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 department for Inorganic Spectroscopy at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Laura Kuykendall (1883–1935) – dean of women at Southwestern 1918–1935 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
Law
William H. Atwell – U.S. district court judge J. Marvin Jones – U.S. Court of Claims chief judge and U.S.cCongressman 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 authorWalter Prescott Webb, Eldon Stephen Branda, The Handbook of Texas vol. 3 (1952), p. 482 John Murrell – Canadian playwright, member of the Order of Canada
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–present), 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
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