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Following is a list of notable alumni from
Butler University in
Indianapolis , Indiana.
Art and architecture
Business
Education
Cleo W. Blackburn , CEO of The Fundamental Board of Education
Hallie Beachem Brooks , professor of library science at
Atlanta University
Mary Jane Brown , first person to earn a doctorate from the
University of Oklahoma
Jennifer Conrad , an economist currently the Dalton McMichael Distinguished Professor of Finance at
Kenan-Flagler Business School
William G. Dever , archaeologist, Biblical scholar, theologian, and professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the
University of Arizona and
Lycoming College
J. Gordon Edwards ,
entomologist and professor of entomology at
San Jose State University for 40 years
Edward Ezell , author and professor who served as National Firearms Collection curator at the
National Museum of American History
Flora Frick , chair of the women's physical education department at
Moorhead State Teachers College
Katharine Merrill Graydon ,
classical scholar and college professor of English literature
Jane Halonen ,
educational psychologist and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of psychology at the
University of West Florida
Elmer George Homrighausen , professor and dean at
Princeton Theological Seminary
Frank Hoppensteadt , mathematician and research professor at
New York University 's
Courant Institute
David Starr Jordan , president of
Indiana University and first president of
Stanford University
Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little , educator and the primary founder of the
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Michael Calvin McGee , rhetorical theorist and professor
Catherine McGeoch ,
computer scientist specializing in
empirical algorithmics and Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society at
Amherst College
John S. Schuchman , educator and academic administrator who taught at
Gallaudet University
Emma Lou Thornbrough , pioneer in
African-American history and professor of history at Butler University
Ivory Lee Toldson , psychologist and professor at
Temple University and
Southern University
Victor C. Twitty , biologist,
embryologist , and chair of the biological sciences department at
Stanford University
William Ayres Ward ,
Egyptologist and professor at
Beirut College for Women , the
American University of Beirut , and
Brown University
Earl Irvin West , historian of the
Restoration Movement and professor of
church history at Harding Graduate School of Religion (now
Harding School of Theology )
Entertainment
Ross Barbour , singer and founding member of
Four Freshmen singing group
Kevin Calabro , play-by-play announcer in basketball and Seattle sports radio host
Lamar Campbell ,
gospel musician who created the group Spirit of Praise
David Clarke ,
Broadway and motion picture actor
George Daugherty , conductor of major American and international symphony orchestras; Emmy winner and 5-time Emmy nominee
Todd Duncan ,
baritone opera singer and actor
Sharon Everitt , film and television director, producer, and editor
Frank Felice , composer of
contemporary classical music and associate professor of composition, theory, and electronic music in the Jordan College of Arts at Butler University
Luke Flynn , composer
Brandon Gaudin , television broadcaster for
Bally Sports South and
Bally Sports Southeast 's coverage of the
Atlanta Braves baseball
Bill Hazen , basketball
sportscaster and syndicated radio host
Freddie Hubbard , trumpeter and composer
Janet Langhart , television journalist and anchor, and author
Michael Leckrone , director of the
University of Wisconsin Marching Band from 1969 to 2019
Peter Lupus , television actor and bodybuilder
Corey McPherrin , former evening news anchor for
WFLD -TV in Chicago
John Minko ,
sports radio and television personality
Marilyn Mitzel , television reporter and
news anchor
Michael Murray , organist
Johann Sebastian Paetsch , musician and cellist
Cassie Pappas , television writer, screenwriter and playwright
Rebecca Paul ,
Tennessee Lottery president and CEO, former
Florida Lottery secretary, former
Georgia Lottery secretary, and
Miss Indiana 1972
Randall Scotting , opera
countertenor
Steve Sledje , singer-songwriter and guitarist of the
death metal band Hellstrum
Jay Stewart ,television and radio announcer known primarily for his work on game shows such as
Let's Make a Deal
Joshua Lee Turner , singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
Maurine Dallas Watkins , screenwriter and playwright who wrote
Chicago
Bill Weber , former television
sports commentator best known for his work on
TNT and
NBC
NASCAR broadcasts
Law
Literature or journalist
Ken Brewer , poet, scholar, and
Poet Laureate of Utah
Clotilde Betances Jaeger , feminist writer and journalist
Grace Julian Clarke , author, journalist, and women's suffrage activist
Richard N. Côté , author, social historian, and lecturer
Alice Friman , poet, professor emerita at the
University of Indianapolis , and former poet-in-residence at
Georgia College & State University
William Gaines ,
Pulitzer Prize -winning
investigative reporter for the
Chicago Tribune and professor of journalism at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maurice Kenny , poet
Mark Kurlansky , journalist and author of fiction and non-fiction books,
Elizabeth Miller , novelist
James Alexander Thom , author, best known for his works in the
Western genre
Wendi C. Thomas ,
investigative journalist and founder of
MLK50
Gayle Thornbrough , editor and director of publications and library of the
Indiana Historical Society
William Tobin , newspaper journalist, reporter, editor, and
correspondent for
The Associated Press
Maurine Dallas Watkins , journalist, playwright; author of play
Chicago
J. N. Williamson , horror writer and editor
Marguerite Young , novelist and editor
Military
Harry S. New
Politics
Terri Austin , member of the
Indiana House of Representatives
Steve Bennett , member of the
California State Assembly
Virginia Murphy Blankenbaker , former member of the
Indiana State Senate
James Brainard , mayor of
Carmel, Indiana
William E. English ,
U.S. Representative from
Indiana
David W. Evans ,
U.S. Representative from
Indiana from 1975 to 1983
John Fogg , mayor of
Pensacola, Florida
John V. Hadley , member of the
Indiana Senate and justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court
Addison C. Harris , member of the
Indiana Senate and
U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (ambassador) to Austria-Hungary
Joe Hogsett , 49th mayor of
Indianapolis ,
Secretary of State of Indiana , and
United States attorney for the
Southern District of Indiana
O. P. Hubbard , president and member of the
Alaska Senate
Edward H. Kruse ,
U.S. Representative from
Indiana
Justin Moed , member of the
Indiana House of Representatives
Nyla Murphy ,
Wyoming House of Representatives
Harry S. New , U.S. Senator from Indiana and
United States Postmaster General
Karen Pence , former Second Lady of the United States and
first lady of
Indiana
Jerome Reppa , former member of the
Indiana House of Representatives
Richard Roudebush , former
U.S. Representative from
Indiana
George Ryan , former Illinois governor
Bruce Charles Savage , Commissioner of the United States Public Housing Administration (now
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development )
Hal Slager , member of the
Indiana House of Representatives
Raymond S. Springer , member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Indiana
Religion
Social services and nonprofit
Science and medicine
Murge Fries , Pediatric Audiologist at Center for Neuroscience in Tucson, Arizona
Leroy Edgar Burney , physician and eighth
Surgeon General of the United States
Stanley A. Cain , botanist, plant ecologist, and college professor
Arthur C. Cope , chemist and originator of the
Cope reaction and
Cope rearrangement
Howard A. Howe , polio researcher
Robert M. Jacobson , chair of pediatrics at
Mayo Clinic and medical director of the Population Health Science Program of the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.
Charles McKay ,
naturalist , explorer, and collector for the
Smithsonian Institution
Stewart Springer ,
ichthyologist and
herpetologist
Sports
Dan Johnson
Baseball
Jeff Albert ,
professional baseball
coach
Radley Haddad ,
professional baseball
coach for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jack Hendricks ,
professional baseball player and
manager
Oral Hildebrand , professional baseball player with the
Cleveland Indians ,
St. Louis Browns , and
New York Yankees
Dan Johnson , professional baseball player
Doug Jones , professional baseball player
Pat Neshek , professional baseball player
Ryan Pepiot , professional baseball pitcher
Eric Stout , professional baseball player
G. Cullen Thomas , head baseball, basketball, and football coach at
Butler University
Basketball
Darin Archbold , college basketball player
Scott Armstrong , professional basketball player
Frank Baird , professional basketball player with the
National Basketball League
Kamar Baldwin , professional basketball player
Rotnei Clarke , professional basketball player
Barry S. Collier , Butler University athletic director and former head basketball coach at Butler and
University of Nebraska
Bob Dietz , professional basketball player
Scott Drew , Baylor University men's basketball coach
Kellen Dunham , professional basketball player
Norm Ellenberger , head basketball coach at the
University of New Mexico
Bob Evans , professional basketball player
Darrin Fitzgerald , college basketball player
A. J. Graves , professional basketball player
Matthew Graves , former head basketball coach at the
University of South Alabama
Mike Green , professional basketball player
Jermaine Guice , professional basketball player
Rylan Hainje , professional basketball player
Chuck Harris , college basketball player
Gordon Hayward , professional basketball player and professional e-sports athlete
Matt Howard , professional basketball player
Thomas Jackson , professional basketball coach and player
Roosevelt Jones , professional basketball coach and former player
LaVall Jordan , college basketball coach
Todd Lickliter , former college basketball coach
Shelvin Mack , professional basketball player
Kelan Martin , professional basketball player
Thad Matta , former
Ohio State University men's basketball head coach and current Butler basketball head coach
Sean McDermott , professional basketball player
Brandon Miller , college basketball coach
Lyle Neat , professional basketball player
Jon Neuhouser , college basketball player
Ronald Nored , assistant coach for the
Atlanta Hawks and former head coach of the
NBA D-League
Long Island Nets
Woody Norris , professional basketball player
Bob Nulf , college football and basketball coach
Ralph O'Brien , professional basketball player
Bobby Plump , Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, and hero of the
1954 Milan High School team whose story provided the basis for the 1986 film
Hoosiers
Brandon Polk , professional basketball player
Cy Proffitt , professional basketball player
Kethan Savage , professional basketball player
Wilbur Schumacher , professional basketball player
Billy Shepherd , college basketball player
Andrew Smith , college basketball player
Derrik Smits , college basketball player
Travis Steele , college basketball coach
Jerry Steiner , professional basketball player
Jordan Tucker , professional basketball player
Rolf van Rijn , professional basketball player
Shawn Vanzant ,
college basketball coach and former professional basketball player
Kameron Woods , professional basketball coach and player
Bob Bartolomeo , college football coach
Phil Brown , college football coach
Babe Dimancheff , professional football player
David Elson , head football coach at
Western Kentucky University
Stephen Fickert ,
college and
indoor professional football coach
Hal Griggs , professional football player
Frank Hedden , head football coach at the
Butler University
Curly Hinchman , professional football player
Joe Kodba , professional football player
Ken LaRose , head football coach and
athletic director for development as
Butler University
Bill Lynch , head football coach at
DePauw University and
Indiana University Bloomington
Arnold Mickens , professional football player
Robert L. Nipper , head football coach at
DePauw University
Chris Salvi , professional football player
Matthew Shiltz ,
gridiron football player with the
Canadian Football League
Bill Sylvester , head football coach and athletic director at
Butler University
Garo Yepremian ,
Miami Dolphins placekicker
Lacrosse
Ed Carpenter
Racing
Soccer
Jeremy Aldrich , professional soccer player with
Major League Soccer
Stephen Armstrong , professional soccer player
Jordan Burt , professional soccer player
Wilmer Cabrera Jr. , professional soccer player
Julian Cardona , professional soccer player
Eric Dick , professional soccer player
Brandon Fricke , professional soccer player
David Goldsmith , soccer player and assistant coach for college soccer
Matt Hedges , professional soccer player
Alex Lehtinen , professional soccer player
Eric Leonard , professional soccer player
Paige Monaghan , professional soccer player who plays for
Racing Louisville FC in the
National Women's Soccer League
Zach Steinberger , professional soccer player
Casey Sweeney , professional soccer player in the
USISL
Jared Timmer , professional soccer player
Track and field
Other
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