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re: What SEC school has better known alumni...

Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:52 pm to
Posted by aggressor
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:52 pm to
A&M

Horace Carswell
Thomas Fowler
Eli Whiteley
William Harrell
Turney Leonard
George Keathley
Lloyd Hughes

All Medal of Honor Winners

James Earl Rudder-Led the Rangers over a 100 foot Cliff at Point Du Hoc at Normandy and later became President of A&M where he made military service optional, admitted women, and changed it from a College to a University.

A gazillion other distinguished military folks.

Rip Torn
Neal Boortz
Robert Earl Keen
Lyle Lovett
3 Miss USA's

Billionaires
Lowry Mays-Clear Channel
Don Adam-Banking
George Mitchell-Father of Fracking Technology and developer of The Woodlands

Jorge Quiroga Ramirez-Former President of Bolivia
Martin Torrijas-President of Panama

A gazillion other politicians. A gazillion more scientists.
Posted by deeprig9
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:55 pm to
A&M also has Neal Boortz.
Posted by Porker Face
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:56 pm to




Posted by BrocraticMethod
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

Will Wright


Transferred to LA Tech after his second year at LSU
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:04 pm to
quote:

Martin Torrijas-President of Panama


FORMER president of Panama, was ousted by a Uark grad in a landslide
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:04 pm to
Alabama:

Slyvia Hitchcock - 1967 Miss Universe (was a Chi O at Bama when my mom was in school)
Posted by Wolfpacleader
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:08 pm to
If it's single alumni, contest between Shaq and Barkely, not sure if Sir Charles has his degree or not.
Posted by I Ham That I Ham
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:14 pm to
and the biggest(literally and figuratively) BAMF alum of them all is......






Posted by slidog
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Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:04 pm to
MSU

Troy H. Middleton, World War II Corps Commander (Lt. General) and President of Louisiana State University

John Grisham 1977 Accounting

Hartley Peavey ( Peavey Electronics)

E.B. "Barbey" Mccool ( Founder of Holiday Inn Franchise)



This post was edited on 12/13/12 at 11:11 pm
Posted by DubyaDE
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:11 pm to


Tim Cook

Current CEO of Apple. Took over after Steve Jobs died, AU alum.
Posted by hottub
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:13 pm to
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What SEC school has better known alumni...


quote:

Bernie Madoff



Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:22 pm to
South Carolina:

Bob McNair (Owner Houston Texans)
Darla Moore (Babe of Wall Street)
Darius Rucker (Country Music, Hootie & The Blowfish)
Melvin Purvis (killed Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, et al)


Hundreds of others: LINK
Posted by Quidam65
Q Continuum
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:46 pm to
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Ashley Judd


Kentucky alum.

/thread
Posted by dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
Dystopia (but well cared for)
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:54 pm to
Former Superintendent Colonel William Tecumseh Sherman, known for his large scale marshmellow roasts and excellent BBQ.
Posted by LSUsCRYSTALball
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:58 pm to
LSU. Then Arkansas. Then Bo Jackson
Posted by LSUsCRYSTALball
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Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:01 am to
BTW if you have to state what the "famous" person did, then they probably aren't as famous as you think they are
This post was edited on 12/14/12 at 12:02 am
Posted by Roll Damn Tide
Birmingham
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Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:04 am to
Did someone say Sela Ward #sigpic
Posted by DCRebel
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Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:29 am to


What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of me winning my Nobel Prize for being one of the most influential American authors of the 20th Century. You're going to need to speak up.



LOL I'm on Time Magazine and your poor arse isn't.
Posted by sorantable
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Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:30 am to
Posted by slidog
Tampa, FL
Member since Sep 2011
1046 posts
Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:38 am to
BTW, you forgot to troll the 30 other people who included what the "famous" person did. BTW DIAF. BTW GFYS. BTW SAD. BTW CTB.
This post was edited on 12/14/12 at 12:55 am
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