There are more than 250,000 living Oklahoma State University alumni worldwide. Oklahoma State alumni include billionaire T. Boone Pickens, country music recording artist Garth Brooks, computer pioneer Dr. H. Edward Roberts, astronaut Wally Funk and South Korea Prime Minister Nam Duck-woo. Faculty and staff who are not alumni have also distinguished themselves and are included in this list. Alumni Academia * Some OSU alumni who have distinguished themselves in academia are included under other headings. * George S. Benson, missionary, college administrator, conservative political activist and segregationist Anita Hill, Government, Brandeis University Ramchandran Jaikumar, Daewoo Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School Linda Livingstone, President of Baylor University Sidney A. McPhee, President of Middle Tennessee State University Gene R. Nichol, former President of The College of William and Mary J. Tinsley Oden, pioneer in the field of computational mechanics, one of the most highly cited researchers in the world David Noel Ramírez Padilla, Rector, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education John R. Rice, mathematician and computer scientist; founder of ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software; Professor at Purdue University Steven A. Scott, ninth president of Pittsburg State University. Arts, letters media and entertainment Keith Anderson, country music singer, songwriter John Ashley, producer (The A-Team, Walker, Texas Ranger); associate producer (Apocalypse Now: Redux) Tomur Atagok, Turkish artist Hoyt Axton, noted rock and folk singer-songwriter and actor K. K. Barrett, production designer Jason Boland, country music singer, songwriter Garth Brooks, singer, songwriter and actor (the best-selling solo album artist in the United States and one of the best-selling artists of all time worldwide) June Burn, pioneering magazine writer and author Gary Busey, actor Jaime Cardriche, actor (Malcolm & Eddie) Ally Carter, born Sarah Fogleman, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Sarah Coburn, operatic soprano; daughter of senator Tom Coburn, also an OSU alumni Jay Daniel, television producer Burr DeBenning, film, television and stage actor Ty England, country music singer Dave Garrett, New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys radio broadcaster Doug Gottlieb, ESPN analyst and syndicated sports talk radio host Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip Aaron Gwyn, American short story author and literary critic Regina Holliday, artist, medical rights advocate Helen Holmes, journalist, historian, and Women's Army Corps officer Brandon Jenkins, singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma; sang in the choir; taught himself guitar Siddika Kabir, Bangladeshi cooking show host and cookbook author Trey Kennedy, comedian, actor, singer