Famous Tulane University Alumni

Gail Agrawal – Dean, University of Kansas Law School; PH’83; L’83.
Jose Aleman – Secretary of State, Republic of Panama; L'81

Howard Baker – Tennessee Senator; Senate Majority Leader; White House Chief of Staff; NG’44-’45.

Carlos Barbosa – production designer; A’83.

Bryan M. Batt – Broadway and film actor; A&S’85.

Geoffrey Beene (deceased) – fashion designer; NG-A&S; NG-M’43.

Lynda Benglis – sculptor; N’64.

David Berger (deceased) – member of ’72 Israeli Olympic weightlifting team; A&S’66.

Morrison Bethea, M.D. – co-author, “Sugar Busters”; M’70.

Corinne Claiborne “Lindy” Boggs – former member, U.S. House of Representatives,

former Ambassador, Vatican City, mother of news anchor Cokie Roberts; N’35,HonLaw’78.

(Thomas) Hale Boggs (deceased) – U.S. House of Representatives minority whip; A&S’35,L’37.

Robert W. Brown, M.D. – Yankees baseball player and past president of the American

League (baseball); M’50.

Walter A. “Buddy” Brister III – former NFL quarterback; NG-UC’85.

George E. Burch, M.D. (deceased) – internationally known cardiologist; A&S’27, M’33.

Janelle Burse – WNBA center (Seattle Storm); UC’00

Chris Bush – NFL wide receiver (Tennessee); UC’04.

Neil Bush - brother of President George W. Bush and son of former President Bush; A&S’77, B’79.

Amy Carter – children’s book author; daughter of former President Jimmy Carter; G’96.

Hodding Carter (deceased) – Pulitzer Prize, editorial writing, Greenville Demo. Times; G’29.

James H. Clark, PhD - founder: Silicon Graphics, Netscape [AOL], WebMD; NG-UC’68; HonAlum’98.

Edith Brown Clement – Judge, Fifth Circuit Court; L’73.

Kerwin Cook – NFL wide receiver (Seattle); UC’01.

JaJuan Dawson – NFL wide receiver (Houston); B’99.

Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.(deceased) - heart surgeon/transplant pioneer ; A&S’30, M’32, G’35, HonLaw’65.

Caroline Wogan Durieux (deceased) – international artist and author; N’16; N’17.

Allen J. Ellender (deceased) – U.S. Senator, agriculture committee chair; L’13.

Douglas R. Ellin – TV show creator, HBO’s Entourage; A&S’90.

Donald Ensenat – White House chief of protocol; L’73.

Marion J. Epley (deceased) – president and chairman of the Board, Texaco, Inc.; A&S’27, L’30.

Mignon Faget – artist and award winning jewelry designer; N’55.

Ruth Falcon – opera singer; G’71.

Evan Farmer – actor; TC’95.

Barbara Farris – WNBA forward (New York Liberty); UC’98

David Filo -- co-founder of Yahoo!; E’88.

William Harry Fitzpatrick – Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing; NG-A&S’32.

Andrew Friedman – Executive VP, Tampa Bay Devil Rays Baseball; B’99.

Francis Cardinal George – Archbishop of Chicago; G’70.

Newt Gingrich – politician, former Speaker of the House of Representatives; G’68, ’71.

Harold S. Ginsbert, M.D. (deceased) – founding father of modern virology and microbiology; M’41.

Mara S. Berman Giulianti – mayor, Hollywood (FL); N’66.

Paul Michael Glaser - actor (TV’s “Starsky and Hutch”), pediatric AIDS activist; A&S’66.

Carlin Glynn – actress, Tony award winner, mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson; NG-N’61.

Grace Goldsmith, M.D. (deceased) – first woman to head a public health school; M’32.

Lawrence Gordon - movie producer -- current films include: “Lara Croft” (2 movies),

“Mystery Men”, “Die Hard” (2 movies), et al; B’58.

Samantha Gore – film art director (“Pulp Fiction”); A’92.

Shirley Ann Grau - author, Pulitzer Prize winner; N’50.

Scott Greenstein – president, USA Films; A&S’81.

Robert M. Harling III – author, screenwriter, “Steel Magnolias”, “First Wives Club”; L’77.

Ira Harkey – Pulitzer Prize, editorial writing; A&S’41.

F. Edward Hebert (deceased) – U.S. House Representative. Chair House Armed Services Committee; L’24.

Rick Hurst - actor; A&S’68.

Lauren Hutton – model, actress; NG-UC’64.

Raul Oswaldo Izurieta – Ecuador Labor Minister; L’68.

Thomas Naum James – director, WHO cardiovascular center; A&S’46. M’49.

Victoria Reggie Kennedy – Co-founder, Common Sense About Kids and Guns;

wife of Senator Edward M. Kennedy; N’76, L’79.

Shaun King – pro football player, Arizona Cardinals; B’99.

Ruth Kirschstein, M.D. – Acting Director, National Institutes of Health; M’51.

Ida Kohlmeyer (deceased) – Artist; N’33, G’56.

Walter Kohn – Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998; HonDeg, Doctor of Science, ’04.

Anthony Laciura - opera singer (tenor) with the Metropolitan Opera; G’79.

Robert L. Livingston – politician, U.S. House of Representatives; A&S’64, L’68.

Christian Jules LeBlanc – actor, “The Young and the Restless”; A&S’80.

Huey P. Long (deceased) – Governor of Louisiana; NG-L’15.

J.P. Losman – NFL quarterback, first round draft pick; UC’03.

Leslie L. Lukash, M.D. – Nassau County NY medical examiner, basis of TV series “Quincy”;M’44.

Seth Marler – NFL kicker; B’03.

Rudolph Matas (deceased) – “Father of Vascular Surgery”; M1880, HonDeg’28.

Max McGee – pro football player, Greenbay Packers (Superbowl); A&S’54.

John L. McLucas (deceased) – Secretary of the Air Force; G’43.

William Larimer Mellon, Jr.,M.D. (deceased) – founder, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti; M’53.

Olga Merediz – actress; N’78.

Henry Armand Millon – Dean, National Gallery of Art; A&S’47, ’49, A’53.

Wilson F. Minor – news correspondent, A&S’43.

William B. Monroe - broadcast journalist, former host of “Meet The Press”; A&S’42, HonLaw’98.

Mewelde Moore – NFL running back (Minnesota); B’04.

Monique Moss – dancer, choreographer; N’94.

Enrique Murciano – actor, TV’s “Without a Trace”; TC’95.

Eddie Murray – NFL kicker; UC’80.

Ed Nelson – actor, “Peyton Place”; A&S’53, UC’00.

Bruce Paltrow (deceased) - television, movie producer and director, Emmy award nominee,

father of Gywneth Paltrow, husband of actress Blythe Danner; A&S’65.

Richard A. Petitbon – Washington Redskins former player, coach; B’60.

Meryl Poster – executive producer, Miramax (“Chicago”, “Cider House Blues”); N’86.

William H. Pryor – Judge, Eleventh Circuit Court; L’87.

Patrick Ramsey – first round draft pick, quarterback, Washington Redskins; B’01.

Hamilton F. Richardson – nationally ranked tennis player, Rhodes Scholar; A&S’55.

Walter G. and Betty Lou Roberts – parents of actress Julia Roberts; NG-A&S’59; NG-UC’59.

Timothy John Robbie – former president, Miami Dolphins; A&S’77.

Lourdes M. Rodriguez de Flores – first lady of El Salvador; N’79.

Warren Joseph Rogers, Jr. (deceased) – editor, National Press Club President; A&S’44.

Harold Rosen - engineer and inventor, Early Bird (synchronous) Satellite; E’47; HonDeg’75.

Carolyn Rossi – actress; N’76.

Andrew V. Schally – Tulane faculty, Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology, French Legion of

Honor; HonDeg’75.

Brian Skinner – opera tenor (sings under the name Fernando del Valle); A&S’86.

Howard K. Smith (deceased) - broadcast journalist; A&S’36.

Jerry Springer - television talk-show host, former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; A&S’65.

Harold Sylvester - actor and director, “An Officer and a Gentleman”, “Married With Children”; A&S’72.

Mike Tannenbaum – General Manager, N.Y. Jets; L’95.

Gene Taylor – U.S. House of Representatives; A&S’76.

Luther L. Terry, M.D. (deceased) – U.S. Surgeon General; M’46, HonDeg’64.
Mark Tillman – Air Force One pilot for President George W. Bush; E’79.

John Kennedy Toole (deceased) – Pulitzer Prize winner, “A Confederacy of Dunces”; A&S’58.

David C. Treen – former Louisiana Governor; L’50.

David B. Vitter – U.S. Senator, Louisiana; L’88.

Elizabeth Weaver – Michigan Supreme Court Justice; N’62; L’65.

John G. Weinmann – former Ambassador to Finland and former Chief, White House protocol; A&S’50, L’52.

Michael White – recording artist, jazz historian; G’79, G’84.

Linda S. Wilson – President, Radcliffe College (retired); N’57.

John Minor Wisdom (deceased) – Senior Judge, Fifth Circuit Court; L’29, HonLawDoctorate’76.

Elizabeth Wisner (deceased) – educator, social work pioneer; N’14, HonLaw’62.

Albert Baldwin Wood (deceased) - engineer, inventor of Wood pumping system; E1899; HonDeg’39.

Robert Owen Zeleny – former editor-in-chief, World Book International; A&S’52.

(as of 07/19/2006)