# List of Harding University alumni

Harding University is a private university in Searcy, Arkansas. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Academia

* C. Leonard Allen, historian and college administrator
* James D. Bales, professor and administrator
* Martin Doyle, ecologist at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions of Duke University
* Clifton L. Ganus Jr., theologian, educator, and president of Harding College
* George Howard, Hebraist and professor emeritus and head of the Department of Religion and Hebrew at the University of Georgia
* E. H. Ijams, president of Lipscomb University
* Annie May Alston Lewis, theological librarian
* Ed Madden, poet, gay rights activist, professor of English, and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina
* J. Stanley Marshall, college administrator, was president Florida State University
* Bruce McLarty, academic, minister, and president of Harding University
* Carroll D. Osburn, Professor Emeritus at Abilene Christian University and leading New Testament textual critic
* Edward Granville Sewell, American mathematician and professor at University of Texas, El Paso
* Rubel Shelly, writer, minister, professor, and former president of Rochester College
* Richard Felix Staar, political scientist, historian, and fellow at Stanford
* Jason R. Wiles, associate professor of biology at Syracuse University

## Business

* LaMar Baker, businessman and politician
* Michael Blue, billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder of Privateer Holdings

## Entertainment

* Roxanne Beck, actress and screenwriter
* Stephen Mark Brown, American opera tenor
* David Ray Campbell, screenwriter and producer
* Verna Howard, founder of the radio International Gospel Hour, originally based in Texarkana, Texas
* Khalil Jahshan, political analyst, media commentator, and executive director of Arab Center Washington DC, a nonprofit think tank
* Jerry W. Mitchell, investigative reporter and recipient of a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation
* Willie Robertson, star of A&E's Duck Dynasty as well as CEO of Duck Commander
* Korie Robertson, star of A&E's Duck Dynasty and wife of Willie Robertson
* W. Stephen Smith, voice teacher and author, Northwestern University Professor of Voice and Opera
* Ray Walker, singer with The Jordanaires

## Law

* Jeremy Kernodle, United States District Judge
* Ken Starr, attorney, judge, U.S. Solicitor General, Special Prosecutor for the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, president and chancellor of Baylor University

## Literature and journalism

* Tamera Alexander, author
* Ed Madden, poet, gay rights activist, professor of English, and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina
* Jerry Mitchell investigative reporter formerly with The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi,
* Farrell Till, activist and editor of The Skeptical Review

## Military

* George Andrew Davis, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient; fighter pilot and flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War

## Politics

* Tim Barnes, Democratic politician from Tennessee
* George S. Benson, missionary, college administrator, and conservative political activist
* Mary Elizabeth Bentley, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Keith Brooks, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Jim R. Caldwell, first Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate in the 20th century
* Jonathan Dismang, politician
* Timothy Chad Hutchinson, attorney and former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* David Porter, Texas Railroad Commissioner
* Harmon Seawel, former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Thomas Philip Watson, politician
* Ryan Walters, Oklahoma state secretary of education
* Carlton Wing, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives

## Religion

* George S. Benson, missionary, college administrator, and conservative political activist
* Charles Coil, evangelist
* Roger Duke, theologian
* Gary Holloway, executive director of the World Convention of Churches of Christ
* Larry M. James, minister, social worker, and CEO of the Dallas housing enterprise CitySquare

## Sports

* Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, Olympian distance runner
* Tank Daniels, former NFL American football linebacker
* Scarborough Green, MLB outfielder
* Chad Marshall, an American Major League soccer player
* Bryce Mitchell, mixed martial arts fighter
* Jon Murray, university cross country coach
* Jim Nichols, football coach
* Ty Powell, professional football player
* Matt Riviera, professional wrestler
* Preacher Roe, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Arthur Hubert "Hubie" Smith, basketball coach
* Stephany Smith, women's basketball coach

## Other

* Botham Jean, murder victim