List of Texas Tech University people

List of Texas Tech University people

The list of Texas Tech University people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of Texas Tech University.

Alumni and former students

Arts and media

The arts scene in Lubbock is deceivingly rich, having produced some legendary figures. Texas Tech University boasts an impressive cadre of alums who've gone on to achieve national fame and recognition from Pulitzer prize winning authors, to award winning journalists and legendary singers / songwriters.
* Jerry Allison, drummer (Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Jerry Allison and The Crickets) [ [http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=5703&pagenum=0 NOT FADING AWAY: JERRY ALLISON] ]
* Mechelle Avey, author
* G.W. Bailey, actor ("Police Academy", "The Closer")
* Will Bigham, winner of the 2007 reality series "On the Lot" []

Faculty

* M. M. Ayoub, a pioneer in the field of ergonomics
* Burwell B. Bell III, US Army general, former ROTC instructor at Texas Tech
* David Brandon, guitar professor and musician who toured with guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening for 15 years [ [http://www.depts.ttu.edu/music/SOM/DavidBrandon.asp Music Faculty] ]
* Thomas C. Butler, former professor, credited with making oral hydration the standard treatment for diarrhea, lost samples of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague
* Jo Carr, English professor who became one of the first women Methodist pastors and church administrators in the South Plains
* Sankar Chatterjee, paleontologist
* Romeo Crennel, defensive assistant from 1975-1977, head coach of the Cleveland Browns
* J. William Davis, former chairman of Texas Tech's Athletic Council, father of the National Letter of Intent for college athletics
* Spike Dykes, former head football coach, all-time winningest coach in Texas Tech football history
* Upe Flueckiger, associate professor of Architecture, internationally recognized because of the design of his house
* Larry Hays, former head baseball coach, one of the winningest coaches in college baseball
* William Curry Holden, archaeologist and historian
* Shelby D. Hunt, highly-cited marketing professor [ [http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/display_article.php?id=1171 Texas Tech University :: Office of Communications & Marketing :: News Release] ] [ [http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Browse&link2=Results&id=2628 [ISI Highly Cited Researchers Version 1.5] ]
* Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet author, former associate professor at Texas Tech
* Bob Knight, former head men's basketball coach, all-time winningest NCAA D-1 men's basketball coach; Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
* Magne Kristiansen, pulsed power expert and recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal [ [http://www.sandia.gov/ppc2005/history.html IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference 2005 - PPC History] ]
* Mike Leach, head football coach, all-time winningest coach in postseason play in Texas Tech football history
* Danny Mason, Tech golf coach, 1969-1980, physical education professor
* Kishor C. Mehta, Tech's first member of the National Academy of Engineering
* Bill Parcells, assistant football coach from 1975-77, went on to win two Super Bowls as head coach of the New York Giants.
* Susan Polgar, four-time women’s classical world chess champion and five-time Olympic chess champion
* Gabor B. Racz MD, FIPP, Pioneer in the treatment of Chronic Pain [ [http://www.asipp.org/documents/bios/Racz2007.pdf American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians: Biography, Gabor Racz, MD] ]
* Marsha Sharp, former women's basketball head coach who led Texas Tech Lady Raiders to the national championship title in 1993; Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, namesake of a freeway running through the center of Lubbock
* Tom Shires, chair of the surgery department from 1991 to 1995, trauma surgeon who pioneered administering saline to shock and surgical patients
* Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, composer
* F. Alton Wade, scientist, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition and namesake of Mount Wade in Antarctica [ [http://www.depts.ttu.edu/MuseumTTU/PaleoWebsite/collections.html Paleontology Division Collections] ]

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