The Frazier Alumni Pavilion and Plaza Texas Tech University , often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public , coeducational , research university located in Lubbock, Texas . Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College , it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System  and has the sixth largest  student body in the state of Texas. It is the only school in Texas to house an undergraduate institution, law school , and medical school  at the same location. Initial enrollment in 1925 was 910 students;[ 1] District of Columbia .[ 2] [ 3] Texas Tech Alumni Association , with over 27,000 members, operates more than 120 chapters in cities throughout the United States and the world.[ 4] [ 5] 
Throughout Texas Tech's history, alumni have played prominent roles in many different fields. Among the university's Distinguished Alumni is Demetrio B. Lakas , President of the Republic of Panama  from 1969 to 1978.[ 6] [ 7] Daniel I. J. Thornton , Governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955, John Burroughs , Governor of New Mexico from 1959 to 1961, and Preston Smith , Governor of Texas from 1968 to 1972, are graduates of the university.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Rick Husband , the final commander of Space Shuttle Columbia   and recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor .[ 11] [ 12] [ Note 1] U.S. Marine Corps  Major  and Medal of Honor  recipient, George H. O'Brien Jr. , is a distinguished alumnus.[ 13] Richard E. Cavazos  is a Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross  recipient and the first Hispanic and Mexican American to advance to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army.[ 14] General Motors  Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. , Finisar CEO Jerry S. Rawls , Belo Corporation  CEO Dunia A. Shive, and ExxonMobil  board member Angela Braly , ranked by Fortune [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] John Denver , country singer Pat Green , and actor George Eads .[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] John Hinckley Jr. , who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan  in 1981, attended the university sporadically from 1973 to 1980.[ 23] 
Alumni 
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Name
 
Class year
 
Notability
 
References
  
Jodey Arrington 1994 (B.S.), 1997 (M.P.A.)
 
Former Chief of Staff, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ; current Chief of Staff, Texas Tech University System ; Distinguished Alumni, MPA Program
 
[ 28]  
Bob Bullock 1955
 
Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas ; former Texas Comptroller 
 
[ 32]  
John Burroughs 1929
 
Former Governor of New Mexico 
 
[ 56]  
Dustin Burrows 2004
 
Texas State Representative , District 83 (2014– ), and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives  (2025- )
[ 57] [ 58]  
Waggoner Carr [ a] 1940
 
Former Texas Attorney General 
 
[ 7] [ 59]  
Joel Carson III 1994
 
U.S. Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit 
 
[ 60]  
John Carter 1964
 
United States Representative , Texas District 31 
[ 61]  
Lauro Cavazos [ a] 1949 (B.S.), 1951 (M.S.)
 
Former Texas Tech University president ; former U.S. Secretary of Education 
 
[ 7] [ 62]  
Tim Cole (did not graduate) First person in Texas to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence; namesake of the Tim Cole Compensation Act of Texas
 
  
Louis Conradt — 
Attorney
 
  
Kilmer B. Corbin — 
Former Texas State Senator , District 28 
 
  
Tom Craddick 1965
 
Texas State Representative , District 82
[ 32]  
Samuel Ray Cummings 1967
 
United States District Court Judge , Northern District of Texas 
[ 63]  
James G. Denton [ a] 1938
 
Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court
 
[ 7] [ 32]  
Robert L. Duncan [ a] 1976
 
Texas State Senator , District 28 
[ 7]  
William Royal Furgeson Jr. 1964
 
United States District Court Judge , Western District of Texas 
[ 28]  
Ruben Garcia Jr. 1973
 
Former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation 
 
[ 64]  
Millard Hall — 
Journalist and political consultant; served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith ; instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission
 
  
Kent Hance [ a] 1965
 
Former United States Representative , Texas District 19 ; Texas Tech University System  Chancellor
 
[ 7] [ 32]  
Harvey Hilderbran 1983
 
Texas State Representative , District 53 from Kerrville 
[ 65]  
John Hinckley Jr. (did not graduate) Attempted assassin  of United States President Ronald Reagan 
 
[ 66]  
John Hodgson 1984
 
Kentucky state representative
 
[ 67]  
Phil Johnson 1975
 
Texas Supreme Court Justice , Place 8
[ 68]  
Delwin Jones 1949
 
Texas State Representative , District 83
[ 28]  
Robert A. Junell 1969
 
Senior status  United States District Court Judge , Western District of Texas 
[ 28]  
Jim Keffer 1975
 
Texas State Representative  from District 60
[ 69]  
Demetrio B. Lakas [ a] 1963
 
Former President of the Republic of Panama 
 
[ 7]  
Pete Laney [ a] 1965
 
Former Texas State Representative 
 
[ 7]  
W. Mark Lanier 1984
 
Attorney
 
[ 70]  
Tom Martin 1970
 
Former Mayor of Lubbock, Texas 
 
[ 71]  
Jim McReynolds 1987 (J.D.)
 
Texas State Representative , District 12
[ 28]  
Tibor P. Nagy 1972
 
Former United States Ambassador  to Ethiopia , Guinea 
 
[ 72]  
Randy Neugebauer 1972
 
United States Representative , Texas District 19 
[ 73]  
Charles Perry 1984
 
Texas State Senate , District 28
[ 74]  
Edward Rappaport 1988
 
Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center 
 
[ 75]  
Ron Reynolds 
 
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Missouri City  since 2011
 
[ 76]  
Lionel Rivera 1979
 
Mayor  of Colorado Springs, Colorado 
[ 77]  
Bill Sarpalius 1972
 
Former Texas State Senator , District 31 ; former United States Representative , Texas District 13 
 
[ 78]  
Clay Sell 1989
 
Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Energy 
 
[ 28] [ 79]  
Preston Smith [ a] 1934
 
Former Governor of Texas 
 
[ 7] [ 32]  
John T. Smithee 1976 (J.D.)
 
Texas State Representative , District 86 from Amarillo 
[ 28]  
Burt Solomons 1977
 
Texas State Representative , District 65
  
Paul Stanley 1985
 
Former Tennessee State Senator , District 31
 
  
Charles Stenholm 1961 (B.S.), 1962 (M.S.)
 
Former United States Representative , Texas District 17 
 
[ 80]  
Karen Tandy [ a] 1974, 1977
 
Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration 
 
[ 7] [ 32]  
Elmer Tarbox [ a] 1939
 
Texas State Representative , District 76
[ 7] [ 28]  
Carl Tepper 
 
Texas House of Representatives , 84th district 
[ 81]  
Mac Thornberry 1980
 
United States Representative , Texas District 13 
[ 82]  
Dan Thornton 1932
 
Former Governor of Colorado 
 
[ 32]  
T. John Ward [ a] 1964
 
United States District Court Judge , Eastern District of Texas 
[ 7] [ 83]  
Elizabeth Watson 1971
 
Former Chief of police , Houston Police Department 
 
[ 84]  
Joseph M. Watt 1971
 
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice , 9th District
[ 85]  
Jeff Wentworth 1972 (J.D.)
 
Texas State Senator , District 25 
[ 86]  
John C. White [ a] 1946
 
Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee 
 
[ 7] [ 87]  
 
Kent Hance John Hinckly Jr. Randy Neugebauer Charles Stenholm  
 
Scott Pelley Emily Jones  
Military 
 
Richard E. Cavazos Wendy M. Masiello  
Music 
Name
 
Class year
 
Notability
 
References
  
Josh Abbott — 
Singer,  songwriter
 
[ 102]  
Jerry Allison — 
Drummer (Buddy Holly  and The Crickets , Jerry Allison and The Crickets)
 
[ 103]  
Ponty Bone — 
 
[ 104]  
Wade Bowen — 
Singer,  songwriter
 
[ 105]  
John Denver 1961
 
Singer, actor
 
[ 28]  
Ralna English — 
Singer
 
[ 106]  
Jimmy Dale Gilmore — 
Singer
 
  
Susan Graham [ a] 1983
 
Mezzo-soprano
 
[ 7] [ 28]  
Pat Green 1997
 
Singer
 
[ 107]  
William Clark Green [ a] 
 
Singer, Songwriter
 
  
Jack Huddle — 
Musician
 
[ 108]  
Virgil Johnson — 
Musician
 
  
Bob Livingston — 
Singer, songwriter
 
  
Lloyd Maines — 
Music producer, musician and songwriter
 
[ 109]  
Natalie Maines (did not graduate) Singer,  songwriter
 
[ 109]  
Cory Morrow 1992
 
Singer,  songwriter
 
[ 28]  
Timothy Rhea — 
Director of bands at Texas A&M University 
 
[ 110]  
Doug Smith — 
 
  
Jordan Randall Smith — 
conductor
 
  
Lane Turner — 
Singer,  songwriter
 
  
 
John Denver Susan Graham Bob Livingston Natalie Maines  
 
Joseph Acaba Charles Bassett Rick Husband  
Honorary 
 
Tom C. Clark Susan Polgar  
Sports 
Texas Tech University alumni have also made contributions to field of sports. Former Red Raiders have gone on to compete in the Canadian Football League  (CFL), Major League Baseball  (MLB), National Basketball League  (NBA), National Football League  (NFL), PGA Tour , and Women's National Basketball Association  (WNBA). Approximately 94 alumni have been selected to the MLB draft , 19 alumni have been selected in the NBA draft , 149 alumni have been selected in the NFL draft , and 9 alumni have been selected in the WNBA draft . Texas Tech alumni have also gone on to coach collegiate and professional teams.
See also 
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