The list of University of Arkansas people includes distinguished alumni, faculty, and presidents of the University of Arkansas.

Alumni [edit]

Arts, entertainment and letters [edit]

• Donna Axum - Miss America 1964
• Brent Bradshaw - writer for television
• Jimmy Dykes – ESPN college football and basketball analyst
• Barry Hannah – novelist and short story writer
• E. Lynn Harris – novelist and former in-house writer for the UA English Department^[1]
• T.J. Holmes – CNN anchor
• Douglas C. Jones - historical fiction
• Laurence Luckinbill – actor, best known as the brother of Spock in Star Trek V
• Charles Portis – author of True Grit
• Edward Durell Stone – world-renowned 20th century modernist architect, who helped create Radio City Music Hall and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• E. Fay Jones – AIA Gold Medal winning architect, architect for Thorncrown Chapel
• Pat Summerall – sportscaster for CBS, Fox and ESPN
• Bobby Harwell - American actor and producer^[2]

Business, science and academia [edit]

• Mike Aamodt - industrial and organizational psychology professor at Radford University
• Wiley Branton - Former Dean for the Howard University School of Law^[3]
• William T. Dillard – founder of Dillard's Department Stores^[4]
• Michael Fields – Current Dean for the Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University and former Dean at Central Michigan University.
• Joe T. Ford – Founder and CEO of Alltel
• Scott T. Ford – President and CEO of Alltel
• Mary L. Good – past president, American Association for the Advancement of Science^[5]
• William Harrison (1935-2010), obstetrician who performed over 20,000 abortions as the only provider in Northwest Arkansas.^[6]
• Tommy Holloway – retired manager of NASA’s Space Shuttle Programs^[7]
• Jerry Jones – Oilman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys
• Walter Keller – developer of the heart pacemaker
• Robert Koenig - Associate Principal HMN Architects
• Thomas A. Mars - part of the ownership group who owns Mars, Incorporated
• Robert D. Maurer – inventor of fiber optic technology
• David Wiley Mullins BA 1931 - Served as President of the University of Arkansas and Chancellor of North Carolina State University
• David O. Russell – Vice President of Verizon Communications
• Ray Thornton – Served as President of the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University
• S. Robson Walton - Chairman of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Ed Wilson – President of the Fox Broadcasting Company

Sports [edit]

• Lance Alworth – Hall of Fame wide receiver for the American Football League's San Diego Chargers^[8]
• Steve Atwater – 8-time Pro Bowl NFL defensive back
• Corey Beck – retired NBA Player
• Ronnie Brewer – NBA player for the Utah Jazz
• Veronica Campbell – 5-time Olympic medal winning sprinter
• Mike Conley, Sr. – Olympic silver and gold medalist in triple jump, and holder of U.S. record
• John Daly – golfer; went on to win five PGA Tour tournaments, including the PGA Championship and the British Open^[9]
• Butch Davis – Former head football coach at the University of North Carolina, Cleveland Browns and Miami Hurricanes
• Calvin Davis – bronze medalist in 400m hurdles at the 1996 Olympics
• [Henry Ford] - 1st round draft pick to the Houston Oilers in 1994
• Joe Ferguson – former quarterback; went on to have a seventeen-year career in the NFL, primarily with the Buffalo Bills
• Ryan J. Hale – Former defensive tackle for the New York Giants.

After attending Arkansas, Dan Hampton played for the Chicago Bears of the NFL from 1979 to 1990.

• Dan Hampton – member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Madre Hill - SEC Player of the Year, 1995, Played in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns and the Oakland Raiders.
• Jim Lee Howell – head coach of the 1956 NFL champion New York Giants
• Jimmy Johnson – former football coach and two-time Super Bowl winner with the Dallas Cowboys. The first of two coaches to win an NCAA championship and a Super Bowl. Current Fox NFL studio analyst
• Joe Johnson NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets
• Felix Jones – Dallas Cowboys running back
• Matt Jones – Former National Football League wide receiver
• Deena Kastor – bronze medalist in 2004 Olympic marathon, holder of American women's record for marathon
• Jeff King – former MLB player
• Cliff Lee – Cy Young Award-winning MLB pitcher
• Jim Lindsey – former NFL player
• Danny Mason – golfing coach and education professor at Texas Tech University, 1969–2000
• Darren McFadden Oakland Raiders running back and two time Heisman Trophy runner-up
• Oliver Miller – former NBA player
• Sidney Moncrief – former NBA player
• Mike Oquist – former MLB player
• Jannero Pargo – professional basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks
• Limbo Parks - assistant coach for high school Varsity Football team and highschool ISS administrator.
• Scotty Robertson - former NBA coach; Louisiana Tech University basketball coach from 1964 to 1974, received master's degree from UA
• Howard Sampson - former NFL player
• Gerald Skinner - former NFL player
• Barry Switzer – former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners (3 NCAA Championships) and Dallas Cowboys (1 World Championship); the second of two coaches to win an NCAA Championship and a Super Bowl (the other is former teammate Jimmy Johnson)
• Clyde Van Sickle - former NFL player
• Chuck Washington - former NFL player
• Tim Webster - former NFL player
• Sonny Weems - NBA player for the Toronto Raptors
• Corliss Williamson – retired NBA player
• Ben Winkelman - former NFL player

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Politics, law and military [edit]

• William Vollie Alexander, Jr., BA 1957 - U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 1st district from 1969-1993.
• Beryl Anthony, BA 1961; JD 1963 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th district from 1979-1993.
• Morris S. Arnold – Senior-status judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, based in Little Rock, former UALR law professor and former Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Mike Beebe – 45th and current Governor of Arkansas
• Edwin Bethune – lawyer and lobbyist; member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd district from 1979–1985
• Robert Marion Berry, 1964 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 1st district from 1997-2011
• John Boozman, 1974 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district since 2001.
• Drew Bowers, 1906 - Arkansas lawyer and Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1926 and 1928 obtained a teacher's certificate from the University of Arkansas.
• Maurice Britt – World War II Medal of Honor recipient, NFL player, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
• Charles Hillman Brough - governor of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921 was a UA faculty member.
• Dale Bumpers – 37th Governor of Arkansas and Senator representing Arkansas from 1975-1999.
• Erwin Cain - (Law 1988) - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Francis Cherry – 35th Governor of Arkansas

Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations for the United States Navy, is an alumnus of the University of Arkansas.

• Admiral Vern E. Clark – Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
• Jerry Climer – public administration specialist; founder of The Congressional Institute and the Public Governance Institute in Washington, D.C.
• Ken Coon – psychologist, former Arkansas Republican Party state chairman, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1974, former state Jaycee president
• Donald L. Corbin – Associate Justice for the Arkansas Supreme Court
• William Fadjo Cravens – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th district from 1939-1949.
• Maud Crawford - first woman attorney in Camden, Arkansas; disappeared in 1957 amid international speculation; attended UA from 1911-1912; passed bar exam without attending law school.^[10]
• Paul Danielson – Associate Justice for the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Jay Dickey, JD 1963 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th district from 1993-2001.
• George Washington Donaghey – 22nd Governor of Arkansas
• Clyde T. Ellis, BS '31; JD '34 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district from 1939-1943.
• Brigadier General Daniel B. Fincher – Air Force Judge Advocate and Commander of the Air Force Legal Operations Agency
• John C. Floyd, BS 1879 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district from 1905-1915.
• J. William Fulbright, BA '25 – U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, creator of the Fulbright Scholar Program and president of the University of Arkansas
• Junius Marion Futrell – 30th Governor of Arkansas
• Ezekiel C. Gathings, JD 1929 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 1st district from 1939-1969.
• William S. Goodwin – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 7th district from 1911-1921.
• Lieutenant General Richard C. Harding – The 16th Judge Advocate General of the Air Force
• John Paul Hammerschmidt, BA '41 - U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district from 1967-1993.
• Jim Hannah – Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Mike Haridopolos – current member of the Florida Senate
• Kim Hendren – Arkansas state senator, 1979–1983, 2003–present
• George Howard, Jr. – first African-American federal judge in Arkansas
• Asa Hutchinson – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district from 1997-2001
• Donna Hutchinson (Master of Education) - member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Benton County
• Tim Hutchinson – U.S. Senator representing Arkansas from 1997-2003 and U.S. Representative representing Arkansas's 3rd district from 1993-1997
• Neal Sox Johnson (Graduate Studies) - first executive director of the Arkansas Republican Party
• Richard C. Johnston, MS '89 - U.S. Air Force general
• Bryan King - Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for the fifth district.^[11]
• Dan Kyle, MBA '61; PhD '68 – Louisiana legislative auditor (1989-2003)
• Lynn Lowe, B.S. Engineering 1959 – former Republican state chairman and gubernatorial nominee, 1978, and Texarkana farmer
• John Ellis Martineau – 28th Governor of Arkansas
• Ricardo Martinelli – President of the Republic of Panama
• Hayes McClerkin - LLB '59 - Speaker of the Arkansas House, 1969-1970; Texarkana attorney
• Larry Reed McCord – prominent Fort Smith attorney who was vice mayor of Fort Smith from 1977 to 1978, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas from 1978 to 1982, and assistant U.S. Attorney from 1982 until his retirement in 2006.
• Sid McMath – Decorated U.S. Marine, 34th Governor of Arkansas, top personal injury attorney (President, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1977–78); built University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, defeated Dixiecrats in Arkansas and opposed Governor Faubus
• Edwin L. Mechem – Republican governor of the State of New Mexico
• Arlie Metheny – United States Army officer at Fort Chaffee and superintendent of three Arkansas school systems
• Harold Montgomery – member of Louisiana State Senate (1960–1968; 1972–1976)
• John Isaac Moore – member of the Arkansas Senate and Acting Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas^[12]
• Catherine Dorris Norrell, BA 1925 – U.S. Representative representing Arkansas's 6th district from 1961-1963 and Director of the United States Department of State from 1965-1969.
• Danny L. Patrick - Bachelor's, Master's, Specialist degrees in Education - member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Madison County, 1967-1970
• Xenophon Overton Pindall – 21st Governor of Arkansas^[13]
• Odell Pollard JD 1950 - Searcy attorney and state Republican chairman, 1966-1970
• David Pryor, BA 1957; JD 1964 – 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975-1979, U.S. Senator from 1979-1997, and U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th district from 1966-1973.

David Pryor

• Mark Pryor, BA 1985; JD 1988 – Current Senator representing Arkansas
• Joe Purcell – 40th Governor of Arkansas, Arkansas Attorney General, and Lieutenant Governor
• Heartsill Ragon, BA 1905 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 5th district from 1923-1933.
• Charles C. Reid, BA 1885 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th district from 1901-1903.
• James B. Reed, JD 1909 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's former 6th district, 1923-1929.
• Willis Ricketts – Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1962; pharmacist and businessman
• Bob C. Riley – 38th Governor of Arkansas
• Joseph Robinson – 23rd Governor of Arkansas and Senator representing Arkansas from 1913-1937 and U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 6th district from 1903-1913.
• David B. Samuel – attorney, state legislator, and city judge in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Rodney Slater – former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• Lieutenant General Martin R. Steele - United States Marine Corps lieutenant general]
• Mark Swaney – Green Party of Arkansas State Coordintor, Founder of the Arkansas Committee
• Boyd Anderson Tackett, JD 1935 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th district from 1949-1953.
• Tom Jefferson Terral – 27th Governor of Arkansas
• David D. Terry, JD 1903 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 5th district from 1933-1943.
• Ray Thornton, JD 1956 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 2nd district from 1991-1997, 4th district from 1973-1979, and Arkansas Attorney General from 1971-1973.
• John N. Tillman, BA 1880; JD 1883 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district from 1945-1967 and President of the University of Arkansas from 1905-1912.
• James William Trimble, BA 1917; JD 1925 – U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district from 1945-1967.
• Jim Guy Tucker, JD 1968 – 43rd Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 2nd district from 1977-1979, and Arkansas Attorney General from 1973-1977.
• Elana Wills – Associate Justice for the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor), Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and the 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas^[14]

Faculty [edit]

• Mohammad Ataul Karim, World Renowned Physicist.
• David A. Bednar – Faculty in the College of Business Administration 1980–1997; thereafter, President of Brigham Young University - Idaho.
• Bill Clinton – Faculty in the School of Law 1973–1976.
• Hillary Clinton – Faculty in the School of Law 1974–1976.
• Ellen Gilchrist – Fiction writer
• Molly Giles – Fiction writer
• Donald Harington – Fiction writer, Professor of Art History
• William Harrison – Screenwriter and author of Rollerball
• E. Fay Jones – Dean of the School of Architecture, architect for Thorncrown Chapel.
• Eleanor King – principal dancer and choreographer from the early days of American modern dance
• David William Thomas – professor of journalism in the early 1930s; thereafter, the mayor of Minden, Louisiana
• Miller Williams – Faculty in the Department of English, noted poet.
• Charles W. Woodworth – Entomologist and Botanist at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station 1888–1891, see the C. W. Woodworth Award

University presidents [edit]

Up until 1982, the president was the chief administrative officer of the Fayetteville campus and the University of Arkansas System after it was created. After 1982, the position of chancellor was created to be the top administrator at the Fayetteville campus.

University chancellors [edit]

Up until 1982, the president was the chief administrative officer of the Fayetteville campus and the University of Arkansas System after it was created. After 1982, the position of chancellor was created to be the top administrator at the Fayetteville campus.

References [edit]

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