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Your Schools Top 5 Non-Sports Related Alums
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:29 pm
Since we're doing top 5's, what Nobel-esque graduates has your school produced?
I'm not sure about Auburn.
I know John Harbert, Tim Cook, and Jimmy Wales came through Auburn.
Oh, and can't forget Cynthia Tucker!
I'm not sure about Auburn.
I know John Harbert, Tim Cook, and Jimmy Wales came through Auburn.
Oh, and can't forget Cynthia Tucker!
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:31 pm to townhallsavoy
You should add Selena Roberts.
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:32 pm to townhallsavoy
Bernie Madoff
ETA. nvm - he didn't graduate.
ETA. nvm - he didn't graduate.
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:32 pm to townhallsavoy
Not Nobel-esque per se but if you ever wathced Ken Burns, "The War" one of his characters, I believe it was Eugene Sledge(?) attended and taught at Auburn. . . Someone please correct me if Im wrong.
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:34 pm to townhallsavoy
The Acid Doctor, Jim Nabors, and me.
What a wonderful collection of individuals.
What a wonderful collection of individuals.
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:36 pm to townhallsavoy
Shepard Smith
William Faulkner
John Grisham
William Faulkner
John Grisham
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:36 pm to townhallsavoy
James Carville, Will Wright, Clarence Cazelot, Patrick Taylor, Hubert Humphrey.
Could also be in the running: Jim Flores and E.J. Ourso.
Could also be in the running: Jim Flores and E.J. Ourso.
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:38 pm to townhallsavoy
Darla Moore
Bob McNair
William Hootie Johnson
Melvin Purvis
Darius Rucker
There are some interesting SC alums with intriguing ties ... like David F. Houston (see A&M and Texas both).
Bob McNair
William Hootie Johnson
Melvin Purvis
Darius Rucker
There are some interesting SC alums with intriguing ties ... like David F. Houston (see A&M and Texas both).
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:44 pm to townhallsavoy
Donda West
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:46 pm to townhallsavoy
Sam Walton
Donald W. Reynolds
Brad Pitt
Jon Hamm
(Toss Up) Between everyone on national news/sports shows and William F. Baker (The structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa and many of the other tallest buildings in the world)
Edit: to eliminate non grads, we replace with: Stan Kroenke, William Schwartz (guy that invented laser weapons), or Linda Godwin/Richard Richards (astronauts).
Also, Mizzou holds the first patent on human cloning.
Donald W. Reynolds
Brad Pitt
Jon Hamm
(Toss Up) Between everyone on national news/sports shows and William F. Baker (The structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa and many of the other tallest buildings in the world)
Edit: to eliminate non grads, we replace with: Stan Kroenke, William Schwartz (guy that invented laser weapons), or Linda Godwin/Richard Richards (astronauts).
Also, Mizzou holds the first patent on human cloning.
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:50 pm to townhallsavoy
Mitch McConnell- Senate Minority Leader
Thomas Hunt Morgan- Nobel Prize Winner
William Lipscomb- Nobel Prize Winner
George Akin- A scientist on the Manhattan Project
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler- Former MLB commish, responsible for integrating the MLB.
Thomas Hunt Morgan- Nobel Prize Winner
William Lipscomb- Nobel Prize Winner
George Akin- A scientist on the Manhattan Project
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler- Former MLB commish, responsible for integrating the MLB.
Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:58 pm to townhallsavoy
Josh Holloway
Ryan Seacrest
Billy Payne
Kim Basinger
Lewis Grizzard
Ryan Seacrest
Billy Payne
Kim Basinger
Lewis Grizzard
Posted on 5/7/13 at 2:02 pm to townhallsavoy
James Bagley is one of the, if not the best, to come through MSU.
Posted on 5/7/13 at 2:03 pm to townhallsavoy
Hard to pick from this list...I do know that Jimmy Wales graduated from Alabama too.
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BUSINESS
Bernard Madoff, former American businessman, convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme (attended, but did not graduate)
Winton M. Blount, Chairman of Blount International and former Postmaster General
David G. Bronner, Director Alabama Pension Systems
Samuel DiPiazza, former Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers
James M. Fail, chairman of Bluebonnet Savings Bank
Joe McInnes, Dir - Ala Dept of Transportation; Exec Vice President-Blount International
Janet Gurwitch, former Executive Vice President of Merchandising at Neiman Marcus, co-founder of Gurwitch Products, the manufacturer of Laura Mercier Cosmetics
Thom S. Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources
Marvin Mann, former president and CEO of Lexmark International
Neal Selman, former Executive Vp and Executive Creative Director of Draftfcb
Dana R. Garmany, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Troon Golf
ENTERTAINMENT
Norbert Leo Butz, Broadway actor
Debra Marshall, former WWE and WCW diva
Cristin Duren, Miss Florida USA 2006
Jim Nabors, actor
Ray Reach, jazz pianist, singer, arranger and composer, director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Steve Sample, Sr., jazz arranger, composer and educator
Sela Ward, actress
Tom Cherones, director of Seinfeld
Madeline Mitchell
Ashley Crow, actress
Madeline Mitchell, Miss Alabama USA 2011 and Miss USA 2011 (2nd runner-up)
Michael Emerson, actor
Sonequa Martin-Green, actress
GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, and SOCIAL ACTIVISM
William Brockman Bankhead, US House of Representatives (1917-1933), (1933-1940), Speaker of the House (1936-1940)[5]
Maryon P. Allen, United States Senator from Alabama (1978), wife of James B. Allen[6]
James B. Allen, United States Senator from Alabama (1969-1978)[7]
John W. Abercrombie, United States Congressman from Alabama (1913-1917) and President of the University of Alabama (1902-1911)[8]
Cynthia Bathurst, 1974, animal rights activist and founder/director of Safe Humane Chicago[citation needed]
Bill Baxley, Lt Governor of Alabama 1983–1987
Robert J. Bentley, current Governor of Alabama, elected 2010
Don Black, founder of Stormfront[citation needed]
Hugo Black, US Supreme Court Justice (1937–1971)
John A. Caddell, lawyer, later president pro tempore of the Board of Trustees[citation needed]
H. L. Sonny Callahan, U.S. House of Representatives Alabama's 1st district, (1985-2003)
N. Lee Cooper, 1997-1998 President of American Bar Association
Frank Minis Johnson, Jr., federal judge whose opinions were critical to the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)
Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr., (1857–1929), member of House of Representatives
Morris Dees, civil rights attorney, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Carl Elliott, Alabama's 7th congressional district representative, 1949 to 1965
Jim Folsom, governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and 1955 to 1959
Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity International
Charles Graddick, Attorney General of Alabama (1979–1983, 1983–1987)
Lino Gutierrez, Diplomat, United States Ambassador to Argentina (2003-2006), United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1996-1999)
Howell Heflin, 1971-77 Ch J Ala Sup Ct, 1978-97 United States Senator from Alabama - grad law school 1948
Vivian Malone Jones, first African-American graduate
Stephanie Kopelousos, Transportation Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation (2007-2011).
Autherine Lucy, (1956), first African-American student to be admitted to the University after winning in Lucy v. Adams; suspended after 3 days due to racial hostilities; her expulsion was overturned in 1980, and in 1992, she earned her Masters degree in Elementary Education
Champ Lyons, Jr, Assoc Justice, Ala Sup Ct 1998-present; grad Law School 1965. lyons
John Malcolm Patterson, Governor of Alabama 1959-63, Grad Law Sch 1948
Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama (2003–2011)
Percy Saint, attended University of Alabama (1888-1890); state district judge (1920-1924) in Franklin, Louisiana, and Attorney General of Louisiana (1924-1932)[citation needed]
Jeff Sessions, United States Senator from Alabama, 1997-present, grad Law Sch 1973
Richard Shelby, United States Senator from Alabama, 1987-present, grad both undergrad & law school (1963)
Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama (1999–2003)
Donald W. Stewart, United States Senator from Alabama, 1979-1981
Ira B. Thompson, Alabama State Representative
George Corley Wallace, Governor of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987)
Robert Smith Vance, Federal Appellate Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Chaired and de-segregated State Democratic Party, Assassinated December 16, 1989
Michael G. Vickers, United States Department of Defense, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, 2007-Present.
JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE
Mel Allen, sportscaster for the New York Yankees, best known as the "legendary voice of the Yankees' organization" and first host of This Week in Baseball
Rece Davis, ESPN sports analyst
Howell Raines, former executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing
Winston Groom, author, "Forrest Gump"; graduate 1965
Joe Scarborough,currently the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC
Kathryn Stockett, author, The Help
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, and ENGINEERING
Jimmy Wales - co-founder of Wikipedia
Mohammad Ataul Karim, World Renowned Physicist
Lafayette Guild, Medical Director for Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War and a pioneer in the research of yellow fever.
Timothy Leary, psychologist, writer and drug activist
Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., 11th Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Robert Van de Graaff, physicist, inventor of Van de Graaff generator
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia
E.O. Wilson, entomologist known for work on evolution and sociobiology; Pulitzer Prize winner
Louis Rosen, nuclear physicist, the "father" of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
Justin Hill, founder of the Alabama Lunar Rover Project
Eugene Allen Smith (A.B. 1862), American geologist; president of the GSA 1913
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 5/7/13 at 2:37 pm to townhallsavoy
1. John Grisham (World famous author)
2. Jerry Clower (Legendary commedian)
3. G.V. Sonny Montgomery (author of the G.I. Bill)
4. Hartley Peavey (Peavey electronics)
5. Toxey Haas, Founder and CEO of Haas Outdoors, Inc. (Mossy Oak)
2. Jerry Clower (Legendary commedian)
3. G.V. Sonny Montgomery (author of the G.I. Bill)
4. Hartley Peavey (Peavey electronics)
5. Toxey Haas, Founder and CEO of Haas Outdoors, Inc. (Mossy Oak)
Posted on 5/7/13 at 3:54 pm to townhallsavoy
Wyatt from Weird Science
Posted on 5/7/13 at 4:04 pm to townhallsavoy
Has Donna Brazile been mentioned?
Posted on 5/7/13 at 7:40 pm to townhallsavoy
Clark Kent
Bruce Wayne
Peter Parker
Oliver Queen
Me
Bruce Wayne
Peter Parker
Oliver Queen
Me
Posted on 5/8/13 at 4:54 pm to townhallsavoy
Gay Talese
Mel Allen
Justice Hugo Black
Joe Scarborough
Oran Roberts
Mel Allen
Justice Hugo Black
Joe Scarborough
Oran Roberts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 7:08 pm to townhallsavoy
Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly.
General Holland "Howling Mad" Smith, father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare.
General Carl Mundy, former Commandant of the Marine Corps.
As noted above, Eugene Sledge (the WW2 Marine on whose story the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" was based) was an AU alum.
Harold Melton, Georgia Supreme Court Justice.
Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer.
Best selling author Anne Rivers Siddons.
Best selling author Ace Atkins (Danny Wuerfful should remember Ace... )
General Holland "Howling Mad" Smith, father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare.
General Carl Mundy, former Commandant of the Marine Corps.
As noted above, Eugene Sledge (the WW2 Marine on whose story the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" was based) was an AU alum.
Harold Melton, Georgia Supreme Court Justice.
Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer.
Best selling author Anne Rivers Siddons.
Best selling author Ace Atkins (Danny Wuerfful should remember Ace... )
This post was edited on 5/8/13 at 7:09 pm
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