Notable Alumni
Jane Nelson ('72)
Texas State Senator, Senate District 12 (1993-present)
Nic Nicosia ('74)
Photographer who was one of the leaders in the staged photography movement in the 1980s and has twice been featured in the Whitney Museum Biennial
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Jamize Olawale
Fullback for the Dallas Cowboys; fullback for the Oakland Raiders (2012-2017)
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Roy Orbison
Deceased 1936-1988Grammy Award-winning singer and guitarist; songs included "Oh, Pretty Woman," considered one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and "Crying"
Dave Pietro ('87)
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and member of the Maria Schneider Orchestra
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Emily Pulley ('95)
Soprano with the Houston Grand Opera and the New York Metropolitan Opera
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Patricia Racette ('88)
Soprano with the Santa Fe Opera and the New York Metropolitan Opera
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Azim Rashid ('94)
Senior vice president of promotion at Roc Nation; former senior vice president at Capitol Music Group
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Cleatus Rattan ('65, '69 M.Ed.)
Former Texas Poet Laureate and author of The Texas Review Poetry Prize-winning collection of poems, The Border
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Ray Renfro
Deceased 1929-1997Football player for the Cleveland Browns (1952-1963)
Ray Roberts
Former U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Texas
Lexie Dean Robertson ('13)
Deceased 1893-1954Former Texas Poet Laureate who was a charter member of the Texas Institute of Letters and whose poems appeared in Good Houskeeping, Ladies' Home Journal and other publications
Mark "Hawkeye" Rybczyk ('83)
Radio personality on the DFW radio station 96.3 KSCS and winner of Billboard Magazine's Air Personality of the Year
Melissa Rycroft ('05)
Television personality; Dancing with the Stars: All Stars winner and The Bachelor contestant
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