List of Georgetown University alumni

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.

Legend

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)

• Col – Georgetown College

• CAS – former College of Arts & Sciences
• SLL – former School of Languages and Linguistics, now the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics within the College

• Dent – School of Dentistry (defunct)
• Grad – Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Law – Law Center (Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws)

• LL.M. – Master of Laws

• Med – School of Medicine

• R – Medical residency in the School of Medicine
• W – Fellowship in the School of Medicine

• MSB – McDonough School of Business (undergraduate)

• GSB – former Georgetown School of Business
• SBA – former School of Business Administration
• MBA – Master of Business Administration (graduate)

• NHS – School of Nursing and Health Studies

• Nur – former Georgetown University Nursing School

• MPP – McCourt School of Public Policy

• GPPI – former Georgetown Public Policy Institute

• SCS – School of Continuing Studies

• SCE – former School of Summer and Continuing Education
• CED – School of Continuing Education

• SFS – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (undergraduate)

• MSFS – Master of Science in Foreign Service (graduate)
• SSP – Security Studies Program (graduate)

Academia

College and university presidents

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Ambar, Carmen TwillieCarmen Twillie Ambar	1990	SFS	President of Cedar Crest College, 2008–present	[1]
Barchi, Robert L.Robert L. Barchi	1968, 1969	Col, Grad	President of Rutgers University, 2012–present; President of Thomas Jefferson University, 2004–12; Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1999–2004	[2]
Rev. Biondi, LawrenceLawrence Biondi	1966, 1975	Grad, Grad	President of Saint Louis University, 1987–2013	[3]
Rev. Curran, ThomasThomas Curran	1985	Grad	President of Rockhurst University, 2006–present	[4]
DeGioia, John J.John J. DeGioia	1979, 1995	Col, Grad	President of Georgetown University, 2001–present	[5][6]
Rev. Fitzgerald, Thomas R.Thomas R. Fitzgerald	1938–1939*	Col	President of Fairfield University, 1973–79; President of Saint Louis University, 1979–87	[7]
Garrett, AllisonAllison Garrett	1992	LL.M.	President of Emporia State University, 2016–present; former Walmart Vice President/Legal Counsel	[8]
Hockfield, SusanSusan Hockfield	1979	Grad	President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004–12	[9]
Houston, Jr., George R.George R. Houston, Jr.	1961	MSB	President of Mount St. Mary's University, 1994–2003	[10]
Rev. Linnane, Brian F.Brian F. Linnane	1981	Grad	President of Loyola University Maryland, 2005–present	[11]
Very Rev. Matthews, WilliamWilliam Matthews	1790s	Col	President of Georgetown College, 1809; Vicar General of the Diocese of Philadelphia	[12]
Rev. O'Donovan, Leo J.Leo J. O'Donovan	1956	Col	President of Georgetown University, 1989–2001	[13]
Rev. Pilarz, Scott R.Scott R. Pilarz	1981	Col	President of Marquette University, 2011–13; President of the University of Scranton, 2003–11	[14]
Rev. Pinasco, JohnJohn Pinasco	1868–1872*		President of the University of San Francisco, 1876–80; President of Santa Clara College, 1880–83, 1888–93	[15]
Porterfield, Daniel R.Daniel R. Porterfield	1983	Col	President of Franklin & Marshall College, 2011–present	[16]
Pye, A. KennethA. Kenneth Pye	1954, 1955	Law, LL.M.	President of Southern Methodist University, 1987–94	[17]
Sr. Ross, KathleenKathleen Ross	1971	Grad	President of Heritage University; MacArthur Fellow	[18]
Spar, Debora L.Debora L. Spar	1984	SFS	President of Barnard College, 2008–present	[19]
White, B. JosephB. Joseph White	1969	SFS	President of the University of Illinois, 2005–09	[20]

Educators

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Arend, Anthony ClarkAnthony Clark Arend	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	[21]
Ballon, Ian C.Ian C. Ballon	1998	LL.M.	Professor of law at Stanford Law School; Executive Director of the Center for E-Commerce	[22]
Cottrol, Robert J.Robert J. Cottrol		Law	Professor of law at George Washington University Law School; legal historian	[23]
Demleitner, NoraNora Demleitner	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	[24]
Doukas, David JohnDavid John Doukas	1983	Med	William Ray Moore Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism at University of Louisville; Medical Ethics and Professionalism Educator	[25]
Erakat, NouraNoura Erakat	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	[26][27]
Healey, Thomas J.Thomas J. Healey	1964	Col	Senior fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University	[28]
Potolicchio, SamSam Potolicchio		Col, Grad	Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Political Communications at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Director of Global and Custom Education at Georgetown University; President of the Preparing Global Leaders Foundation	[29]
Renwick, EdEd Renwick	1960	Col	Professor of political science and Director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University New Orleans; political commentator	[30]
Sherman, Edward F.Edward F. Sherman	1959	Col	Dean and W.R. Irby Chair in Law at Tulane University Law School	[31]
Vladeck, DavidDavid Vladeck	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	[32]
von Hagen, MarkMark von Hagen	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	[33]

Business

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Baczko, Joseph R.Joseph R. Baczko	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	[34][35]
Bode, DeniseDenise Bode	1984	LL.M.	CEO of the American Wind Energy Association; Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, 1997–2007	[36]
Bradley, David G.David G. Bradley	1983	Law	Founder of the The Advisory Board Company; owner of the Atlantic Media Company	[37]
Bunch, CharlesCharles Bunch	1971	SFS	Chairman and CEO of PPG Industries; Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, 2007–08	[38]
Cawley, CharlesCharles Cawley	1962	Col	Chairman and CEO of MBNA	[39]
Chasen, MichaelMichael Chasen	1995	MBA	Co-founder and CEO of Blackboard Inc., 1999–2012	[40]
Colligan, BudBud Colligan	1976	SFS	Co-Chairman of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership; founder and CEO of South Swell Ventures; chairman and CEO of Macromedia, 1992–97	[41]
Cook, CatherineCatherine Cook	2011	MSB	Co-founder of the social networking site myYearbook	[42]
Donnelly, CharlesCharles Donnelly	1896	Law	President of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1920–39	[43]
Doyle, WilliamWilliam Doyle	1972	Col	President and CEO of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, 1999–2015; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University	[44]
Erdoes, Mary CallahanMary Callahan Erdoes	1989	Col	CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, 2009–present	[45]
Firestone, James A.James A. Firestone	1976	SFS	President of Xerox North America; Executive Vice President of the Xerox Corporation	[46]
Forstmann, Nicholas C.Nicholas C. Forstmann	1969	MSB	Founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company	[47]
Garagiola, Jr., JoeJoe Garagiola, Jr.	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	[48]
Goei, DexterDexter Goei	1993	SFS	CEO of Altice	[49]
Gonzalez-Bunster, RolandoRolando Gonzalez-Bunster	1968		Chairman & CEO of InterEnergy Holdings	[50]
Greco, James J.James J. Greco	1980	Col	CEO of Bruegger's, 2003-2011; CEO of Sbarro, 2012–13; President of Newk's Eatery	[51]
Greenberg, Jeffrey W.Jeffrey W. Greenberg	1976	Law	Chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, 1999–2004	[52]
Hakuta, KenKen Hakuta	1972	MSB	TV personality known as "Dr. Fad;" CEO of Allherb.com Foundation	[53]
Johnson, Luci BainesLuci Baines Johnson	1965–1966*	Nur	Chairwoman of the LBJ Holding Company	[54]
Kimsey, JimJim Kimsey	1958*	Col	Founder, CEO, and chairman of America Online (AOL)	[55]
Kroll, Jules B.Jules B. Kroll	1966	Law	Founder of Kroll Inc.	[56]
Leavey, Thomas E.Thomas E. Leavey	1923	Law	Co-founder of Farmers Insurance; Co-founder of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation	[57]
Leeds, DougDoug Leeds	1996	Law	CEO of Ask.com	[58]
Leonsis, TedTed Leonsis	1977	Col	Chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment (owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards, NHL's Washington Capitals, WNBA's Washington Mystics, the Verizon Center, Baltimore-Washington Ticketmaster franchise); Vice chairman emeritus of AOL; producer of documentaries Nanking and Kicking It; chairman of SnagFilms	[59]
Mauboussin, Michael J.Michael J. Mauboussin	1986	Col	Managing director and head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse; chief investment strategist, Legg Mason	[60]
O'Brien, Morgan E.Morgan E. O'Brien	1966	Col	Founder and chairman of Cyren Call Communications, 2005–present; co-founder and chairman of Nextel Communications (now Sprint Nextel Corporation), 1987–95	[61]
Paone, Martin P.Martin P. Paone	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	[62]
Pelosi, PaulPaul Pelosi	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	[63]
Perlin, GaryGary Perlin	1972	SFS	Chief financial officer of Capital One Financial Corporation, 2003–present; Chief financial officer and vice president of the World Bank	[64][65]
Pestillo, Peter J.Peter J. Pestillo	1963	Law	Chairman and CEO of Visteon	[66]
Prince, CharlesCharles Prince	1983	Law	Chairman and CEO of Citigroup	[67]
Russo, PatriciaPatricia Russo	1972	Col	CEO of Lucent and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent	[68]
Sacca, ChrisChris Sacca	1997, 2000	SFS, Law	Former head of special initiatives at Google; venture capital investor in Twitter and Uber	[69]
Schlafly, ThomasThomas Schlafly	1977	Law	President and co-founder of the Saint Louis Brewery	[70]
Smith, Justin B.Justin B. Smith	1991	SFS	CEO of Bloomberg Media Group	[71]
Smith, Van P.Van P. Smith	1955	Law	Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Automobile Association	[72]
Tosi, LaurenceLaurence Tosi	1990 1994	MSB Law/MBA	CFO of Airbnb; former CFO of The Blackstone Group	[73]
Trump, EricEric Trump	2006	MSB	Executive vice president of The Trump Organization. Owner of Trump Winery	[74]
Trump, IvankaIvanka Trump	2000–2002*	MSB	Executive vice president of The Trump Organization; model	[75]
Wallenberg, MarcusMarcus Wallenberg	1980	SFS	President and CEO of Investor AB; chairman of International Chamber of Commerce; Vice chairman of the Institute of International Finance	[76]
Wehner, DavidDavid Wehner	1990	Col	Chief financial officer of Facebook, Inc., 2014–present	[77]
Weinberger, MarkMark Weinberger	1991	LL.M.	Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy	[78]
Whitworth, Ralph V.Ralph V. Whitworth	1985	Law	Founder and principal of Relational Investors; former chairman of Waste Management, Inc., and Apria HealthCare Group, Inc.	[79]
Wood, John B.John B. Wood	1985	MSB	Chairman and CEO of Telos	[80]

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
bin al-Hussein, Abdullah IIAbdullah II bin al-Hussein	1987	MSFS	King of Jordan, 1999–present	[81]
Arias, RicardoRicardo Arias	1935	SFS	President of Panama, 1955–56	[82]
Macapagal-Arroyo, GloriaGloria Macapagal-Arroyo	1968	SFS	President of the Philippines, 2001–10	[83]
Barroso, José ManuelJosé Manuel Barroso	1998	MSFS	President of the European Commission, 2004–2014; Prime Minister of Portugal, 2002–04	[84]
Chinchilla, LauraLaura Chinchilla	1989	MPP	President of Costa Rica, 2010–14	[85]
Clinton, BillBill Clinton	1968	SFS	President of the United States, 1993–2001	[86]
Cristiani, AlfredoAlfredo Cristiani	1968	MSB	President of El Salvador, 1989–94	[87]
Felipe VI, KingKing Felipe VI	1995	MSFS	King of Spain, 2014–present	[88]
Johnson, Lyndon B.Lyndon B. Johnson	1934*	Law	President of the United States, 1963–69	[89]
Plaza, GaloGalo Plaza	1929	SFS	President of Ecuador, 1948–52; 4th Secretary General of the Organization of American States, 1968–75	[90]
Hariri, SaadSaad Hariri	1992	MSB	Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2009–11	[91]
Komšić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Komšić	1982	SFS	Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present	[92]
López Michelsen, AlfonsoAlfonso López Michelsen		SFS	President of Colombia, 1974–78	[93]

Governors of the United States

This includes the governors of the states and territories of the United States.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Anaya, ToneyToney Anaya	1963	SFS	Governor of New Mexico, 1983–87	[94]
Blease, Coleman LivingstonColeman Livingston Blease	1889	Law	Governor of South Carolina, 1911–15; United States Senator, 1925–31	[95]
Boggs, James CalebJames Caleb Boggs	1937	Law	Governor of Delaware, 1953–60; United States Senator, 1961–73; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1947–53	[96]
Carroll, John LeeJohn Lee Carroll		Col	Governor of Maryland, 1876–80; great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton	[97]
Castle, Michael N.Michael N. Castle	1964	Law	Governor of Delaware, 1985–92; United States Representative, 1993–2011	[98]
Coleman, Peter TaliPeter Tali Coleman	1949, 1951	Col, Law	First appointed Governor of American Samoa, 1956–61; first elected Governor of American Samoa, 1978–85, 1989–93	[99]
Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels	1979	Law	Governor of Indiana, 2005–13; President of Purdue University	[100]
Del Sesto, ChristopherChristopher Del Sesto	1938	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1959–61	[101]
DiSalle, Michael V.Michael V. DiSalle	1931	Law	Governor of Ohio, 1959–63	[102]
Flynn, William S.William S. Flynn	1910	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1923–25	[103]
Fortuño, LuisLuis Fortuño	1982	SFS	Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2009–14	[104]
Higgins, James H.James H. Higgins	1900	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1907–09	[105]
Keating, FrankFrank Keating	1966	Col	Governor of Oklahoma, 1995–2003; President and CEO of the American Bankers Association	[106]
Lynch, John H.John H. Lynch	1978	Law	Governor of New Hampshire, 2005–13	[107]
McAuliffe, TerryTerry McAuliffe	1986	Law	Governor of Virginia, 2014–present; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee	[108]
McGreevey, JimJim McGreevey	1981	Law	Governor of New Jersey, 2002–04	[109]
Merrill, SteveSteve Merrill	1972	Law	Governor of New Hampshire, 1993–97	[110]
Muñoz Marín, LuisLuis Muñoz Marín	1915*	Law	First democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, 1949–65; known as the "Father of Modern Puerto Rico"	[111]
Noel, Philip W.Philip W. Noel	1957	Law	Governor of Rhode Island, 1973–77	[112]
Shannon, James C.James C. Shannon	1918	Col	Governor of Connecticut, 1948–49	[113]
Quinn, PatPat Quinn	1971	SFS	Governor of Illinois, 2009–15	[114]
Siegelman, DonDon Siegelman	1972	Law	Governor of Alabama, 1999–2003	[115]
Spellman, JohnJohn Spellman	1953	Law	Governor of Washington, 1981–85	[116]

United States Executive Branch officials

Cabinet members

This includes members of the Cabinet of the United States.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Belknap, William W.William W. Belknap	1851	Law	Secretary of War, 1869–76	[117]
Cortelyou, GeorgeGeorge Cortelyou	1895	Law	Secretary of the Treasury, 1907–09; first Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903–04; Postmaster General, 1905–07	[118]
Gates, RobertRobert Gates	1974	Grad	Secretary of Defense, 2006–01; Director of Central Intelligence, 1991–93; President of the Boy Scouts of America; President of Texas A&M University, 2002–06	[119]
Haig, AlexanderAlexander Haig	1961	Grad	Secretary of State, 1981–82; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1974–79; White House Chief of Staff, 1973–74; CEO, United Technologies	[120]
Kantor, MickeyMickey Kantor	1968	Law	Secretary of Commerce, 1996–97; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993–96	[121]
Lew, JackJack Lew	1975	Law	Secretary of the Treasury, 2013–present; White House Chief of Staff, 2012–13; Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1998–2001, 2010–12; Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, 2009–10	[122]
Rumsfeld, DonaldDonald Rumsfeld	1957*	Law	Secretary of Defense, 1975–77, 2001–06; White House Chief of Staff, 1974–75; United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 1973–74; Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969–70; United States Representative from Illinois, 1963–69	[123]

Agency heads and subordinate officers

This includes the heads of federal independent agencies and officers subordinate to the heads of executive departments.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Albright, Horace M.Horace M. Albright	1914	Law	Director of the National Park Service, 1929–33; conservationist; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom	[124]
Altman, RogerRoger Altman	1967	Col	Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 1993–94	[125]
Belt, BradleyBradley Belt	1984	Law	Executive Director of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, 2004–06	[126]
Bonner, Robert C.Robert C. Bonner	1966	Law	Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 2001–05; Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 1990–93; Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1989–90	[127]
Campbell, Bradford P.Bradford P. Campbell		Law	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits, 2007–09	[128]
Clement, PaulPaul Clement	1987	SFS	Solicitor General of the United States, 2004–08	[129]
Dobriansky, PaulaPaula Dobriansky	1977	SFS	Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 2001–09	[130]
Easton, Jr., John J.John J. Easton, Jr.	1970	Law	Assistant Secretary of Energy for Domestic and International Energy Policy; Vermont Attorney General, 1981–85	[131]
Feith, DouglasDouglas Feith	1978	Law	Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 2001–05	[132]
Foulke, EdwinEdwin Foulke	1993	Law	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006–08	[133]
Gearan, MarkMark Gearan	1991	Law	Director of the Peace Corps, 1995–99; White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 1993; President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1999–present	[134]
Haines, AvrilAvril Haines	2001	Law	Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015–present; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2013–15	[135]
Harty, MauraMaura Harty	1981	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; CEO, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children	[136]
Holmes, Kim R.Kim R. Holmes	1982	Grad	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 2002–15; Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation	[137]
Kaplan, Elaine D.Elaine D. Kaplan	1979	Law	Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 2013; Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 2013–present	[138]
Lute, Jane HollJane Holl Lute	1999	Law	Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009–13; CEO, Council on CyberSecurity	[139]
Jackson, Michael P.Michael P. Jackson	1985	Grad	Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005–07	[140]
Kennedy, Patrick F.Patrick F. Kennedy	1971	SFS	Under Secretary of State for Management, 2007–present	[141]
Kimmitt, Robert M.Robert M. Kimmitt	1977	Law	Acting U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006; Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Germany, 1991–93; Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, 1989–91	[142]
Mosbacher, Jr., RobertRobert Mosbacher, Jr.	1973	Col	President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Chairman of Mosbacher Energy Company	[143]
Natsios, AndrewAndrew Natsios	1971	Col	Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 2001–06; U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, 2006–07; Chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, 2000–01; Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, 1980–87; Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1975–87	[144]
Powell, MichaelMichael Powell	1993	Law	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2001–2005; President of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, 2011–present	[145]
Reynolds, Matthew A.Matthew A. Reynolds	1986	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2008–09	[146]
Rossotti, Charles O.Charles O. Rossotti	1962	Col	Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1997–2002	[147]
Sheehan, Michael A.Michael A. Sheehan	1988	MSFS	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities, 2011–13; Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support, 2001–03; first United States Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism, 1998–2000	[148]
Shulman, DouglasDouglas Shulman	1999	Law	Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 2008–12	[149]
Slattery, Harry A.Harry A. Slattery			Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; gave his name to the Slattery Report	[150]
Tarullo, DanielDaniel Tarullo	1973	Col	Governor of the Federal Reserve, 2009–present	[151]
Tenet, GeorgeGeorge Tenet	1976	SFS	Director of Central Intelligence, 1997–2004	[152]
Underwood, Barbara D.Barbara D. Underwood	1969	Law	Solicitor General of New York, 2007–present; Acting Solicitor General of the United States, 2001; Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, 1998–2001	[153]
Varney, Christine A.Christine A. Varney	1986	Law	Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, 2009–11; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1994–97	[154]
Weiher, ClaudineClaudine Weiher	1967	MA	Acting Deputy Archivist of the United States, 1986-1987; Deputy Archivist of the United States, 1988-1993	[155]
Welch, C. DavidC. David Welch	1975	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08	[156]
Wiley, Richard E.Richard E. Wiley	1962	LL.M.	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1974–77; founding partner of Wiley Rein & Fielding	[157]
Wilkie, Robert L.Robert L. Wilkie	1992	LL.M.	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 2006–present	[158]

White House staff

This includes members of the Executive Office of the President.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Abramson, JerryJerry Abramson	1971	Law	White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, 2014–present; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 2011–14; Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1986–99, 2003–11	[159]
Addington, DavidDavid Addington	1978	SFS	Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, 2005–09	[160]
Alexander, ElizabethElizabeth Alexander	2008	Law	Press secretary to Vice President Joe Biden, 2009–present	[161]
Buchanan, PatPat Buchanan	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	[162]
Cutter, StephanieStephanie Cutter	1997	Law	Assistant to the President for Special Projects, 2010–present; 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	[163]
Dean, JohnJohn Dean	1965	Law	White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970–73	[164]
Klain, RonRon Klain	1983	Col	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	[165]
Lawton, FrederickFrederick Lawton	1920, 1934	Col, Law	Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53	[166]
McCurry, MikeMike McCurry	1985	Grad	Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1995–98	[167]
Nolan, BethBeth Nolan	1980	Law	White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1999–2001	[168]
O'Sullivan, MeghanMeghan O'Sullivan	1991	Col	Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005–07	[169]
Pfeiffer, DanDan Pfeiffer	1998	Col	White House Communications Director, 2009–present; Senior Advisor to the President, 2013–15	[170]
Podesta, JohnJohn Podesta	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	[171]
Quinn, JackJack Quinn	1971, 1975	Col, Law	White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, 1995–96	[172]
Ruemmler, KathrynKathryn Ruemmler	1996	Law	White House Counsel to President Obama, 2011–present	[173]
Schultze, CharlesCharles Schultze	1948, 1950	Col, Grad	Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter administration; Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1965–68	[174]
Lawton, FrederickFrederick Lawton	1920, 1934	Col, Law	Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 1950–53	[166]

Ambassadors of the United States

This includes ambassadors of the United States to foreign states, international organizations, and at-large causes.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Abshire, David MankerDavid Manker Abshire	1959	Grad	President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress; United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 1983–87; Co-founder, Center for Strategic and International Studies; advisor to President Ronald Reagan	[175]
Andrew, Anne SlaughterAnne Slaughter Andrew	1977	Col	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2009–2013	[176]
Arvizu, Alexander A.Alexander A. Arvizu	1980	SFS	United States Ambassador to Albania, 2010–14	[177]
Asencio, Diego C.Diego C. Asencio	1952, 1953	SFS, Grad	United States Ambassador to Brazil, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1977–80	[178]
Ashby, Christopher C.Christopher C. Ashby	1968	SFS	United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997–2001	[179]
Bagley, Elizabeth FrawleyElizabeth Frawley Bagley	1987	Law	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1994–97; senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Special Representative for Global Partnerships	[180]
Battle, Vincent M.Vincent M. Battle	1962	SFS	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001–04	[181]
Beaulac, Willard L.Willard L. Beaulac	1921	SFS	United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1944–47; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1947–51; United States Ambassador to Cuba, 1951–53; United States Ambassador to Chile, 1953–56; United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1956–60	[182]
Blaney, John W.John W. Blaney	1976	MSFS	United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2002–05	[183]
Bloomfield, Richard J.Richard J. Bloomfield	1950	SFS	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1978–82; United States Ambassador to Ecuador, 1976–78	[184]
Booth, Donald E.Donald E. Booth	1976	SFS	United States Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, 2013–present; United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2010–13; United States Ambassador to Zambia, 2008–10; United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2005–08	[185]
Campbell, Piper Anne WindPiper Anne Wind Campbell	1988	SFS	United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 2012–present	[186]
Connelly, MauraMaura Connelly	1981	SFS	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2010–13; United States Chargé d'Affaires a.i to Syria, 2008–10	[187]
Daalder, Ivo H.Ivo H. Daalder	1982	Grad	United States Permanent Representative to NATO, 2009–13	[188]
Djerejian, Edward P.Edward P. Djerejian	1960	SFS	United States Ambassador to Israel, 1993–94; United States Ambassador to Syria, 1988–91; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 1991–93; founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University	[189]
Dodd, Jr., Thomas J.Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.	1957	SFS	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1997–2001; United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1993–97	[190]
Efird, Cynthia G.Cynthia G. Efird	1971	SFS	United States Ambassador to Angola, 2004–07	[191]
Egan, Maurice FrancisMaurice Francis Egan	1879	Col	United States Ambassador to Denmark, 1907–18	[192]
Feinstein, Lee A.Lee A. Feinstein	1995	Law	United States Ambassador to Poland, 2009–12	[193]
Fulton, Laurie S.Laurie S. Fulton	1989	Law	United States Ambassador to Denmark, 2009–13	[194]
Galbraith, Peter W.Peter W. Galbraith	1990	Law	United States Ambassador to Croatia, 1993–98; United Nations Representative in East Timor, 2000–01; Member of the Vermont Senate, 2011–15	[195]
Gfoeller, Tatiana C.Tatiana C. Gfoeller	1982, 1983	SFS, MSFS	United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, 2008–11	[196]
Ginsberg, MarcMarc Ginsberg	1978	Law	United States Ambassador to Morocco, 1994–98	[197]
Gitenstein, MarkMark Gitenstein	1971	Law	United States Ambassador to Romania, 2009–12	[198]
Gration, ScottScott Gration	1988	Grad	United States Ambassador to Kenya, 2011–12; Major General, United States Air Force	[199]
Hale, DavidDavid Hale	1983	SFS	United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2015–present; United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2013–15; United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, 2011–13; United States Ambassador to Jordan, 2004–08	[200]
Hammer, Michael A.Michael A. Hammer	1985	SFS	United States Ambassador to Chile, 2014–present; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 2011–present	[201]
Haney, S. FitzgeraldS. Fitzgerald Haney	1990, 1991	SFS, MSFS	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2015–present	[202]
Hart, Parker T.Parker T. Hart	1940	SFS	United States Ambassador to Turkey, 1965–68; United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961–65; United States Ambassador to Kuwait, 1962–63; United States Ambassador to Yemen, 1961–62	[203]
Harty, MauraMaura Harty	1981	SFS	President & CEO, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children; Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 2002–08; United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1997–99	[204]
Herbst, John E.John E. Herbst	1974	SFS	United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003–06; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2000–03	[205]
Holliday, StuartStuart Holliday	1988	SFS	President and CEO of Meridian International Center, 2006–present; United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs, 2003–05; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Coordinator of the Bureau of International Information Programs, 2001–03; Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel, 2001–03	[206]
John, Eric G.Eric G. John	1982	SFS	United States Ambassador to Thailand, 2007–10	[207]
Johnson, U. AlexisU. Alexis Johnson	1932	SFS	United States Ambassador-at-Large, 1973–77; United States Ambassador to Japan, 1966–68; United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1958–61; United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953–57	[208]
Jones, James RobertJames Robert Jones	1964	Law	United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1993–97; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma, 1973–87; White House Appointments Secretary, 1968–69	[209]
Kelly, John HubertJohn Hubert Kelly	1982	SFS Fellow	United States Ambassador to Finland, 1991–94; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1989–91; United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1986–88	[210]
Kintner, WilliamWilliam Kintner	1948, 1950	Grad, Grad	United States Ambassador to Thailand, 1973–75; Member of the Board of Directors, United States Institute of Peace	[211]
Llorens, HugoHugo Llorens	1977	SFS	United States Ambassador to Honduras, 2008–11	[212]
LaPorta, Alphonse F.Alphonse F. LaPorta	1960	SFS	United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 1997–2000	[213]
Lavin, FrankFrank Lavin	1979, 1985	SFS, Grad	Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, 2005–07; United States Ambassador to Singapore, 2001–05	[214]
Lawson, Edward B.Edward B. Lawson	1924, 1925	SFS, Grad	United States Ambassador to Israel, 1954–59; United States Ambassador to Iceland, 1949–54	[215]
Maisto, JohnJohn Maisto	1961	SFS	United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 2003–07; United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1997–2000; United States Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1993–96	[216]
Malloy, EileenEileen Malloy	1975	SFS	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, 1997–99; United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, 1994–97	[217]
McCormack, Richard T.Richard T. McCormack	1963	Col	United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 1985–89; Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, 1989–91	[218]
McDonald, JacksonJackson McDonald	1978	SFS	United States Ambassador to Guinea, 2004–07; United States Ambassador to the Gambia, 2001–04	[219]
McFall, Jack K.Jack K. McFall	1929	SFS	United States Ambassador to Finland, 1952–55; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 1949–52	[220]
McGowan, Gerald S.Gerald S. McGowan	1968, 1974	SFS, Law	United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1997–2001	[221]
Moses, Alfred H.Alfred H. Moses	1956	Law	United States Ambassador to Romania, 1994–97	[222]
Mull, StephenStephen Mull	1980	SFS	Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, 2009–12; Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, 2007–08; United States Ambassador to Poland, 2012–15; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2003–06	[223]
Munter, CameronCameron Munter	1991	SFS Rusk Fellow	United States Ambassador to Pakistan, 2010–12; United States Ambassador to Serbia, 2007–09	[224]
Norland, RichardRichard Norland	1977	SFS	United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2012–present; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2007–10	[225]
Ortiz, Jr., Frank V.Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.	1950	SFS	United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1983–86; United States Ambassador to Peru, 1981–83; United States Ambassador to Guatemala, 1979–80; United States Ambassador to Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, 1977–79	[226]
Rocha, ManuelManuel Rocha	1978	Grad	United States Ambassador to Bolivia, 2000–02	[227]
Rooney, FrancisFrancis Rooney	1975, 1978	Col, Law	United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 2005–08	[228]
Satterfield, David M.David M. Satterfield	1978	Law	United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998–2001	[229]
Scheffer, DavidDavid Scheffer	1978	LL.M.	First United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, 1997–2000	[230]
Siebert, Thomas L.Thomas L. Siebert	1968, 1972	Col, Law	United States Ambassador to Sweden, 1994–98	[231]
Soderberg, NancyNancy Soderberg	1984	MSFS	U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, 1997–2001; Chairperson of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 2012–15	[232]
Swan, James C.James C. Swan		SFS	United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013–present; United States Ambassador to Djibouti, 2008–11	[233]
Tefft, John F.John F. Tefft	1978	Grad	United States Ambassador to Russia, 2014–present; United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2009–13; United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2005–09; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2000–03	[234]
Theros, Patrick N.Patrick N. Theros	1963	SFS	United States Ambassador to Qatar, 1995–98	[235]
Vaky, Viron P.Viron P. Vaky	1947	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1978–79; United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1976–78; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1974–76; United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1972–74	[236]
Verma, RichardRichard Verma	1998	Law	United States Ambassador to India, 2015–present; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, 2009–present	[237]
Verveer, MelanneMelanne Verveer	1966, 1969	SLL, Grad	United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues; Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Chief of Staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1997–2001; co-founder and chair of Vital Voices Global Partnership	[238]
Vine, Richard DavidRichard David Vine	1949	SFS	Director of the Bureau for Refugee Programs, 1982; United States Ambassador to Switzerland, 1979–81	[239]
Welch, C. DavidC. David Welch	1975	SFS	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, 2005–08; United States Ambassador to Egypt, 2001–05; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1998–2002	[240]
Wells, Melissa F.Melissa F. Wells	1956	SFS	United States Ambassador to Estonia, 1998–2001; United States Ambassador to Congo-Kinshasa, 1991–93; United States Ambassador to Mozambique, 1987–90; United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, 1976–77; United States Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1976–77	[241]

Military

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Gen. Allen, John R.John R. Allen	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	[148][242]
Rear Admiral Boarman, CharlesCharles Boarman	1803–1808	Col	Commanded numerous U.S. Navy ships, most notably the USS Brandywine during the Mexican-American War	[243]
Lt. Gen. Caraway, PaulPaul Caraway	1933	Law	High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, 1961–64	[244]
Gen. Casey, Jr., George W.George W. Casey, Jr.	1970	SFS	Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 2007–11; Commander of Multi-National Force – Iraq, 2004–07	[148][245]
Gen. Dunford, JosephJoseph Dunford	1985	Grad	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2015–present; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2014–15; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, 2012–14	[246]
Maj. Gen. Ennis, Michael E.Michael E. Ennis	1984	Grad	Deputy Director of HUMINT of the CIA, 2006–07; Director of the Marine Corps Intelligence Command, 2000–04	[247]
Maj. Gen. Fugh, JohnJohn Fugh	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	[248]
Lt. Gen. Gardner, John D.John D. Gardner	1986	Grad	Deputy Commander of United States European Command; Commander of United States Army South	[249]
Brig. Gen. Jones, Hiram "Doc"Hiram "Doc" Jones	1978	Grad	Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force, 1997–99	[250]
Gen. Jones, James L.James L. Jones	1966	SFS	National Security Advisor to President Obama, 2009–10; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 2003–06; Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1999–2003	[251]
Gen. Menetrey, Louis C.Louis C. Menetrey	1967	MSFS	Commander-in-Chief of United Nations Command/ROK-US Combined Forces Command	[252]
Vice Admiral Murrett, Robert B.Robert B. Murrett	1982	Grad	Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2006–10; Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 2005–06	[253]
Gen. Petraeus, DavidDavid Petraeus	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	[254]
Vice Admiral Rondeau, Ann E.Ann E. Rondeau	1982	Grad	President of the National Defense University, 2009–12; Director of Navy Staff, 2005–06; highest ranking woman in the U.S. Navy	[255]
Gen. Sheehan, John J.John J. Sheehan	1985	Grad	Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Atlantic Command, 1994–97	[256]
Vice Admiral Sullivan, William D.William D. Sullivan	1990	SSP	U.S. Military Representative to NATO	[148]
Lt. Gen. Swan III, Guy C.Guy C. Swan III	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	[257]
Maj. Gen. Williams, James L.James L. Williams	1981	Grad	Commanding General of the 4th Marine Division	[258]

Judges

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Ambro, Thomas L.Thomas L. Ambro	1972, 1975	Col, Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000–present	[259]
Bastian, Walter MaximillianWalter Maximillian Bastian	1913	Law	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1954–75	[260]
Bosson, Richard C.Richard C. Bosson	1969	Law	Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2002–06; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2006–present	[261]
Bowie, Richard J.Richard J. Bowie	1826	Law	Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1861–67; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1849–53	[262][263]
Casey, Richard C.Richard C. Casey	1958	Law	Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1997–2007; the nation's first blind federal trial judge	[264]
Colvin, John O.John O. Colvin	1978	Law	Chief Judge, United States Tax Court, 2006–present	[265]
Condon, Francis B.Francis B. Condon	1916	Law	Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1958–65; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1930–35	[266]
Daniels, Charles W.Charles W. Daniels	1971	LL.M.	Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2010–12; Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2007–present	[267]
Davies, RonaldRonald Davies	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	[268]
Davis, Robert E.Robert E. Davis	1964	Law	Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 2009–10; Associate Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1993–2009	[269]
Fahy, Charles H.Charles H. Fahy	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	[270]
Fisher, D. MichaelD. Michael Fisher	1966, 1969	Col, Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2003–present	[271]
Gajarsa, Arthur J.Arthur J. Gajarsa	1967	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1997–2011	[272]
Gildea, Lorie SkjervenLorie Skjerven Gildea	1986	Law	Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010–present; Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2006–10	[273]
Hardiman, Thomas M.Thomas M. Hardiman	1990	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2007–present	[274]
Hitz, WilliamWilliam Hitz	1900	Law	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1931–35	[275]
Hoens, Helen E.Helen E. Hoens	1979	Law	Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–13	[276]
Hogan, Thomas F.Thomas F. Hogan	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	[277]
Holmes, Jerome A.Jerome A. Holmes	1988	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	[278]
Howard, Jeffrey R.Jeffrey R. Howard	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	[279]
Jordan, Kent A.Kent A. Jordan	1984	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006–present	[280]
Kasold, Bruce E.Bruce E. Kasold	1900	Law	Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 2010–15	[281]
Mayambala Kisaakye, EstherEsther Mayambala Kisaakye	1994	Law	Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Uganda, 2009–present	[282]
Kistler, RivesRives Kistler	1981	Law	Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 2003–present	[283]
Lamb, Stephen P.Stephen P. Lamb	1975	Law	Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1997–2009	[284]
Laplante, Joseph NormandJoseph Normand Laplante	1987, 1990	Col, Law	Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2011–present; Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2007–11	[285]
Linn, RichardRichard Linn	1969	Col, Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1999–2012	[286]
Lusk, Hall S.Hall S. Lusk	1904, 1907	Col, Law	Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1949–51, Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1937–68; United States Senator from Oregon, 1960	[287]
McKeown, M. MargaretM. Margaret McKeown	1975	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998–present	[288]
Moore, Kimberly AnnKimberly Ann Moore	1994	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006–present	[289]
Parker, Fred I.Fred I. Parker	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	[290]
Prettyman, E. BarrettE. Barrett Prettyman	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	[291]
Ruiz, VanessaVanessa Ruiz	1975	Law	Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1994–2011	[292]
Scalia, AntoninAntonin Scalia	1957	Col	Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1986–2016	[293]
Scolnik, LouisLouis Scolnik	1952	Law	Associate Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1983–88; Justice, Maine Superior Court, 1974–83	[294]
Shedd, DennisDennis Shedd	1980	LL.M.	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002–present	[295]
Siler, Jr., Eugene EdwardEugene Edward Siler, Jr.	1964	LL.M.	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991–2001	[296]
Sirica, JohnJohn Sirica	1926	Law	Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1971–74; Time magazine "Man of the Year" 1973	[297]
Stanceu, Timothy C.Timothy C. Stanceu	1979	Law	Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, 2014–present	[298]
Stith, Laura DenvirLaura Denvir Stith	1978	Law	Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 2007–09; Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, 2001–present	[299]
Sullivan, Eugene R.Eugene R. Sullivan	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	[300]
Tamm, Edward A.Edward A. Tamm	1930	Law	Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1965–85; Deputy Direct, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930–48	[301]
Van Hoomissen, GeorgeGeorge Van Hoomissen	1955, 1957	Law, LL.M.	Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1988–2001	[302]
White, Edward DouglassEdward Douglass White	1863	Col	Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–21	[303]
Zazzali, James R.James R. Zazzali	1958, 1962	Col, Law	Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006–07	[304]

United States Congress

The bicameral United States Congress is composed of two houses.

U.S. Senators

This includes members of the United States Senate.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Barrasso, John A.John A. Barrasso	1974, 1978	Col, Med	United States Senator from Wyoming, 2007–present	[305]
Bible, AlanAlan Bible	1934	Law	United States Senator from Nevada, 1954–74	[306]
Chávez, DennisDennis Chávez	1920	Law	United States Senator from New Mexico, 1935–62; first American-born Hispanic Senator; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1931–35	[307]
Durbin, RichardRichard Durbin	1966, 1969	SFS, Law	Senate Majority Whip, 2007–15; Senate Minority Whip, 2015–present; United States Senator from Illinois, 1997–present; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1983–97	[308]
Durkin, John A.John A. Durkin	1965	Law	United States Senator from New Hampshire, 1975–80	[309]
Hart, Philip A.Philip A. Hart	1934	Col	United States Senator from Michigan, 1959–76; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1955–59; Hart Senate Office Building named in his honor	[310]
Hirono, MazieMazie Hirono	1978	Law	United States Senator from Hawaii, 2013–present; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 2007–13; Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 1994–2002	[311]
Kernan, FrancisFrancis Kernan	1836	Col	United States Senator from New York, 1875–81; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1863–65	[312]
Kirk, MarkMark Kirk	1992	Law	United States Senator from Illinois, 2010–present; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 2001–10	[313]
LeMieux, GeorgeGeorge LeMieux	1994	Law	United States Senator from Florida, 2009–11	[314]
Leahy, EdwardEdward Leahy	1908	Law	United States Senator from Rhode Island, 1949–50	[315]
Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy	1964	Law	United States Senator from Vermont, 1975–present; President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 2012–15	[316]
O'Mahoney, Joseph C.Joseph C. O'Mahoney	1920	Law	United States Senator from Wyoming, 1934–53	[317]
Mallory II, StephenStephen Mallory II	1869	Col	United States Senator from Florida, 1897–1907; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1891–95	[318]
Merrick, William DuhurstWilliam Duhurst Merrick			United States Senator from Maryland, 1838–45	[319]
Mitchell, George J.George J. Mitchell	1961	Law	United States Senator from Maine, 1980–95; Senate Majority Leader, 1989–95; Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1987–89; Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maine, 1979–80; U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, 1995–2001; Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast, 1999–2009; U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, 2009–11; Chairman of the Disney Company, 2004–07	[320]
Montoya, JosephJoseph Montoya	1938	Law	United States Senator from New Mexico, 1964–77; Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1957–64; Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, 1955–57, 1947–51	[321]
Murkowski, LisaLisa Murkowski	1980	Col	United States Senator from Alaska, 2002–present	[322]
Roach, William N.William N. Roach		Col	United States Senator from North Dakota, 1893–99	[323]
Sullivan, DanielDaniel Sullivan	1993, 1993	MSFS, Law	United States Senator from Alaska, 2015–present; Attorney General of Alaska, 2009–10; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, 2006–09	[324]
Webb, James H.James H. Webb	1975	Law	United States Senator from Virginia, 2007–13; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987–88	[325]

U.S. Representatives

This includes members of the United States House of Representatives.

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Bakewell, Claude I.Claude I. Bakewell	1932	Col	United States Representative from Missouri, 1947–49, 1951–53	[326]
Bankhead, William BrockmanWilliam Brockman Bankhead	1895	Law	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1936–40; United States Representative from Alabama, 1917–40	[327]
Bateman, Herbert H.Herbert H. Bateman	1956	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1983–2000	[328]
Bauman, RobertRobert Bauman	1959	SFS	United States Representative from Maryland, 1973–81	[329]
Barr, BobBob Barr	1977	Law	United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2003	[330]
Bartlett, George A.George A. Bartlett	1894	Law	United States Representative from Nevada, 1907–11	[331]
Bliley, Jr., Thomas J.Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.	1952	Col	United States Representative from Virginia, 1981–2001	[332]
Caputo, Bruce F.Bruce F. Caputo	1971	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1977–79	[333]
Cazayoux, Jr., Donald J.Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr.	1991	Law	United States Representative from Louisiana, 2008–09	[334]
Cicilline, DavidDavid Cicilline	1986	Law	United States Representative from Rhode Island, 2011–present	[335]
Clarke, HansenHansen Clarke	1987	Law	United States Representative from Michigan, 2011–13	[336]
Clason, Charles R.Charles R. Clason	1914	Law	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1937–49	[337]
Clemente, L. GaryL. Gary Clemente	1931	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1949–53	[338]
Cuellar, HenryHenry Cuellar	1974	SFS	United States Representative from Texas, 2005–present	[339]
Curry, Jr., Charles F.Charles F. Curry, Jr.	1918	Law	United States Representative from California, 1931–33	[340]
Delaney, JohnJohn Delaney	1988	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 2013–present; Co-founder and CEO of CapitalSource	[341]
Denver, MatthewMatthew Denver	1892	Col	United States Representative from Ohio, 1907–1913	[342]
Dingell, DebbieDebbie Dingell	1975, 1998	SFS, SCE	United States Representative from Michigan, 2015–present; President of the General Motors Foundation	[343]
Dingell, JohnJohn Dingell	1949, 1952	Col, Law	Dean of the United States House of Representatives, 1995–2015; United States Representative from Michigan, 1965–2015; longest serving House member in history	[344]
Donovan, Dennis D.Dennis D. Donovan	1895	Law	United States Representative from Ohio, 1888–95	[345]
Douglass, John J.John J. Douglass	1896	Law	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1925–35	[346]
Drinan, S.J., Robert F.Robert F. Drinan, S.J.	1949, 1951	Law, LL.M.	United States Representative from Massachusetts, 1971–81; first Roman Catholic Jesuit priest to serve as a voting Member of Congress; Georgetown Law professor	[347]
Duffy, James P.B.James P.B. Duffy	1901	Col	United States Representative from New York, 1935–37	[348]
Edmonson, EdEd Edmonson	1947	Law	United States Representative from Oklahoma, 1953–73	[349]
Edmundson, Henry A.Henry A. Edmundson	1947	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1849–61	[349]
Evans, LaneLane Evans	1978	Law	United States Representative from Illinois, 1983–2007	[350]
Faulkner, Charles J.Charles J. Faulkner	1822	Col	United States Representative from Virginia, 1851–59; United States Representative from West Virginia, 1875–77; United States Minister to France, 1860–61	[351]
Ferguson, MikeMike Ferguson	1995	MPP	United States Representative from New Jersey, 2001–09	[352]
Foley, John R.John R. Foley	1947	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1959–61	[353]
Foote, EllsworthEllsworth Foote	1923	Law	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–49	[354]
Fortenberry, JeffJeff Fortenberry	1986	MPP	United States Representative from Nebraska, 2005–present	[355]
Frankel, LoisLois Frankel	1973	Law	United States Representative from Florida, 2013–present	[356]
Frost, MartinMartin Frost	1970	Law	United States Representative from Texas, 1979–2005; President of America Votes	[357]
Gaston, WilliamWilliam Gaston	*	Col	United States Representative from North Carolina, 1813–16; Georgetown College's first student; Gaston Hall is named after him; helped secure Georgetown University's federal charter	[358]
Glenn, Milton W.Milton W. Glenn	1921–1922*	Col	United States Representative from New Jersey, 1957–65	[359]
Gorman, George E.George E. Gorman	1895	Law	United States Representative from Illinois, 1913–15	[360]
Hall, Leonard W.Leonard W. Hall	1920	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1939–52; Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1953–57	[361]
Harness, ForestForest Harness	1917	Law	United States Representative from Indiana, 1939–49; Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, 1953–55	[362]
Harris, HerbertHerbert Harris	1951	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1975–81	[363]
Harrison, BurrBurr Harrison	1926	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1946–63	[364]
Hart, Edward J.Edward J. Hart	1924	Law	United States Representative from New Jersey, 1935–55	[365]
Herseth Sandlin, StephanieStephanie Herseth Sandlin	1993, 1996, 1997	Col, Grad, Law	United States Representative from South Dakota, 2004–11	[366]
Hogan, LawrenceLawrence Hogan	1949	Col	United States Representative from Maryland, 1969–75	[367]
Hoyer, StenySteny Hoyer	1966	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1981–present; Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, 1989–95; House Majority Leader, 2007–2011; House Minority Whip, 2003–07, 2011–present	[368]
Hyde, HenryHenry Hyde	1947	Col	United States Representative from Illinois, 1975–2007	[369]
Igoe, Michael L.Michael L. Igoe	1908	Law	United States Representative from Illinois, 1935; Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939–65	[370][371]
Jefferson, William J.William J. Jefferson	1996	Law	United States Representative from Louisiana, 1991–09; convicted of ten corruption charges	[372]
Kennedy, Patrick J.Patrick J. Kennedy	*		United States Representative from Rhode Island, 1995–2011; chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 1999–2001; son of Ted Kennedy	[373]
Kilday, Paul J.Paul J. Kilday	1922	Law	United States Representative from Texas, 1939–61; Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, 1961–68	[374]
Kuster, Ann McLaneAnn McLane Kuster	1984	Law	United States Representative from New Hampshire, 2013–present	[375]
Langley, John W.John W. Langley	1895	Law	United States Representative from Kentucky, 1903–13	[376]
Legaré, George SwintonGeorge Swinton Legaré		Law	United States Representative from South Carolina, 1903–13	[377]
Lungren, DanDan Lungren	1971	Law	United States Representative from California, 2005–13	[378]
Lever, Asbury FrancisAsbury Francis Lever	1901	Law	United States Representative from South Carolina, 1901–19	[379]
Mudd II, Sydney EmanuelSydney Emanuel Mudd II	1906, 1909	Col, Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1915–24	[380]
Mulvaney, MickMick Mulvaney	1989	SFS	United States Representative from South Carolina, 2011–present	[381]
Norwood, CharlieCharlie Norwood	1969	Dent	United States Representative from Georgia, 1995–2007	[382]
Nye, GlennGlenn Nye	1996	SFS	United States Representative from Virginia, 2009–11	[383]
O'Connell, Jerry J.Jerry J. O'Connell	1934	Col	United States Representative from Montana, 1937–39	[384]
O'Sullivan, Patrick B.Patrick B. O'Sullivan	1909	Col	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1923–25	[385]
Patterson, James T.James T. Patterson	1933	Col	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59	[386]
Ratchford, William R.William R. Ratchford	1959	Law	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1979–85	[387]
Reyburn, William S.William S. Reyburn	1904	Law	United States Representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–13	[388]
Risk, CharlesCharles Risk	1922	Law	United States Representative from Rhode Island, 1935–37, 1939–41	[389]
Roncallo, Angelo D.Angelo D. Roncallo	1953	Law	United States Representative from New York, 1973–75	[390]
Sadlak, AntoniAntoni Sadlak	1931	Law	United States Representative from Connecticut, 1947–59	[391]
Sharp, Philip R.Philip R. Sharp	1964	SFS	United States Representative from Indiana, 1975–95; President of Resources for the Future, 2005–present	[392]
Stanton, J. WilliamJ. William Stanton	1949	SFS	United States Representative from Ohio, 1965–83	[393]
Thom, William R.William R. Thom	1916	Law	United States Representative from Ohio, 1933–39, 1941–43, 1945–47	[394]
Van Duzer, Clarence D.Clarence D. Van Duzer	1893	Law	United States Representative from Nevada, 1903–07	[395]
Van Hollen, ChrisChris Van Hollen	1990	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 2003–present; Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2007–11	[396]
Visclosky, PetePete Visclosky	1982	Law	United States Representative from Indiana, 1985–present	[397]
Voorhees, Charles S.Charles S. Voorhees	1873	Col	United States Delegate from the Washington Territory, 1885–89	[398]
White, RickRick White	1980	Law	United States Representative from Washington, 1995–99	[399]
Wolf, FrankFrank Wolf	1965	Law	United States Representative from Virginia, 1981–2015	[400]
Wynn, AlbertAlbert Wynn	1977	Law	United States Representative from Maryland, 1993–2008	[401]

Other U.S. political figures

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Arora, SamSam Arora	2010	Law	Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2011–15	[402]
Baer, RobertRobert Baer	1976	SFS	Author; the movie Syriana was based on two of his books; intelligence commentator; CIA case handler	[403]
Barrios, JarrettJarrett Barrios	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	[404]
Bash, JeremyJeremy Bash	1993	Col	Chief of staff to Leon Panetta at the Department of Defense and CIA	[405]
Barve, Kumar P.Kumar P. Barve	1980	MSB	Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1991–present	[406]
Bauer, GaryGary Bauer	1973	Law	President of the Family Research Council, 1988–99; founder of the Campaign for Working Families PAC	[407]
Berríos, RubénRubén Berríos	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	[408]
Billig, AndyAndy Billig	1990	Col	Member of the Washington State Senate, 2013–present; Member of the Washington House of Representatives, 2011–13; Co-owner of the Spokane Indians	[409]
Borja, JesusJesus Borja	1974	Law	Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1994–98	[410]
Chiang, JohnJohn Chiang	1987	Law	California State Treasurer, 2015–present; California State Controller, 2007–15	[411]
Delaney, MichaelMichael Delaney	1994	Law	New Hampshire Attorney General, 2009–15	[412]
Digges, Daniel CarrollDaniel Carroll Digges	1888	Col	Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1849; founding member of the Philodemic Society	[413]
Farmer, Jr., JohnJohn Farmer, Jr.	1979, 1986	Col, Law	New Jersey Attorney General, 1999–2002; Acting Governor of New Jersey, 2002	[414]
Faucheux, RonRon Faucheux	1972	SFS	Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1976–84; political consultant and pundit from New Orleans	[415]
Gaffney, FrankFrank Gaffney	1975	SFS	President and founder of the Center for Security Policy	[416]
Held, James E.James E. Held	1964	Law	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1966–67	[417]
Hodge, DerekDerek Hodge	1971	Law	Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, 1987–95	[418]
Kennedy Onassis, JacquelineJacqueline Kennedy Onassis	1954*	SCE	First Lady of the United States, 1961–63	[419]
Kirkland, LaneLane Kirkland	1948	SFS	President of the AFL–CIO, 1979–95	[420]
Kraft, TimothyTimothy Kraft	1967	Grad	Campaign manager for President Jimmy Carter in 1980	[421]
Kubiak, DanDan Kubiak			Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1969–83, 1991–98	[422]
LeBlanc, III, Sam A.Sam A. LeBlanc, III	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	[423]
Lhota, Joseph J.Joseph J. Lhota	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	[424]
Madigan, LisaLisa Madigan	1988	Col	Attorney General of Illinois, 2003–present	[425]
Mansour, Agnes MaryAgnes Mary Mansour	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	[426]
Markowitz, DeborahDeborah Markowitz	1987	Law	Vermont Secretary of State, 1998–2011	[427]
McDonough, William JosephWilliam Joseph McDonough	1962	Grad	President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1993–2003; Vice chairman of Merrill Lynch	[428]
Morial, MarcMarc Morial	1983	Law	Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994–2002; President of the National Urban League, 2003–present	[429]
O'Brien, John P.John P. O'Brien		Law, LL.M.	Mayor of New York City, 1933	[430]
Oman, RalphRalph Oman	1973	Law	Register of Copyrights, 1985–94	[431]
Omeish, EsamEsam Omeish	1989, 1992	Col, Med	President of the Muslim American Society, 2004–08; Member of the board of directors of Dar Al-Hijrah mosque	[432]
Raley, J. FrankJ. Frank Raley			Member of the Maryland Senate, 1963–66; Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1955–59	[433]
Sander, Elliot G.Elliot G. Sander	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	[434]
Sanford, JennyJenny Sanford	1984	MSB	First Lady of South Carolina; investment banker; campaign manager	[435]
Sears, JohnJohn Sears	1963	Law	Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan's in 1976 and 1980	[436]
Shrum, RobertRobert Shrum	1965	Col	Democratic political consultant	[437]
Simon, SheilaSheila Simon	1987	Law	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2011–15	[438]
Spencer, James C.James C. Spencer	Sometime 1940s	Law	Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1939–41; survivor of the Bataan Death March	[439]
Steele, MichaelMichael Steele	1991	Law	Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 2009–11; Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 2003–07	[440]
Stitt, Donald K.Donald K. Stitt	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	[441]
Turner, Caren Z.Caren Z. Turner	1985	Law	Co-chairwoman of the super-PAC Ready for Hillary; CEO of Turner GPA	[442]
Vance, Jr., CyrusCyrus Vance, Jr.	1982	Law	New York County District Attorney, 2010–present	[443]
White, Joe SladeJoe Slade White	1971	Grad	Democratic political consultant	[444]

Other government officials outside the United States

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Abu Amr, ZiadZiad Abu Amr	1980, 1986	Grad, Grad	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority, 2007	[445]
al-Jubeir, AdelAdel al-Jubeir	1983	Grad	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, 2015–present; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States, 2007–15	[446]
Al Otaiba, YousefYousef Al Otaiba	1995	SFS	United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States, 2008–present	[447]
Mahmoud, AminAmin Mahmoud	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	[448]
Argov, ShlomoShlomo Argov	1952	SFS	Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1979–82; Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1977–79; Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, 1971–74	[449]
Arias, Ricardo AlbertoRicardo Alberto Arias	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	[450]
Baramidze, GiorgiGiorgi Baramidze	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	[451]
Barrios Gómez, AgustínAgustín Barrios Gómez	1993	SFS	Member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, 2012–present	[452]
Dewji, MohammedMohammed Dewji	1998	MSB	Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania, 2005–15	[453]
Dinitz, SimchaSimcha Dinitz	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	[454]
Dujarric, StéphaneStéphane Dujarric	1988	SFS	Spokesperson for United Nations Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan	[455]
Escudero, FrancisFrancis Escudero	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	[456]
Ghotbzadeh, SadeghSadegh Ghotbzadeh	1959–1963*	SFS	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, 1979–80	[457]
Granera Sacasa, AmintaAminta Granera Sacasa	1970s	Col	Director of the National Police of Nicaragua, 2006–16	[458]
Guajardo, JorgeJorge Guajardo	1993	SFS	Ambassador of Mexico to China	[459]
Haim, YehoyadaYehoyada Haim	1972, 1975	Grad, Grad	Ambassador of Israel to China, 2002–07; Ambassador of Israel to India, 1995–2000	[460]
Judeh, NasserNasser Judeh	1983	SFS	Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, 2015–present; Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2009–present	[461]
Jurzyca, EugenEugen Jurzyca	1993	SFS	Minister of Education of Slovakia, 2010–present; Member of the National Council of Slovakia, 2010–present	[462]
Lewis Navarro, SamuelSamuel Lewis Navarro	1979	Col	First Vice President of Panama, 2004–09; Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2004–09	[463]
López Caballero, AlfonsoAlfonso López Caballero	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	[464]
Lynch-Staunton, JohnJohn Lynch-Staunton	1953	SFS	Member of the Senate of Canada, 1990–2005; first Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, 2003–04	[465]
Ogata, SadakoSadako Ogata	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	[466]
Piromya, KasitKasit Piromya	1968	SFS	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	[467]
Romdhani, OussamaOussama Romdhani			Minister of Communications of Tunisia, 2009–12; Fulbright scholar	[468]
Soong, JamesJames Soong	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	[469]
Stagno Ugarte, BrunoBruno Stagno Ugarte	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	[470]
Sufott, ZevZev Sufott		Grad	First Ambassador of Israel to China, Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands	[471]
Tello Macías, CarlosCarlos Tello Macías	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	[472]
Keng Yong, OngOng Keng Yong	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	[473]
Yushchenko, KaterynaKateryna Yushchenko	1982	SFS	First Lady of Ukraine, 2005–10 (wife of Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko)	[474]

Entertainment

Film, television, and theater

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Albert, SaraSara Albert	2005	Col	America's Next Top Model contestant	[475]
Antholis, KaryKary Antholis	1989	Law	President of HBO miniseries and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker	[476]
Bailey, PearlPearl Bailey	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	[477]
Barrymore, JohnJohn Barrymore	1895–1897*	Col	Actor	[478]
Batmanglij, ZalZal Batmanglij	2001	Col	Director and screenwriter	[479]
Ben Ammar, TarakTarak Ben Ammar	1970	SFS	Franco-Tunisian film producer	[480]
Benz, MichaelMichael Benz	2004	Col	Actor	[481]
Berman, BruceBruce Berman	1978	Law	Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures	[482]
Brennan, EileenEileen Brennan	Sometime 1950s	Col	Actress known for Private Benjamin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination	[483]
Cahill, MikeMike Cahill	2005	Col	Director and screenwriter	[484]
Cooper, BradleyBradley Cooper	1997	Col	Actor; nominated for several Academy Awards and Tony Awards; named by People in 2011 as the "Sexist Man Alive"	[485]
Donnelly, Lucy BarzunLucy Barzun Donnelly	1995	Col	Producer of Grey Gardens; winner of an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a TCA Award	[486]
Edson, MargaretMargaret Edson	1992	Grad	Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for Wit	[487]
Gant, RobertRobert Gant	1993	Law	Actor	[488]
Getty, PiaPia Getty		Col	Independent filmmaker	[489]
Guare, JohnJohn Guare	1960	Col	Five-time Tony Award-winning playwright known for The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body	[490]
Hofsiss, JackJack Hofsiss	1971	Col	Tony Award-winning director known for The Elephant Man play on Broadway	[491]
Hurwitz, MitchellMitchell Hurwitz	1985	Col	Television writer and producer; creator of Arrested Development; co-creator of The Ellen Show	[492]
Kroll, NickNick Kroll	2001	Col	Actor and comedian known for his role in The League and starring in the Kroll Show	[493]
Lackaye, WiltonWilton Lackaye	1914	Grad	Early stage and film actor; first portrayed the character of Svengali	[494]
Lee, Malcolm D.Malcolm D. Lee	1992	Col	Director known for Undercover Brother and The Best Man	[495]
Mack, WillardWillard Mack	1889	Col	Canadian actor, director, and playwright	[496]
Marling, BritBrit Marling	2005	Col	Actress and screenwriter	[497]
Milian, MarilynMarilyn Milian	1984	Law	Star and judge of The People's Court; former Florida circuit court judge	[498]
Murphy, DonDon Murphy	1984	MSB	Producer known for Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Natural Born Killers	[499]
Mylan, MeganMegan Mylan	1992	SFS	Documentary director known for Smile Pinki; winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary	[500]
Nolan, JonathanJonathan Nolan	1999	Col	Screenwriter and director known for directing Westworld and writing the short story Memento Mori	[501]
Reiner, CarlCarl Reiner	1943	SFS	Actor, director, writer, and producer; winner of nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award	[502]
Rohrbach, KellyKelly Rohrbach	2012	COL	Actress	[503]
Sucsy, MichaelMichael Sucsy	1995	SFS	Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-winning director and writer known for Grey Gardens	[504]
Williams, ChrisChris Williams	1989	Col	Actor	[505]
Yates, DavidDavid Yates	1987		Director known for four Harry Potter films	[506]
Ziegler, JohnJohn Ziegler	1989	Col	Former talk show host on KFI; documentary writer and director	[507]

Literature

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Anelli, MelissaMelissa Anelli	2001	Col	New York Times bestselling author and webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron	[508]
Blatty, William PeterWilliam Peter Blatty	1950	Col	Author of the The Exorcist	[509]
Bottum, JosephJoseph Bottum	1983	Col	Author, poet, and public intellectual; contributing editor of The Weekly Standard	[510]
Colacello, BobBob Colacello	1969	SFS	Noted biographer	[511]
Dorris, MichaelMichael Dorris	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	[512]
Erdman, PaulPaul Erdman	1955	SFS	Financial author and Edgar Award-winning fiction novelist	[513]
Flynn, John T.John T. Flynn	1902	Law	Author of 20 books, including The Road Ahead; America's Creeping Revolution; columnist for The New Republic; outspoken opponent of the New Deal and the United States' entry into World War II	[514]
Krasnow, IrisIris Krasnow	1997	Grad	Author specializing in relationships and personal growth	[515]
McClatchy, J. D.J. D. McClatchy		Col	Poet; editor of The Yale Review; President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters	[516]
Mengestu, DinawDinaw Mengestu	2000	Col	Award-winning novelist known for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears; Lannan Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University; MacArthur Fellow	[517]
Randall, James RyderJames Ryder Randall	1859*	Col	Poet known for authoring Maryland, My Maryland, the official state song of Maryland	[518]
O'Brien, GlennGlenn O'Brien	1970	Col	Author on fashion and style; the "Style Guy" for GQ Magazine	[519]
Olear, GregGreg Olear	1995	Col	Novelist known for Los Angeles Times bestseller Fathermucker	[520]
Schearer, MichaelMichael Schearer	1999	MSFS	Author and computer security researcher	[521]
Schickler, DavidDavid Schickler	1991	SFS	Author and screenwriter known for The Dark Path and co-creating the television series Banshee	[522]

Music, art, and comedy

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Amerie, Amerie	2000	Col	Rhythm and blues singer	[523]
Bates, BobBob Bates	1975	Col	Computer game designer	[524]
Birbiglia, MikeMike Birbiglia	2000	Col	Comedian	[525]
Burguieres, AllyAlly Burguieres	2006	Col	Visual artist and designer	[526]
Civillico, JeffJeff Civillico	2005	Grad	Juggler and comedian	[527]
Coletta, KimKim Coletta	1988	Col	Bass player for indie rock band Jawbox; owner of DeSoto Records	[528]
Corcoran, William WilsonWilliam Wilson Corcoran	1813–1814*	Col	Founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum	[529]
Cordsen, KateKate Cordsen	1992	GPPI	Photographer and contemporary artist	[530]
Danoff, BillBill Danoff	1968	SLL	Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter best known for "Afternoon Delight"	[531]
Dellaira, MichaelMichael Dellaira	1971	Col	Composer of classical music	[532]
Ertegun, AhmetAhmet Ertegun	1945	Grad	Founder and president of Atlantic Records; founder and chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; founder of the American Turkish Society; co-founder of the New York Cosmos	[533]
Gaffigan, JimJim Gaffigan	1988	MSB	Stand-up comedian and actor; star of the The Jim Gaffigan Show	[534]
Kane, KeithKeith Kane	1992	Grad	Guitarist and songwriter, formerly with Vertical Horizon	[535]
Mulaney, JohnJohn Mulaney	2004	Col	Stand-up comedian; writer for Saturday Night Live	[536]
Nehmad, DeborahDeborah Nehmad	1982	Law	Attorney and artist	[537]
Picciotto, GuyGuy Picciotto	1988	Col	Guitarist for rock band Fugazi; former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring	[538]
Ragni, GeromeGerome Ragni	*	Col	Musician and co-author known for Hair	[539]
Scannell, MattMatt Scannell	1992	Grad	Musician and founding member of Vertical Horizon	[540]
Sweeney, James JohnsonJames Johnson Sweeney	1922	Col	Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1952–60; curator of the Museum of Modern Art, 1935–46	[541]
Tanous, WillWill Tanous	1992	Col	Music industry executive for Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group; co-creator of HBO's Reverb	[542]
Taylor, Frank A.Frank A. Taylor	1934	Law	Founding director of the National Museum of Natural History; Director of the National Air and Space Museum, 1969–71	[543]
Toomey, JennyJenny Toomey	1990	Col	Indie rock musician and arts activist	[544]

Journalism and media

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Adami, GuyGuy Adami	1986	MSB	Television personality on CNBC	[545]
Anderson, JackJack Anderson	1947*	Col	Investigative journalist; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting	[546]
Bartlett, BruceBruce Bartlett	1976	Grad	Economist, author, and Wall Street Journal columnist	[547]
Bellini, JasonJason Bellini	1997	Col	Journalist	[548]
Bernard, MichelleMichelle Bernard	1989	Law	Political and legal analyst on MSNBC; President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy	[549]
Bersia, JohnJohn Bersia	1979	Grad	Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; University Professor at the University of Central Florida	[550]
Biskupic, JoanJoan Biskupic	1993	Law	Supreme Court reporter for USA Today and The Washington Post	[551]
Bradley, David G.David G. Bradley	1983	Law	Chairman and owner of Atlantic Media; founder of The Advisory Board Company and CEB Inc.	[552]
Cillizza, ChrisChris Cillizza	1998	Col	Political reporter for The Washington Post	[553]
Collier, Robert J.Robert J. Collier	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	[554]
Crile III, GeorgeGeorge Crile III	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	[555]
Denniston, LyleLyle Denniston	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	[556]
Erbé, BonnieBonnie Erbé	1987	Law	Journalist and host of To the Contrary	[557]
Gangel, JamieJamie Gangel	1977	SFS	National correspondent on NBC's The Today Show	[558]
Garcia-Navarro, LourdesLourdes Garcia-Navarro	1994	SFS	Foreign correspondent with the National Public Radio; winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award and Peabody Award	[559]
Gedmin, JeffreyJeffrey Gedmin	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	[560]
Glass, StephenStephen Glass	2001	Law	Journalist at The New Republic known for fabricating numerous stories	[561]
Gradstein, LindaLinda Gradstein	1985	SFS	Correspondent with NPR, and PRI's The World	[562]
Guthrie, SavannahSavannah Guthrie	2002	Law	Journalist and former White House correspondent; co-anchor of The Today Show	[563]
Henninger, DanielDaniel Henninger	1968	SFS	Deputy editorial page director of The Wall Street Journal; contributor on Fox News	[564]
Hillyer, QuinQuin Hillyer	1986	Col	Senior editorial writer for The Washington Times; contributor to numerous publications and news stations	[565]
Janensch, PaulPaul Janensch	1960	Col	Former executive editor of The Courier-Journal	[566]
Jordan, MaryMary Jordan	1983	Col	Journalist for The Washington Post; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting	[567]
Landler, MarkMark Landler	1987	SFS	White House correspondent, former European economic correspondent, and Hong Kong bureau chief for The New York Times	[568]
Langley, MonicaMonica Langley	1983	Law	Senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal	[569]
McKelvey, TaraTara McKelvey	1985	Col	Correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast	[570]
Murdock, DeroyDeroy Murdock	1986	Col	Columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service; contributing editor to the National Review	[571]
Nast, Condé MontroseCondé Montrose Nast	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)	[572]
O'Brien, MilesMiles O'Brien	1981	Col	Science and technology broadcast journalist for CNN	[573]
O'Brien, Timothy L.Timothy L. O'Brien	1984	Col	Author; former Sunday Business editor for the New York Times and editorial board member of Bloomberg View of Bloomberg News	[574]
O'Donnell, NorahNorah O'Donnell	1996, 2003	Col, Grad	Co-anchor of CBS This Morning; former Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News	[575]
O'Kelly, Morris W.Morris W. O'Kelly	1991	MSB	Syndicated radio host of The Mo'Kelly Show on KFI; columnist and BBC commentator	[576]
Pincus, WalterWalter Pincus	2001	Law	Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award, and Polk Award-winning national security journalist for The Washington Post	[577]
Povich, ShirleyShirley Povich	1922–1923*	Law	Sports editor at The Washington Post for 41 years; winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award	[578]
Prial, Frank J.Frank J. Prial	1951	Col	New York Times wine columnist and author	[579]
Quigley, Jr., MartinMartin Quigley, Jr.	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	[580]
Ratliff, WalterWalter Ratliff	2004	SCS	Emmy Award-winning documentary director; reporter for the Associated Press	[581]
Redstone, SumnerSumner Redstone	1944*	Law	Media executive; chairman and owner of National Amusements, the parent corporation of CBS Corporation and Viacom	[582]
Shriver, MariaMaria Shriver	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	[583]
Snow, KateKate Snow	1993	MSFS	Host of the NBC Nightly News; co-host of the Good Morning America weekend edition	[584]
Swisher, KaraKara Swisher	1984	SFS	Technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal	[585]
Sylvester, LisaLisa Sylvester	1992	SFS	Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning reporter; previously on CNN's The Situation Room	[586]
Thomopoulos, AnthonyAnthony Thomopoulos	1959	SFS	President of ABC Entertainment and ABC Broadcast Group	[587]
Van Susteren, GretaGreta Van Susteren	1979, 1982	Law, LL.M.	Fox News Channel anchor of On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren	[588]
Wierson, ArickArick Wierson	1994	SFS	Former NYC Media general manager; former media advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg	[589]

Law

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Abramoff, JackJack Abramoff	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	[590]
Bennett, Robert S.Robert S. Bennett	1961, 1964	Col, Law	Litigator; represented President Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal	[591]
Boggs, Jr., Thomas HaleThomas Hale Boggs, Jr.	1961, 1965	Col, Law	Co-founder, Patton Boggs LLP	[592]
Braga, Stephen L.Stephen L. Braga	1981	Law	Litigator who represented the West Memphis Three	[593]
Cacheris, PlatoPlato Cacheris	1953, 1956	SFS, Law	Litigator who defended numerous high-profile clients	[594]
Callahan, Michael J.Michael J. Callahan	1990	SFS	Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Yahoo	[595]
Duff, James C.James C. Duff	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	[596]
Haley, Andrew G.Andrew G. Haley	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)	[597]
Jones, Theodore "Ted"Theodore "Ted" Jones	1970	LL.M.	Louisiana lawyer, lobbyist, and political appointee	[598]
McDonough, PeterPeter McDonough	1979, 1982	Col, Law	General counsel of Princeton University; Republican New Jersey state legislator	[599]
Murphy, Jr., W. MichaelW. Michael Murphy, Jr.	1972	Col	Morris County prosecutor; Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey	[600]
Preis, PhilPhil Preis	1975, 1976	Law, LL.M.	Candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 1995 and 1999; Baton Rouge attorney	[601]
Roberts, Jane SullivanJane Sullivan Roberts	1984	Law	Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop; wife of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.	[602]
Smith, Stephen EdwardStephen Edward Smith	1973, 1977	Col, Law	Vice president and general counsel, Lockheed Martin	[603]
Shea, WilliamWilliam Shea	1929	Col	Noted New York attorney and patriarch of the New York Mets; Shea Stadium named in his honor; name partner of Shea & Gould	[604]
Sullivan, BrendanBrendan Sullivan	1964, 1967	Col, Law	Senior partner at Williams & Connolly; litigator who defended Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Iran-Contra affair	[605]
Walker-Lightfoot, GenevievetteGenevievette Walker-Lightfoot	1995	Col	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney	[606]
Williams, Edward BennettEdward Bennett Williams	1944	Law	Trial lawyer; attorney for The Washington Post and Georgetown University; owned the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles; founder of Williams & Connolly	[607]

Religion and humanitarianism

Non-profit and activism

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Bainwol, MitchMitch Bainwol	1981	Col	Lobbyist; chairman of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America	[608]
Cirincione, JosephJoseph Cirincione	1983	Grad	President of Ploughshares Fund, 2008–present; Director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	[609]
Claybrook, JoanJoan Claybrook	1973	Law	President of Public Citizen, 1982–2008; Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	[610]
Concannon, BrianBrian Concannon	1989	Law	Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti	[611]
Cousteau, AlexandraAlexandra Cousteau	1998	SFS	Environmentalist; founder of Blue Legacy	[612]
Gray, NellieNellie Gray	1959	Law	Pro-life activist; founder of March for Life	[613]
Griffin, ChadChad Griffin	1997	SFS	Founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights; President of the Human Rights Campaign, 2012	[614]
Hayes, Robert M.Robert M. Hayes	1974	Col	Founder of the Coalition for the Homeless, Senior vice president of health quality at Universal American Corporation; MacArthur Fellow	[615]
Iskenderian, Mary EllenMary Ellen Iskenderian	1981	SFS	President and CEO of Women's World Banking (microfinance)	[616]
Karski, JanJan Karski	1952	Grad	World War II Polish resistance fighter; Polish diplomat; professor at Georgetown University for 40 years	[617]
King, TimTim King	1989, 1993	SFS, Law	Founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies	[618]
Lynn, Barry W.Barry W. Lynn	1978	Law	Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Ordained minister in the United Church of Christ	[619]
Mellan, OliviaOlivia Mellan	1972	SLL	Money conflict resolution coach and author of books on money psychology	[620]
Mudd, RichardRichard Mudd	1921, 1922, 1936	Col, Grad, Med	Grandson of Dr. Samuel Mudd; led efforts to posthumously rehabilitate his grandfather's name	[621]
Rutherford, KennethKenneth Rutherford	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	[622]
Shriver, AnthonyAnthony Shriver	1988	Col	President and founder of Best Buddies International	[623]
VanDyke, MatthewMatthew VanDyke	2004	SSP	Freedom fighter and prisoner of war in the 2011 Libyan Civil War	[624]
Walsh, William B.William B. Walsh	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	[625]

Religious prelates and ordinaries

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Most Rev. Brunini, Joseph BernardJoseph Bernard Brunini	1930	Col	Bishop of Jackson	[626]
Most Rev. Cuenco, Jose MariaJose Maria Cuenco		Law	First Archbishop of Jaro	[627]
Most Rev. Guilfoyle, George HenryGeorge Henry Guilfoyle	1935	Col	Bishop of Camden	[628]
HE O'Connor, JohnJohn O'Connor	1970	Grad	Cardinal Archbishop of New York; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, 1979–83	[629]
Rev. Paulson, BrianBrian Paulson	1981	SFS	Jesuit Provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province; President of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School in Chicago, Illinois	[630]
Most Rev. Rodi, Thomas JohnThomas John Rodi	1971	Col	Archbishop of Mobile	[631]

Royalty

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Crown Prince of Greece, Pavlos,Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece	1995	MSFS	First son of Constantine II of Greece and Crown Prince	[632]
Prince of Greece and Denmark, Philippos,Philippos, Prince of Greece and Denmark	2008	SFS	Third son and fifth child of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark (Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)	[633]
Prince of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Bernhard,Bernhard, Prince of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven	1988–1989*	SCE	Member of the Dutch Royal Family, being nephew of the former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands	[634]
Prince of Luxembourg, Guillaume,Guillaume, Prince of Luxembourg	1987	SFS	Third son and youngest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg	[635]
Al Faisal, Prince TurkiPrince Turki Al Faisal	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	[636]
bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz, Prince MohammedPrince Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz	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	[637]
bin Hussein, Prince HashimPrince Hashim bin Hussein	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	[638]
Crown Prince of Jordan, Hussein,Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan	2016	SFS	First son and heir apparent of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan	[639]
bin Muhammad, Prince TalalPrince Talal bin Muhammad	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	[640]
al-Talal, Princess GhidaPrincess Ghida al-Talal	1986	SFS, Grad	Member of the House of Hashemites; Chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation	[641]
Prince of Iturbide, Agustín,Agustín, Prince of Iturbide	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)	[642]

Science and medicine

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Agwunobi, John O.John O. Agwunobi	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	[643]
Bartoe, John-David F.John-David F. Bartoe	1974, 1976	Grad, Grad	NASA astronaut and astrophysicist; Research Manager for the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Center, 1995–present	[644]
Cossart, PascalePascale Cossart	1971	Grad	Bacteriologist and Head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules at the Pasteur Institute; recipient of the 1998 Richard Lounsbery Award	[645]
Coyne, GeorgeGeorge Coyne	1962	Grad	Astronomer; Director of the Vatican Observatory, 1978–2006	[646]
Dybul, Mark R.Mark R. Dybul	1985, 1992	Col, Med	United States Global AIDS Coordinator of the U.S. Department of State, 2006–09	[647]
Lt. Gen. Kiley, Kevin C.Kevin C. Kiley	1976	Med	Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander of U.S. Army Medical Command, 2004–07	[648]
Kortz, UlrichUlrich Kortz	1995	Grad	Professor of chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen	[649]
Novello, AntoniaAntonia Novello	1975	W	Surgeon General of the United States, 1990–93	[650]
Parran, Jr., ThomasThomas Parran, Jr.	1915	Med	Surgeon General of the United States, 1936–48	[651]
Pinney, Sean P.Sean P. Pinney	1994	Med	Cardiologist; Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program and the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City	[652]
Redfield, Robert R.Robert R. Redfield	1973, 1977	Col, Med	Virologist and HIV researcher; professor of medicine at University of Maryland, Baltimore; co-founder of the Institute of Human Virology	[653]
Ring, John J.John J. Ring	1949, 1953	Col, Med	President of the American Medical Association, 1991–92	[654]
Rubin, VeraVera Rubin	1954	Med	Astronomer; recipient of numerous awards for work on galaxy rotation rates; discovered the Rubin–Ford effect	[655]
Silich, RobertRobert Silich	1993	Med	Plastic surgeon at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital; pioneered limited incision facelift techniques	[656]
Snyder, Solomon H.Solomon H. Snyder	1959, 1962	Col, Med	Neuroscientist; University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	[657]
von Eschenbach, AndrewAndrew von Eschenbach	1967	Med	United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 2006–09; Director of the National Cancer Institute, 2002–05	[658]

Sports

Athletes

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Blozis, AlAl Blozis	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	[659]
Boumtje-Boumtje, RubenRuben Boumtje-Boumtje	2001	Col	Professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers	[660]
Buzbee, AlexAlex Buzbee	2007	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins	[661]
Campbell, AndrewAndrew Campbell	2006	SFS	Sailor on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team	[662]
Colliflower, HarryHarry Colliflower	1906	Col	Professional baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders and an umpire; coach of the Georgetown varsity basketball team, 1911–14	[663]
Ewing, PatrickPatrick Ewing	1985	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks; inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008	[664]
Ewing Jr., PatrickPatrick Ewing Jr.	2008	Col	Professional basketball player for the Al Rayyan Basketball Team of the Qatari Basketball League	[665]
Floyd, Eric "Sleepy"Eric "Sleepy" Floyd	1982	Col	Professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets	[666]
Gaughan, BrendanBrendan Gaughan	1997	MSB	Professional racer for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series	[667]
Green, JeffJeff Green	2004–2007*	Col	Professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder Boston Celtics Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers	[668]
Harrington, OthellaOthella Harrington	1996	Col	Professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls	[669]
Hibbert, RoyRoy Hibbert	2008	Col	Professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers	[670]
Hogshead-Makar, NancyNancy Hogshead-Makar	1997	Law	Three-time gold medalist swimmer on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team	[671]
Iverson, AllenAllen Iverson	1995–1996*	Col	Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers	[672]
Jackson, JarenJaren Jackson	1989	MSB	Professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs	[673]
Lio, AugieAugie Lio	1941	Col	Professional football player for the Detroit Lions	[674]
Matuza, AlAl Matuza	1941	Col	Professional football player for the Chicago Bears	[675]
McMahon, KevinKevin McMahon	1994	Col	Hammer thrower for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and 2000 U.S. Olympic team	[676]
Monroe, GregGreg Monroe	2008–2009*	MSB	Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks	[677]
Morelli, JohnJohn Morelli	1943	Col	Professional football player for the Boston Yanks	[678]
Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning	1992	Col	Professional basketball player for the Miami Heat	[679]
Mullins, AimeeAimee Mullins	1998	SFS	Track and field athlete and Chief of Mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic delegation; actress; fashion model and motivational speaker	[680]
Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo	1991	SLL	Professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets	[681]
O'Reilly, EamonnEamonn O'Reilly	1966	Col	Former American record-holder in the Boston Marathon	[682]
Page, VictorVictor Page	1995–1997*	Col	NBA Development League basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce	[683]
Paternoster, AngeloAngelo Paternoster	1943	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins	[684]
Perpich, GeorgeGeorge Perpich	1942	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins	[685]
Ricca, JimJim Ricca	1951	Col	Professional football player for the Washington Redskins	[686]
Reid, DonDon Reid	1995	Col	Professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic	[687]
Skoronski, EdEd Skoronski	1931*	Col	Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers	[688][689]
Sweeney, KyleKyle Sweeney	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	[690]
Sweetney, MikeMike Sweetney	2001–2003*	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls	[691]
Wells, IngridIngrid Wells	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	[692]
White, JahidiJahidi White	1998	Col	Professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards	[693]
Williams, JeromeJerome Williams	1996	Col	Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks	[694]
Williams, ReggieReggie Williams	1987	Col	Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers; 1983 Mr. Basketball USA	[695]
Wingate, DavidDavid Wingate	1986	Col	Professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers	[696]

Commissioners, owners, coaches, and managers

Name	Class year	School/ degree	Notability	Reference
Antonetti, ChrisChris Antonetti	1996	MSB	President of Baseball Operations of the Cleveland Indians	[697]
Bidwill, BillBill Bidwill	1960	MSB	Owner of the Arizona Cardinals	[698]
Briggs, Jr., WalterWalter Briggs, Jr.	1934	Col	Owner of the Detroit Tigers	[699]
Esherick, CraigCraig Esherick	1978, 1982	MSB, Law	Head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team; scout for the 1988 U.S. Men's basketball team	[700]
Mayhew, MartinMartin Mayhew	2000	Law	General manager of the Detroit Lions	[701]
McCourt, FrankFrank McCourt	1975	Col	Owner and manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium; owner of the Los Angeles Marathon	[702]
McCourt, JamieJamie McCourt	1975	SLL	CEO and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers; highest-ranked woman in Major League Baseball	[703]
Murphy, MarkMark Murphy	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	[704]
O'Malley, SusanSusan O'Malley	2007	Law	President of the Washington Wizards; first female president of an NBA franchise	[705]
Policy, CarmenCarmen Policy	1966	Law	President and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers; President and CEO of the Cleveland Browns	[706]
Schwartz, JimJim Schwartz	1989	Col	Head coach of the Detroit Lions	[707]
Slive, MichaelMichael Slive	1966	LL.M.	Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference	[708]
Tagliabue, PaulPaul Tagliabue	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	[709]
Vainisi, JerryJerry Vainisi		MSB	General manager of the Chicago Bears; Chairman and CEO of Forest Park National Bank & Trust Co.	[710]
Vespoli, MichaelMichael Vespoli	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	[711]
Walter, TomTom Walter	1991	Col	Head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team	[712]

Fictional

Name	Notability	Reference
Archer, SterlingSterling Archer	Title character in animated series Archer	[713]
Al-Subaai, Prince NasirPrince Nasir Al-Subaai	Played by Alexander Siddig in Syriana	[714]
Bartlet, ZoeyZoey Bartlet	President's daughter played by Elisabeth Moss in The West Wing	[715]
Dean, Robert ClaytonRobert Clayton Dean	Main character played by Will Smith in Enemy of the State	[716]
Flick, TracyTracy Flick	Played by Reese Witherspoon in Election	[717]
Florrick, AliciaAlicia Florrick	Lead character played by Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife	[718]
Gardner, WillWill Gardner	Character played by Josh Charles in The Good Wife	[718]
Gates, Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Gates	Played by Nicolas Cage in the National Treasure franchise	[715]
Hastings, SpencerSpencer Hastings	Played by Troian Bellisario in Pretty Little Liars	[713]
, J.J. and Honey HuanJ.J. and Honey Huan	Characters in Doonesbury	[719]
Hudson, JasonJason Hudson	Character in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops	[715]
Johnson, Brenda LeighBrenda Leigh Johnson	Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief from the television series The Closer	[720]
Kidman, MatthewMatthew Kidman	Main character played by Emile Hirsch in The Girl Next Door	[721]
Larson and Haroon Raja, WalterWalter Larson and Haroon Raja	Main and recurring characters in The Brink	[713]
Main characters, Main characters	St. Elmo's Fire	[715]
Mathison, CarrieCarrie Mathison	Protagonist played by Claire Danes in Homeland	[718]
McGill, ChuckChuck McGill	Played by Michael McKean in the television series Better Call Saul	[722]
O'Donnell, Margaret "Maggie"Margaret "Maggie" O'Donnell	Played by Michelle Trachtenberg in 17 Again	[723]
Palmer, DavidDavid Palmer	President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert in 24	[715]
Pope, OliviaOlivia Pope	Played by Kerry Washington in the television series Scandal	[713]
Porter, MelanieMelanie Porter	Played by Raven-Symoné in College Road Trip	[724]
Reynolds, DerekDerek Reynolds	Played by Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance	[725]
Ryan, JackJack Ryan	(Grad 1980); Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence and President of the United States in Tom Clancy novels	[726]
Walker, AnnieAnnie Walker	Main character in Covert Affairs	[727]
Walsh, DeclanDeclan Walsh	Protagonist in the 1979 novel The Vicar of Christ who served as Chief Justice of the United States and later Pope	[728]
Watson, Kyle LeeKyle Lee Watson	Character played by Duane Martin in Above the Rim, who played for the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team under Coach John Thompson Jr.	[729]
Young, CharlieCharlie Young	President's personal aide played by Dulé Hill in The West Wing	[718]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alumni of Georgetown University.

• List of Georgetown University faculty
• List of Presidents of Georgetown University
• President and Directors of Georgetown College
• History of Georgetown University

For lists of alumni organized by the university's constituent schools see:

• List of Georgetown University Law Center alumni

References

External links

• Georgetown University Alumni Association