R.J.Q. Adams|professor of British history at Texas A&M University;Terry H. Anderson|professor of 20th century U.S. history at Texas A&M University;

Richard T. Antoun|professor emeritus of anthropology at Binghamton University;

Metin Boşnak|Turkish linguist and academic;Joseph C. Burke|former President of State University of New York at Plattsburgh/former Acting Chancellor of the State University of New York;

Keith Fitzgerald|political scientist;

Lewis C. Dowdy|Sixth President & First Chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University;

William Dudley Geer|First Dean of the School of Business at Samford University;

Michael Harris|Scholar and Academic Leader;

Israel Nathan Herstein|mathematician and professor at University of Chicago;

Tony Aiello|broadcast journalist;

Kenny Aronoff|drummer;

Radley Balko|journalist and writer;

Jonathan Banks|actor;

Jan Harold Brunvand|American folklorist