This is a list of notable alumni and notable current and former faculty of the University of Tulsa.
Notable alumni
Arts, letters, media, social sciences and the humanities
- Rilla Askew â novelist and short story author
- Louis W. Ballard â composer and author
- Sara Berner â film, television and radio actress and distinguished voice artist
- Ted Berrigan (BA/MA) â poet associated with the New York School movement
- Ridge Bond â Broadway stage actor (famous for playing Curly in the musical Oklahoma!)
- Gibson Byrd â painter and longtime faculty member at University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison
- Greyson Chance â singer and songwriter
- Becky Dixon â television broadcaster
- Gail Farrell (BA, 1969) â singer and songwriter
- Jim Hartz (attended 1958âÂÂ1960) â former co-host of The Today Show
- Paul Harvey (attended 1930s) â syndicated radio personality and author
- Lance Henson (MA) â Cheyenne poet
- S. E. Hinton (BS, 1970) â author of Rumble Fish and The Outsiders
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (BFA, 1972) â American Indian painter and print-maker
- Jerry Keller â pop singer and songwriter best known for 1959 hit "Here Comes Summer"
- R.A. Lafferty (attended 1933âÂÂ35) â science fiction and fantasy writer
- Dennis Letts â stage actor and English professor
- Bob Losure (BA, Broadcast Journalism, 1969) â former CNN Headline News anchor and author
- Anurag Mathur â best-selling author of The Inscrutable Americans
- Rue McClanahan (German and Theater Arts, 1956) â Emmy Award-winning actress, known for her performance as Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls
- Phillip McGraw, aka Dr. Phil (attended 1968âÂÂ1969) â TV personality and psychologist
- Peter McRobbie â Scottish-born American actor
- Ralph Mullins- jazz trumpet player and film composer
- Mary Kay Place (BA, Speech, 1969) â actress and singer
- John Elwood Price â composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and music teacher
- Carter Revard (B.A. 1952) â poet and linguist
- Donald Roulet (BA, Theology) â Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist
- Gailard Sartain (BFA, 1969) â film and television actor and illustrator
- Darren Sherkat â sociologist
- Joseph Shore â operatic baritone
- Patrick Suppes (attended) â philosopher and longtime professor at Stanford University
- Vu Tran â writer; teaches at University of Chicago
- Julie Ann Ward â Poet Laureate of Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma professor
- Jeanne Tripplehorn (attended) â film and television actress
- K. D. Wentworth â science fiction author
- W. Richard West Sr. â painter and sculptor
- Wade Williams (BA, Theatrical Studies, 1987) â actor starring in television series Prison Break
- Daniel H. Wilson â roboticist and author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Where's My Jetpack? and How to Build a Robot Army and the bestseller Robopocalypse
- Grace Steele Woodward â writer and historian
- Antonio Zarro â actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker
Business and industry
Law, politics, and public affairs
- Suhail Al Mazroui â energy minister for the United Arab Emirates
- Tareq Al-Suwaidan (PhD, Petroleum Engineering, 1990) â Muslim scholar; reformer; TV personality; management expert
- Howard Barnett Jr. â president of Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
- Bradley M. Berkson (BS, Petroleum Engineering, 1985) â US Department of Defense director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; assistant secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness; recipient of Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
- Jim R. Caldwell â first Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate in the 20th century, 1969âÂÂ1978; retired Church of Christ minister in Tulsa; studied in doctoral program at University of Tulsa
- Craig Campbell (BA, Political Science, 1974) â Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
- Samuel H. Cassidy (Law, 1975) â former Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- John E. Dowdell (Law, 1981) â United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Kevin Easley â oil and gas executive, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate
- Drew Edmondson (JD, 1978) â Oklahoma attorney general and candidate for governor
- Lex Frieden â scholar, disability rights activist, deemed "chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act"
- Gregory Kent Frizzell (BA, History, 1981) â United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Ross C. Goodman (JD, 1995) â noted Las Vegas criminal defense attorney
- David Hall (JD 1959) â former governor of Oklahoma
- Kendra Horn (BA, 1998) â US congresswoman for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district
- Hani Abdulaziz Al Hussein (B.S. 1971) â CEO of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation; oil minister of Kuwait
- Jim Inhofe (BS, Economics, 1973) â US senator (R-Oklahoma), former mayor of Tulsa
- Bill LaFortune (JD, 1983) â former mayor of Tulsa
- Steve Largent (BS, Biology, 1975) â former US congressman (R-Tulsa) and Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Robert E. Lavender (JD, 1953) â Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
- Colonel Michael Mulligan (J.D. 1988) â US Army attorney famous for serving as lead prosecutor in the courts-martial of Hasan Akbar and of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole accused in the November 2009 Fort Hood shooting
- Monroe Nichols (B.A., 2005) â mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma; wide receiver for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
- Elizabeth Crewson Paris (BA, 1980; JD, 1987) â United States Tax Court judge
- Roger Randle (J.D., 1979) â former mayor of Tulsa and president pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
- Myles W. Scoggins â president, Colorado School of Mines; former energy executive
- Rodney W. Sippel (BS, 1978) â federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Chad "Corntassel" Smith (JD, 1980) â principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
- Steve Young â former mayor of Kennewick, Washington
Science, technology, engineering, and medicine
Academic leaders
Scholars, authors and researchers may be listed for accomplishments in other categories.
Sports
- Mike Anderson (1982) â former men's basketball player; former head coach of UAB, Missouri, Arkansas, and St. John's
- Bruce Arnold (1996) United States Virgin Islands archer
- Bob Babich â captain of the 1982 team; defensive coordinator, Chicago Bears
- Kathy Baker â professional golfer, NCAA champion and U.S. Women's Open champion
- Tom Baldwin â professional football player, New York Jets
- Don Bandy â professional football player, Washington Redskins
- Dick Blanchard â former professional football player
- Steve Bracey (1950âÂÂ2006) â NBA basketball player
- Bob Breitenstein (born 1943) â former offensive lineman and first Argentine to play in the NFL
- André Bossert â Swiss professional golfer
- Dennis Byrd â professional football player, New York Jets
- Chris Chamberlain â linebacker, St. Louis Rams
- Danny Colbert â NFL player
- Joe Cooper â professional basketball player
- Steve Cox â former professional wrestler
- Ken Duncan â former professional football player
- Junior Etou (born 1994) â Congolese basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Jim Finks â pro football Hall of Famer
- Todd Franz â 2005 NFL player Green Bay Packers
- Gus Frerotte (1994) â professional football player
- Dean Hamel â former defensive lineman Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys
- Hank Haney (BS, education, 1977) â professional golf coach
- Steve Harris (BS, sociology 2001) â the university's second all-time leading scorer; former professional basketball player, Houston Rockets; #19 in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft
- Todd Hays (BA, Education, 1992) â Olympic silver medalist in bobsled
- Sarah Haskins (2003) â triathlete, won gold in 2011 Pan American games, competed in triathlon in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Mark Holata â former Captain Cane outside linebacker; professional mixed martial artist
- Damaris Johnson â professional football player
- Jerome Jordan â professional basketball player
- Brian Kelly â professional boxing; fought for the WBC World Light Heavyweight
- G. J. Kinne â professional football quarterback, New York Giants
- Carin Koch â professional golfer on the LPGA Tour
- Steve Largent (1975) â Seattle Seahawks receiver, Pro Football Hall of Famer; former US congressman
- Clyde LeForce â Detroit Lions quarterback
- Kevin Lilly â NFL defensive lineman
- Tony Liscio â former offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys
- Nancy Lopez (attended 1974âÂÂ1977) â professional golfer
- Tim Martin â football player (Miami Dolphins)
- Jake McGuire â professional soccer player for ÃÂrebro SK
- Garrett Mills (2006) â tight end/fullback for the Minnesota Vikings
- Barry Minter â former Chicago Bears linebacker
- Ricky Ortiz â professional wrestler
- Jerry Ostroski â former Buffalo Bills offensive lineman
- Drew Pearson (BS, Recreation Administration, 1973) â former wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys; sportscaster; member of the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor
- Chris Penn â former San Diego Chargers wide receiver
- Stacy Prammanasudh (BS, Exercise & Sports Science, 2002) â professional golfer on the LPGA Tour
- Paul Pressey â former Milwaukee Bucks player; unofficially the first NBA point forward
- Dave Rader (BS Mechanical Engineering, 1975âÂÂ1980) â former college and professional football player; head football coach of the University of Tulsa (1988âÂÂ1999); former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Alabama
- Ray Rhodes â former NFL head coach
- Jerry Rhome â former NFL quarterback
- Steve Rogers â former Montreal Expos starting pitcher
- Michael Ruffin â professional basketball player for Obradoiro CAB of the Liga Española de Baloncesto in Spain
- Bob St. Clair â former offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Tracy Scroggins â former Detroit Lions linebacker
- Lovie Smith â head coach, Chicago Bears
- Paul Smith (BA, Communication, 2007) â quarterback, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Ray Smith â football player
- Bob Storey â former CFL player; two-time Grey Cup champion
- Willie Townes â former defensive lineman Dallas Cowboys
- Howard Twilley (1965) â former wide receiver, Miami Dolphins, 1966âÂÂ76
- Bill Van Burkleo â former CFL player; four-time Grey Cup champion
- Kaye Vaughan â Hall of Fame football player, CFL
- Tyrunn Walker â defensive lineman Detroit Lions
- Howard Waugh â first player to rush for 1,000 yards in the CFL
- Charles Wright â gridiron football player
Current and former faculty
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