G. Brint Ryan ('88, '88 M.S.)

CEO of Ryan, a global tax services firm and software provider, who was named to Texas Monthly's Top 25 Most Powerful People in Texas list

Mark "Hawkeye" Rybczyk ('83)

Radio personality on the DFW radio station 96.3 KSCS; winner of Billboard Magazine's Air Personality of the Year and member of the Country Radio Hall of Fame

Melissa Rycroft ('05)

Television personality; Dancing with the Stars: All Stars winner and The Bachelor contestant

Thomas Sadoski

Tony Award-nominated actor who has appeared in The Newsroom, Life in Pieces, Wild and John Wick

Cara Santa Maria ('04, '07 M.S.)

Los Angeles Area Emmy Award-winning host of the podcast "Talk Nerdy to Me" and science correspondent on National Geographic's TV series "Brain Games"

Greg Millsbaugh Sax ('88)

Longtime radio announcer and member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame

Bill Schmidt ('70)

Won the bronze medal for the javelin at the 1972 Olympics

Jan Seale ('69 M.A.)

Former Texas Poet Laureate, National Endowment for the Arts fellow and author of 20 books of short stories and poems whose works have been published in anthologies, newspapers and magazines and read on National Public Radio

Bobby Sessions

Ron Shanklin

Football player and All-Pro for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1970-1976)

Ann Sheridan

Actress; roles in King's Row and Angels with Dirty Faces; roles in films with Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Cary Grant and Errol Flynn

Bob Singleton ('78)

Grammy and Dove Award-nominated music director of Barney and children's albums

Snarky Puppy

Three-time Grammy Award-winning band, known for its combination of jazz, funk and world music

Frank Spencer ('44)

Retired chair of surgery at New York University; created techniques that paved the way for modern cardiac surgery. He also is a former president of the American College of Surgeons and a recipient of the Navy's Legion of Merit

B.W. Stevenson

Singer-songwriter of the hit "My Maria"

Howard Swindle ('68)

Journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner

Hilda Tagle ('71 M.S.)

Senior United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1998-present); first Latina to serve as a federal judge in Texas

Dana Tanamachi ('07)

Chalk artist whose work has been on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine and Time and a 2020 U.S. postage stamp

Michael J. Truncale ('80 M.B.A.)

United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District (2019-present)

Ron Tutt