University of Dallas - Notable People

Notable People

Alumni

• L. Brent Bozell III – Founder of Media Research Center and Fox News political commentator
• Robert Bunda – Hawaiian politician
• Oscar Cantú – Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
• Ann Brigid Clark – Entertainment lawyer with Greenberg Traurig (Santa Monica, CA).
• John C. Eastman – Chairman of the Board, National Organization for Marriage
• Joseph P. Clary – Parliamentarian of the Illinois Senate, serving with Barack Obama
• Emmet Flood – Special Counsel to President George W. Bush, 2007–2008
• Daniel E. Flores - Bishop of Brownsville
• Joe G. N. Garcia – Pulmonary scientist and physician
• John H. Gibson – Senior Defense Department official and business executive
• Ernie Hawkins – Blues guitarist and singer
• Jason Henderson – Best-selling fantasy novelist and comic book author
• Tadashi Inuzuka – Japanese politician and diplomat
• Anita Jose – Professor, business strategist, essayist
• Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia – wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
• Peter MacNicol – actor, notable performances include Ghostbusters, Ally McBeal, and Fox's 24.
• Patrick Madrid – author, radio host
• Jayne Mansfield – actress and model, mother of actress Mariska Hargitay
• John McCaa - American television journalist
• Trish Murphy – singer-songwriter
• Carl Olson – American journalist and Catholic writer
• Susan Orr – Former Head of the United States Children's Bureau
• Mackubin Thomas Owens – Assistant Dean of Academics for Electives, Naval War College
• Tan Parker – Texas state representative from Flower Mound
• Gary Schmitt – Co-founder of the Project for the New American Century
• Brantly Womack – Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia
• Eric McLuhan – internationally known media theorist and son of Marshall McLuhan
• L. M. Kit Carson '67 – actor and screenwriter

Full-Time, Permanent Faculty, Past and Present

• Mel Bradford – Professor of English (deceased)
• Louise Cowan – University Professor of English (emerita)
• Willmoore Kendall – Professor of Politics (deceased)
• Thomas Lindsay - former President of Shimer College
• Wilfred M. McClay – Professor of History (former; presently at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
• Peter C. Phan – Professor of Theology (former; presently at Georgetown University)
• Gerard Wegemer – Professor of English
• Thomas G. West – Professor of Politics (former; presently at Hillsdale College)
• Frederick Wilhelmsen – Professor of Philosophy (deceased)