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Baylor University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Waco, TX

Founding Date:
1845

Motto:
Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana

Team:
Bears

Enrollment:
14,000

Official Website:
http://www.baylor.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe L. Allbritton
Business
29-Dec-1924   Well-connected Washington billionaire
Robert W. Alspaugh
Business
1947   CEO of KPMG, 2002-05
Douglas Y. Bech
Attorney
c. 1945   Partner, Andrews Kurth, 1970-93
Charlotte Beers
Business
26-Jul-1935   CEO, Ogilvy & Mather 1992-97
E. Glenn Biggs
Business
1933   Biggs & Co.
Beau Boulter
Politician
23-Feb-1942   Congressman from Texas, 1985-89
Charles G. Boyd
Military
15-Apr-1938   Retired General, US Air Force
Steven A. Browning
Diplomat
c. 1949   US Ambassador to Uganda
Brad Carson
Politician
11-Mar-1967   Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05
Lane G. Collins
Educator
c. 1940   Accounting Professor at Baylor
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
Tom DeLay
Politician
8-Apr-1947   Indicted ex-House Majority Leader
Gary J. Fernandes
Business
c. 1944   Former EDS executive
Jack M. Fields
Politician
3-Feb-1952   Congressman from Texas, 1981-97
Paul L. Foster
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Western Refining
Hayden Fry
Football
18-Feb-1929   University of Iowa coach
Louie Gohmert
Politician
18-Aug-1953   Congressman, Texas 1st
Phil Hardberger
Politician
27-Jul-1934   Mayor of San Antonio
Thomas Harris
Novelist
1940   The Silence of the Lambs
Mark Hurd
Business
1957   CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Ernest Istook
Politician
11-Feb-1950   Congressman, Oklahoma 5th
Leon Jaworski
Government
19-Sep-1905 9-Dec-1982 Watergate special prosecutor
Michael Johnson
Track and Field
13-Sep-1967   Sprinter, 5-time Olympic Gold medalist
Richard Lessner
Activist
c. 1949   Capital City Partners
John M. Lilley
Educator
24-Mar-1939   President, Baylor University
Thomas C. Mann
Diplomat
11-Nov-1912 23-Jan-1999 US Ambassador to Mexico, 1961-63
Willie Nelson
Country Musician
30-Apr-1933   The red-headed stranger
Lyndon L. Olson
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001
Priscilla Owen
Judge
4-Oct-1954   Judge, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Laree E. Perez
Business
c. 1954   Medallion Investment Management Co.
Bob Perry
Business
30-Oct-1932   Perry Homes
Chip Pickering
Politician
10-Aug-1963   Congressman, Mississippi 3rd
Boone Powell, Jr.
Business
9-Feb-1937   CEO of Baylor Health Care, 1980-2001
Kevin Reynolds
Film Director
17-Jan-1952   Waterworld
Ann Richards
Politician
1-Sep-1933 13-Sep-2006 Governor of Texas, 1991-95
Sid Richardson
Business
25-Apr-1891 30-Sep-1959 Oilman, Bass family benefactor
Max Sandlin
Politician
29-Sep-1952   Congressman from Texas, 1997-2005
Marjorie Scardino
Business
25-Jan-1947   CEO of Pearson
William Sessions
Government
27-May-1930   Director of FBI, 1987-93
Doyle R. Simons
Business
1964   CEO of Temple-Inland
Bob R. Simpson
Business
c. 1948   CEO of XTO Energy
Mike Singletary
Football
9-Oct-1958   Linebacker, Chicago Bears
Alan Watson Steelman
Politician
15-Mar-1942   Congressman from Texas, 1973-77
Peggy Venable
Activist
?   Conservative activist
Bill W. Wheat
Business
c. 1966   CFO of D. R. Horton
Mark White
Politician
17-Mar-1940   Governor of Texas, 1983-87
Don R. Willett
Judge
16-Jul-1966   Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Noble Willingham
Actor
31-Aug-1931 17-Jan-2004 Hard-working supporting actor

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lane G. Collins
Educator
c. 1940   Accounting Professor at Baylor
Denton Cooley
Doctor
22-Aug-1920   Pioneering heart surgeon
Andrew V. Schally
Scientist
30-Nov-1926   Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe L. Allbritton
Business
29-Dec-1924   Well-connected Washington billionaire
E. Glenn Biggs
Business
1933   Biggs & Co.
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
John M. Lilley
Educator
24-Mar-1939   President, Baylor University
Erle A. Nye
Business
Jun-1938   CEO of TXU, 1999-2004
Charles L. Overby
Journalist
c. 1946   CEO of Freedom Forum, Newseum
Laree E. Perez
Business
c. 1954   Medallion Investment Management Co.
James L. Turner
Business
c. 1946   President of Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, 1999-2005

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Frank Broyles
Football
26-Dec-1924   Arkansas Head Coach, 1958-76
Hayden Fry
Football
18-Feb-1929   University of Iowa coach
Billy Gillispie
Basketball
7-Nov-1959   Head Coach, Kentucky Wildcats
Mike Gundy
Football
12-Aug-1967   OSU Head Coach
Grant Teaff
Football
12-Nov-1933   Baylor Head Football Coach, 1972-92


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