Trinity University (Texas)

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In the 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game on October 27, 2007, trailing by two points with two seconds left, the Tigers used 15 laterals covering 60 yards for a touchdown to give Trinity the win as time expired. ^{[ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [22 ] [ 23 ]} The unlikely play was named the top sports moment of the year by Time Magazine [9] as well as the "Game Changing Performance of the Year" by Pontiac [10] [11] .

Men's football team, 1915

[ edit ]Notable alumni

[ edit ]Arts & Entertainment

• Malouf Abraham, Jr. (BS, 1961) - Allergist and patron of the arts from Canadian, Texas
• Garrett Haines (BS 1993) - Recording Tips Editor of Tape Op Magazine
• Kathryn Miller Haines - Mystery novelist, author of The War Against Miss Winter ( Harper Collins )
• Pedro Herrera III, aka Chingo Bling (BS, 2002, Business Administration) - Rap Artist, CEO Big Chile Enterprises
• Gibby Haynes (BS, 1981, Business Administration) - Member of the Butthole Surfers , a popular rock band formed at Trinity
• David N. Johnson (B.Mus., 1950, Music) - American Composer, Organist, and Professor
• Paul Leary (BA, 1980, Art) - Member of the Butthole Surfers
• Naomi Shihab Nye - Poet, songwriter and novelist
• Jaclyn Smith - American actress and model
• Bob West (BA Art - 1978) - Voice of Barney , the purple dinosaur seen on PBS.

[ edit ]Athletics

• Louise Allen - (1984) Former Professional Women's Tennis Player. 4-time All-American. Won Double's Nation Championship with Gretchen Rush
• Todd Bender (BS, 1982, Business Administration) - All American skeet shooter, 3 time National Collegiate Shooting Champion
• Frank Conner (BS Business Administration 1970) - Professional golfer PGA and Champions Tour and tennis player.
• Tim Derk (1979, BS Business Administration) - The original coyote mascot of the San Antonio Spurs and author of Hi Mom, Send Sheep! My Life as the Coyote and After ( Trinity University Press , 2006).
• Brian Gottfried , professional tennis player.
• Jerry Grote (1962), Former Major League Baseball player.
• Davey Johnson (1964), former Major League Baseball player and coach
• Lance Key (2000), Former Major League Soccer Player for the Colorado Rapids
• Chuck McKinley (BS, 1964, Mathematics) - Amateur tennis player, Men's Wimbledon Singles Champion in 1963, ranked No. 1 men's singles player in the world, 1963
• Anne Smith (BA, 1993, psychology) - Professional tennis player, numerous tennis Grand Slam doubles titles.
• Dick Stockton (BA, 1972, sociology) - Professional tennis player, ranked as high as No. 8 tennis player in the 70's
• Daniel South (BS, 1978, Medicinal Economics) - Former Wide Receiver for Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League
• Marvin Upshaw (1968) - Former NFL defensive lineman, Cleveland Browns (1968–1969), Kansas City Chiefs (1970–1975),St. Louis Cardinals (1976)
• Jerheme Urban (BA 2003) - NFL wide receiver, Seattle Seahawks (2003–2006), Dallas Cowboys (2006–2007), Arizona Cardinals (2007–2009), Kansas City Chiefs (2010-) - First Trinity alumnus to appear in a Super Bowl ^[ 24 ]

[ edit ]Business

• Adam Lee (BA History, 1987) - Founder, Owner, and Winemaker, Siduri Wines, Santa Rosa, CA
• Gavin Maloof (BA, 1979, Speech and Communications) - Co-owner of the Sacramento Kings
• Christopher Hart [12] (BA, 1990 - History, German) Founder of Minder, Inc.
• David Weekley (1975) - CEO of David Weekley Homes
• Sardar Biglari - Chairman and CEO of Biglari Holdings (NYSE Symbol: BH) and Manager of The Lion Fund.
• Dirk Elmendorf (BA International Economics) - Co-Founder of Rackspace
• Richard Yoo - Former CEO and Co-Founder of Rackspace , Former CEO and Founder of ServerBeach
• Alice Walton (BS Business Administration, 1971) - Daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton
• James Addison Baker - (aka Captain James A.Baker)-Grandfather of Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's administration, James Addison Baker III and founding chairman of Rice University's Board of Trustees and partner in international law firm

[ edit ]Government & Military

• Matt Mead (BA, 1984)-Governor of the state of Wyoming
• John Cornyn (BA, 1973, Print Journalism) - United States Senator from Texas
• General James T. Hill (BA Political Science, 1968) - Former commander, US Southern Command.
• Michael McCaul (BS, 1984) - Representative for Texas US House District 10.
• William K. Suter (BA Sociology 1959) - Clerk of the United States Supreme Court and former Major General in the United States Army
• Henry T. Waskow (1939) - noted US Army officer in World War II
• Lieutenant General Archie J. Old - Former commander, 15th Air Force, March Air Force Base, California, 1955-1965.Commanded first round-the-world flight of B-52 bombers in January, 1957, known as "Operation Power Flight".

[ edit ]Other

• Mario Bosquez (BS,1978 Journalism)- First Hispanic Anchor in NYC and Author
• John Hagee (BS, 1964, History) [13] - Prominent evangelical Christian leader and author
• Hasan Bülent Paksoy - Historian
• Uma Pemmeraju (BA, Political Science, 1980) - Fox News Journalist
• John Silber (BA - Philosophy 1947) - Chancellor and former President of Boston University and candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1990
• Jay Hartzell [14] (BS Business Administration and Economics, 1991) - Associate Professor of Finance, University of Texas, Allied Bancshares Centennial Fellow; Executive Director, Real Estate Finance and Investment Center
• Ana Unruh Cohen [15] (BS Chemistry, 1996) - Trinity's first Rhodes Scholar
• Daniel Lubetzky (BA 1990) - Founder, The PeaceWorks Foundation.
• Scott A. Williams (BA 1989) - Senior Managing Director, Changing Our World, Inc. and Board member, RSF Social Finance, and ERASE Racism

[ edit ]Notable faculty

• Steven M. Bachrach (Chemistry) - Dr. DR Semmes Distinguished Professor
• Mark R. Brodl (Biology) - George W. Brackenridge Distinguished Professor
• C. Mackenzie Brown (Religion) - Jennie Farris Railey King Professor of Religion
• Erwin Cook (Classical Studies) - T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities
• Philip L. Cooley (Business Administration) - Prassell Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
• Thomas Gardner (Geosciences) - Herndon Distinguished Professor
• Sammye Johnson (Communications) - Carlos Augustus de Lozano Chair in Journalism
• Gordon MacAlpine (Physics and Astronomy) - Zilker Distinguished Professor
• David A. Macpherson (Economics) - EM Stevens Distinguished Professor of Economics
• Arturo Madrid (Modern Languages and Literatures) - Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities
• Randall Nadeau (Religion)
• Gerald Pitts (Computer Science) - Caruth Distinguished Professor
• Norman Sherry (English) - Mitchell Professor of Literature and official biographer of novelist Graham Greene
• Mary Ann Tetreault (Political Science) - Una Chapman Cox Distinguished Professor of International Affairs
• Deli Yang (Business Administration) - Burr-Clark Professor of International Business

[ edit ]Trinity University Press

Trinity University Press is affiliated with Trinity University and publishes about ten titles a year. TU Press has three main areas of focus including books on local culture, landscape, and writers on writing and about a specific city. The books on local culture concentrates on Texas, Mexico, and the Southwest and are published to increase the knowledge of our surrounding heritage and history. The books on landscape, nature, and the environment analyze our rich natural history of our environment and how humans affect that history and culture. The books about writers on writing and about a specific city are often anthologies of international literature as well as collections of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about a specific location.