Prominent Alumni
Here are just a few of the prominent, living alumni of the Baylor University College of Arts & Sciences:
Athletics
* Dave Campbell, founder of Texas Football Magazine and former sports editor, Waco Tribune-Herald
* Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins quarterback and 2011 Heisman Trophy winner
* Dinn Mann, executive vice president, Major League Baseball Advanced Media
* John McClain, NFL writer for the Houston Chronicle
* John Morris, "Voice of the Baylor Bears"
* Trey Wingo, host of ESPN's NFL Live and the NCAA Women's basketball tournament
* Daniel Youngblood, sports editor, Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News
Books, Journalism and Publishing
* Jess Cagle, managing editor of Entertainment Weekly
* Robert Darden, former gospel music editor for Billboard Magazine, author and director of Baylor University's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project
* Richard Duke, editor of the Log Cabin Democrat, Conway, Ark.
* Elizabeth B. Elliott, 2012 Southern Writers magazine short story contest winner
* Robert Flynn, novelist and Texas Literary Hall of Fame member
* Robert Fulgham, author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
* Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal
* Tony Pederson, Belo Distinguished Professor of Journalism and chair of journalism, SMU
* Kenneth Whitfield, publisher of The Jersey Journal
* Hal C. Wingo, a founder of People magazine
Business
* Christina Alford, senior vice president and chief business development officer, National 4-H Council
* Christina Barbier, owner, Maven Menswear
* Elizabeth Bartheld, vice president of government affairs, American Forest and Paper Association
* Chad N. Boudreaux, chief compliance officer, Huntington Ingalls Industries
* Howard E. Butt Jr., president of the H.E. Butt Foundation and vice chairman of the H.E. Butt Grocery Company
* Lisa Calhoun, CEO, Write2market
* Emily Callahan, chief marketing officer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis
* Courtney Denby, president, W by Worth
* Michelle DeVore, director of marketing, Last Call Neiman Marcus
* Ron Donigan, vice president and head of global ingredients and packaging and PAT, Nestlé
* Ed Dyer, president and CEO, Blackbriar Technologies, LLC
* Tim Hale, senior vice president and image director, Fossil
* Heather McLeskey, executive vice president, Elaine Turner Accessories, Houston
* Brian Pennington, director of risk and quantitative resources, GoldenTree Asset Management, New York City
* Ross Pruett, vice president of national accounts, Briggs Equipment
* Kyle Pyron, senior vice president for marketing and communications, VHA Inc.
* Emily Rawls, co-founder, Paizlee.com
* Marjorie Scardino, former CEO of Pearson PLC and the first female CEO of a top 100 United Kingdom company
* Margaret B. Shannon, member of Quanta Services Inc. board of directors
* George Steinke, president, Winrock Ventures
* Dr. James Wong, executive chairman of Hon Kwok Land Investment Company, Chinney Investments and Chinney Alliance Group
* Doug Yeiser, president and CEO of Foothills (Colo.) United Way
Education
* Dr. Carey Adams, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Armstrong Atlantic State University
* Dr. Paul Armes, president, Wayland Baptist University
* Dr. David Barker, director of the Institute for Social Research, Sacramento State
* Dr. Nancy Brickhouse, interim provost, University of Delaware
* Kathlene Cawthron, director of elementary instruction, Bastrop ISD
* Dr. Gary Cook, president, Dallas Baptist University
* Dr. Sally Kilgore, dean of the School of Education, World Education University
* Dr. Carol A. Lowe, president of the Texas Community College Teachers Association
* Dr. Donald Martin Jr., executive vice president, Shorter University
* Dr. Brian McCall, chancellor, Texas State University System
* Dr. Royce Money, chancellor, Abilene Christian University
* Dr. Linda K. Schott, president, University of Maine at Presque Isle
* Tyler B. Sellers, dean of students, East Texas Baptist University
* Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr., president, Houston Baptist University
* Dr. John S. Vassar, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, LSU Shreveport
Fashion and the Arts
* Jodi Arnold, fashion apparel designer
* Dan Brook, sculptor
* Marc Burckhardt, professional illustrator and 2010 State Artist of Texas
* DaNae Couch, Miss Texas 2012
* Andie Day, motion picture and television costume designer
* Miller Gaffney, art appraiser and cast member of the PBS series "Market Warriors"
* Heather Maddox, designer, Dallas Cowboys organization
* Courtney Maney, accessory designer, Fossil
* Christi Proctor, designer on "Trading Spaces"
Film, Theatre and Television
* Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, creators of "Chicago Fire" and co-authors of the movies "Wanted," "3:10 to Yuma" and "2 Fast, 2 Furious"
* Richelle Carey, CNN Headline News anchor
* Carole Cook, theater, television and film actress
* Elizabeth A. Davis, actress and 2012 Tony Award nominee
* Brandon Dickerson, director of the film "Sironia"
* Troy Dungan, weatherman for KTXD-TV, Dallas, and former chief weather anchor for WFAA-TV
* Jeff Dunham, award-winning ventriloquist and comedian
* Caitilin Espinosa, meteorologist, FOX 26 TV in Houston
* John Lee Hancock, director and writer of "The Blind Side" and director of "The Rookie"
* Michael A. Jenkins, president and managing director of Dallas Summer Musicals
* Angela Kinsey, actress, The Office
* John Knicely, morning news anchor, KIRO-TV, Seattle
* David Martin, dean of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy
* Charles Poe, vice president of production, Smithsonian Networks
* Kevin Reynolds, director of "Hatfields & McCoys," and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
* Douglas Rogers, art director of "Shrek" and production designer of "Tangled"
* Eric Shepard, director of the Waco Civic Theatre
* Orian Williams, producer of the films "Big Sur" and "Control"
Government and Public Opinion
* Jill Anderson, director of tourism, Selma, Alabama
* Beth Ann Blackwood, chair of the Texas State Securities Board
* Steven Browning, former U.S. ambassador to Uganda and Malawi
* Joseph Cao, first Vietnamese American elected to Congress
* Brig. Gen. Jan D. "Denny" Eakle, deputy director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense
* Trey Gowdy, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
* Timothy Head, district director for U.S. Representative Bill Flores
* Colbert Held, retired U.S. Foreign Service officer and Baylor Diplomat-in-Residence
* Lt. Gen. B. Derald Lary, former inspector general of the U.S. Air Force
* Jeff Leach, Texas State Representative, District 67
* Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of The Gallup Poll
* Dr. Nuku Ofori, U.S. State Department's House director of legislative affairs
* Lyndon Olson, former U.S. ambassador to Sweden
* Brig. Gen. Maria C. Owens, director for manpower and personnel, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.
* Jeff Pappas, historic preservation division director for the State of New Mexico
* Cathy Raevesky, director of the Department of Public Health, Butte County, California
* Steve Roddy, chief of staff for Texas state Senator Ken Paxton
* Melissa Rogers, special assistant to President Obama and director of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
* Kirk Watson, Texas State Senator, District 14, and former Austin mayor
* Fowler West, former United States Commodities Exchange Commission member
Law
* Brad Carson, general counsel of the U.S Department of the Army
* Joseph Cheavens, attorney with The Burford Group LLC and Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
* Sidney Fitzwater, chief U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas
* Bradley S. Hart, judge of 230th Judicial District Court in Houston
* Jack Hightower, former U.S. Representative and Texas Supreme Court justice
* Priscilla Owen, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals justice
* Thomas R. Phillips, former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
* Walter S. Smith Jr., U.S. District Judge, Western District of Texas
* Ralph T. Strother, judge of 19th Judicial District Court in Waco
* Baylor Wortham, assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Texas
Religion
* Dr. Rodney Ashlock, chair of religion, Abilene Christian University
* Dr. John Avant, senior pastor, First Baptist Concord, Knoxville, Tenn.
* Dr. Duane Brooks, pastor, Tallowood Baptist Church, Houston
* Dr. Pam Durso, director of Baptist Women in Ministry
* Dr. David Hardage, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas
* Dr. Cleophus J. LaRue, Francis Landey Patton Professor of Homiletics, Princeton Theological Seminary
* Dr. Gerald E. Marsh, former assistant chief of U.S. Air Force chaplains
* Suzii Paynter, executive coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
* Dr. Dennis Swanberg, Christian humorist, impressionist and author
* Dr. Daniel Vestal, executive director emeritus, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
* Scott Willingham, director of evangelism for the Baptist General Convention of Texas
Science and Health Care
* Joel T. Allison, president and CEO, Baylor Health Care System
* Dr. David Hillis, biologist, National Academy of Sciences member, and MacArthur Foundation Fellow
* Dr. Lyle D. Joyce, Mayo Clinic surgeon who assisted with the first artificial heart implant
* Keith H. Liles, addiction counselor and member of the Texas Counselors' Hall of Fame
* Dylan Mathis, mass communications lead in the International Space Station Program Office of External Integration
* Jim Meyerhoff, chief geophysicist, Santo Petroleum, LLC
* Cary Montalvo, CEO of Solara Hospital, Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas
* Dr. John Preston, member of the California Board of Psychology; professor emeritus of psychology at Alliant International University
* Dr. Robert Pryor, president and CEO, Scott & White Healthcare
* Dr. Keith Sanford, San Antonio ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist
* Dr. Mary Elizabeth Wearden, medical director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Baptist System hospitals in San Antonio
