Notable Alumni of The University of Texas at Arlington

Tommy Franks 1945–

Retired US Army general, former CENTCOM commander

Ron Wright 1953–2021

US representative from Texas

Charles Liang 1958–

Co-founder, chairman and CEO of Supermicro

Kalpana Chawla 1962–2003

Indian-born astronaut and aerospace engineer

Master of Science · Aerospace engineering · Class of 1984

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder

Robert L. Stewart 1942–

NASA astronaut and US Army brigadier general

Also attended: University of Southern Mississippi

Roland G. Fryer, Jr. 1977–

Economist and Harvard University professor

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

Jonathan A. Campbell 1947–

Herpetologist, professor at University of Texas at Arlington

Also attended: University of Kansas

Wendy Okolo 1989–

Aerospace research engineer at NASA Ames

Lou Diamond Phillips 1962–

Actor, director and writer

Spouse: Julie Cypher (The University of Texas at Austin)

Annie Ilonzeh 1983–

Actress in Charlie's Angels reboot

Kimberly Matula 1988–

Actress in The Bold and the Beautiful

Morgan Woodward 1925–2019

Actor in Dallas and Cool Hand Luke

Lauren Lane 1961–

Actress, known as C.C. Babcock in The Nanny

Charles Baker 1971–

Actor known for Skinny Pete in Breaking Bad

Also attended: Tarrant County College District

Daryush Shokof 1954–

Iranian film director, artist and writer based in Germany

Also attended: Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus

Caitlin Glass 1981–

Voice actress for English-language anime dubs

Corinne Bohrer 1958–

Film and television actress

Jonny Cruz 1982–

Actor, screenwriter and producer

Julio Cedillo 1970–

Mexican actor

Doug Russell 1946–

Olympic champion swimmer and former world record-holder

Lanny Bassham 1947–

Sport shooter, 1976 Olympic gold medalist

Derrick Obasohan 1981–

Nigerian-American basketball coach and former player

Randy Snow 1959–2009

Paralympian inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

John Lackey 1978–

Former MLB pitcher for Angels, Red Sox, Cardinals, Cubs

Karol Gruszecki 1989–

Polish professional basketball player