List of George Washington University people
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Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and current students of the George Washington University.
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[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Academics
- Derek Curtis Bok (1958), President - Harvard University
- Scott S. Cowen (1975), President - Tulane University
[edit] Business
- Kun-Hee Lee (MBA), Chairman of Samsung Group
- Abby Joseph Cohen, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
- Anousheh Ansari (M.S., 1992), entrepreneur & patroness of private space flight. First female space tourist.
- Pedro Heilbron (MBA) CEO of Copa Holdings Inc.
[edit] Elected Officials
- Jason Altmire (1998), US Representative from Pennsylvania
- Ross "Rocky" Anderson (JD 1978), current mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
- Bob Barr (1972), former US Representative from Georgia
- Helen Delich Bentley, former US Representative from Maryland, 1985-1995
- Michael Bilirakis (1960), US Representative from Florida
- Eric Cantor (1985), US Representative from Virginia
- Mel Carnahan (1955), Governor of Missouri
- Jean Carnahan (1955), US Senator from Missouri
- Kent Conrad (1975), US Senator from North Dakota
- John James Duncan, Jr. (1973), US Representative from Tennessee
- Randall Edwards (MBA 1990), Oregon State Treasurer
- Michael B. Enzi (1966), US Senator from Wyoming
- J. William Fulbright (1934, 1959), US Senator from Arkansas
- Dan Glickman (JD 1969), former US Representative from Kansas
- Daniel Inouye (JD 1952), US Senator from Hawaii
- Steve Israel (1985), US Representative from New York
- Samuel R. Johnson (1974), US Representative from Texas
- Blair Lee I (1882), US Senator from Maryland, 1914 - 1917
- Tim Mahoney (1983), US Representative from Florida
- Jim Ramstad (1973), US Representative from Minnesota
- Harry Reid (JD 1964), US Senator from Nevada, Senate Majority Leader
- George W. Romney (attended 1929-30), Governor of Michigan
- Christopher B. Shank, (1998), Maryland House of Delegates.
- Gladys Noon Spellman, Maryland Congresswoman, 1975-1981
- Cliff Stearns (1963), US Representative from Florida
- Robert Wexler (1985), US Representative from Florida
- Mark Warner (1977), former Governor of Virginia
[edit] Entertainment
- Angela Aki (2000), singer-songwriter (of Final Fantasy XII fame)
- Alec Baldwin (attended 1979), actor/activist
- Courtney Cox Arquette, the Mount Vernon College for Women
- Dan Glickman (JD 1969), former Secretary of Agriculture, currently the president of the Motion Picture Association of America
- Kerry Washington (1998), actress
- Scott Wolf (1991), actor
- Warren Brown (Joint JD & MA 1998), host of "Sugar Rush" on the Food Network, chef, owner of Cake Love
- Ina Garten (MBA) host of "Barefoot Contessa" on the Food Network, chef, owner of Barefoot Contessa fine foods
- Haroon, Graduate in Business Administration, Pakistani singer, composer, musician and engineer
[edit] First Family
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1951), First Lady of US President John F. Kennedy
- Margaret Truman Daniel (1946, 1975), author and daughter of US President Harry S. Truman
- Lynda Bird Johnson (attended 1965), daughter of US President Lyndon Johnson
- D. Jeffrey Carter (1978), son of US President Jimmy Carter
[edit] Government
- Charles W. Colson, chief counsel for US President Richard Nixon, spent time in prison for his part in the Watergate scandal
- Allen Dulles (1920), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- John Foster Dulles (1912), US Secretary of State
- W. Mark Felt (1940), Associate Director - FBI, "Deep Throat" informant
- Dan Glickman (JD 1969), former Secretary of Agriculture
- J. Edgar Hoover (1916, 1917, 1935), Director - FBI
- Patrick J. Hurley (1912, 1932), US Secretary of War
- Leon Jaworski (1926), Special Prosecutor for the Watergate hearings
- Stephen L. Johnson (M.S.), Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2005-Present
- Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative
- John W. Snow (1967), US Secretary of the Treasury
- Kenneth W. Starr (1968), United States Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals
[edit] International Leaders
- Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, Interim President of Iraq
- Syngman Rhee (1907, 1954), first President of South Korea
- His Majesty King Mohammed VI (2000), King of Morocco, Honoris Causa Degree for his efforts to expand the scope of democracy in the Kingdom of Morocco
- Kenkichi Kodera (1900, 1901), key Japanese pan-Asianist writer; expert on Western law; mayor of Kobe
- Maximo Kalaw (1916), noted Philippine nationalist, political scientist, novelist
- Henrique Valle, Deputy Ambassador of Brazil to the UN
- Elizabeth Ogbon (1977), first female ambassador of Nigeria to West Germany and the Philippines
- Philip Jaisohn (So Chae-p'il) (M.D., 1892), Korean nationalist, first Korean to get a medical degree in the United States.
- Jose Abad Santos (1909), Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
- Mikhail Saakashvili (1995), President of Georgia 2003-Present
- Faure Gnassingbé (MBA), President of the Republic of Togo 2005-Present [1]
[edit] Law
- Carlos F. Lucero (1964), first Hispanic Judge - US 10th circuit court of appeals
- William Barr (1977), US Attorney General
- London Steverson (1977), Federal Administrative Law Judge with the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration
[edit] Media
- Dana Bash, CNN White House correspondent
- Rowland Evans (1951), news commentator from CNN's Evans, Novak, Hunt and Shields
- Chuck Todd (1991), editor-in-chief, The Hotline
- Brian Williams, Attended but transferred to The Catholic University of America, NBC Nightly News Anchor
[edit] Ministry/Religion
- L. Ron Hubbard (attended 1930-1932), author and founder of the Church of Scientology
- George Murry, SJ Bishop of St. Thomas, VI
[edit] Science
- Captain Michael Coats (1977), Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander
- Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
[edit] Sports
- Arnold J. 'Red' Auerbach (1940, 1941), President/coach - Boston Celtics
- Yinka Dare (attended 1993-1994), basketball player, New Jersey Nets
- John Flaherty (1988), catcher, New York Yankees
- Randy Levine (B.A., 1977), President, New York Yankees
- Lubomir Kavalek (1975), Chess Grandmaster
- Sam Perlozzo (1973), manager, Baltimore Orioles
- Abe Pollin (1945), owner/chairman - Washington Wizards & Washington Capitals
- Jerry Reinsdorf (1957), owner - Chicago White Sox & Chicago Bulls
- Chet Simmons (1950), founder of ESPN
- Theodore N. Lerner (1948), owner - Washington Nationals
- Michael O'Connor (2002), pitcher - Washington Nationals
- Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2006), forward - Dallas Mavericks
[edit] United States Ambassadors & Diplomats
- H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld (1911), Minister to Dominican Republic, Finland, and Hungary
- Rudolf E. Schoenfeld (1917), Minister to Romania, Ambassador to Guatemala, and Colombia
- Edward "Skip" Gnehm (1966/1968), Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia
- Joseph W. Prueher (1973), Ambassador to China
- Thomas J. Dodd, Junior (1966), Ambassador to Uruguay & Costa Rica
- Thomas A. Loftus (1975), Ambassador to Norway
- Thomas A. McDonald (1976), Ambassador to Zimbabwe
- David H. Shinn (1980), Ambassador to Ethiopia & Burkina Faso
- William Dale Montgomery (1972), Ambassador to Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro
- Edward T. DeJarnette (1978), Ambassador to Angola & Tanzania
- Amelia E. Shippy (1977), Ambassador to Malawi
- Everett E. Briggs (1972), Ambassador to Portugal
- Tibor P. Nagy (1978), Ambassador to Ethiopia
- Donald K. Bandler (1979), Ambassador to Cyprus
- Michael Myron Einik (1972), Ambassador to Finland
[edit] United States Armed Forces
- General Peter Pace, MBA, United States Marine Corps, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-
- General Billy Mitchell (1919, but received degree as part of "class of 1899", having dropped out to serve in the Spanish-American War), advocate of air power in the military
- General John W. Vessey, Jr. (1966), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- General John M. Shalikashvili (1970), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- General Colin Powell (MBA 1971), US Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Admiral Thad Allen (MPA), Commandant of the Coast Guard 2006–Present
- Admiral John B. Hayes (M.A.) Commandant of the Coast Guard (Ret.) 1978—1982
[edit] Others
- William P. Magee (M.D.,1972), Co-founder - Operation Smile
- Frank Robinson (Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree), Baseball Hall of Famer, manager of the Washington Nationals
- André Remondet (Diploma), Former Chief Architect of Public Buildings (France) - Grand Prix de Rome Winner
- George Herbert Walker Bush, (Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree), President of the United States
- Barbara Bush (Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree), First Lady of the United States
- Rachel Zoe, celebrity fashion stylist
- Jonathan D. Katz, (B.A., Philosophy/Art, 1981), Founder, Queer Nation San Francisco
[edit] Noted faculty
- George Gamow (1934-1954), physicist and cosmologist
- Ken Lay (1969), former CEO of Enron
- Edward Teller (1935-1941), nuclear physicist and father of the hydrogen bomb
- Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law and frequent guest on news programs
- Elizabeth Elizabeth Glass Geltman, Professor of Law
- James N. Rosenau, former president of the International Studies Association
- Amitai Etzioni, former president of the American Sociological Association
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, founder and first president of the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy
- Edward "Skip" Gnehm, former US Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia
- Lee Sigelman, Editor of the American Political Science Review.
- Dr. Thomas Sewall, anatomist and founding member of medical department.
- Leon Fuerth, former National Security Adviser to Vice President Al Gore
- Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Yvonne Captain-Hidalgo, Executive Director Phi Beta Delta Honor Society
- John Logsdon, Member of Columbia Accident Investigation Board, NASA Advisory Council
- Steven V. Roberts, Journalist, writer, commentator.
- Congressman Tom Cole, Oklahoma Congressman from the 4th District.
- Zalmi Azmi, current CIO of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Cecil Jacobson, rogue fertility doctor. [2]
- Frank Sesno, CNN Special Correspondent
[edit] Presidents
- William Staughton (1821-1827)
- Stephen Chapin (1828-1841)
- Joel Smith Bacon (1843-1854)
- Joseph Getchell Binney (1855-1858)
- George Whitefield Samson (1859-1871)
- James Clarke Welling (1871-1894)
- Samuel Harrison Greene (1894-1895)
- Benaiah L. Whitman (1895-1900)
- Samuel Harrison Greene (1900-1902)
- Charles Willis Needham (1902-1910)
- Charles Herbert Stockton (1910-1918)
- William Miller Collier (1918-1921)
- Howard L. Hodgkins (1921-1923)
- William Mather Lewis (1923-1927)
- Cloyd Heck Marvin (1927-1959)
- Oswald Symister Colclough (1959-1961)
- Thomas Henry Carroll (1961-1964)
- Lloyd Hartman Elliott (1965-1988)
- Stephen Joel Trachtenberg (1988-2007) (announced his retirement as President in April 2006, effective in August 2007)
- Steven Knapp On December 4, 2006, the GW Hatchet announced that Johns Hopkins University Provost Steven Knapp had been named Trachtenberg's successor by the Board of Trustees.