List of Baylor University people

This is a list of notable people associated with Baylor University in Waco, Texas, United States. To be included in this list, a person must have their own, existing Wikipedia article. The list includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students.

Alumni

Arts and entertainment

Journalists

Business

Academics

Medicine

Military

  • Clarence R. Autery – United States Air Force general
  • John R. Kane – also received the Medal of Honor for his service after flying 43 combat missions for a total of 250 combat hours in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Kane's daring operations caused German intelligence reports to dub him "Killer Kane."
  • Andrew "Jack" Lummus – Marine Lt. who fought and died at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for his service.
  • Lawrence Sullivan Ross – Confederate General

Scientists

Theologians

Former Governors of Texas

Lawrence Sullivan Ross, 19th Governor of Texas. Baylor counts more Texas governors among its alumni than any other university.

Members of Congress

Other national, international, state and local officials

Former Speaker pro Tempore, Representative Craig Eiland, (D) – Galveston

Judges and Justices

Medal of Honor recipients

Badminton

Baseball

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Football

Golf

Gymnastics

Tennis

Track and field

Volleyball

Faculty and staff

Administration

Coaches

Biology

Economics

  • Earl Grinols – Distinguished Professor of Economics, notable works include contributions to the study of the economic effect of gambling and casinos[180]
  • David VanHoose – Herman W. Lay Professor of Private Enterprise. He has written text books and papers used in the field of economics. Areas of focus are international economics, monetary economics, macroeconomics, and banking.

Engineering

English

  • Greg Garrett – Professor of English, winner of the Pirate's Alley William Faulkner Prize for Fiction, and author of several books[181]

History

  • Philip Jenkins – Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director of the Program on Historical Studies of Religion[182]

Mathematics

Philosophy

Physics

  • Gerald B. Cleaver – Theoretical physicist, with research in string theory, quantum gravity, and early universe cosmology
  • Anzhong Wang – Theoretical physicist, specialized in gravitation, cosmology and astroparticle physics; currently working on cosmology in string/M theory and the Hořava-Lifshitz gravity
  • Bennie Ward – Theoretical particle physicist, Fellow of the American Physical Society and is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Open Nuclear and Particle Physics Journal

Religion

School of Music

Social sciences

Truett Seminary

  • Jimmy Dorrell – Professor of Missions, author of Trolls and Truth
  • Roger E. Olson – Professor of Theology, author of The Story of Christian Theology Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform

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