• Source: List of Oklahoma City University alumni

Oklahoma City University is a private university in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Following are some of its notable alumni.




Arts


Lois Harjo Ball – painter, basket maker, and ceramic artist
Bert Seabourn (1961 Certificate of Art) – expressionist painter




Business


Wanda L. Bass – philanthropist and chairman of the First National Bank and Trust of McAlester
Jack Worthington – investment banker




Education


Andrew K. Benton (J.D.) – president of Pepperdine University and as an interim president at the University of Central Oklahoma
Florence Birdwell (1945, BA and MA) – professor of voice at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University from 1946 to 2013
Carroll Freeman (MA Performing Arts) – operatic tenor, director of the opera program at the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University
Jeane Porter Hester (1963) – former professor of medicine, Chief of Supportive Therapy, and Chief of Leukapheresis at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Beverly Hoch (1975 Music) – coloratura soprano and music instructor at Texas Woman's University
Timothy Long – conductor, pianist, and member of the faculty at the Stony Brook University
Alice Marriott (1930 English and French) – associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma and field representative with the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Arts and Craft Board
Jim Roth (1994) – Dean of the OCU School of Law and Oklahoma Corporation Commission 2007–2009
W. Stephen Smith (1981 MPA0 – Northwestern University Professor of Voice and Opera




Entertainment


Sarah Coburn (1994 MA Music) – operatic soprano
Kristin Chenoweth (1990 Musical Theater) – Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress
Stephen Dickson (1973) – operatic baritone
Sam Douglas (BFA directing) – actor
Mack Harrell – operatic and concert baritone vocalist
Chris Harrison (1993 BA Mass Communication) – television personality, host of The Bachelor
Erika Hebron (2009 Performing Arts in Dance) – Miss Missouri 2010
Jane Anne Jayroe (1968) – Miss America of 1967, television anchor, and Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Recreation
William Johns (1961) – opera singer
Gwendolyn Jones – operatic mezzo-soprano
Marquita Lister (198 – operatic soprano
Kurt Loder – entertainment critic, author, columnist, and television personality best known for his role at MTV News
Stacey Logan (1985) – Broadway actress
Lakshmi Manchu – actress, producer, and television presenter
Chris Merritt (1974) – Grammy Award-nominated operatic tenor
Leona Mitchell (1970) – operatic soprano and Music Hall of Fame inductee
April Nelson (2014) – Miss Louisiana 2015 and third runner-up to Miss America
Cathy O'Donnell (1945) – actress
Kelli O'Hara (1998) – Seven-time Tony Award nominated actress
Susan Powell (1984) – Miss America 1981
Bill Randle (J.D.). – disc jockey, lawyer and university professor
Lisa Reagan – singer, composer, pianist, musician, and former Miss Oklahoma
Gabrielle Ruiz (2007 BFA dance performance) – actress
Checkley Sin (MBA) – film producer and 2022 candidate for Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Shawntel Smith (2000) – Miss America 1996
Gerald Steichen (1986) – New York City Opera conductor for Cats and The Phantom of the Opera
Fred Tackett – songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the band Little Feat
Lara Teeter (1976) – Tony Award-nominated actor, theatre director, and professor
Mason Williams (1958) – Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer, writer who created of "Classical Gas"




Government and civil service


Carl Alexandre – Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and U.S. Department of Justice deputy
Michael D. Brown (1981) – First Director and Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2003–2005
Janie Simms Hipp – General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and founder of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations
Jane Anne Jayroe (1968) – Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Recreation, Miss America of 1967, and television anchor
Alice Marriott (1930 English and French) – field representative with the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Arts and Craft Board and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma




Law


Carl Alexandre – U.S. Department of Justice Deputy and Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Deborah Barnes (1983) – Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
Doug Combs (1976 J.D._ – Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Barry Grissom – United States Attorney for the District of Kansas
Carol Hansen (1974) – Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
Elizabeth A. Hayden (1980) – District Judge for Stearns County, Minnesota
Walter Jenny – general counsel for the Oklahoma Commission on Consumer Credit and Oklahoma Department of Labor as Assistant General Counsel
Yvonne Kauger (1969) – Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Vern Miller – Kansas attorney general from 1971 to 1975
Marian P. Opala (1953) – Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 1978–2010
Gary Richardson – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Alma Wilson – first woman to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court
James R. Winchester (1977) – Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 2007–2009




Literature and journalism


Royal Alexander – lawyer and congressional staff member
Rana Husseini (1990 BA, 1993 MLA) – Award-winning journalist and human rights activist
William Harjo LoneFight (1991) – Native American author
Leslie A. McRill – the ninth poet laureate of Oklahoma




Military


Edmond Harjo – Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Code Talker during World War II, 2013 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
David L. Goldfein – Air Force Chief of Staff
Rick Rescorla – British-American soldier, police officer, educator and private security specialist
Robert J. Skinner – United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the Director of Defense Information Systems Agency
Eugene L. Tattini – retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and served as deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory




Politics


Hannah Atkins (1986) – Oklahoma Secretary of State 1987–1991
Danny Britt – member of the North Carolina Senate
Brian Bushweller ( BA Music) – member of the Delaware Senate,
Jeff Cloud (1991 J.D.) – Commissioner of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Brandon Creighton (J. D.) – Member of the Texas Senate
Jose Cruz – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Brooks Douglass – member of the Oklahoma Senate
Mickey Edwards (1969 J.D.) – served eight terms in United States House of Representatives
Enoch Kelly Haney (1964) – Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Carri Hicks – Oklahoma Senate
David Holt (1909) – Mayor of Oklahoma City
Ernest Istook (1976) – United States House of Representatives
A. Visanio Johnson – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Phillip Journey – Kansas Senate and judge Kansas's 18th Judicial District Court for Division 1
Steven T. Kuykendall (1968) – member of the United States Congress representing California's 36th congressional district 1999–2001
Todd Lamb (2005) – Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor 2011–2019, Majority leader of the Oklahoma State Senate 2004–2011
Keith Leftwich – Oklahoma State Senate
Richard Lerblance (1979) – Oklahoma State Senate
Lin Hsin-i – Taiwanese Minister of Economic Affairs and Vice Premier
Angela Monson (Criminal justice) – Oklahoma State House of Representatives
Anthony Moore – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Tim Moore (1995) – Speaker of the House, North Carolina General Assembly
Johnston Murray (1946) – Governor, State of Oklahoma 1951–1955
Kenneth Nance – lawyer, lobbyist, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
Ron Norick – mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Leon C. Phillips (1916) – 11th Governor of Oklahoma
Arsyadjuliandi Rachman (1987 MBA) – Indonesian politician who served as governor of Riau
T. W. Shannon – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Jason Smith – U.S. House of Representatives and Missouri House of Representatives
Steve Smith – member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Mike Thompson – member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Ray Vaughn – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Yeo Jun Wei – Singaporean convicted of espionage by the United States on behalf of the People's Republic of China
Marvin York – President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate




Religion


Craig Groeschel (1991 Marketing) – founder and senior pastor of Life.Church
William C. Wantland – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire




Sports


Carl Allen – professional football player
John Barfield – former MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Richard Benigno – professional soccer player
Susie Berning – professional golfer on the LPGA tour with 4 major wins and 12 total wins
Joe Bisenius (2004) – MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
Karl Coombes – tennis coach and player
Tony Dawson – former professional tennis player
Dino Delevski – former professional soccer player for the Kansas City Comets
Os Doenges – college football coach
Gary Gray – former NBA guard for the Cincinnati Royals
Ace Gutowsky – professional football player
Paul Hansen – head men's basketball coach at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, and University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Curtis Haywood – NBA basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
Carl Henry – professional basketball player
Gary Hill – former NBA guard for the San Francisco Warriors
Hal Hilpirt – professional football player
Rubin Jackson – college and professional basketball player
Marisue Jacutin – former professional tennis player
Jim Kamp – professional football player
Bud Koper (1964) – former NBA player and All-American basketball player
Allen Leavell (1979) – former NBA guard for the Houston Rockets
Abe Lemons (1949) – former basketball coach for Oklahoma City University and the University of Texas at Austin
Eric Manuel – former professional basketball player
Keith Miller – former professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball
Nick Mohtadi – former professional tennis player
Todd Overgard – former Association of Tennis Professionals tour tennis player
Taiwo Rafiu (1994) – women's basketball Olympian for Nigeria
Hub Reed (1958) – former NBA center for the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons
Ivan Saičić – professional basketball player
Freddy Sanchez – MLB infielder for the San Francisco Giants and 2006 National League batting champion
Ralph Schilling (1941) – former NFL player for the Washington Redskins
Chris Schroder (2001) – MLB pitcher for the Florida Marlins
Marion Shirley – professional football player
Arnold Short (1954) – NCAA All-American and 1955 AAU All-American basketball player Phillips 66ers
Dave Simmons – former NBL basketball player, father of NBA player Ben Simmons
Beeyong Sison – professional tennis player and coach
Chas Skelly – NAIA All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, current Featherweight in the UFC
Bruce Sloan – Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Giants
Bryant Smith – former professional basketball player
Chris Spendlove – former professional soccer player
Dušan Stević – former professional basketball player
Dick Stone (1934) – former MLB pitcher for the Washington Senators
Zouhair Talbi – long distance runner
Hugh Taylor – professional football player and coach
Ashur Tolliver – former Major League Baseball pitcher
K. T. Turner – college basketball coach
Orville Tuttle – professional football player and college football coach
Tyrone van Aswegen – professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour
Harry Vines (1961) – former director of USA Basketball and prominent member of the wheelchair basketball community
Jim Wade – professional football player
Daniela Wallen – professional basketball player
Jim Ware – professional basketball player
Jerry Lee Wells – professional basketball player
Brad Wieck – professional baseball pitcher
Basil Wilkerson – professional football player
Buzz Williams (1994) – head men's basketball coach for Texas A&M




Other


Thomas Radecki – former psychiatrist, convicted criminal, and founding member of the National Coalition on Television Violence




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