List of University of Houston people
The list of University of Houston people includes notable alumni, former students, and faculty of the University of Houston. Class years usually indicate the year of a graduation unless an entry is denoted by an asterisk (*). In this case, the student did not graduate from the university, and the class year indicates the last known year a former student attended. In the case of alumni with multiple graduation years, the earliest graduation year is shown.
Alumni
Academia
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
C. Anthony Anderson | 1964 | Philosopher; Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara[1] | |
Robert L. Bradley, Jr. | 1980 | Expert on public energy policy[2] | |
James H. Bray | 1980 | Former president of the American Psychological Association[3] | |
Brené Brown | 1996 | Scholar and researcher in social work; author, speaker, and professor at University of Houston[4] | |
Max Castillo | 1979 | Former President of the University of Houston–Downtown and San Antonio College[5] | |
Robert W. Lawless | 1964 | Former President of Texas Tech University and the University of Tulsa[6] | |
William A. Staples | 1977 | President of the University of Houston–Clear Lake[7] | |
Arleigh B. Templeton | 1950 | First President of the University of Texas at San Antonio; former President of Sam Houston State University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and Alvin Community College[8] | |
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. | 1949 | Former Chairman of the University of Houston System Board of Regents[9] |
Architecture
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Laura Bennett | 1993 | Contestant, Season 3 of the television show Project Runway[10] | |
Neil Denari | 1980 | Architect, professor[11] | |
Burdette Keeland | 1950[12] | Modernist architect, professor | |
Jerrold E. Lomax | Architect[13] | ||
Joe Mashburn | 1978 | Dean, Hines College of Architecture |
Entertainment and performing arts
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Jason Alkire | Fashion designer at Haus Alkire, artist[14] | ||
Greg Baldwin | Actor | ||
Leila Bela | Experimental musician, actress, and writer[15] | ||
Shelly Berg | 1977 | Jazz pianist and educator[16] | |
Big Moe (Kenneth Moore) | Rapper | ||
Larry Blyden | 1948 | Stage and television actor[17] | |
Craig Bohmler | 1980 | Opera and musical-theater composer[18] | |
Joe Bowman* | mid-1940s | Marksman and western entertainer[19] | |
Peter Breck | Actor[20] | ||
Kenneth Broberg | 2016 | Classical pianist | |
J. T. Buck | Theatre director, composer, lyricist (The Gospel According to Tammy Faye)[21] | ||
Marcelo Bussiki | 1993 | Conductor | |
Tony Campise | Jazz saxophonist | ||
Derek Cecil | Actor[22] | ||
Chamillionaire* | Rapper | ||
Johnny Chan* | 1978 | Poker player[23] | |
Brett Cullen | 1979 | Actor[24] | |
Chloe Dao* | Season 2 contestant on Project Runway[25] | ||
Loretta Devine | 1971 | Actress, NAACP Image Award recipient[26] | |
Magen Ellis | Beauty queen | ||
Fat Tony (Anthony Obi) | Hip-hop artist[27] | ||
Bruce Ford* | 1982 | Operatic tenor | |
Larry Gatlin | 1970 | Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter[28] | |
Jennifer Grassman | Independent music singer, pianist | ||
Denyce Graves* | 1990 | Operatic mezzo-soprano | |
Keith Grimwood | 1974 | Bass player for Trout Fishing in America[29] | |
Julie Haus | Fashion designer at Haus Alkire[30] | ||
Bill Hicks* | Comedian, social critic[31] | ||
Kimberly Holland | 2004 | Playboy model | |
Larry Hovis | Actor[32] | ||
Paavo Järvi* | Orchestra conductor | ||
Liza Koshy* | 2015 | Comedian, actress, YouTube personality | |
Lil' Wayne* | 2008 | Rapper[33] | |
Evelyn Lim | 1994 | Concert organist, educator[34] | |
Annie Lin | Singer-songwriter | ||
Lizzo | Rapper, singer-songwriter[35] | ||
Master P* | Hip-hop artist, actor, producer, and athlete[36] | ||
Sally Mayes | Broadway singer and actress, rock/jazz singer[37] | ||
Susanne Mentzer* | 1982 | Operatic mezzo-soprano | |
Yvar Mikhashoff | 1967 | Composer, concert pianist, recording artist, music educator[38] | |
Mary Mills* | 1988 | Operatic soprano | |
Pauline Oliveros* | 1952 | Electronic music composer and performance artist[39] | |
Bárbara Padilla | 2004 | Opera singer[40] | |
Jim Parsons | 1996 | Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, The Big Bang Theory[41][42] | |
Chris Patton | Actor | ||
Cindy Pickett | 1972 | Actress[43] | |
Dennis Quaid* | 1974 | Actor[44] | |
Randy Quaid | 1971 | Actor; winner of Golden Globe Award; nominated for Emmy and Academy Awards[45] | |
Kenneth Radnofsky | Classical saxophonist, educator[46] | ||
Timothy Rhea | 1999 | Director of Bands at Texas A&M University[47] | |
Kenny Rogers* | 1958 | Country singer; winner of multiple Grammy, American Music, Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, and CMT Awards; USA Today "Favorite Singer of All Time"[48] | |
Julian Schnabel | 1973 | Filmmaker; winner of Best Director prize at Cannes Film Festival; visual artist[49] | |
Elliot Segal | Disc jockey | ||
Guru Singh | Actor | ||
Brent Spiner* | 1974 | Actor[50] | |
Crystle Stewart | 2007 | Miss USA 2008 | |
Allison Sumrall | Voice actress | ||
Christopher Theofanidis | 1992 | Classical composer[51] | |
John Tracy | 1968 | Television director[52] | |
Tommy Tune | Broadway dancer, actor, Tony Award winner[53] | ||
Jack Valenti | 1946 | President of the Motion Picture Association of America[54] | |
Townes Van Zandt* | 1966 | Country and folk music singer-songwriter[55] | |
Viper | Rapper | ||
Paul Wall | 2001 | Rapper and DJ[56][57] | |
Judy Wilson | Casting director[58] | ||
Trey Wilson | Actor[59] | ||
Darren Keith Woods | 1982 | Opera singer, General Director of Fort Worth Opera | |
Roger Wright | 1996 | Classical pianist and 2004 National Scrabble Championship winner[60] | |
Robert Wuhl | 1976 | Comedian, actor, and writer[61] | |
Arthur Yoria | Guitarist, singer-songwriter[62] | ||
Terence Yung | 2012 | Concert pianist | |
Stella Zambalis* | 1984 | Operatic soprano[63][64] | |
Jessica Zhu | 2009 | Concert pianist[65] |
Journalism
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Dan Cook* | 1945 | Longtime San Antonio television sports reporter and columnist[66] | |
Steve Edwards* | Talk-show host | ||
Robert Flores | 1992 | ESPN anchor[67][68] | |
Saul Friedman | 1956 | Newspaper reporter, columnist, wrote "Gray Matters" column for Newsday[69] | |
Kevin James | 1988 | Radio host, conservative political commentator[70] | |
Tom Jarriel | 1956 | Correspondent for 20/20 and ABC's evening news[71] | |
Star Jones | 1986 | Former co-host of the TV show The View[72] | |
Shane McAuliffe | 2003 | Creator and host of television program The Texas Bucket List[73] | |
Maxine Mesinger | Gossip columnist for the Houston Chronicle[74] | ||
Jim Nantz | 1981 | CBS broadcaster[75] | |
Chau Nguyen | 2010 | Television news anchor | |
Dan Rather* | Former Managing Editor and anchor for CBS Evening News[76] | ||
Bill Worrell | 1969 | Sportscaster[77] | |
Steve Zabriskie | Network television play-by-play sportscaster, ABC, ESPN, CBS |
Literature
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Donald Barthelme* | 1957 | Author, UH professor | |
Shane Bolks | 1997 | Author of chick lit and historical romance novels | |
Jericho Brown | 2007 | Poet, winner of 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[78] | |
Kathryn Casey | 1984 | Author, journalist | |
Katherine Center | 1998 | Author | |
Thomas Cobb | Author[79] | ||
Jill Alexander Essbaum | 1994 | Poet, writer, professor | |
Ibis Gómez-Vega | 1976 | Writer, critic | |
Jennifer Grotz | 2005 | Poet[80] | |
Christine Hà | 2013 | Writer, poet, editor; chef who won the grand prize on the MasterChef cooking competition on Fox in 2012[81] | |
John R. Harvey | 1997 | Playwright, poet, producer | |
Detrick Hughes | 1989 | Poet[82] | |
Corey Marks | 2000 | Poet[83] | |
Leslie Adrienne Miller | 1991 | Poet[84] | |
Vassar Miller | 1947 | Poet[85] | |
David M. Parsons | 1991 | Poet, 1991 Poet Laureate of Texas | |
George Sessions Perry* | — | Novelist, correspondent | |
Padgett Powell | Author; professor at University of Florida[86] | ||
Cristina Rivera Garza | 1995 | Author, professor | |
Pattiann Rogers | 1981 | Poet | |
Allie Rowbottom | Writer, educator | ||
Alice Sebold* | 1985 | Novelist[87] | |
Larry D. Thomas | 1970 | Poet, 2008 Texas State Poet Laureate | |
Sidney Wade | 1994 | Poet, professor | |
Bryan Washington | – | Writer | |
Will Wilkinson | 2015 (MFA) | Writer, blogger | |
Gene Wolfe | 1956 | Science fiction novelist | |
Robert Clark Young | Author |
Visual arts
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Susan Budge | 1987 | Ceramic sculptor[88] | |
Michael Ray Charles | 1993 | Painter[88] | |
Michael Galbreth | 1984 | Contemporary performance, conceptual, visual artist[89] | |
Carll Goodpasture | 1975 | Photography[90] | |
Priscilla Hamby | 2003 | Illustrator, comic-book artist | |
Cheryl Kelley | — | Photorealist painter | |
Jack Massing | 1984 | Contemporary performance, conceptual, visual artist[89] | |
Eileen Maxson | 2002 | Video and installation artist | |
Julian Schnabel | 1973 | Neo-expressionist painter, sculptor, photographer, and filmmaker[91] |
Baseball
Basketball
Bobsled
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Seun Adigun | 2009[119] | Bobsledder | |
Ngozi Onwumere | 2014[120] | Bobsledder |
Bodybuilding
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Lee Labrada | 1984 | Bodybuilder, nutritionist; IFBB Mr. Universe weight-class world champion 1985, twice runner-up in Mr. Olympia international competition[121] |
Football
Golf
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Rex Baxter | 1957[185] | 1 PGA victory | |
Larry Beck | 1960[186] | PGA Tour professional | |
Homero Blancas | 1962[185] | 4 PGA victories, 1 Senior victory; 1965 PGA Rookie of the Year, US Ryder Cup team; record holder for lowest round in the history of competitive golf | |
Billy Ray Brown | 1985[185] | 3 PGA victories before injuries ended career | |
Fred Couples | 1980[185] | 15 PGA victories including 1 major (1992 Masters); first American to reach #1 world rank; World Golf Hall of Fame | |
Jacky Cupit | 1959[187] | 4 PGA victories | |
Steve Elkington | 1985[185] | 10 PGA victories including 1 major (1995 PGA Championship) | |
Brad Fabel* | 1975[188] | PGA Tour professional, 2 Nationwide Tour victories | |
Nick Faldo* | 1976[186] | 9 PGA victories including 6 majors (1987 1990, and 1992 British Opens; 1989, 1990, and 1996 Masters); 30 European Tour victories; held world #1 ranking for 98 weeks; World Golf Hall of Fame | |
Keith Fergus | 1976[189] | 3 PGA victories, 2 Nationwide Tour victories, 1 Champions Tour victory | |
Ed Fiori* | 1977[190] | 4 PGA victories, 1 Champions Tour victory | |
Marty Fleckman | 1966[191] | 1 PGA victory | |
Kirk Hanefeld | 1977[192] | PGA, Champions tours | |
Anders Hansen | 1995[193] | PGA Tour professional, 3 European Tour victories, 2 Sunshine Tour victories | |
Leonie Harm | 2019 | Champion, The Womens Amateur Championship[194] | |
Butch Harmon | — | Golf instructor; coached Tiger Woods and many other PGA champions | |
Jeff Hawkes | 1975[186] | PGA Tour professional, 1 European Tour victory, 1 Southern Africa Tour victory | |
Babe Hiskey | 1962[195] | 2 PGA victories | |
David Ishii | 1977[196] | 1 PGA victory, 14 Japan Golf Tour victories | |
Tom Jenkins | 1971[197] | 1 PGA victory, 7 Champions Tour victories | |
Bruce Lietzke | 1973[185] | 13 PGA victories, 7 Champions Tour victories including Senior Open | |
John Mahaffey | 1969[185] | 10 PGA Victories including 1 major (1978 PGA Championship) | |
Dave Marr | 1952[198] | 3 PGA victories including 1 major (1965 PGA Championship); PGA Golfer of the Year for 1965 | |
Blaine McCallister | 1981[199] | 5 PGA victories, 1 Champions Tour victory | |
Wade Ormsby* | 2001 | Asian Tour, European Tour, others | |
Phil Rodgers | 1958[200] | 5 PGA victories | |
Bill Rogers | 1973[201] | 6 PGA victories including 1 major (1981 British Open); 1981 PGA Golfer of the Year | |
Jack Rule, Jr.* | 1959[186] | 2 PGA Tour victories | |
Jay Sigel* | —[198] | PGA Tour professional, 8 Champions Tour victories | |
Jim Simons* | 1969[198] | 3 PGA victories | |
Mike Standly | 1986[202] | 1 PGA victory | |
Warren Sye | 1980[186] | 2 Canadian Amateur Championship victories | |
Rocky Thompson | 1962[186] | PGA Tour professional, 3 Champions Tour victories | |
Bobby Wadkins* | 1970[198] | PGA Tour professional, 1 European Tour victory, 2 Japan Golf Tour victories, 4 Champions Tour victories | |
Kermit Zarley | 1963[201] | 2 PGA victories, 1 Senior PGA victory | |
Fuzzy Zoeller* | 1973[201] | 10 PGA victories including 2 majors (1979 Masters, 1984 U. S. Open), 2 Champions Tour victories including Senior PGA |
Gymnastics
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Shannon Miller | 2003[203] | Most decorated American gymnast | |
Mo Mitchell | 1995[204] | Gymnastics coach, University of Kentucky |
Swimming and diving
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Ang Peng Siong | 1984 | Swimming | |
Tania Cagnotto* | 2007[205] | Olympic medalist for Italy; first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship | |
Carin Cone | 1962[206][207] | Olympic medalist, set 7 world records; featured on cover of Sports Illustrated | |
Hilary Grivich* | 1997[208][209] | Nationally ranked diver at UH; had been an Olympic medalist and US junior all-around champion in gymnastics as a teen | |
Vera Ilyina | —[210] | Olympic medalist for Russia | |
Anne Jardin | —[211] | Olympic medalist for Canada; set world record in 50m freestyle | |
David Lowe | —[211] | Olympic medalist for Great Britain | |
Yuliya Pakhalina | 2002[212] | Won two silver medals for Russian diving team at 2008 Olympics | |
Anastasia Pozdniakova | 2009[212] | Won silver medal for Russian diving team at 2008 Olympics | |
Teresa Rivera | —[210] | Pan-American Games medalist for Mexico | |
Michelle Smith de Bruin | — | Swimming |
Tennis
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Sarah Borwell | 2002[213] | 65 in the world for doubles, number 1 GBR doubles player, played every grand Slam, represented Great Britain 3 times and won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games Player for New York Buzz (WTT) | |
Ricardo Ycaza | — | World top-ten junior, Davis Cup stalwart, world top-fifty touring professional |
Track and field
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Jenny Adams | 2000[214] | Hurdler | |
Seun Adigun | 2009[215] | Hurdler, African champion | |
Kirk Baptiste | 1985 | Sprinter | |
Andrea Blackett | 2001 | Sprinter; coach at Rice University | |
Mario Burke | current student | Sprinter, Barbados national champion | |
Cameron Burrell | 2018 | Sprinter | |
Dawn Burrell | 1996[216] | World champion long jumper | |
Leroy Burrell | 1990[217] | World record-breaking sprinter, replaced track coach Tom Tellez | |
Chris Carter | 2011[218] | Triple jumper | |
Ollan Cassell | 1961 | Sprinter, Olympic gold medalist | |
Cletus Clark | 1985[219] | Hurdler, Pan American Games gold medalist | |
Dennis Darling | —[211] | Sprinter, World Championships medalist for Bahamas | |
Joe DeLoach | Sprinter, 1988 Olympic 200 m champion | ||
Stanley Floyd | —[220] | Sprinter, set several world records | |
Sandra Glover | 1991[221] | Hurdler | |
Elijah Hall | 2018 | Sprinter | |
Darrell Hill* | 2012 | Shot put; transferred from UH to Penn State | |
Obi Igbokwe | 2019 | Sprinter | |
Jolanda Jones | 1995[222] | City of Houston Council Member, U.S. heptathlon champion, contestant on Survivor | |
Amere Lattin* | current student | Hurdler | |
Allan Lawrence | 1963[223] | Distance runner, Olympic medalist for Australia, set several US records | |
Carl Lewis | 1985 | Track and field legend, 10 Olympic medals (9 gold, 1 bronze) in long jump and sprint events | |
Carol Lewis | 1989[217] | American record-breaking long jumper; bronze medal, World Championship (1983) | |
Kahmari Montgomery | 2019 | Sprinter | |
Errol Nolan | 2014 | Sprinter; gold and bronze medals at World Junior Championships | |
Frank Rutherford | 1988[211] | Triple jumper, Olympic medalist (first ever Olympic medals for Bahamas); awarded Order of the British Empire |
Volleyball
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Lucille Charuk | 2012 | Canadian National Volleyball Team | |
Rita Crockett* | 1977 | Volleyball | |
Flo Hyman* | 1977 | Volleyball | |
Rose Magers | 1981[224] | Volleyball | |
Sophie Paine | 2016[225][226] | Australian National Volleyball Team |
Business
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Mary Kay Ash* | 1943[227] | Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics | |
Bruce D. Broussard | 1989 | CEO and president, Humana | |
Rod Canion | 1966 | Co-founder, Compaq | |
Samuel DiPiazza | 1973 | Chairman and Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers | |
Tilman J. Fertitta | President and CEO, Landry's Restaurants | ||
Alan Gershenhorn | 1982 | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, United Parcel Service | |
Karen Katz | 1982 | President and CEO, Neiman Marcus | |
Kenneth Lay | 1970[228] | Former CEO, Enron | |
Aylwin Lewis | 1990 | President and CEO, Kmart, Sears | |
James E. Lyon | Houston developer and Republican political activist | ||
Mike McShaffry | 1990[229] | Video-game programmer, entrepreneur, author; founder, Tornado Alley | |
Jack B. Moore | 1977 | President and CEO, Cameron | |
John Moores | 1970 | Founder, Peregrine Systems; co-founder, BMC Software; owner, San Diego Padres; major contributor to University of Houston and San Diego State University | |
Matt Mullenweg* | 2004[230] | Founding developer of WordPress; founder of Automattic | |
Dominic Ng | 1980 | Chairman and CEO, East West Bancorp, Inc. | |
Marvin Odum | 1995 | President, Shell Oil Company; CEO, Intergen | |
Dan Rapoport | 1991 | President of Rapoport Capital, financier and philanthropist | |
Allen Stanford | Former President and CEO Stanford Financial and currently in Federal Prison | ||
John Stubblefield | 1970 | Former CFO, Sysco Corporation | |
Ramiz Tafilaj | Oil business executive; activist who has helped liberate Kosovo and Albania | ||
Henry Taub* | Founder, Automatic Data Processing | ||
Kenneth Thomas | 1972 | CFO, United States Chess Federation | |
David A. Williams | 1992 | President and CEO, Make-A-Wish Foundation | |
Bruce Williamson | 1995 | Chairman, CEO, and President, Dynegy | |
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. | 1949 | Chairman of GSL Welcome Group, chairman of University of Houston System Board of Regents |
Government
Politics
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Alma A. Allen | 1992 | Texas State Representative[240] | |
Thad Altman | 1976 & 1977 | Current Florida State Representative; former Florida State Senator; former Brevard County Commissioner[241] | |
Carol Alvarado | 1992 & 2008 | Texas State Representative[242] | |
Ray Barnhart | 1993 (M.A. in speech and theatre) | State representative from Pasadena from 1973–75, Republican Party state chairman from 1977–79, and director of the Federal Highway Administration from 1981–87[243] | |
Michael Berry | 1993 | former Houston city councilman and currently a talk show host | |
Elton Bomer | Texas state representative from Anderson County and former Texas Secretary of State[244] | ||
Peter Hoyt Brown | 1958 | Houston city councilman, 2009 Houston Mayoral Candidate[245] | |
Briscoe Cain | Texas State Representative for District 128, beginning 2017; lawyer in Deer Park; received B.S. in Communications[246] | ||
Bill Callegari | 1972 | Texas State Representative, 2001–2015; engineer and businessman[247] | |
Robert R. Casey | 1934 | Former Texas State Representative; former U.S. Congressman[248] | |
David Cobb* | 1993 | 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party | |
Henry Cuellar* | United States and Texas State Representative | ||
John E. Davis | Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 129 in Houston since 1999[249] | ||
Tom DeLay | 1970 | Former U.S. Congressman; former Deputy Minority Whip; former House Majority Whip; former House Majority Leader[250] | |
Eni Faleomavaega | 1972 | U.S. Congressman, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa; former Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa; former Attorney General of American Samoa[251] | |
Jessica Farrar | 1995 | Texas State Representative[252][253] | |
Gene Green | 1971 | U.S. Congressman[254] | |
Henry Grover | 1962 | Texas Republican politician, gubernatorial nominee in 1972 | |
David Heitmeier | 1987 | Member of the Louisiana State Senate for New Orleans; optometrist | [255] |
Al Hoang | 1989[256] | first Vietnamese American member of Houston City Council[257] | |
Fred Hofheinz | 1964 | Houston mayor, son of Roy Hofheinz[258] | |
Roy Hofheinz | 1931 | Houston mayor, Harris County judge, Texas State Representative; also entrepreneur who led efforts to create Houston Colt .45s, Astrodome, Astroturf[259] | |
Dean A. Hrbacek | 1986 | Former mayor of Sugar Land, Texas | |
Daylin Leach | 1986 | Pennsylvania State Representative | |
Melissa Noriega | 1977 | Houston City Councilperson | |
Rick Noriega | 1984 | Former Texas State Representative | |
Colion Noir | 2005 | National Rifle Association spokesperson | |
Dora Olivo | 1981 | Texas State Representative[260] | |
Ted Poe | 1973 | U.S. Congressman[261] | |
Howard Wallace Pollock | 1955 | Former U.S. Congressman[262] | |
Barbara Ann Radnofsky | 1976 | U.S. Senate nominee, Texas Attorney General candidate | |
Richard T. Schulze* | 1949 | Former U.S. Congressman[263] | |
Lonnie Stabler | Mayor of Bryan, Texas, 1995–2001[264] | ||
Steve Stockman | 1990 | U.S. Representative from Texas, 1995–97, 2013-; candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 Republican primary | |
Azam Khan Swati | – | Member, Pakistani Senate | |
Robert Talton | 1971 | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1993 to 2009; candidate for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 2014 Republican primary election[265] | |
Ed Thompson | Texas State Representative from Brazoria County[266] | ||
Senfronia Thompson | 1996 | Texas State Representative[267] | |
Sylvester Turner | 1977 | Texas State Representative,[268] mayor of Houston | |
Leticia R. Van de Putte* | Texas State Senator[269] | ||
Richard Viguerie | 1958 | Conservative activist, writer[270] | |
Hubert Vo | 1983 | Texas State Representative; first and only Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas Legislature[271][272] | |
Armando Walle* | Texas State Representative | ||
Elizabeth Warren | 1970 | United States Senator from Massachusetts; special advisor of U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; chair of Congressional Oversight Panel; Harvard law professor; bankruptcy expert; one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World[273] | |
Royce West | 1979 | Texas State Senator[274] | |
James E. White | M.S. 2010 and Ph.D. 2012 | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 19 in Tyler County; educator and rancher[275] | |
John Whitmire | 1975 | Texas State Senator, Dean of the Texas Senate[276] | |
Kathryn J. Whitmire | 1977 | Former City of Houston Mayor[277] | |
Martha Wong | 1976 | Former Texas State Representative[278] | |
Beverly Woolley | 1993 | Texas State Representative[279][280] | |
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr.* | 1970 | U.S. Congressman | |
Judith Zaffirini | Texas State Senator[281] |
Law and law enforcement
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Tony Buzbee | 1997 | Trial lawyer | |
Larry Joe Doherty | 1970 | Judge for TV show Texas Justice, 2008 Congressional candidate[282] | |
Vanessa Gilmore | 1981 | US Federal judge (youngest in the nation at the time of her appointment)[283] | |
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes | 1956 | Criminal Defense attorney[284] | |
Randy Hendricks | 1968 | Sports attorney and agent | |
Patricia R. "Pat" Lykos | 1967 | Harris County District Attorney | |
I. D. McMaster | US District Judge[285] | ||
Gray H. Miller | 1974 | US Federal judge[286] | |
David Newell | Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 | ||
John O'Quinn | 1967 | Highest paid attorney in Texas[287] | |
Ruby Kless Sondock | 1962 | First female Texas Supreme Court justice[288] |
Religion
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Shaker Elsayed | Muslim Imam of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia | ||
René Henry Gracida | 1950 | Former Catholic Bishop | |
Hal Lindsey* | Christian evangelist and writer | ||
Victoria Osteen* | Co-"pastor" of Lakewood Church, the largest "church" in the nation; spouse of Joel Osteen[289] | ||
Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi | Muslim scholar, writer, educator | ||
Hyman Judah Schachtel | 1948 | Longtime Houston rabbi and deliverer of Lyndon B. Johnson's inaugural prayer[290] | |
Priscilla Shirer | Christian speaker, author | ||
Thomas B. Warren | Church of Christ minister and Restorationist Philosopher and Theologian | ||
Kenneth W. Wright | Church of Christ minister |
Astronauts
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Maurizio Cheli | 1994 | ESA astronaut | |
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg | 1997 | NASA astronaut | |
Bonnie J. Dunbar | 1983 | Former NASA astronaut; President of the Museum of Flight; member of National Academy of Engineering[291][292] | |
William Frederick Fisher | 1980 | Former NASA astronaut; longest space walk in history[293] | |
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. | 1978 | Former NASA astronaut; first African-American to walk in space[294] | |
Akihiko Hoshide | 1997 | JAXA astronaut[295] | |
Donald Holmquest | 1988 | NASA astronaut[296] | |
John D. Olivas | 1993 | NASA astronaut[297] | |
Rex J. Walheim | 1989 | NASA astronaut[298] |
Other scientists and engineers
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Abdeldjelil Belarbi | 1986 | Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston[299] | |
Brigitte Boisselier | Raëlian bishop and CEO of Clonaid | ||
Savas Dimopoulos | Particle physicist | ||
Keqin Li | 1990 | Computer scientist, SUNY Distinguished Professor, IEEE Fellow | |
David W. Murhammer | 1989 | Department Chair of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa | |
Dennis Paul | Engineer; Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County; earlier worked to clean up Armand Bayou[300] |
Other
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr. | 1953 | Activist, father of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | |
Lynn Eusan | 1970 | First black Homecoming queen at UH | |
Olga Rodriguez | 1970 | Chicano activist | |
Charles Rogers | Implicated in John F. Kennedy assassination | ||
Jon Schillaci | former fugitive on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives[301] | ||
Aafia Siddiqui* | 1991 | Neuroscientist (alleged Al-Qaeda operative), convicted of assaulting with a deadly weapon and attempting to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents. | |
Andrea Yates* | 1984 | Drowned her five children; highly publicized legal case ensued[302] |
Honorary degrees
Individuals who have received honorary degrees from the University of Houston[303] include Edward Albee, Donald Barthelme, Irvin Borish, George H.W. Bush, Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, Ernesto Cortes, Hugh Roy Cullen, Jan de Hartog, Loretta Devine, Christoph Eschenbach, Cristina Rivera Garza, David Gockley, Glenn Goerke, Barron Hilton, Eric Hilton, Gerald D. Hines, Oveta Culp Hobby, William P. Hobby Jr., Philip Guthrie Hoffman, Brien Holden, Philip Johnson, Edith Irby Jones, Bob Lanier, Jacques-Louis Lions, Lyle Lovett,[304] Jim McIngvale, Carlos Menem, François Mitterrand, John Moores, Robert Mosbacher, Jim Nantz, Edison E. Oberholtzer, Rod Paige, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ruth Simmons, Dinesh Singh, Song Jian, Margaret Spellings, Ron Stone, Herman D. Suit, Jack Valenti, Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, Welcome W. Wilson Sr., and Daniel Yergin.[305]
(Bold names indicate UH alumni.)
Faculty and staff
Administration
Name | Department | Years | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marguerite Ross Barnett | Administration | 1990–1992 | President of University of Houston | |
A. D. Bruce | Administration | 1954–1956 | President of University of Houston | |
Hugh Roy Cullen | Administration | 1937–1957 | Chairman of Board of Regents | |
James A. Elkins | Administration | Board of Regents | ||
Glenn Goerke | Administration | 1995–1997 | President of University of Houston | |
Jay Gogue | Administration | 2003–2007 | President of University of Houston, Chancellor of University of Houston System | |
Philip Guthrie Hoffman | Administration | 1961–1977[306] | President of University of Houston, Chancellor of University of Houston System | |
Renu Khator | Administration | 2008–[307] | President of University of Houston, Chancellor of University of Houston System | |
Barry Munitz | Administration | 1977–1982 | President of University of Houston | |
Edison E. Oberholtzer | Administration | 1927–1950 | Founder and first president of University of Houston | |
Richard L. Van Horn | Administration | 1983–1989 | President of University of Houston | |
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. | Administration | 2006– | Chairman of Board of Regents |
Athletics
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
John Altobelli | Athletics | Assistant baseball coach 1987 | |
Frank Anderson | Athletics | Assistant baseball coach 2013–2017 | |
Major Applewhite | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2015–2016; head football coach 2016–2018 | |
Joe Arenas | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1963–1986 | |
John R. Bender | Athletics | PE instructor 1927–1928, coined "Cougars" nickname | |
Marquel Blackwell | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2019–present | |
Tom Boisture | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1962–1965 | |
Art Briles | Athletics | Head football coach 2003–2007 | |
Kendal Briles | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2018 | |
Alvin Brooks | Athletics | Head basketball coach 1993–1998, assistant basketball coach 2010–present | |
Jamie Bryant | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2011–2012 | |
Todd Buchanan | Athletics | Head women's basketball coach 2010–2013 | |
Leroy Burrell | Athletics | Track coach 1998–present | |
Leon Burtnett | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2008–2011 | |
Travis Bush | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2012–2014 | |
Neil Callaway | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1993–1997 | |
Bill Carr | Athletics | Athletic Director 1993–1997 | |
Tyron Carrier | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2019 | |
James Casey | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2016–2018 | |
Red Conkright | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1957–1958 | |
Kevin Cook | Athletics | Assistant women's basketball coach 1995–1997 | |
Harden Cooper | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1950–1954 | |
Larry Coyer | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1990 | |
Jack Cressend | Athletics | Assistant baseball coach 2010–2012 | |
Joe Curl | Athletics | Head women's basketball coach 1998–2010; National Coach of the Year 2003–2004[308] | |
Rudy Davalos | Athletics | Athletic Director 1987–1992 | |
Shannon Dawson | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2019–present | |
Cedric Dempsey | Athletics | Athletic Director 1979–1982 | |
James Dickey | Athletics | Head basketball coach 2010–2014 | |
Jim Dickey | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1964–1965 | |
Dana Dimel | Athletics | Head football coach 2000–2002 | |
Mark D'Onofrio | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2017–2018 | |
Clyde Drexler | Athletics | Head basketball coach 1998–2000 | |
Jim Eddy | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1986–1989 | |
Chuck Fairbanks | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1962–1965 | |
Keith Fergus | Athletics | Golf coach 1988–1994 | |
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Athletics | Assistant track coach 2014–present | |
Pat Foster | Athletics | Head basketball coach 1986–1993 | |
Harry Fouke | Athletics | Athletic Director 1946–1979 | |
Reid Gettys | Athletics | Assistant basketball coach 1998 | |
David Gibbs | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2013–2014; interim head football coach 2014 | |
Sterlin Gilbert | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2005 | |
Chet Gladchuk Jr. | Athletics | Athletic Director 1997–2001[309] | |
Kenny Guiton | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2017–2018 | |
Brick Haley | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1997 | |
Phill Hansell | Athletics | Swimming and diving coach, 1957–1996[310] | |
Clay Helton | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1997–1999 | |
Kim Helton | Athletics | Head football coach 1993–1999 | |
Tom Herman | Athletics | Head football coach 2015–2016 | |
Lovette Hill | Athletics | Head baseball coach 1950–1974, assistant football coach 1949–1961 | |
Dana Holgorsen | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2008–2009; head football coach 2019 | |
Joel Hunt | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1955 | |
Jim Jeffcoat | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2008–2010 | |
John Jenkins | Athletics | Head football coach 1990–1992 | |
Brian Johnson | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2017 | |
Scott Kellar | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2001–2004 | |
Malcolm Kelly | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2017–2018 | |
Kliff Kingsbury | Athletics | Football staff 2008–2011 | |
Les Koenning, Jr. | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1999 | |
Hal Lahar | Athletics | Head football coach 1957–1961 | |
Clyde Lee | Athletics | Head football coach 1948–1954 | |
Tony Levine | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2008–2011; head football coach 2011–2014 | |
Guy Lewis | Athletics | Head basketball coach 1956–1986: 592 wins; 27 consecutive seasons without a losing record; five Final Four appearances, including two NCAA finals; National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2007; Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2013[311] | |
John Lott | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1991–1996 | |
Dave Maggard | Athletics | Athletic Director 2002–2009 | |
Mickey Matthews | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1986 | |
Matt Mattox | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2005–2006 | |
Ray McCallum | Athletics | Head basketball coach 2000–2004 | |
Marcus McGraw | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2014–present | |
Bill Meek | Athletics | Head football coach 1955–1956 | |
Brandon Middleton | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2012–2013 | |
Philip Montgomery | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2003–2005 | |
Eric Morris | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2010–2011 | |
Ruth Nelson | Athletics | Head women's volleyball coach 1974–1980 | |
Mike Nesbitt | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2012 | |
Rayner Noble | Athletics | Head baseball coach 1994–2010 | |
Todd Orlando | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2015–2016; interim head football coach 2016 | |
Chad O'Shea | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1996–1999 | |
Yulia Pakhalina | Athletics | Diving coach 2014–2015 | |
Jack Pardee | Athletics | Head football coach 1987–1989 | |
Alden Pasche | Athletics | Head basketball coach 1946–1956 | |
Tom Penders | Athletics | Head basketball coach 2004–2010 | |
Dan Pfaff | Athletics | Assistant track coach 1980–1981 | |
Bum Phillips | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1965–1966 | |
Jason Phillips | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2010–2011 | |
Wade Phillips | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1969 | |
Hollis Price | Athletics | Assistant basketball coach 2014–present | |
Mack Rhoades | Athletics | Athletic Director 2009–2015 | |
Melvin Robertson | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1965–1971, 1991–1993 | |
Terry Rooney | Athletics | Assistant baseball coach 2017–present | |
Doc Sadler | Athletics | Assistant basketball coach 1986 | |
Kelvin Sampson | Athletics | Head basketball coach 2014–present | |
Chris Scelfo | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2017 | |
John Skladany | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2008–2009 | |
Brian Stewart | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2010–2011 | |
Kevin Sumlin | Athletics | Head football coach 2008–2011 | |
Tom Tellez | Athletics | Head track coach 1976–1998, volunteer assistant track coach 1998–present; legendary coach of numerous world champions and Olympic gold medalists, head coach of U.S. national team for World Championships and Pan American Games, namesake of UH's Tom Tellez Track at Carl Lewis International Complex[312] | |
Pat Thomas | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1985–1989 | |
Ned Thompson | Athletics | Head baseball coach 1947, assistant football coach 1946–1948, associate athletic director 1946–1976 | |
Chris Thurmond | Athletics | Interim head football coach 2007 | |
Don Todd | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1972–1985 | |
Marcus Tubbs | Athletics | Assistant athletics director 2016–present | |
Jewell Wallace | Athletics | Head football coach 1946–1947 | |
Alan Weddell | Athletics | Assistant football coach 2005–2007 | |
Todd Whitting | Athletics | Head baseball coach 2010–present | |
Greg Williams | Athletics | Head women's basketball coach 1985–1990 | |
Gregg Williams | Athletics | Assistant football coach 1988–1989 | |
Ryan Wochomurka | Athletics | Head swimming and diving coach 2015–present | |
Bill Yeoman | Athletics | Head football coach 1962–1986 | |
Steve Yoder | Athletics | Assistant basketball coach 2014–present |
Government, politics, and law
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Frances Farenthold | Law | Educator, lawyer, politician, college administrator, activist | |
Alberto Gonzales | Law | 80th United States Attorney General[313] | |
Elwyn Lee | Law | Vice President for Student Affairs, UH; Vice Chancellor, UH System | |
Raymond Nimmer | Law | Dean of UH Law School | |
Kirk Watson | Public Affairs | Dean, UH Hobby School of Public Affairs |
Liberal arts
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Alfred Arteaga | English | Poet, writer, scholar | |
Donald Barthelme | English | Author and co-founder of Creative Writing School | |
J. Don Boney | Psychology, Education | Educator | |
Robert Boswell | English | Short-story writer, novelist | |
Brené Brown | Social work | Scholar, author, public speaker | |
Rosellen Brown | English | Author | |
Alessandro Carrera | Italian studies | Poet, translator; Director of Italian Studies at UH | |
Carol L. Dennis | English | Author, editor, teacher | |
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | English | Author, poet, and professor of English | |
Mark Doty | English | Poet, memoirist | |
Nick Flynn | English | Writer, poet | |
Sandra Gin | Communication | Television journalist, Emmy Award-winning producer of Cristina's Court[314] | |
William Goyen | English | Author | |
Elena Grigorenko | Psychology | Clinical psychologist, geneticist | |
Edward Hirsch | English | Poet | |
Tony Hoagland | English | Poet, winner of 2008 Jackson Prize[315] | |
Alan Hollinghurst | English | Novelist | |
Frank Holt | History | Authority on Ancient Greece and Rome; numismatist | |
Gerald Horne | History | Historian | |
Richard Howard | English | Poet, critic, essayist | |
Chinhui Juhn | Economics | Labor Economist | |
Mat Johnson | English | Fiction writer | |
Justin Leiber | Philosophy | Philosopher, science fiction writer | |
Philip Levine | English | Poet | |
Joe Leydon | Communication | Award winning film critic and author, adjunct professor of Journalism | |
Paul Lisicky | English | Novelist, memoirist | |
Phillip Lopate | English | Film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, teacher | |
Rubén Martínez | English | Journalist, author, musician | |
William Matthews | English | Poet, essayist | |
David Mikics | English | Author, professor | |
Ange Mlinko | English | Poet; Guggenheim Fellow | |
Antonya Nelson | English | Author | |
Lynn Okagaki | Education | Head, National Center for Education Research | |
Robert Phillips | English | Poet | |
Pamela Anne Quiroz | Sociology | Director, UH Center for Mexican American Studies, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Fellow[316] | |
Claudia Rankine | English | Poet | |
Cristina Rivera Garza | Hispanic Studies, Creative Writing | Author | |
Mary Robison | English | Short-story writer, novelist | |
Allie Rowbottom | English | Writer | |
Alexander F. Schilt | Education | Education professor; former chancellor of UH System and president or chancellor of several other colleges and universities | |
Dale Schunk | Education | Educational psychologist | |
Daniel Stern | English | Novelist | |
Mark Strand | English | Poet, essayist | |
Mercedes Valdivieso | English | Novelist, journalist | |
Jody Williams | Social work | Nobel laureate, professor of Social Work and Global Justice | |
Meg Wolitzer | English | Writer | |
Charles Wright | English | Poet |
Performing and visual arts
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Albee | Theatre | Playwright; Kennedy Center honoree, three Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Award | |
Steven Ansell | Music | Violist; principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra | |
James Austin | Music | Trumpet player; principal, Houston Symphony | |
Emanuel Borok | Music | Violinist; concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra | |
Igor Buketoff | Music | Conductor | |
Tony Campise | Music | Jazz saxophonist; director of UH Jazz Ensemble[317] | |
Michael Ray Charles | Art | Painter | |
George Chandler Chase | Music | Trumpet teacher | |
Lois Chiles | Theatre | Actress | |
Katherine Ciesinski | Music | Opera singer | |
Wayne Crouse | Music | Violist; principal, Houston Symphony | |
Carlisle Floyd | Music | Opera composer; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Medal of Arts (U.S.) | |
Horacio Gutiérrez | Music | Concert pianist | |
Sidney Harth | Music | Violinist, conductor; concertmaster, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic | |
Michael Horvit | Music | Composer | |
Frank Huang | Music | Violinist; concertmaster, New York Philharmonic[318] | |
Luis Jiménez | Art | Sculptor | |
Benjamin Kamins | Music | Bassoonist; principal, Houston Symphony | |
Milton Katims | Music | Violist and conductor; principal violist, NBC Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Seattle Symphony Orchestra | |
George Krause | Photography | Established UH photography department | |
Fredell Lack | Music | Violinist | |
Rick Lowe | Art | Visual artist, social activist, MacArthur Fellow | [319] |
Mark Medoff | Theatre | Playwright, screenwriter, actor; Tony Award, Oscar nomination[320] | |
Abinadi Meza | Art | Sound artist, conceptual artist, filmmaker; was awarded a Rome Prize | |
Brett Mitchell | Music | Conductor; Music Director, Colorado Symphony | |
Bill Moffit | Music | Director of marching bands at UH and other universities; composer, arranger ("Soundpower Series"), and marching innovator | |
Elena Nikolaidi | Music | Opera singer | |
Stuart Ostrow | Theatre | Playwright, theatrical director, and Tony Award-winning producer | |
Howard Pollack | Music | Musicologist | |
Theresa Rebeck | Theatre | Playwright | |
Hal Robinson | Music | Classical string bassist; principal, Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra (U.S.) | |
A. Clyde Roller | Music | Conductor | |
Jade Simmons | Arts leadership | Pianist, arts advocate, former beauty queen[321] | |
Abbey Simon | Music | Pianist | |
W. Stephen Smith | Music | Voice teacher and author of The Naked Voice; faculty 1990–98 | |
Patsy Swayze | Theatre | Film choreographer; taught dance at the University of Houston for 18 years[322] | |
Masaru Takiguchi | Art | Sculptor, educator | |
Laszlo Varga | Music | Cellist; principal, New York Philharmonic | |
Lanford Wilson | Theatre | Playwright; won Pulitzer Prize for Talley's Folly[323] |
Science and technology
Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Neal Amundson | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Research on air quality issues; United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellow, NAE Founders' Award[324] | |
David P. Anderson | Computer science | Space research scientist | |
Peter C. Bishop | Future studies | Futurist | |
Eric R. Bittner | Chemistry | Guggenheim Fellow | |
Irvin Borish | Optometry | Optometrist, educator | |
Maurice Brookhart | Chemistry | Research in organometallic chemistry; member, National Academy of Sciences[325] | |
Patrick Callaerts | Biology | Molecular biologist | |
Shiing-Shen Chern | Mathematics | Research in differential geometry[326] | |
Wynne Chin | Decision and Information Sciences | Information technologist | |
Chu Ching-wu (Paul Chu) | Physics | Leader in superconductivity research, U.S. National Medal of Science | |
Joseph Colaco | Architecture | Structural engineer, architect; member, National Academy of Engineers[327] | |
David Criswell | Space systems | Director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations at UH | |
Bonnie Dunbar | Engineering | Director, UH STEM Center; former NASA astronaut, President of the Museum of Flight, member of National Academy of Engineering[291][292] | |
Siemion Fajtlowicz | Mathematics | Developed Graffiti computer program[326] | |
George E. Fox | Biology | Researcher in cell biology | |
Roland Glowinski | Mathematics | Research in partial differential equations, variational inequalities | |
Jan-Åke Gustafsson | Biosciences & Nutrition | Leading researcher in hormone function; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, United States National Academy of Sciences[328] | |
Eva Harth | Chemistry | Director, Welch Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry, UH[329] | |
Andy Hines | Future studies | Futurist | |
Fazle Hussain | Mechanical engineering | Engineer[330] | |
Lennart Johnsson | Computer science | Hugh and Lillie Roy Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, UH; research in grid computing | |
Ioannis Kakadiaris | Computer science | Developed an identity verification system | |
Alamgir Karim | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor; Director, International Polymer & Soft Matter Center; Director, Materials Engineering Program, UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering[331] | |
Włodzimierz Kuperberg | Mathematics | Research in geometry and topology[326] | |
John Lienhard | Mechanical engineering | Writer and host of PBS program The Engines of Our Ingenuity; National Academy of Engineering; UH professor emeritus[332] | |
R. Bowen Loftin | Computer science | Former chair of UH Department of Computer Science; now President of Texas A&M University[333] | |
Archer John Porter Martin | Chemistry | Winner of 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for invention of partition chromatography | |
Joseph L. McCauley | Physics | Research in econophysics, nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics | |
Claudia Neuhauser | Research | UH Associate Vice President/Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer | |
Steven Pennings | Biology, biochemistry | Research on coastal ecosystems | |
B. Montgomery Pettitt | Chemistry | Cullen Professor | |
Andrea Prosperetti | Mechanical engineering | Distinguished professor; research in multiphase flow, scientific computing, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics, bubble dynamics; National Academy of Engineering[334] | |
Badri Roysam | Electrical and computer engineering | Image processing; Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Chair, UH Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering[335] | |
Barbara A. Schaal | Biology | Evolutionary biologist | |
Jerome Schultz | Engineering | Bioengineer | |
Ronald M. Sega | Physics | NASA astronaut[336] | |
Venkat Selvamanickam | Mechanical engineering, physics | Chair, UH Mechanical Engineering Department; Director of Applied Research Hub, Texas Center for Superconductivity | |
Adam Thrasher | Health and Human Performance | Author of Space Moose[337][338] | |
Arthur C. Vailas | Biology, mechanical engineering | Biochemist, scholar; later president of Idaho State University | |
Mary Wheeler | Mathematics | Research in partial differential equations[326] |
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