James Cronin
Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Robert Dennard
Computer memory pioneer

Laura Welch Bush
First Lady

Kathy Bates
Academy Award-winning actress

Beth Henley
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Regina Taylor
Emmy Award-nominated actress

Craig Flournoy
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and SMU faculty member

Payne Stewart
Championship PGA golfer

Lars Frolander
2000 Olympic gold medalist

Doak Walker
Heisman Trophy recipient