Texas Tech University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Texas Tech University has a large and distinguished alumni network, with 345,000+ graduates living in all 50 states and over 100 countries around the world. Some of Texas Tech University notable alumni include:

• Demetrio B. Lakas, former President of the Republic of Panama
• Angela Braly, former board member of ExxonMobil, and ranked by Fortune magazine as the most powerful woman in business.
• Rick Husband, NASA astronaut and commander of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, which was lost in a tragic accident in 2003
• Jeannine McHaney was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletic Hall of Honor in 2004.
• Edward Whitacre, Jr., former Chairman and CEO of General Motors.
• Sunanda Mitra, the first official female researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech.
• George Eads, actor, is best known for his roles on the television shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and MacGyverTexas.
• Ophelia Powell-Malone was the first African American to graduate with a bachelor's degree. She was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 1995.

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