James Abourezk| former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from South Dakota, first Lebanese U.S. Senator;
Sigurd Anderson| former Governor of South Dakota;
Joseph H. Bottum| 27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the United States Senate;
Kevin Brady|U.S. Representative from Texas;
Kenneth J. Meier| Charles Gregory Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University;
Greg Mortenson| humanitarian and founder of the Central Asia Institute;
Al Neuharth|founder of USA Today and the Freedom Forum, former CEO of Gannett;Gary Clayton Anderson| American historian, specialist in American Indian studies, professor at the University of Oklahoma;
Ernest Bormann|rhetorical theorist;

Frank Pommersheim| current professor of law;
Tom Brokaw| longtime NBC News anchorman and retired NBC Nightly News anchor;