so?

2/25/2008 9:12:32 PM

The brick guy?

Also, it really depends on what your defenition of "success" is.

Its going to be different for everyone.

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 9:14 PM. Reason : f]

2/25/2008 9:13:30 PM

probbably the sas guy, if he graduated here. he was a student at least.

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 9:15 PM. Reason : as far as $$$$$Texas, at least]

2/25/2008 9:15:14 PM

phillip rivers

2/25/2008 9:15:48 PM

definetly the SAS/former TKE dude

2/25/2008 9:20:12 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Goodnight
the "sas dude", worth $8.7 billion US


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Owens
CEO/Chairman of Caterpillar, not even close to goodnight though



[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 9:24 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2008 9:20:32 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_State_University_people

and define successful

the alumnit who have reached the pinnacle of their chosen profession are numerous:

torry holt, bill cowher, hugh shelton, bill friday, bill aycock, john edwards (well, maybe the presidency would be the pinnacle of his profession, but still), roman gabriel, tab ramos, james owens, nancy webster, jim hunt, burley mitchell, mr goodnight

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 9:29 PM. Reason : a]

2/25/2008 9:21:44 PM

- Jim Goodnight ("SAS guy") is the richest man in NC and owns the largest private software company in the world

- John Edwards
- Jim Hunt
- Gen. Hugh Shelton
- David Thompson
- Torry Holt
- Philip Rivers
- Bill Cowher


and don't forget John Tesh!

2/25/2008 9:21:52 PM

^holy shit nice list

2/25/2008 9:25:20 PM

wendell murphy has some loot too

but i think goodnight wins hands-down

2/25/2008 9:28:44 PM

<----

...speaking purely in terms of shear awesomeness

2/25/2008 9:33:22 PM

mario williams

2/25/2008 9:37:33 PM

zach galifinakis

if he had gotten one more credit

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 9:50 PM. Reason : not alum]

2/25/2008 9:49:42 PM

Goodnight $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Murphy $$$$$$$$$


still a hell of alot more than I will ever see but not even close.


Bill Friday has probbably impacted the people of NC more than anyone through his work with the UNC system.

2/25/2008 9:50:03 PM

Hugh Shelton gets my vote

2/25/2008 9:50:28 PM

the mercury car broad

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 9:51 PM. Reason : that anandtech guy]

2/25/2008 9:50:41 PM

Tom Gugliotta or....




























































Todd Fuller.

2/25/2008 9:54:07 PM

KEVIN CORCHIANI

(IS FIRST MOVIE)

2/25/2008 9:56:49 PM

The guy from the Dodge Hemi commercials went to state

2/25/2008 10:02:27 PM

oh yeah, one of these guys did too.
.... i think the nerdy sound guy



and, uh......
http://www.cwtv.com/shows/beauty-and-the-geek-4/cast/natalie

2/25/2008 10:13:25 PM

dnl.

2/25/2008 10:24:40 PM

the UT porn couple.

2/25/2008 10:39:01 PM

that hot guy on ncsu.edu somedays.

2/25/2008 10:42:11 PM

^aha gg scrumpals


I'm gonna go with John Tesh!!!

2/25/2008 11:28:22 PM

jim owens is most def up there

he's also a super nice guy. when i met him we talked a little about the wolfpack and football and i almost asked why the hell john deere was sponsoring our scoreboards and not caterpillar but i know he's going to games and noticed so i decided not to bring it up

2/26/2008 12:05:31 AM

some execs at wachovia. forget the names right now.

2/26/2008 12:12:35 AM

Wendell Murphy

he was on Forbes for awhile, still owns a ridiculous amount of smithfields foods

Goodnight
^Walter McDowell?





[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 12:16 AM. Reason : f]

2/26/2008 12:14:27 AM

Ben Jenkins. Apparently he owns the college of management.

2/26/2008 1:38:45 AM

How is that chick on beauty and the geek?

2/26/2008 2:10:26 AM

Quote :

"Also, it really depends on what your defenition of "success" is. Its going to be different for everyone"

Quote :

"and define successful"

yup

there is no such thing as "most successful"

[/thread]


edit: thread title now reads "Who is our most rich and/or famous alum?

2/26/2008 4:27:14 AM

^ welcome to America

2/26/2008 7:34:30 AM

Quote :

"zach galifinakis if he had gotten one more credit"

correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't have to graduate from a university to be an alum, you just have to have attended the school

2/26/2008 7:55:46 AM

haha here's zach as "frisbee"

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/reno-911-frisbee-toss/3826943641

2/26/2008 8:00:45 AM

Dr. Rajendra Pachauri

http://news.ncsu.edu/features/2007/12/nobel-feature.php

2/26/2008 8:07:16 AM

I saw A.D. Miles do stand up at a bar and he is a funny man.

he read from a "Vegan Cooking for One" book

i about pissed myself.

2/26/2008 8:36:32 AM

anand?

2/26/2008 9:02:59 AM

Quote :

"correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't have to graduate from a university to be an alum, you just have to have attended the school"

I was thinking the same thing

2/26/2008 9:14:19 AM

I vote Jon Reep, who would be the guy from the Hemi commercials who went to State.

2/26/2008 9:15:51 AM

Jill Wagner. She's on those Mercury commercials all over TV, and did a few episodes of Stargate: Atlantis.

2/26/2008 9:26:06 AM

Correct. If you complete one class you are an alumni.

2/26/2008 10:38:24 AM

Yeah.....Hugh Shelton def wins my vote too....at least for power.

2/26/2008 10:41:12 AM

One of these I guess:

Quote :

" Business * James W. Owens (1968, MT 1970, Ph.D. 1973) CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Inc. * Nancy Webster (1975) President and CEO of Thomasville Furniture Industries. Media * Richard Curtis (Bachelors 1972) A founder and managing editor of graphics and photography for USA TODAY * Amanda Edmonds (M.A. English 1995) Google Book Search Strategic Partner Manager * Zach Galifianakis (Communication and film major circa 1987, did not graduate) Comedian * Terry Gannon (B.A. History 1985) ABC Sports commentator * Michael Gracz (B.S. Business 2004) Professional poker player * Tim Kirkman (B.E.D. Design 1990) film writer/director * Joshua Nance (B.A. Sport Management 2005) HOF Baseball Historian * Roy H. Park (Bachelors 1931) Communications executive * Jerry Punch (B.S. Pre-Med 1975) Sideline reporter & auto racing analyst for ESPN and ABC * Jon Reep (B.A. Communications, 1996) Comedian and Winner of Last Comic Standing season 5 (2007), NBC. * John Tesh (B.A. Communication 1975) Musician * Jill Wagner (B.A. Management 2001) Actress Military * Bradley Lee (B.S. Chemistry 1987) Commander of the USS San Antonio. * William C. Lee (1917) First commander of the 101st Airborne Division. * Dan K. McNeill (B.S. 1968) Commander of NATO International Security Assistance Force * Raymond Odierno (M.S. Nuclear Effects Engineering) Commanding General Fort Hood and U.S. Army III Corps * Hugh Shelton (B.S. Textile Technology 1963) Former chairman of the U.S. Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff * Eli L. Whiteley (M.S. 1948) Medal of Honor recipient[1] Politics * John Edwards (B.S. Textile Technology 1974) Former Senator and 2004 vice-presidential candidate, running again for President in 2008. * J.D. Hayworth (B.A. Speech Communications and Political Science 1980) Member, United States Congress, 6th District, Arizona * James B. Hunt Jr. (B.S. Agricultural Education 1959, M.S. Agricultural Economics 196?) 4-term Governor of North Carolina * Walter B. Jones (Attended 1962-1965) Member, United States Congress, 3rd District, North Carolina * Patrick McHenry (B.A. History 1999) Member, United States Congress, 10th District, North Carolina * Burley Mitchell (B.A. 1966) Former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice * Wendell H. Murphy (B.S. Agriculture 1960) former North Carolina Senate member * Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (M.S. & Ph.D. Economics/Industrial Engineering 1972) Elected chief of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore Science and technology * Donnie Barnes (B.S. Computer Science 1995) Former Executive at Red Hat. * Marshall Brain (M.S. Computer Science 1989, Instructor 1986-1992) Founder of HowStuffWorks * C. Clark Cockerham (Emeritus Professor, deceased) Father of DNA fingerprinting. * Joe Britt (B.S. Computer Engineering 1991) Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Danger Inc. * James Goodnight (B.S. Applied Mathematics 1965, M.S. Experimental Statistics 1968, Ph.D. Statistics 1972, Faculty member 1972-1976) CEO of SAS Institute * Wes Jackson (Ph.D. Genetics 1967) Founder of The Land Institute. * Bill Nussey (B.S. Electrical Engineering 1987) Former Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of DaVinci Systems. * Rajendra K. Pachauri (M.S. Industrial Engineering 1972, Ph.D. Industrial Engineering and Economics 1975) Chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore.[2] * Anand Lal Shimpi (B.S. Electrical Engineering 2004) Founder of AnandTech. * Mark Templeton (Bachelor of Environmental Design 1975) President and CEO of Citrix Systems. * Erik Troan (B.S. Computer Science 1995) Former Executive at Red Hat. * Scot Wingo (M.S. Computer Engineering 1992) Co-Founder of Stingray Software, Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor. * James W. Owens Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc. "

I didnt know Goodnight owned Prestonwood Country Club though

[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 10:44 AM. Reason : .]

2/26/2008 10:42:04 AM

Yeah, and they own the hotel on SAS campus right? And a couple of nice restaurants.

2/26/2008 10:48:04 AM

Jim Goodnight, hands down

2/26/2008 12:19:25 PM

Quote :

"Patrick McHenry "

Definetly NOT that douche bag. I've never wanted to hit someone so bad, as to when I knew him in 2000.

2/26/2008 12:28:15 PM

Goodnight is worth 8.7 B, why is it shocking or suprising for him to own prestonwood?

2/26/2008 12:29:24 PM

i'm going to take a massive leap of logic here and say that most people weren't aware that he was worth almost $9 billion.

Even so, it's still seems weird that one guy "owns" and entire country club

2/26/2008 12:40:46 PM

Barbara Mulkey, (CE ’77, CE ’84), CEO and president Mulkey Engineers and Consultants.

2/26/2008 12:44:25 PM

He's on the forbes lists... how do people not know this?

[Edited on February 26, 2008 at 12:47 PM. Reason : 35 last year, actually]

2/26/2008 12:44:51 PM

set em up

2/26/2008 12:45:02 PM