Notable Alumni

Below are some notable recipients of graduate degrees from Mizzou.

• James Lee Burke, best-selling author of crime-fiction novels, BA '59, MA '60
• Kate Capshaw, actress, BS Ed '75, M Ed '77
• Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize winner; former senior editor for The Village Voice, author, MA '75
• Jerry Caulder, known as driving force in shaping biotechnology industry, MS '66, PhD '70
• Prakob Chirakiti, Director General of the Democratic Party of Thailand; Member of Thailand Parliament, MS '79, PhD '83
• Don Faurot, MU football coach and player; created the split-T formation, BS '25, MA '27 (deceased)
• Linda Godwin, NASA Astronaut, MS '76, PhD '80
• Michael Golden, senior vice president, New York Times Company, MA '78
• Gary Hanman, president and CEO of Dairy Farmers of America, BS '55, MS '56
• Donna Hathaway, expert in field of human transplantation and fellow in the Academy of Nursing, BSN '71 and MS '80
• Rea Hederman, publisher of the New York Review of Book, MA '70
• Lloyd E. Hightower, former project manager at NASA, BS '35, MA '36, BS AgE '41 (deceased)
• Harold S. Hook, president and CEO of Main Even Management Corp., BS BA '53, MA '54
• John Huber, founded the Institute for Invention and Innovation, BS EE '61, MS '62, PhD '65
• Paul Jackson, named as one of 100 "master painters of the world" by International Artist magazine, Dec.'98/Jan.'99 issue., MFA '92
• Dale Klein, assistant to the Secretary of Defense and nominated as commissioner to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, BS ME '70, MS '71, PhD '77
• Stan Kroenke, CEO, The Kroenke Group; minority-owner, St. Louis Rams, BS BA '71, MBA '73
• William Manchester, noted historian and biographer; author of several works including Death of a President and American Caesar, MA '47 (deceased)
• Charles McClain, former president of Truman State University, M Ed '57, EdD '61
• Jim Morton, vice chairman of Nissan North America, LLM '72
• Van Gordon Sauter, president of Fox News, MA '59
• Larry Smarr, pioneer of the Internet and information technology, BA '70, MS '70
• Thomas F. Soapes, acting director of Smithsonian Institution Archives, BS Ed '67, MA '69, PhD '73
• Jack Stephens, former practicing veterinarian, founder and CEO of Veterinary Pet Insurance and founder and chair of VPI Skeeter Foundation, DVM '72
• Norm Stewart, retired MU basketball coach, BS Ed '56, M Ed '60
• Young-Hee Suh, first woman congressman in Korea, MA '68
• William Trogdon (pen name: William Least Heat-Moon), author of such works as Blue Highways and PrairyErth, BA '61, MA '62, PhD '73, BJ '78
• J. Lawrence Walkup, president emeritus, Northern Arizona University, M Ed '41 & EdD '48 (deceased)
• Caroline Worra, national and international opera star, MM '93