# List of Southwestern University alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from Southwestern University.

## Business

* James Marion West Jr. - Texas oil, timber, and ranching tycoon

## Clergy

* Hiram Abiff Boaz – Methodist Bishop and former president of SMU
* Stanley Hauerwas – Theologian and ethicist
* Jay W. Richards - Philosopher, Theologian, Economist, Apologist, Social Researcher, Author
* William Angie Smith – Methodist Bishop

## Education

* Hiram Abiff Boaz – Methodist Bishop and former president of SMU
* Serena DeBeer – Adjunct Professor at Cornell University and Head of Dpt. for Inorganic Spectroscopy at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
* Laura Kuykendall (1883–1935), dean of women at Southwestern from 1918 to 1935
* Margaret (Young) Menzel Florida State University scientist (1924-1987)
* Amanda Sheffield Morris Regents Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University

## Entertainment

* Bill Engvall – Stand-up comedian
* Jerry Hardin – Actor
* Claude Porter White - Author and composer of operas
* Susan Youens - Musicologist
* The Bright Light Social Hour founders Curtis Roush and Jackie O'Brien – Musicians

## Law

* William H. Atwell – U.S. District Court judge
* J. Marvin Jones – U.S. Court of Claims Chief Judge and U.S. Congressman from Texas (1917–1940)
* Joseph Tyree Sneed, III – U.S. Court of Appeals judge
* Brent Webster – acting Texas Attorney General

## Literature and journalism

* J. Frank Dobie – Author
* Abbie Graham – Author
* Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
* John Murrell – Canadian playwright and a member of the Order of Canada
* Akshay Nanavati - USMC veteran, author of Fearvana (Class of 2009)

## Non-profit

* Ernesto Nieto - Founder and President of the National Hispanic Institute
* Annie Clo Watson – social worker based in San Francisco

## Politics

* Jessie Daniel Ames – Civil rights activist
* Joan Bray – State senator in Missouri
* Robert L. Henry – U.S. Congressman from Texas (1897–1917), Chairman of the House Rules Committee
* J. Marvin Jones – U.S. Congressman from Texas (1917–1940), U.S. Court of Claims Chief Judge
* Earle Bradford Mayfield – U.S. Senator from Texas (1923–1929)
* Pete Sessions – U.S. Congressman from Texas (2013-Current), Chairman of the House Rules Committee
* R. Ewing Thomason – U.S. Congressman from Texas (1931–1947), Mayor of El Paso
* John Tower – U.S. Senator from Texas (1961–1988)

## Science

* Robert Simpson – Meteorologist, former director of the National Hurricane Center, and co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

## Sports

* Harry Ables – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Mike Anderson- Major League Baseball pitcher and current pro scout with the Texas Rangers
* Solon Barnett – Offensive tackle and guard for the Chicago Cardinals and Green Bay Packers (1945–1946)
* Pete Cawthon – Head football coach and athletic director of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
* Carlton Massey – Defensive lineman and pro bowler for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers (1954–1958)
* Carl Reynolds – Major League Baseball player and member of Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Played for five teams over 12 years
* Mike Timlin – Major League Baseball pitcher