24 Notable alumni of
Hardin-Simmons University
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Hardin-Simmons University is 1672nd in the world, 594th in North America, and 560th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Hardin-Simmons University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Dan Blocker
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Bobby Dan Davis Blocker was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western television series Bonanza.
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Stedman Graham
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- writerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Stedman Graham is an American educator, author, businessman, and public speaker. He is the long-term partner of Oprah Winfrey.
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Fess Parker
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Fess Elisha Parker Jr., was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the titular characters in the Walt Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–55; ABC) and the television series Daniel Boone (1964–70; NBC).
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Doyle Brunson
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- writerpoker player
- Biography
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Doyle Frank Brunson was an American poker player who played professionally for over 50 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.
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Brad Underwood
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Bradley Cole Underwood is the current head coach for the Illinois men's basketball team. Previously, he served as head coach at Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin, Dodge City Community College, and Daytona Beach Community College and assistant coach at Western Illinois, Kansas State, and South Carolina.
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Don Collier
- Occupations
- television actorradio personalityactorfilm actorplayer of American football
- Biography
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Donald Mounger Collier was an American actor best known for Western films and NBC television shows such as The High Chaparral, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Outlaws as Marshal Will Foreman.
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Liz Smith
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- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Smith was an American gossip columnist. She was known as "The Grand Dame of Dish". Beginning her career in radio in the 1950s, for a time she also anonymously wrote the "Cholly Knickerbocker" gossip column for the Hearst newspapers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, she was the entertainment editor for the magazines Cosmopolitan and Sports Illustrated. Between 1976 and 2009, she wrote a self-titled gossip column for newspapers including New York Newsday, the New York Daily News and the New York Post that was syndicated in 60 to 70 other newspapers. On television, she appeared on Fox, E!, and WNBC.
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Jack Graham
- Occupations
- pastor
- Biography
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Jack Graham is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.
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Bulldog Turner
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- player of American footballAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was elected, as a player, to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He was also selected in 1969 to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team.
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George H. Mahon
- Enrolled in Hardin-Simmons University
- In 1924 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- district attorneypoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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George Herman Mahon was an American politician and attorney. A Democrat, he served 22 consecutive terms as a member the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
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Naim Ateek
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- Anglican priestpeace activistscientist
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Naim Stifan Ateek is a Palestinian priest in the Anglican Communion and founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. He has been an active leader in the shaping of the Palestinian liberation theology. He was the first to articulate a Palestinian theology of liberation in his book, Justice, and only Justice, a Palestinian Theology of Liberation, published by Orbis in 1989, and based on his dissertation for his degree in theology. The book laid the foundation of a theology that addresses the conflict over Palestine and explores the political as well as the religious, biblical, and theological dimensions. A former Canon of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, he lectures widely both at home and abroad. His book, A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation, was published by Orbis in 2008, followed by A Palestinian Theology of Liberation, 2017.
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Terri Hendrix
- Occupations
- singermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
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Terri Ann Hendrix is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and independent artist who has been writing and performing an eclectic mix of Americana genre, encompassing folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz, since 1990. Since 1988 Hendrix has been based in and near San Marcos, Texas, living as of 2017 in nearby Martindale, after growing up in San Antonio, Texas.
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John Leland Atwood
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- engineer
- Biography
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John Leland Atwood was a prominent American engineer. He worked as Chief Engineer/Executive at North American Aviation for over 35 years, succeeding Dutch Kindelberger as president and CEO. He developed the P-51 Mustang during World War II, the F-100 jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and oversaw the Apollo program.
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Omar Truman Burleson
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- lawyersecretarypoliticianspecial agent
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Omar Truman Burleson was an attorney, judge, FBI agent and veteran of World War II when he was first elected in 1946 as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas's 17th congressional district. He was re-elected to Congress from this rural district for more than 30 years, resigning in December 1978 rather than run again for office.
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Jeff Iorg
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Jeff P. Iorg is an American author, pastor, church planter, teacher, speaker, and current president of Gateway Seminary (formerly Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary), an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention with five campuses located in the Western United States.
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Mark E. Weatherington
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in Hardin-Simmons University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Biography
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Mark Ernest Weatherington is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as the deputy commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command from August 2021 to August 2023. He most recently served as commander of both the Eighth Air Force and the Joint-Global Strike Operations Center. He previously served as the deputy commander of Air Education and Training Command from April 2018 to May 2020. Weatherington was commissioned after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1990.
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Will Wagner
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Will Wagner is an American football coach and former player. He is the special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach for Henderson State University, a position he has held since 2023. He served as the head football coach at the Angelo State University from 2011 until he was fired during the 2018 season. Wagner was hired as the seventh head football coach at Angelo State University on December 23, 2010. Prior to coming to Angelo State, he served as the defensive backs coach and assistant head coach at Northwest Missouri State University.
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Mildred Paxton Moody
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- politician
- Biography
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Mildred Paxton Moody was the wife of Texas Governor Dan Moody. Upon her recommendation the 42nd Texas Legislature established the Board of Mansion Supervisors in 1931, with Mrs. Moody as the first head of the Board. Until its abolishment in 1965, the Board oversaw all interior and exterior upkeep and enhancements to the Texas Governor's Mansion.
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Gertrude Beasley
- Enrolled in Hardin-Simmons University
- 1908-1914 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- autobiographerwriter
- Biography
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Edna Gertrude Beasley was an American writer and memoirist. A feminist, her controversial 1925 autobiography, My First Thirty Years (published in Paris, France) received some favorable reviews but was also suppressed, and she soon after disappeared.
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Bill Atwood
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- baseball player
- Biography
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William Franklin Atwood was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1936 to 1940.
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Ann Coody
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- politician
- Biography
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Ann Coody is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004, and represented the 64th district until she was term limited in 2016. Before serving as Oklahoma State Representative, Coody was a longtime educator, counselor, and assistant principal for Lawton Public Schools. To date, Coody is the primary author of 125 bills.
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Alton Terry
- Occupations
- javelin thrower
- Biography
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Floy Alton Terry was an American javelin thrower. He placed sixth at the 1936 Olympics and third in at the 1937 AAU championships.
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Pete Hart
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Dee Whitfield "Pete" Hart is a former American football player who played with the New York Titans. He played college football at Hardin–Simmons University.
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Bill Scott
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- basketball coach
- Biography
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Bill Scott was a college men's basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Hardin–Simmons from 1951 to 1962. He coached Hardin–Simmons to a 129–161 record, winning one Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship and two NCAA tournament appearances. He was inducted into the Hardin–Simmons athletics Hall of Fame in 1982.
