tiffany Naylor, Jerry Coleman (1936-) oral history interview, May 2, 2003|date=2 May 2003 |publisher=Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University|access-date=December 5, 2013 |last1=Coleman |first1=Jerry |last2=Naylor |first2=Tiffany }}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Barry|Corbin}}

|year=1964

|nota=Actor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Dayna|Devon}}

|year={{sort|00|(did not graduate)}}

|nota=Journalist

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Colby|Donaldson}}

|year=1996

|nota=Actor, Reality TV Personality, Runner Up on Survivor: The Australian Outback

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|George|Eads}}

|year=1989

|nota=Actor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Andy|Fickman}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Film director

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Johnny|Hardwick}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Comedian; voice actor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Anne|Hudson}}

|year=1999

|nota=Radio and TV personality

|ref={{cite web |url=http://kvet.com/pages/onair_anne.html |title=98.1 KVET - The Genuine Austin Original |publisher=Kvet.com |access-date=2009-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013060251/http://www.kvet.com/pages/onair_anne.html |archive-date=2008-10-13 }}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Brad|Leland}}

|year=1980

|nota=Actor

|ref=[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-10-brad-leland.php Depts.ttu.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307175348/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-10-brad-leland.php |date=2010-03-07 }}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Michael|Morrison|link=Michael Morrison (actor)}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Actor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Keith|Samples}}

|year=1977

|nota=Writer, producer

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|William|Shockley|link=William Shockley (actor)}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Actor

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jordan|Smith|link=Jordan Randall Smith}}

|year=2008 (M.A.)

|nota=Conductor

|ref={{cite web|last1=Lim|first1=Jon|title=Jordan Smith on How Becoming a Maestro at the Pivot Led to a Great Career as a Conductor|url=http://www.bemovingforward.com/jordan-smith/|website=Moving Forward|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212317/http://www.bemovingforward.com/jordan-smith/|url-status=dead}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jack|Tippit}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1947

|nota=Cartoonist

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Alexis|Tipton}}

|year=2008

|nota=Voice actress

|ref={{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/alexis.tipton/about |title=alexis.tipton/about |website=Facebook}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jodey|Arrington}}

|year=1994 (B.S.), 1997 (M.P.A.)

|nota=Former Chief of Staff, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; current Chief of Staff, Texas Tech University System; Distinguished Alumni, MPA Program

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Bob|Bullock}}

|year=1955

|nota=Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas; former Texas Comptroller

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John|Burroughs|link=John Burroughs (governor)}}

|year=1929

|nota=Former Governor of New Mexico

|ref={{Citation | title = La Ventana | publisher = Texas Technological College | year = 1929 | volume = 4 | page = 146}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Dustin|Burrows}}

|link=

|year=2004

|nota= Texas State Representative, District 83 (2014– )

|ref={{Citation | title = About Dustin Burrows | url = http://www.burrows4texas.com/about_dustin | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141105072311/http://www.burrows4texas.com/about_dustin | archive-date = 2014-11-05 }}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Waggoner|Carr}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1940

|nota=Former Texas Attorney General

|ref={{Citation | title = La Ventana | publisher = Texas Technological College | year = 1940 | volume = 15 | page = 110}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Joel|Carson III|link=Joel M. Carson III}}

|year=1994

|nota=U.S. Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

|ref={{Cite web|url=https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/judges/judge-joel-m.-carson|title=Judges of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals | Tenth Circuit | The United States Court of Appeals|website=www.ca10.uscourts.gov}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John|Carter|link=John Carter (Texas)}}

|year=1964

|nota=United States Representative, Texas District 31

|ref={{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c001051|title=CARTER, John R. - Biographical Information|work=congress.gov}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Lauro|Cavazos}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1949 (B.S.), 1951 (M.S.)

|nota=Former Texas Tech University president; former U.S. Secretary of Education

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=29|title=Texas Tech University :: TTU Profiles :: Lauro Cavazos|work=ttu.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527215000/http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=29|archive-date=2010-05-27}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Tim|Cole}}

|year={{sort|00|(did not graduate)}}

|nota=First person in Texas to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence; namesake of the Tim Cole Compensation Act of Texas

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Louis|Conradt}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Attorney

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Kilmer B.|Corbin}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Former Texas State Senator, District 28

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Tom|Craddick}}

|year=1965

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 82

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Samuel Ray|Cummings}}

|year=1967

|nota=United States District Court Judge, Northern District of Texas

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/judges/cummings.html |title=Judges - District Judge Sam R. Cummings |publisher=United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas |access-date=2010-07-13}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|James G.|Denton}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1938

|nota=Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robert L.|Duncan}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1976

|nota=Texas State Senator, District 28

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|William Royal|Furgeson Jr.}}

|year=1964

|nota=United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ruben|Garcia Jr.|link=Ruben Garcia Jr. (FBI agent)}}

|year=1973

|nota=Former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2001/12/bios.htm|title=FBI BIOs|work=fas.org}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Millard|Hall}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Journalist and political consultant; served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith; instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Kent|Hance}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1965

|nota=Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Harvey|Hilderbran}}

|year=1983

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 53 from Kerrville

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist53/bio/hilderbran.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706004456/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist53/bio/hilderbran.htm |url-status=dead |title=House.state.tx.us|archive-date=July 6, 2009}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John|Hinckley Jr.}}

|year={{sort|00|(did not graduate)}}

|nota=Attempted assassin of United States President Ronald Reagan

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123051,00.html|title=By Reason of Sanity|work=people.com|access-date=2010-06-06|archive-date=2011-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110074620/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123051,00.html|url-status=dead}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John|Hodgson|link=John Hodgson (Kentucky politician)}}

|year=1984

|nota=Kentucky state representative

|ref={{Cite web |title=John Hodgson |url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Hodgson |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Phil|Johnson|link=Phil Johnson (judge)}}

|year=1975

|nota=Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 8

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_pjohnson.asp|title=TJB - SC|work=state.tx.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124225221/http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_pjohnson.asp|archive-date=2013-01-24}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Delwin|Jones}}

|year=1949

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 83

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robert A.|Junell}}

|year=1969

|nota=Senior status United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jim|Keffer}}

|year=1975

|nota=Texas State Representative from District 60

|ref={{Cite web |url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=10028 |title=Jim Keffer's Biography |website=Vote Smart}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Demetrio B.|Lakas}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1963

|nota=Former President of the Republic of Panama

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Pete|Laney}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1965

|nota=Former Texas State Representative

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|W. Mark|Lanier}}

|year=1984

|nota=Attorney

|ref={{cite web|url=http://today.ttu.edu/2010/05/students-to-be-honored-during-spring-commencement-2/|title=Students to Be Honored During Spring Commencement|work=ttu.edu}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Tom|Martin|link=Tom Martin (Texas politician)}}

|year=1970

|nota=Former Mayor of Lubbock, Texas

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Council/MayorBiography.aspx|title=Page Not Found|work=lubbock.tx.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524023211/http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Council/MayorBiography.aspx|archive-date=2010-05-24}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jim|McReynolds}}

|year=1987 (J.D.)

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 12

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Tibor P.|Nagy}}

|year=1972

|nota=Former United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, Guinea

|ref=[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/staffbios/tnahy.php Depts.ttu.edu]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Randy|Neugebauer}}

|year=1972

|nota=United States Representative, Texas District 19

|ref={{cite web|url=http://randy.house.gov/?sectionid=2§iontree=2|title=Welcome to Congressman Randy Neugebauer - Congressman Randy Neugebauer|work=house.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625191333/http://randy.house.gov/?sectionid=2§iontree=2|archive-date=2009-06-25}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Charles|Perry|link=Charles Perry (Texas politician)}}

|year=1984

|nota=Texas State Senate, District 28

|ref={{cite web |url=http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11929374 |title=About Charles Perry, candidate State Representative Dist. 83 |publisher=KCBD |access-date=2010-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304053425/http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11929374 |archive-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Edward|Rappaport}}

|year=1988

|nota=Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAApr8.html |title=NOAA Press Release |work=noaa.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715044421/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAApr8.html |archive-date=2007-07-15 }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ron|Reynolds|link=Ron Reynolds (Texas politician)}}

|year=

|nota=Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Missouri City since 2011

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ron-reynolds/|title=State Rep. Ron Reynolds|work=texastribune.org}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Lionel|Rivera}}

|year=1979

|nota=Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2003/01/10/03.htm|title=Lionel Rivera Announces His Candidacy for Mayor of Colorado Springs|work=hispanianews.com|access-date=2010-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529024334/http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2003/01/10/03.htm|archive-date=2010-05-29|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Bill|Sarpalius}}

|year=1972

|nota=Former Texas State Senator, District 31; former United States Representative, Texas District 13

|ref={{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000066|title=SARPALIUS, William - Biographical Information|work=congress.gov}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Clay|Sell}}

|year=1989

|nota=Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Energy

|ref={{Cite web |url=http://www.huntenergyhorizons.com/sell.asp |title=Clay Sell |website=Hunt Energy Horizons, LLC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231533/http://www.huntenergyhorizons.com/sell.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2011}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Preston|Smith|link=Preston Smith (Texas)}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1934

|nota=Former Governor of Texas

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John T.|Smithee}}

|year=1976 (J.D.)

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 86 from Amarillo

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Burt|Solomons}}

|year=1977

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 65

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Paul|Stanley|link=Paul Stanley (Tennessee legislator)}}

|year=1985

|nota=Former Tennessee State Senator, District 31

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Charles|Stenholm}}

|year=1961 (B.S.), 1962 (M.S.)

|nota=Former United States Representative, Texas District 17

|ref={{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000851|title=STENHOLM, Charles Walter - Biographical Information|work=congress.gov}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Karen|Tandy}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1974, 1977

|nota=Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Elmer|Tarbox}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1939

|nota=Texas State Representative, District 76

|ref=

}}Carl Tepper

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Carl|Tepper}}

|year=

|nota=Texas House of Representatives, 84th district

|ref={{Cite web |title=Carl Tepper |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Carl_Tepper |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Mac|Thornberry}}

|year=1980

|nota=United States Representative, Texas District 13

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.thornberry.house.gov/Biography/ProfilebyTexasTechsan.htm|title=Congressman Mac Thornberry|work=house.gov|access-date=2010-05-29|archive-date=2010-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527130501/https://thornberry.house.gov/Biography/ProfilebyTexasTechsan.htm|url-status=dead}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Dan|Thornton}}

|year=1932

|nota=Former Governor of Colorado

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|T. John|Ward}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1964

|nota=United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Texas

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.ipo.org/Content/ContentFolders/MeetingsEvents2/IPOMeetingsEvents/AnnualMeeting/2005/Judge_Wardbio.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112144/http://www.ipo.org/Content/ContentFolders/MeetingsEvents2/IPOMeetingsEvents/AnnualMeeting/2005/Judge_Wardbio.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 }} IPO.org

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Elizabeth|Watson|Elizabeth Watson (police officer)}}

|year=1971

|nota=Former Chief of police, Houston Police Department

|ref={{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/20/us/woman-named-police-chief-of-houston.html | work=The New York Times | title=Woman Named Police Chief of Houston | first=Lisa | last=Belkin | date=1990-01-20}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Joseph M.|Watt}}

|year=1971

|nota=Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, 9th District

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.oscn.net/oscn/schome/Watt.htm|title=Joseph M. Watt|work=oscn.net}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jeff|Wentworth}}

|year=1972 (J.D.)

|nota=Texas State Senator, District 25

|ref={{Cite web |url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist25/pr00/p050400b.htm |title=Texas Tech University School of Law honors Senator Wentworth |date=May 4, 2000 |website=Senate.state.tx.us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706004336/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist25/pr00/p050400b.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2009}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John C.|White|link=John Coyle White}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1946

|nota=Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee

|ref={{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/21/obituaries/john-c-white-70-chairman-of-democrats-in-carter-s-term.html | work=The New York Times | title=John C. White, 70, Chairman Of Democrats in Carter's Term | first=David | last=Binder | date=1995-01-21}}

}}

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|ilist=File:Pelley 2014.jpgFile:Emily Jones.jpg

|alist=

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jim|Angle}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1969

|nota=Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent

|ref={{cite web| url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/jim-angle/bio/#s=a-d | title=Jim Angle Biography | publisher=Fox News | website=FoxNews.com | access-date=December 12, 2013}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Emily|Jones}}

|year=1998

|nota=Fox Sports Net anchor and reporter

|ref={{cite web| url=http://newsok.com/article/3172205 | title=OU fans' expectations surprise Jones | website=NewsOK.com | publisher=The Oklahoman | first=Mel | last=Bracht | date=November 22, 2007 | access-date=December 12, 2013}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Wyman|Meinzer}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1974

|nota=State photographer of Texas

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robert|Montemayor}}

|year=1975

|nota=1978 George Polk Award, Local Reporting, Dallas Times Herald; 1984 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, Los Angeles Times

|ref={{cite web | url=http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Previous#1978 | title=Previous Award Winners | publisher=Long Island University | website=liu.edu | access-date=August 19, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/article_df026bce-60f5-11e1-a739-001a4bcf6878.html | title=1984 Pulitzer Prize winner presents lecture at Tech | publisher=The Daily Toreador | website=DailyToreador.com | last=Molter | first=Nicole | date=February 26, 2012 | access-date=September 4, 2013}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Scott|Pelley}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1978

|nota=Journalist, former anchor and managing editor for CBS Evening News; 60 Minutes correspondent

|ref={{cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/06/23/broadcasts/main51732.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116180620/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/06/23/broadcasts/main51732.shtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 16, 2006 | work=CBS News | title=Scott Pelley}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Herbert|Southworth}}

|year=—

|nota=Journalist

|ref={{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/09/guardianobituaries | title= Herbert Southworth Obituary | website=The Guardian | date=November 8, 1999 | access-date=December 12, 2013}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Dirk|West}}

|year=1954

|nota=Cartoonist, journalist

|ref={{cite news| url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/092405/ent_092405031.shtml | title=Texas Tech's 'The Dirk West Exhibit' homage to a Lubbock original | website=Lubbockonline.com | first=William | last=Kerns | date=September 24, 2005 | access-date=December 12, 2013}}

}}

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|ilist=File:GEN CAVAZOS.jpg File:Masiello wm3.jpg

|alist=

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John D.|Alexander|dab=admiral}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1982

|nota=Assistant Commander of Navy Personnel Command for Career Management (PERS-4)

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=672 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920211107/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=672 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2012 | title=Rear Admiral John D. Alexander Assistant Commander, Navy Personnel Command(PERS-4) | website=Navy.mil | publisher=United States Navy | access-date=December 13, 2013}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Richard E.|Cavazos}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1951

|nota=First Hispanic 4-star General in the U.S. Army; Commander U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Robert T.|Clark}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1970

|nota=Lieutenant General; Commander, 5th Army

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Fred E.|Ellis}}

|year=1967

|nota=Major General, Texas Air National Guard

|ref={{cite web | url = http://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/ngbgomo/bioshow.aspx?id=ellis_fe&name=Major%20General%20Fred%20E%20Ellis%20 | title = Major General Fred E. Ellis | publisher = National Guard of the United States | access-date = 2014-05-14}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Wendy M.|Masiello}}

|year=1980

|nota=One of the highest-ranking women in the United States Department of Defense

|ref={{cite news|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=10558 |title=Major General Wendy M. Masiello |newspaper=United States Air Force bio |access-date=2011-09-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803072605/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=10558 |archive-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|George H.|O'Brien Jr.}}

|year=1950

|nota=Major, USMCR, Medal of Honor recipient

|ref={{cite news|last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=George H. O'Brien Jr., 78; Was Awarded Medal of Honor |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2005-03-21 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE4DA1E3CF932A15750C0A9639C8B63 |access-date=2010-07-15}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Herman C.|Wallace}}

|year=—

|nota=Private first class, United States Army, Medal of Honor recipient

|ref={{cite web |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2018/03/23/texas-tech-honors-medal-of-honor-recipients/12924156007/ |title=Texas Tech honors Medal of Honor recipients |last=Michael |first=Karen |date=March 23, 2018 |website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |publisher=Gannett |access-date=February 7, 2024 }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Leonard|Wong}}

|year=—

|nota=Professor of Military Strategy in the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College; author on military leadership

|ref={{cite web | url = https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a424850.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201221511/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a424850.pdf | url-status = live | archive-date = February 1, 2020 | title = Developing adaptive leaders: The crucible experience of Operation Iraqi Freedom | publisher = Defense Technical Information Center | access-date = 2010-07-15 }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Charles Q.|Brown}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1985

|nota=21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; former 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, first African-American to become a service chief.

|ref={{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108485/charles-q-brown-jr/ | title=Gen Charles Q. Brown, CSAF | website=af.mil | publisher=United States Air Force | access-date=October 19, 2021}}

}}

}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Josh|Abbott}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Singer, songwriter

|ref={{cite web|url=http://sing.joshabbottband.com/ |title=Josh Abbot Band - #singaboutmine |access-date=2013-03-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324140919/http://sing.joshabbottband.com/ |archive-date=2013-03-24 }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jerry|Allison}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Drummer (Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Jerry Allison and The Crickets)

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=5703&pagenum=0|title=NOT FADING AWAY: JERRY ALLISON|work=jambase.com}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ponty|Bone}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=

|ref=[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p12418 Allmusic.com]

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Wade|Bowen}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Singer, songwriter

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wade_bowen_west_84/artist.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302115836/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wade_bowen_west_84/artist.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2006|title=CMT Artists - Discover Music Artists and Bands|work=CMT Artists}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John|Denver}}

|year=1961

|nota=Singer, actor

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ralna|English}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Singer

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/040410/fea_601760703.shtml|title=Lubbockonline.com}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jimmy Dale|Gilmore}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Singer

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Susan|Graham}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1983

|nota=Mezzo-soprano

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Pat|Green}}

|year=1997

|nota=Singer

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=8|title=Texas Tech University :: TTU Profiles :: Pat Green|work=ttu.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527215108/http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=8|archive-date=2010-05-27}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|William Clark|Green}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=

|nota=Singer, Songwriter

|ref=

}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jack|Huddle}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Musician

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://www.southplainscollege.edu/dub/huddlej.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926065754/http://www.southplainscollege.edu/dub/huddlej.htm |url-status=dead |title=Southplainscollege.edu|archive-date=September 26, 2008}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Virgil|Johnson|link=Virgil Johnson (singer)}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Musician

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Bob|Livingston|dab=musician}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Singer, songwriter

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Lloyd|Maines}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Music producer, musician and songwriter

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Natalie|Maines}}

|year={{sort|00|(did not graduate)}}

|nota=Singer, songwriter

|ref=Dickerson, James L. (2000) Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage. Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, Texas. {{ISBN|0-87833-189-1}}.

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Cory|Morrow}}

|year=1992

|nota=Singer, songwriter

|ref=

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Timothy|Rhea}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Director of bands at Texas A&M University

|ref={{cite web|url=http://tamubands.tamu.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=33 |title=Dr. Timothy Rhea |publisher=Tamubands.tamu.edu |date=2009-08-19 |access-date=2009-08-25}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Doug|Smith|dab=composer}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Jordan Randall|Smith}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota= conductor

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Lane|Turner}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Singer, songwriter

|ref=

}}

}}

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|alist=

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Joseph M.|Acaba}}

|year=2015

|nota=Astronaut

|ref={{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/joseph-m-acaba/biography|title=Joseph M. Acaba NASA Astronaut|date=September 12, 2018|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|access-date=December 12, 2020}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Charles|Bassett}}

|year=1960

|nota=Astronaut

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bassett-ca.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Charles A. Bassett|work=nasa.gov|access-date=2010-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227205548/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bassett-ca.html|archive-date=2016-12-27|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Mica|Endsley}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1982

|nota=First female and former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/108901/dr-mica-r-endsley.aspx|title=DR. MICA R. ENDSLEY|work=af.mil|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219084114/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/108901/dr-mica-r-endsley.aspx|archive-date=2014-12-19}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname||Grandmaster Ratte'}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Hacker; co-founder of Cult of the Dead Cow

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ashawna|Hailey}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=Computer scientist; creator of HSPICE

|ref={{cite web|url=http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|title=Shawn and Kim Hailey|work=stanford.edu|access-date=2011-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111155525/http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Rick|Husband}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=1980

|nota=Former astronaut

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/husband.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Rick D. Husband 5/04|work=nasa.gov|access-date=2010-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313105441/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/husband.html|archive-date=2014-03-13|url-status=dead}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Ginger|Kerrick}}

|year=1993

|nota=First non-astronaut Capsule Communicator (Capcom), first Russian-training-integration instructor, and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA

|ref=[https://women.nasa.gov/ginger-kerrick/ Women@NASA » Ginger Kerrick]{{cite web |url=http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick |title=Office of the Governor - Greg Abbott - the Governor's Commission for Women |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303224542/http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick |archive-date=2017-03-03 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/kerrick.cfm|title=Ginger Kerrick|website=www.aps.org}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Paul|Lockhart}}

|year=1978

|nota=Astronaut

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lockhart.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Paul Lockhart 10/2009|work=nasa.gov|date=11 February 2015 }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Logan}}

|year={{sort|01|—}}

|nota=

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/logan_tex/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606205403/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/logan_tex/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2011|title=Tex Logan Bio - Tex Logan Career|work=CMT Artists}}

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{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Timothy P.|Marshall}}

|year=1980, 1983 (M.S.)

|nota=Civil engineer and meteorologist; damage analysis expert

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/alumni.php|title=Texas Tech University :: Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Group :: Alumni|work=ttu.edu|access-date=2010-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623013711/http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/alumni.php|archive-date=2010-06-23|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Francis|Muguet}}

|year=1992 (Ph.D.)

|nota=Chemist, information freedom advocate

|ref={{cite book |title= Investigations of Diffuse Intermolecular Electronic Systems |author= Francis F. Muguet, M.S. |date= May 1992 |publisher= Texas Tech University |url= http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-02262009-31295007098873/unrestricted/31295007098873.pdf |access-date= July 10, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Arati|Prabhakar}}

|year=1979 (B.S)

|nota=Director of DARPA; first female director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

|ref={{Cite web|url=http://www.darpa.mil/About/Leadership/Director_Bio_Dr_Arati_Prabhakar.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806041730/http://www.darpa.mil/About/Leadership/Director_Bio_Dr_Arati_Prabhakar.aspx |url-status=dead |title=DARPA.mil|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Erik N.|Rasmussen}}

|year=1982 (M.S.)

|nota=Atmospheric scientist, tornadogenesis expert

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Nick|Tredennick}}

|year=1968 (B.S.), 1970 (M.S.)

|nota=Electrical engineer

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/alumni/de/bios.php?name=Harry%20L.%20Tredennick,%20III|title=Distinguished Engineer Citations|work=ttu.edu}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Steven L.|West}}

|year=2000

|nota=Disability researcher

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Joe Ben|Wheat}}

|year={{sort|00|(did not graduate)}}

|nota=Archaeologist

|ref={{cite web|url=http://www.saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/publications/SAAbulletin/15-5/SAA12.html|title=SAA Bulletin 15(5): Joe Ben Wheat, 1916-1997|work=saa.org}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Terry|Yates}}

|year=1978

|nota=Biologist

|ref={{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/12/24/terry_yates_57_biologist_found_source_of_hantavirus/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=Terry Yates, 57; biologist found source of hantavirus | first=Matt | last=Schudel | date=2007-12-24}}

}}

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|alist=

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|John W.|Carpenter}}

|year=1940

|nota=Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member

|ref={{Cite book| last = Andrews | first = Ruth Horn | title = The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College | publisher = The Texas Tech Press|pages=357 | year = 1956 | location = Lubbock, Texas}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Amon G.|Carter}}

|year=1930

|nota=Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Tom C.|Clark}}

|year=1947

|nota=United States Supreme Court Justice and United States Attorney General

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Glenna|Goodacre}}

|year=—

|nota=Sculptor

|ref={{cite web|title=Rawls College of Business to Honor Outstanding Alumni |publisher=Texas Tech University |url=http://today.ttu.edu/2005/04/rawls-college-of-business-to-honor-outstanding-alumni/ |access-date=2010-07-14}}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Fred|Gurley}}

|year=1953

|nota=President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Kent|Hance}} {{efn|name=d}}

|year=2005

|nota=Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Susan|Polgar}}

|year=2007

|nota=Former World Chess Champion

|ref={{cite web |title=Texas Tech' s New Queen of Chess |publisher=Texas Tech University |url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-05-Polgar-institute.php |date=2007-05-16 |access-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912001017/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-05-Polgar-institute.php |archive-date=2010-09-12 }}

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Daniel I.J.|Thornton}}

|year=1953

|nota=Former Colorado governor

|ref=

}}

{{mem/a

|name = {{sortname|Andre|Waismann}}

|year=2000

|nota=Medical practitioner, notable for development of the ANR treatment of Opiate addiction

|ref=6th Dr. Stella M Traweek visiting professor in Geriatric Pain Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University, Health Science Center, 20 March 2000. Texas, USA

}}

}}

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Texas Tech University alumni have also made contributions to field of sports. Former Red Raiders have gone on to compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball League (NBA), National Football League (NFL), PGA Tour, and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Approximately 94 alumni have been selected to the MLB draft, 19 alumni have been selected in the NBA draft, 149 alumni have been selected in the NFL draft, and 9 alumni have been selected in the WNBA draft. Texas Tech alumni have also gone on to coach collegiate and professional teams.

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