A founding member of New York’s Lion Theatre Company, John Arnone ’66 received a prestigious Tony Award for his set design of The Who’s Tommy.
Jerome McGinnis ’43 became the first Jesuit Dallas graduate to die for his country when he was killed in action during the 1945 U.S. Marine invasion of Iwo Jima Island.
Chuck Hansen ’58, founder, owner, and president of Pillowtex Corp., the largest marketer and manufacturer of bed pillows and down comforters in the United States, was named by The Dallas Morning News as its 1994 Entrepreneur of the Year.
After leading Northern Illinois to its best season in school history, head football coach Jerry Pettibone ’58 was named Coach of the Year in 1989 by The Sporting News. As head coach of the Oregon State program, Pettibone was named runner-up for National Coach of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 1993.
Co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics, Tom Bernard’s ’70 films, which include Midnight in Paris, Capote, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, have received over 160 Academy Award nominations. A two-time Olympic Trials qualifier and multi-time NCAA All-American, John Spaulding ’80 swam anchor on SMU’s medley relay at the 1983 NCAA National Championships that set both American and NCAA records. Dr. Michael Tolle ’87, who has established community medical clinics in numerous economically underdeveloped countries, served as medical director for the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Centre, Africa’s largest pediatric HIV clinic and program, as well as the national director for Baylor College of Medicine’s pediatric programs in Tanzania.
An acclaimed research scientist with stints at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, Dr. Harold O’Brien, Jr. ’54 was intimately involved in the Soviet-American Gallium Experiment (SAGE), which measured the solar neutrino flux.
In the first year the award was given, Neil O’Brien ’50 was recipient of the SMU Dedman School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award.
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Dr. Michael D. McCarthy ’53, a former department head of economics at the University of Pennsylvania and executive director of the world-leading Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc., served on the senior staff of Jimmy Carter’s Council of Economic Advisors. One of the top rising chef’s in Dallas and chef de cuisine for Ferrari’s Italian Villa in Grapevine, the award-winning Stefano Secchi ’00 received a considerable honor by being selected as the youngest-ever chef invited to cook at the James Beard House in New York City.