The University of Texas at Dallas Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Aziz Sancar

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2015) for DNA repair mechanisms

PhD (Chemistry)

1977

Naveen Jindal

Indian industrialist; former MP; namesake of UTD Jindal School of Management

MBA

1992

Ashok Kumar Mago

Founder of Indo‑American Chamber; Padma Shri awardee

MBA

N/A

Ross Ulbricht

Creator of Silk Road darknet market

BS (Computer Science)

N/A

Amon Simutowe

First Grandmaster from Sub-Saharan Africa

BS (Economics & Finance)

N/A

Michael C. Burgess

U.S. Congressman (Texas 26th district)

MA (Medical Management)

2000

Angie Chen Button

Texas State Representative; past marketing manager at Texas Instruments

MS (Public Finance & Mgmt)

N/A

Veena Somareddy

Co-Founder & CEO, Neuro Rehab VR

MA (Arts, Tech & Emerging Communication)

2014

Melendy E. Lovett

SVP & CAO at Trinity Industries; STEM advocate

MS (Engineering)

N/A

Bechara Choucair

Chief Community Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente

MD (?), Public Health

N/A

Salman Bhojani

Lawyer & first Muslim elected to Texas House's Dallas-area district

BS (Political Science?)

N/A

Suresh P. Sethi

INFORMS Fellow; global expert in operations research

PhD (Operations Management)

1990

Aaron Aryanpur

Stand-up comedian; creator of UTD mascot, Temoc

BFA (Graphic Design)

2000

Albert Black

Supply-chain entrepreneur; Dallas philanthropic leader

BS (General Studies)

1982

Bechara Choucair (duplicate)

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Courtney Willis

Founder of Speech Wings Therapy

BS, MS (Speech-Language Pathology)

2006, 2012

Elica Rahdar

AI startup co-founder & policy analyst

BA, PhD (Psychology/Neuroscience)

2003, 2010

Leo Estevez

Engineer turned vintner; founded VineCrafters Wine

MS (Neuroscience)

2009

Heidi Rasmussen

Co‑founder & COO at Freshbenies

BS (Marketing/Business)

1992

Dustin Gadberry

CEO of Gadberry Construction

BS (Business)

2007

Brad Perkinson

Founder & Brewer, Firewheel Brewing

BS, MS (Hospitality/Business)

2008, 2009