List of George Washington University people

Select George Washington University Alumni

Senator Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader

Congressman Eric Cantor, former House Majority Leader

Colin Powell: General (four-star) in the U.S. Army; National Security Advisor (1987–1989); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–93); 65th Secretary of State (2001–2005)

Mark Warner is a current United States Senator from Virginia and former Governor of Virginia.

James William Fulbright was a member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during the Vietnam era. Fulbright established an international exchange program, which thereafter bore his name, the Fulbright Fellowships and Scholarships.

John Edgar Hoover was the most influential but controversial director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Brian Williams, former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News

Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist who became a professor at the George Washington University. He would go on to be known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb".

Syngman Rhee was the first president of South Korea. His presidency, from August 1948 to April 1960, was affected by Cold War tensions. He led South Korea through the Korean War.

Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator

General Peter Pace was the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first U.S. Marine appointed to this position.

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer was Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government of 2005–06, and was President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005.

John Foster Dulles was an American statesman who served as Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.

John William Snow served as the 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush.

Michael Coats is a former NASA astronaut who has logged more than 19 days in space. He is the 10th Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center.

List of notable alumni of the George Washington University.

Notable alumni

Academia

• Bill Baroni, Republican State Senator of New Jersey, former Assemblyman, Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law
• Derek Curtis Bok (1958), President of Harvard University
• Sissela Bok, former Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health
• Hank Brown, President of the University of Colorado, University of Denver, and University of Northern Colorado
• Preston Cloud, eminent earth scientist, biogeologist, cosmologist, and paleontologist whose work led to the development of the concept "Cambrian explosion," for which he coined the phrase "eruptive evolution"
• Jack Edmonds, computer scientist, recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize, best known for being one of the most important contributors to the field of combinatorial optimization
• William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis
• H. Edward Flentje, interim president at Emporia State University in 2011; professor at Wichita State University
• Mildred Harnack, literary historian, translator, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany who was beheaded by the Gestapo
• Brooks Hays, Professor at Rutgers University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Institute Director at Wake Forest University
• Todd B. Hawley, founder of the International Space University
• Michael Kammen, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at Cornell University
• Ellyn Kaschak, 1968, Emeritus professor of psychology, Ohio State University
• Cynthia H. Milligan, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, director of Wells Fargo & Company, Gallup Organization, Calvert investment funds, and W. K. Kellogg Foundation, daughter of United States Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin
• Maurice F. Neufeld, professor emeritus, Cornell University
• Charles P. Roland, historian of the American Civil War and the American South, studied at George Washington in 1947 before transferring to Louisiana State University to obtain his PhD^[1]
• Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, former Superintendent of United States Naval Academy, Chancellor of the State University of New York
• Gary Sick, Middle East analyst and academic at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
• Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, African American historian^[2]
• Henry Holcombe Tucker, Chancellor of the University of Georgia in the late 19th century
• William Lyne Wilson, President of Washington and Lee University
• Irvin D. Yalom, existential psychiatrist and emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University
• Raul Yzaguirre, activist, lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, former President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, Professor at Arizona State University, one of the first Hispanic Fellows of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
• Joseph E.B. Lumbard, Islamic scholar and Professor at The American University of Sharjah, author and general editor of The Study Quran

Business

• Andrew Alexander, CEO of Red Roof Inn
• Anousheh Ansari (M.S., 1992), Chairwoman and co-founder of Prodea Systems; patroness of private space flight; first female space tourist
• Ron Baron, billionaire founder of Baron Capital; paid a record $103 million for an East Hampton, New York property
• James C. Boland, former vice chairman of Ernst & Young; board member of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Sherwin-Williams, Invacare and DDR Corp.
• Jacob Burns (1924), corporate attorney, educator and philanthropist, former board member at Revlon
• General John T. Chain, Jr., former Commander of the Strategic Air Command; director at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and ConAgra Foods, Inc.
• Abby Joseph Cohen, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
• L. Stanley Crane,^[3] Member of National Academy of Engineering, Railroad executive, CEO of Southern Railway and Consolidated Rail Corporation
• Linda Fisher, former Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; former Vice President of Monsanto Company; Vice President of DuPont
• Ina Garten (MBA), host of Barefoot Contessa
• Guilford Glazer, real estate developer
• Stephen G. Haines, organizational theorist and management consultant
• Patricia Roberts Harris, former director at IBM
• Pedro Heilbron (MBA), CEO of Copa Holdings, S.A.
• Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President, and CEO of Rockwell Collins
• David Kellermann, acting CFO of Freddie Mac in early 2009
• Gwendolyn King, former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration; board member at Lockheed-Martin, Countrywide Financial, Pharmacia, and Monsanto Company
• David Klein (PhD, 1971), governor of the Bank of Israel (2000–2004)
• Mustafa Koç, President of Koç Holding
• General Charles C. Krulak, former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; board member at Conoco-Phillips, Phelps Dodge, Union Pacific; former executive at MBNA
• Kun-Hee Lee (MBA), Chairman of Samsung Group
• Theodore Lerner, billionaire real estate developer
• Edward M. Liddy (MBA), CEO of AIG; former Chairman and CEO, Allstate Corp.; Director at 3M Company and Kroger; former board member at Goldman Sachs
• J. Phillip ("Jack") London, author, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of CACI International Inc.
• Ellen Malcolm (MBA), founder and President, EMILY's List
• Cynthia H. Milligan, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, director of Wells Fargo & Company, Gallup Organization, Calvert investment funds, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation, daughter of United States Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin
• Darla Moore (MBA), partner of the private investment firm, Rainwater, Inc.; founder of Palmetto Institute; married to the self-made Texan billionaire Richard Rainwater
• Nate Morris, Co-Founder and CEO of Rubicon Global
• Robert Nichols, President and COO of the Financial Services Forum, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs
• Admiral William Owens, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; former CEO of Nortel, Science Applications International Corporation, and Teledesic
• Admiral Joseph Prueher (1973), former Ambassador to China, former Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command, former Vice Chief of Naval Operations; a director of Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc., the New York Life Insurance Company, Dyncorp International, Inc. and Fluor Corporation
• John F. W. Rogers, Chief of Staff and partner at Goldman Sachs
• James A. Runde, investment banker, former Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley; member of the Board of Directors of The Kroger Co. and Burlington Resources
• Sim Shagaya, founder and CEO of Konga.com
• Robert Solomon, former CEO and president of Rapp Collins New York
• Bill Studeman, former Vice President and Deputy General Manager of Mission Systems at Northrop Grumman
• Douglas Steenland, former President and CEO of Northwest Airlines
• Dennis R. Wraase, CEO of Pepco Holdings

Elected officials

Governors

• Mel Carnahan (1955), Democrat of Missouri, 51st Governor of Missouri (1993–2000) and was elected posthumously to the U.S. Senate^[4]
• Robert P. Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, father of United States Senator Bob Casey, Jr., 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania and state senator
• Fenimore Chatterton, Republican of Wyoming^[5]
• James P. Coleman (1939), Democrat of Mississippi and chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Lee E. Emerson, Republican of Vermont
• Jim Folsom, Democrat of Alabama
• Frank Freyer, Governor of Guam and Chief of Staff of the Peruvian Navy
• Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., Republican of Vermont, U.S. Senator, judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
• Vincent C. Gray, Democrat of the District of Columbia, Mayor-Governor
• Frank L. Hagaman, Republican of Kansas
• Harry R. Hughes (JD 1952), Democrat of Maryland
• Blair Lee, III, Democrat of Maryland, former Lieutenant Governor and State Secretary of State
• Adam McMullen, Republican of Nebraska, 21st Governor of Nebraska^[6]
• John Garland Pollard, Democrat of Virginia
• Calvin L. Rampton, Democrat of Utah
• George W. Romney (attended 1929–30), Republican of Michigan
• Grant Sawyer, Democrat of Nevada
• Robert E. Smylie, Republican of Idaho, former State Attorney General
• Thomas Swann, Democrat of Maryland, former US Representative, former Mayor of Baltimore, elected to the US Senate but did not serve
• Mark Warner (1977), Democrat of Virginia, US Senator

U.S. Senators

Current

• Michael B. Enzi (1966), from Wyoming, former Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1997–present
• Harry Reid (JD 1964), from Nevada, former Lieutenant Governor, former US Representative, former Majority and Minority Whip, former Majority Leader, former Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, former Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics, current Senate Minority Leader, 1987–present
• Mark Warner (1977), former Governor of Virginia, 2009–present
• Elizabeth Warren (attended), from Massachusetts, former Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel, 2013–present

Former

• Hank Brown, Republican from Colorado, former US Representative, 1991–1997
• Robert Byrd, Democrat from West Virginia, former US Representative, former Majority and Minority Leader, former Majority Whip, former President Pro Tempore, former Dean of the Senate, former Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, 1959–2010
• Jean Carnahan (1955), Democrat from Missouri, 2001–2002
• Mel Carnahan (1955), Democratic Governor of Missouri, posthumously elected to the US Senate
• Bennett Champ Clark, from Missouri, 1933–1945
• Kent Conrad (1975), from North Dakota, Former Chairman of the Budget Committee, 1987–2013
• Norris Cotton, Republican from New Hampshire, former US Representative, former Senate Republican Conference Chairman, 1954–1974
• Larry Craig (1970), Republican from Idaho, former US Representative, former Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, former Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, 1991–2009
• Jeremiah Denton, Republican from Alabama, 1981–1987
• John Foster Dulles, Republican from New York, 1949, later US Secretary of State
• J. William Fulbright (1934, 1959), former, from Arkansas, former US Representative, former Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, creator of the Fulbright Fellowships, 1945–1974
• Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., Republican from Vermont, 1940–1941, later Governor of Vermont
• William A. Harris, Populist from Kansas, former US Representative, former State Senator, 1897–1903, unsuccessful candidate for Governor
• Gordon J. Humphrey, Republican from New Hampshire 1979–1990, later a NH State Senator and unsuccessful candidate for Governor
• Daniel Inouye (JD 1952), from Hawaii, former US Representative, former Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, former Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Senate President Pro Tem, 1963–2012 (his death)
• Blair Lee I (1882), former, from Maryland, 1914–1917
• Frank Moss (JD 1937), former, from Utah, 1959–1977
• Francis G. Newlands (JD 1869), former, from Nevada, former US Representative, 1903–1917
• William L. Scott, Republican from Virginia, former US Representative, 1973–1979
• Howard Sutherland, Republican from West Virginia, former US Representative and State Senator, Chairman of the Committee on Census, 1917–1923
• Thomas Swann, Democrat of Maryland, former US Representative and Governor, elected to the Senate but did not serve
• John Warner, Republican from Virginia, 1979–2009

U.S. Representatives

Current

• Julia Brownley (1975), Democrat from California, 2013–present
• Tammy Duckworth, Democrat from Illinois, 2013–present, former Director of the Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs
• John James Duncan, Jr. (1973), Republican from Tennessee, 1988–present
• Steve Israel (1985), Democrat from New York, 2001–present
• Samuel R. Johnson (1974), Republican from Texas, 1991–present
• Pedro Pierluisi, Democratic Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the House

Former

• E. Ross Adair, Republican from Indiana, 1951–1971, later Ambassador to Ethiopia
• Jason Altmire (1998), Democrat from Pennsylvania, 2007–2013
• Henry Moore Baker, Republican from New Hampshire, former State Representative, 1893–1897, later a State Representative
• Michael D. Barnes, Democrat from Maryland
• Bob Barr (1972), former Republican from Georgia, 1995–2003, 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for President
• Henry W. Barry, Republican from Mississippi, former State Senator, 1870–1875
• James Franklin Battin, Republican from Montana, former State Representative, 1961–1969, later the Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Montana
• Helen Delich Bentley, Republican from Maryland, 1985–1995
• Michael Bilirakis (1960), Republican from Florida, 1983–2007
• Vincente T. Blaz, Republican from Guam, Brigadier General, 1985–1993
• Charles Harrison Brown, Democrat from Missouri, 1957–1961
• Garry E. Brown, Republican from Michigan, 1967–1979
• Hank Brown, Republican from Colorado, former State Senator, 1981–1991, later US Senator
• Joel Broyhill, Republican from Virginia, Chairman of the Rules Committee, 1953–1974
• Sherman Everett Burroughs, Republican from New Hampshire, former State Representative, 1917–1923
• Laurence J. Burton, Republican from Utah, 1963–1971, unsuccessful candidate for US Senate
• Robert Byrd (attended), Democrat from West Virginia, former State Delegate and Senator, 1953–1959, US Senator
• Goodloe Byron, Democrat from Maryland, former State Delegate and Senator, 1971–1978
• John L. Cable, Republican from Ohio, 1921–1925 and 1929–1933
• Gordon Canfield (1926), Republican from New Jersey, 1941–1961
• Eric Cantor (1985), Republican from Virginia, former Chief Deputy Whip, Minority Whip, 2001–2010, House Majority Leader, 2011–2014
• Lewis C. Carpenter, Republican from South Carolina, 1874–1875
• Donna Christian-Christensen, Democrat from the United States Virgin Islands, non-voting Delegate, 1997–2015
• William Henry Coleman, Republican from Pennsylvania, 1915–1917
• Frank Coombs, Republican from California, former State Assemblyman and Speaker, 1901–1903
• John Blaisdell Corliss, Republican from Michigan, 1895–1903
• Norris Cotton, Republican from New Hampshire, 1947–1954, later US Senator
• William R. Coyle, Republican from Pennsylvania, 1925–1927 and 1929–1933
• Larry Craig, Republican from Idaho, 1981–1991, US Senator, 1991–2009
• Josiah Crudup, Republican from North Carolina, 1821–1823
• Charles F. Curry, Jr., Republican from California, 1931–1933
• Ewin L. Davis, Democrat from Tennessee 1919–1933
• Martin Dies, Jr., Democrat from Texas; co-founder and Chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, 1931–1945 and 1953–1959
• Donald C. Dobbins, Democrat from Illinois, 1933–1937
• Clyde T. Ellis, Democrat from Arkansas, former State Representative and Senator, 1939–1943
• John James Flynt, Jr., Democrat from Georgia, 1954–1979
• John H. Foster, Republican from Indiana, 1905–1909
• J. William Fulbright, Democrat from Arkansas, 1943–1945, later US Senator
• Ralph A. Gamble, Republican from New York, 1937–1957
• Stephen Warfield Gambrill, Democrat from Maryland, 1924–1938
• Dan Glickman (JD 1969), Democrat from Kansas, former Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, 1977–1995, former United States Secretary of Agriculture
• Gilbert Gude, Republican from Maryland, former State Delegate and Senator, 1967–1977
• Orval H. Hansen, Republican from Idaho, former State Representative and Senator, 1969–1975
• William A. Harris, Populist from Kansas, 1893–1895, later a State Senator and then US Senator, 1897–1903, unsuccessful candidate for Governor
• Franck R. Havenner, Progressive and then Democrat from California, 1937–1941 and 1945–1953
• Brooks Hays, Democrat from Arkansas, 1943–1959
• George Huddleston, Jr., Democrat from Alabama, 1963–1965
• Merlin Hull, Republican from Wisconsin, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, former Speaker, former Wisconsin Secretary of State, 1929–1931 and 1935–1953
• William Y. Humphreys, Democrat from Mississippi, 1923–1925
• Daniel Inouye (JD 1952), Democrat from Hawaii 1959–1963, current US Senator
• Frank M. Karsten, Democrat from Missouri, 1947–1969
• Tom Kindness, Republican from Ohio
• Robert W. Levering, Democrat of Ohio
• Tim Mahoney (1983), Democrat from Florida, 2007–2009
• Henry May, Democrat from Maryland, 1853–1855 and 1861–1863
• Donald H. McLean, Republican from New Jersey, 1933–1945
• Herbert Alton Meyer, Republican from Kansas, 1947–1950
• Earl C. Michener, Republican from Michigan, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, 1919–1933 and 1935–1951
• Edward Tylor Miller, Republican from Maryland, 1947–1959, unsuccessful candidate for US Senate
• Francis G. Newlands (JD 1869), Democrat from Nevada, 1893–1903, later US Senator
• William H. Parker, Republican from South Dakota, 1907–1908
• Stanford E. Parris, Republican from Virginia, former State Delegate, 1973–1975 and 1981–1991
• James T. Patterson, Republican from Connecticut, 1947–1959
• Nick Rahall, Democrat from West Virginia, 1977–2015
• Jim Ramstad (1973), Republican from Minnesota, 1991–2009
• Harry Reid (JD 1964), Democrat from Nevada, former Lieutenant Governor, 1983–1987, current US Senator
• John Merriman Reynolds, Republican from Pennsylvania, 1905–1911; later Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• John M. Robsion, Jr., Republican from Kentucky, 1953–1959, unsuccessful candidate for Governor
• Paul Rogers, Democrat from Florida, 1955–1979
• Alvah Sabin, from Vermont, former State Representative and Senator, as well as State Secretary of State, 1853–1857
• William L. Scott, Republican from Virginia, 1967–1973, later US Senator
• James Shannon, Democrat from Massachusetts, 1979–1985, later Massachusetts Attorney General
• Joe Skubitz, Republican from Kansas, 1963–1978
• Gladys Noon Spellman, Democrat from Maryland, 1975–1981
• Frederick Perry Stanton, Democrat from Tennessee, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, 1845–1855, later Governor of Kansas
• Cliff Stearns (1963), Republican from Florida, 1989–2013
• Howard Sutherland, Republican from West Virginia, former State Senator, 1913–1917
• Thomas Swann, Democrat from Maryland, former Governor and Mayor of Baltimore, elected to the US Senate but did not serve, 1869–1879
• E. S. Johnny Walker, Democrat from New Mexico, former State Representative, 1965–1969
• Francis E. Walter, Democrat of Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities, 1933–63
• Elton Watkins, Democrat from Oregon, 1923–1925, unsuccessful candidate for US Senate and Mayor of Portland
• Guilford Wiley Wells, Independent Republican from Mississippi, former US Attorney, 1875–1877
• Robert Wexler (1985), former State Senator, Democrat from Florida, 1997–2010
• Compton I. White, Jr., Democrat of Idaho, 1963–1967
• Earle D. Willey, former Delaware Secretary of State, Republican from Delaware, 1943–1945
• William Lyne Wilson, Democrat from West Virginia, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, 1883–1895, later United States Postmaster General

Other elected officials

• John Allman, former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Ross "Rocky" Anderson (JD 1978), former mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
• Tom Anderson, Republican, Florida House of Representatives
• Gary J. Barczak, former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Bill Baroni, Republican State Senator of New Jersey, former Assemblyman, Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law
• Winston Bryant, former Attorney General of Arkansas
• Henry Cisneros, former Mayor of San Antonio; later United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; former board member of KB Home and Countrywide Financial; board member of Live Nation and Latino Public Broadcasting; former President of Univision
• Charlie Collins, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 84th district^[7]
• Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky
• Frankie S. Del Papa, former Attorney General of Nevada
• M. Jerome Diamond, Vermont Attorney General, 1975-1981^[8]
• Randall Edwards (MBA 1990), Oregon State Treasurer
• Harland E. Everson, former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Charles Rogers Fenwick, former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Sean Flaherty, Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Richard A. Flintrop, former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Jim Folsom, governor of Alabama, 1947 to 1951 and 1955to 1959
• Robert J. Garagiola, Democratic member of the Maryland State Senate, Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Deputy Majority Leader
• James W. Gilchrist, Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of Washington, D.C. and former Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
• Tom Greenwell, first Republican judge of the 319th District Court in Corpus Christi; committed suicide in 2013^[9]
• Ana Sol Gutierrez, Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Paul Clinton Harris, Republican former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Robert E. Harris, Republican former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Allen Harrison, Jr., Republican former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Paul Jennings, Republican former member of the Georgia House of Representatives
• Raymond Johnson, Republican former member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Rod Johnston, Republican former member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• James P. King, former New York State Assemblyman
• Alex Knopp, eight-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1987–2001) and two term mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (2001–2005); clinical Lecturer at Yale Law School (since 2006)
• Susan Bass Levin, former Mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, current Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Murray D. Levy, Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Frank Mann, former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Christopher Allen Measmer, Cabarrus County Commissioner, North Carolina
• Kenneth E. Melson, former Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
• Bill Mims, former Republican State Delegate and former member of the Senate of Virginia, current Attorney General of Virginia
• Karen S. Montgomery, Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Daniel O'Donnell, Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, brother of Rosie O'Donnell
• Leslie Osterman (1991), Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives and a health system analyst from Wichita, Kansas
• John Overington, Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• Jeffrey Piccola, Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
• Paul G. Pinsky, former Democratic Delegate and current member of the Maryland State Senate
• John Merriman Reynolds, US Representative from Pennsylvania and then Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• Thomas Davis Rust, Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Christopher B. Shank (1998), Maryland House of Delegates
• James Shannon, former US Representative and Massachusetts Attorney General
• Harry A. Slattery, US Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; the Slattery Report
• Darren Soto, Democrat, Florida House of Representatives
• Ben Stevens, former President of the Alaska State Senate, son of United States Senator Ted Stevens
• Nick Udall, former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, 1948–52, member of the Udall family
• Colin Van Ostern, New Hampshire Executive Council member and New Hampshire Gubernatorial candidate
• Leo Wardrup, former Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Mary Margaret Whipple, former Democratic State Delegate and current member of the Senate of Virginia
• John Wiles, Republican, Georgia State Senate

First Family

• D. Jeffrey Carter (1978), son of US President Jimmy Carter
• Margaret Truman Daniel (1946, 1975), author and daughter of US President Harry S. Truman
• David Eisenhower (JD), grandson of US President Dwight Eisenhower and son-in-law of US President Richard Nixon.
• Lynda Bird Johnson (attended 1965), daughter of US President Lyndon Johnson
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1951), First Lady of President of the United States John F. Kennedy

United States Cabinet

• William Barr (1977), Attorney General
• Henry Cisneros, former Mayor of San Antonio, later United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; former board member of KB Home and Countrywide Financial; board member of Live Nation and Latino Public Broadcasting; former President of Univision
• George B. Cortelyou, cabinet member in the Theodore Roosevelt administration; first United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor; United States Postmaster General; United States Secretary of the Treasury; chairman of Republican National Committee
• John Foster Dulles (1912), US Secretary of State
• Dan Glickman (JD 1969), former Secretary of Agriculture
• Patricia Roberts Harris, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; the last United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; the first United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Patrick J. Hurley (1912, 1932), US Secretary of War
• Stephen L. Johnson (M.S.), Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 2005–present
• David M. Kennedy, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
• John Michael McConnell, current Director of National Intelligence, former Director of the National Security Agency
• Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State
• George W. Romney, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative
• John W. Snow (1967), former US Secretary of the Treasury

Government

• Charles W. Colson, chief counsel for US President Richard Nixon, spent time in prison for his part in the Watergate scandal
• Harry S. Dent, Sr., (JD, 1957) Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon; General Counsel to the Republican National Committee; father of economist Harry Dent
• Lori Garver, Deputy NASA Administrator
• Steven M. Goldman, New Jersey State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
• Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
• Kenneth R. Harding (1937), former Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
• Richard Henry, Deputy Director for Blood Policy & Programs, U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
• Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the administration of Barack Obama
• Leon Jaworski (1926), Special Prosecutor for the Watergate hearings
• Gwendolyn King, former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration; board member at Lockheed-Martin, Countrywide Financial, Pharmacia, and Monsanto Company
• Susan Bass Levin, former Mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, current Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Dominic J. Monetta, former Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Research and Advanced Technology) at the U.S. Department of Defense, 1991–1993; former Director, Office of New Production Reactors, at the United States Department of Energy, 1989–1991
• Kenneth P. Moritsugu (M.D. 1971), Surgeon General of the United States (August 2006–present)^[10]
• Robert Nichols, President and COO of the Financial Services Forum, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs
• Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr, Inspector General of the Social Security Administration
• Maria Pallante (1990), current U.S. Register of Copyrights
• Marybeth Peters (1971), former U.S. Register of Copyrights
• Sandra Pianalto, tenth chief executive of the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank, at Cleveland
• Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (or IRS Commissioner), head of the Internal Revenue Service, former partner at Ernst & Young
• Mary Schapiro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, former CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, former Chairman and CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers, former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, former Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission, currently a director of Kraft Foods Inc, and Duke Energy Corporation
• Susan Sher, Chief of Staff to First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama
• James E. Webb (1936), second administrator of NASA
• Irving A. Williamson, Commissioner of the United States International Trade Commission
• William Lyne Wilson, 37th United States Postmaster General, former Ways and Means Chairman in the US House of Representatives

Central Intelligence Agency

• Aldrich Ames, Soviet spy working in the CIA as a counter-intelligence officer
• Allen Dulles (1920), Director of the CIA
• Arthur Gauvain, spy working in the CIA as a counter-intelligence officer in Mexico and the Middle East; later worked as a private contractor of the Agency
• James W. McCord, Jr., former CIA officer, involved in the Watergate scandal
• John A. Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the CIA
• Bill Studeman, former Admiral of the United States Navy, former Deputy Director of the CIA, former Acting Director of Central Intelligence, former Director of the National Security Agency, and former Director of Naval Intelligence

Federal Bureau of Investigation

• A. Bruce Bielaski, Director of the Bureau of Investigation, predecessor to the FBI
• Floyd I. Clarke, former director of the FBI
• Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator, founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition
• W. Mark Felt (1940), Associate Director, FBI; "Deep Throat" informant
• Stanley Finch (JD 1908), first director of the Bureau of Investigation
• L. Patrick Gray, former acting director of the FBI during the Watergate scandal
• J. Edgar Hoover (1916, 1917, 1935), Director, FBI
• Eric O'Neill (JD 2003), FBI agent whose work led to the arrest and life imprisonment conviction of Robert Hanssen
• John P. O'Neill, former top anti-terrorism expert; former Assistant Director in the Federal Bureau of Investigation; head of security at the World Trade Center; died in the September 11, 2001 attacks
• Clyde Tolson, Associate Director of the FBI, protégé of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover

State Department

• Richard Boucher, former Ambassador, current Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
• Randall M. Fort, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
• Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
• Grant S. Green, former Under Secretary of State for Management
• John D. Holum, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs and former Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Scott A. Kamins, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional, Global and Functional Affairs
• Robert Daniel Murphy, former Ambassador to Japan and Belgium, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• John F. W. Rogers, former Under Secretary of State for Management, Chief of Staff and partner at Goldman Sachs
• Robert M. Sayre, former Ambassador to Brazil, Panama, and Uruguay, former Inspector General of the Department of State, former Coordinator for Counterterrorism, former member of the National Security Council

Department of Defense

• Dionel M. Aviles, Under Secretary of the Navy, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• Victoria Clarke, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, author, CNN analyst, co-host of The Tony Kornheiser Show
• Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
• Kathleen Troia McFarland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Fox News commentator
• B. J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (2005–2009) and former acting United States Secretary of the Navy

Department of Justice

• Gregory G. Garre, United States Solicitor General
• Charles James, assistant attorney general and general counsel of Chevron-Texaco
• Catherine M. Russell, Chief of Staff to Jill Biden, wife of Joseph Biden, former Associate Deputy Attorney General
• Bradley Schlozman, former head of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and current US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
• Kenneth W. Starr (1968), United States Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals

United States ambassadors and diplomats

• E. Ross Adair, former Republican Congressman from Indiana, 1951–1971, former Ambassador to Ethiopia
• Brian Adkins (2007), Foreign Service Officer, served in Ethiopia
• Bernadette M. Allen, current Ambassador to Niger
• Richard L. Baltimore, former Ambassador to Oman
• Donald K. Bandler (1979), Ambassador to Cyprus
• William Tapley Bennett, Jr. (1941), Permanent Representative to NATO
• Archer Blood, last Consul General to Dhaka, East Pakistan, issued the Blood telegram protesting against the American complicity in the atrocities committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War
• Richard W. Boehm, former Ambassador to Oman, 1989–92, and Ambassador to Cyprus, 1984–87
• Richard Boucher, current Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, former Ambassador to Cyprus
• Ralph L. Boyce, former Ambassador to Thailand and to Indonesia
• Everett E. Briggs (1972), Ambassador to Portugal
• Richard C. Brown, former Ambassador to Uruguay
• John Cloud, current Ambassador to Lithuania and former Ambassador to Germany
• Edward T. DeJarnette (1978), Ambassador to Angola and Tanzania
• James M. Derham, former Ambassador to Guatemala
• Thomas J. Dodd, Jr. (1966), Ambassador to Uruguay (1993–1997) and Costa Rica (1997–2001)
• Robert W. Dry, former Chargé d'affaires to Oman
• Michael Myron Einik (1972), Ambassador to Finland, former Ambassador to Macedonia
• Charles A. Ford, current Ambassador to Honduras
• Edward "Skip" Gnehm (1966/1968), former Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia and current Professor of International Affairs
• Patrick Henderson, Chargé d'affaires to Rwanda
• Aubrey Hooks, former Ambassador to the Republic of Ivory Coast, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the Republic of Congo
• Donna Hrinak, former Ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic
• Daniel A. Johnson, former Ambassador to Suriname
• Donald C. Johnson, current Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, former Ambassador to Cape Verde and to Mongolia
• David M. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
• George W. Landau, former Ambassador to Venezuela, Chile, and Paraguay
• Richard LeBaron, former Ambassador to Kuwait, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in London
• James R. Lilley, former Ambassador to China, Korea, and Director of the American Institute in Taiwan
• Thomas A. Loftus (1975), Ambassador to Norway
• Charles Taylor Manatt, former Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
• Robert J. McCloskey, former Ambassador to Greece
• Thomas A. McDonald (1976), Ambassador to Zimbabwe
• William Dale Montgomery (1972), Ambassador to Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro
• Robert Daniel Murphy, former Ambassador to Japan and Belgium, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
• Tibor P. Nagy (1978), Ambassador to Ethiopia
• Robert Nolan, current Ambassador to Lesotho
• Frank V. Ortiz, former Ambassador to Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, Barbados, and Uruguay
• Admiral Joseph Prueher (1973), former Ambassador to China, former Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command, former Vice Chief of Naval Operations; a director of Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc., the New York Life Insurance Company, Dyncorp International, Inc. and Fluor Corporation
• Robert M. Sayre, former Ambassador to Brazil, Panama, and Uruguay, former Inspector General of the Department of State, former Coordinator for Counterterrorism, former member of the National Security Council
• H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld (1911), Minister to Dominican Republic, Finland, and Hungary
• Rudolf E. Schoenfeld (1917), Minister to Romania, Ambassador to Guatemala, and Colombia*Raul Yzaguirre, Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former president and CEO of National Council of La Raza
• David H. Shinn (1980), Ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso
• Amelia E. Shippy (1977), Ambassador to Malawi
• Kurt Volker (1987), former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
• Sarah J. Wagner (2000), Ambassador to Fiji
• William Braucher Wood, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and former Ambassador to Colombia

United States Armed Forces

General John M. Shalikashvili (1970), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Thad Allen (MPA), Commandant of the Coast Guard 2006–2010.

• Admiral Thad Allen (MPA), Commandant of the Coast Guard 2006–2010
• General Earl E. Anderson (J.D.)
• Rear Admiral Richard A. Appelbaum
• Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr. (M.A.)
• Major General Thomas A. Benes
• Brigadier General Vincente T. Blaz
• Major General Robert D. Bohn
• Lieutenant General Arnold W. Braswell, United States Air Force, MBA, 1967
• Rear Admiral F. Taylor Brown
• Major General George William Casey, Sr.
• General John T. Chain, Jr., former Commander of the Strategic Air Command
• Captain Frank Freyer, 14th Naval Governor of Guam and Chief of Staff of the Peruvian Navy
• General John Fugh, the first Chinese American to attain general officer status in the U.S. Army, former Judge Advocate General
• General Charles A. Gabriel, 11th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Admiral John B. Hayes (M.A.) Commandant of the Coast Guard (Ret.) 1978—1982
• General Robert T. Herres, the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Admiral David E. Jeremiah, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and also Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• General Charles C. Krulak, former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
• Major General Bruce M. Lawlor (B.S., J.D., D.Sc.), first commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support and first Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security
• Brigadier General Michael A. McAuliffe
• Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney
• General Merrill A. McPeak, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and United States Secretary of the Air Force
• Major General Billy Mitchell (1919, but received degree as part of "class of 1899", having dropped out to serve in the Spanish–American War), advocate of air power in the military
• Lieutenant General Hal Moore, author of We Were Soldiers Once… And Young
• Major General Spurgeon Neel, father of army aviation medicine
• Major General Peter George Olenchuk
• Admiral William Owens, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, former CEO of Nortel, Science Applications International Corporation, and Teledesic
• General Peter Pace, MBA, United States Marine Corps, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005–2008
• General Frank E. Petersen, United States Marine Corps, first black Marine general, first black Marine aviator, first black commanding officer of a fighter squadron, an air group, and a major base.
• General Colin Powell (MBA 1971), United States Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, former Superintendent of United States Naval Academy, Chancellor of the State University of New York
• General John M. Shalikashvili (1970), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Brigadier General Henry J. Stehling
• Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw
• Bill Studeman, former Admiral of the United States Navy, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, former Acting Director of Central Intelligence, former Director of the National Security Agency, and former Director of Naval Intelligence
• Brigadier General Dennis B. Sullivan
• Colonel John Tweedale (LL.B.) Medal of Honor recipient, 1868
• Brigadier General James P. Ulm
• Major General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr.
• General John W. Vessey, Jr. (1966), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Rear Admiral Sidney A. Wallace
• General Larry D. Welch, the 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, Commander, Strategic Air Command
• Major General Don S. Wenger
• Brigadier General Hugh E. Wild
• Brigadier General David W. Winn
• Gunnery Sergeant Timothy M Colomer, United States Marine Corps, Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Law

• Russell A. Anderson, the 20th Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• James Franklin Battin, former Republican Congressman from Montana, former State Representative, former Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Montana
• James C. Cacheris (1960), judge U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Harry L. Carrico, former Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court
• Bennett Champ Clark, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, former US Senator from Missouri
• James P. Coleman (1939), former Governor of Mississippi and chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., former Governor of Vermont, U.S. Senator, judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
• Joyce Hens Green, (JD 1951), senior judge U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Harold H. Greene (1954), former judge U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over lawsuit which broke up AT&T's vertical monopoly
• Glenn Greenwald (1990), legal blogger and author
• Sarah T. Hughes (JD 1922), first female federal judge seated in Texas, and only woman to administer the oath of office to the President of the United States
• Edwin F. Hunter (1938), longest sitting U.S. District Court judge in the nation
• Guy G. Hurlbutt, United States Attorney for Idaho, 1981-1984; former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Barbara Milano Keenan, Justice on the Virginia Supreme Court
• Belva Ann Lockwood (1872), one of the first female attorneys in the United States, first woman to argue before the United States Supreme Court, first female presidential candidate, peace and disarmament activist.
• Carlos F. Lucero (1964), first Hispanic Judge, US 10th circuit court of appeals
• George W. Miller, Judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims
• Barbara Pariente (1973), former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
• Paul Perez, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida
• Jeffrey B. Pine, former Attorney General of Rhode Island
• Sharon Prost (1984), judge United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Randall Ray Rader (1978), judge United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Henry duPont Ridgely, Justice on the Supreme Court of Delaware
• Kenneth Francis Ripple (1972), judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• James Robertson (1965), judge U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
• José Abad Santos, the 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Bradley Schlozman, former head of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and current US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
• William K. Sessions III (1972), chief judge U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont and Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
• Ira Sorkin, lead attorney for Bernard Madoff
• Albert Tate, Jr., former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Clifford Taylor, former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
• Guilford Wiley Wells, United States Attorney, 1870–1875; Independent Republican Congressman from Mississippi, 1875–1877
• Kathryn Werdegar, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California

International leaders

Mikheil Saakashvili was the President of Georgia twice.

Faure Gnassingbé has been the President of the Republic of Togo since 2005.

CNN's Dana Bash.

NBC's Chuck Todd.

Actor Alec Baldwin

Heads of State and/or Government

• Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, Interim President of Iraq
• Song Yo Chan, Prime Minister of South Korea
• Faure Gnassingbé (MBA), President of the Republic of Togo 2005–present^[11]
• Lee Myung-bak, 17th President of South Korea
• Yasmine Pahlavi, Crown Princess of Iran in exile
• Syngman Rhee (1907, 1954), first President of South Korea
• Mikhail Saakashvili (1995), President of Georgia 2004–2007, 2008-2013
• Nematullah Shahrani, one of four former vice-presidents of the Afghan Transitional Administration; head of the Afghan Constitution Commission
• Chimediin Saikhanbileg, Prime Minister of Mongolia (2015-present)

Officials

• Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (MSc) Pakistani Federal Minister for Commerce; CEO of Airblue
• Raya Haffar al-Hassan, Lebanese finance minister
• HH Prince Talal Arslan, Druze leader and current Head of the House of Arslan. Founder and President of the Lebanese Democratic Party
• Omar Ayub Khan (BA, MBA), former Pakistani Minister of State for Finance; his father, Gohar Ayub Khan, is former Foreign Minister of Pakistan; his grandfather, Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, was president of Pakistan, 1958–1969
• S. M. Krishna, current Minister of External Affairs of India; former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Governor of Maharashtra
• Mohammad Nahavandian (1989), current Chief of Staff of the President of Iran
• Elizabeth Ogbon (1977), first female ambassador of Nigeria to West Germany and the Philippines
• José Abad Santos (1909), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Kenkichi Kodera (1900, 1901), key Japanese pan-Asianist writer; expert on Western law; mayor of Kobe
• Henrique Valle, Deputy Ambassador of Brazil to the United Nations
• Htay Aung , former Myanmar Minister of Hotels and Tourism (1991)

Other figures

• Afnan Al-Shuaiby, Secretary General of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce
• Philip Jaisohn (So Chae-p'il) (M.D., 1892), Korean nationalist, first Korean to get a medical degree in the United States.
• Maximo Kalaw (1916), Philippine nationalist, political scientist, novelist
• Carl Lutz (1924), a hero of the holocaust who saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during his tenure as Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, 1942-1945
• Elisabeth Delatour Préval, First Lady of Haiti

Media

• Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, author of the book The Long Tail
• Dana Bash, CNN White House correspondent
• Steve Benen, lead blogger of The Washington Monthly
• Kate Bolduan, CNN correspondent
• Margaret Carlson, journalist; columnist for Bloomberg News; first woman columnist at Time
• Mona Charen, political analyst and best-selling author
• Victoria Clarke, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, author, CNN analyst
• Bob Considine, journalist with United Press International and author
• Lester del Rey, founder of Del Rey Books
• Rowland Evans (1951), news commentator from CNN's Evans, Novak, Hunt and Shields
• Diana B. Henriques, reporter for the New York Times
• Bill Gertz reporter and analyst for The Washington Times and Fox News
• Glenn Greenwald, former attorney and current political and legal blogger, and columnist at Salon Magazine
• Jeff Jacoby, columnist for The Boston Globe
• Michael Kinsley, political commentator and journalist, former co-host of CNN's Crossfire
• Kathleen Troia McFarland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Fox News commentator
• Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney, Fox News pundit
• Michael Punke, writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney best known for writing the novel The Revenant (2002), which was adapted into film as The Revenant (2015).
• Hilary Rosen, on-air contributor for CNN; consultant, Political Director and Washington Editor at Large for The Huffington Post; former CEO of the RIAA
• Samuel K. Sloan political blogger, retired Executive News Director for Farpoint Media, LLC, retired co-producer and writer for Sirius/XM Satellite radio program Slice of SciFi
• Bhaskar Sunkara founding editor and publisher, Jacobin
• Chuck Todd (1991), NBC News political director
• Murray Waas, award-winning journalist and author, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The Village Voice, The National Journal, and The Boston Globe
• Brian Williams, attended but transferred to The Catholic University of America, NBC Nightly News anchor
• Bob Woodward, investigative reporter and editor for The Washington Post and nonfiction author, famous for reporting on the Watergate scandal

Entertainment

• Casey Affleck (attended), actor, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve
• Angela Aki (2000), singer-songwriter (Final Fantasy XII)
• Patricia Altschul, socialite and art collector
• Alec Baldwin (attended 1979), actor
• William Peter Blatty, writer and filmmaker who wrote the novel The Exorcist (1971) and the subsequent screenplay version for which he won an Academy Award
• Irvin Bomb, artist
• Warren Brown, TV host on the Food Network
• Courteney Cox, the Mount Vernon College for Women
• Christopher Pearse Cranch, writer and artist
• Merce Cunningham (attended), dancer and choreographer
• Manish Dayal, actor, known for 90210
• Lester del Rey, author, founded Del Rey Books
• Donna Dixon, actress, wife of Dan Aykroyd
• Eliza Dushku (accepted, did not attend), actress
• Ina Garten (MBA, attended) host of Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network, chef, owner of Barefoot Contessa Fine Foods
• Dan Glickman (JD 1969), former United States Secretary of Agriculture, currently the president of the Motion Picture Association of America
• Haddaway, Trinidadian singer most famous for "What Is Love" single
• Kevin Peter Hall, actor, Predator
• Haroon, graduate in Business Administration, Pakistani singer, composer, musician and engineer
• Reona Ito, music conductor (alumni of the Elliott School)
• Chris Kilmore, turntablist for the band Incubus
• Rooney Mara (attended), actress, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Dina Merrill, actress and socialite
• T.J. Miller (2003), actor and stand-up comedian, Silicon Valley
• Lee Phillip, Korean American actor
• Neil Portnow, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Grammy Awards
• Adam Richman (attended for one year), indie pop singer-songwriter
• Mark Russell, satirist and comedian
• Whitney Sudler-Smith, television personality and socialite
• Clay Travis, sports columnist and author
• Kerry Washington (1998), actress
• Bill Westenhofer, Academy Award-winning visual effects artist
• Nathan Hale Williams, film and television producer, entertainment lawyer
• Scott Wolf (1991), actor
• Rachel Zoe, celebrity fashion stylist

Medicine

• Patch Adams
• Neal D. Barnard, physician, author, clinical researcher, founding president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
• Albert Freeman Africanus King (M.D., 1861, attended Columbia Medical College), physician who tended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot by John Wilkes Booth; one of the earliest to suggest the connection between mosquitoes and malaria

Ministry/religion

• Jonathan Hausman, rabbi
• L. Ron Hubbard (attended 1930–1932), author and founder of the Church of Scientology
• George Murry, SJ Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio
• Richard G. Scott (1988–Present) member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
• William C. Wantland, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire

Science

• Ralph Alpher, cosmologist who theorized the Big Bang nucleosynthesis in his dissertation
• Julius Axelrod, biochemist who won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler
• Captain Michael Coats (1977), astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander
• Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
• Todd B. Hawley, co-founder of the International Space University
• Howard Judd, menopause expert and medical researcher
• Hans Lineweaver (B.A. 1930, M.A. 1933), physical chemist who developed the Lineweaver–Burk plot
• Matthew Stirling, ethnologist and archaeologist who discovered and excavated many pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sites

Sports

• Arnold J. 'Red' Auerbach (1940, 1941), guard, NBA coach/GM/President, Basketball Hall of Fame, Boston Celtics
• Mike Brey (1982), current head coach, Notre Dame men's basketball team.
• Yinka Dare (attended 1993–1994), basketball player, New Jersey Nets
• David Falk (J.D., 1975), sports agent
• John Flaherty (1988), former Major League Baseball player
• Mike Hall (2006), basketball forward, Washington Wizards and overseas leagues, free agent
• Ray Hanken (1911–1980), football player
• Wayne Hart (1912), member of the All-South Atlantic football team for four years; coached the Washington Vigilants professional football team in 1913 and did not lose a game; coached at Clemson Agricultural College for one season in 1916.
• Lubomir Kavalek (1975), Chess Grandmaster
• Tuffy Leemans (1936), football running back, Pro Football Hall of Fame, New York Giants
• Theodore N. Lerner (1948), owner, Washington Nationals
• Randy Levine (B.A., 1977), President, New York Yankees
• Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2006), basketball forward, Galatasaray S.K.
• Elana Meyers (B.S., 2006/Masters 2011), 2010 Winter Olympic bronze medalist, bobsled
• Michael O'Connor (2002), baseball pitcher, Washington Nationals
• Sam Perlozzo (1973), former manager, Baltimore Orioles; current third base coach, Seattle Mariners
• J. R. Pinnock (2006), basketball guard
• Abe Pollin (1945), owner/chairman, Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals
• Jerry Reinsdorf (1957), owner, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls
• Joel Segal ('86), sports agent
• Chet Simmons (1950), founder of ESPN
• Mike Sommer (1958), member of college football team, played in the NFL with the Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, and the Oakland Raiders
• Jim Tennant, former MLB player

Others

• Bill Baroni
• Barbara Bush (Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree), First Lady of the United States
• George Herbert Walker Bush, (Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree), President of the United States
• Harrison Howell Dodge (1852–1937), appointed as resident superintendent of Mount Vernon in 1885, serving 52 years in the position until his death^[12]
• Tom Fitton, current president of Judicial Watch
• Jason Franklin, philanthropist and activist, Executive Director of Bolder Giving
• Marc Garlasco (M.A., International Relations), senior military expert for Human Rights Watch
• Jonathan D. Katz, (B.A., Philosophy/Art, 1981), founder, Queer Nation San Francisco
• Frank Robinson (Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree), Baseball Hall of Famer, manager of the Washington Nationals
• Nikolas Schiller, Mapmaker
• Paul Shapiro, Vice-president of Farm Animal Protection for the Humane Society of the United States
• Roger Stone, political consultant specializing in opposition research for the Republican National Committee
• Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr. (1882), patent attorney to the Wright Brothers
• John Appleton Wilson, architect

Noted faculty

References

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2. "The History Makers". Other EducationMakers. The History Makers. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
3. L. Stanley Crane, was elected in 1978 as a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems Engineering
4. "Missouri Governor Mel Eugene Carnahan". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
5. "Wyoming Governor Fenimore Chatterton". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
6. "Adam McMullen". National Governors Association. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
7. Arkansas House of Representatives biography: Charlie Collins
8. Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 1979. p. 198.
9. "Tom Greenwell". ncrptx.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
10. "Biography of the Acting Surgeon General". United States Department of Health and Human Services.
11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4242469.stm
12. Staff. "COL. HARRISON DODGE, MT. VERNON CUSTODIAN; Superintendent of Washington's Home Since 1885—Made Many Improvements", The New York Times, May 21, 1937. Accessed July 24, 2010.