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The OU network runs worldwide and is proudly recognized as the alma mater to many famous leaders and executives, including:

  • Clay Bennett, Chairman and CEO of the Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Dari Nowkhah, Sports Broadcaster
  • Olivia Munn, Actress
  • JC Watts, Politician
  • Reese Travis, CEO of Orange Leaf
  • Stacey Dales, Reporter
  • Ed Harris, Actor and Director
  • Randall Stephenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T
  • Spencer Tillman, Sports Broadcaster
  • Mark Clayton, Founder of Livv Headphones

Part of our robust network is Sooners Helping Sooners, a corporation designed to help OU student-athletes secure jobs post-competition. Their mission is to positively impact the lives of former University of Oklahoma student-athletes and their families by providing opportunities for personal development, education and rewarding career paths.

Notable Alumni

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
  • Randall Stephenson, Chairman and CEO, AT&T, Inc
  • Clay Bennett, Chairman and CEO for NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder; President of Dorchester Capital
  • W.R. Howell, Retired Chairman and CEO JC Penney Corporation 
  • Robert McCall, Former Texaco Vice President
  • Pat Bowlen, Former Owner and CEO for NFL’s Denver Broncos
  • Sam Hinkie, Former General Manager and President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers
  • Harry W. Bass, Sr., American Oilman and Philanthropist
  • Michael F. Price, Mutual Fund Investor & Philanthropist
  • Scott Meacham, Former State Treasurer of Oklahoma

COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
  • Dari Nowkhah, Lead Anchor at SEC Network
  • Olivia Munn, Actress in XMen: Apocalypse, Magic Mike, The Lego Ninjago Movie, (and more)
  • Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff
  • Jake Basden, Vice President/Head of Publicity & Corporate Communications for Big Machine Label Group in Nashville (clients include Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts)
  • Roger Frizzell, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for Carnival Cruise Lines
  • Mike Boettcher, CNN and ABC News Correspondent
  • J.C. Watts, Former OU and Canadian Football Player. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-2003
  • Ed Turner, Former CNN Executive Vice President and Producer of the “CBS Morning News” Show
  • Hailey Branson-Potts, Reporter at The Los Angeles Times
  • Baxter Holmes, Senior NBA Writer, ESPN
  • Cadie Thompson, Deputy Executive Editor of Business at Business Insider
  • Tony Hillerman, Author of the Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels, The Fly on the Wall, Finding Moon, (and more)
  • Spencer Tillman, NFL Network & ESPN Sports Analyst, Former Professional Football Player; National Champion, Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers
  • Larry Merchant, Former Sportswriter, Longtime Commentator for HBO Sports Presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing
  • Ross Porter, Former Play by Play Broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Jari Askins, Former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
  • Mick Cornett, Former Mayor of Oklahoma City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
  • Archie W. Dunham, Former Oil and Gas CEO, ConocoPhillips
  • Lawrence G. Rawl, Former Chairman and CEO of Exxon
  • Curtis W. Mewbourne, Founder of Mewbourne Oil Company, one of the most successful privately owned oil and gas producers in America
  • Bob Faith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Greystar Real Estate Partners
  • Ronnie Irani, President and CEO of RKI Exploration & Production
  • Michael Miller, Co-Founder of Advanced Financial Solutions
  • Robert Purgason, CEO of Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corporation
  • Pam Tucker, Co-Founder and CEO of Utility Composites Inc.
  • Jon Bayless, President and CEO of Xtera Communications
  • Charles Schusterman, Oil and Gas Businessman
  • Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 and STS-9 Astronaut
  • Fred Haise, Apollo 13 Astronaut
  • Shannon Lucid, NASA Astronaut
  • David Walters, Former Governor of Oklahoma (D)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
  • Sharen Jester Turney, Former President and CEO of Victoria’s Secret
  • Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 & Philanthropist
  • Joe Castiglione, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletic Programs at the University of Oklahoma
  • Pam Deering, Superintendent of the Midwest City-Del City School District, Commissioner to the Interstate Compact for Educational Opportunity for Military Children, and current President of the National Council for Impacted Schools 

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
  • Stacey Dales, Former WNBA Player and ESPN Analyst, Current NFL Network Reporter
  • Dusty Dvoracek, Fox Sports and ESPN Analyst
  • Mark Clayton, Former Professional Football Player, Founder of Livv Headphones
  • Joe Harroz, President of University of Oklahoma
  • Tim Headington, Owner and CEO of Headington Oil, Filmwriter, and Former Talent Agent (represented Brittany Spears, Justin Timberlake, Boys to Men, and more)
  • Caroline Ikard, Assistant Vice President of Operations and Technology Services at American Fidelity and Granddaughter of Tom Love, Founder of Love’s Travel Stops
  • Mickey Liddell, Producer and CEO of LD Entertainment
  • Rick Bayless, Nationally Renowned Chef
  • Carl Albert, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-OK)
  • Brad Henry, Former Governor of Oklahoma (D)
  • N. Bird Runningwater, Senior Program Director of Native American and Indigenous Programs for the Sundance Institute
  • Sterlin Harjo, Filmmaker of Four Sheets to the Wind, Barking Water, This May Be the Last Time
  • Nancy Bates, Senior Researcher for Survey Methodology at the US Census Bureau

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
  • Nate Parker, Actor in The Secret Life of Bees, The Birth of a Nation, Little Miss Sunshine, and more
  • Laura Spencer, Actress in Pride and Prejudice, Bones, 2 Broke Girls, Heartland, The Big Bang Theory, and more
  • Rance Howard, Actor in Apollo 13, Independence Day, Frost/Nixon, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and more
  • Iqbal Theba, Actor in Glee, Married With Children, The West Wing, Two and a Half Men, and more
  • Kellie Coffey, Country Music Singer
  • Max Weitzenhoffer, Independent Producer of New York and London Theatre Productions; Former Chairman of OU Board of Regents
  • Amy Nicholson, Freelance Theater Critic, Formerly of LA Weekly
  • Joe McCasland, Television Editor for shows including South of Nowhere, Swamp People, Whale Wars, The Curse of Oak Island, and more
  • Kevin James, Radio Show Host and Lawyer
  • Olinka Hrdy, Artist known for her murals and utilitarian objects like place mats, textiles, radios, wallpaper and scarves
  • Jason Rider, Freelance Stylist, Former Men's Fashion Associate at The New York Times
 
COLLEGE OF LAW
  • Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress For Success
  • Fred Harris, Oklahoma Senator from 1956-64; U.S. Senator from 1964-73
  • Jess Larson, U.S. Air Force Major General and First Administrator of the General Services Administration
  • David Boren, Former Governor of Oklahoma and U.S. Senator
  • Frank Keating, Former Governor of Oklahoma
  • Noma Gurich, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
  • Jim Gallogly, Formerly Highest Paid Oil & Gas CEO in America, ConocoPhillips, ChevronPhillips and Phillips Petroleum, LyondellBasell
  • Kelly Priegnitz, Chief Compliance Officer for Trilogy Health Services
  • Steven W. Taylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1974
  • James R. Winchester, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, B. A., 1974
  • Tom Colbert, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
  • Jeremy Fitzpatrick, Vice President of Land, Legal, and Business Development for Valorem Energy
 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
  • Rob Standridge, Oklahoma State Senator (R)
  • Jim George, Author of several Christian books, God’s Man of Influence, A Couple After God’s Own Heart, The Bare Bones Bible Facts series, and more
 
COLLEGE OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
  • Benton Clark, Chief Scientist of Flight Systems for Lockheed Martin Astronautics

COLLEGE OF METEOROLOGY
  • Gary England, Chief Meteorologist for CBS
  • Paul M. Markowski, American Meteorologist and Leading Expert on Tornadogenesis
  • Charles A. Doswell III, American Meteorologist and Prolific Severe Convective Storms Researcher.
  • Howard Bruce Bluestein, Severe Weather Research Meteorologist 
  • Erik Nels Rasmussen American Meteorologist and Leading Expert on Mesoscale Meteorology,
  • Neil Burgher Ward, American Meteorologist and First Scientific Storm Chaser

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES
  • Baker Mayfield, Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner
  • Kyler Murray, Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner
  • Blake Griffin, 1st Pick in the 2009 NBA Draft to the Los Angeles Clippers
  • Sam Bradford, Professional Football Player, Heisman Winner
  • Buddy Hield, 6th pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans
  • Trae Young, Professional Basketball Player for The Atlanta Hawks
  • Adrian Peterson, Professional Football Player
  • Gerald McCoy, Football Player
  • Brian Bosworth, Former Professional Football Player
  • Jermaine Gresham, Football Player
  • Tommie Harris, Former Professional Football Player,
  • Lee Roy Selmon, Former Professional Football Player and NFL Hall of Fame Member
  • Jason White, Former Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner
  • Roy Williams, Former Professional Football Player
  • Trent Williams, Football Player
  • Steve Owens, Former Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy winner
  • Bart Conner, Former Gold Medal Gymnast
  • Jason Bartlett, Baseball Player
  • Mookie Blaylock, Former Professional Basketball Player
  • Greg Dobbs, Baseball Player
  • Kelly Garrison-Funderburk, Former All-American Gymnast and 1988 USA Olympian
  • Todd Hamilton, Professional Golfer, won The Open Championship in 2004
  • Jonathan Horton, Former All-American Gymnast and USA Olympian
  • Keith Jackson, Former Professional Football Player
  • Anthony Kim, Professional Golfer
  • Joe Simpson, Former Professional Baseball Player and Media Broadcaster
  • Billy Sims, Former Professional Football Player
  • Burch Smith, Major League Baseball Player
  • Jack Swagger, Professional wrestler in the Independent Circuit, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and WWE United States Champion
  • Wayman Tisdale, Former Professional Basketball Player
  • Joe Washington, Former Professional Football Player
  • Tommy McDonald, Former Professional Football Player and NFL Hall of Fame Member
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