dont forget the guy from weird science. he got his phd here!!!

I am Owen Olsen. He he he he. And yes, add Owen Wilson to da list.

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Halbouty is no longer with us.

he was mentioned earlier, but in case you don't know who he is...he's Will Smith's boss in Men in Black



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Judge also did Beavis and Butthead

ripp torn also transfered from a&m to, of all places, t.u.!!!!

not the Pope the other guy, the President of Bolivia

George Mitchell

Marc Hoffland
Reagan Cargill
Nick Mirgeaux
Jim Carter

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Wow, I didn't know that...

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Hense the name, Mays Business School. Lowry Mays had an engineering degree from A&M I think. He got his MBA from Harvard Business School. And I think one of his old business partners was Red McCombs....namesake for the t-sip business school.

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I don't think McConaughey (whatever) graduated from tu - went a year or two - therefore a t-shirt fan!

my mistake - looks like he did - and Zellwiger too

Here's a link to all the distinguished alumni award recipients, it would be a good place to find more:

http://www.aggienetwork.com/events/distalum_past.aspx

Including:

H.B. Zachary (how did I forget him)
Wofford Cain
Sterling C. Evans
Gen. Otto P. Weyland
George P. Mitchell
Bill W. Clayton
C.E. (Pat) Olsen
Lt. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson
Frederick D. McClure
Randy Matson
Harris J. Pappas

Old Army Lou.

Rushton Doosch
Jeff Pollicoff
John McClellan
Larry Galvan
Keri Hope

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Old Army Lou

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He didn't graduate, just attended.

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Olin Teauge, 2nd most decorated soldier WWII
James Earl Rudder
Michael T. Halbouty
The Medal of Honor Winners
AF Chief of Staff General Moseley '71
Rick Perry (like it or not)
John Sharp
LtGen. Joe Weber '72 commander III Marine EF
Gene Stallings
The football all-americans
John David Crow
Lt. Gen. James F. Hollingsworth
Jorge Quiroga, president of Bolivia

Oh, and here's the list from Wikipedia:

# Sam Adams (football player), Buffalo Bills defensive tackle
# Shane Barnard, popular Christian music artist
# Joe Barton, U.S. Congressman, Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee
# Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic Mayor of a major city (San Antonio), former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
# John David Crow, winner of Heisman Trophy, 1957
# Dr. James "Red" Duke, famed trauma surgeon
# Chet Edwards, U.S. Congressman
# Dante Hall, wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
# Aaron Glenn, Football Player
# Louie Gohmert, U.S. Congressman
# Gerald D. Griffin, former Director, NASA Johnson Space Center
# Davey Johnson, former Major League Baseball player
# Bethel Johnson, wide receiver for the New England Patriots
# Robert Earl Keen, Musician
# Chakib Khelil, Algerian Minister for Energy and Mines, ex-head of Sonatrach and OPEC
# Chuck Knoblauch, former Major League Baseball player
# Kandace Krueger, 2001 Miss USA
# Dan Kuykendall, U.S. Congressman (R-Tenn, 1966-1974)
# Yale Lary, NFL player and Hall of Famer
# Turney W. Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
# Lyle Lovett, Musician
# L. Lowry Mays, President, CEO of Clear Channel Communications
# Mark Moseley, former National Football League place kicker
# Wally Moon, Baseball Player
# T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
# Terrence Murphy, NFL player
# Dat Nguyen, NFL player
# C.E. "Pat" Olsen, Baseball Player
# Jack Pardee, Pro-Football Player, Head Football Coach
# Rick Perry, Governor of the State of Texas
# Jorge Quiroga, former President of Bolivia
# James Earl Rudder, 16th President of Texas A&M University, World War II General
# Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
# Ryan Rupe, MLB Pitcher
# Bernard Schriever, former U.S. Air Force General, Commander of Air Force Systems Command
# Olin E. Teague, former U.S. Congressman
# Rip Torn, Actor
# Jason Tyner, MLB Outfielder
# Gene Wolfe, Author
# Clayton Williams, candidate for Texas Governor
# Gene Stallings, former football player, coach, and coach at the University of Alabama

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WOW. its like walking down the hollywood walk of fame reading a list like that.

Martin Torrijos-President of Panama

Zack from saved by the bell.

Kim Tomes, Miss USA 1977 (and former Diamond Darling)

I am disappointed that nobody has posted a pic of Miss USA 2001-Kandace Krueger.

I'm surprised as well that there are no mentions of certain co-eds that were featured in a certain, well-known magazine.

Wow, as far as famous alums go we are sucking pretty hard. Event lowly UNT does better than us.

Mean Joe Green
Pat Boone
Don Henley
Phyllis George
Norah Jones
Meat Loaf
Bill Moyers
Dr. Phil
Larry McMurtry
Roy Orbison
Peter Weller, aka. Robocop
Stone Cold Steve Austin

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texas also had Farrah Fawcett

you guys missed "Elliot" from E.T. Class of '94

Think Elliot is the thing of myth. He went to Blinn.

Elliot went to blinn for only a short time and then made Legends of Fall. He lived over in Walden Pond

Dr. Joe Townsend

ya hes not famous, but he is a damn good prof!

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Neal Boortz

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I don't think he went to school here, but he did teach. So, technically he is not an alum.

OOOOOOOps.

I should have done my research first. Sorry.

neal Boortz is class of '67.

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A good collection of Polaroid photos of a member of the admissions staff opened the doors to Texas A&M University, and off I went. I was a worse student at A&M than I was in high school. I finished at A&M in 1967 and came to Atlanta to visit my parents. Dad was working at Lockheed at the time. I liked the place, and I stayed. I've been here ever since.

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http://boortz.com/more/bio.html

did anybody watch the conan obrian where triumph was doing a christmas special? his son kept interupting him and during one part (he was obviously making fun of us) he claimed he wanted to go to Texas A&M.

So we have triumph the insult comic dog's son and the whole family as t-shirt fans.

Lyle Lovett. I still can't figure out how he got Julia Roberts.

When I look at our list, the thought comes to my mind that there are two types of "famous" alumni--celebrities (i.e. famous athletes, singers, movie stars, etc.) and those who truly made a significant impact on the world.

Is our list filled with a lot of A-list celebrities? Probably not. But when I look at our list, I see folks who significanlty impacted the American economy and life (i.e. health), names like Lowry Mays, Michel Halbouty, Clayton Williams, George P. Mitchell, H.B. Zachry, James B. Nelson (the man responsible for turning Grey Wolf into the world's foremost provider of oil & gas drilling services), Howard Kruse, and Red Duke. Then I see names like Rudder, Teague, Simpson, Fowler, Hughes, and Keathley, guys who played vital roles in ensuring that our great country (and the world, for that matter) remained free from tyranny and oppression.

This is not to slight USC or Texas, I know that plenty of great Americans came from both of those schools. But when I'm talking about my grand University's most prominent former students, I think our list is a damn sight better than one populated by the Matthew McConaugheys, Janis Joplins, and Will Ferrells of the world.

If I'm UNT, I don't think I'd claim Pat Boone. Or Dr. Phil.

Also, Boortz says he "finished" at A&M in 1967, but I don't think he ever graduated. I might be wrong, though.

Well said, WestTxAg06.


Now for the fictional Ag alumni:

Randy Claggett, astronaut in James Michner's Space.

Judy Maxwell, vet school alum, Babs Striesand's character in the 1972 movie What's Up Doc. This is before she became a looney leftist, so it's okay.