Harry Joe ('70)

Attorney and first Chinese American to practice law in DFW

Wilson Jones ('85)

Former CEO of Oshkosh Corp., global vehicle and machinery manufacturer

Norah Jones

Nine-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and songwriter

George F. Jones Jr. ('67)

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Capital Bank, second-largest bank by assets headquartered in DFW

Susan Kihika ('02)

One of the first women elected to Kenya's Senate and the first female governor of the Kenyan state of Nakuru.

Lecrae ('02)

Grammy Award-winning rapper

Opal Lee ('63 M.Ed.)

Activist known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth"; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

T Lewis ('76)

Illustrator for the nationally syndicated cartoon "Over the Hedge"

David Lindsey ('70)

Edgar Award-nominated mystery writer with 14 books in print

Meat Loaf

Tom "Bones" Malone ('69)

Trombonist; member of the original Saturday Night Live band for 10 years; backed John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd for the Blues Brother act; formerly served as the principal arranger and trombonist for the Late Show with David Letterman

Lou Marini

Saxophonist; original member of the Saturday Night Live band for 10 years; backed John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Blue Lou" in The Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000; also played in the band for Night Line with David Brenner

Billy Maxwell

Golfer, member of the PGA Senior Tour

Lyle Mays

Composer and keyboardist for the Pat Metheny Group; won seven Grammy Awards with the group and has been nominated four times for his own work

Dr. Phil McGraw ('76 M.A., '79, Ph.D.)

Self-help expert; host of the nationally syndicated top rated talk show Dr. Phil and best-selling author

Jim McIngvale

Owner of Gallery Furniture stores in House, better known as "Mattress Mack”

Larry McMurtry ('58)

Author; wrote Lonesome Dove, which won a Pulitzer Prize, and numerous other bestsellers including The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment; co-wrote the screen adaptation of Brokeback Mountain for which he shared the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Leila Meacham ('63)

Author of the best-selling novels Roses and Tumbleweeds

Lorraine Miller ('75)

Former interim president and CEO of the NAACP: 35th Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-2011).

Craig Miller ('88)

Radio host for The Ticket in DFW, a seven-time finalist and 2021 winner for National Major Market Personalities of the Year from the National Association of Broadcasters, and member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame