List of University of Texas at Arlington people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with The University of Texas at Arlington. Since its inception, the university has produced over 200,000 alumni with approximately 100,000 living in the North Texas region.

Notable UTA alumni

Arts and culture

• Keith Alcorn - cartoonist, creator of Jimmy Neutron^[1]

Acting and drama

• Charles Baker - actor portraying the character Skinny Pete on Breaking Bad^[2]
• Annie Ilonzeh - actress, General Hospital and the short-lived ABC reboot of Charlie's Angels
• Kristi Kang - voice actress for Funimation
• Lauren Lane - actress, The Nanny^[3]
• Lou Diamond Phillips - actor, Golden Globe nominee^[3]
• Morgan Woodward - actor, Golden Boot Award winner for work in Western television and movie genre^[4]

Cinema

• Daryush Shokof - Iranian filmmaker and political activist

Literature

• Craig Lancaster, novelist

Music

• The 440 Alliance - cello rock group, founding members Drew Johnson, Brandon Vanderford, Andrew Walton, Nathan Keefer, and Neil Fong Gilfillan^[5]
• Ray Price - country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee^[4]
• Mitch Grassi - American singer, songwriter, and YouTube Personality with Scott Hoying on Superfruit and in a band called Pentatonix

Photography

• Michael Ainsworth - Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer^[6]
• Tom Fox - Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer^[6]
• Brad Loper - Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer^[6]

Business

• Nicholas Barber (BBA '04) - owner and CEO of the Sigma Relocation Group, LLC .^[7]
• Greg Barron (BBA '91) - CEO/President, The Barron Companies, Inc.^[8]
• Herbert A. Beckwith (MS '94) - CFO, Justin Brands, Inc.^[9]
• Pat Choate - economist, author, vice-presidential candidate^[10]
• Stacey Dwyer (MS '89) - Executive Vice President and Treasurer, D.R. Horton, Inc.^[11]
• Robert Early (MS '09) - founder and CEO of the JPS Health Network.^[7]
• Jacqualyn A. Fouse (BBA '82, MA '84) - CFO and SVP, Celgene Corporation^[12]
• Roland Fryer - economist; youngest tenured African-American professor in Harvard University's history; Time Magazine's 2009 100 List^[13]
• Brian Happel (BBA '83) - CEO of Fort Worth's division of BBVA Compass
• H. Ralph Hawkins (BS '73 Architecture) - Chairman and CEO, HKS, Inc.^[14][15]
• Carey Hendrickson (MBA '96) - Senior Vice President/CFO, Belo Corp.^[16]
• Bill McWhirter (BBA '86) - Senior Vice President/CFO, Trinity Industries Inc.^[9]
• Jerome Oglesby (BS '01) - Global Chief Technology Officer, Deloitte^[17]
• Eric Smith (BA '82, MBA Accounting '86) - CFO, Americas, Deutsche Bank^[18]
• Andrew B. Sommerman (BA '83) - founder, the American Collegiate Moot Court Association^[19]
• Bruce L. Tanner (MBA '90) - CFO, Lockheed Martin Corp.^[20]
• Kelcy Warren (BS '78 Civil Engineering) - Chairman and CEO, Energy Transfer Partners; 143rd richest American in 2013^[21][22]
• D. Wayne Watts (BBA '76) - Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AT&T^[23]
• Jim Wilkinson (BBA '93) - Managing Partner, International Business and Finance, Brunswick Group LLC.; former Chief of Staff for Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson^[24]

Engineering

• Kalpana Chawla - astronaut, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster^[25]
• Robert L. Stewart - former NASA astronaut; retired Army brigadier general^[26]

Government and military

• George W. Ballance - Rear Admiral, Deputy Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet^[27]
• Walter H. Baxter III - Major General, Commander of the 3rd Air Force, 1981-1982^[28]
• Richard E. Cavazos - first Mexican American four-star general of the United States Army^[29]
• Phillip J. Ford - Lieutenant General, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strategic Command, 1998-2000^[30]
• Tommy Franks - General, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command 2000-2003^[31]
• James F. Hollingsworth - Lieutenant General, commanded the U.S. Army XXIV Corps in Vietnam^[32]
• Chief Rick Stone - Chief of Police; United States Department of Justice "Law Enforcement Officer of the Year"; the most highly decorated officer in Dallas Police Department history, including the Medal of Valor

Politics

• Rodney Anderson (Class of 1990, Bachelor of Business Administration) - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Grand Prairie
• Cindy Burkett (Class of 2004) - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County since 2011
• Les Eaves - Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015; a businessman from Searcy, Arkansas; attended UTA^[33]
• Kent Grusendorf - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington
• Sally Kern - member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Bob McFarland - Republican member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Arlington, 1977–1991
• Diane Patrick - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; defeated Kent Grusendorf in 2006 Republican primary; denied re-nomination herself in 2014
• Kenneth Sheets (Class of 2001) - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 107 in Dallas County^[34]
• Steven Wayne Smith - former justice of the Texas Supreme Court^[35]
• Wayne Smith (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County since 2003^[36]
• Royce West - Democratic member of the Texas State Senate^[37]
• Ann Wynia - Former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and current president of North Hennepin Community College^[4]
• Betsy Price - 44th Mayor of Fort Worth.^[38]

Sports

• Lanny Bassham - 1976 Summer Olympics gold medalist in 50 m rifle^[39]
• Kenny Bernstein - drag racing driver and former NASCAR owner, nicknamed the "King of Speed"^[40]
• Kaleb Canales - first Mexican-American head coach in NBA history
• Michael Choice - baseball outfielder, 10th overall draft pick by the Oakland Athletics in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft^[41]
• Bruce Collie - San Francisco 49ers^[42]
• Jared Connaughton - Olympic 200m track athlete for Canada
• Steve Foster - pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds^[43]
• Takeshi Fujiwara - Olympiad in Track & Field representing El Salvador in Athens, 2004^[44]
• Dillon Gee - pitcher for the New York Mets^[45]
• Trey Hillman - Manager of the Kansas City Royals from 2008–2010^[46]
• John Lackey - American League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox^[46]
• Mark Lowe - pitcher for the Texas Rangers^[47]
• Tim McKyer - cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers^[48]
• Adam Moore - catcher for the Seattle Mariners^[49]
• Cliff Odom - former NFL football player^[4]
• Daniel Ortmeier - first baseman/outfielder for the San Francisco Giants^[50]
• Dave Owen - shortstop for the Chicago Cubs^[51]
• Hunter Pence - National League Baseball player, San Francisco Giants^[46]
• Mike Rhyner - founder of Sports Radio 1310AM The Ticket in Dallas; anchor of Hardline; also known as The Old Gray Wolf or The Blue Flame
• Ryan Roberts - infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks^[52]
• Douglas Russell - 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in 100 m butterfly and 4x100 m medley relay^[53]
• Jimmy Thomas - San Francisco 49ers (1969-1973)^[54]

Notable faculty and staff

• Dale A. Anderson - Professor of Aerospace Engineering; former Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
• Joseph Bastien - Professor of Anthropology; former Chair of the Anthropology department; UTA Distinguished Scholar Professor; awarded the La Cruz Andina de Oro by the Bolivian government for his research^[55]
• Ramez Elmasri - Associate Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Department; holds patent for the Time Index Access Structure for Temporal Databases Having Concurrent Multiple Versions, US Patent 5,440,730 with G. Wuu Bellcore, 1995
• George Fix - American mathematician who collaborated on several seminal papers and books in the field of finite element method.
• José Ángel Gutiérrez - political science professor, lawyer and founding member and past president of the La Raza Unida Party.
• Susan Hekman - political science professor and director of the graduate humanities program.
• Charles T. McDowell - Professor Emeritus and former director of the Center for Post-Soviet and Eastern European Studies
• Nils O Myklestad - Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; an authority on mechanical vibration.
• Stanley Palmer - Professor of History; scholar of British history; member of the UT Arlington Academy of Distinguished Teachers (1996)
• Vasant K. Prabhu - electrical Engineering professor; Life Fellow of IEEE; inventor of communication system designs
• K. R. Rao - electrical engineering professor; Fellow of IEEE; inventor of discrete cosine transform
• Ya'Ke Smith - arts assistant professor and filmmaker^[56]
• Matthew Wright - computer scientist; known for his work in anonymity and pathfinding algorithms^[57]

External links

• The University of Texas at Arlington
  • University overview
  • University history
• UTAMavericks - fan site
• College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni
• The University of Texas at Arlington Alumni Relations

References

1. Uta Magazine - Keith Alcorn
2. IMdB - Charles Baker
3. About Our Alumni - UT Arlington
4. In good company
5. Student Band Reaches Reality TV Realm
6. Pulitzer lifts alumni to the pinnacle of photography profession
7. http://www.uta.edu/business/dean/newsevent86.php
8. The Barron Companies Leadership
9. http://www.uta.edu/business/dean/council.html
10. Pat Choate, Celebrated Economist, Author and Intellectual Property Expert, Joins AIPR Board of Directors
11. UTA Business Week 2010 Featured Speakers
12. http://ir.celgene.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=111960&p=irol-govManage
13. Scientists and Thinkers: Roland Fryer
16. Belo Board of Directors
17. UTA Business Scholl Alumni News
18. "Eric Smith Joins Deutsche Bank as Chief Financial Officer, Americas". Reuters. February 7, 2011.
20. Bruce L. Tanner - Lockheed Martin
22. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/profile/kelcy-warren/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
24. UTA Distinguished Alumni 2009
25. Astronaut Biography: Kalpana Chawla
26. Robert L. Stewart Biographical Data
27. Deputy Commander George W. Ballance
28. "MAJOR GENERAL WALTER H. BAXTER III". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18.
29. Richard Cavazos Hall of Honor
30. "LIEUTENANT GENERAL PHILLIP J. FORD USAF BIOGRAPHY". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21.
31. UT ARLINGTON GRADUATION CELEBRATION TO FEATURE ALUMNUS TOMMY FRANKS
32. http://www.riley.army.mil/bigredone/commandteam/Former/ADC/Hollingsworth,%20James%20F.htm
33. "Leslie Dale Eaves". intelius.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
34. "State Rep. Kenneth Sheets District 107 (R-Dallas)". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
35. "State Bar of Texas: Steven Wayne Smith". texasbar.com. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
36. "Wayne Smith's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
37. Where are they now?: Royce West (1974-75)
38. http://fortworthtexas.gov/mayor/bio//
39. Lanny Bassham Hall of Honor
40. Not afraid to take a risk: Kenny Bernstein, UTA Magazine Online, Fall 2005
41. Excellent Choice: A's draft college slugger
42. Bruce Collie NFL.com profile
43. Steve Foster Statistics and History
44. Player Bio: Takeshi Fujiwara - UT-Arlington Official Athletic Site
45. Dillon Gee UTA Profile
46. Pence named to National League All-Star roster
47. Mark Lowe UTA Profile
48. Tim McKyer NFL.com profile
49. Adam Moore UTA Profile
50. Daniel Ortmeier stats and bio
51. Dave Owen Statistics and History
52. Ryan Roberts UTA profile
53. Strokes of Genius: Star swimmer inducted into hall of fame
54. http://www.nfl.com/player/jimmythomas/2527248/profile
55. http://www.uta.edu/ra/real/editprofile.php?pid=1413
56. http://www.uta.edu/art/index.php/community/faculty_staff/yake_smith/
57. http://www.uta.edu/news/releases/2014/11/wright-computersecurity-grant.php