Following is a list of notable alumni from Drury University.
Business
- Ernest R. Breech, chairman of Ford Motor Company and Trans World Airlines
- David Clohessy, director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
- John Morris, founder and majority owner of Bass Pro Shops [1]
- Larry O'Reilly, Rosalie O'Reilly Wooten, & David O'Reilly, founders of O'Reilly Auto Parts
Education
- Douglas W. Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor at the University of Hong Kong
- Frederic Aldin Hall, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1913 to 1923
- Lacey Eastburn, president of Arizona State College at Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, from 1947 to 1957
- J. Paul Leonard (1901–1995), American university president, educator [2]
- Kim Medley, environmental scientist at Washington University in St. Louis
- Aven Nelson, botanist who specialized in plants of the Rocky Mountains and was a founding professor and president of the University of Wyoming
- Todd Parnell, banker and former president of Drury University
- David E. Sweet, founding president of Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College
- Tom Whitlock, songwriter and lyricist best known for his Academy Award and Golden Globe winning song Take My Breath Away
Entertainment
- Bob Barker, former game show host and executive producer of The Price Is Right
- David Crabtree, film critic and celebrity blogger
- Robert Cummings, film and television actor
- Danny Dark, voiceover for TV commercials as well as the voice of Superman in the Super Friends TV series
- David Kershenbaum, iconic platinum record producer and record company executive - Hollywood California
- Dabbs Greer, actor
- Drew Kifer, Actor, Clorox commercials
- Leonard Pronko, theatre scholar best known for introducing the Japanese dance drama kabuki to the West
- Si Siman, music industry executive
- Heidi Strobel, Survivor: The Amazon contestant
Law
- William Robert Collinson, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- Timothy A. Garrison, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018 to 2021
- Jim Hannah, Chief Justice Arkansas Supreme Court
- Dean Whipple, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- Paul C. Wilson, chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court
Military
- William A. Beiderlinden, U.S. Army major general [3]
- Charles E. Fritz, Captain in the United States Army Air Forces, part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, and scientist pioneering disaster research
Politics
- Orland K. Armstrong, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Edward Barbour, served in the Missouri Senate from 1935 until 1943 and in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1923 until 1925
- Charles H. Brown, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1961
- Paul Busiek, Missouri House of Representatives
- Jim Chappell, commissioner of the Kansas City, Missouri Port Authority; and chairman of the Clay County Board of Election Commissioners
- Bob Dixon, former member of the Missouri Senate and current Greene County, Missouri Presiding Commissioner
- Durward Hall, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1973
- Susan Montee, State Auditor of Missouri
- Cleveland A. Newton, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Bill Owen, member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
- Jeanie Riddle, Republican member of the Missouri Senate
- James Edward Ruffin, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935
- Jay Wasson, member of the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2019 and the Missouri House of Representatives (2002–2010)
- George H. Williams, United States Senator
- Karen L. Williams, United States Ambassador to Suriname
Religion
- Marcia Mitchell, founder of Little Light House
- Walter Jacob, Reform Rabbi and founder of Abraham Geiger College
Science and medicine
- Fred S. Clinton, one of the first medical doctors in Oklahoma who built the first hospital in Tulsa
- Dorothy van Dyke Leake, botanist, botanical illustrator, educator, writer and conservationist
- Carl Richard Moore, endocrinologist noted for his studies of the reproductive tract of male mammals and the physiology of spermatozoa
Sports
- Mike Carter (born 1955), American-Israeli basketball player
- Dan Glass, former president of Kansas City Royals
- Lauren Holtkamp, NBA referee
- Miranda Maverick, MMA Flyweight fighter in the UFC and formerly Invicta Fighting Championships
- Ricky Meinhold, Professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, pitching coach for the Appalachian State Mountaineers
- Ismael Ortiz, Panamanian swimmer
- Trevor Richards, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Bill Virdon, professional baseball player and manager
- John William Yettaw, The Suu Kyi swimmer
Writing and Journalism
- Mary Ellen Hopkins, quilter and author
- Edna Kenton, feminist writer
- Michael Mallory, author and journalist
- Frank Peters Jr., journalist who won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
References
- ^ "John Morris". Forbes. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "J. Paul Leonard, TC Educator, India Expert, Is Dead at Age 93". Columbia University Record. Vol. 20, no. 22. March 31, 1995. ISSN 0747-4504. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Who's Who In the South and Southwest. Vol. 5. Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who. 1956. p. 68 – via Google Books.