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;” 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

Norm Miller ('62)

Chairman of Interstate Batteries, the leading replacement brand battery in North America

Lorraine Miller ('75)

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

Tony Mitchell

Former power forward for the Detroit Pistons (2013-14) and former player for the international basketball circuit

Sam Moon ('89)

Owner of Sam Moon Trading Company, one of the world's leading specialty retailers of fashionable jewelry and accessories

Latonia Moore

Soprano who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera

Jesús Bautista Moroles ('78)

Granite sculptor and National Medal of Arts honoree