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The list of University of Houston people includes notable alumni, former students, and faculty of the University of Houston. Class years usually indicate the year of a graduation unless an entry is denoted by an asterisk (*). In this case, the student did not graduate from the university, and the class year indicates the last known year a former student attended. In the case of alumni with multiple graduation years, the earliest graduation year is shown.

Legend

The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent UH schools and colleges:

Abbr. Meaning
ARCH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design
ARTS Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
BAUER C.T. Bauer College of Business
EDU College of Education
CULLEN Cullen College of Engineering
HONORS Honors College
HILTON Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership
LAW University of Houston Law Center
CLASS College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
NSM College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
NURSING College of Nursing
MED Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
OPT College of Optometry
PHARM College of Pharmacy
SOCIAL Graduate College of Social Work
TECH College of Technology
HOBBY Hobby School of Public Affairs
FS Former student (Did not graduate)

Alumni

Academia

Name Class year School Degree Notability Reference
C. Anthony Anderson 1965, 1964 NSM M.S., B.S. Philosopher; Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara [1]
Robert L. Bradley, Jr. 1980 CLASS M.A. Expert on public energy policy [2]
James H. Bray 1980, 1978, 1976 CLASS Ph.D., M.A., B.S. Former president of the American Psychological Association [3][4]
Brené Brown 2002, 1996 SOCIAL Ph.D., M.S.W. Scholar and researcher in social work; author, speaker, and professor at University of Houston [5]
Max Castillo 1979 EDU Ed.D Former President of the University of Houston–Downtown and San Antonio College [6]
Juliet V. García 1970 CLASS M.A., B.A. President, University of Texas at Brownsville; was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom [7]
Robert W. Lawless 1964 NSM B.S. Former President of Texas Tech University and the University of Tulsa [8][9]
Michael D. McKinney 1973 B.S. 13th Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System and former Texas House Representative. [10]
William A. Staples 1977 BAUER D.B.A. President of the University of Houston–Clear Lake [11]
Arleigh B. Templeton 1961,1949 EDU Ph.D, M.Ed. First President of the University of Texas at San Antonio; former President of Sam Houston State University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and Alvin Community College [12][13]
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. 1949 BAUER B.B.A. Real estate developer and former Chairman of the University of Houston System Board of Regents and [14]

Arts and media

Architecture

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Laura Bennett 1993 Contestant, Season 3 of the television show Project Runway [15]
Neil Denari 1980 Architect, professor [16]
Burdette Keeland 1950 Modernist architect, professor [17]
Jerrold E. Lomax 1951 Architect [18]
Joe Mashburn 1978 Dean, Hines College of Architecture

Entertainment and performing arts

Dennis Quaid, actor
Kenny Rogers, Country music singer
Jim Parsons, actor
Jack Valenti, former President, Motion Picture Association of America
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Jason Alkire Fashion designer at Haus Alkire, artist [19]
Greg Baldwin Actor
Leila Bela Experimental musician, actress, and writer [20]
Shelly Berg 1977 Jazz pianist and educator [21]
Big Moe (Kenneth Moore) Rapper [citation needed]
Larry Blyden 1948 Stage and television actor [22]
Craig Bohmler 1980 Opera and musical-theater composer [23]
Joe Bowman* mid-1940s Marksman and western entertainer [24]
Peter Breck Actor [25]
Kenneth Broberg 2016 Classical pianist
J. T. Buck Theatre director, composer, lyricist (The Gospel According to Tammy Faye) [26]
Marcelo Bussiki 1993 Conductor
Tom Byron Adult-film actor
Tony Campise Jazz saxophonist
Derek Cecil Actor [27]
Chamillionaire* Rapper
Johnny Chan* 1978 Poker player [28]
Brett Cullen 1979 Actor [29]
Chloe Dao* Season 2 contestant on Project Runway [30]
Loretta Devine 1971 Actress, NAACP Image Award recipient [31]
Magen Ellis Beauty queen
Fat Tony (Anthony Obi) Hip-hop artist [32]
Bruce Ford* 1982 Operatic tenor
Larry Gatlin 1970 Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter [33]
Denyce Graves* 1990 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Keith Grimwood 1974 Bass player for Trout Fishing in America[34]
Terreon Gully Jazz drummer [35]
Julie Haus Fashion designer at Haus Alkire[36]
Bill Hicks* Comedian, social critic[37]
Kimberly Holland 2004 Playboy model
Larry Hovis Actor [38]
Paavo Järvi* Orchestra conductor
Christina Kelly 2015 Voice actress
Liza Koshy* 2015 Comedian, actress, YouTube personality
Evelyn Lim 1994 Concert organist, educator [39]
Annie Lin Singer-songwriter
Lizzo Rapper, singer-songwriter [40]
Anne Lundy 1979 Classical conductor, music educator
Master P* Hip-hop artist, actor, producer, and athlete[41]
Sally Mayes Broadway singer and actress, rock/jazz singer[42]
Susanne Mentzer* 1982 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Yvar Mikhashoff 1967 Composer, concert pianist, recording artist, music educator[43]
Mary Mills* 1988 Operatic soprano
Carli Mosier Voice actress [44]
Pauline Oliveros* 1952 Electronic music composer and performance artist [45]
Bárbara Padilla 2004 Opera singer [46]
Jim Parsons 1996 Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, The Big Bang Theory [47][48]
Chris Patton Voice Actor
Cindy Pickett 1972 Actress [49]
Dennis Quaid* 1974 Actor [50]
Randy Quaid 1971 Actor; winner of Golden Globe Award; nominated for Emmy and Academy Awards [51]
Kenneth Radnofsky Classical saxophonist, educator [52]
Timothy Rhea 1999 Director of Bands at Texas A&M University [53]
Kenny Rogers* 1958 Country singer; winner of multiple Grammy, American Music, Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, and CMT Awards; USA Today "Favorite Singer of All Time" [54]
Brad Rushing 1986 Cinematographer
Julian Schnabel 1973 Filmmaker; winner of Best Director prize at Cannes Film Festival; visual artist [55]
Elliot Segal Disc jockey
Guru Singh Actor
Brent Spiner* 1974 Actor [56]
Crystle Stewart 2007 Miss USA 2008
Allison Sumrall Voice actress
DJ Sun Record producer, DJ
Christopher Theofanidis 1992 Classical composer [57]
John Tracy 1968 Television director [58]
Tommy Tune Broadway dancer, actor, Tony Award winner [59]
Jack Valenti 1946 President of the Motion Picture Association of America [60]
Townes Van Zandt* 1966 Country and folk music singer-songwriter [61]
Viper Rapper [62]
Paul Wall 2001 Rapper and DJ [63][64]
Judy Wilson Casting director [65]
Trey Wilson Actor [66]
Darren Keith Woods 1982 Opera singer, General Director of Fort Worth Opera
Roger Wright 1996 Classical pianist and 2004 National Scrabble Championship winner [67]
Robert Wuhl 1976 Comedian, actor, and writer [68]
Arthur Yoria Guitarist, singer-songwriter [69]
Terence Yung 2012 Concert pianist
Stella Zambalis* 1984 Operatic soprano [70][71]
Jessica Zhu 2009 Concert pianist [72]

Journalism

Jim Nantz, lead CBS Sports broadcaster
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Dan Cook* 1945 Longtime San Antonio television sports reporter and columnist [73]
Steve Edwards* Talk-show host
Robert Flores 1992 ESPN anchor [74][75]
Saul Friedman 1956 Newspaper reporter, columnist, wrote "Gray Matters" column for Newsday [76]
Kevin James 1988 Radio host, conservative political commentator [77]
Tom Jarriel 1956 Correspondent for 20/20 and ABC's evening news [78]
Star Jones 1986 Former co-host of the TV show The View [79]
Shane McAuliffe 2003 Creator and host of television program The Texas Bucket List [80]
Maxine Mesinger Gossip columnist for the Houston Chronicle[81]
Jim Nantz 1981 Lead CBS Sports broadcaster [82]
Chau Nguyen 2010 Television news anchor
Dan Rather* Former Managing Editor and anchor for CBS Evening News [83]
Caroline Valenta* 1945 Pulitzer-nominated photojournalist at the Houston Post [84]
Bill Worrell 1969 Sportscaster [85]
Steve Zabriskie Network television play-by-play sportscaster, ABC, ESPN, CBS

Literature

Gene Wolfe, science-fiction author
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Donald Barthelme* 1957 Author, UH professor
Shane Bolks 1997 Author of chick lit and historical romance novels
Jericho Brown 2007 Poet, winner of 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry [86]
Kathryn Casey 1984 Author, journalist
Katherine Center 1998 Author
Thomas Cobb Author [87]
Jill Alexander Essbaum 1994 Poet, writer, professor
Ibis Gómez-Vega 1976 Writer, critic
Jennifer Grotz 2005 Poet [88]
Christine Hà 2013 Writer, poet, editor; chef who won the grand prize on the MasterChef cooking competition on Fox in 2012 [89]
Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill 1997 American poet, writer, professor at St. Mary's University, Texas and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts [90]
Detrick Hughes 1989 Poet [91]
Lacy M. Johnson 2008 Writer
Corey Marks 2000 Poet [92]
Leslie Adrienne Miller 1991 Poet [93]
Vassar Miller 1947 Poet [94]
David M. Parsons 1991 Poet, 1991 Poet Laureate of Texas
George Sessions Perry* — Novelist, correspondent
Padgett Powell Author; professor at University of Florida [95]
Cynthia D. Ritchie Writer, filmmaker, social activist
Cristina Rivera Garza 1995 Author, professor
Pattiann Rogers 1981 Poet
Allie Rowbottom Writer, educator
Alice Sebold* 1985 Novelist [96]
Lynda Schraufnagel 1987 Poet [97]
Larry D. Thomas 1970 Poet, 2008 Texas State Poet Laureate
Sidney Wade 1994 Poet, professor
Bryan Washington – Writer
Will Wilkinson 2015 (MFA) Writer, blogger
Gene Wolfe 1956 Science fiction novelist
Robert Clark Young Author

Visual arts

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Susan Budge 1987 Ceramic sculptor [98]
Michael Ray Charles 1993 Painter [98]
Michael Galbreth 1984 Contemporary performance, conceptual, visual artist [99]
Carll Goodpasture 1975 Photography [100]
Priscilla Hamby 2003 Illustrator, comic-book artist
Cheryl Kelley — Photorealist painter
Jack Massing 1984 Contemporary performance, conceptual, visual artist [99]
Eileen Maxson 2002 Video and installation artist
Julian Schnabel 1973 Neo-expressionist painter, sculptor, photographer, and filmmaker [101]
Nestor Topchy 1987 Painter, sculptor, installation artist

Athletics

Baseball

Jeff Banister, Manager of the Texas Rangers
Michael Bourn, baseball outfielder
Jesse Crain, baseball pitcher
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
John Altobelli 1987 Minor league player, college coach; died in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant
Jeff Banister 1986 Manager, Texas Rangers; perfect 1.000 major-league career batting average [102]
Matt Beech 1994 Former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies [102]
Beau Bell Infielder for St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians
Michael Bourn 2003 Outfielder for Houston Astros/Atlanta Braves [102]
Jesse Crain 2002 Best career start for a relief pitcher [102]
Steve Cummings 1986 Former pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays [102]
Steve Decker Catcher for San Francisco Giants, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, Anaheim Angels [103]
Larry Dierker Pitcher for Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals [104]
Doug Drabek 1983 1990 Cy Young Award winner, 1994 All-Star [102]
Vaughn Eshelman 1991 Former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox [102]
Joe Gallagher 1951 Professional baseball player and college baseball coach [105]
Wayne Graham 1973 Head coach of Rice Owls baseball [106]
Bill Henry 1946 Pitcher, 1960 All-Star [102]
Rob Johnson 2004 Catcher for Seattle Mariners [107]
Donnie Joseph 2009 Pitcher for Kansas City Royals
Jake Lemoine* 2015 Pitcher for Oakland Athletics
Brad Lincoln* 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher [108]
Jason McDonald 1993 Oakland Athletics player [102]
Garrett Mock 2004 Pitcher for Washington Nationals [109]
Shane Nance 2000 Former Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher [102]
Rayner Noble 1988 Reached AAA level as player; later UH head baseball coach [110]
John Paciorek Played one game for Houston Colt .45s; holds MLB record for most plate appearances (5) while compiling a 1.000 career batting average
Tom Paciorek 1968 1981 All-Star; National College Baseball Hall of Fame [102]
David Pierce 1985 Head coach at Tulane [111]
Austin Pruitt 2013 Pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays
Seth Romero* 2017 Pitcher for Washington Nationals
Jake Scheiner Infielder/outfielder for Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Scott Sheldon 1991 Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers infielder [102]
Chris Snyder 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Houston Astros catcher [102]
Chris Tremie 1992 Houston Astros catcher [102]
Ryan Wagner 2003 First Cincinnati Red to be drafted and reach the majors in the same season [102]
Mike Walker 1986 Former pitcher for the Seattle Mariners [102]
Ben Weber 1991 2002 World Series champion [102]
Patrick Weigel* 2015 Player for Atlanta Braves
Gary Weiss 1978 1981 World Series champion [102]
Rocket Wheeler Minor league player and manager
Todd Whitting 1995 UH head baseball coach
Woody Williams 1988 1993 World Series champion, 2003 All-Star [102]
Anthony Young 1987 Major League Baseball's longest losing streak [102]

Basketball

Clyde Drexler, former basketball shooting guard, ten-time NBA All-Star, and Basketball Hall of Fame member
Hakeem Olajuwon, former basketball center, twelve-time NBA All-Star, and Basketball Hall of Fame member
Elvin Hayes, former basketball center, twelve-time NBA All-Star, and Basketball Hall of Fame member
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Benny Anders* 1985 Member of Phi Slama Jama; later played in South America
Greg "Cadillac" Anderson 1987 Player for San Antonio Spurs/Milwaukee Bucks/New Jersey Nets/Denver Nuggets/Detroit Pistons/Atlanta Hawks [112]
Terrance Arceneaux* current student
Otis Birdsong 1977 Player for Kansas City Kings/New Jersey Nets/Boston Celtics [112][113]
Armoni Brooks* 2019 Player for Houston Rockets [114]
Randy Brown* 1988 Transferred from Houston to New Mexico State; player for Sacramento Kings/Chicago Bulls/Boston Celtics/Phoenix Suns; coach for Bulls
Josh Carlton 2022 Player for Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Don Chaney 1968 Player for Boston Celtics/Spirits of St. Louis (ABA)/Los Angeles Lakers; Head Coach of the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, and Los Angeles Clippers; 1969 NBA Finals and 1974 NBA Finals champion, 1991 NBA Coach of the Year Award winner [112]
Aubrey Coleman 2010 Led NCAA Division I Men's Basketball in scoring for 2009–2010 season; player for Aliağa Petkim of Turkish Basketball League/Austin Toros of NBA Development League/Pallacanestro Biella of Italian League [115][116]
Marcus Cousin 2010 Player for Utah Jazz [117]
LJ Cryer* current student
Doug Davalos 1994 Head basketball coach at Sul Ross State University, Texas State University
Corey Davis Jr. 2019 Player for Afyon Belediye S.K. of the Basketball Super League
Devin Davis 2018 Player for Lakeland Magic/G.S. Lavrio B.C./ESSM Le Portel
Dwight Davis 1972 Player for Cleveland Cavaliers/Golden State Warriors [112]
Sergio De Randamie 2006 Player for ABC Amsterdam/Donar/Landstede Hammers/BV Den Helder/Apollo Amsterdam/Rotterdam/ZZ Leiden
David Díaz 1993 Player for Venezuelan national team
Damyean Dotson 2017 Player for New York Knicks
Dion Dowell 2008 Player for Golden State Warriors
Clyde Drexler 1983 Player for Portland Trail Blazers/Houston Rockets; 1995 NBA Finals Champion, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, 2004 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player inductee; gold medal, 1992 Olympic Games [112][113]
Louis Dunbar 1975 Player for Harlem Globetrotters [112]
Kyler Edwards 2022 Player for San Antonio Spurs
Anwar Ferguson 2004 Player for Saitama Broncos
Rolando Ferreira 1988 Player for Portland Trail Blazers [112]
Alton Ford 2004 Player for Phoenix Suns/Houston Rockets [118]
Reid Gettys 1989 Member of Phi Slama Jama, player for Albany Patroons
Anthony Goldwire 2020 Player for Charlotte Hornets/Denver Nuggets/San Antonio Spurs/Washington Wizards/New Jersey Nets/Minnesota Timberwolves/Detroit Pistons/Milwaukee Bucks/Los Angeles Clippers; earned UH degree after professional career [119]
Or Goren 1980 Player for Hapoel Megido, Hapoel Gvat/Yagur, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Elitzur Netanya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Beitar Tel Aviv, and Maccabi Hadera
Justin Gorham 2021 Player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Rob Gray 2017 Finished UH career as all-time AAC scoring leader; player for JL Bourg Basket
Quentin Grimes* 2021 Drafted by New York Knicks
Joe Hamood 1966 Player for Houston Mavericks (ABA) [120]
Elvin Hayes 1968 Player for San Diego/Houston Rockets, Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets; player in the "NCAA Game of the Century", 1978 NBA Finals Champion, 1990 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player inductee, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team member [112][113]
Carl Herrera 1990 Player for Houston Rockets/San Antonio Spurs/Vancouver Grizzlies/Denver Nuggets; 1994 NBA Finals and 1995 NBA Finals Champion [112][113]
Nate Hinton* 2020 Player for Dallas Mavericks
Danuel House* 2014 Player for Washington Wizards/Phoenix Suns/Houston Rockets
DeJon Jarreau 2020 Signed by Miami Heat
Chandi Jones 2004 Player for Detroit Shock/Minnesota Lynx
Damon Jones 1998 Player for New Jersey Nets/Boston Celtics/Golden State Warriors/Dallas Mavericks/Vancouver Grizzlies/Detroit Pistons/Sacramento Kings/Milwaukee Bucks/Miami Heat/Cleveland Cavaliers [112]
Dwight Jones 1973 Player for Atlanta Hawks/Houston Rockets/Chicago Bulls/Los Angeles Lakers [112]
Oliver Lafayette 2007 Player for Boston Celtics [121]
Monica Lamb-Powell* 1985 Player for Houston Comets [122]
Leary Lentz 1970 Player for Houston Mavericks/New York Nets (both ABA) [123]
Guy Lewis 1947 UH head basketball coach (see Faculty and staff section below)
Kelvin Lewis 2010 Player for Houston Rockets Summer League team/Texas Legends of the NBA Development League [124]
Ted Luckenbill 1961 Player for Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors [125]
Sancho Lyttle 2005 Player for Atlanta Dream [126]
Sam Mack 1992 Player for San Antonio Spurs/Houston Rockets/Vancouver Grizzlies/Golden State Warriors/Miami Heat [127]
Larry Micheaux 1983 Player for Kansas City Kings/Houston Rockets [112]
Caleb Mills* 2021 Transferred from UH to Florida State
Zamal Nixon 2011 Player for Hertener Loewen/Nürnberg Falcons BC/Flyers Wels/Phoenix Hagen/G.S. Lavrio B.C./Limoges CSP/USC Heidelberg/Riesen Ludwigsburg/Promitheas Patras B.C.
Hakeem Olajuwon* 1984 Player for Houston Rockets/Toronto Raptors; 1994 NBA MVP, 1994 NBA Finals and 1995 NBA Finals Champion, 1994 and 1995 NBA Finals MVP, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Gold Medal, 1996 Olympic Games; 2008 Hall of Fame inductee [113]
Charles "Bo" Outlaw 1993 Player for Los Angeles Clippers/Orlando Magic/Phoenix Suns/Memphis Grizzlies [128]
Andre Owens 2005 Player for Utah Jazz [129]
Gary Phillips 1961 Player for Boston Celtics/San Francisco Warriors [112]
Devonta Pollard 2016 Player for BK Liepājas Lauvas/Koroivos B.C./Al Sadd Basketball Team/Niagara River Lions/Pioneros de Los Mochis
George Reynolds 1969 Player for Detroit Pistons [125]
J'Wan Roberts 2023
Galen Robinson Jr. 2019 Player for Austin Spurs
Dave Rose 1983 Member of Phi Slama Jama; head basketball coach at Brigham Young University
Walker Russell* 1980 Player for Detroit Pistons/Atlanta Hawks/Indiana Pacers; coach for Toronto Raptors; scout for New York Knicks [130]
Marcus Sasser* 2023 Player for Detroit Pistons
Jamal Shead* current student
Jaaron Simmons* 2014 Transferred to Ohio; player for Union Neuchâtel Basket
Jonathon Simmons* 2012 Player for San Antonio Spurs/Orlando Magic
Byron Smith 1991 Head coach, Prairie View A&M
Ken Spain 1969 Player for Pittsburgh Condors (ABA) [125]
Ollie Taylor 1970 Player for New York Nets/San Diego Conquistadors/Carolina Cougars (all ABA) [125]
Álvaro Teherán 1991 Player in Colombia
TaShawn Thomas* 2014 Transferred to Oklahoma; player for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Jahmar Thorpe 2007 Player for BG Göttingen/Austin Spurs/Vilpas Vikings/Bakken Bears/Changan Group Guangdong/Saigon Heat/Forssan Koripoiat/Saint-Brieuc Basket Cotes D'Armor/Randers Cimbria/Link Tochigi Brex/Levanga Hokkaido/Basket Esch/Sun Rockers Shibuya/Iwate Big Bulls/Osaka Evessa/Bambitious Nara/Tokyo Hachioji Bee Trains/Kumamoto Volters/Kawasaki Brave Thunders/Saga Ballooners/Sendai 89ers/Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka/Alvark Tokyo/Kanazawa Samuraiz
Louis Truscott 2003 Player for Gary Steelheads/London Towers/Asheville Altitude/BC Mureș
Jarace Walker* 2023 Player for Indiana Pacers
Fabian White Jr. 2022 Player for South Bay Lakers
Rob Williams 1982 Player for Denver Nuggets [112]
Rickie Winslow 1987 Player for Milwaukee Bucks [125]
Joe Young* 2013 Transferred after sophomore year at UH to Oregon; player for Indiana Pacers
Michael Young 2003 Player for Phoenix Suns/Philadelphia 76ers/Los Angeles Clippers (finished UH degree after NBA career) [112]

Bobsled

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Seun Adigun 2009 Bobsledder [131]
Ngozi Onwumere 2014 Bobsledder [132]

Bodybuilding

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Lee Labrada 1984 Bodybuilder, nutritionist; IFBB Mr. Universe weight-class world champion 1985, twice runner-up in Mr. Olympia international competition [133]

Football

Kevin Kolb, football quarterback
Andre Ware, former football quarterback, Heisman Trophy recipient, College Football Hall of Fame member, sports analyst
Sebastian Vollmer, football offensive tackle
Wade Phillips, football defensive coordinator, former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Matthew Adams 2018 Linebacker, Indianapolis Colts
Willis Adams 1982 Wide receiver, Cleveland Browns [112]
Allen Aldridge 2002 Lineman, Denver Broncos/Detroit Lions [112]
Dalva Allen 1957 Lineman, Houston Oilers/Oakland Raiders, 1960 AFL Championship and 1961 AFL Championship winner [134]
Kyle Allen 2017 Quarterback, Carolina Panthers/Washington Football Team
Anthony Alridge 2008 Wide receiver, Denver Broncos (also played running back while at UH)
Kimble Anders — Fullback, Kansas City Chiefs, 1995 Pro Bowl, 1996 Pro Bowl, and 1997 Pro Bowl player [112]
David Anenih 2022 Linebacker, Phoenix Cardinals
Donnie Avery 2008 Wide receiver, St. Louis Rams
Demarcus Ayers* 2015 Wide receiver, drafted by Pittsburgh Steelers
Joey Banes — Lineman, Indianapolis Colts [135]
Don Bass — Tight end, Cincinnati Bengals/New Orleans Saints [112]
Jackie Battle — Running back, Dallas Cowboys/Kansas City Chiefs [136]
Tom Beer 1971 Tight end, Denver Broncos/Boston–New England Patriots [137]
Val Belcher 1977 Lineman, Ottawa Rough Riders/Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)
Adriano Belli 2001 Lineman, Atlanta Falcons/New York Giants/Cleveland Browns (NFL); Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL); BC Lions/Montreal Alouettes/Hamilton Tiger-Cats/Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
Earl Bennett 2022 Director of player development, Vanderbilt Commodores football; previously played six seasons as wide receiver for NFL Chicago Bears [138]
Royce Berry — Linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals/Chicago Bears [112]
Dan Birdwell — Lineman, Oakland Raiders, 1968 Pro Bowl player [139]
Alois Blackwell 1978 Running back, Dallas Cowboys [140]
Tyus Bowser 2016 Linebacker, Baltimore Ravens
Kent Branstetter 1974 Lineman, Green Bay Packers [141]
Greg Brezina 1970 Linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, 1969 Pro Bowl Player [112]
Bill Bridges — Lineman, Buffalo Bills [112]
Art Briles* 1977 Head coach at UH and Baylor University [142][143]
Kendal Briles 2005 Quarterback, wide receiver in college; assistant coach for Baylor, Florida Atlantic, Houston
Terrance Broadway* 2012 Quarterback, transferred from UH to Louisiana–Lafayette
Charlie Brown — Offensive tackle, Oakland Raiders [144]
Don Brown — Running back, Houston Oilers [145]
Guy Brown — Linebacker, Dallas Cowboys [146]
Sammy Brown 2012 Linebacker, St. Louis Rams [147]
Wilbert Brown — Lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Washington Redskins/New England Patriots [148]
Reggie Burnette 1991 Linebacker, Green Bay Packers/Tampa Bay Buccaneers [149]
Bo Burris — Defensive back, New Orleans Saints [150]
Glenn Cadrez 1993 Linebacker, New York Jets/Denver Broncos/Kansas City Chiefs [112]
Patrick Carr 2020 Running back, signed by Seattle Seahawks
Paul Carr 1956 Defensive back, signed by San Francisco 49ers
Tyron Carrier 2012 Wide receiver, Montreal Alouettes (CFL) [151]
Rusty Clark 1970 Quarterback, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions
Bobby Clatterbuck 1953 Quarterback, New York Giants [152]
Chuck Clements 1996 Quarterback, New York Jets [152][153]
Mike Clendenen 1984 Kicker, Denver Broncos [152][154]
James Cleveland 2011 Wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys, New Mexico Stars (LSFL)
Larry Cole* 1967 Lineman, Dallas Cowboys; transferred from Houston to Hawaii
Jim Colvin 1959 Lineman, Baltimore Colts/Dallas Cowboys/New York Giants [152][155]
Carl Cunningham 1966 Linebacker, Denver Broncos/New Orleans Saints [152][156]
Tank Dell* 2023 Wide receiver, Houston Texans
Jim Dickey 1957 Head coach, Kansas State Wildcats
Tom Dimmick 1955 Lineman/linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles/Dallas Texans (AFL) [152][157]
James Dixon 1988 Wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys [152]
Quinten Dormady* 2019 Quarterback, Orlando Guardians (transferred to Central Michigan after one year at UH)
Steven Dunbar Jr. 2018 Wide receiver, Edmonton Elks
Patrick Edwards 2012 Wide receiver, Detroit Lions [147]
Emeke Egbule 2018 Linebacker, Los Angeles Chargers
Kenneth Farrow 2015 Running back, San Diego Chargers
Wiley Feagin 1960 Lineman, Baltimore Colts/Washington Redskins [152][158]
Simon Fletcher 1984 Lineman, Denver Broncos [112][152]
Don Flynn 1956 Defensive back, Dallas Texans (AFL)/New York Jets [152][159]
Charlie Ford 1970 Defensive back, Chicago Bears/Philadelphia Eagles/Buffalo Bills/New York Giants [152][160]
Robert Ford 1973 Assistant coach for multiple professional and college teams
Eddie Foster 1976 Split end, Houston Oilers [152][161]
Charlie Fowler 1966 Lineman, Miami Dolphins [152][162]
Nolan Frese 2015 Long snapper, Seattle Seahawks
Ben Fricke 1997 Lineman, Dallas Cowboys [112][152]
Thomas Gafford 2004 Lineman, Green Bay Packers/Kansas City Chiefs [152][163]
Terrance Ganaway* 2008 Running back, New York Jets; transferred from UH to Baylor after his freshman season [164]
Willie Gaston 2007 Defensive back, Baltimore Ravens
Steve George 1972 Lineman, St. Louis Cardinals/Atlanta Falcons [152][165]
Paul Gipson 1968 Fullback, Atlanta Falcons/Detroit Lions/New England Patriots [152][166]
Mike Gisler 1991 Lineman, New England Patriots/New York Jets [152][167]
Matthew Golden* 2023 Wide receiver; transferred to Texas
Mike Green 1999 Running back, Tennessee Titans/Cincinnati Bengals [112][152]
Deontay Greenberry* 2014 Wide receiver
Rex Hadnot 2003 Lineman, Miami Dolphins [152]
Charlie Hall 1967 Linebacker, Cleveland Browns [112][152]
Logan Hall 2021 Lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brandon Hartson 2013 Lineman, Chicago Bears [168]
A. J. Haulcy* current student Defensive back
D. J. Hayden 2013 Defensive back, Oakland Raiders
Manny Hazard 1991 Wide receiver, Toronto Argonauts; set NCAA record for receptions in a season
Ken Hebert 1967 Wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers [152][169]
Clay Helton 1994 Quarterback, became head coach at USC
Tyson Helton 1999 Quarterback, became head coach at Western Kentucky
Charlie Hennigan — Wide receiver, Houston Oilers (attended UH after football career) [170]
Jimmy Herndon 1995 Lineman, Jacksonville Jaguars/Chicago Bears/Houston Texans [152][171]
Carl Hilton 1985 Tight end, Minnesota Vikings [152][172]
Gus Hollomon 1967 Defensive back, Denver Broncos/New York Jets [152][173]
Phillip Hunt 2009 Defensive end, Winnipeg Blue Bombers/Philadelphia Eagles [174]
David Hunter 2012 Defensive lineman, Houston Texans
Joe Bob Isbell 1961 Lineman, Dallas Cowboys/Cleveland Browns [152][175]
Johnnie Jackson 1988 Defensive back, San Francisco 49ers/Green Bay Packers [152][176]
William Jackson III 2015 Cornerback, Cincinnati Bengals/Washington Football Team
Curley Johnson 1956 Lineman/running back/kicker, Dallas Texans (AFL)/New York Jets/New York Giants [152][177]
Isaiah Johnson 2018 Cornerback, Oakland Raiders/Pittsburgh Steelers
Josh Jones 2020 Offensive lineman, drafted by Arizona Cardinals
Marcus Jones 2021 Defensive back, return specialist, New England Patriots
Melvin Jones 1979 Lineman, Washington Redskins [152][178]
Case Keenum 2010 Quarterback, Houston Texans/St. Louis Rams/Los Angeles Rams/Minnesota Vikings/Washington Redskins/Cleveland Browns/Buffalo Bills; during UH career became all-time NCAA FBS record holder in career passing yards, total offense, passing touchdowns, completions, 300-yard games, 5000-yard seasons [147][179]
J. D. Kimmel 1952 Lineman, Washington Redskins/Green Bay Packers [152][180]
D'Eriq King 2019 Quarterback, transferred from Houston to Miami, signed by New England Patriots [181]
David Klingler 1991 Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals/Oakland Raiders/Green Bay Packers [112][152]
Jimmy Klingler 1994 Quarterback, Birmingham Barracudas/Texas Terror
Wade Koehl Linebacker, Team Texas
Kevin Kolb 2006 Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles/Arizona Cardinals/Buffalo Bills [152][182]
Tom Landry 1952 Defensive back, New York Yankees (AAFC)/New York Giants, 1956 NFL Championship winner; coach, Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII champion, Pro Football Hall of Fame coach inductee (1990), inventor of the 4-3 defense formation [183]
Lamar Lathon 1989 Linebacker, Houston Oilers/Carolina Panthers, 1996 Pro Bowl player [152][184]
Richie Leone 2013 Punter and kicker, BC Lions
Harold Lewis 1958 Running back/defensive back, Baltimore Colts/Buffalo Bills/Oakland Raiders [152][185]
Errol Linden 1960 Lineman, Cleveland Browns/Minnesota Vikings/Atlanta Falcons/New Orleans Saints [152][186]
Everett Little 1975 Lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers [152][187]
Eugene Lockhart 1983 Linebacker, Dallas Cowboys/New England Patriots, 1989 All-Pro Team [152][188]
Randy Love 1978 Running back, St. Louis Cardinals [152][189]
Josh Lovelady 2000 Lineman, Detroit Lions [152][190]
Cameron Malveaux 2016 Lineman, Miami Dolphins
Vincent Marshall 2007 Wide receiver, Saskatchewan Roughriders/Calgary Stampeders/Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Dedric Mathis 1995 Defensive back, Indianapolis Colts [152][191]
Matt Mattox 2004 Lineman; assistant coach at Houston and Texas
Joey Mbu 2015 Defensive tackle, Atlanta Falcons [192]
Marcus McGraw 2012 Linebacker, Arizona Cardinals [147]
Audray McMillian 1984 Defensive back, Houston Oilers/Minnesota Vikings [193]
Warren McVea 1967 Running back, Cincinnati Bengals/Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl IV champion [193]
Brandon Middleton 2003 Wide receiver, St. Louis Rams [193]
Ostell Miles 1991 Running back, Cincinnati Bengals [193]
Hamin Milligan 2001 Defensive specialist, Dallas Desperados (Arena Football League) [193]
Hanik Milligan 2001 Defensive back, San Diego Chargers, 2006 Pro Bowl player [193]
Billy Milner 1994 Lineman, Miami Dolphins/St. Louis Rams [193]
Leonard Mitchell 1980 Lineman, Philadelphia Eagles/Atlanta Falcons [193]
Mack Mitchell 1974 Lineman, Cleveland Browns/Cincinnati Bengals [193]
Alton Montgomery 1989 Defensive back, Denver Broncos/Atlanta Falcons [193]
Glenn Montgomery 1988 Lineman, Houston Oilers/Seattle Seahawks [193]
Monty Montgomery 1996 Defensive back, Indianapolis Colts/San Francisco 49ers/Philadelphia Eagles/New Orleans Saints [193]
Barrick Nealy* 2003 Quarterback, Calgary Stampeders [194]
Robert Newhouse 1971 Running back, Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XI champion [193]
Riley Odoms 1971 Lineman, Denver Broncos, 1973 Pro Bowl, 1974 Pro Bowl, 1975 Pro Bowl, and 1978 Pro Bowl player [193]
Alfred Oglesby 1990 Lineman, Miami Dolphins/Green Bay Packers/New York Jets/Cincinnati Bengals [193]
John O'Korn* 2014 Quarterback; transferred from UH to Michigan
Ed Oliver* 2018 Lineman, Buffalo Bills
Fendi Onobun 2010 Tight end, St. Louis Rams/Chicago Bears
Chad O'Shea 1995 Coaching staffs of Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots
Gervarrius Owens 2023 Defensive back, New York Giants
Derek Parish 2022 Fullback, lineman, Jacksonville Jaguars
Johnny Peacock 1968 Defensive back, Houston Oilers [193]
Kenny Perry 1992 College and XFL coach
Jason Phillips 1988 Wide receiver, Detroit Lions/Atlanta Falcons [193]
Wade Phillips 1968 Head coach of Dallas Cowboys; previous coaching positions with Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers
Dickie Post 1966 Running back, San Diego Chargers/Denver Broncos/Houston Oilers [193]
Joffrey Reynolds 2002 Running back, St. Louis Rams [193]
Elandon Roberts* 2015 Linebacker, New England Patriots
Willie Roberts 1969 Defensive back, Chicago Bears [193]
SirVincent Rogers 2009 Offensive lineman Toronto Argonauts
Stanford Routt 2004 Cornerback, Oakland Raiders [193]
Kody Russey 2022 Lineman, New England Patriots
Nick Saenz 2012 Defensive back, Buffalo Bills [195]
Ra'Shaad Samples 2018 Assistant coach, Los Angeles Rams
Rocky Schwartz 2008 Safety, signed by New Orleans Saints [196]
Darrell Shepard* 1979 Quarterback, transferred to University of Oklahoma
Mike Simpson 1968 Defensive back, San Francisco 49ers [193]
Charles Sims 2012 Running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Antowain Smith 1996 Running back, Buffalo Bills/New England Patriots/Tennessee Titans/New Orleans Saints/Houston Texans, Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII champion; inventor of the "deke" move [193]
Donovan Smith current student[197] Quarterback
Lamar Smith 1993 Running back, Seattle Seahawks/Miami Dolphins/New Orleans Saints/Carolina Panthers [193]
Marcus Spriggs 1996 Lineman, Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins/Green Bay Packers [193]
Marquez Stevenson 2021 Wide receiver, Buffalo Bills
Phillip Steward 2013 Linebacker, St. Louis Rams [168]
Rich Stotter 1967 Linebacker, Houston Oilers [193]
Jim Strong 1969 Running back, San Francisco 49ers/New Orleans Saints [193]
Grant Stuard 2021 Linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pat Studstill 1959 Wide receiver, Detroit Lions/Los Angeles Rams/New England Patriots [193]
Hosea Taylor 1980 Lineman, Baltimore Colts [193]
Earl Thomas 1970 Wide receiver/tight end, Chicago Bears/St. Louis Cardinals/Houston Oilers [193]
Randy Thornton 1987 Denver Broncos, Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII champion [193]
Nick Thurman 2018 Lineman, New England Patriots
Matangi Tonga 2010 Football player [198]
Clayton Tune* 2023 Quarterback
Payton Turner 2021 Defensive end, drafted by New Orleans Saints
T. J. Turner 1985 Lineman, Miami Dolphins [193]
Craig Veasey 1989 Lineman, Pittsburgh Steelers/Houston Oilers/Miami Dolphins [193]
Sebastian Vollmer 2009 Lineman, New England Patriots
Greg Ward* 2016 Wide receiver, Philadelphia Eagles; was a starting quarterback at UH
Andre Ware 1989 Quarterback, Oakland Raiders/Detroit Lions/CFL, Recipient of the 1989 Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award [193]
Chuck Weatherspoon 1990 Running back, Detroit Lions/Philadelphia Eagles/Tampa Bay Buccaneers [193]
Hogan Wharton 1958 Lineman, Houston Oilers [193]
Wilson Whitley 1976 Lineman, Cincinnati Bengals/Houston Oilers [193]
Damarion Williams 2021 Defensive back, drafted by Baltimore Ravens
Jarrid Williams* 2020 Lineman, transferred from UH to Miami
Jermaine Williams 1996 Running back, Jacksonville Jaguars/Oakland Raiders [193]
Shomari Williams* 2009 Lineman, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Brandon Wilson 2016 Defensive back, Cincinnati Bengals
Howard Wilson 2016 Defensive back, Cleveland Browns
Elmo Wright 1970 Wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs/New England Patriots/Houston Oilers, inventor of the touchdown victory dance [193]
George Wright 1969 Lineman, Baltimore Colts [193]

Golf

Fred Couples, PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer
Steve Elkington, PGA Tour golfer
Fuzzy Zoeller, PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Rex Baxter 1957 1 PGA victory [199]
Larry Beck 1960 PGA Tour professional [200]
Homero Blancas 1962 4 PGA victories, 1 Senior victory; 1965 PGA Rookie of the Year, US Ryder Cup team; record holder for lowest round in the history of competitive golf [199]
Billy Ray Brown 1985 3 PGA victories before injuries ended career [199]
Fred Couples 1980 15 PGA victories including 1 major (1992 Masters); first American to reach #1 world rank; World Golf Hall of Fame [199]
Richard Crawford 1961 2 PGA victories
Jacky Cupit 1959 4 PGA victories [201]
Steve Elkington 1985 10 PGA victories including 1 major (1995 PGA Championship) [199]
Brad Fabel* 1975 PGA Tour professional, 2 Nationwide Tour victories [202]
Nick Faldo* 1976 9 PGA victories including 6 majors (1987, 1990, and 1992 British Opens; 1989, 1990, and 1996 Masters); 30 European Tour victories; held world #1 ranking for 98 weeks; World Golf Hall of Fame [200]
Keith Fergus 1976 3 PGA victories, 2 Nationwide Tour victories, 1 Champions Tour victory [203]
Ed Fiori* 1977 4 PGA victories, 1 Champions Tour victory [204]
Marty Fleckman 1966 1 PGA victory [205]
Kirk Hanefeld 1977 PGA, Champions tours [206]
Anders Hansen 1995 PGA Tour professional, 3 European Tour victories, 2 Sunshine Tour victories [207]
Leonie Harm 2019 Champion, The Women's Amateur Championship [208]
Butch Harmon — Golf instructor; coached Tiger Woods and many other PGA champions
Jeff Hawkes 1975 PGA Tour professional, 1 European Tour victory, 1 Southern Africa Tour victory [200]
Babe Hiskey 1962 2 PGA victories [209]
David Ishii 1977 1 PGA victory, 14 Japan Golf Tour victories [210]
Tom Jenkins 1971 1 PGA victory, 7 Champions Tour victories [211]
Bruce Lietzke 1973 13 PGA victories, 7 Champions Tour victories including Senior Open [199]
John Mahaffey 1969 10 PGA Victories including 1 major (1978 PGA Championship) [199]
Dave Marr 1952 3 PGA victories including 1 major (1965 PGA Championship); PGA Golfer of the Year for 1965 [212]
Blaine McCallister 1981 5 PGA victories, 1 Champions Tour victory [213]
Wade Ormsby* 2001 Asian Tour, European Tour, others
Phil Rodgers 1958 5 PGA victories [214]
Bill Rogers 1973 6 PGA victories including 1 major (1981 British Open); 1981 PGA Golfer of the Year [215]
Jack Rule, Jr.* 1959 2 PGA Tour victories [200]
Jay Sigel* — PGA Tour professional, 8 Champions Tour victories [212]
Jim Simons* 1969 3 PGA victories [212]
Mike Standly 1986 1 PGA victory [216]
Warren Sye 1980 2 Canadian Amateur Championship victories [200]
Rocky Thompson 1962 PGA Tour professional, 3 Champions Tour victories [200]
Hal Underwood 1967 2 PGA Tour of Australasia victories, 1 European Tour victory
Bobby Wadkins* 1970 PGA Tour professional, 1 European Tour victory, 2 Japan Golf Tour victories, 4 Champions Tour victories [212]
Kermit Zarley 1963 2 PGA victories, 1 Senior PGA victory [215]
Fuzzy Zoeller* 1973 10 PGA victories including 2 majors (1979 Masters, 1984 U. S. Open), 2 Champions Tour victories including Senior PGA [215]

Gymnastics

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Shannon Miller 2003 Most decorated American gymnast [217]
Mo Mitchell 1995 Gymnastics coach, University of Kentucky [218]

Swimming and diving

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Ang Peng Siong 1984 Swimming
Micaela Bouter 2018 Diver, qualified for South Africa Olympic team
Tania Cagnotto* 2007 Olympic medalist for Italy; first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship [219]
Carin Cone 1962 Olympic medalist, set 7 world records; featured on cover of Sports Illustrated [220][221]
Hilary Grivich* 1997 Nationally ranked diver at UH; had been an Olympic medalist and US junior all-around champion in gymnastics as a teen [222][223]
Vera Ilyina — Olympic medalist for Russia [224]
Anne Jardin — Olympic medalist for Canada; set world record in 50m freestyle [225]
David Lowe — Olympic medalist for Great Britain [225]
Yuliya Pakhalina 2002 Won two silver medals for Russian diving team at 2008 Olympics [226]
Anastasia Pozdniakova 2009 Won silver medal for Russian diving team at 2008 Olympics [226]
Teresa Rivera — Pan-American Games medalist for Mexico [224]
Michelle Smith de Bruin — Swimming

Tennis

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Sarah Borwell 2002 65 in the world for doubles, number 1 GBR doubles player, played every Grand Slam, represented Great Britain 3 times and won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games Player for New York Buzz (WTT) [227]
Ricardo Ycaza — World top-ten junior, Davis Cup stalwart, world top-fifty touring professional

Track and field

Carl Lewis, track and field legend, 10 Olympic medals (9 gold, 1 bronze)
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Jenny Adams 2000 Hurdler [228]
Seun Adigun 2009 Hurdler, African champion [229]
Kirk Baptiste 1985 Sprinter
Brianne Bethel 2020 Sprinter
Andrea Blackett 2001 Sprinter; coach at Rice University
Mario Burke 2019 Sprinter, Barbados national champion
Cameron Burrell 2018 Sprinter
Dawn Burrell 1996 World champion long jumper [230]
Leroy Burrell 1990 World record-breaking sprinter, replaced track coach Tom Tellez [231]
Chris Carter 2011 Triple jumper [232]
Ollan Cassell 1961 Sprinter, Olympic gold medalist
Cletus Clark 1985 Hurdler, Pan American Games gold medalist [233]
Dennis Darling — Sprinter, World Championships medalist for Bahamas [225]
Joe DeLoach Sprinter, 1988 Olympic 200 m champion
Tristan Evelyn 2020 Sprinter
Stanley Floyd — Sprinter, set several world records [234]
Sandra Glover 1991 Hurdler [235]
Elijah Hall 2018 Sprinter
Darrell Hill* 2012 Shot put; transferred from UH to Penn State
Leonard Hilton 1971 Long-distance runner
Obi Igbokwe 2019 Sprinter
Jolanda Jones 1995 City of Houston Council Member, U.S. heptathlon champion, contestant on Survivor [236]
Amere Lattin 2019 Hurdler
Allan Lawrence 1963 Distance runner, Olympic medalist for Australia, set several US records [237]
Carl Lewis 1985 Track and field legend, 10 Olympic medals (9 gold, 1 bronze) in long jump and sprint events
Carol Lewis 1989 American record-breaking long jumper; bronze medal, World Championship (1983) [231]
Shaun Maswanganyi* current student Sprinter
Kahmari Montgomery 2019 Sprinter
Errol Nolan 2014 Sprinter; gold and bronze medals at World Junior Championships
Frank Rutherford 1988 Triple jumper, Olympic medalist (first ever Olympic medals for Bahamas); awarded Order of the British Empire [225]
Nuuausala Tuilefano — Shotputter

Volleyball

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Lucille Charuk 2012 Canadian National Volleyball Team
Rita Crockett* 1977 Volleyball
Flo Hyman* 1977 Volleyball
Rose Magers 1981 Volleyball [238]
Sophie Paine 2016 Australian National Volleyball Team [239][240]

Business

Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
John Moores, Co-founder of BMC Software, co-owner of San Diego Padres
Samuel DiPiazza, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Mary Kay Ash* 1943 Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics [241]
Bruce D. Broussard 1989 CEO and president, Humana
Rod Canion 1966 Co-founder, Compaq
Samuel DiPiazza 1973 Chairman and Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tilman J. Fertitta President and CEO, Landry's Restaurants
Alan Gershenhorn 1982 Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, United Parcel Service
Karen Katz 1982 President and CEO, Neiman Marcus
Kenneth Lay 1970 Former CEO, Enron [242]
Aylwin Lewis 1990 President and CEO, Kmart, Sears
James E. Lyon Houston developer and Republican political activist
Mike McShaffry 1990 Video-game programmer, entrepreneur, author; founder, Tornado Alley [243]
Jack B. Moore 1977 President and CEO, Cameron
John Moores 1970 Founder, Peregrine Systems; co-founder, BMC Software; owner, San Diego Padres; major contributor to University of Houston and San Diego State University
Matt Mullenweg* 2004 Founding developer of WordPress; founder of Automattic [244]
Dominic Ng 1980 Chairman and CEO, East West Bancorp, Inc.
Marvin Odum 1995 President, Shell Oil Company; CEO, Intergen
Dan Rapoport 1991 President of Rapoport Capital, financier and philanthropist
Kristy Scott 2016 Social media personality and content creator
John Stubblefield 1970 Former CFO, Sysco Corporation
Ramiz Tafilaj Oil business executive; activist who has helped liberate Kosovo and Albania
Henry Taub* Founder, Automatic Data Processing
Kenneth Thomas 1972 CFO, United States Chess Federation
David A. Williams 1992 President and CEO, Make-A-Wish Foundation
Bruce Williamson 1995 Chairman, CEO, and President, Dynegy
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. 1949 Chairman of GSL Welcome Group, chairman of University of Houston System Board of Regents

Government, politics, and law

Government

Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretary of Education
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Carol E. Dinkins 1971 Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General [245]
Holly Ham 1994 Executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at the U.S. Department of Education
Michael P. Jackson 1977 Former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and Former United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation [246]
Kamal Kharazi 1976 Former Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations [247]
Brian D. Montgomery 1986 Assistant Secretary for Housing and Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary [248]
Peter Roussel 1965 Former White House Deputy Press Secretary [249][250]
Margaret Spellings 1979 8th United States Secretary of Education [251]
Philip D. Zelikow 1977 Executive director of 9/11 Commission

Politics

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Alma A. Allen 1992 Texas State Representative [252]
Thad Altman 1976 & 1977 Current Florida State Representative; former Florida State Senator; former Brevard County Commissioner [253]
Carol Alvarado 1992 & 2008 Texas State Representative [254]
Ray Barnhart 1993 (M.A. in speech and theatre) State representative from Pasadena from 1973–75, Republican Party state chairman from 1977–79, and director of the Federal Highway Administration from 1981–87 [255]
Michael Berry 1993 former Houston city councilman and currently a talk show host
Elton Bomer Texas state representative from Anderson County and former Texas Secretary of State [256]
Peter Hoyt Brown 1958 Houston city councilman, 2009 Houston Mayoral Candidate [257]
Briscoe Cain Texas State Representative for District 128, beginning 2017; lawyer in Deer Park; received B.S. in Communications [258]
Bill Callegari 1972 Texas State Representative, 2001–2015; engineer and businessman [259]
Robert R. Casey 1934 Former Texas State Representative; former U.S. Congressman [260]
David Cobb* 1993 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party
Henry Cuellar* United States and Texas State Representative
John E. Davis Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 129 in Houston since 1999 [261]
Tom DeLay 1970 Former U.S. Congressman; former Deputy Minority Whip; former House Majority Whip; former House Majority Leader [262]
Eni Faleomavaega 1972 U.S. Congressman, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa; former Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa; former Attorney General of American Samoa [263]
Jessica Farrar 1995 Texas State Representative [264][265]
Gene Green 1971 U.S. Congressman [266]
Henry Grover 1962 Texas Republican politician, gubernatorial nominee in 1972
David Heitmeier 1987 Member of the Louisiana State Senate for New Orleans; optometrist [267]
Al Hoang 1989 [268]
Fred Hofheinz 1964 Houston mayor, son of Roy Hofheinz [269]
Roy Hofheinz 1931 Houston mayor, Harris County judge, Texas State Representative; also entrepreneur who led efforts to create Houston Colt .45s, Astrodome, Astroturf [270]
Dean A. Hrbacek 1986 Former mayor of Sugar Land, Texas
Lacey Hull Texas State Representative
Daylin Leach 1986 Pennsylvania State Representative
Melissa Noriega 1977 Houston City Councilperson
Rick Noriega 1984 Former Texas State Representative
Colion Noir 2005 National Rifle Association spokesperson
Dora Olivo 1981 Texas State Representative [271]
Ted Poe 1973 U.S. Congressman [272]
Howard Wallace Pollock 1955 Former U.S. Congressman [273]
Barbara Ann Radnofsky 1976 U.S. Senate nominee, Texas Attorney General candidate
Richard T. Schulze* 1949 Former U.S. Congressman [274]
Steve Stockman 1990 U.S. Representative from Texas, 1995–97, 2013-; candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 Republican primary
Azam Khan Swati – Member, Pakistani Senate
Robert Talton 1971 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1993 to 2009; candidate for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 2014 Republican primary election [275]
Senfronia Thompson 1996 Texas State Representative [276]
Sylvester Turner 1977 Texas State Representative, mayor of Houston [277]
Leticia R. Van de Putte* Texas State Senator [278]
Richard Viguerie 1958 Conservative activist, writer [279]
Hubert Vo 1983 Texas State Representative; first and only Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas Legislature [280][281]
Armando Walle* Texas State Representative
Elizabeth Warren 1970 United States Senator from Massachusetts; special advisor of U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; chair of Congressional Oversight Panel; Harvard law professor; bankruptcy expert; one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World [282]
Royce West 1979 Texas State Senator [283]
James E. White M.S. 2010 and Ph.D. 2012 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 19 in Tyler County; educator and rancher [284]
John Whitmire 1975 Texas State Senator, Dean of the Texas Senate [285]
Kathryn J. Whitmire 1977 Former City of Houston Mayor [286]
Martha Wong 1976 Former Texas State Representative [287]
Beverly Woolley 1993 Texas State Representative [288][289]
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr.* 1970 U.S. Congressman
Judith Zaffirini Texas State Senator [290]

Law and law enforcement

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Tony Buzbee 1997 Trial lawyer
Larry Joe Doherty 1970 Judge for TV show Texas Justice, 2008 Congressional candidate [291]
Vanessa Gilmore 1981 US Federal judge (youngest in the nation at the time of her appointment) [292]
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes 1956 Criminal Defense attorney [293]
Randy Hendricks 1968 Sports attorney and agent
Patricia R. "Pat" Lykos 1967 Harris County District Attorney
I. D. McMaster 1950 US District Judge [294]
Gray H. Miller 1974 US Federal judge [295]
David Newell 1993 Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 [296]
John O'Quinn 1967 Highest paid attorney in Texas [297]
Ruby Kless Sondock 1962 First female Texas Supreme Court justice [298]

Religion

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Shaker Elsayed Muslim Imam of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia
René Henry Gracida 1950 Former Catholic Bishop
Hal Lindsey* Christian evangelist and writer
Victoria Osteen* Co-pastor of Lakewood Church, the largest church in the nation; spouse of Joel Osteen [299]
Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi Muslim scholar, writer, educator
Hyman Judah Schachtel 1948 Longtime Houston rabbi and deliverer of Lyndon B. Johnson's inaugural prayer [300]
Priscilla Shirer Christian speaker, author
Thomas B. Warren Church of Christ minister and Restorationist Philosopher and Theologian
Kenneth W. Wright Church of Christ minister

Science and technology

Astronauts

Bonnie J. Dunbar, former NASA astronaut
Bernard A. Harris, Jr., former NASA astronaut
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Maurizio Cheli 1994 ESA astronaut
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg 1997 NASA astronaut
Bonnie J. Dunbar 1983 Former NASA astronaut; President of the Museum of Flight; member of National Academy of Engineering [301][302]
William Frederick Fisher 1980 Former NASA astronaut; longest space walk in history [303]
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. 1978 Former NASA astronaut; first African-American to walk in space [304]
Donald Holmquest 1988 NASA astronaut [305]
Akihiko Hoshide 1997 JAXA astronaut [306]
John D. Olivas 1993 NASA astronaut [307]
Rex J. Walheim 1989 NASA astronaut [308]

Other scientists and engineers

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Abdeldjelil Belarbi 1986 Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston [309]
Brigitte Boisselier Raëlian bishop and CEO of Clonaid
Savas Dimopoulos Particle physicist
Emily Leproust 2001 Bioscientist, entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience
Keqin Li 1990 Computer scientist, SUNY Distinguished Professor, IEEE Fellow
David W. Murhammer 1989 Department Chair of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa
Dennis Paul Engineer; Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County; earlier worked to clean up Armand Bayou [310]

Other

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr. 1953 Activist, father of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Lynn Eusan 1970 First black Homecoming queen at UH
Antonio Molina Member of first same-sex married couple in Texas; played football for UH Cougars
Olga Rodriguez 1970 Chicano activist
Charles Rogers Implicated in John F. Kennedy assassination
Jon Schillaci former fugitive on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives [311]
Aafia Siddiqui* 1991 Neuroscientist (alleged Al-Qaeda operative), convicted of assaulting with a deadly weapon and attempting to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents.
Andrea Yates* 1984 Drowned her five children; highly publicized legal case ensued [312]

Honorary degrees

Individuals who have received honorary degrees from the University of Houston[313] include Edward Albee, Donald Barthelme, Irvin Borish, George H. W. Bush, Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, Ernesto Cortes, Hugh Roy Cullen, Jan de Hartog, Loretta Devine, Christoph Eschenbach, Cristina Rivera Garza, David Gockley, Glenn Goerke, Barron Hilton, Eric Hilton, Gerald D. Hines, Oveta Culp Hobby, William P. Hobby Jr., Philip Guthrie Hoffman, Brien Holden, Philip Johnson, Edith Irby Jones, Bob Lanier, Jacques-Louis Lions, Lyle Lovett,[314] Jim McIngvale, Carlos Menem, George P. Mitchell, François Mitterrand, John Moores, Robert Mosbacher, Jim Nantz, Edison E. Oberholtzer, Rod Paige, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ruth Simmons, Dinesh Singh, Song Jian, Margaret Spellings, Ron Stone, Herman D. Suit, Jack Valenti, Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, Welcome W. Wilson Sr., and Daniel Yergin.[315]
(Bold names indicate UH alumni.)

Faculty and staff

Administration

Name Department Years Notability Reference
Marguerite Ross Barnett Administration 1990–1992 President of University of Houston
A. D. Bruce Administration 1954–1956 President of University of Houston
Hugh Roy Cullen Administration 1937–1957 Chairman of Board of Regents
James A. Elkins Administration Board of Regents
Glenn Goerke Administration 1995–1997 President of University of Houston
Jay Gogue Administration 2003–2007 President of University of Houston, Chancellor of University of Houston System
Philip Guthrie Hoffman Administration 1961–1977 President of University of Houston, Chancellor of University of Houston System [316]
Renu Khator Administration 2008– President of University of Houston, Chancellor of University of Houston System [317]
Barry Munitz Administration 1977–1982 President of University of Houston
Edison E. Oberholtzer Administration 1927–1950 Founder and first president of University of Houston
Michael Pelletier Institute for Global Engagement 2021–present Executive director, IGE [318]
Richard L. Van Horn Administration 1983–1989 President of University of Houston
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. Administration 2006– Chairman of Board of Regents

Athletics

Name Department Notability Reference
John Altobelli Athletics Assistant baseball coach 1987
Frank Anderson Athletics Assistant baseball coach 2013–2017
Major Applewhite Athletics Assistant football coach 2015–2016; head football coach 2016–2018
Dave Aranda Athletics Assistant football coach 2003–2004
Joe Arenas Athletics Assistant football coach 1963–1986
Clancy Barone Athletics Assistant football coach 2000–2002
Doug Belk Athletics Assistant football coach 2019–present
John R. Bender Athletics PE instructor 1927–1928, coined "Cougars" nickname
Marquel Blackwell Athletics Assistant football coach 2019–2021
Tom Boisture Athletics Assistant football coach 1962–1965
Art Briles Athletics Head football coach 2003–2007
Kendal Briles Athletics Assistant football coach 2018
Alvin Brooks Athletics Head basketball coach 1993–1998, assistant basketball coach 2010–2021
Melvin Brown Athletics Assistant football coach 1962–1977
Jamie Bryant Athletics Assistant football coach 2011–2012
Todd Buchanan Athletics Head women's basketball coach 2010–2013
Dick Bumpas Athletics Assistant football coach 1999–2002
Leroy Burrell Athletics Head track coach 1998–2022
Leon Burtnett Athletics Assistant football coach 2008–2011
Travis Bush Athletics Assistant football coach 2012–2014
Neil Callaway Athletics Assistant football coach 1993–1997
Bill Carr Athletics Athletic Director 1993–1997
Tyron Carrier Athletics Assistant football coach 2019–2020
James Casey Athletics Assistant football coach 2016–2018
Red Conkright Athletics Assistant football coach 1957–1958
Kevin Cook Athletics Assistant women's basketball coach 1995–1997
Harden Cooper Athletics Assistant football coach 1950–1954
Larry Coyer Athletics Assistant football coach 1990
Jack Cressend Athletics Assistant baseball coach 2010–2012
Joe Curl Athletics Head women's basketball coach 1998–2010; National Coach of the Year 2003–2004 [319]
Rudy Davalos Athletics Athletic Director 1987–1992
Shannon Dawson Athletics Assistant football coach 2019–2022
Cedric Dempsey Athletics Athletic Director 1979–1982
James Dickey Athletics Head basketball coach 2010–2014
Jim Dickey Athletics Assistant football coach 1964–1965
Dana Dimel Athletics Head football coach 2000–2002
Mark D'Onofrio Athletics Assistant football coach 2017–2018
Clyde Drexler Athletics Head basketball coach 1998–2000
Jim Eddy Athletics Assistant football coach 1986–1989
Chuck Fairbanks Athletics Assistant football coach 1962–1965
Keith Fergus Athletics Golf coach 1988–1994
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Athletics Assistant track coach 2014–2018
Pat Foster Athletics Head basketball coach 1986–1993
Harry Fouke Athletics Athletic Director 1946–1979
Willie Fritz Athletics Head football coach 2023–present
Reid Gettys Athletics Assistant basketball coach 1998
David Gibbs Athletics Assistant football coach 2013–2014; interim head football coach 2014
Sterlin Gilbert Athletics Assistant football coach 2005
Chet Gladchuk Jr. Athletics Athletic Director 1997–2001 [320]
Anthony Goldwire Athletics Basketball staff 2021–present [321]
Kenny Guiton Athletics Assistant football coach 2017–2018
Brick Haley Athletics Assistant football coach 1997
Phill Hansell Athletics Swimming and diving coach, 1957–1996 [322]
Clay Helton Athletics Assistant football coach 1997–1999
Kim Helton Athletics Head football coach 1993–1999
Tom Herman Athletics Head football coach 2015–2016
Lovette Hill Athletics Head baseball coach 1950–1974, assistant football coach 1949–1961
Dana Holgorsen Athletics Assistant football coach 2008–2009; head football coach 2019–2023
Joel Hunt Athletics Assistant football coach 1955
Ben Hurt Athletics Assistant football coach 1965–1971
Jim Jeffcoat Athletics Assistant football coach 2008–2010
John Jenkins Athletics Head football coach 1990–1992
Mike Jinks Athletics Assistant football coach 2022–present
Brian Johnson Athletics Assistant football coach 2017
Scott Kellar Athletics Assistant football coach 2001–2004
Malcolm Kelly Athletics Assistant football coach 2017–2018
Kliff Kingsbury Athletics Football staff 2008–2011
Les Koenning, Jr. Athletics Assistant football coach 1999
Hal Lahar Athletics Head football coach 1957–1961
Clyde Lee Athletics Head football coach 1948–1954
Tony Levine Athletics Assistant football coach 2008–2011; head football coach 2011–2014
Carl Lewis Athletics Assistant track coach 2014–2022; head track coach 2022
Guy Lewis Athletics Head basketball coach 1956–1986: 592 wins; 27 consecutive seasons without a losing record; five Final Four appearances, including two NCAA finals; National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2007; Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2013 [323]
John Lott Athletics Assistant football coach 1991–1996
Dave Maggard Athletics Athletic Director 2002–2009
Mickey Matthews Athletics Assistant football coach 1986
Matt Mattox Athletics Assistant football coach 2005–2006
Ray McCallum Athletics Head basketball coach 2000–2004
Marcus McGraw Athletics Assistant football coach 2014–2016
Bill Meek Athletics Head football coach 1955–1956
Brandon Middleton Athletics Assistant football coach 2012–2013
Philip Montgomery Athletics Assistant football coach 2003–2005
Eric Morris Athletics Assistant football coach 2010–2011
Eman Naghavi Athletics Assistant football coach 2023–present
Ruth Nelson Athletics Head women's volleyball coach 1974–1980
Mike Nesbitt Athletics Assistant football coach 2012
Rayner Noble Athletics Head baseball coach 1994–2010
Todd Orlando Athletics Assistant football coach 2015–2016; interim head football coach 2016
Chad O'Shea Athletics Assistant football coach 1996–1999
Yulia Pakhalina Athletics Diving coach 2014–2015
Jack Pardee Athletics Head football coach 1987–1989
Alden Pasche Athletics Head basketball coach 1946–1956
Tom Penders Athletics Head basketball coach 2004–2010
Bradley Dale Peveto Athletics Assistant football coach 1999–2002
Dan Pfaff Athletics Assistant track coach 1980–1981
Bum Phillips Athletics Assistant football coach 1965–1966
Jason Phillips Athletics Assistant football coach 2010–2011
Wade Phillips Athletics Assistant football coach 1969
Hollis Price Athletics Assistant basketball coach 2014–present
Mack Rhoades Athletics Athletic Director 2009–2015
Melvin Robertson Athletics Assistant football coach 1965–1971, 1991–1993
Terry Rooney Athletics Assistant baseball coach 2017–2021
Doc Sadler Athletics Assistant basketball coach 1986
Kelvin Sampson Athletics Head basketball coach 2014–present
Chris Scelfo Athletics Assistant football coach 2017
John Skladany Athletics Assistant football coach 2008–2009
Brian Stewart Athletics Assistant football coach 2010–2011
Kevin Sumlin Athletics Head football coach 2008–2011
Tom Tellez Athletics Head track coach 1976–1998, volunteer assistant track coach 1998–present; legendary coach of numerous world champions and Olympic gold medalists, head coach of U.S. national team for World Championships and Pan American Games, namesake of UH's Tom Tellez Track at Carl Lewis International Complex [324]
Pat Thomas Athletics Assistant football coach 1985–1989
Ned Thompson Athletics Head baseball coach 1947, assistant football coach 1946–1948, associate athletic director 1946–1976
Chris Thurmond Athletics Interim head football coach 2007
Don Todd Athletics Assistant football coach 1972–1985
Marcus Tubbs Athletics Assistant athletics director 2016–present
Kristin Vesely Athletics Assistant softball coach 2011–2016; head softball coach 2017–present
Jewell Wallace Athletics Head football coach 1946–1947
Rolan Walton Athletics Head baseball coach 1975–1986
Alan Weddell Athletics Assistant football coach 2005–2007
Todd Whitting Athletics Head baseball coach 2010–present
Dave Williams Athletics Head golf coach 1952–1987; won 16 national championships
Greg Williams Athletics Head women's basketball coach 1985–1990
Gregg Williams Athletics Assistant football coach 1988–1989
Ryan Wochomurka Athletics Head swimming and diving coach 2015–2021
Bill Yeoman Athletics Head football coach 1962–1986
Steve Yoder Athletics Assistant basketball coach 2014–2017

Government, politics, and law

Name Department Notability Reference
Frances Farenthold Law Educator, lawyer, politician, college administrator, activist
Alberto Gonzales Law 80th United States Attorney General [325]
Elwyn Lee Law Vice President for Student Affairs, UH; Vice Chancellor, UH System
Raymond Nimmer Law Dean of UH Law School
Kirk Watson Public Affairs Dean, UH Hobby School of Public Affairs

Liberal arts

Name Department Notability Reference
Alfred Arteaga English Poet, writer, scholar
Donald Barthelme English Author and co-founder of Creative Writing School
J. Don Boney Psychology, Education Educator
Robert Boswell English Short-story writer, novelist
Brené Brown Social work Scholar, author, public speaker
Rosellen Brown English Author
Elizabeth Brown-Guillory English Playwright, performer, academic
Alessandro Carrera Italian studies Poet, translator; Director of Italian Studies at UH
Carol L. Dennis English Author, editor, teacher
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni English Author, poet, and professor of English
Mark Doty English Poet, memoirist
Nick Flynn English Writer, poet
Sandra Gin Communication Television journalist, Emmy Award-winning producer of Cristina's Court [326]
William Goyen English Author
Elena Grigorenko Psychology Clinical psychologist, geneticist
Edward Hirsch English Poet
Tony Hoagland English Poet, winner of 2008 Jackson Prize [327]
Alan Hollinghurst English Novelist
Frank Holt History Authority on Ancient Greece and Rome; numismatist
Gerald Horne History Historian
Richard Howard English Poet, critic, essayist
Chinhui Juhn Economics Labor Economist
Mat Johnson English Fiction writer
Justin Leiber Philosophy Philosopher, science fiction writer
Philip Levine English Poet
Joe Leydon Communication Award winning film critic and author, adjunct professor of Journalism
Paul Lisicky English Novelist, memoirist
Phillip Lopate English Film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, teacher
Rubén Martínez English Journalist, author, musician
William Matthews English Poet, essayist
David Mikics English Author, professor
Ange Mlinko English Poet; Guggenheim Fellow
Antonya Nelson English Author
Lynn Okagaki Education Head, National Center for Education Research
Robert Phillips English Poet
Kevin Prufer English Poet, essayist
Pamela Anne Quiroz Sociology Director, UH Center for Mexican American Studies, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Fellow [328]
Claudia Rankine English Poet
Cristina Rivera Garza Hispanic Studies, Creative Writing Author
Mary Robison English Short-story writer, novelist
Allie Rowbottom English Writer
Alexander F. Schilt Education Education professor; former chancellor of UH System and president or chancellor of several other colleges and universities
Dale Schunk Education Educational psychologist
Daniel Stern English Novelist
Mark Strand English Poet, essayist
Mercedes Valdivieso English Novelist, journalist
Jody Williams Social work Nobel laureate, professor of Social Work and Global Justice
Meg Wolitzer English Writer
Charles Wright English Poet

Performing arts

Name Department Notability Reference
Edward Albee Theatre Playwright; Kennedy Center honoree, three Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Award
Steven Ansell Music Violist; principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Austin Music Trumpet player; principal, Houston Symphony
Daniel Belcher Music Opera singer
Emanuel Borok Music Violinist; concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Igor Buketoff Music Conductor
Tony Campise Music Jazz saxophonist; director of UH Jazz Ensemble [329]
Lois Chiles Theatre Actress
Katherine Ciesinski Music Opera singer
Wayne Crouse Music Violist; principal, Houston Symphony
Carlisle Floyd Music Opera composer; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Medal of Arts (U.S.)
Horacio Gutiérrez Music Concert pianist
Sidney Harth Music Violinist, conductor; concertmaster, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Horvit Music Composer
Frank Huang Music Violinist; concertmaster, New York Philharmonic [330]
Benjamin Kamins Music Bassoonist; principal, Houston Symphony
Milton Katims Music Violist and conductor; principal violist, NBC Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Fredell Lack Music Violinist
Mark Medoff Theatre Playwright, screenwriter, actor; Tony Award, Oscar nomination [331]
Brett Mitchell Music Conductor; Music Director, Colorado Symphony
Bill Moffit Music Director of marching bands at UH and other universities; composer, arranger ("Soundpower Series"), and marching innovator
Elena Nikolaidi Music Opera singer
Stuart Ostrow Theatre Playwright, theatrical director, and Tony Award-winning producer
Howard Pollack Music Musicologist
Theresa Rebeck Theatre Playwright
Hal Robinson Music Classical string bassist; principal, Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra (U.S.)
A. Clyde Roller Music Conductor
Beatrice Schroeder Rose Music Harpist; principal, Houston Symphony
Jade Simmons Arts leadership Pianist, arts advocate, former beauty queen [332]
Abbey Simon Music Pianist
W. Stephen Smith Music Voice teacher and author of The Naked Voice; faculty 1990–98
Patsy Swayze Theatre Film choreographer; taught dance at the University of Houston for 18 years [333]
Laszlo Varga Music Cellist; principal, New York Philharmonic
Lanford Wilson Theatre Playwright; won Pulitzer Prize for Talley's Folly [334]

Visual arts

Name Department Notability Reference
Michael Ray Charles Art Painter
Luis Jiménez Art Sculptor
George Krause Photography Established UH photography department
Rick Lowe Art Visual artist, social activist, MacArthur Fellow [335]
Abinadi Meza Art Sound artist, conceptual artist, filmmaker; was awarded a Rome Prize
Masaru Takiguchi Art Sculptor, educator

Science and technology

Name Department Notability Reference
Neal Amundson Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Research on air quality issues; United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellow, NAE Founders' Award [336]
David P. Anderson Computer science Space research scientist
Kevin Bassler Physics, Mathematics Fellow of the American Physical Society
Peter C. Bishop Future studies Futurist
Eric R. Bittner Chemistry Guggenheim Fellow
Irvin Borish Optometry Optometrist, educator
Maurice Brookhart Chemistry Research in organometallic chemistry; member, National Academy of Sciences [337]
Patrick Callaerts Biology Molecular biologist
Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Research in differential geometry [338]
Wynne Chin Decision and Information Sciences Information technologist
Chu Ching-wu (Paul Chu) Physics Leader in superconductivity research, U.S. National Medal of Science
Joseph Colaco Architecture Structural engineer, architect; member, National Academy of Engineers [339]
David Criswell Space systems Director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations at UH
Bonnie Dunbar Engineering Director, UH STEM Center; former NASA astronaut, President of the Museum of Flight, member of National Academy of Engineering [301][302]
Siemion Fajtlowicz Mathematics Developed Graffiti computer program [338]
George E. Fox Biology Researcher in cell biology
Roland Glowinski Mathematics Research in partial differential equations, variational inequalities
Jan-Åke Gustafsson Biosciences & Nutrition Leading researcher in hormone function; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, United States National Academy of Sciences [340]
Eva Harth Chemistry Director, Welch Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry, UH [341]
Andy Hines Future studies Futurist
Fazle Hussain Mechanical engineering Engineer [342]
Lennart Johnsson Computer science Hugh and Lillie Roy Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, UH; research in grid computing
Ioannis Kakadiaris Computer science Developed an identity verification system
Alamgir Karim Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor; Director, International Polymer & Soft Matter Center; Director, Materials Engineering Program, UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering [343]
Włodzimierz Kuperberg Mathematics Research in geometry and topology [338]
John H. Lienhard Mechanical engineering Writer and host of PBS program The Engines of Our Ingenuity; National Academy of Engineering; UH professor emeritus [344]
R. Bowen Loftin Computer science Former chair of UH Department of Computer Science; now President of Texas A&M University [345]
Archer John Porter Martin Chemistry Winner of 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for invention of partition chromatography
Joseph L. McCauley Physics Research in econophysics, nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics
Claudia Neuhauser Research UH Associate Vice President/Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer
Steven Pennings Biology, biochemistry Research on coastal ecosystems
B. Montgomery Pettitt Chemistry Cullen Professor
Andrea Prosperetti Mechanical engineering Distinguished professor; research in multiphase flow, scientific computing, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics, bubble dynamics; National Academy of Engineering [346]
Badri Roysam Electrical and computer engineering Image processing; Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Chair, UH Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [347]
Barbara A. Schaal Biology Evolutionary biologist
Jerome Schultz Engineering Bioengineer
Ronald M. Sega Physics NASA astronaut [348]
Venkat Selvamanickam Mechanical engineering, physics Chair, UH Mechanical Engineering Department; Director of Applied Research Hub, Texas Center for Superconductivity
Leon Thomsen Earth and atmospheric sciences UH professor of geophysics, proposed Thomsen parameters to characterize transversely isotropic materials
Adam Thrasher Health and Human Performance Author of Space Moose [349][350]
Arthur C. Vailas Biology, mechanical engineering Biochemist, scholar; later president of Idaho State University
Mary Wheeler Mathematics Research in partial differential equations [338]

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