1.   In past battles with the governing Board of Regents, Lombardi was rescued by influential alumni and legislators.

2.   McGinnis is close friends with an influential TCU alumnus.

3.   Not content with a change in results, Dodds, along with the administration and a few highly influential alumni, pursued a reversal in style.

4.   That heartened a large contingent of influential Clemson alumni, IPTAY boosters and some trustees who favor hiring Bowden.

5.   The turnout was unusually large, but when academics try to attract prominent federal officials to academic conferences, nothing quite matches an influential alumnus in Congress.

6.   They will also rely on contacts and influential alumni, one in particular.

7.   The cost-cutting move triggered outrage among many influential alumni, some of whom even took part in a campus demonstration.