Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John L. Adams |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of Trinity Industries, 2005-07 |
Richard C. Adkerson |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Freeport-McMoRan |
George A. Alcorn |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Alcorn Exploration |
Edward H. Austin, Jr. |
Business |
1941 |
|
Austin, Calvert & Flavin, Inc. |
Colleen C. Barrett |
Business |
14-Sep-1944 |
|
President of Southwest Airlines |
Lee Bass |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Billionaire |
Louis Beecherl |
Business |
10-Feb-1926 |
5-Jul-2011 |
CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77 |
Dennis R. Berman |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Denitech Corporation |
Buford P. Berry |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Of Counsel, Thompson & Knight |
David W. Biegler |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
President & COO of TXU, 1997-2001 |
Teel Bivins |
Politician |
22-Nov-1947 |
26-Oct-2009 |
US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06 |
Charles Black |
Government |
c. 1947 |
|
Chairman, BKSH & Associates |
Judy A. Black |
Government |
18-Mar-1949 |
|
Lobbyist |
Nancy Goodman Brinker |
Activist |
6-Dec-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Hungary, 2001-03 |
Norman Brinker |
Business |
3-Jun-1931 |
9-Jun-2009 |
CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95 |
Philip J. Burguieres |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Weatherford International, 1991-97 |
George H.W. Bush |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1924 |
|
41st US President, 1989-93 |
Ronald K. Calgaard |
Business |
1937 |
|
President of Trinity University, 1979-99 |
Donald M. Carlton |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
President of Radian Corporation, 1969-95 |
Cassandra C. Carr |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Public Strategies, Inc. |
Henry Catto |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1930 |
18-Dec-2011 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91 |
Red Cavaney |
Business |
26-Feb-1943 |
|
CEO, American Petroleum Institute, 1997-2008 |
Charles Cawley |
Business |
15-Aug-1940 |
18-Nov-2015 |
Cofounder, MBNA Corporation |
Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
US Vice President, 2001-09 |
Lynne Cheney |
First Lady |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney |
Bill Clements |
Politician |
17-Apr-1917 |
29-May-2011 |
Twice Governor of Texas |
Richard H. Collins |
Publisher |
1-Jun-1947 |
|
Dallas newspaper publisher |
Denton Cooley |
Doctor |
22-Aug-1920 |
|
Pioneering heart surgeon |
O. Holcombe Crosswell |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Griggs Corporation |
Joseph F. Cullman III |
Business |
9-Apr-1912 |
30-Apr-2004 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78 |
Jeffrey E. Curtiss |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CFO of Service Corporation Int'l., 2000-06 |
James C. Day |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Noble Corporation, 1984-2007 |
Robert W. Decherd |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Belo, 1987-2007 |
Linnet F. Deily |
Business |
1945 |
|
Deputy US Trade Representative, 2001-05 |
Robert M. Devlin |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO of American General, 1996-2001 |
Carol E. Dinkins |
Attorney |
9-Nov-1945 |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
Ken Duberstein |
Government |
21-Apr-1944 |
|
Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89 |
Charles W. Duncan, Jr. |
Government |
9-Sep-1926 |
|
US Secretary of Energy, 1979-81 |
Dan L. Duncan |
Business |
2-Jan-1933 |
28-Mar-2010 |
Billionaire, Enterprise Products |
Thomas J. Engibous |
Business |
31-Jan-1953 |
|
CEO of Texas Instruments, 1996-2004 |
Daniel R. Feehan |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Cash America International |
Terence C. Golden |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Host Marriott, 1995-2000 |
C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
William E. Greehey |
Business |
1936 |
|
CEO of Valero, 1979-2005 |
Gerald Grinstein |
Business |
c. 1932 |
|
CEO of Delta Air Lines, 2004-07 |
James T. Hackett |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Anadarko Petroleum |
Joseph A. Hafner, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Riviana Foods, 1984-2005 |
E. R. Haggar |
Business |
18-Sep-1916 |
29-Sep-2004 |
President/CEO of Haggar Clothing Co. |
Dain M. Hancock |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
EVP at Lockheed Martin, 2000-05 |
Frederick B. Hegi, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Wingate Partners |
Don Henley |
Musician |
22-Jul-1947 |
|
The Eagles |
Jeb Hensarling |
Politician |
29-May-1957 |
|
Congressman, Texas 5th |
Dealey D. Herndon |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Herndon, Stauch & Associates |
Robert T. Herres |
Military |
12-Jan-1932 |
24-Jul-2008 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 |
Frank C. Herringer |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Transamerica, 1991-99 |
Earl J. Hesterberg |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Group 1 Automotive |
John R. Huff |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Oceaneering International, 1986-2006 |
James R. Huffines |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
PlainsCapital |
Ray L. Hunt |
Business |
6-Apr-1943 |
|
Chairman of Hunt Oil |
Jon Huntsman, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Mar-1960 |
|
US Ambassador to China, 2009-11 |
Robert Iger |
Business |
10-Feb-1951 |
|
CEO of Disney |
Bobby Ray Inman |
Military |
4-Apr-1931 |
|
Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director |
Kenneth M. Jastrow II |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Temple-Inland, 2000-07 |
Donald E. Kiernan |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CFO of SBC, 1993-2001 |
Richard D. Kinder |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Chairman of Kinder Morgan Energy |
Tom C. Korologos |
Diplomat |
16-Apr-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07 |
Ken Lay |
Business |
15-Apr-1942 |
5-Jul-2006 |
CEO of Enron, 1986-2002 |
Jack E. Little |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
President of Shell Oil, 1998-99 |
Nancy B. Loeffler |
Activist |
c. 1947 |
|
Community activist, wife of Tom Loeffler |
Tom Loeffler |
Politician |
1-Aug-1946 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1979-87 |
Thomas W. Luce III |
Attorney |
c. 1940 |
|
Former Partner, Hughes & Luce |
John B. Mahaffey |
Business |
? |
|
Mahaffey Enterprises |
Bob Marbut |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Co-Founder of Argyle Television |
Thomas P. Marinis |
Attorney |
31-May-1943 |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
Hans Mark |
Physicist |
17-Jun-1929 |
|
US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81 |
L. Lowry Mays |
Business |
24-Jul-1935 |
|
CEO of Clear Channel, 1972-2004 |
Red McCombs |
Business |
19-Oct-1927 |
|
Car dealer, Co-Founder of Clear Channel |
Ronald A. McDougall |
Business |
12-Aug-1942 |
|
Brinker International, 1983-2004 |
Ann Dore McLaughlin |
Government |
16-Nov-1941 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89 |
Harriet Miers |
Government |
10-Aug-1945 |
|
White House Counsel, 2005-07 |
Vance C. Miller |
Business |
19-Oct-1933 |
|
CEO of Henry S. Miller Companies |
James R. Moffett |
Business |
1938 |
|
Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan |
John T. Montford |
Politician |
28-Jun-1943 |
|
Chancellor, Texas Tech University, 1996-2001 |
Philip Montgomery III |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO, P.O'B. Montgomery & Co. |
Georgette Mosbacher |
Activist |
16-Jan-1947 |
|
Washington socialite |
Robert Mosbacher |
Government |
11-Mar-1927 |
24-Jan-2010 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92 |
James J. Mulva |
Business |
19-Jun-1946 |
|
CEO of Conoco-Phillips |
Randy Neugebauer |
Politician |
24-Dec-1949 |
|
Congressman, Texas 19th |
Edward N. Ney |
Business |
26-May-1925 |
8-Jan-2014 |
CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86 |
J. Larry Nichols |
Business |
6-Jul-1942 |
|
CEO of Devon Energy |
Chuck Norris |
Actor |
10-Mar-1940 |
|
Walker: Texas Ranger |
Erle A. Nye |
Business |
Jun-1938 |
|
CEO of TXU, 1999-2004 |
Mark G. Papa |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of EOG Resources |
H. Ross Perot |
Business |
27-Jun-1930 |
|
Eccentric presidential candidate |
Bob Perry |
Business |
30-Oct-1932 |
13-Apr-2013 |
Perry Homes, Republican financier |
T. Boone Pickens |
Business |
22-May-1928 |
|
Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum |
Boone Powell, Jr. |
Business |
9-Feb-1937 |
|
CEO of Baylor Health Care, 1980-2001 |
Donald Powell |
Government |
2-May-1941 |
|
FDIC Chairman, Gulf Coast Rebuilding Czar |
David W. Quinn |
Business |
? |
|
CFO of Centex, 1987-2000 |
Richard Rainwater |
Business |
15-Jun-1944 |
27-Sep-2015 |
Billionaire investor |
Edward Randall III |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
CEO of Rotan Mosle, 1970-84 |
B. M. Rankin, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
Co-Founder, McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. |
Josue J. Robles, Jr. |
Business |
24-Jan-1946 |
|
CEO of USAA |
Karl Rove |
Government |
25-Dec-1950 |
|
Political Strategist to George W. Bush |
William Ruckelshaus |
Government |
24-Jul-1932 |
|
Twice EPA administrator |
Fayez Sarofim |
Business |
19-Nov-1928 |
|
Billionaire, Fayez Sarofim & Co. |
Edmund P. Segner III |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
President of EOG Resources |
Marc J. Shapiro |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, 1997-2003 |
Frank V. Sica |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Managing Partner, Tailwind Capital |
Harold C. Simmons |
Business |
13-May-1931 |
28-Dec-2013 |
Drugstore billionaire |
Jeffrey Skilling |
Business |
25-Nov-1953 |
|
Disgraced former CEO of Enron |
William T. Solomon |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Austin Industries, Inc. |
Jerry I. Speyer |
Business |
23-Jun-1940 |
|
Tishman Speyer Properties |
Roger Staubach |
Football |
5-Feb-1942 |
|
Five-time NFC leading passer |
Henry Taub |
Business |
20-Sep-1927 |
31-Mar-2011 |
Founder of ADP |
Richard K. Templeton |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Texas Instruments |
Morton L. Topfer |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Vice Chairman of Dell, 1994-99 |
R. Gerald Turner |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President, Southern Methodist University |
Chase Untermeyer |
Diplomat |
7-Mar-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Qatar |
Carl W. Vogt |
Attorney |
20-Apr-1936 |
|
Former Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski |
Peter S. Wareing |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Wareing, Athon & Company |
Charles L. Watson |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Dynegy, 1989-2002 |
Steven Weinberg |
Physicist |
3-May-1933 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
Ed Whitacre, Jr. |
Business |
4-Nov-1941 |
|
Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 |
Christine Todd Whitman |
Government |
26-Sep-1946 |
|
GWB's first head of EPA |
Clayton W. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Texas oilman, rancher |
J. McDonald Williams |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO of Trammell Crow, 1990-94 |
Charles Wyly |
Business |
13-Oct-1933 |
7-Aug-2011 |
Billionaire, Michael's Stores |
John B. Zachry |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
CEO of Zachry Construction |