As chairman and chief executive officer of Haggar Clothing Co., Joe Haggar III ’69 invented and received a patent for the "size strip" sticker, which is used by almost all pant brands today to identify size and fit, while also introducing 100% cotton “wrinklefree” pants to the market.
A nationally-recognized expert in the healthcare field, INTEGRIS President and CEO Stanley Hupfeld ’62 was the 2007 recipient of the American Hospital Association’s prestigious Award of Honor for his exemplary contributions to improving the health status of communities and the nation.
An American drag racer, Brandon Bernstein ’91 was named NHRA Rookie of the Year in 2003. In 2004, Bernstein set the NHRA speed record at an event in Chicago.
In 2005, Ruben Hernandez ’90 began a five-year term as executive director of the Texas Democratic Party.
Chris Udofia ’10, who finished his record-breaking career at the University of Denver with the unique distinction of being a first team all-conference selection in three different conferences, signed a contract in 2016 with the NBA champion Golden State Warriors to become the first Jesuit Dallas graduate to sign with an NBA team.
Stand-up comedian and actor Wyatt Cenac ’94 was a long time correspondent and writer for the Emmy award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and now stars in the TBS hit comedy, People of Earth.
An internationallyrenowned and award-winning art photographer, Nic Nicosia’s ’69 work is included in the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and numerous other prominent museums across the country.
The son of a legendary Country Music Hall of Famer, Dion Pride ’80 recorded three albums and scored a No.1 hit with the 2009 single, “We All Gotta Live Here.”
One of the world’s leading embryologists, Dr. Klaus Wiemer ’78 was awarded the Overall Grand Prize by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the LIFE Award for Laboratory Innovations in Fertility and Embryology. Wiemer was one of the first embryologists in the U.S. to achieve pregnancies with human blastocysts.
Legacy namesake of famous Rudy’s Tortilla’s, Rudy Guerra Jr. ’75 is the originator of the Texas shaped nacho chip.