List of Friar Society members

The Friar Society is an honor society at the University of Texas at Austin. Following is a list of Friar Society members.

Academia

 * Wilson Homer Elkins, President of the University of Maryland, 1954–1978
 * Michael L. Gillette, historian, director of the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Archives, and the executive director of Humanities Texas
 * Ricardo Romo, President of the University of Texas at San Antonio

Business and finance

 * Steve Poizner, Silicon Valley high tech entrepreneur, founder of SnapTrack, and California Insurance Commissioner
 * Roy Spence, founder and CEO of GSD&M Idea City
 * Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation

Law

 * Linda Addison, lawyer and founding president of the Center for Women in Law
 * Ben Connally, former United States Federal Judge
 * Joe Greenhill, former Texas Supreme Court justice
 * John Hill, former Texas Attorney General and former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
 * Harry Lee Hudspeth, current United States Federal Judge
 * George P. Kazen, current Senior United States Federal Judge
 * Robert Keeton, lawyer, jurist, and legal scholar
 * Harold Barefoot Sanders, former United States Federal Judge
 * Benno C. Schmidt Sr., lawyer and venture capitalist
 * Diane Wood, current Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Literature and journalism

 * Bryan Garner, author, legal scholar, lexicographer, and editor of Black's Law Dictionary
 * Barr McClellan, author
 * Willie Morris, editor-in-chief of Harper's Magazine
 * Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, two-time Emmy Award nominee
 * Mary Walsh, journaiist and producer at CBS News

Politics

 * Roberto R. Alonzo, Texas State House of Representative
 * Bob Armstrong, former U.S. Under Secretary of Interior and Texas Land Commissioner
 * Paul Begala, political consultant and commentator
 * John J. Bell, United States House of Representative
 * Dolph Briscoe, 41st Governor of Texas, largest single landowner in Texas
 * Jack B. Brooks, United States House of Representative
 * George Prescott Bush, Texas Land Commissioner and nephew of George W. Bush
 * Peter Coneway, United States Ambassador to Switzerland
 * John Connally, 38th Governor of Texas, United States Secretary of the Navy, and United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * Lloyd Doggett, United States House of Representatives
 * Ed Gossett, United States House of Representatives
 * Beauford H. Jester, 36th Governor of Texas
 * Frank Ikard, United States House of Representatives
 * Cyndi Taylor Krier, former Texas Senate
 * Mark McKinnon, Republican political advisor
 * Stanley Louis McLelland, former United States Ambassador to Jamaica
 * J.J. Pickle, United States House of Representatives
 * Steve Poizner, California Insurance Commissioner, Silicon Valley high tech entrepreneur, and founder of SnapTrack
 * Patrick Rose, Texas House of Representatives
 * Allan Shivers, 37th Governor of Texas
 * James Talarico, Texas House of Representatives
 * Tim Von Dohlen, Texas House of Representative

Sports

 * Sam Acho, football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals
 * Major Applewhite, football coach and former Texas quarterback
 * Earl Campbell, Hall of Fame NFL running back
 * Lindsey Carmichael, Paralympic Bronze Medalist
 * Doug Dawson, former National Football League offensive lineman
 * Roosevelt Leaks, former National Football League running back
 * Will Licon, swimmer
 * Cat Osterman, American softball player