Notable Alumni
Don January ('53)
Golfer; member of the PGA Senior Tour and namesake of the Don January Golf Classic
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Harry Joe ('70)
Attorney and first Chinese American to practice law in DFW
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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
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T Lewis ('76)
Illustrator for the nationally syndicated cartoon "Over the Hedge"
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David Lindsey ('70)
Edgar Award-nominated mystery writer with 14 books in print
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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
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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
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Jim McIngvale
Owner of Gallery Furniture stores in House, better known as "Mattress Mack”
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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.
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Leila Meacham ('63)
Author of the best-selling novels Roses and Tumbleweeds
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Norm Miller ('62)
Chairman of Interstate Batteries, the leading replacement brand battery in North America
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Lorraine Miller ('75)
Former interim president and CEO of the NAACP: 35th Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-2011).
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Tony Mitchell
Former power forward for the Detroit Pistons (2013-14) and former player for the international basketball circuit
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Sam Moon ('89)
Owner of Sam Moon Trading Company, one of the world's leading specialty retailers of fashionable jewelry and accessories
Jesús Bautista Moroles ('78)
Deceased 1950-2015Granite sculptor and National Medal of Arts honoree
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