List of Oklahoma City University alumni

Oklahoma City University is a private university in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Arts

Lois Harjo Ball – painter, basket maker, and ceramic artist
Bert Seabourn (1961 Certificate of Art) – expressionist painter

Business

Wanda L. Bass – philanthropist and chairman of the First National Bank and Trust of McAlester
Jack Worthington – investment banker

Education

Andrew K. Benton (J.D.) – president of Pepperdine University and as an interim president at the University of Central Oklahoma
Florence Birdwell (1945, BA and MA) – professor of voice at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University from 1946 to 2013
Carroll Freeman (MA Performing Arts) – operatic tenor, director of the opera program at the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University
Jeane Porter Hester (1963) – former professor of medicine, Chief of Supportive Therapy, and Chief of Leukapheresis at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Beverly Hoch (1975 Music) – coloratura soprano and music instructor at Texas Woman's University
Timothy Long – conductor, pianist, and member of the faculty at the Stony Brook University
Alice Marriott (1930 English and French) – associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma and field representative with the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Arts and Craft Board
Jim Roth (1994) – Dean of the OCU School of Law and Oklahoma Corporation Commission 2007–2009
W. Stephen Smith (1981 MPA0 – Northwestern University Professor of Voice and Opera

Entertainment

Sarah Coburn (1994 MA Music) – operatic soprano
Kristin Chenoweth (1990 Musical Theater) – Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress
Stephen Dickson (1973) – operatic baritone
Sam Douglas (BFA directing) – actor
Mack Harrell – operatic and concert baritone vocalist
Chris Harrison (1993 BA Mass Communication) – television personality, host of The Bachelor
Erika Hebron (2009 Performing Arts in Dance) – Miss Missouri 2010
Jane Anne Jayroe (1968) – Miss America of 1967, television anchor, and Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Recreation
William Johns (1961) – opera singer
Gwendolyn Jones – operatic mezzo-soprano
Marquita Lister (198 – operatic soprano
Kurt Loder – entertainment critic, author, columnist, and television personality best known for his role at MTV News
Stacey Logan (1985) – Broadway actress
Lakshmi Manchu – actress, producer, and television presenter
Chris Merritt (1974) – Grammy Award-nominated operatic tenor
Leona Mitchell (1970) – operatic soprano and Music Hall of Fame inductee
April Nelson (2014) – Miss Louisiana 2015 and third runner-up to Miss America
Cathy O'Donnell (1945) – actress
Kelli O'Hara (1998) – Seven-time Tony Award nominated actress
Susan Powell (1984) – Miss America 1981
Bill Randle (J.D.). – disc jockey, lawyer and university professor
Lisa Reagan – singer, composer, pianist, musician, and former Miss Oklahoma
Gabrielle Ruiz (2007 BFA dance performance) – actress
Checkley Sin (MBA) – film producer and 2022 candidate for Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Shawntel Smith (2000) – Miss America 1996
Gerald Steichen (1986) – New York City Opera conductor for Cats and The Phantom of the Opera
Fred Tackett – songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the band Little Feat
Lara Teeter (1976) – Tony Award-nominated actor, theatre director, and professor
Mason Williams (1958) – Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer, writer who created of "Classical Gas"

Government and civil service

Carl Alexandre – Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and U.S. Department of Justice deputy
Michael D. Brown (1981) – First Director and Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2003–2005
Janie Simms Hipp – General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and founder of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations
Jane Anne Jayroe (1968) – Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Recreation, Miss America of 1967, and television anchor
Alice Marriott (1930 English and French) – field representative with the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Arts and Craft Board and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma

Law

Carl Alexandre – U.S. Department of Justice Deputy and Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Deborah Barnes (1983) – Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
Doug Combs (1976 J.D._ – Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Barry Grissom – United States Attorney for the District of Kansas
Carol Hansen (1974) – Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
Elizabeth A. Hayden (1980) – District Judge for Stearns County, Minnesota
Walter Jenny – general counsel for the Oklahoma Commission on Consumer Credit and Oklahoma Department of Labor as Assistant General Counsel
Yvonne Kauger (1969) – Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Vern Miller – Kansas attorney general from 1971 to 1975
Marian P. Opala (1953) – Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 1978–2010
Gary Richardson – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Alma Wilson – first woman to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court
James R. Winchester (1977) – Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 2007–2009

Literature and journalism

Royal Alexander – lawyer and congressional staff member
Rana Husseini (1990 BA, 1993 MLA) – Award-winning journalist and human rights activist
William Harjo LoneFight (1991) – Native American author
Leslie A. McRill – the ninth poet laureate of Oklahoma

Military

Edmond Harjo – Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Code Talker during World War II, 2013 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
David L. Goldfein – Air Force Chief of Staff
Rick Rescorla – British-American soldier, police officer, educator and private security specialist
Robert J. Skinner – United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the Director of Defense Information Systems Agency
Eugene L. Tattini – retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and served as deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Politics

Hannah Atkins (1986) – Oklahoma Secretary of State 1987–1991
Danny Britt – member of the North Carolina Senate
Brian Bushweller ( BA Music) – member of the Delaware Senate,
Jeff Cloud (1991 J.D.) – Commissioner of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Brandon Creighton (J. D.) – Member of the Texas Senate
Jose Cruz – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Brooks Douglass – member of the Oklahoma Senate
Mickey Edwards (1969 J.D.) – served eight terms in United States House of Representatives
Enoch Kelly Haney (1964) – Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Carri Hicks – Oklahoma Senate
David Holt (1909) – Mayor of Oklahoma City
Ernest Istook (1976) – United States House of Representatives
A. Visanio Johnson – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Phillip Journey – Kansas Senate and judge Kansas's 18th Judicial District Court for Division 1
Steven T. Kuykendall (1968) – member of the United States Congress representing California's 36th congressional district 1999–2001
Todd Lamb (2005) – Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor 2011–2019, Majority leader of the Oklahoma State Senate 2004–2011
Keith Leftwich – Oklahoma State Senate
Richard Lerblance (1979) – Oklahoma State Senate
Lin Hsin-i – Taiwanese Minister of Economic Affairs and Vice Premier
Angela Monson (Criminal justice) – Oklahoma State House of Representatives
Anthony Moore – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Tim Moore (1995) – Speaker of the House, North Carolina General Assembly
Johnston Murray (1946) – Governor, State of Oklahoma 1951–1955
Kenneth Nance – lawyer, lobbyist, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
Ron Norick – mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Leon C. Phillips (1916) – 11th Governor of Oklahoma
Arsyadjuliandi Rachman (1987 MBA) – Indonesian politician who served as governor of Riau
T. W. Shannon – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Jason Smith – U.S. House of Representatives and Missouri House of Representatives
Steve Smith – member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Mike Thompson – member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Ray Vaughn – Oklahoma House of Representatives
Yeo Jun Wei – Singaporean convicted of espionage by the United States on behalf of the People's Republic of China
Marvin York – President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate

Religion

Craig Groeschel (1991 Marketing) – founder and senior pastor of Life.Church
William C. Wantland – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire

Sports

Carl Allen – professional football player
John Barfield – former MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Richard Benigno – professional soccer player
Susie Berning – professional golfer on the LPGA tour with 4 major wins and 12 total wins
Joe Bisenius (2004) – MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
Karl Coombes – tennis coach and player
Tony Dawson – former professional tennis player
Dino Delevski – former professional soccer player for the Kansas City Comets
Os Doenges – college football coach
Gary Gray – former NBA guard for the Cincinnati Royals
Ace Gutowsky – professional football player
Paul Hansen – head men's basketball coach at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, and University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Curtis Haywood – NBA basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
Carl Henry – professional basketball player
Gary Hill – former NBA guard for the San Francisco Warriors
Hal Hilpirt – professional football player
Rubin Jackson – college and professional basketball player
Marisue Jacutin – former professional tennis player
Jim Kamp – professional football player
Bud Koper (1964) – former NBA player and All-American basketball player
Allen Leavell (1979) – former NBA guard for the Houston Rockets
Abe Lemons (1949) – former basketball coach for Oklahoma City University and the University of Texas at Austin
Eric Manuel – former professional basketball player
Keith Miller – former professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball
Nick Mohtadi – former professional tennis player
Todd Overgard – former Association of Tennis Professionals tour tennis player
Taiwo Rafiu (1994) – women's basketball Olympian for Nigeria
Hub Reed (1958) – former NBA center for the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons
Ivan Saičić – professional basketball player
Freddy Sanchez – MLB infielder for the San Francisco Giants and 2006 National League batting champion
Ralph Schilling (1941) – former NFL player for the Washington Redskins
Chris Schroder (2001) – MLB pitcher for the Florida Marlins
Marion Shirley – professional football player
Arnold Short (1954) – NCAA All-American and 1955 AAU All-American basketball player Phillips 66ers
Dave Simmons – former NBL basketball player, father of NBA player Ben Simmons
Beeyong Sison – professional tennis player and coach
Chas Skelly – NAIA All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, current Featherweight in the UFC
Bruce Sloan – Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Giants
Bryant Smith – former professional basketball player
Chris Spendlove – former professional soccer player
Dušan Stević – former professional basketball player
Dick Stone (1934) – former MLB pitcher for the Washington Senators
Zouhair Talbi – long distance runner
Hugh Taylor – professional football player and coach
Ashur Tolliver – former Major League Baseball pitcher
K. T. Turner – college basketball coach
Orville Tuttle – professional football player and college football coach
Tyrone van Aswegen – professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour
Harry Vines (1961) – former director of USA Basketball and prominent member of the wheelchair basketball community
Jim Wade – professional football player
Daniela Wallen – professional basketball player
Jim Ware – professional basketball player
Jerry Lee Wells – professional basketball player
Brad Wieck – professional baseball pitcher
Basil Wilkerson – professional football player
Buzz Williams (1994) – head men's basketball coach for Texas A&M

Other

Thomas Radecki – former psychiatrist, convicted criminal, and founding member of the National Coalition on Television Violence

References

The Oklahoman (April 14, 1989). "Cityan's Tenor Son To Perform at Met". Retrieved October 26, 2015.
Attocknie, Dana (April 7, 2014). "Last living Seminole Code Talker walks on, loved ones pay respects, honor hero". Native American Times. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
"Leon C. Phillips". Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
"Chas Skelly UFC Profile". Retrieved January 1, 2014.

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