• Source: 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




References

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