# List of Friar Society members

The Friar Society is an honor society at the University of Texas at Austin. Following is a list of Friar Society members.

## Academia

* Wilson Homer Elkins, President of the University of Maryland, 1954–1978
* Michael L. Gillette, historian, director of the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Archives, and the executive director of Humanities Texas
* Ricardo Romo, President of the University of Texas at San Antonio

## Business and finance

* Steve Poizner, Silicon Valley high tech entrepreneur, founder of SnapTrack, and California Insurance Commissioner
* Roy Spence, founder and CEO of GSD&M Idea City
* Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation

## Law

* Linda Addison, lawyer and founding president of the Center for Women in Law
* Ben Connally, former United States Federal Judge
* Joe Greenhill, former Texas Supreme Court justice
* John Hill, former Texas Attorney General and former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
* Harry Lee Hudspeth, current United States Federal Judge
* George P. Kazen, current Senior United States Federal Judge
* Robert Keeton, lawyer, jurist, and legal scholar
* Harold Barefoot Sanders, former United States Federal Judge
* Benno C. Schmidt Sr., lawyer and venture capitalist
* Diane Wood, current Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

## Literature and journalism

* Bryan Garner, author, legal scholar, lexicographer, and editor of Black's Law Dictionary
* Barr McClellan, author
* Willie Morris, editor-in-chief of Harper's Magazine
* Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, two-time Emmy Award nominee
* Mary Walsh, journalist and producer at CBS News
* Glen Powell (actor), actor

## Politics

* Roberto R. Alonzo, Texas State House of Representative
* Bob Armstrong, former U.S. Under Secretary of Interior and Texas Land Commissioner
* Paul Begala, political consultant and commentator
* John J. Bell, United States House of Representative
* Dolph Briscoe, 41st Governor of Texas, largest single landowner in Texas
* Jack B. Brooks, United States House of Representative
* George Prescott Bush, Texas Land Commissioner and nephew of George W. Bush
* Peter Coneway, United States Ambassador to Switzerland
* John Connally, 38th Governor of Texas, United States Secretary of the Navy, and United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Lloyd Doggett, United States House of Representatives
* Ed Gossett, United States House of Representatives
* Beauford H. Jester, 36th Governor of Texas
* Frank Ikard, United States House of Representatives
* Cyndi Taylor Krier, former Texas Senate
* Mark McKinnon, Republican political advisor
* Stanley Louis McLelland, former United States Ambassador to Jamaica
* J.J. Pickle, United States House of Representatives
* Steve Poizner, California Insurance Commissioner, Silicon Valley high tech entrepreneur, and founder of SnapTrack
* Patrick Rose, Texas House of Representatives
* Allan Shivers, 37th Governor of Texas
* James Talarico, Texas House of Representatives
* Tim Von Dohlen, Texas House of Representative

## Sports

* Sam Acho, football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals
* Major Applewhite, football coach and former Texas quarterback
* Earl Campbell, Hall of Fame NFL running back
* Lindsey Carmichael, Paralympic Bronze Medalist
* Doug Dawson, former National Football League offensive lineman
* Roosevelt Leaks, former National Football League running back
* Will Licon, swimmer
* Cat Osterman, American softball player