EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Houston, TX

Founding Date:
1927

Team:
Cougars

Enrollment:
35,000

Official Website:
http://www.uh.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George A. Alcorn	Business	c. 1933		Alcorn Exploration
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
Mary Kay Ash	Business	12-May-1918	22-Nov-2001	Cosmetics mogul
Richard H. Bachmann	Attorney	c. 1953		EVP at Enterprise Products
Frederick Barthelme	Novelist	10-Oct-1943		Moon Deluxe
Fortunato P. Benavides	Judge	3-Feb-1947		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Big Moe	Rapper	27-Jun-1974	14-Oct-2007	Sippin' Codeine
Edward P. Boykin	Business	c. 1942		President of Computer Sciences, 2001-03
Douglas H. Brooks	Business	12-Aug-1952		CEO of Brinker International
Steven A. Browning	Diplomat	c. 1949		US Ambassador to Uganda
Derek Cecil	Actor	5-Jan-1973		Seth Grayson on House of Cards
Don Chaney	Basketball	22-Mar-1946		Head Coach, New York Knicks, 2001-04
Stephen I. Chazen	Business	c. 1946		President and CFO, Occidental Petroleum
Fred Couples	Golf	3-Oct-1959		Winner, 1992 Masters Tournament
Henry Cuellar	Politician	19-Sep-1955		Congressman, Texas 28th
Brett Cullen	Actor	26-Aug-1956		Dan Fixx on Falcon Crest
Justin Dart, Jr.	Activist	29-Aug-1930	22-Jun-2002	Father of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Tom DeLay	Politician	8-Apr-1947		Former House Majority Leader
Carol E. Dinkins	Attorney	9-Nov-1945		Vinson & Elkins
Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr.	Business	c. 1951		Vice Chairman, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Clyde Drexler	Basketball	22-Jun-1962		NBA Hall of Famer
Steve Elkington	Golf	8-Dec-1962		Winner, 1995 PGA Championship
Steven G. Elliot	Business	?		Senior Vice Chairman, Bank of New York Mellon
Robert B. Evans	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Duke Energy Americas, 2004-06
Eni Faleomavaega	Politician	15-Aug-1943		Congressman, American Samoa
Randy A. Foutch	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Laredo Petroleum
Larry Gatlin	Country Musician	2-May-1948		One of the Gatlin Brothers
Richard A. Gonzalez	Business	21-Jan-1954		President of Abbott Laboratories, 2006-07
Gene Green	Politician	17-Oct-1947		Congressman, Texas 29th
Jim Gunter	Judge	c. 1943		Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	Astronaut	26-Jun-1956		First black astronaut to spacewalk
Elvin Hayes	Basketball	17-Nov-1945		NBA Hall of Famer
Bill Hicks	Comic	16-Dec-1961	26-Feb-1994	Visionary comedian, met untimely death
Larry Hovis	Actor	20-Feb-1936	9-Sep-2003	Sgt. Carter on Hogan's Heroes
John C. Hunter III	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Solutia, 1999-2004
Kevin James	Radio Personality	1963		Conservative talk radio host
Tom Jarriel	Journalist	29-Dec-1934		ABC News correspondent
Judge Larry Joe	TV Personality	c. 1946		Texas Justice TV judge
Travis C. Johnson	Business	c. 1936		Attorney at Law, El Paso
Star Jones	TV Personality	24-Mar-1962		The View
M. Frances Keeth	Business	c. 1946		Former EVP at Royal Dutch Shell
Debra J. Kelly-Ennis	Business	c. 1957		Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo NA
Mark Langdale	Diplomat	1954		US Ambassador to Costa Rica
Ken Lay	Business	15-Apr-1942	5-Jul-2006	CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Aylwin Lewis	Business	28-May-1954		CEO of Sears
Carl Lewis	Track and Field	1-Jul-1961		Olympian
Hal Lindsey	Religion	23-Nov-1929		The Late, Great Planet Earth
John Mahaffey	Golf	9-May-1948		Winner, 1978 PGA Championship
Dave Marr	Golf	27-Dec-1933	5-Oct-1997	Winner, 1965 PGA Championship
Charles W. Matthews, Jr.	Attorney	c. 1945		General Counsel of Exxon Mobil
David M. McClanahan	Business	c. 1949		CEO of CenterPoint Energy
Shannon Miller	Gymnastics	10-Mar-1977		Olympic gymnast
Jack B. Moore	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Cameron International
W. Benjamin Moreland	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Crown Castle
Dominic Ng	Business	c. 1959		CEO of East West Bank
Hakeem Olajuwon	Basketball	21-Jan-1963		Houston Rockets
Pauline Oliveros	Composer	2-Jun-1932		Composer, Deep Listener
Mark G. Papa	Business	c. 1947		CEO of EOG Resources
Jim Parsons	Actor	24-Mar-1973		Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory
Wade Phillips	Football	21-Jun-1947		Defensive coordinator, Houston Texans
Ted Poe	Politician	13-Oct-1948		Congressman, Texas 2nd
Dennis Quaid	Actor	9-Apr-1954		Any Given Sunday
Randy Quaid	Actor	1-Oct-1950		Parents
Dan Rather	Journalist	31-Oct-1931		Former CBS Anchorman
Charles A. Ray	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Cambodia, 2003-05
Mary P. Ricciardello	Business	c. 1955		Senior VP at Reliant Energy, 1999-2002
Bill Rogers	Golf	10-Sep-1951		Winner, 1981 British Open
Arthur L. Schechter	Diplomat	6-Dec-1939		US Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1998-2001
Julian Schnabel	Film Director	26-Oct-1951		Basquiat
Richard T. Schulze	Politician	7-Aug-1929		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-93
Edmund P. Segner III	Business	c. 1954		President of EOG Resources
Margaret Spellings	Government	20-Nov-1957		Secretary of Education
Brent Spiner	Actor	2-Feb-1949		Data on Star Trek: TNG
Steve Stockman	Politician	14-Nov-1956		Congressman, Texas 36th
Tommy Tune	Dancer	28-Feb-1939		6'6" Broadway dancer
Jack Valenti	Business	5-Sep-1921	26-Apr-2007	Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA
Townes Van Zandt	Singer/Songwriter	7-Mar-1944	1-Jan-1997	For the Sake of the Song
Richard Viguerie	Activist	23-Sep-1933		Conservative activist
Paul Wall	Rapper	30-Mar-1980		Sittin' Sidewayz
Robert L. Waltrip	Business	10-Jan-1931		Founder, Service Corporation International
Andre Ware	Football	31-Jul-1968		Winner, 1989 Heisman Trophy
Elizabeth Warren	Educator	22-Jun-1949		US Senator from Massachusetts
Lil' Wayne	Rapper	27-Sep-1982		Tha Carter
Kathryn J. Whitmire	Politician	15-Aug-1946		Mayor of Houston, 1982-91
Bruce A. Williamson	Business	1959		CEO of Dynegy
Gene Wolfe	Novelist	7-May-1931		The Book of the New Sun
Robert Wuhl	Actor	9-Oct-1951		Arliss on Arli$$
Andrea Yates	Criminal Defendant	2-Jul-1964		Drowned her five children
Philip Zelikow	Government	21-Sep-1954		9-11 Commission executive director
Fuzzy Zoeller	Golf	11-Nov-1951		Winner of 2 Majors

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rosellen Brown	Author	12-May-1939		Before and After
Lois Chiles	Actor	15-Apr-1947		Moonraker
Carol E. Dinkins	Attorney	9-Nov-1945		Vinson & Elkins
Raymond A. Esthus	Historian	17-Mar-1925	2-Jan-2012	Theodore Roosevelt and Japan
Frances Farenthold	Educator	2-Oct-1926		President of Wells College, 1976-80
Richard Howard	Poet	13-Oct-1929		Untitled Subjects
Archer J. P. Martin	Chemist	1-Mar-1910	28-Jul-2002	Partition chromatography
Ted Poe	Politician	13-Oct-1948		Congressman, Texas 2nd
John Raisian	Economist	c. 1953		Director, Hoover Institution
Elizabeth Warren	Educator	22-Jun-1949		US Senator from Massachusetts
Henry Nelson Wieman	Philosopher	19-Aug-1884	19-Jun-1975	The Source of Human Good
Joe B. Wyatt	Educator	c. 1935		Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eduardo Aguirre	Diplomat	1946		US Ambassador to Spain
George G. Daly	Educator	c. 1940		Business School Dean, Georgetown
James A. Elkins	Attorney	25-Sep-1879	7-May-1972	Vinson & Elkins
Travis C. Johnson	Business	c. 1936		Attorney at Law, El Paso
Renu Khator	Educator	29-Jun-1955		President, University of Houston
Jack B. Moore	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Cameron International
Barry A. Munitz	Business	c. 1941		President of Getty Trust, 1998-2006
Manuel T. Pacheco	Educator	c. 1940		President, University of Missouri, 1997-2003

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chuck Fairbanks	Football	10-Jun-1933	2-Apr-2013	New England Patriots Head Coach, 1973-78
Jack Pardee	Football	19-Apr-1936	1-Apr-2013	Linebacker, Head Coach
Tom Penders	Basketball	23-May-1945		NCAA Basketball Coach
Bill Yeoman	Football	26-Dec-1927		Houston Head Coach, 1962-86

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