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[[File:Frazier Alumni Pavilion Front Wide 2.jpg|thumb|alt=A glass-clad and brick exterior of a single-story building|300px|right|The Frazier Alumni Pavilion and Plaza]]
[[Texas Tech University]], often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a [[Public university|public]], [[coeducational]], research university located in [[Lubbock, Texas]]. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as [[History of Texas Tech University|Texas Technological College]], it is the leading institution of the [[Texas Tech University System]] and has the [[List of largest Texas universities by enrollment|sixth largest]] student body in the state of Texas. It is the only school in Texas to house an undergraduate institution, [[law school]], and [[medical school]] at the same location. Initial enrollment in 1925 was 910 students;<ref>[http://www.irim.ttu.edu/ARCHIVE/ENR/FALLENRL.HTM IRIM.ttu.edu]</ref> as of 2009, the university has 30,049 students from more than 110 countries, all 50 U.S. states and the [[District of Columbia]].<ref>[http://www.irim.ttu.edu/NEWFACTBOOK/2009/Enrollment/F09ENRHOMECNTRYSTCNTY.htm IRIM.ttu.edu]</ref> Since its first graduating class in 1927 of 26 students, Texas Tech has awarded more than 221,000 degrees, including 45,000 graduate and professional degrees to its alumni.<ref>[http://www.irim.ttu.edu/ARCHIVE/DEGAWD/DEGFR27.HTM IRIM.ttu.edu]</ref> The [[Texas Tech Alumni Association]], with over 27,000 members, operates more than 120 chapters in cities throughout the United States and the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter Network |publisher=Texas Tech Alumni Association |url=http://www.texastechalumni.org/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/chapter_network/chapter_network.jsp |access-date=2008-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001084806/http://www.texastechalumni.org/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/chapter_network/chapter_network.jsp |archive-date=2011-10-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Tech Alumni Association|publisher=Texas Tech University|url=http://www.ttu.edu/departments/alumni.php|access-date=2008-07-31}}</ref>

Throughout Texas Tech's history, alumni have played prominent roles in many different fields. Among the university's Distinguished Alumni is [[Demetrio B. Lakas]], President of the [[Panama|Republic of Panama]] from 1969 to 1978.<ref>{{cite news|last=Page|first=Eric|title=Demetrio Lakas, 74, Panama Leader Who Had Role in Shaping Canal Pacts|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1999-11-07|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E1D8153AF934A35752C1A96F958260|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref><ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni">{{cite web | url=http://www.texastechalumni.org/s/1422/index.aspx?sid=1422&gid=1&pgid=421 | title=47th Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards | website=texastechalumni.org/ | publisher=[[Texas Tech Alumni Association]] | access-date=May 11, 2014}}</ref> Three United States Governors, [[Daniel I. J. Thornton]], Governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955, [[John Burroughs (governor)|John Burroughs]], Governor of New Mexico from 1959 to 1961, and [[Preston Smith (Texas)|Preston Smith]], Governor of Texas from 1968 to 1972, are graduates of the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Governor Daniel I.J. Thornton Collection|publisher=Colorado State Archives|url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/thornton.html|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Mexico Governor John Burroughs |publisher=[[National Governor's Association]] |url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=64e4a7983c98a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |access-date=2008-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020210032/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=64e4a7983c98a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |archive-date=2009-10-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Preston Smith Bio|publisher=Texas State Archive|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=7163|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref> Five astronauts, including [[Rick Husband]], the final commander of [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] and recipient of the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]].<ref name=Husband>{{cite web|title=Biographical Data: Rick Husband|publisher=[[NASA]]|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/husband.html|access-date=2008-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313105441/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/husband.html|archive-date=2014-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="AstronautFactBook">{{cite web|title=Astronaut Fact Book|url=https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/740566main_current.pdf|publisher=[[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]]|date=April 2013|access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref>{{refn|group=Note|name=AstronautFactBook|Astronaut Fact Book was last published by NASA in 2013. [[Joseph Acaba]] is a 2015 graduate of the [[Texas Tech University College of Education|College of Education]].}} [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[Major (rank)|Major]] and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, [[George H. O'Brien Jr.]], is a distinguished alumnus.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|title=George H. O'Brien Jr., 78, Marine Awarded Medal of Honor, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2005-03-21|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/national/21obrien.html|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref> [[Richard E. Cavazos]] is a Medal of Honor and [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] recipient and the first Hispanic and Mexican American to advance to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard E. Cavazos: First Hispanic American Four-star General |publisher=[[United States Army]] |url=http://www.goarmy.com/hhm/profiles_cavazos.jsp |access-date=2008-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201105940/http://www.goarmy.com/hhm/profiles_cavazos.jsp |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref> The school's influence on the business world is seen in such people as [[General Motors]] Chairman and CEO [[Edward Whitacre Jr.]], Finisar CEO [[Jerry S. Rawls]], [[Belo Corporation]] CEO Dunia A. Shive, and [[ExxonMobil]] board member [[Angela Braly]], ranked by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine as the most powerful woman in business.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edward E. Whitacre Jr. - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AT&T Inc. |publisher=[[AT&T]] |url=http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=7815 |access-date=2008-08-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204145052/http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=7815 |archive-date=February 4, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jerry Rawls Profile|work=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=906071|access-date=2008-08-23}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dunia Shive: Executive Profile and Biography|work=[[BusinessWeek]]|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=255061&symbol=BLC|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709113805/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=255061&symbol=BLC|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2012|access-date=2008-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Tom|title=WellPoint CEO choice surprises some|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2007-02-26|url=http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2007/02/26/wellpoint_ceo_choice_surprises_some/|access-date=2008-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fortune 500 Women CEOs - Angela Braly (1)|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=2008-04-24|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0804/gallery.500_women_ceos.fortune/index.html|access-date=2008-08-14|first=Jenny|last=Mero|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103184945/http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0804/gallery.500_women_ceos.fortune/index.html|archive-date=2010-01-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> Others among the university's alumni are folk rocker [[John Denver]], country singer [[Pat Green]], and actor [[George Eads]].<ref>{{cite news|title=John Denver killed in plane crash|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=1997-10-13|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9710/13/denver.nc|access-date=2008-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dechert |first=Renee |title=Pat Green: Texas Songwriter |magazine=[[Pop Matters]] |date=2002-12-26 |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/green-pat-021226.shtml |access-date=2008-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524230405/http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/green-pat-021226.shtml |archive-date=2011-05-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for George Eads|work=[[TV Guide]]|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/george-eads/bio/151586|access-date=2008-08-14}}</ref> [[John Hinckley Jr.]], who attempted to assassinate U.S. [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]] in 1981, attended the university sporadically from 1973 to 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Hinckley, Jr. brings infamy to Lubbock|work=[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]|url=http://lubbockcentennial.com/Section/1959_1983/hinckley.shtml|access-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143644/http://www.lubbockcentennial.com/Section/1959_1983/hinckley.shtml|archive-date=2013-09-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Alumni==
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===Arts and literature===
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|name = {{sortname|Susan|Budge}}
|year=1983
|nota=Ceramic sculptor
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinnabarart.com/susan-budge|title=Susan Budge|website=cinnabargallery}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Rachel|Caine}}
|year=1985
|nota=Author
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ruth Hurmence|Green}}
|year=1935
|nota=Author
|ref=<ref>{{Cite book | last = Green | first = Ruth Hurmence | author-link = Ruth Hurmence Green | title = The Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the Bible | publisher = Freedom From Religion Foundation | year = 1999 | location = Madison, Wisconsin | pages = 293 | isbn = 1-877733-01-6}}</ref>
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Grace|Halsell}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Writer
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Stephen Graham|Jones}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Author
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Holly |Hunt|link=Holly Hunt}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Designer; founder and CEO of Holly Hunt Design
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Anne|Leaton}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Author
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ken|Little}}
|year=1970
|nota=Sculptor
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jim|Marrs}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Author
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Douglas|Moss|link=Douglas Moss}}
|year=1990
|nota=Architect and founding partner of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://holzmanmossbottino.com/people|title=Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Partners|website=Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture|access-date=2017-07-31|archive-date=2017-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731193858/http://holzmanmossbottino.com/people/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ruben|Quesada}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Poet
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jodi|Thomas}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Author
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robert|Whitehill|link=Robert Whitehill (Hebrew poet)}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Author
|ref=
}}
}}

===Business===
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Hussein|Al Uzri}}
|year=1985
|nota=Head of the [[Trade Bank of Iraq]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite news|last=Waston|first=Kelly|title=Tech grad, Iraqi official visits campus|work=[[The Daily Toreador]]|date=2010-04-23|url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/tech-grad-iraqi-official-visits-campus-1.2237576|access-date=2010-04-23}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Angela|Braly}} {{efn|name=d|Texas Tech Distinguished Alumni}}
|year=1982
|nota=Board member of [[ExxonMobil]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=NotableAlumni>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/media/alumni.php|title=Texas Tech University :: Texas Tech Notable Alumni|work=ttu.edu|access-date=2010-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609211729/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/media/alumni.php|archive-date=2010-06-09|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist47/bolton.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706005528/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist47/bolton.htm |url-status=dead |title=House.state.tx.us|archive-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Richard L.|Clemmer}}
|year=1973
|nota=CEO, NXP Semiconductors; former CEO Agere Systems, the former Lucent semiconductor company
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cantata.com/company/board.cfm|title=Dialogic Corporation Board of Directors|work=cantata.com|access-date=2007-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503174117/http://www.cantata.com/company/board.cfm|archive-date=2007-05-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ed|Cunningham|link=Ed Cunningham (executive)}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Cindi|Love}}
|year=1984
|nota=
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mccchurch.org/AM/TextTemplate.cfm?Section=Workshops1&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3302|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011738/http://www.mccchurch.org/AM/TextTemplate.cfm?Section=Workshops1&Template=%2FCM%2FHTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3302 |url-status=dead |title=MCCchurch.org|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robert|Palmer|link=Robert Palmer (computer businessman)}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Former CEO, [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jerry S.|Rawls}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=President and CEO, [[Finisar|Finisar Corporation]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Charles "Tex"|Thornton|link=Tex Thornton}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1935
|nota=Founder and CEO, [[Litton Industries]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=Distinguished>{{cite web|title=Activities & Programs: Distinguished Alumni Dinner|publisher=[[Texas Tech Alumni Association]]|url=https://admin.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/programs/distinguished_alumni.jsp|access-date=2010-07-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121658/https://admin.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/programs/distinguished_alumni.jsp|archive-date=2011-07-07}}</ref>
}}
}}

===Education===
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|G. Kemble|Bennett}}
|year=1970 (Ph.D.)
|nota= Two-term dean of the [[Texas A&M University College of Engineering|Look College of Engineering]] at [[Texas A&M University]]
|ref= <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bennett|first=George|date=1970|title=Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution|url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/19892/31295001871549.pdf|access-date=May 16, 2023}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.tamu.edu/industrial/profiles/gkbennett.html|title=G. Kemble Bennett|website=engineering.tamu.edu|language=en|access-date=June 15, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230516221043/https://engineering.tamu.edu/industrial/profiles/gkbennett.html|archive-date=May 16, 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robin E.|Bowen}}
|year=1988 (Ed.D.)
|nota=12th and current President of [[Arkansas Tech University]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atu.edu/presidentsoffice/about.php |title=About Dr. Bowen |publisher=Arkansas Tech University |website=wbu.edu |access-date=May 10, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atu.edu/presidentsoffice/docs/REBowenVita2015.pdf |title=Bowen |publisher=Arkansas Tech University  | website=wbu.edu | access-date=May 10, 2021 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|David|Christiansen}}
|year=1984
|nota=8th Chancellor of [[Penn State York]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url= https://news.psu.edu/story/522961/2018/05/24/administration/university-leader-david-christiansen-appointed-chancellor | title=University leader David Christiansen appointed chancellor of Penn State York |publisher=Pennsylvania State University News | website=news.psu.edu | access-date=2021-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://york.psu.edu/this-is-penn-state/campus-history/ceo-chancellor-history | title=CEO/Chancellor History |publisher=Pennsylvania State University York | website=york.psu.edu | access-date=2021-07-06}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Margaret|Formby}}
|year=1950
|nota=Founder of the [[National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame]]
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_formby.html|title=Amarillo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|title=Douglas Martin, "Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame"|publisher=[[The New York Times]], April 20, 2003|access-date=December 20, 2009 | date=2003-04-20}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Michael|Hinojosa}}
|year=1979
|nota=Superintendent of [[Dallas Independent School District]] (2005–2011, 2015–present), [[Cobb County School District]] (2011–2014)
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/0516dnmethinojosa5years.96eaa14.html|title=Dallas ISD under Hinojosa: academic progress, fiscal crisis|work=dallasnews.com}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Walter B.|Huffman}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1967 (B.A.), 1968 (M.Ed.), 1977 (J.D.)
|nota=[[Texas Tech University School of Law]] dean; former United States Army  [[Judge Advocate General's Corps|Judge Advocate General]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.ttu.edu/faculty/bios/huffman|title=Walter Huffman :: Texas Tech University School of Law|work=ttu.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701124511/http://www.law.ttu.edu/faculty/bios/Huffman/|archive-date=2010-07-01}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|R. Duane|Ireland}}
|year=1969 (B.B.A.), 1971 (M.B.A.), 1977 (Ph.D.)
|nota=Former interim dean of [[Mays Business School]] at [[Texas A&M University]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |author1=George Watson |title=Rawls College of Business to Recognize Four Distinguished Alumni |url=https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2018/02/adv-rawls-distinguished-alumni |website=Texas Tech Today |publisher=Texas Tech University |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jeffry H.|Larson}}
|year=1980
|nota=
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/Faculty/jhl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620144604/http://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/Faculty/jhl/ |url-status=dead |title=FHSSfaculty.byu.edu|archive-date=June 20, 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|David J.|Schmidly}}
|year=1966 (B.A), 1968 (M.S.)
|nota=20th president of the [[University of New Mexico]]; former [[List of Texas Tech University presidents|Texas Tech University president]]; former [[Oklahoma State University]] president
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F788BA02319B567&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=David Schmidly}}</ref>
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Barry B.|Thompson}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=10th Chancellor of the [[Texas A&M University System]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2-6-97/article5.htm|title=A&M Chancellor to Address Principal's Academy at TAMIU|work=tamiu.edu|access-date=2011-09-21|archive-date=2010-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528112717/http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2-6-97/article5.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamus.edu/offices/chancellor/pastandpresent/ |title=Chancellors Past & Present » the Texas A&M University System |access-date=2011-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327214828/http://www.tamus.edu/offices/chancellor/pastandpresent/ |archive-date=2012-03-27 }}</ref>
}}

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===Entertainment===
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|ilist=[[File:G.W. Bailey.jpg|100px|thumb|G.W. Bailey]][[File:Todd Brunson.jpg|100px|thumb|Todd Brunson]][[File:Dayna Devon.jpg|100px|thumb|Dayna Devon]][[File:GeorgeEads0103.png|100px|thumb|George Eads]]
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|G. W.|Bailey}}
|year=1966
|nota=Actor
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Will|Bigham}}
|year=1998
|nota=Winner of the 2007 reality series ''[[On the Lot]]''
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni /><ref>{{cite news|last=Casady|first=Michelle|title=Tech grad wins $1 million deal on reality TV show|work=[[The Daily Toreador]]|date=2007-08-27|url=http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/08/27/News/Tech-Grad.Wins.1.Million.Deal.On.Reality.Tv.Show-2937053.shtml?|access-date=2008-09-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922172822/http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/08/27/News/Tech-Grad.Wins.1.Million.Deal.On.Reality.Tv.Show-2937053.shtml|archive-date=2008-09-22}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Todd|Brunson}}
|year={{sort|00|<small>(did not graduate)</small>}}
|nota=Professional poker player
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ww17.doylesroom.net/bio/todd.cfm|title=doylesroom.net - Doylesroom Resources and Information.|website=ww17.doylesroom.net}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jerry "Bo"|Coleman}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Radio broadcaster in Lubbock; currently at [[KDAV]] AM
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.swco.ttu.edu/handle/10605/995|title=Tiffany Naylor, Jerry Coleman (1936-) oral history interview, May 2, 2003|date=2 May 2003 |publisher=Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University|access-date=December 5, 2013 |last1=Coleman |first1=Jerry |last2=Naylor |first2=Tiffany }}</ref> 
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Barry|Corbin}}
|year=1964
|nota=Actor
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Dayna|Devon}}
|year={{sort|00|<small>(did not graduate)</small>}}
|nota=Journalist
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Colby|Donaldson}}
|year=1996
|nota=Actor, Reality TV Personality, Runner Up on [[Survivor: The Australian Outback]]
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|George|Eads}}
|year=1989
|nota=Actor
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Andy|Fickman}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Film director
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Johnny|Hardwick}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Comedian; voice actor
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Anne|Hudson}}
|year=1999
|nota=Radio and TV personality
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kvet.com/pages/onair_anne.html |title=98.1 KVET - The Genuine Austin Original |publisher=Kvet.com |access-date=2009-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013060251/http://www.kvet.com/pages/onair_anne.html |archive-date=2008-10-13 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Brad|Leland}}
|year=1980
|nota=Actor
|ref=<ref>[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-10-brad-leland.php Depts.ttu.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307175348/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-10-brad-leland.php |date=2010-03-07 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Michael|Morrison|link=Michael Morrison (actor)}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Actor
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Keith|Samples}}
|year=1977
|nota=Writer,  producer
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|William|Shockley|link=William Shockley (actor)}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Actor
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jordan|Smith|link=Jordan Randall Smith}}
|year=2008 (M.A.)
|nota=Conductor
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lim|first1=Jon|title=Jordan Smith on How Becoming a Maestro at the Pivot Led to a Great Career as a Conductor|url=http://www.bemovingforward.com/jordan-smith/|website=Moving Forward|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212317/http://www.bemovingforward.com/jordan-smith/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jack|Tippit}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1947
|nota=Cartoonist
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Alexis|Tipton}}
|year=2008
|nota=Voice actress
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/alexis.tipton/about |title=alexis.tipton/about |website=Facebook}}</ref>
}}}}

===Government, law, and public policy===
{{mem/astart
|ilist=[[File:Kent Hance 1979 congressional photo.jpg|100px|thumb|Kent Hance]][[File:John Hinckley, Jr. Mugshot.png|100px|thumb|John Hinckly Jr.]][[File:Randy-neugebauer.jpg|100px|thumb|Randy Neugebauer]][[File:Charlie Stenholm.jpg|100px|thumb|Charles Stenholm]]
|alist=
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jodey|Arrington}}
|year=1994 (B.S.), 1997 (M.P.A.)
|nota=Former Chief of Staff, [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]]; current Chief of Staff, [[Texas Tech University System]]; Distinguished Alumni, MPA Program
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Bob|Bullock}}
|year=1955
|nota=Former [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas]]; former [[Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts|Texas Comptroller]]
|ref=<ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John|Burroughs|link=John Burroughs (governor)}}
|year=1929
|nota=Former [[List of Governors of New Mexico|Governor of New Mexico]]
|ref=<ref>{{Citation | title = [[La Ventana (yearbook)|La Ventana]] | publisher = Texas Technological College | year = 1929 | volume = 4 | page = 146}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Dustin|Burrows}}
|link=
|year=2004
|nota= [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 83 (2014– )
|ref=<ref>{{Citation | title = About Dustin Burrows | url = http://www.burrows4texas.com/about_dustin | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141105072311/http://www.burrows4texas.com/about_dustin | archive-date = 2014-11-05 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Waggoner|Carr}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1940
|nota=Former [[Texas Attorney General]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=LaVentana1940>{{Citation | title = [[La Ventana (yearbook)|La Ventana]] | publisher = Texas Technological College | year = 1940 | volume = 15 | page = 110}}</ref>
}}

{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Joel|Carson III|link=Joel M. Carson III}}
|year=1994
|nota=U.S. Circuit Court Judge, [[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit]]
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/judges/judge-joel-m.-carson|title=Judges of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals &#124; Tenth Circuit &#124; The United States Court of Appeals|website=www.ca10.uscourts.gov}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John|Carter|link=John Carter (Texas)}}
|year=1964
|nota=[[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 31st congressional district|Texas District 31]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c001051|title=CARTER, John R. - Biographical Information|work=congress.gov}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Lauro|Cavazos}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1949 (B.S.), 1951 (M.S.)
|nota=Former [[List of Texas Tech University presidents|Texas Tech University president]]; former [[U.S. Secretary of Education]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=29|title=Texas Tech University :: TTU Profiles :: Lauro Cavazos|work=ttu.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527215000/http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=29|archive-date=2010-05-27}}</ref>
}}

{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Tim|Cole}}
|year={{sort|00|<small>(did not graduate)</small>}}
|nota=First person in Texas to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence; namesake of the Tim Cole Compensation Act of Texas
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Louis|Conradt}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Attorney
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Kilmer B.|Corbin}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Former [[Texas Senate|Texas State Senator]], [[Texas Senate, District 28|District 28]]
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Tom|Craddick}}
|year=1965
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 82
|ref=<ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Samuel Ray|Cummings}}
|year=1967
|nota=[[United States district court|United States District Court Judge]], [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas|Northern District of Texas]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/judges/cummings.html |title=Judges - District Judge Sam R. Cummings |publisher=[[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas]] |access-date=2010-07-13}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|James G.|Denton}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1938
|nota=Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robert L.|Duncan}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1976
|nota=[[Texas Senate|Texas State Senator]], [[Texas Senate, District 28|District 28]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|William Royal|Furgeson Jr.}}
|year=1964
|nota=[[United States district court|United States District Court Judge]], [[United States District Court for the Western District of Texas|Western District of Texas]]
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ruben|Garcia Jr.|link=Ruben Garcia Jr. (FBI agent)}}
|year=1973
|nota=Former Executive Assistant Director, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2001/12/bios.htm|title=FBI BIOs|work=fas.org}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Millard|Hall}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Journalist and political consultant; served as press secretary to Texas [[Preston Smith (Texas)|Governor Preston Smith]]; instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Kent|Hance}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1965
|nota=Former [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 19th congressional district|Texas District 19]]; [[Texas Tech University System]] Chancellor
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Harvey|Hilderbran}}
|year=1983
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 53 from [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]]
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist53/bio/hilderbran.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706004456/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist53/bio/hilderbran.htm |url-status=dead |title=House.state.tx.us|archive-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John|Hinckley Jr.}}
|year={{sort|00|<small>(did not graduate)</small>}}
|nota=Attempted [[assassination|assassin]] of United States President [[Ronald Reagan]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123051,00.html|title=By Reason of Sanity|work=people.com|access-date=2010-06-06|archive-date=2011-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110074620/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123051,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John|Hodgson|link=John Hodgson (Kentucky politician)}}
|year=1984
|nota=Kentucky state representative
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Hodgson |url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Hodgson |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Phil|Johnson|link=Phil Johnson (judge)}}
|year=1975
|nota=[[Texas Supreme Court|Texas Supreme Court Justice]], Place 8
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_pjohnson.asp|title=TJB - SC|work=state.tx.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124225221/http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_pjohnson.asp|archive-date=2013-01-24}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Delwin|Jones}}
|year=1949
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 83
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robert A.|Junell}}
|year=1969
|nota=[[Senior status]] [[United States district court|United States District Court Judge]], [[United States District Court for the Western District of Texas|Western District of Texas]]
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jim|Keffer}}
|year=1975
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]] from District 60
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=10028 |title=Jim Keffer's Biography |website=Vote Smart}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Demetrio B.|Lakas}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1963
|nota=Former President of the [[Panama|Republic of Panama]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Pete|Laney}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1965
|nota=Former [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|W. Mark|Lanier}}
|year=1984
|nota=Attorney
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.ttu.edu/2010/05/students-to-be-honored-during-spring-commencement-2/|title=Students to Be Honored During Spring Commencement|work=ttu.edu}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Tom|Martin|link=Tom Martin (Texas politician)}}
|year=1970
|nota=Former Mayor of [[Lubbock, Texas]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Council/MayorBiography.aspx|title=Page Not Found|work=lubbock.tx.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524023211/http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Council/MayorBiography.aspx|archive-date=2010-05-24}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jim|McReynolds}}
|year=1987 (J.D.)
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 12
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Tibor P.|Nagy}}
|year=1972
|nota=Former [[Ambassadors of the United States|United States Ambassador]] to [[United States Ambassador to Ethiopia|Ethiopia]], [[United States Ambassador to Guinea|Guinea]]
|ref=<ref>[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/staffbios/tnahy.php Depts.ttu.edu]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Randy|Neugebauer}}
|year=1972
|nota=[[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 19th congressional district|Texas District 19]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://randy.house.gov/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2|title=Welcome to Congressman Randy Neugebauer - Congressman Randy Neugebauer|work=house.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625191333/http://randy.house.gov/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2|archive-date=2009-06-25}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Charles|Perry|link=Charles Perry (Texas politician)}}
|year=1984
|nota=[[Texas Senate|Texas State Senate]], District 28
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11929374 |title=About Charles Perry, candidate State Representative Dist. 83 |publisher=[[KCBD]] |access-date=2010-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304053425/http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11929374 |archive-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Edward|Rappaport}}
|year=1988
|nota=Deputy Director, [[National Hurricane Center]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAApr8.html |title=NOAA Press Release |work=noaa.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715044421/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAApr8.html |archive-date=2007-07-15 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ron|Reynolds|link=Ron Reynolds (Texas politician)}}
|year=
|nota=Member of the Texas House of Representatives from [[Missouri City, Texas|Missouri City]] since 2011
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ron-reynolds/|title=State Rep. Ron Reynolds|work=texastribune.org}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Lionel|Rivera}}
|year=1979
|nota=[[Mayor]] of [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2003/01/10/03.htm|title=Lionel Rivera Announces His Candidacy for Mayor of Colorado Springs|work=hispanianews.com|access-date=2010-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529024334/http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2003/01/10/03.htm|archive-date=2010-05-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Bill|Sarpalius}}
|year=1972
|nota=Former [[Texas Senate|Texas State Senator]], [[Texas Senate, District 31|District 31]]; former [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 13th congressional district|Texas District 13]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000066|title=SARPALIUS, William - Biographical Information|work=congress.gov}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Clay|Sell}}
|year=1989
|nota=Former Deputy Secretary, [[United States Department of Energy]]
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.huntenergyhorizons.com/sell.asp |title=Clay Sell |website=Hunt Energy Horizons, LLC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231533/http://www.huntenergyhorizons.com/sell.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Preston|Smith|link=Preston Smith (Texas)}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1934
|nota=Former [[List of Governors of Texas|Governor of Texas]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John T.|Smithee}}
|year=1976 (J.D.)
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 86 from [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]]
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Burt|Solomons}}
|year=1977
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 65
|ref=
}}

{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Paul|Stanley|link=Paul Stanley (Tennessee legislator)}}
|year=1985
|nota=Former [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee State Senator]], District 31
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Charles|Stenholm}}
|year=1961 (B.S.), 1962 (M.S.)
|nota=Former [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 17th congressional district|Texas District 17]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000851|title=STENHOLM, Charles Walter - Biographical Information|work=congress.gov}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Karen|Tandy}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1974, 1977
|nota=Former Administrator, [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Elmer|Tarbox}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1939
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], District 76
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}Carl Tepper
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Carl|Tepper}}
|year= 
|nota=[[Texas House of Representatives]], [[Texas's 84th House of Representatives district|84th district]]
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carl Tepper |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Carl_Tepper |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Mac|Thornberry}}
|year=1980
|nota=[[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 13th congressional district|Texas District 13]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thornberry.house.gov/Biography/ProfilebyTexasTechsan.htm|title=Congressman Mac Thornberry|work=house.gov|access-date=2010-05-29|archive-date=2010-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527130501/https://thornberry.house.gov/Biography/ProfilebyTexasTechsan.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Dan|Thornton}}
|year=1932
|nota=Former [[Governor of Colorado]]
|ref=<ref name=Distinguished />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|T. John|Ward}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1964
|nota=[[United States district court|United States District Court Judge]], [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas|Eastern District of Texas]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipo.org/Content/ContentFolders/MeetingsEvents2/IPOMeetingsEvents/AnnualMeeting/2005/Judge_Wardbio.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112144/http://www.ipo.org/Content/ContentFolders/MeetingsEvents2/IPOMeetingsEvents/AnnualMeeting/2005/Judge_Wardbio.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 }} IPO.org</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Elizabeth|Watson|Elizabeth Watson (police officer)}}
|year=1971
|nota=Former [[Chief of police]], [[Houston Police Department]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/20/us/woman-named-police-chief-of-houston.html | work=The New York Times | title=Woman Named Police Chief of Houston | first=Lisa | last=Belkin | date=1990-01-20}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Joseph M.|Watt}}
|year=1971
|nota=[[Oklahoma Supreme Court|Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice]], 9th District
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscn.net/oscn/schome/Watt.htm|title=Joseph M. Watt|work=oscn.net}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jeff|Wentworth}}
|year=1972 (J.D.)
|nota=[[Texas Senate|Texas State Senator]], [[Texas Senate, District 25|District 25]]
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist25/pr00/p050400b.htm |title=Texas Tech University School of Law honors Senator Wentworth |date=May 4, 2000 |website=Senate.state.tx.us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706004336/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist25/pr00/p050400b.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John C.|White|link=John Coyle White}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1946
|nota=Former Chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]] 
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/21/obituaries/john-c-white-70-chairman-of-democrats-in-carter-s-term.html | work=The New York Times | title=John C. White, 70, Chairman Of Democrats in Carter's Term | first=David | last=Binder | date=1995-01-21}}</ref>
}}
}}

===Journalism and media===
{{mem/astart
|ilist=[[File:Pelley 2014.jpg|100px|thumb|Scott Pelley|alt=Man wearing coat in Antarctica]][[File:Emily Jones.jpg|100px|thumb|Emily Jones|alt=female reporter holding microphone]]
|alist=
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jim|Angle}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1969
|nota=Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/jim-angle/bio/#s=a-d | title=Jim Angle Biography | publisher=[[Fox News]] | website=FoxNews.com | access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Emily|Jones}}
|year=1998
|nota=Fox Sports Net anchor and reporter
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://newsok.com/article/3172205 | title=OU fans' expectations surprise Jones | website=NewsOK.com | publisher=[[The Oklahoman]] | first=Mel | last=Bracht | date=November 22, 2007 | access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
}}

{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Wyman|Meinzer}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1974
|nota=State photographer of [[Texas]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robert|Montemayor}}
|year=1975
|nota=1978 [[George Polk Awards|George Polk Award]], Local Reporting, ''[[Dallas Times Herald]]''; [[1984 Pulitzer Prize|1984]] Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Previous#1978 | title=Previous Award Winners | publisher=[[Long Island University]] | website=liu.edu | access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/article_df026bce-60f5-11e1-a739-001a4bcf6878.html | title=1984 Pulitzer Prize winner presents lecture at Tech | publisher=The Daily Toreador | website=DailyToreador.com | last=Molter | first=Nicole | date=February 26, 2012 | access-date=September 4, 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Scott|Pelley}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1978
|nota=Journalist, former anchor and managing editor for ''[[CBS Evening News]]''; ''[[60 Minutes]]'' correspondent
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/06/23/broadcasts/main51732.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116180620/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/06/23/broadcasts/main51732.shtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 16, 2006 | work=CBS News | title=Scott Pelley}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Herbert|Southworth}}
|year=—
|nota=Journalist
|ref=<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/09/guardianobituaries | title= Herbert Southworth Obituary | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=November 8, 1999 | access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Dirk|West}}
|year=1954
|nota=Cartoonist, journalist
|ref=<ref>{{cite news| url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/092405/ent_092405031.shtml | title=Texas Tech's 'The Dirk West Exhibit' homage to a Lubbock original | website=Lubbockonline.com | first=William | last=Kerns | date=September 24, 2005 | access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
}}

}}

===Military===
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|ilist=[[File:GEN CAVAZOS.jpg|100px|thumb|Richard E. Cavazos|alt=Mexican American man dressed as 4-star general]] [[File:Masiello wm3.jpg|100px|thumb|Wendy M. Masiello|alt=female dressed in military uniform in front of flag]]
|alist=
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John D.|Alexander|dab=admiral}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1982
|nota=Assistant Commander of Navy Personnel Command for Career Management (PERS-4)
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=672 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920211107/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=672 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2012 | title=Rear Admiral John D. Alexander Assistant Commander, Navy Personnel Command(PERS-4) | website=Navy.mil | publisher=[[United States Navy]] | access-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Richard E.|Cavazos}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1951
|nota=First Hispanic 4-star [[General (United States)|General]] in the U.S. Army; Commander [[United States Army Forces Command|U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Robert T.|Clark}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1970
|nota=[[Lieutenant General (United States)|Lieutenant General]]; Commander, [[U.S. Fifth Army|5th Army]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Fred E.|Ellis}}
|year=1967
|nota=Major General, [[Texas Air National Guard]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/ngbgomo/bioshow.aspx?id=ellis_fe&name=Major%20General%20Fred%20E%20Ellis%20 | title = Major General Fred E. Ellis | publisher = National Guard of the United States | access-date = 2014-05-14}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Wendy M.|Masiello}}
|year=1980
|nota=One of the highest-ranking women in the [[United States Department of Defense]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=10558 |title=Major General Wendy M. Masiello |newspaper=United States Air Force bio |access-date=2011-09-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803072605/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=10558 |archive-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|George H.|O'Brien Jr.}}
|year=1950
|nota=Major, [[USMCR]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
|ref=<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=George H. O'Brien Jr., 78; Was Awarded Medal of Honor |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2005-03-21 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE4DA1E3CF932A15750C0A9639C8B63 |access-date=2010-07-15}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Herman C.|Wallace}}
|year=—
|nota=Private first class, [[United States Army]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2018/03/23/texas-tech-honors-medal-of-honor-recipients/12924156007/ |title=Texas Tech honors Medal of Honor recipients |last=Michael |first=Karen |date=March 23, 2018 |website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |publisher=Gannett |access-date=February 7, 2024 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Leonard|Wong}}
|year=—
|nota=Professor of Military Strategy in the [[Strategic Studies Institute]] at the [[U.S. Army War College]];  author on military leadership
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url = https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a424850.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201221511/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a424850.pdf | url-status = live | archive-date = February 1, 2020 | title = Developing adaptive leaders: The crucible experience of Operation Iraqi Freedom | publisher = [[Defense Technical Information Center]] | access-date = 2010-07-15 }}</ref> 
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Charles Q.|Brown}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1985
|nota=21st [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]; former 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, first African-American to become a service chief.
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108485/charles-q-brown-jr/ | title=Gen Charles Q. Brown, CSAF | website=af.mil | publisher=[[United States Air Force]] | access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref>
}}
}}

===Music===
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|ilist=[[File:John Denver 1973.jpg|100px|thumb|John Denver]][[File:Susangraham.jpg|100px|thumb|Susan Graham]][[File:Bob Livingston-musician.jpg|100px|thumb|Bob Livingston]][[File:Natalie Maines in Austin, Texas.jpg|100px|thumb|Natalie Maines]]
|alist=
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Josh|Abbott}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Singer,  songwriter
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sing.joshabbottband.com/ |title=Josh Abbot Band - #singaboutmine |access-date=2013-03-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324140919/http://sing.joshabbottband.com/ |archive-date=2013-03-24 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jerry|Allison}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Drummer ([[Buddy Holly]] and [[The Crickets]], Jerry Allison and The Crickets)
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=5703&pagenum=0|title=NOT FADING AWAY: JERRY ALLISON|work=jambase.com}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ponty|Bone}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=
|ref=<ref><!--{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p12418|pure_url=yes}} -->[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p12418 Allmusic.com]</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Wade|Bowen}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Singer,  songwriter
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wade_bowen_west_84/artist.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302115836/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wade_bowen_west_84/artist.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2006|title=CMT Artists - Discover Music Artists and Bands|work=CMT Artists}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John|Denver}}
|year=1961
|nota=Singer, actor
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ralna|English}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Singer
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/040410/fea_601760703.shtml|title=Lubbockonline.com}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jimmy Dale|Gilmore}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Singer
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Susan|Graham}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1983
|nota=Mezzo-soprano
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Pat|Green}}
|year=1997
|nota=Singer
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=8|title=Texas Tech University :: TTU Profiles :: Pat Green|work=ttu.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527215108/http://www.ttu.edu/profiles/profile.php?id=8|archive-date=2010-05-27}}</ref>
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|William Clark|Green}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=
|nota=Singer, Songwriter
|ref=
}}
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jack|Huddle}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Musician
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southplainscollege.edu/dub/huddlej.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926065754/http://www.southplainscollege.edu/dub/huddlej.htm |url-status=dead |title=Southplainscollege.edu|archive-date=September 26, 2008}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Virgil|Johnson|link=Virgil Johnson (singer)}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Musician
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Bob|Livingston|dab=musician}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Singer, songwriter
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Lloyd|Maines}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Music producer, musician and songwriter
|ref=<ref name=Dickerson />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Natalie|Maines}}
|year={{sort|00|<small>(did not graduate)</small>}}
|nota=Singer,  songwriter
|ref=<ref name="Dickerson">Dickerson, James L. (2000) ''Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage''. Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, Texas. {{ISBN|0-87833-189-1}}.</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Cory|Morrow}}
|year=1992
|nota=Singer,  songwriter
|ref=<ref name=NotableAlumni />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Timothy|Rhea}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Director of bands at [[Texas A&M University]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamubands.tamu.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=33 |title=Dr. Timothy Rhea |publisher=Tamubands.tamu.edu |date=2009-08-19 |access-date=2009-08-25}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Doug|Smith|dab=composer}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Jordan Randall|Smith}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota= conductor
|ref=
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Lane|Turner}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Singer,  songwriter
|ref=
}}
}}

===Science, technology and medicine===
{{mem/astart
|ilist=[[File:Joseph Acaba v2.jpg|100px|thumb|Joseph Acaba]][[File:Charles Bassett S64-31443.jpg|100px|thumb|Charles Bassett]][[File:Richard Husband, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg|100px|thumb|Rick Husband]]
|alist=
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Joseph M.|Acaba}}
|year=2015
|nota=Astronaut
|ref=<ref name="AcabaBio">{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/joseph-m-acaba/biography|title=Joseph M. Acaba NASA Astronaut|date=September 12, 2018|publisher=[[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]]|access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Charles|Bassett}}
|year=1960
|nota=Astronaut
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bassett-ca.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Charles A. Bassett|work=nasa.gov|access-date=2010-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227205548/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bassett-ca.html|archive-date=2016-12-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Mica|Endsley}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1982
|nota=First female and former [[Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/108901/dr-mica-r-endsley.aspx|title=DR. MICA R. ENDSLEY|work=af.mil|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219084114/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/108901/dr-mica-r-endsley.aspx|archive-date=2014-12-19}}</ref>
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{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname||Grandmaster Ratte'}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=Hacker; co-founder of [[Cult of the Dead Cow]]
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ashawna|Hailey}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=[[Computer scientist]]; creator of [[SPICE|HSPICE]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|title=Shawn and Kim Hailey|work=stanford.edu|access-date=2011-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111155525/http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Rick|Husband}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=1980
|nota=Former [[astronaut]]
|ref=<ref name="TTAA Distinguished Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/husband.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Rick D. Husband 5/04|work=nasa.gov|access-date=2010-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313105441/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/husband.html|archive-date=2014-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Ginger|Kerrick}}
|year=1993
|nota=First non-astronaut Capsule Communicator (Capcom), first Russian-training-integration instructor, and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at [[NASA]]
|ref=<ref>[https://women.nasa.gov/ginger-kerrick/ Women@NASA » Ginger Kerrick<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick |title=Office of the Governor - Greg Abbott - the Governor's Commission for Women |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303224542/http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick |archive-date=2017-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/kerrick.cfm|title=Ginger Kerrick|website=www.aps.org}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Paul|Lockhart}}
|year=1978
|nota=[[Astronaut]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lockhart.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Paul Lockhart 10/2009|work=nasa.gov|date=11 February 2015 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Logan}}
|year={{sort|01|—}}
|nota=
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/logan_tex/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606205403/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/logan_tex/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2011|title=Tex Logan Bio - Tex Logan Career|work=CMT Artists}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Timothy P.|Marshall}}
|year=1980, 1983 (M.S.)
|nota=Civil engineer and meteorologist; damage analysis expert
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/alumni.php|title=Texas Tech University :: Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Group :: Alumni|work=ttu.edu|access-date=2010-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623013711/http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/alumni.php|archive-date=2010-06-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Francis|Muguet}}
|year=1992 (Ph.D.)
|nota=Chemist, information freedom advocate
|ref=<ref>{{cite book |title= Investigations of Diffuse Intermolecular Electronic Systems |author= Francis F. Muguet, M.S. |date= May 1992 |publisher= Texas Tech University |url= http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-02262009-31295007098873/unrestricted/31295007098873.pdf |access-date= July 10, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Arati|Prabhakar}}
|year=1979 (B.S)
|nota=Director of [[DARPA]]; first female director of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.darpa.mil/About/Leadership/Director_Bio_Dr_Arati_Prabhakar.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806041730/http://www.darpa.mil/About/Leadership/Director_Bio_Dr_Arati_Prabhakar.aspx |url-status=dead |title=DARPA.mil|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Erik N.|Rasmussen}}
|year=1982 (M.S.)
|nota=Atmospheric scientist, [[tornadogenesis]] expert
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Nick|Tredennick}}
|year=1968 (B.S.), 1970 (M.S.)
|nota=[[Electrical engineering|Electrical engineer]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/alumni/de/bios.php?name=Harry%20L.%20Tredennick,%20III|title=Distinguished Engineer Citations|work=ttu.edu}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Steven L.|West}}
|year=2000
|nota=Disability researcher
|ref=
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Joe Ben|Wheat}}
|year={{sort|00|<small>(did not graduate)</small>}}
|nota=[[Archaeologist]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/publications/SAAbulletin/15-5/SAA12.html|title=SAA Bulletin 15(5): Joe Ben Wheat, 1916-1997|work=saa.org}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Terry|Yates}}
|year=1978
|nota=[[Biologist]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/12/24/terry_yates_57_biologist_found_source_of_hantavirus/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=Terry Yates, 57; biologist found source of hantavirus | first=Matt | last=Schudel | date=2007-12-24}}</ref>
}}
}}

===Honorary===
{{mem/astart
|ilist=[[File:Official portrait of Associate Justice Tom C. Clark, Supreme Court of the United States (cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|Tom C. Clark|alt=Black and white image of Tom C. Clark]] [[File:Susan Polgar 6.jpg|100px|thumb|Susan Polgar|alt=Susan Polgar wearing necklace]]
|alist=
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|John W.|Carpenter}}
|year=1940
|nota=Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member
|ref=<ref name=Andrews>{{Cite book| last = Andrews | first = Ruth Horn | title = The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College | publisher = [[Texas Tech University Press|The Texas Tech Press]]|pages=357 | year = 1956 | location = Lubbock, Texas}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Amon G.|Carter}}
|year=1930
|nota=Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member
|ref=<ref name=Andrews />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Tom C.|Clark}}
|year=1947
|nota=[[United States Supreme Court Justice]] and [[United States Attorney General]]
|ref=<ref name=Andrews />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Glenna|Goodacre}}
|year=—
|nota=Sculptor
|ref=<ref name="Texas Tech University">{{cite web|title=Rawls College of Business to Honor Outstanding Alumni |publisher=[[Texas Tech University]] |url=http://today.ttu.edu/2005/04/rawls-college-of-business-to-honor-outstanding-alumni/ |access-date=2010-07-14}}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Fred|Gurley}}
|year=1953
|nota=President of [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]
|ref=<ref name=Andrews />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Kent|Hance}} {{efn|name=d}}
|year=2005
|nota=Former [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]], [[Texas's 19th congressional district|Texas District 19]]; [[Texas Tech University System]] Chancellor
|ref=<ref name="Texas Tech University"/>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Susan|Polgar}}
|year=2007
|nota=Former World Chess Champion
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Tech' s New Queen of Chess |publisher=[[Texas Tech University]] |url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-05-Polgar-institute.php |date=2007-05-16 |access-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912001017/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-05-Polgar-institute.php |archive-date=2010-09-12 }}</ref>
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Daniel I.J.|Thornton}}
|year=1953
|nota=Former [[Colorado]] governor
|ref=<ref name=Andrews />
}}
{{mem/a
|name = {{sortname|Andre|Waismann}}
|year=2000
|nota=Medical practitioner, notable for development of the ANR treatment of [[Opiate addiction]]
|ref=<ref name="TTU 6th visiting professor">6th Dr. Stella M Traweek visiting professor in Geriatric Pain Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University, Health Science Center, 20 March 2000. Texas, USA</ref>
}}
}}

===Sports===
{{Main|List of sportspeople educated at Texas Tech University}}
Texas Tech University alumni have also made contributions to field of sports. Former Red Raiders have gone on to compete in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL), [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] (NBA), [[National Football League]] (NFL), [[PGA Tour]], and [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA). Approximately [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball#Red Raiders in the Major Leagues|94 alumni have been selected to the MLB draft]], [[List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NBA draft|19 alumni have been selected in the NBA draft]], [[List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NFL draft|149 alumni have been selected in the NFL draft]], and [[List of Texas Tech Lady Raiders in the WNBA draft|9 alumni have been selected in the WNBA draft]]. Texas Tech alumni have also gone on to coach collegiate and professional teams.

== See also ==
{{commons category|Alumni of Texas Tech University}}
* [[List of sportspeople educated at Texas Tech University]]

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