17 Notable alumni of
Tarleton State University
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Tarleton State University is 1955th in the world, 672nd in North America, and 630th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Tarleton State 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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Chris Kyle
- Occupations
- autobiographersniperbusinesspersonUnited States Navy SEALs
- Biography
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Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He claimed to have had 160 confirmed kills and was awarded a Silver Star, four Bronze Star Medals with "V" devices for valor, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals with "V" devices, and numerous other unit and personal awards.
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George Kennedy
- Occupations
- military officerstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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George Harris Kennedy Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in Airport (1970).
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Ryan Bingham
- Occupations
- singerguitaristcomposersinger-songwriterrecording artist
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George Ryan Bingham is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose music spans multiple genres. He is currently based in Los Angeles. As of 2019, Bingham has released six studio albums and one live album, the last four of which were released under his own label, Axster Bingham Records.
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James Earl Rudder
- Enrolled in Tarleton State University
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- military personneluniversity presidentpolitician
- Biography
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James Earl Rudder was a United States Army major general. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the Pointe du Hoc battle during the Invasion of Normandy. He also commanded the 2nd Ranger Battalion at the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, and led a series of delaying actions and ambushes during the Battle of the Bulge. General Rudder also at various times served as Texas Land Commissioner, the 16th president of Texas A&M University, third president of the Texas A&M University System, mayor of Brady, Texas, and a high school and college teacher and coach. Rudder went by his middle name.
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Marvin Zindler
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- journalistnews presenter
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Marvin Harold Zindler was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States. His investigative journalism, through which he mostly represented the city's elderly and working class, made him one of the city's most influential and well-known media personalities. He was a career conservative, accused of fabricating testimonies and unfounded accusations to eliminate spaces that threatened supposed Christian morality. In the 1982 film adaptation of the hit musical comedy The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Dom DeLuise plays a parody of Zindler, accurately portraying him as a hypocrite and a coward, thus revealing his relentless pursuit of social recognition and his egomania.
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Sid Miller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sidney Carroll Miller is an American politician from Stephenville, Texas. He is the Texas Agriculture Commissioner, serving since January 2015. He is a Republican.
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Millie Hughes-Fulford
- Enrolled in Tarleton State University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- astronautchemist
- Biography
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Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist, and payload specialist who flew aboard the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia in June 1991.
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E. J. Speed
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Elbert Martin "E. J." Speed is an American professional football linebacker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tarleton State Texans.
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Charles Steen
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- geologistpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Augustus Steen was a geologist who made and lost a fortune after discovering a rich uranium deposit in Utah during the uranium boom of the early 1950s.
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William Dyess
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- aircraft pilot
- Biography
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William Edwin Dyess was an officer of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was captured after the Allied loss at the Battle of Bataan and endured the subsequent Bataan Death March. After a year in captivity, Dyess escaped and spent three months on the run before being evacuated from the Philippines by a U.S. submarine. Once back in the U.S., he recounted the story of his capture and imprisonment, providing the first widely published eye-witness account of the brutality of the death march. He returned to duty in the Army Air Forces, but was killed in a training accident months later. Dyess Air Force Base, assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command, located in Abilene Texas, is named in his honor.
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Ben Barnes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Benny Frank Barnes is an American real estate magnate, politician, and crisis manager who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and as the 36th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. He was a vice-chair, as well as top fund-raiser, of John Kerry's presidential campaign. Barnes was also one of only eight persons who raised over $500,000 for Kerry.
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Charles Stenholm
- Occupations
- business executiveteacherfarmerpolitician
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Charles Walter Stenholm was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician from a rural district of the state of Texas. After establishing himself as owner-operator of a large cotton farm, he entered politics and was elected to Congress in his first run for office. Stenholm was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives for 13 terms, representing Texas's 17th congressional district from 1979 to 2005.
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Mike Moncrief
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United States - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael J. Moncrief is an American retired judge and politician who served as the 43rd mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, from 2003 to 2011.
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James Dearth
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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James Dearth is an American former professional football player who was a long snapper in the National Football League (NFL). Dearth played college football for the Tarleton State Texans and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 1999 NFL draft.
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Chris Adams
- Occupations
- writermilitary officer
- Biography
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Christopher S. Adams, Jr. is an American author and retired United States Air Force officer.
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Jim Johnson
- Biography
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James R. Johnson is an American university sports administrator and a former NCAA Division II conference commissioner. Johnson is currently the athletic director for Pittsburg State University, an NCAA Division II sports program in Pittsburg, Kansas. Previously, Johnson was the Commissioner of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
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Sam M. Russell
- Years
- 1889-1971 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Sam Morris Russell was a U.S. Representative from Texas.