List of University of Missouri alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Academia Thomas Swain Barclay (BA 2015, ΒΘΠ), professor of political science at Stanford University George E. Bates (B.A., M.A.), professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School; editor of the Harvard Business Review Thomas Curtright (B.S. 1970, M.S. 1970), professor of Physics at University of Miami Walter Dandy (B.S. 1907), professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; considered a founding father of modern neurosurgery. Clifton C. Edom (BJ 1946), Mizzou photojournalism professor and co-founder of Pictures of the Year, Missouri Photo Workshop, and Kappa Alpha Mu Robert P. Foster (M.A., Ph.D.), president of Northwest Missouri State University (1964–1977) Robert J. Jones (PhD 1978), chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and former president at the University of Albany Matthew Kroenig (BA), associate professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University Uel W. Lamkin (attended), president of Northwest Missouri State University (1921–1945) Anderson Delano Macklin (1933–2001), visual artist, professor, art historian John C. McManus (PhD), military historian, author, and professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology Susan Morey (BS 1990), professor and chair of the Mathematics department at Texas State University Francis Joseph Mullin, president of Shimer College Velma McBride Murry, psychologist and sociologist at Vanderbilt University Donald E. Pease (BA 1968, MA 1969), professor of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College Mark Pope (AB 1973, MEd 1974), Thomas Jefferson professor and Curators' Distinguished professor Emeritus of counseling at University of Missouri-St. Louis, president of the American Counseling Association (2003–2004) Henry P. Rusk (BS 1908, MA 1911), dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois Ritch Savin-Williams (BA 1971), professor of developmental psychology at Cornell University; prolific sexual orientation researcher Mohammad Shahidehpour, Carl Bodine Distinguished professor and chairman in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology Mason Vaugh (BS 1919, B.Eng 1921), founder and head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering in Allahabad Agricultural Institute Lawrence Walkup (MA 1942, PhD 1948), president of Northern Arizona University Todd Whitaker (BS 1981, M.Ed. 1985, PhD 1992), professor of Educational Leadership, Indiana State University

Art

Shawn Krause (BFA 1992), animator of Pixar Animation Studios Betty Scarpino, wood sculptor Albert Schweitzer, cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Brendan Smialowski, photographer and photojournalist Mort Walker (BA 1948, ΚΣ), cartoonist; a life-sized bronze statue of his character Beetle Bailey sits in front of alumni center

Business Andrew Cherng (MS 1972), founder of Panda Express and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group Alan C. Greenberg (BS BA 1949, ZBT), chairman, Bear Stearns Companies Edward D. "Ted" Jones (1947), managing partner of Edward Jones Investments R. Crosby Kemper (AB 1914, ΒΘΠ), former president and chairman, United Missouri Bancshares R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. (AB 1949, ΒΘΠ), former president and chairman, United Missouri Bancshares Richard Kinder (BA 1966, JD 1968, ΣΝ, QEBH), chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan; former president of Enron; net worth of $10.2 billion; #39 on 2013 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans E. Stanley Kroenke (BS BA 1971, MBA 1973), chairman of THF Realty; owner of NBA's Denver Nuggets and NHL's Colorado Avalanche; co-owner of NFL's Los Angeles Rams; majority shareholder Arsenal FC; net worth of $3.5 billion, tied for #105 on 2008 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans Kenneth Lay (BA 1964, MA 1965, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), former CEO of Enron Harry J. Lloyd (BJ 1950, TKE), founder of House of Lloyd and the upscale Loch Lloyd village and country club near Kansas City David C. Novak (BJ 1974, ΔΥ), chairman, CEO, and president, Yum! Brands, Inc. Rodger O. Riney (BS CiE 1968, MBA 1969, XE), founder of a brokerage firm Matthew K. Rose (BS BA 1981, ΛΧΑ), chairman, CEO, and president, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Roger Straus (1917–2004), co-founder and chairman of Farrar, Straus and Giroux Samuel M. Walton (BA 1940, ΒΘΠ, QEBH), founder of Walmart

Entertainment and television John Anderson (BJ 1987), ESPN SportsCenter host Tom Berenger, actor, Major League, The Big Chill, Platoon Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, writer and television producer Neal E. Boyd (BA 2001), opera singer; winner of America's Got Talent in 2008 Brent Briscoe MU 1984, actor Kate Capshaw (BS 1975, MEd 1977, ΑΔΠ), actress, Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Jann Carl (BJ 1982, ΚΚΓ), television personality, Entertainment Tonight Papa Joe Chevalier, host of nationally syndicated Papa Joe Show on the Sporting News Radio Network until 2005 Sophia Choi, television anchor at CNN Headline News Chris Cooper (BGS 1976), Academy Award-winning actor, Adaptation Candice Crawford (BJ 2009, ΠΒΦ), Miss Missouri and Miss USA finalist; reporter for KDAF-TV Sheryl Crow (BS Ed 1984, ΚΑΘ, ΟΔΚ, SAI), musician, singer-songwriter Kelly Crull, sports anchor and reporter, Fox Sports South Hope Driskill (BA 2012, ΧΩ), Survivor: Caramoan, Miss Missouri USA 2011 and Miss USA Top 16 finalist Dave Fogel (ΣΧ), radio disc jockey Jason Forbach (BM 2000), actor, singer, playwright and filmmaker Martin Frost (BJ 1964, ZBT), political commentator, Fox News Channel Major Garrett (BJ 1984), national correspondent, Fox News Channel Heidi Gardner (never graduated), actress, Saturday Night Live Mike Hall, first winner of ESPN Dream Job series Jon Hamm (BA 1993), actor, Don Draper of AMC's Mad Men Tom Hart, play-by-play commentator for SEC Network and ESPN Sarah Hollins (BA 2013), Miss Nebraska USA 2016, TV personality Juliet Huddy, Fox News Channel host Jeffrey Crawford Jones, radio host Michael Kim, ESPNEWS host David Koechner, actor, Todd Packer of The Office, Champ Kind of Anchorman Dianne White Clatto, weathercaster Jim Lehrer (ΣΔΧ award), PBS news anchor David Limbaugh (BA 1975, JD 1978), political commentator and author Robert Loggia (BJ 1951 ΑΣΦ), actor, Jagged Edge, Big, Scarface, The Sopranos Robin Luke (PhD Business Administration and Marketing), a 1950s pop music singer known for the 1958 hit "Susie Darlin"; professor and department head, Marketing Department, Missouri State University Andrea Mackris, Fox News television producer Richard Matheson (BJ 1949, ΦΜΑ), screenwriter, author of I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come Joel Meyers, sportscaster Greg Miller (BJ 2005), IGN cast member, host of Up at Noon, co-founder of Kinda Funny Russ Mitchell (BJ 1982), weekend anchor, CBS Evening News Jonathan Murray (BJ 1977), executive producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World Lisa Myers (BJ 1973), television journalist, former senior investigative correspondent, NBC News Brad Pitt (ΣΧ, Journalism School, remains one credit short of graduation), actor and producer Elle Reeve (BJ 2005), correspondent for Vice News Chuck Roberts (BJ 1971), CNN news anchor SallyAnn Salsano, producer and creator of reality television shows for MTV including Jersey Shore Ed Sanders (dropout 1958), lead singer of the Fugs, social activist, author George C. Scott, Academy Award-winning actor, Patton, Dr. Strangelove, The Hustler, Anatomy of a Murder Jon Scott, Fox News Channel anchor Brad Sham (BJ 1970, ΑΕΠ), Dallas Cowboys Radio Network host Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican telenovela producer/director noted for Televisa Bob Sullivan, author and founding member of MSNBC Wright Thompson, ESPN senior writer Debbye Turner (DVM 1991), Miss America Elizabeth Vargas (BJ 1984), former ABC News anchor/correspondent and 20/20 co-anchor Matt Winer (BJ 1991, ΠΚΑ), ESPN SportsCenter host Ying Da, actor and director Nick Young, CBS radio news anchor Greg Warren, stand up comic.

Law

John R. Gibson (BA 1949, JD 1952, TKE, QEBH, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. (1951 ΒΘΠ), U.S. Federal District Court judge; former president of the Missouri Bar Association Kimbrough Stone (1895, ΒΘΠ), judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Robert Barr Todd, justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court"Our Judges: The Supreme Court of Louisiana", The Times-Picayune (May 1, 1887), p. 10. Kathleen Zellner, attorney

Literature and journalism

Lori Borgman, nationally distributed columnist, author and speaker Gerald M. Boyd, former managing editor of The New York Times Russ Buettner, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times Barney Calame (ΒΘΠ), public editor, New York Times Hal Call, pioneering LGBT rights activist and gay publisher/pornographer Jeffery Deaver (BJ 1972), author of the Lincoln Rhyme series Lewis Diuguid (BJ 1977); author and journalist Clarence Faulk (BJ c. 1931), publisher of Ruston Daily Leader and founder of radio station KRUS Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports columnist Jay Greenberg, sports journalist and winner of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award William Least Heat-Moon (BA 1961, MA 1962, PhD 1973, BJ 1978, ΤΚΕ), author Rebecca Johns (BA 1993, BJ 1993), author James J. Kilpatrick (BJ 1941), conservative columnistRichard Goldstein, "James. J. Kilpatrick, Conservative Voice in Print and on TV, Dies at 89", New York Times, August 16, 2010.Missouri Honor Medals by Year (accessed August 17, 2010). Ah Jook Ku (1935), former Associated Press correspondent, first Asian American female reporter for Honolulu Star-Bulletin Harris Merton Lyon, short-story writer Marijane Meaker (BA 1949 ΑΔΠ), novelist Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard (ΒΘΠ), journalist and newspaper editor Pamela Morsi, author Suniti Namjoshi, writer Ken Paulson, editor, USA Today Marjorie Paxson, influential women's page editor Doc Quigg, journalist for United Press International Marcus Eli Ravage, journalist and author; honorary Phi Beta Kappa inductee at the University of Missouri (1933) Ben Robertson (1926), WWII war correspondent, New York Herald Tribune; author James Rollins, aka James Czajkowski, author of bestselling Sigma Force series Austin Ruse, columnist, author, political activist Jackson Scholz, Olympic gold medalist, popular author of juvenile sports fiction Ram Subhag Singh, Indian politician, first Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Edgar Snow (ΒΘΠ), main Western journalist in Mao's China Lee Strobel (BJ 1974), journalist and author of The Case for Christ series George Woodward Warder (BA circa 1866), poet and author Lonnie Wheeler, sportswriter and author; worked for The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post John Edward Williams (PHD 1954), recipient of National Book Award, author of Stoner and Augustus Tennessee Williams (ΑΤΩ), playwright, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Grace Steele Woodward, writer and historian Thomas Jefferson Young, novelist

Military Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (1970), member of Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, chemical weapons expert Marcus B. Bell, U.S. Army brigadier general Gen. Fred F. Castle Jr. (1970 and 1977), Vietnam War and Gulf War Major General Roger E. Combs (1968 and 1975), assistant adjutant general-Air Missouri National Guard, director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5), National Guard Bureau Gen. Enoch Crowder (1886, ΒΘΠ), Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, World War I general Lt General Mark A. Ediger (1978), Surgeon General of Air Force Lieutenant General Charles D. Franklin (1953), commander of First United States Army 1984–1987 Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard (1913), Nazi Waffen SS, held commands in first 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer and later 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, awarded Knight's Cross of Iron Cross