Famous University Of Dallas Alumni
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People on this list must have gone to University of Dallas and be of some renown.
List of famous alumni from University of Dallas, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from University of Dallas include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished University of Dallas alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended University of Dallas are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from University of Dallas.
List features graduates like Jayne Mansfield and Peter MacNicol.
This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to University of Dallas?” and “Which celebrities are University of Dallas alumni?”- Jayne Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933, was an American actress, singer, and nightclub entertainer who emerged as a major Hollywood sex symbol during the 1950s and early 1960s. She was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and was raised in Dallas, Texas, where she discovered her passion for acting. Despite initial resistance from her parents, Mansfield pursued her dreams, eventually gaining recognition as a leading lady in films like The Girl Can't Help It and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Her blonde bombshell image, comparable to Marilyn Monroe, made her a popular figure in the media. Mansfield's life was not just about glamour and fame; it also had its fair share of trials and tribulations. After a short-lived marriage to her high school sweetheart, Paul Mansfield, she married bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, with whom she had three children. Her professional life saw highs and lows, with her popularity waning in the 1960s due to a series of box-office flops. Despite these setbacks, Mansfield remained dedicated to her craft, resorting to stage performances and nightclub acts when film offers became scarce. Her resilience and determination were a testament to her love for performing arts. Tragically, Mansfield's life was cut short at the age of 34 in a car accident in 1967. Despite her untimely demise, her legacy in the entertainment industry is enduring. Her flamboyant lifestyle, tumultuous personal life, and tragic death have kept her in public memory long after her passing. Today, she is remembered as one of the definitive symbols of Hollywood glamour and beauty. Her influence can be seen in the careers of many modern actresses who have cited her as an inspiration. Jayne Mansfield's story is one of both success and tragedy, highlighting the often-unseen struggles behind the glitz and glam of Hollywood stardom.
- Age: Dec. at 34 (1933-1967)
- Birthplace: USA, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
The Best Jayne Mansfield MoviesSee all
- 1Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?33 Votes
- 2The Girl Can't Help It43 Votes
- 3The Wayward Bus20 Votes
Michael E Wiley
BusinesspersonMichael Wiley was elected to Tesoros Board of Directors in 2005. Mr. Wiley has 33 years experience in the energy industry and most recently served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Baker Hughes Incorporated, an oilfield services company.- Age: 74
- Jason Henderson (born 1971) is an American writer of computer games, novels and several comic book series. He is the writer of the young adult novel series Alex Van Helsing from HarperCollins and the comic book series Sword of Dracula from Image Comics, Strange Magic from Marvel Comics, and Soulcatcher. His book Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising was added to the 2011 Texas Library Association Lone Star Reading List, a list of the top 20 books published in the previous year for middle grade readers. He was the writer of Locus best-seller The Element of Fire, the first novel in the Highlander (franchise), and was a co-creator on the Tokyopop manga series Psy-comm. Henderson currently resides in Colorado. He graduated from the University of Dallas in 1993 with a BA in History and from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in 1996 with a Juris Doctor (JD) degree in Law.
- Age: 54
- Thomas Michael Rafferty (born August 2, 1954) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for head coach Joe Paterno at Penn State University.
- Age: 70
- Birthplace: Syracuse, New York
- Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.
- Age: 70
- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
- Lara Grice is an actor.
- Age: 53
- Birthplace: USA, New Orleans, Louisiana
L. M. Kit Carson
Film Producer, Screenwriter, ActorLewis Minor "Kit" Carson (August 12, 1941 – October 20, 2014), was an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer.- Age: 83
- Birthplace: Texas, Irving, USA
Mackubin Thomas Owens
ProfessorMackubin Thomas Owens joined the Institute of World Politics (IWP) as Dean and professor in 2015. He was previously the Associate Dean of Academics for Electives and Directed Research and Professor of Strategy and Force Planning for the Naval War College in the U.S., as well as a contributing editor to National Review.- Age: 79
- Birthplace: Bryan, Texas
Patrick Madrid
WriterPatrick Madrid (born 1960) is an American Catholic author, radio host, apologist, the host of several EWTN television and radio series, and was the publisher of Envoy Magazine. He is the author of 16 books and booklets on Catholic themes, including the popular Surprised By Truth series of conversion testimony books. He served as vice president for eight years (1988 through 1995) at Catholic Answers.- Age: 65
- Veteran character actor Peter MacNicol made a name for himself with a lengthy résumé populated by roles that while outwardly submissive, often displayed unexpected flashes of inner fire. Trained on the stages of the revered Guthrie Theater and proven on Broadway, the actor's screen debut came with a starring role in the fondly remembered fantasy film "Dragonslayer" (1981). However, he truly came to the attention of both audiences and critics as the odd-man-out in the doomed triangle of the heart-wrenching drama "Sophie's Choice" (1982), opposite Kevin Kline and Oscar-winner Meryl Streep. MacNicol later gave his comic instincts free reign as the manic Dr. Janosz Poha alongside Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver in "Ghostbusters II" (1989). A brief run as a recurring character on the medical drama "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994-2000) paved the way for a career-making role on David E. Kelley's quirky legal comedy "Ally McBeal" (Fox, 1997-2002). For the six-season-run of the provocative series, MacNicol played law firm partner John Cage with equal parts eccentricity and humanity, endearing himself to fans of the show possibly more than any other character in the wacky series. Always in demand, he soon joined the successful crime drama "Numb3rs" (CBS, 2005-2010), as a theoretician assisting the FBI in solving impregnable cases. Adept at comedy and high drama, MacNicol's innumerable contributions to film and television ensured his ongoing screen presence for years to come.
- Age: 70
- Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
L. Brent Bozell III
JournalistLeo Brent Bozell III (; born July 14, 1955) is an American conservative writer and activist who founded the Media Research Center, Parents Television Council, and CNSNews.com. Bozell served as president of the Parents Television Council from 1995 to 2006. In addition, Bozell serves on the board for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and has served on the board of directors in the American Conservative Union. Bozell's column is also nationally syndicated by Creator's Syndicate where his work appears in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, and National Review.- Age: 69
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Emily Jacir
Artist, PhotographerEmily Jacir (Arabic: املي جاسر), is a Palestinian artist and filmmaker. Born in Bethlehem in 1973, Jacir spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, attending high school in Italy. She attended Memphis College of Art and graduated with an art degree. She divides her time between Rome, Italy and Ramallah.Jacir works in a variety of media including film, photography, installation, performance, video, writing and sound. She has exhibited extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East since 1994, holding solo exhibitions in places including New York City, Los Angeles, Ramallah, Beirut, London and Linz. Active in the building of Ramallah's art scene since 1999, Jacir has also worked with various organizations including the A. M. Qattan Foundation, al-Ma'mal Foundation and the Sakakini Cultural Center. She has been involved in creating numerous projects and events such as Birzeit's Virtual Art Gallery. She also founded and curated the first International Video Festival in Ramallah in 2002. She curated a selection of shorts; Palestinian Revolution Cinema (1968 – 1982) which went on tour in 2007. Between 2000 - 2002 she curated several Arab Film programs in NYC with Alwan for the Arts including the first Palestinian Film Festival in 2002. She works as a full-time professor at the vanguard International Academy of Art Palestine since it opened its doors in 2006 and she also served on its Academic Board from 2006 through 2012. Jacir led the first year of the Ashkal Alwan Home Workspace Program in Beirut (2011-2012) and created the curriculum and programming after serving on the founding year of the Curricular Committee from 2010-2011.- Age: 55
- Birthplace: Bethlehem
Trish Murphy
Songwriter, SingerTrish Murphy is an American singer-songwriter, based in Austin. She appeared in the Austin City Limits Music Festival twice and has released four records.Robert Bunda
Robert "Bobby" Bunda (born April 25, 1947) is a former Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 22nd District from 1994 through 2010, when he resigned his position in an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. Previously he was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1983 through 1994. He is the first Filipino American to attain the presidency of any state legislature in the United States. He attended Ludwigsburg American High School in Stuttgart, Germany, Leilehua High School, Texas Wesleyan College where he earned his Bachelor of Science in 1974, and the University of Dallas for his graduate studies. The 2009 Achievement Award for Public Affairs was conferred to Bunda by Filipinas Magazine. The magazine, self-described as "the Magazine for Filipinos Worldwide" named Bunda as among the "brightest lights" of the Filipino community.Bunda announced on October 13, 2009, that he had entered the 2010 race for Lieutenant Governor for the State of Hawaiʻi. Bunda subsequently lost the election to former state legislator and state party chairman Brian Schatz.- Age: 77
- Birthplace: Waialua, Hawaii, USA
Tan Parker
PoliticianTan Parker (born May 22, 1971) is a businessman and Republican politician who has served since 2007 in the Texas House of Representatives. He was elected in 2006 to represent District 63 in southwestern Denton County. Parker sought the position of Texas House Speaker with the retirement of Joe Straus but then withdrew his candidacy in 2018 to support the consensus choice, Representative Dennis Bonnen of Angleton in Brazoria County.- Age: 53
Carl E. Olson
Journalist, WriterCarl E. Olson (born April 17, 1969) is an American non-fiction author.- Age: 55
- Birthplace: Americas
Tadashi Inuzuka
PoliticianTadashi Inuzuka (犬塚 直史, Inuzuka Tadashi, born September 28, 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a former Senator in the House of Councillors of the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo, he graduated from Rikkyo University and received a master's degree from the University of Dallas in the United States. He was elected for the first time in 2004 from his Nagasaki constituency.- Age: 71
- Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
- Ernie Hawkins (born Ernest Leroy Hawkins, 1947, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American acoustic blues guitar player, singer, song writer, recording artist, and educator. Hawkins, along with fellow bluesmen Stefan Grossman and Roy Bookbinder, studied with blues legend Reverend Gary Davis in New York City in 1965 and 1966. Over the years, he learned a variety of styles, including Piedmont blues, Delta blues, ragtime, and gospel. In 1969, Hawkins moved back to his hometown of Pittsburgh, and enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh, earning a degree in philosophy. In 1973, he moved to Dallas for graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in phenomenological psychology at the University of Dallas, though he remained active in music, studying and performing with Mance Lipscomb, Robert Pete Williams, Fred McDowell, and Robert "Nyles" Jones. In 1978, Hawkins decided to put aside his psychology career and become a full-time musician. In the mid 1980s, He returned to Pittsburgh, and for the next ten years played lead guitar with the local R&B act Gary Belloma and the Blue Bombers. Over the years, he played with blues musicians Reverend Gary Davis, Son House, Mance Lipscomb, Fred McDowell, Jim Brewer and others, and has been featured in Sing Out!, Fingerstyle Guitar, Dirty Linen, Acoustic Guitar, Blues Revue and Vintage Guitar magazines. He has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour and XM Satellite Radio. Hawkins appeared on Maria Muldaur's Grammy and Blues Music Award nominated album Richland Woman Blues (2001), and was the guitarist for the national support tour. He lives in Pittsburgh, and continues to perform nationally and internationally and to record, teach, and advocate for blues music.
- Age: 78
- Birthplace: Pittsburgh, USA, Pennsylvania
Susan Orr
Susan Orr headed the United States Children's Bureau, a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children and Families, as Associate Commissioner.In October 2007, the Bush administration appointed Orr to be acting head of the Office of Population Affairs, a post whose responsibilities include U.S. contraception programs. Orr's appointment became controversial because, according to critics, she has been critical of contraception in the past. She subsequently resigned in May 2008.- Age: 65
Eric McLuhan
WriterEric McLuhan (19 January 1942 – 18 May 2018) was a communications theorist and media ecologist, son of Marshall McLuhan.- Age: 84
- Birthplace: Canada
John McCaa
JournalistJohn McCaa (born in Rantoul, Illinois) is a news anchor who is known for working for WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas. He worked for WFAA from 1984 until his retirement on March 1, 2019.- Age: 71
- Birthplace: Illinois
Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia
Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, also named Katherine Karađorđević (Serbian: Катарина Карађорђевић; née Batis, Greek: Μπατής; born 13 November 1943 in Athens), is the wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.- Age: 81
- Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Oscar Cantú
Oscar Cantú (born December 5, 1966) is a U.S.-born prelate of the Catholic Church who is the third Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose. He was Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, from 2013 to 2018 and before that Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, beginning in 2008. When he became a bishop in 2008, he was the youngest bishop in the United States. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and French.- Age: 58
- Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Gary Schmitt
Gary James Schmitt (born 1952) served as executive director (1999–2001) and president (2002–2005) of the New Citizenship Project before becoming the executive director of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) from 1998 to 2005. He is now a resident scholar and co-director of the American Enterprise Institute’s Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies launched in 2012.John C. Eastman
Professor, Law professorJohn C. Eastman (born April 21, 1960) is a conservative American law professor and constitutional law scholar. He is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service, and former Dean at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California. He is also the Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.- Age: 64
Kelby Woodard
LegislatorKelby G. Woodard (born April 1970) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 20A, which includes Le Sueur and Scott counties in the southeastern part of the state. He is also a small business owner of Trade Innovations, TRG Direct, and the Trusted Trade Alliance.- Age: 54
ShaChelle Devlin Manning
ShaChelle Devlin Manning is an American business person involved in the commercialization of nanotechnology.Daniel E. Flores
Daniel Ernesto Flores (born August 28, 1961) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been the Bishop of Brownsville since December 2009. He had previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit.- Age: 63
- Birthplace: Palacios, Texas
Joe G. N. Garcia
Joe G. N. "Skip" Garcia (born 1954) is an American pulmonary scientist, physician and academician.- Age: 71
John H. Gibson
John Holden Gibson II (born February 15, 1959) is an American businessman and government official. Gibson is the former Chief Management Officer of the United States Department of Defense. Prior to serving as CMO, Gibson served as the Deputy Chief Management Officer for the Defense Department from November 2017 to February 2018. He has been chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and managing director for several companies including a national consulting group. Gibson previously served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Management Reform and as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller).- Age: 65
- Birthplace: Flushing, New York City, New York
Thomas S Hibbs
Thomas S. Hibbs is the dean of the honors college and distinguished professor of philosophy at Baylor University. Hibbs studied at the University of Dallas and the University of Notre Dame. He taught at Thomas Aquinas College and Boston College, thus being on the faculty of one of the most conservative and one of the most liberal Catholic colleges in the United States. Hibbs taught at Boston College for 13 years, where he was full professor and department chair in philosophy.Hibbs is now a professor at Baylor University where he has taught medieval philosophy, contemporary ethics and interdisciplinary courses. Hibbs also attended DeMatha Catholic High School and returned to deliver the commencement speech in 2008. Hibbs has written many reviews that explore the issues of philosophy in popular culture as well as the inherently anti-popular nature of much high-brow culture, meaning that if something becomes popular it is assumed to not be good. Many of these reviews have been published in National Review and the Dallas Morning News.Anita Jose
Anita Jose (born 1960-70s) is an Indian born educator, business strategist, Professor of Management at Hood College, and essayist in the field of business management and policy.Emmet Flood
Emmet Thomas Flood IV is an American attorney. He served as the interim White House Counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump from October 17, 2018, to December 10, 2018, following the resignation of Don McGahn.Flood's current title and role is as Special Counsel to President Trump. Flood wrote a response in late April 2019 to Attorney General William Barr concerning the Mueller Report.Flood also served as Special Counsel in the George W. Bush Administration.Brantly Womack
Brantly Womack is Cumming Memorial Professor of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. Most of his work has been on Chinese national and international politics. Womack received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1977 He had previously received a M.A. from Chicago, and a B.A. from the University of Dallas.He was a Fulbright Scholar, at the University of Munich, 1969-1970 After he received his doctorate, he worked as Assistant Professor of Political Science and Political Economy, The University of Texas at Dallas, followed by positions as Assistant and then Associate Professor and finally full Professor at Northern Illinois University. He went to the University of Virginia in 1992 as Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor of Public Affairs in its The Miller Center for Public Affair, and was later appointed to its Hugh S. & Winifred B. Cumming Memorial Chair in International Affairs,He is also an Honorary professor at Jilin University (Changchun), and at East China Normal University (Shanghai).
