Georgetown University is a private research university located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, Georgetown University is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States. The school graduates about two thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students annually. There are nine constitutive schools, five of which offer undergraduate degrees and six of which offer graduate degrees, as two schools offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Note: Individuals who may belong in multiple sections appear only in one. An empty class year or school/degree box indicates that the information is unknown.
* Indicates the alumnus or alumna attended but did not graduate (includes years of attendance)
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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1989 | Law | President of Oberlin College, 2017–present; President of Cedar Crest College, 2008–2017 | [1] | ||
1967, 1970 | SFS, Law | President of Rutgers University, 2012–2020; President of Thomas Jefferson University, 2004–12; Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998–2004 | [2] | ||
Rev. | 1976 | Col | President of Saint Louis University, 1987–2013 | [3] | |
Rev. | 1979 | MSB | President of Rockhurst University, 2006–present | [4] | |
1980, 1994 | Grad, Col | President of Georgetown University, 2001–present | [5] [6] | ||
Rev. | 1938–1939* | Col | President of Fairfield University, 1973–79; President of Saint Louis University, 1979–87 | [7] | |
Edward T. Foote II | Law | President of the University of Miami, 1981–2001; Dean of Washington University School of Law, 1973–1980 | |||
1992 | LL.M. | Chancellor of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2021-present; former President of Emporia State University, 2016–2021; former Walmart Vice President/Legal Counsel | [8] | ||
1979 | Grad | 16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004–12; Provost of Yale University, 2002–2004; Dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1998–2002 | [9] | ||
1961 | MSB | President of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003 | [10] | ||
Rev. | 1981 | Grad | President of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–present | [11] | |
Very Rev. | 1790s | Col | President of Georgetown College, 1809; Vicar General of the Diocese of Philadelphia | [12] | |
Rev. Kevin F. O'Brien | 1988 | Col | President of Santa Clara University, 2019–present | [13] | |
Rev. | 1956 | Col | President of Georgetown University, 1989–2001 | [14] | |
Rev. | 1981 | Col | President of Marquette University, 2011–13; President of the University of Scranton, 2003–11, 2018–present | [15] [16] | |
Rev. | 1868–1872* | President of the University of San Francisco, 1876–80; President of Santa Clara College, 1880–83, 1888–93 | [17] | ||
1983 | Col | President of Franklin & Marshall College, 2011–2018 | [18] | ||
1954, 1955 | Law, LL.M. | President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94 | [19] | ||
1971 | Grad | President of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow | [20] | ||
1984 | SFS | Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online; President of Barnard College, 2008–2017 | [21] | ||
1969 | SFS | President of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2005–09 | [22] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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1980 | SFS | Professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs of the Walsh School of Foreign Service; Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program | [23] | ||
1998 | LL.M. | Professor of law at Stanford Law School; executive director of the Center for E-Commerce | [24] | ||
Law | Professor of law at George Washington University Law School; legal historian | [25] | |||
1994 | LL.M. | Dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2012–15; Dean of Hofstra University School of Law, 2007–12; Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law | [26] | ||
2012 | LL.M. | Assistant Professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, co-editor of Jadaliyya, prior Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple University Beasley School of Law | [27] [28] | ||
Alan Gallay | 1986 | Ph.D. | Professor and Lyndon B. Johnson Chair of U.S. History, Texas Christian University | ||
1960 | MA | Scholar, author, and editor, including of women's biography collections; at Boston College, she is the director of the Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars Program in the Lynch School of Education, a member of the faculty, and a former Associate Dean of the College of Art and Sciences | [29] [30] | ||
1964 | Col | Senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School | [31] | ||
1985 | MSB | Professor of business, author, and Dean of the University of Lynchburg College of Business | [32] | ||
1988 | MBA | Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA | [33] | ||
1997 | Col | Dean of the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies and Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America; canon lawyer | [34] | ||
1960 | Col | Professor of political science and Director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University New Orleans; political commentator | [35] | ||
1959 | Col | Dean and W.R. Irby Chair in Law at Tulane University Law School | [36] | ||
1977 | LL.M. | Professor of law and co-director of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center; Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission, 2009–13 | [37] | ||
1976 | SFS | Director of School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University; Director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, 1989–2001 | [38] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
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1967 | SFS | President and Chief Operating Officer of Blockbuster Entertainment, 1991–93; founder and president of Toys "R" Us International, 1983–1990; CEO of Max Factor-Europe, 1979–83; Dean of the Lubin School of Business of Pace University | [39] [40] | |
1987 | Col | Chairman of the Board of Ipsen | [41] | |
1984 | LL.M. | CEO of the American Wind Energy Association; Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, 1997–2007 | [42] | |
1983 | Law | Founder of The Advisory Board Company; owner of the Atlantic Media Company | [43] | |
1971 | SFS | Chairman and CEO of PPG Industries; Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, 2007–08 | [44] | |
1962 | Col | Chairman and CEO of MBNA | [45] | |
1995 | MBA | Co-founder and CEO of Blackboard Inc., 1999–2012 | [46] | |
1976 | SFS | Co-chairman of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership; founder and CEO of South Swell Ventures; chairman and CEO of Macromedia, 1992–97 | [47] | |
2011 | MSB | Co-founder of the social networking site myYearbook | [48] | |
Peter L. Corsell | 2000 | SFS | Founder of GridPoint, co-founder of Twenty First Century Utilities | [49] |
1896 | Law | President of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1920–39 | [50] | |
1972 | Col | President and CEO of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, 1999–2015; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University | [51] | |
1989 | Col | CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, 2009–present | [52] | |
1969 | MSB | Founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company | [53] | |
1975 | Law | Senior Vice President for Standards and On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, 2011–present; Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 1997–2005 | [54] | |
1993 | SFS | CEO of Altice | [55] | |
1968 | Chairman and CEO of InterEnergy Holdings | [56] | ||
1980 | Col | CEO of Bruegger's, 2003–2011; CEO of Sbarro, 2012–13; President of Newk's Eatery | [57] | |
1976 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, 1999–2004 | [58] | |
1972 | MSB | TV personality known as "Dr. Fad;" CEO of Allherb.com Foundation | [59] | |
Eric Hotung | 1951 | Col | Hong Kong billionaire businessman, philanthropist | [60] |
1965–1966* | Nur | Chairwoman of the LBJ Holding Company | [61] | |
1958* | Col | Founder, CEO, and chairman of America Online (AOL) | [62] | |
Mehmet Omer Koç | Attended | Chairman of Koç Holding, Tüpraş, and Koç University | [63] | |
1966 | Law | Founder of Kroll Inc. | [64] | |
1923 | Law | Co-founder of Farmers Insurance; co-founder of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation | [65] | |
1996 | Law | CEO of Ask.com | [66] | |
1977 | Col | Founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment; vice chairman emeritus of AOL; chairman of SnagFilms | [67] | |
1986 | Col | Managing director and head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse; chief investment strategist, Legg Mason | [68] | |
1966 | Col | Founder and chairman of Cyren Call Communications, 2005–present; co-founder and chairman of Nextel Communications (now Sprint Nextel Corporation), 1987–95 | [69] | |
1978 | Grad | Chairman of Timmons and Company, 2008–present; Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate; Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs | [70] | |
1962 | SFS | Owner of Financial Leasing Services, Inc.; owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions and United Football League; husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi; three of their children are Georgetown grads | [71] | |
1972 | SFS | Chief financial officer of Capital One Financial Corporation, 2003–present; chief financial officer and vice president of the World Bank | [72] [73] | |
1963 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Visteon | [74] | |
1983 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Citigroup | [75] | |
1972 | Col | CEO of Lucent and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent | [76] | |
1997, 2000 | SFS, Law | Former head of special initiatives at Google; venture capital investor in Twitter and Uber; Founder of Lowercase Capital and Lowercarbon Capital | [77] [78] | |
1983 | MSB | Chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. | [79] | |
1977 | Law | President and co-founder of the Saint Louis Brewery | [80] | |
1990 1994 | MSB Law/MBA | CFO of Airbnb; former CFO of The Blackstone Group | [81] | |
2006 | MSB | Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; owner of Trump Winery; son of U.S. President Donald Trump | [82] | |
2000–2002* | MSB | Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; model; daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump | [83] | |
Tiffany Trump | 2020 | Law | Socialite; daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump | [84] |
1999 | MSB | Majority stakeholder in several multinational companies such as SGS S.A. and Von Roll Holding | ||
1980 | SFS | President and CEO of Investor AB; chairman of International Chamber of Commerce; Vice chairman of the Institute of International Finance | [85] | |
1990 | Col | Chief financial officer of Facebook, Inc., 2014–present | [86] | |
1991 | LL.M. | Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy | [87] | |
1985 | Law | Founder and principal of Relational Investors; former chairman of Waste Management, Inc., and Apria HealthCare Group, Inc. | [88] | |
Tiffany Yu | 2010 | Col | Disability activist and founder of Diversability, a social enterprise attempting to create opportunities for disabled people | [89] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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Most Rev. | 1930 | Col | Bishop of Jackson | [90] | |
Most Rev. | Law | First Archbishop of Jaro | [91] | ||
Most Rev. | 1935 | Col | Bishop of Camden | [92] | |
HE | 1970 | Grad | Cardinal Archbishop of New York; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, 1979–83 | [93] | |
Most Rev. | 1971 | Col | Archbishop of Mobile | [94] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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1981 | Col | Lobbyist; chairman of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America | [95] | ||
1949 | SFS | Historian; Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service | [96] | ||
1983 | Grad | President of Ploughshares Fund, 2008–present; Director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | [97] | ||
1973 | Law | President of Public Citizen, 1982–2008; Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | [98] | ||
1989 | Law | Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti | [99] | ||
1998 | SFS | Environmentalist; founder of Blue Legacy | [100] | ||
1959 | Law | Anti-abortion activist; founder of March for Life | [101] | ||
1997 | SFS | Founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights; President of the Human Rights Campaign, 2012 | [102] | ||
1981 | SFS | President and CEO of Women's World Banking (microfinance) | [103] | ||
1952 | Grad | World War II Polish resistance fighter; Polish diplomat; professor at Georgetown University for 40 years | [104] | ||
1989, 1993 | SFS, Law | Founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies | [105] | ||
1978 | Law | Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Ordained minister in the United Church of Christ | [106] | ||
1972 | SLL | Money conflict resolution coach and author of books on money psychology | [107] | ||
1921, 1922, 1936 | Col, Grad, Med | Grandson of Dr. Samuel Mudd; led efforts to posthumously rehabilitate his grandfather's name | [108] | ||
1993 | SFS | CEO of the Goldwater Institute | [109] | ||
2000 | Grad | Co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network; activist involved with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Convention on Cluster Munitions | [110] | ||
1988 | Col | President and founder of Best Buddies International | [111] | ||
2010 | Col | Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of the Concordia Summit | [112] [113] [114] [115] | ||
2004 | SSP | Freedom fighter and prisoner of war in the 2011 Libyan Civil War | [116] | ||
1943 | Med | Founder of Project HOPE; humanitarian aid activist; first U.S. physician on the ground in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | [117] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
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1935 | SFS | President of Panama, 1955–56 | [118] | |
1998 | MSFS | President of the European Commission, 2004–2014; Prime Minister of Portugal, 2002–04 | [119] | |
1989 | MPP | President of Costa Rica, 2010–14 | [120] | |
1968 | SFS | President of the United States, 1993–2001 | [121] | |
1968 | MSB | President of El Salvador, 1989–94 | [122] | |
1995 | MSFS | King of Spain, 2014–present | [123] | |
1992 | MSB | Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2009–2011; Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2016–2020 | [124] | |
1987 | MSFS | King of Jordan, 1999–present | [125] | |
1934 | Law | President of the United States, 1963–69 | [126] | |
1982 | SFS | Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present | [127] | |
SFS | President of Colombia, 1974–78 | [128] | ||
1968 | SFS | President of the Philippines, 2001–10 | [129] | |
2011 | MPP | President of Colombia, 2018–2022 | [130] | |
1929 | SFS | President of Ecuador, 1948–52; 4th Secretary General of the Organization of American States, 1968–75 | [131] | |
This includes the governors of the states and territories of the United States.
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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1963 | SFS | Governor of New Mexico, 1983–87 | [132] | ||
1889 | Law | Governor of South Carolina, 1911–15; United States Senator, 1925–31 | [133] | ||
1937 | Law | Governor of Delaware, 1953–60; United States Senator, 1961–73; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1947–53 | [134] | ||
Col | Governor of Maryland, 1876–80; great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton | [135] | |||
1964 | Law | Governor of Delaware, 1985–92; United States Representative, 1993–2011 | [136] | ||
1949, 1951 | Col, Law | First appointed Governor of American Samoa, 1956–61; first elected Governor of American Samoa, 1978–85, 1989–93 | [137] | ||
1981 | Col | Governor of Kansas, 2018–2019 | [138] | ||
1979 | Law | Governor of Indiana, 2005–13; President of Purdue University | [139] | ||
1938 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1959–61 | [140] | ||
1931 | Law | Governor of Ohio, 1959–63 | [141] | ||
1910 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1923–25 | [142] | ||
1982 | SFS | Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2009–13 | [143] | ||
1900 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1907–09 | [144] | ||
1966 | Col | Governor of Oklahoma, 1995–2003; President and CEO of the American Bankers Association | [145] | ||
1978 | Law | Governor of New Hampshire, 2005–13 | [146] | ||
1986 | Law | Governor of Virginia, 2014–18; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee | [147] | ||
1981 | Law | Governor of New Jersey, 2002–04 | [148] | ||
1972 | Law | Governor of New Hampshire, 1993–97 | [149] | ||
1915* | Law | First democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, 1949–65; known as the "Father of Modern Puerto Rico" | [150] | ||
1957 | Law | Governor of Rhode Island, 1973–77 | [151] | ||
1822* | Col | Governor of Maryland, 1845–1848, U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1850–1857 | |||
1971 | SFS | Governor of Illinois, 2009–15 | [152] | ||
1918 | Col | Governor of Connecticut, 1948–49 | [153] | ||
1972 | Law | Governor of Alabama, 1999–2003 | [154] | ||
1953 | Law | Governor of Washington, 1981–85 | [155] |
This includes members of the Cabinet of the United States.
This includes persons who are not members of the Cabinet but hold positions that are of cabinet-level rank.
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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2001 | Law | Director of National Intelligence, 2021–present; Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015–2017; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2013–15 | [166] | ||
1973 | Law | United States Trade Representative, 2017–2021 | [167] | ||
1989 | SFS | Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2017–2021; White House Chief of Staff, 2019–2020; United States Representative from South Carolina, 2011–2017 | [168] | ||
1976 | Law | Counselor to the President, 2014–15; Co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008–09; President and CEO, Center for American Progress, 2003–present; Chief of Staff to President Clinton, 1998–2001 | [169] | ||
1948, 1950 | Col, Grad | Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter administration; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1965–68 | [170] | ||
1976 | SFS | Director of Central Intelligence, 1997–2004 | [171] |
This includes the heads of federal independent agencies and officers subordinate to the heads of executive departments.
This includes members of the Executive Office of the President.
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
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1971 | Law | White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, 2014–17; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 2011–14; Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1986–99, 2003–11 | [205] | |
1978 | SFS | Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, 2005–09 | [206] | |
2008 | Law | Press secretary to Vice President Joe Biden, 2009–2011 | [207] | |
1982 | SSP | White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, 2017 | [208] | |
1961 | Col | Advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan; White House Communications Director, 1985–87; nationally syndicated political pundit; a frequent commentator on The McLaughlin Group | [209] | |
1997 | Law | Assistant to the President for Special Projects, 2010; Communications Director of the U.S. Treasury, 2009–10; Chief Spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008–09; Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama, 2008 Presidential general election campaign | [210] | |
Principal Deputy Press Secretary for the Biden administration | [211] | |||
1965 | Law | White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970–73 | [212] | |
1983 | Col | White House Chief of Staff, 2021–present; Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden, 2008–11; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, 1995–99; U.S. Ebola Response Coordinator, 2014–15 | [213] | |
1920, 1934 | Col, Law | Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53 | ||
1982 | Col | White House Press Secretary, 1998–2000 | [214] | |
1985 | Grad | Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1995–98 | [215] | |
Kayleigh McEnany | 2010 | SFS | White House Press Secretary, 2020–2021 | [216] |
1980 | Law | White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1999–2001 | [217] | |
1991 | Col | Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005–07 | [218] | |
1998 | Col | White House Communications Director, 2009–13; Senior Advisor to President Obama, 2013–15 | [219] | |
1971, 1975 | Col, Law | White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, 1995–96 | [220] | |
1996 | Law | White House Counsel to President Obama, 2011–2014 | [221] | |
This includes ambassadors of the United States to foreign states, international organizations, and at-large causes.
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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Gen. | 1983 | MSFS | Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2011–13; Commander of U.S. Central Command, 2010; Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 2014–present | [288] | |
Rear Admiral | 1803–1808 | Col | Commanded numerous U.S. Navy ships, most notably the during the Mexican–American War | [289] | |
Lt. Gen. | 1933 | Law | High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, 1961–64 | [290] | |
Gen. | 1970 | SFS | Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 2007–11; Commander of Multi-National Force – Iraq, 2004–07 | [291] | |
Maj. Gen. | 1935 | SFS | Commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, 1965; Commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, 1964–65 | [292] | |
Brig. Gen. | 1862 | Col | Commanding general of Artillery districts during the Spanish–American War | [293] [294] | |
Gen. | 1985 | Grad | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2015–2019; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2014–15; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2012–14 | [295] | |
Maj. Gen. | 1984 | Grad | Deputy Director of HUMINT of the CIA, 2006–07; Director of the Marine Corps Intelligence Command, 2000–04 | [296] | |
Lt. Col. Don C. Faith Jr. | 1941 | SFS | Commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir; Medal of Honor recipient | ||
Maj. Gen. | 1957 | SFS | Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, 1991–93; Chairman of the Committee of 100; first Chinese-American to become a general officer in the U.S. Army | [297] | |
Lt. Gen. | 1986 | Grad | Deputy Commander of United States European Command; Commander of United States Army South | [298] | |
Brig. Gen. | 1978 | Grad | Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force, 1997–99 | [299] | |
Gen. | 1966 | SFS | National Security Advisor to President Obama, 2009–10; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 2003–06; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1999–2003 | [300] | |
Gen. | 1967 | MSFS | Commander-in-Chief of United Nations Command/ROK-US Combined Forces Command | ||
Maj. Gen. | 1953 | Col | Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, 1984–1987 | [301] [302] | |
Vice Admiral | 1982 | Grad | Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2006–10; Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 2005–06 | [303] | |
Gen. | 1994–1995 | SFS Fellow | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–12; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2010–11; Commander of United States Central Command, 2008–10 | [304] | |
Vice Admiral | 1982 | Grad | President of the National Defense University, 2009–12; Director of Navy Staff, 2005–06; highest ranking woman in the U.S. Navy | [305] | |
Gen. | 1985 | Grad | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Atlantic Command, 1994–97 | [306] | |
Vice Admiral | 1990 | SSP | U.S. Military Representative to NATO | ||
Lt. Gen. | 1987 | Grad | Commander of United States Army North; Commander of United States Army Military District of Washington/Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, 2005–07 | [307] | |
Maj. Gen. | 1981 | Grad | Commanding General of the 4th Marine Division | [308] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
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1972, 1975 | Col, Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000–present | [309] | ||
1913 | Law | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1954–75 | [310] | ||
1969 | Law | Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2002–06; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2006–present | [311] | ||
1826 | Law | Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1861–67; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1849–53 | [312] [313] | ||
1958 | Law | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1997–2007; the nation's first blind federal trial judge | [314] | ||
1978 | Law | Chief Judge, United States Tax Court, 2006–present | [315] | ||
1916 | Law | Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1958–65; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1930–35 | [316] | ||
1971 | LL.M. | Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2010–12; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2007–present | [317] | ||
1930 | Law | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 1955–96; temporarily assigned to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and presided over the Little Rock Integration Crisis case | [318] | ||
1964 | Law | Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 2009–10; Associate Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1993–2009 | [319] | ||
1914 | Law | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1949–67; Solicitor General of the United States, 1941–45 | [320] | ||
1966, 1969 | Col, Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2003–present | [321] | ||
1967 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1997–2011 | [322] | ||
1986 | Law | Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010–present; Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2006–10 | [323] | ||
1990 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2007–present | [324] | ||
1900 | Law | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1931–35 | [325] | ||
1979 | Law | Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–13 | [326] | ||
1960, 1966 | Col, Law | Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2011–13; Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2001–08 | [327] | ||
1988 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | [328] | ||
1981 | Law | Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2015–present; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2002–15 | [329] | ||
1984 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006–present | [330] | ||
1900 | Law | Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 2010–15 | [331] | ||
1994 | Law | Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Uganda, 2009–present | [332] | ||
1981 | Law | Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 2003–2018 | [333] | ||
1975 | Law | Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1997–2009 | [334] | ||
1987, 1990 | Col, Law | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2011–2018; Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2007–present | [335] | ||
1969 | Col, Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1999–2012 | [336] | ||
1904, 1907 | Col, Law | Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1949–51, Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1937–68; United States Senator from Oregon, 1960 | [337] | ||
1975 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998–present | [338] | ||
1994 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006–present | [339] | ||
1965 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1994–2003; Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1991–94 | [340] | ||
1915 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1945–71; the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse is named in his honor | [341] | ||
1975 | Law | Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1994–2011 | [342] | ||
1957 | Col | Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1986–2016 | [343] | ||
1980 | LL.M. | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002–present | [344] | ||
1964 | LL.M. | Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991–2001 | [345] | ||
1926 | Law | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1971–74; Time magazine "Man of the Year" 1973 | [346] | ||
1979 | Law | Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, 2014–present | [347] | ||
1978 | Law | Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 2007–09; Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, 2001–present | [348] | ||
1971 | Law | Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1990–95; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1986–2002 | [349] | ||
1930 | Law | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1965–85; Deputy Direct, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930–48 | [350] | ||
1955, 1957 | Law, LL.M. | Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1988–2001 | [351] | ||
1863 | Col | Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–21 | [352] | ||
1958, 1962 | Col, Law | Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–07 | [353] |
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Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
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2010 | Law | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2011–15 | [465] | |
1976 | SFS | Author; the movie Syriana was based on two of his books; intelligence commentator; CIA case handler | [466] | |
1995 | Law | President of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Chapter; president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; member of the Massachusetts Senate, 2003–07 | [467] | |
1979 | Med | Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2002–2015; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1991–present | [468] | |
1993 | Col | Chief of staff to Leon Panetta at the Department of Defense and CIA | [469] | |
1973 | Law | President of the Family Research Council, 1988–99; founder of the Campaign for Working Families PAC | [470] | |
1961 | MSB | President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party; Honorary President of the Socialist International; elected to the Puerto Rico Senate, 1973–77, 1985–89, 1997–2000 | [471] | |
1990 | Col | Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate, 2019–present; Member of the Washington State Senate, 2013–present; Member of the Washington House of Representatives, 2011–13; Co-owner of the Spokane Indians | [472] | |
1974 | Law | Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1994–98 | [473] | |
1987 | Law | California State Treasurer, 2015–2019; California State Controller, 2007–15 | [474] | |
2010, 2015 | COL, SCS | Michigan Senate, 2016–18 | ||
1994 | Law | New Hampshire Attorney General, 2009–15 | [475] | |
1888 | Col | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1849; founding member of the Philodemic Society | [476] | |
1979, 1986 | Col, Law | New Jersey Attorney General, 1999–2002; Acting Governor of New Jersey, 2002 | [477] | |
1972 | SFS | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1976–84; political consultant and pundit from New Orleans | [478] | |
1992 | GOVT | Global fraud expert and former Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) | [479] | |
1975 | SFS | President and founder of the Center for Security Policy | [480] | |
1964 | Law | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1966–67 | [481] | |
1971 | Law | Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, 1987–95 | [482] | |
2005 | Law | Missouri Secretary of State, 2013–17; Member of the Missouri House of Representatives, 2009–13 | [483] [484] | |
1954* | SCE | First Lady of the United States, 1961–63 | [485] | |
1948 | SFS | President of the AFL–CIO, 1979–95 | [486] | |
1967 | Grad | Campaign manager for President Jimmy Carter in 1980 | [487] | |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1969–83, 1991–98 | [488] | |||
1960 | MSB | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972–80; temporary judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans attorney | [489] | |
1986 | BA | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161, 2007–2010 | [490] | |
1976 | MSB | Deputy Mayor for Operations of City of New York, 1998–2002; chairman and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2011–12 | [491] | |
1988 | Col | Attorney General of Illinois, 2003–present | [492] | |
1963 | Grad | Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, 1982–87; Sister of Mercy nun who resigned her vows to remain in political office | [493] | |
1987 | Law | Vermont Secretary of State, 1998–2011 | [494] | |
1962 | Grad | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1993–2003; Vice chairman of Merrill Lynch | [495] | |
2009 | Grad | Senior Advisor for Human Rights to the United States Department of State's Global AIDS program and to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Global Affairs | [496] | |
1983 | Law | Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994–2002; President of the National Urban League, 2003–present | [497] | |
Law, LL.M. | Mayor of New York City, 1933 | [498] | ||
1973 | Law | Register of Copyrights, 1985–94 | [499] | |
1989, 1992 | Col, Med | President of the Muslim American Society, 2004–08; Member of the board of directors of Dar Al-Hijrah mosque | [500] | |
Member of the Maryland Senate, 1963–66; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1955–59 | [501] | |||
1978 | SFS | Executive Director and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2007–09; Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, 1994–96 | [502] | |
1984 | MSB | First Lady of South Carolina; investment banker; campaign manager | [503] | |
Sometime 2010s | GOVT | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 2023–present | [504] | |
1963 | Law | Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan's in 1976 and 1980 | [505] | |
1965 | Col | Democratic political consultant | [506] | |
1987 | Law | Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2011–15 | [507] | |
1849 | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1858–59; Member of the Colorado Territorial Legislative Assembly, 1875 | [508] | ||
Sometime 1940s | Law | Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1939–41; survivor of the Bataan Death March | [509] | |
1991 | Law | Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 2009–11; Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 2003–07 | [510] | |
1977 | Law | Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, 1988–89; Member of the Wisconsin State Senate, 1984–93; Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1979–84 | [511] | |
1985 | Law | Co-chairwoman of the super-PAC Ready for Hillary; CEO of Turner GPA | [512] | |
1982 | Law | New York County District Attorney, 2010–present | [513] | |
1988 | Law | Attorney General of South Dakota, 2022–present | [514] | |
1971 | Grad | Democratic political consultant | [515] | |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980, 1986 | Grad, Grad | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority, 2007 | [516] | ||
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan | |||||
1952 | SFS | Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1979–82; Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1977–79; Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, 1971–74 | [517] | ||
1961 | SFS | Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations, 2004–09; Ambassador of Panama to the United States, 1994–96; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, 1996–98 | [518] | ||
1998–1999 | SFS Fellow | State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, 2004–12; Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, 2003–04; Minister of Defense of Georgia, 2004 | [519] | ||
1993 | SFS | Member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, 2012–2015 | [520] | ||
1998 | MSB | Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania, 2005–15 | [521] | ||
1953 | SFS | Israeli Ambassador to the United States, 1973–79; political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir, 1969–73; Member of the Knesset, 1984–88 | [522] | ||
1988 | SFS | Spokesperson for United Nations Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan and António Guterres | [523] | ||
1996 | Law | Member of the Philippines Senate, 2007–present; Minority Floor Leader of the Philippines House of Representatives, 2004–07; Member of the Philippines House of Representatives, 1998–2007 | [524] | ||
1959–1963* | SFS | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, 1979–80 | [525] | ||
1970s | Col | Director of the National Police of Nicaragua, 2006–16 | [526] | ||
1993 | SFS | Ambassador of Mexico to China | [527] | ||
1972, 1975 | Grad, Grad | Ambassador of Israel to China, 2002–07; Ambassador of Israel to India, 1995–2000 | [528] | ||
1983 | Grad | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, 2015–present; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States, 2007–15 | [529] | ||
1983 | SFS | Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, 2015–2017; Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2009–2017 | [530] | ||
1993 | SFS | Minister of Education of Slovakia, 2010–present; Member of the National Council of Slovakia, 2010–present | [531] | ||
1985 | SFS | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 2017–present | [532] | ||
1979 | Col | First Vice President of Panama, 2004–09; Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2004–09 | [533] | ||
1967 | SFS | Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, 2002–06; Minister of the Interior of Colombia, 1998; Ambassador of Colombia to Canada, 1994–98; Minister of Agriculture of Colombia, 1991–93; Ambassador of Colombia to France, 1990–91; Senator of Colombia, 1990; Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, 1986–90 | [534] | ||
1953 | SFS | Member of the Senate of Canada, 1990–2005; first Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, 2003–04 | [535] | ||
1972 | Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Jordan, 2013–15; Minister of Culture of Jordan, 1993–94, 2005; Member of the Jordanian Senate, 2010–11, 2015 | [536] | |||
1952 | SFS | Jurist and career diplomat; served as Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs (1964–65) and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1960–64) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; served as Ambassador of Mexico in Germany and the Netherlands | [537] | ||
1953 | MSFS | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1991–2001; President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2003–12; Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board | [538] | ||
1995 | SFS | United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States, 2008–present | [539] | ||
1971 | Col | Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2008–11; Ambassador of Thailand to the United States, 2004–06; Ambassador of Thailand to Japan, 2001–03; Ambassador of Thailand to Germany, 1997–2001; Ambassador of Thailand to the Soviet Union, 1991–93; Ambassador of Thailand to Indonesia, 1994–96 | [540] | ||
Minister of Communications of Tunisia, 2009–12; Fulbright scholar | [541] | ||||
1974 | Law | Chairman of the People First Party of the Republic of China, 2000–present; first Governor of Taiwan Province, 1993–98; Head of the Government Information Office, 1979–84 | [542] | ||
1991 | SFS | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, 2006–10; Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United Nations, 2002–06; President, Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court | [543] | ||
Grad | First Ambassador of Israel to China, Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands | [544] | |||
1958 | MSB | Ambassador of Mexico to Cuba, Portugal, and Russia; Director-General, Bank of Mexico, 1982; Secretary of Budget and Planning of Mexico, 1976–77 | [545] | ||
1983 | Grad | Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 2003–07; Ambassador and High Commissioner of Singapore to India and Nepal, 1996–98 | [546] | ||
1982 | SFS | First Lady of Ukraine, 2005–10 (wife of Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko) | [547] | ||
2016 | LL.M | Member of the Parliament of Jakarta (Indonesia), Secretary of the Indonesia Solidarity Party Fraction | [548] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Law | President of HBO miniseries and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker | [549] | ||
1985 | Col | Singer and actress; winner of the Tony Award, Daytime Emmy Award, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | [550] | ||
1895–1897* | Col | Actor | [551] | ||
2001 | Col | Director and screenwriter | [552] | ||
1970 | SFS | Franco-Tunisian film producer | [553] | ||
2004 | Col | Actor | [554] | ||
1978 | Law | Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures | [555] | ||
Sometime 1950s | Col | Actress known for Private Benjamin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination | [556] | ||
2005 | Col | Director and screenwriter | [557] | ||
1997 | Col | Actor; nominated for several Academy Awards and Tony Awards; named by People in 2011 as the "Sexiest Man Alive" | [558] | ||
1995 | Col | Producer of Grey Gardens; winner of an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a TCA Award | [559] | ||
1992 | Grad | Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for Wit | [560] | ||
1993 | Law | Actor | [561] | ||
Col | Independent filmmaker | [562] | |||
1960 | Col | Five-time Tony Award-winning playwright known for The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body | [563] | ||
1971 | Col | Tony Award-winning director known for The Elephant Man play on Broadway | [564] | ||
1985 | Col | Television writer and producer; creator of Arrested Development; co-creator of The Ellen Show | [565] | ||
2001 | Col | Actor and comedian known for his role in The League and starring in the Kroll Show | [566] | ||
1914 | Grad | Early stage and film actor; first portrayed the character of Svengali | [567] | ||
1992 | Col | Director known for Undercover Brother and The Best Man | [568] | ||
1889 | Col | Canadian actor, director, and playwright | [569] | ||
2005 | Col | Actress and screenwriter | [570] | ||
1984 | Law | Star and judge of The People's Court; former Florida circuit court judge | [571] | ||
1984 | MSB | Producer known for Transformers, , and Natural Born Killers | [572] | ||
1992 | SFS | Documentary director known for Smile Pinki; winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary | [573] | ||
1999 | Col | Screenwriter and director known for directing Westworld and writing the short story "Memento Mori" | [574] | ||
1943 | SFS | Actor, director, writer, and producer; winner of nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award | [575] | ||
2012 | COL | Actress | [576] | ||
1995 | SFS | Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-winning director and writer known for Grey Gardens | [577] | ||
1989 | Col | Actor | [578] | ||
1987 | Director known for four Harry Potter films | [579] | |||
1989 | Col | Former talk show host on KFI; documentary writer and director | [580] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Col | New York Times bestselling author and webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron | [581] | ||
1950 | Col | Author of The Exorcist | [582] | ||
1983 | Col | Author, poet, and public intellectual; contributing editor of The Weekly Standard | [583] | ||
1969 | SFS | Noted biographer | [584] | ||
1867 | Grad | Creole journalist, poet, and author known for The House in Balfour Street | |||
1867 | Grad | Creole author known for Le Tombeau Blanc | |||
1967 | Col | Author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water and The Broken Cord, for which he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction | [585] | ||
1955 | SFS | Financial author and Edgar Award-winning fiction novelist | [586] | ||
1902 | Law | Author of 20 books, including ; columnist for The New Republic; outspoken opponent of the New Deal and the United States' entry into World War II | [587] | ||
1997 | Grad | Author specializing in relationships and personal growth | [588] | ||
Col | Poet; editor of The Yale Review; President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters | [589] | |||
2000 | Col | Award-winning novelist known for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears; Lannan Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University; MacArthur Fellow | [590] | ||
1970 | Col | Author on fashion and style; the "Style Guy" for GQ Magazine | [591] | ||
1995 | Col | Novelist known for Los Angeles Times bestseller Fathermucker | [592] | ||
1859* | Col | Poet known for authoring "Maryland, My Maryland", the official state song of Maryland | [593] | ||
1999 | Col | Author of the award-winning Story Thieves, Half Upon a Time, and Revenge of Magic series | [594] | ||
1991 | SFS | Author and screenwriter known for The Dark Path and co-creating the television series Banshee | [595] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Col | Rhythm and blues singer | [596] | |
1975 | Col | Computer game designer | [597] | |
2000 | Col | Comedian | [598] | |
2005 | Grad | Juggler and comedian | [599] | |
1813–1814* | Col | Founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum | ||
1992 | GPPI | Photographer and contemporary artist | [600] | |
1968 | SLL | Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter best known for "Afternoon Delight" | [601] | |
1971 | Col | Composer of classical music | [602] | |
2019 | Grad | Designer and artist | [603] | |
1988 | MSB | Stand-up comedian and actor; star of The Jim Gaffigan Show | [604] | |
1992 | Grad | Guitarist and songwriter, formerly with Vertical Horizon | [605] | |
2004 | Col | Stand-up comedian; writer for Saturday Night Live | [606] | |
1998 | Col | Comedian and star of Impractical Jokers | [607] | |
1982 | Law | Attorney and artist | [608] | |
Jacqueline Novak | 2004 | Col | Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and author | |
1988 | Col | Guitarist for rock band Fugazi; former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring | [609] | |
Col | Musician and co-author known for Hair | [610] | ||
1992 | Grad | Musician and founding member of Vertical Horizon | [611] | |
Benito Skinner | 2016 | Col | Actor and comedian | [612] |
1922 | Col | Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1952–60; curator of the Museum of Modern Art, 1935–46 | [613] | |
1992 | Col | Music industry executive for Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group; co-creator of HBO's Reverb | [614] | |
1989 | MSB | Indie rock musician and arts activist | [615] | |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | MSB | Television personality on CNBC | [616] | ||
1947* | Col | Investigative journalist; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting | [617] | ||
1976 | Grad | Economist, author, and Wall Street Journal columnist | [618] | ||
1997 | Col | Journalist | [619] | ||
1989 | Law | Political and legal analyst on MSNBC; President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy | [620] | ||
1979 | Grad | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; University Professor at the University of Central Florida | [621] | ||
1993 | Law | Supreme Court reporter for USA Today and The Washington Post | [622] | ||
1983 | Law | Chairman and owner of Atlantic Media; founder of The Advisory Board Company and CEB Inc. | [623] | ||
1998 | Col | CNN political commentator; Former political reporter for The Washington Post | [624] | ||
1894 | Col | Editor of Collier's Weekly magazine (founded by his father); President of the Aero Club of America; married the granddaughter of William Astor | [625] | ||
1968 | SFS | CBS News producer (60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II) and reporter; twice awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award by the Overseas Press Club; author of the 2003 bestseller Charlie Wilson's War | [626] | ||
1957 | Grad | Legal journalist who is known for covering the Supreme Court for SCOTUSblog, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe; professor at Georgetown Law Center | [627] | ||
1987 | Law | Journalist and host of To the Contrary | [628] | ||
1977 | SFS | CNN special correspondent; National correspondent on NBC's The Today Show | [629] | ||
1994 | SFS | Foreign correspondent with the National Public Radio; winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award and Peabody Award | [630] | ||
1990 | Grad | President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2007–11; President of the Londgon-based Legatum Institute, 2011–14; Senior Fellow at Georgetown University and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue | [631] | ||
2001 | Law | Journalist at The New Republic known for fabricating numerous stories | [632] | ||
1985 | SFS | Correspondent with NPR, and PRI's The World | [633] | ||
2000 | Grad | Journalist and former White House correspondent; co-anchor of The Today Show | [634] | ||
2003 | Col | Head of News at Snapchat; host of Good Luck America; former CNN political reporter; author of "Did Twitter Kill The Boys On The Bus?",[635] winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award | [636] | ||
1968 | SFS | Deputy editorial page director of The Wall Street Journal; contributor on Fox News | [637] | ||
1986 | Col | Senior editorial writer for The Washington Times; contributor to numerous publications and news stations | [638] | ||
1960 | Col | Former executive editor of The Courier-Journal | [639] | ||
1983 | Col | Journalist for The Washington Post; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting | [640] | ||
1999 | Grad | Award-winning British political journalist; became first female political editor of the BBC in 2015, one of the highest profile roles in British journalism | [641] | ||
1987 | SFS | White House correspondent, former European economic correspondent, and Hong Kong bureau chief for The New York Times | [642] | ||
1983 | Law | Senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal | [643] | ||
1985 | Col | Correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast | [644] | ||
1986 | Col | Columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service; contributing editor to the National Review | [645] | ||
1894, 1895 | Col, Grad | Founder of Condé Nast, which publishes Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker; first president of Georgetown's student government, The Yard (predecessor to the Georgetown University Student Association) | [646] | ||
1981 | Col | Science and technology broadcast journalist for CNN | [647] | ||
1984 | Col | Author; former Sunday Business editor for The New York Times and editorial board member of Bloomberg View of Bloomberg News | [648] | ||
1996, 2003 | Col, Grad | Co-anchor of CBS This Morning; former Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News | [649] | ||
2001 | Law | Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award, and Polk Award-winning national security journalist for The Washington Post | [650] | ||
1922–1923* | Law | Sports editor at The Washington Post for 41 years; winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award | [651] | ||
1951 | Col | The New York Times wine columnist and author | [652] | ||
1939 | Col | Publisher of film magazines and co-author of the Motion Picture Production Code; spy for the United States Office of Strategic Services in Ireland during World War II; twice-elected mayor of Larchmont, New York | [653] | ||
2004 | SCS | Emmy Award-winning documentary director; reporter for the Associated Press | [654] | ||
1944* | Law | Media executive; chairman and owner of National Amusements, the parent corporation of CBS Corporation and Viacom | [655] | ||
1977 | Col | Anchor for NBC News; winner of two Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics and for The Alzheimer's Project; former First Lady of California | [656] | ||
1993 | MSFS | Host of NBC Nightly News; co-host of the Good Morning America weekend edition | [657] | ||
1984 | SFS | Technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal | [658] | ||
1992 | SFS | Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning reporter; previously on CNN's The Situation Room | [659] | ||
1959 | SFS | President of ABC Entertainment and ABC Broadcast Group | [660] | ||
1979, 1982 | Law, LL.M. | Fox News Channel anchor of On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren | [661] | ||
1994 | SFS | Former NYC Media general manager; former media advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg | [662] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | Law | In March 2006, sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered then to pay restitution of more than $21 million for defrauding American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials | [663] | ||
1961, 1964 | Col, Law | Litigator; represented President Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal | [664] | ||
1961, 1965 | Col, Law | Co-founder of Patton Boggs LLP | [665] | ||
1981 | Law | Litigator who represented the West Memphis Three | [666] | ||
1953, 1956 | SFS, Law | Litigator who defended numerous high-profile clients | [667] | ||
1990 | SFS | Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Yahoo | [668] | ||
1981 | Law | Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2006–present; President of the Freedom Forum, which operates the Newseum, 2011–present | [669] | ||
1928 | Law | World's first space lawyer; president of Aerojet General, 1942–45; a founder in 1960 of the International Academy of Astronautics and International Institute of Space Law; coined the term "metalaw" (laws applied to relations with alien intelligences) | |||
Unknown | Law | Representing former United States President Donald J. Trump in the pending federal case against him for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 United States Presidential election | [670] | ||
1979, 1982 | Col, Law | General counsel of Princeton University; Republican New Jersey state legislator | [671] | ||
1968, 1971 | Col, Law | U.S. Attorney for Vermont | [672] [673] | ||
1975, 1976 | Law, LL.M. | Candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 1995 and 1999; Baton Rouge attorney | [674] | ||
1984 | Law | Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop; wife of Chief Justice John Roberts | [675] | ||
1929 | Col | Noted New York attorney and patriarch of the New York Mets; Shea Stadium named in his honor; name partner of Shea & Gould | [676] | ||
1973, 1977 | Col, Law | Vice president and general counsel, Lockheed Martin | [677] | ||
Helen Steinbinder | 1955 | LL.M. | First female law professor at Georgetown Law School | [678] | |
1964, 1967 | Col, Law | Senior partner at Williams & Connolly; litigator who defended Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Iran-Contra affair | [679] | ||
1995 | Col | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney | [680] | ||
1944 | Law | Trial lawyer; attorney for The Washington Post and Georgetown University; owned the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles; founder of Williams & Connolly | [681] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | MSFS | First son of Constantine II of Greece and Crown Prince | [682] | ||
1988–1989* | COL | Member of the Dutch Royal Family, being nephew of the former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands | |||
1987 | SFS | Third son and youngest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg | |||
1968 | SFS | Son of King Faisal; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States, 2005–07; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2002–05; Director of General Intelligence of Saudi Arabia, 1979–2001 | [683] | ||
1981 | SFS | Member of the House of Saud; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2005–present; Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Italy and Malta, 1995–2005 | [684] | ||
2005 | SFS | The younger of the two sons of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, and half-brother of the reigning King Abdullah II of Jordan | |||
2016 | SFS | First son and heir apparent of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan | [685] | ||
1989 | SFS, Grad | The eldest son of Prince Muhammad bin Talal, the younger brother of King Hussein of Jordan, and the grandson of King Talal of Jordan | [686] | ||
American socialite, fashion designer, and model; granddaughter of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and by birth a member of the House of Fürstenberg, an ancient German noble family | [687] | ||||
1986 | SFS, Grad | Member of the House of Hashemites; chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation | [688] | ||
1884 | Col | Grandson of Don Agustín de Iturbide, the first Emperor of Mexico; became adopted son of Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, of House of Habsburg, and as the Emperors had no children, he became heir to the throne; in exile (as Emperor Don Agustín III of Mexico, de jure) he taught Spanish and French at Georgetown for many years (died 1925) | [689] | ||
Prince Constantine-Alexios | 2022 | Col | First son of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece; model at Dior | [690] | |
2009 | SFS | Member of the Royal House of Thani, Sheikh of Qatar; brother of the Emir of Qatar - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; son of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | [691] | ||
2018 | SFS | Princess of Jordan, member of the Hashemite family. Daughter of King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania of Jordan. | [692] | ||
Grandson of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | |||||
2014 | Col | Granddaughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran | [693] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | MBA | United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 2006–07; Senior Vice President and President of the Health and Wellness Division of Walmart, 2007–14 | [694] | ||
1974, 1976 | Grad, Grad | NASA astronaut and astrophysicist; Research Manager for the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Center, 1995–present | [695] | ||
Lisa Bowleg | 1988 | Col | Professor of Applied Social Psychology | [696] | |
1971 | Grad | Bacteriologist and Head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules at the Pasteur Institute; recipient of the 1998 Richard Lounsbery Award | [697] | ||
1962 | Grad | Astronomer
| [698] | ||
1983 | Med | Tulane University
| [699] | ||
1985, 1992 | Col, Med | United States Global AIDS Coordinator of the U.S. Department of State, 2006–09 | [700] | ||
Lt. Gen. | 1976 | Med | Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander of U.S. Army Medical Command, 2004–07 | [701] | |
1995 | Grad | Professor of chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen | [702] | ||
2012 | Col | physician and health activist | [703] | ||
1975 | W | Surgeon General of the United States, 1990–93 | [704] | ||
1915 | Med | Surgeon General of the United States, 1936–48 | [705] | ||
1994 | Med | Cardiologist
| [706] | ||
1973, 1977 | Col, Med | Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018–present; Virologist and HIV researcher; professor of medicine at University of Maryland, Baltimore; co-founder of the Institute of Human Virology | [707] | ||
1949, 1953 | Col, Med | President of the American Medical Association, 1991–92 | [708] | ||
1954 | Med | Astronomer
| [709] | ||
1959, 1962 | Col, Med | Neuroscientist
| [710] | ||
William Kennedy Smith | 1991 | Med | Member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission; founder of the Center for International Rehabilitation and Physicians Against Land Mines; member of the Kennedy family; charged with rape in a nationally publicized 1991 trial | [711] | |
Angelo Thrower | 1989 | Med | Dermatologist and company founder | [712] | |
1967 | Med | United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 2006–09; Director of the National Cancer Institute, 2002–05 | [713] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Altman | 1997 | SFS | Rower on the 2008 US Olympic team and US National Rowing team member; winner of three medals at the World Rowing Championships | ||
1942 | Col | Professional football player for the New York Giants; killed in action during World War II while searching alone for missing comrades in the Vosges Mountains of France; the New York Giants retired his number, 32 | [714] | ||
2001 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers | [715] | ||
2007 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins | [716] | ||
2006 | SFS | Sailor on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team | [717] | ||
1906 | Col | Professional baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders and an umpire; coach of the Georgetown varsity basketball team, 1911–14 | |||
1985 | Col | Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks; inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 | [718] | ||
2008 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Al Rayyan Basketball Team of the Qatari Basketball League | [719] | ||
1982 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets | [720] | ||
1997 | MSB | Professional racer for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series | [721] | ||
2004–2007* | Col | Professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder Boston Celtics Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers | [722] | ||
1996 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls | [723] | ||
2008 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers | [724] | ||
1997 | Law | Three-time gold medalist swimmer on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team | [725] | ||
1995–1996* | Col | Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers | [726] | ||
1989 | MSB | Professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs | [727] | ||
1941 | Col | Professional football player for the Detroit Lions | [728] | ||
1941 | Col | Professional football player for the Chicago Bears | [729] | ||
1994 | Col | Hammer thrower for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and 2000 U.S. Olympic team | [730] | ||
2008–2009* | MSB | Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks | [731] | ||
1943 | Col | Professional football player for the Boston Yanks | [732] | ||
1992 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Miami Heat | [733] | ||
1998 | SFS | Track and field athlete and Chief of Mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic delegation; actress; fashion model and motivational speaker | |||
1991 | SLL | Professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets | [734] | ||
1966 | Col | Former American record-holder in the Boston Marathon | [735] | ||
1995–1997* | Col | NBA Development League basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce | [736] | ||
1943 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins | [737] | ||
1942 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins | [738] | ||
1995 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic | [739] | ||
1951 | Col | Professional football player for the Washington Redskins | [740] | ||
Basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League | |||||
1931* | Col | Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers | [741] [742] | ||
Olympic fencer, and national champion | |||||
2003 | MSB | Professional lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse; played for the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship and Team USA in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship | [743] | ||
2001–2003* | Col | Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls | [744] | ||
2011 | Col | Professional soccer player for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and the United States women's national under-23 soccer team; played in the National Women's Soccer League | [745] | ||
1998 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards | [746] | ||
1996 | Col | Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks | [747] | ||
1987 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers; 1983 Mr. Basketball USA | [748] | ||
1986 | Col | Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers | [749] |
Name | Class year | School/ degree | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | MSB | President of Baseball Operations of the Cleveland Indians | [750] | ||
1960 | MSB | Owner of the Arizona Cardinals | [751] | ||
1934 | Col | Owner of the Detroit Tigers | [752] | ||
1978, 1982 | MSB, Law | Head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team; scout for the 1988 U.S. men's basketball team | [753] | ||
2000 | J.D., Law | American football player and executive | [754] | ||
1975 | Col | Owner and manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium; owner of the Los Angeles Marathon | [755] | ||
1975 | SLL | CEO and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers; highest-ranked woman in Major League Baseball | [756] | ||
1988 | Law | President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers; former safety in the NFL Pro Bowl; two-time Super Bowl Champion with the Washington Redskins | [757] | ||
2007 | Law | President of the Washington Wizards; first female president of an NBA franchise | [758] | ||
1966 | Law | President and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers; President and CEO of the Cleveland Browns | [759] | ||
1989 | Col | Head coach of the Detroit Lions | [760] | ||
1966 | LL.M. | Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference | [761] | ||
1962 | Col | Commissioner of the National Football League, 1989–2006; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University, 2009–2015; member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame | [762] | ||
MSB | General manager of the Chicago Bears; chairman and CEO of Forest Park National Bank & Trust Co. | [763] | |||
1968 | Col | Head coach of the lightweight men of the 1979 U.S. National team; assistant coach of the heavyweight men of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team; rower for the champion 1972 U.S. Olympic team and 1974 World Rowing Championships team; founder and CEO of Vespoli USA | [764] | ||
1991 | Col | Head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team | [765] |
Name | Notability | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
Title character in animated series Archer | [766] | ||
Played by Alexander Siddig in Syriana | [767] | ||
President's daughter played by Elisabeth Moss in The West Wing | [768] | ||
Popular boy and love interest of the protagonist, and Senior Class Vice President in Booksmart | [769] | ||
Main character played by Will Smith in Enemy of the State | [770] | ||
Played by Reese Witherspoon in Election | [771] | ||
Lead character played by Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife | [772] | ||
Character played by Josh Charles in The Good Wife | |||
Played by Nicolas Cage in the National Treasure franchise | |||
Played by Troian Bellisario in Pretty Little Liars | |||
Characters in Doonesbury | [773] | ||
Character in the video game | |||
Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief from the television series The Closer | [774] | ||
Main character played by Emile Hirsch in The Girl Next Door | [775] | ||
Main and recurring characters in The Brink | |||
St. Elmo's Fire | |||
Played by Michael McKean in the television series Better Call Saul | [776] | ||
Played by Michelle Trachtenberg in 17 Again | [777] | ||
President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert in 24 | |||
Played by Kerry Washington in the television series Scandal | |||
Played by Raven-Symoné in College Road Trip | [778] | ||
Played by Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance | [779] | ||
From Designated Survivor, played by Italia Ricci | |||
(Grad 1980); deputy director of the Central Intelligence and President of the United States in Tom Clancy novels | [780] | ||
Main character in Covert Affairs | [781] | ||
Character in Insecure played by Jay Ellis | [782] | ||
Protagonist in the 1979 novel The Vicar of Christ who served as Chief Justice of the United States and later Pope | [783] | ||
Character played by Duane Martin in Above the Rim, who played for the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team under Coach John Thompson Jr. | [784] | ||
President's personal aide played by Dulé Hill in The West Wing |
For lists of alumni organized by the university's constituent schools see: