List of University of Missouri alumni

Academic

Terry H. Anderson (M.A. 1973), Professor of history at Texas A&M University

George E. Bates (B.A., M.A.), Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School; editor of the Harvard Business Review.

Thomas Curtright (B.S. 1970, M.S. 1970), Professor of Physics at University of Miami

Robert P. Foster (M.A., Ph.D.), President of Northwest Missouri State University (1964–1977)

Uel W. Lamkin (attended), President of Northwest Missouri State University (1921–1945)

Robin Luke (Ph.D. Business Administration and Marketing), Professor and Department Head, Marketing Department, Missouri State University; previously a 1950s pop music singer, best known for the 1958 hit "Susie Darlin'"

John C. McManus (Ph.D.), military historian, author, and professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology

Francis Joseph Mullin, president of Shimer College

Donald E. Pease (B.A. 1968, M.A. 1969,) Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College

Mason Vaugh (B.S. 1919, B.Eng 1921), founder and Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering in Allahabad Agricultural Institute

Todd Whitaker (B.S. 1981, M.Ed. 1985, Ph.D. 1992), Professor of Educational Leadership, Indiana State University

Mohammad Shahidehpour, Carl Bodine Distinguished Professor and Chairman in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Arts, film, and literature

Stephen Morehouse Avery, Hollywood screenwriter

Tom Berenger, actor

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, writer and television producer

Neal E. Boyd (BA 2001), musician; winner of 2008 America's Got Talent

Brent Briscoe MU 1984, actor

Hal Call, pioneering LGBT rights activist and gay publisher/pornographer

Kate Capshaw (BS 1975, MEd 1977, ΑΔΠ), actress, Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Chris Cooper (BGS 1976), Academy Award-winning actor, Adaptation

Candice Crawford (BJ 2009, ΠΒΦ), Miss Missouri and Miss USA finalist; reporter for KDAF-TV

Sheryl Crow (BS Ed 1984, ΚΑΘ, ΟΔΚ, SAI), musician, singer songwriter

Jeffery Deaver (BJ 1972), author Lincoln Rhyme series

Hope Driskill (BA 2012, ΧΩ), Survivor: Caramoan, Miss Missouri USA 2011 and Miss USA Top 16 finalist

Dave Fogel (ΣΧ, Radio Disc Jockey)

Jon Hamm (BA 1993), actor, Don Draper of AMC's Mad Men

William Least Heat-Moon (BA 1961, MA 1962, PhD 1973, BJ 1978, ΤΚΕ), author

Rebecca Johns (BA 1993, BJ 1993), author

David Koechner, actor, Todd Packer of The Office, Champ Kind of Anchorman

Robert Loggia (BJ 1951 ΑΣΦ), actor, Jagged Edge, Big, Scarface, The Sopranos

Harris Merton Lyon, short-story writer

Richard Matheson (BJ 1949, ΦΜΑ), screenwriter, author of I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come

Marijane Meaker (BA 1949 ΑΔΠ), novelist

Greg Miller, IGN cast member, host of Up at Noon

Pamela Morsi, author

Suniti Namjoshi, writer

Brad Pitt (ΣΧ, Journalism School, remains one credit short of graduation), actor

James Rollins, aka James Czajkowski, author of the bestselling Sigma Force series

SallyAnn Salsano, producer and creator of reality television shows for MTV including Jersey Shore

Ed Sanders (dropout 1958), poet, lead singer of the Fugs, social activist, author

George C. Scott, Academy Award-winning actor, Patton, Dr. Strangelove, The Hustler, Anatomy of a Murder

Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican telenovela producer/director noted for her work on Televisa

Mort Walker (BA 1948, ΚΣ), cartoonist; a life-sized bronze statue of his creation Beetle Bailey sits in front of alumni center; restaurant in student center is named Mort's

George Woodward Warder (BA circa 1866), eccentric lawyer, real estate speculator, poet, philosopher, cosmologist

John Edward Williams (PHD 1954), recipient of National Book Award, author of Stoner and Augustus

Tennessee Williams (ΑΤΩ), playwright, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Baseball

Phil Bradley, former MLB player, also played football

Skip Caray, former broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves; son of Harry Caray

Jeff Cornell, former MLB pitcher

Aaron Crow, MLB pitcher; currently a free agent

John Dettmer, former MLB pitcher

David Freese, MLB third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels, 2011 NLCS and World Series MVP and Babe Ruth Award winner for St. Louis Cardinals

Kyle Gibson, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

Ian Kinsler, current All-Star MLB second baseman, Detroit Tigers

Dave Otto, former MLB pitcher

Max Scherzer, MLB All-Star pitcher for the Washington Nationals, 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner (Detroit Tigers)

Jerry Schoonmaker, former MLB outfielder, also played football

Art Shamsky, former MLB outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager

Mike Shannon (attended), former MLB infielder and current broadcaster

Sonny Siebert, former MLB pitcher

Dave Silvestri, former MLB infielder

Gene Stephenson, current Wichita State University baseball head coach, also played football

Nick Tepesch, pitcher for the Texas Rangers

Basketball

Jabari Brown, current CBA player for Foshan Dralions

John Brown, former NBA player

DeMarre Carroll, current NBA player for Toronto Raptors

Jordan Clarkson, current NBA player for Los Angeles Lakers

Marcus Denmon, TBL player for the Istanbul BB

Keyon Dooling, former NBA player for Boston Celtics

Larry Drew, former NBA player, former head coach for Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks

Al Eberhard, former NBA player

Kim English, former NBA player

Thomas Gardner, former NBA player for Atlanta Hawks

Linas Kleiza, former NBA player who is currently a free agent

Gary Leonard, former NBA player

Anthony Peeler, former NBA player

Phil Pressey, current NBA player for Boston Celtics

Kareem Rush, former NBA player

Doug Smith, former NBA player

Norm Stewart (BA 1956, ΒΘΠ), All-American and former head coach at Northern Iowa (1961–67) and Mizzou (1967–99)

Steve Stipanovich, former NBA player

Jon Sundvold, former NBA player

Football

Bud Abell, former American Football League player for the Kansas City Chiefs

Danario Alexander, current NFL player for San Diego Chargers

Russ Ball, Vice President of Football Administration/Player Finance of the Green Bay Packers

Gary Barnett (1969, ΒΘΠ), former head football coach at Northwestern and Colorado

Dwayne Blakley, current NFL player for Tennessee Titans

Justin Britt, current offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks

Colin Brown, current NFL player for Buffalo Bills

Lloyd Carr (KΣ), former head coach University of Michigan

Byron Chamberlain, former NFL player

Paul Christman (KΣ), College Football Hall of Famer, former NFL player and broadcaster

Chase Coffman, John Mackey Award winner

DeMontie Cross, current assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers

Chase Daniel, current NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles

Robert Delpino, former NFL player

Kony Ealy, current defensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers

Brad Edelman, former NFL player

Atiyyah Ellison, current NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs

Don Faurot (1924 Farmhouse), MU coach and player

Ron Fellows, former NFL player

Will Franklin, former NFL player

Blaine Gabbert, current NFL player for San Francisco 49ers

Andrew Gachkar, current NFL player with San Diego Chargers

Justin Gage, former NFL player

E.J. Gaines, current NFL player for Los Angeles Rams

Tony Galbreath, former NFL player

Markus Golden, NFL player for Arizona Cardinals

Mel Gray, former NFL player

Dorial Green-Beckham, NFL player for Tennessee Titans

Ziggy Hood, NFL player for Jacksonville Jaguars

Harry Ice (ΒΘΠ), MVP of 1942 Sugar Bowl, longtime member of athletic department

Brad Imes, former football player; appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 2, retired professional mixed martial arts fighter

Jim Jennings, former NFL player

Mario Johnson, former NFL player for the New York Jets

Mike Jones, former NFL player

Henry Josey, former NFL player

Jim Kekeris, former NFL player

Jim Leavitt, former head coach of the University of South Florida

Leo Lewis, former NFL player

Rick Lyle, former NFL player

Bill McCartney, former head coach of the University of Colorado

Jeremy Maclin, NFL player for Kansas City Chiefs

Henry Marshall, former NFL player

Steve Martin, former NFL player

John Matuszak, former NFL player

Ron McBride, former NFL player

Erik McMillan, former NFL player

William Moore, NFL player for Atlanta Falcons

Mitch Morse, NFL player for Kansas City Chiefs

C. J. Mosley, current NFL player for Cleveland Browns

Damien Nash, former NFL player

Brock Olivo, former NFL player

Gus Otto (ΒΘΠ), former NFL player

Francis Peay, former NFL player

Kurt Petersen, former NFL player

Johnnie Poe, former NFL player

Shane Ray, NFL player for Denver Broncos

Howard Richards (Kappa Alpha Psi), former NFL player, Dallas Cowboys

Johnny Roland (Kappa Alpha Psi), former NFL coach and player

Martin Rucker, NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles

Andy Russell, former NFL player

Jerome Sally, former NFL player

Michael Sam, former NFL player for St. Louis Rams, first openly gay player in NFL

George Seals, former NFL player

Aldon Smith, current NFL player for San Francisco 49ers

Brad Smith, current NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles

Justin Smith, current NFL player San Francisco 49ers

Otis Smith, former NFL player

Ray Smith, NFL player

Hugh Sprinkle, NFL player

Stryker Sulak, current NFL player for Green Bay Packers

Morris Towns, former NFL player

Bruce Van Dyke, former NFL player

L'Damian Washington, current wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers

Russ Washington, former NFL player

Sean Weatherspoon, current NFL player for Atlanta Falcons

Roger Wehrli, 7-time Pro Bowl NFL player and Pro Hall of Fame

Bill Whitaker, former NFL player

James Wilder, former NFL player

Kellen Winslow, college and Pro Hall of Fame player

Eric Wright, former NFL player

Other

Ben Askren, two-time NCAA Wrestling Champion (2006,2007); 2008 US Olympics team member; professional MMA fighter; former Bellator Welterweight Champion

Dick Ault, Olympic hurdler

Evan Bourne, current professional wrestler

Christian Cantwell, current world-class shot putter, 2004 IAAF World Indoor Champion, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Champion

Michael Chandler, 2009 NCAA Wrestling All-American (5th place 157 lbs.), current Bellator Lightweight Champion

J'den Cox, 2x NCAA champion wrestler, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the 86kg weight class for freestyle wrestling

Carl Edwards, NASCAR drive and 2007 Busch Series Champion (attended but did not graduate)

Sammie Henson, two-time NCAA Wrestling Champion; 1998 World Freestyle Wrestling Champion; 2000 Olympic silver medalist; 2006 world bronze medalist at age 36

Derrick Peterson (AKΛ), current professional runner, 2004 Olympian

J.P. Reese, two-time NCAA Wrestling Championships qualifier (2002 and 2003); current professional MMA fighter

Gene Snitsky, current professional wrestler

Mike Whitehead (attended), three-time All-American wrestler; current professional MMA fighter

Tyron Woodley, 2-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler; current mixed martial artist in the Welterweight division and champion for the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Business

Tom Carnahan (JD 1995), founder of Wind Capital Group developer of wind farms

Andrew Cherng (MS 1972), founder of Panda Express and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group

James H. Faulkner, Alabama politician, newspaper publisher, and business leader

Alan C. Greenberg (BS BA 1949, ZBT), Chairman, Bear Stearns Companies

Edward D. "Ted" Jones (1947), managing partner of Edward Jones Investments

R. Crosby Kemper (AB 1914, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares

R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. (AB 1949, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares

Oliver Winfield Killam (Law 1898), South Texas oil industrialist; former Oklahoma state legislator

Richard Kinder (BA 1966, JD 1968, ΣN, QEBH), Chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan; former President of Enron; net worth of $10.2 billion; #39 on 2013 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans

E. Stanley Kroenke (BS BA 1971, MBA 1973), Chairman of THF Realty; owner of NBA's Denver Nuggets and NHL's Colorado Avalanche; co-owner of NFL's Los Angeles Rams; majority shareholder Arsenal FC; net worth of $3.5 billion, tied for #105 on 2008 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans

Kenneth Lay (BA 1964, MA 1965, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), former CEO of Enron

Harry J. Lloyd (BJ 1950, TKE), founder of House of Lloyd and the upscale Loch Lloyd village and country club near Kansas City

David C. Novak (BJ 1974, ΔΥ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Yum! Brands, Inc.

Rodger O. Riney (BS CiE 1968, MBA 1969, XE), founder of Scottrade, deep-discount brokerage firm

Matthew K. Rose (BS BA 1981, ΛΧΑ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Roger Straus (1917–2004), co-founder and chairman of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Samuel M. Walton (BA 1940, ΒΘΠ, QEBH), founder of Walmart

Journalism

John Anderson (BJ 1987), ESPN SportsCenter host

Douglas F. Attaway (1910–1994), publisher of since defunct Shreveport Journal and former owner of KSLA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana

Gerald M. Boyd, former Managing Editor of the New York Times, first African-American metropolitan editor and managing editor of the New York Times

Barney Calame (ΒΘΠ), Public Editor, New York Times

Jann Carl (BJ 1982, KKΓ), weekend anchor, correspondent, Entertainment Tonight

Papa Joe Chevalier, host of the nationally syndicated Papa Joe Show on the Sporting News Radio Network until 2005

Sophia Choi, CNN Headline News anchor

Clifton C. Edom (BJ 1946), Mizzou photojournalism educator and co-founder of Pictures of the Year, Missouri Photo Workshop, and Kappa Alpha Mu

Clarence Faulk (BJ c. 1931), publisher of Ruston Daily Leader, founder of radio station KRUS, and diversified businessman in Ruston, Louisiana

Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports columnist

Martin Frost (BJ 1964, ZBT), political commentator, Fox News Channel

Major Garrett (BJ 1984), national correspondent, Fox News Channel

Mike Hall, first winner of the ESPN "Dream Job" series

Sarah Hollins, (BA 2013), Miss Nebraska USA 2016, TV Personality

Robert Horner (BJ 1970), president of NBC News Channel

Juliet Huddy, Fox News Channel host

Walter E. Hussman, Sr. (1906–1988), owner of newspaper chain in south Arkansas, including Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, cable systems, and radio stations

Jeffrey Crawford Jones, radio host

James J. Kilpatrick (BJ 1941), conservative columnist

Michael Kim, ESPNEWS host

Ah Jook Ku (1935), former Associated Press correspondent, first Asian American female reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Jim Lehrer (ΣΔΧ award), PBS news anchor

David Limbaugh (BA 1975, JD 1978), political commentator and author

Andrea Mackris, Fox News television producer

Joel Meyers, ports play-by-play voice

Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard (ΒΘΠ), journalist

Russ Mitchell (BJ 1982), weekend anchor, CBS Evening News

Jonathan Murray (BJ 1977), executive producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World

Lisa Myers (BJ 1973), former senior investigative correspondent, NBC News

Ken Paulson, editor, USA Today

Chuck Roberts (BJ 1971), CNN news anchor

Ben Robertson (1926), WW II war correspondent,New York Herald Tribune; author

Charles Griffith Ross, press secretary for President Harry S. Truman

Jon Scott, Fox News Channel anchor

Brad Sham (BJ 1970, AEΠ), Dallas Cowboys Radio Network host

Edgar Snow (ΒΘΠ), main Western journalist in Mao's China

Lee Strobel (BJ 1974), journalist and author of The Case for Christ series

Bob Sullivan, New York Times Bestseller and founding member of MSNBC

Wright Thompson, ESPN senior writer

Elizabeth Vargas (BJ 1984), former ABC News anchor/correspondent and 20/20 co-anchor

Matt Winer (BJ 1991, ΠKA), ESPN SportsCenter host

Government and law

Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (PHD 1983), also known as Chemical Sally; Iraqi scientist and microbiologist; former member of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council

Emily Newell Blair, writer, suffragist, national Democratic Party political leader, co-founder of the League of Women Voters, feminist

Russ Carnahan (BS 1979, JD 1983, KA), U.S. Congressman

Paul Coverdell (ΦΚΨ), former U.S. Senator (GA); died 2000

William S. Cowherd (1881, ΒΘΠ), former Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1892–1893 and U.S. Congressman from Missouri in 1897–1905

William B. Cravens (1893, ΒΘΠ), former U.S. Representative from Missouri

Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr. (1882, ΒΘΠ), former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1908–1909

Elgin English Crull (1930, Kappa Sigma), longest serving city manager of Dallas, Texas to date (1952–1966); city manager when Kennedy was assassinated

Randy "Duke" Cunningham, former U.S. Congressman from California who resigned in 2005 amid a massive bribery scandal

Gen. Donald Dawson (1932, ΒΘΠ), former aide to President Truman, Curator of the Truman Presidential Library

Hon. Harsha de Silva (MA and PhD, 1993), Sri Lankan Member of Parliament

Martin Frost (BJ 1964, ZBT), former U.S. Congressman

Nicole Galloway (Master's degree in business administration), State Auditor of Missouri

Hon. John R. Gibson (BA 1949, JD 1952, TKE, QEBH, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Jack Goodman (BA 1995, JD 1998), State Senator, practicing attorney in Mount Vernon, MO

Sam Graves (BS 1986, AΓΣ), U.S. Congressman

Bob F. Griffin (JD 1958), Speaker of Missouri House of Representatives for 15 years

Jason Grill, Missouri House of Representatives (2006–2010)

Chuck Gross (BA 1981, MPA 1982), Missouri State Senator

Kate Hanley, née Keith (BA 1965, BS 1965, ΦΒΚ), Virginia politician

Martin Heinrich (BS 1995), former U.S. Congressman and current U.S. Senator from New Mexico

Jay Houghton, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Kenny Hulshof (BA 1980, Farmhouse), former U.S. Congressman

Fred W. Jones, Jr. (BA), city, district, and state circuit judge from Ruston, Louisiana

James P. Kem (1910, ΒΘΠ), United States Senate from Missouri, 1947 to 1953

Jason Klumb (JD 1993), Regional Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration

Lloyd E. Lenard (MS, advertising and merchandising), Caddo Parish (Louisiana) commissioner; businessman; author

Rush Limbaugh, Sr. (1914), attorney, civic leader, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives, and patriarch of the Limbaugh family

Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. (1951 ΒΘΠ), U.S. Federal District Court Judge; former president of the Missouri Bar Association

Jon Lindgren, Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota, 1978–1994; pioneering LGBT supporter

Jerry Lon Litton, (B.S. Journalism 1961, AΓP) National Secretary of the Future Farmers of America, U.S. Representative from Missouri's 6th Congressional District (1972-1976), killed in a plane crash after winning the 1976 Democratic Nomination for U.S. Senator from Missouri, favored to be the Democratic nominee for President, Host of the T.V. show Dialogue with Litton

Claire McCaskill (AB 1975, JD 1978, ΚΑΘ, QEBH), former Missouri State Auditor and current senior U.S. Senator from Missouri

Walter McCormick (BJ 1976; JD 1979; ATΩ, OΔK, Mystical 7), President and CEO of United States Telecom Association; former general counsel of U.S. Department of Transportation; U.S. Senate Commerce Committee

James B. Potter, Jr., Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–71

Clarke Reed, Mississippi state Republican chairman, 1966 to 1976; instrumental in the nomination of Gerald R. Ford, Jr., at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City; Greenville, Mississippi businessman

Jody Richards, Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and former speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Thomas L. Rubey (1885, ΒΘΠ), former U.S. Representative from Missouri

Sally Shelton-Colby, Ambassador to Grenada and Barbados 1979-1981

Tom Shively, Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Ike Skelton (AB 1953, JD 1956, ΣΧ, ΦΒΚ, QEBH), former U.S. Congressman; former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

Kimbrough Stone (1895, ΒΘΠ), judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Carl M. Vogel, member of both houses of the Missouri State Legislature; from Jefferson City

Governors

James T. Blair, Jr., former Missouri Governor

Mel Carnahan, former Missouri Governor, only person elected U.S. Senator posthumously

John M. Dalton (ΦΓΔ), former Missouri Governor

Forrest C. Donnell (KΣ, ΦΔΦ, ΦΒK, ΘKΝ, QEBH), former Missouri Governor

Eric Greitens current Governor of Missouri

Warren E. Hearnes (QEBH), former Missouri Governor, namesake of the Hearnes Center

William Jayne, first Governor of Dakota Territory

Tim Kaine (QEBH), former Governor of Virginia

Ted Kulongoski (undergraduate and law degrees), Governor of Oregon

Jay Nixon, former Governor of Missouri

Guy B. Park (ΒΘΠ), former Missouri Governor

Roger B. Wilson, former Missouri Governor

Military

Gen. Fred F. Castle Jr. (1970 and 1977), United States Military Vietnam War and Gulf War

Major General Roger E. Combs (1968 and 1975), Assistant Adjutant General-Air Missouri National Guard, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5), National Guard Bureau

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

Lt General Mark A. Ediger (1978), Surgeon General of the United States Air Force

Lieutenant General Charles D. Franklin (1953), commander of First United States Army from 1984 to 1987

Colonel Arthur D. Simons (1941), United States Military, with distinguished service in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War; ranger patriarch; leader of the Son Tay Raid

Rear Admiral Kelly E. Taggart (1955), second Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

Lieutenant Stephen W. Thompson, first person in US military history to shoot down an enemy aircraft

Colonel F. D. Wickham (1893, ΒΘΠ), United States Army Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, World War I; helped found Kappa Kappa Psi band fraternity at Oklahoma A&M College

Science and technology

Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (PhD 1983), WMD Scientist for Saddam Hussein, one of the 55 most wanted Iraqis post-Coalition invasion

William F. Baker (BS CiE '75), chief structural engineer of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest man-made structure

Gerald J. Fishman (BS 1965, AEΠ), research astrophysicist specializing in gamma-ray astronomy

Linda Godwin (MS 1976, PhD 1980), NASA astronaut

Ernest Lenard Hall (BS EE 1965, MS 1966, PhD 1971), roboticist

William T. Kane (PhD., 1966), physicist in the field of fiber optics

William Langston Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center in Sunnyvale, California

Richard N. Richards (BS ChE 1969, ΛΧΑ), NASA astronaut

Herschel Roman (PhD 1942), early pioneer in yeast genetics

William C. Schwartz (MA 1951), physicist, laser pioneer, and founder of International Laser Systems

Thomas Jefferson Jackson See (BS 1889, Valedictorian), controversial astronomer; critic; opponent of Einstein

Harlow Shapley (AB in 1910, AM in 1911), astronomer; used RR Lyrae stars to correctly estimate the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and the sun's position within it

Larry Smarr (BA 1970, MS 1970), physicist; founding director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications

William Jasper Spillman (B.S. 1886, M.S. 1890), wheat geneticist, founder, agricultural economics

Debbye Turner (DVM 1991), veterinarian and former Miss America

Social sciences

Thomas Swain Barclay (BA 2015, ΒΘΠ), professor of political science at Stanford University

Ritch Savin-Williams (BA 1971), professor of developmental psychology at Cornell University; prolific sexual orientation researcher

Karen Marie Shelton (BA 1973 ΑΞΔ – Alpha Xi Delta), internet (HairBoutique.com) and telephony (T&S Software) entrepreneur

Other

Thomas Doty, suicide bomber