EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Dallas, TX

Founding Date:
1911

Team:
Mustangs

Enrollment:
11,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Amy Acker	Actor	5-Dec-1976		Fred on Angel
Michael A. Andrews	Politician	7-Feb-1944		Congressman from Texas, 1983-95
Nick Bakay	Actor	8-Oct-1959		Salem Saberhagen on Sabrina
Dylan Baker	Actor	7-Oct-1959		Murder One
Kathy Bates	Actor	28-Jun-1948		Misery
Raymond Berry	Football	27-Feb-1933		NFL Hall of Famer, coach
Teel Bivins	Politician	22-Nov-1947	26-Oct-2009	US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06
Michael M. Boone	Attorney	c. 1942		Lobbyist
Powers Boothe	Actor	1-Jun-1949		Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones
Angela F. Braly	Business	1962		CEO of Wellpoint
Edie Brickell	Singer	10-Mar-1966		And the New Bohemians
John W. Bryant	Politician	22-Feb-1947		Congressman from Texas, 1983-97
Dan Busbee	Attorney	c. 1932		Locke Purnell Rain Harrell
Laura Bush	First Lady	4-Nov-1946		Wife of US President George W. Bush
Kirbyjon H. Caldwell	Religion	c. 1954		Windsor Village United Methodist Church
Edward R. Campbell	Business	c. 1941		Hibernia National Bank
Jim Chapman	Politician	8-Mar-1945		Congressman from Texas, 1985-97
Bill Clements	Politician	17-Apr-1917	29-May-2011	Twice Governor of Texas
Richard L. Clemmer	Business	?		CEO of Agere Systems
James M. Collins	Politician	29-Apr-1916	21-Jul-1989	Congressman from Texas, 1968-83
Richard H. Collins	Publisher	1-Jun-1947		Dallas newspaper publisher
Glenn A. Cox	Business	6-Aug-1929		President of Phillips Petroleum, 1985-1991
Catherine Crier	Journalist	6-Nov-1954		The Crier Report on Fox
James W. Cronin	Physicist	29-Sep-1931	25-Aug-2016	Time not necessarily reversible
John Culberson	Politician	24-Aug-1956		Congressman, Texas 7th
Paige Davis	Game Show Host	15-Oct-1969		Katie Couric lookalike on Trading Spaces
Aart J. de Geus	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Synopsys
Howard M. Dean	Business	27-Jun-1937	25-Mar-2012	CEO of Dean Foods, 1987-2001
Eric Dickerson	Football	2-Sep-1960		NFL Hall of Famer
David B. Dillon	Business	1951		CEO of Kroger
Robert Dudley	Business	14-Sep-1955		CEO of BP
R. Ted Enloe III	Business	c. 1939		Liberte Investors
Bill Fagerbakke	Actor	4-Oct-1957		Dauber Dybinski on Coach
Morgan Fairchild	Actor	3-Feb-1950		Jordan Roberts on Falcon Crest
Larry R. Faulkner	Educator	1944		President of UT-Austin, 1998-2006
Alan D. Feld	Attorney	c. 1937		Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Gerald J. Ford	Business	1945		Golden State Bancorp
Douglas L. Foshee	Business	c. 1959		CEO of El Paso
L. Frederick Francis	Business	c. 1954		Chairman, Bank of the West El Paso
Bob Franks	Politician	21-Sep-1951	9-Apr-2010	Congressman from New Jersey, 1993-2001
Tony Garza	Diplomat	c. 1958		US Ambassador to Mexico
James R. Gibbs	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Frontier Oil
Clarence Gilyard	Actor	24-Dec-1955		Conrad McMasters on Matlock
Lauren Graham	Actor	16-Mar-1967		Belly Buttons are Cool
Richard C. Green	Business	?		CEO of Aquila
Forrest Gregg	Football	18-Oct-1933		NFL Hall of Famer, Coach
David A. Hager	Business	14-Oct-1956		COO of Kerr-McGee, 2005-06
Ralph Hall	Politician	3-May-1923		Congressman, Texas 4th
Nathan L. Hecht	Judge	15-Aug-1949		Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Frederick B. Hegi, Jr.	Business	c. 1943		Wingate Partners
Beth Henley	Playwright	8-May-1952		Crimes of the Heart
John A. Hill	Business	c. 1941		First Reserve Corporation
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.	Politician	20-Aug-1938		US Senator from Arkansas, 1977-79
James R. Huffines	Business	c. 1951		PlainsCapital
Roy M. Huffington	Business	4-Oct-1917	11-Jul-2008	Texas Oilman
Karen Hughes	Government	27-Dec-1956		Counselor to George W. Bush
Lamar Hunt	Football	2-Aug-1932	13-Dec-2006	Founder of the American Football League
Nelson Bunker Hunt	Business	22-Feb-1926	21-Oct-2014	Tried to corner the silver market
Ray L. Hunt	Business	6-Apr-1943		Chairman of Hunt Oil
Mark M. Jacobs	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Reliant Energy
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Politician	3-Dec-1935		Congresswoman, Texas 30th
Sam Johnson	Politician	11-Oct-1930		Congressman, Texas 3rd
Kourtney Kardashian	Socialite	18-Apr-1979		Daughter of Robert Kardashian
Robert C. Krueger	Politician	19-Sep-1935		Congressman from Texas, 1975-79
Kerney Laday	Business	c. 1943		Former VP at Xerox
Nastia Liukin	Gymnastics	30-Oct-1989		Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Paul B. Loyd, Jr.	Business	c. 1946		CEO of R&B Falcon Corporation, 1997-2001
Thomas W. Luce III	Attorney	c. 1940		Former Partner, Hughes & Luce
Dorothy Malone	Actor	30-Jan-1925		Written on the Wind
Jayne Mansfield	Actor	19-Apr-1933	29-Jun-1967	The Girl Can't Help It
Ruth Ann Marshall	Business	c. 1954		President, Mastercard Americas, 1999-2006
Tim McCanlies	Screenwriter	1953		Secondhand Lions
Page McConnell	Musician	17-May-1963		Keyboardist for Phish
Margaret A. McKenna	Educator	c. 1946		President of Lesley University, 1985-2007
Harry C. McPherson	Attorney	22-Aug-1929	16-Feb-2012	White House Counsel to Johnson
Robert E. Mellor	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Building Materials Holding
Don Meredith	Football	10-Apr-1938	5-Dec-2010	Dallas Cowboys, Monday Night Foorball
Harriet Miers	Government	10-Aug-1945		White House Counsel, 2005-07
Vance C. Miller	Business	19-Oct-1933		CEO of Henry S. Miller Companies
David M. Moffett	Business	c. 1952		CFO of US Bancorp, 2001-07
Debra Monk	Actor	27-Feb-1949		Pump Boys and Dinettes
Dennis Moore	Politician	8-Nov-1945		Congressman from Kansas, 1999-2011
Belita Moreno	Actor	1-Nov-1949		Benny on George Lopez
S. Brent Morris	Scholar	1950		Masonic scholar, NSA cryptologist
Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.	Business	29-May-1951		CEO of OPIC, 2005-09
Gregory S. Neal	Religion	c. 1967		Possible heir to Dr. Gene Scott's ministry
James Noble	Actor	5-Mar-1922	28-Mar-2016	Gov. Gatling on Benson
Erle A. Nye	Business	Jun-1938		CEO of TXU, 1999-2004
Candice Patton	Actor	24-Jun-1988		Iris West on The Flash
Thomas W. Pauken	Activist	11-Jun-1944		Conservative activist
Eckhard Pfeiffer	Business	20-Aug-1941		CEO of Compaq, 1991-99
Donald Powell	Government	2-May-1941		FDIC Chairman, Gulf Coast Rebuilding Czar
Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.	Attorney	c. 1940		Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Trevor D. Rees-Jones	Business	c. 1950		Chief Oil & Gas
Walden C. Rhines	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Mentor Graphics
Patricia Richardson	Actor	23-Feb-1951		Tim's wife on Home Improvement
Phyllis B. Riggins	Business	c. 1953		Managing Director, Bluffview Capital
William A. Roper, Jr.	Business	c. 1946		CEO of VeriSign
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	Business	3-Aug-1950		Chairman of State Farm Insurance
Rick Scott	Politician	1-Dec-1952		Governor of Florida
Sarah Shahi	Actor	10-Jan-1980		Cheerleader turned actress
Andy Sidaris	Film Director	20-Feb-1931	7-Mar-2007	Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Jeffrey Skilling	Business	25-Nov-1953		Disgraced former CEO of Enron
Clay G. Small	Attorney	c. 1950		Senior VP and General Counsel at Pepsi
Cece Smith	Business	c. 1944		Phillips-Smith-Machens Venture Partners
Lamar Smith	Politician	19-Nov-1947		Congressman, Texas 21st
William T. Solomon	Business	c. 1943		Austin Industries, Inc.
Terry Southern	Novelist	1-May-1924	29-Oct-1995	Dr. Strangelove
Aaron Spelling	Film/TV Producer	22-Apr-1923	23-Jun-2006	Beverly Hills 90210
Alan Watson Steelman	Politician	15-Mar-1942		Congressman from Texas, 1973-77
H. Leighton Steward	Business	c. 1935		Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.
Payne Stewart	Golf	30-Jan-1957	25-Oct-1999	Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999
Regina Taylor	Actor	22-Aug-1960		Lilly Harper on I'll Fly Away
Hank Thompson	Country Musician	3-Sep-1925	6-Nov-2007	Honky Tonk Swing musician
Stephen Tobolowsky	Actor	30-May-1951		Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day
John Tower	Politician	25-Sep-1925	5-Apr-1991	US Senator from Texas, 1961-85
John H. Tyson	Business	5-Sep-1953		Chairman, Tyson Foods
Thomas C. Wajnert	Business	c. 1943		CEO of AT&T Capital, 1984-97
Doak Walker	Football	1-Jan-1927	27-Sep-1998	Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer
Richard Ware II	Business	c. 1946		Amarillo National Bank
Rev. Cecil Williams	Religion	22-Sep-1929		Glide Memorial Church

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael M. Boone	Attorney	c. 1942		Lobbyist
Dan Busbee	Attorney	c. 1932		Locke Purnell Rain Harrell
Ezra Greenspan	Educator	2-Feb-1952		Walt Whitman and the American Reader
Peter S. Onuf	Historian	6-Oct-1946		Jefferson's Empire
Lou Diamond Phillips	Actor	17-Feb-1962		Young Guns II
Charles R. Ritcheson	Historian	26-Feb-1925	8-Dec-2011	British Politics and the American Revolution
Merrie Spaeth	Business	23-Aug-1948		PR guru for Reagan, Swift Boat Vets

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anne L. Armstrong	Government	27-Dec-1927	30-Jul-2008	US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Michael M. Boone	Attorney	c. 1942		Lobbyist
Richard H. Brown	Business	c. 1947		CEO of EDS, 1999-2003
Kirbyjon H. Caldwell	Religion	c. 1954		Windsor Village United Methodist Church
Donald J. Carty	Business	23-Jun-1946		CEO of American Airlines, 1998-2003
Bill Clements	Politician	17-Apr-1917	29-May-2011	Twice Governor of Texas
Richard H. Collins	Publisher	1-Jun-1947		Dallas newspaper publisher
Dan W. Cook III	Business	c. 1941		Conservative fundraiser
Juan L. Elek	Business	c. 1944		Elek, Moreno Valle y Asociados
Thomas J. Engibous	Business	31-Jan-1953		CEO of Texas Instruments, 1996-2004
Alan D. Feld	Attorney	c. 1937		Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Gerald J. Ford	Business	1945		Golden State Bancorp
James R. Gibbs	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Frontier Oil
Milledge A. Hart III	Business	c. 1934		President of EDS, 1970-77
Frederick B. Hegi, Jr.	Business	c. 1943		Wingate Partners
William R. Howell	Business	c. 1936		CEO of JC Penney, 1983-97
Lamar Hunt	Football	2-Aug-1932	13-Dec-2006	Founder of the American Football League
Ray L. Hunt	Business	6-Apr-1943		Chairman of Hunt Oil
Kay Bailey Hutchison	Politician	22-Jul-1943		US Senator from Texas
Arthur M. Hyde	Politician	12-Jul-1877	17-Oct-1947	Governor of Missouri, 1921-25
Robert W. Jordan	Diplomat	1945		US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2001-03
Paul B. Loyd, Jr.	Business	c. 1946		CEO of R&B Falcon Corporation, 1997-2001
Jeffrey A. Marcus	Business	13-Oct-1946		Cable TV magnate
Ruth Ann Marshall	Business	c. 1954		President, Mastercard Americas, 1999-2006
Erle A. Nye	Business	Jun-1938		CEO of TXU, 1999-2004
James E. Oesterreicher	Business	c. 1942		CEO of JC Penney, 1995-2000
Cece Smith	Business	c. 1944		Phillips-Smith-Machens Venture Partners
William T. Solomon	Business	c. 1943		Austin Industries, Inc.
R. Gerald Turner	Educator	c. 1946		President, Southern Methodist University
Richard Ware II	Business	c. 1946		Amarillo National Bank
Charles Wyly	Business	13-Oct-1933	7-Aug-2011	Billionaire, Michael's Stores
Sam Wyly	Business	1934		Early computer entrepreneur

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeff Bower	Football	28-May-1953		Head Coach, Southern Miss, 1990-2007
Hayden Fry	Football	18-Feb-1929		University of Iowa coach
Forrest Gregg	Football	18-Oct-1933		NFL Hall of Famer, Coach

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