List of United States Military Academy alumni

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This is a list of notable graduates of the United States Military Academy (West Point), arranged by category. List may be incomplete. To see a list of Wikipedia articles about West Point graduates click here.

Robert E. Lee, Class of 1829

Buzz Aldrin, Class of 1951

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Class of 1915


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[edit] Listed by claim to fame

This list is intended to categorize graduates by what they are famous for. More than one category may apply. For example, Ulysses S. Grant was a famous military leader and head of state, and is listed under both. He also participated in the Mexican-American War, but is not listed in that category, because he is not famous for his role in the war.

[edit] Politicians

Ulysses S. Grant, Class of 1843

Jefferson Davis, Class of 1828

Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., Class of 1844

Robert Milligan McLane, Class of 1837

Henry Slocum, Class of 1852

Jack Reed, Class of 1971

Geoff Davis, Class of 1981

Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines

[edit] Heads of State

[edit] Cabinet members

[edit] Governors (civil)

[edit] Governors (military)

[edit] Legislators

[edit] Mayors

  • William Lewis Cabell, Class of 1850. Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1874-76, 1877-79, 1883-85)
  • Luis R. Esteves, Class of 1915. Mayor and Judge of Polvo, Mexico
  • Robert M. Isaac, Class of 1951. Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado (1979-1997)
  • Matthew Collier, Class of 1979. Mayor of Flint, Michigan (1988-1992)

[edit] Jurists

[edit] Ambassadors

Barry McCaffrey, Class of 1964
Barry McCaffrey, Class of 1964

[edit] Military commanders

[edit] Mexican-American War

[edit] U.S. Civil War

Complete list of West Point grads as Civil War generals

Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846

P.G.T. Beauregard, Class of 1838

Winfield Scott Hancock, Class of 1844

Albert Sidney Johnston, Class of 1826

James Longstreet, Class of 1842

Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853

William Tecumseh Sherman, Class of 1840

J.E.B. Stuart, Class of 1854

George Armstrong Custer, Class of 1861

[edit] Indian Wars & Buffalo Soldiers

Henry Ossian Flipper, Class of 1877, first African American graduate
Henry Ossian Flipper, Class of 1877, first African American graduate

[edit] Spanish-American War and Philippines Commands

John J. Pershing, Class of 1886
John J. Pershing, Class of 1886

[edit] Pancho Villa Expedition

[edit] World War I

John L. Hines, Class of 1891
John L. Hines, Class of 1891

[edit] World War II

George S. Patton, Class of 1909
George S. Patton, Class of 1909
Omar Bradley, Class of 1915
Omar Bradley, Class of 1915

[edit] Israeli War for Independence

[edit] Korean War

Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903
Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903

[edit] Vietnam War

[edit] Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Class of 1956
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Class of 1956

[edit] War on Terrorism

  • Wayne A. Downing, Class of 1962. National Director and Deputy National Security Adviser for combating terrorism. He reported to then-NSA Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security director Tom Ridge. Chairman of the Combating Terrorism Center at USMA.

[edit] Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom)

  • Robert W. Cone, Class of 1979. Commander, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan.

[edit] Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom)

[edit] Army Chiefs of Staff/Commanders of the Army

William Westmoreland, Class of 1936
William Westmoreland, Class of 1936

[edit] Air Force Chiefs of Staff

Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914
Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914
  • Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914. 1st U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1947–1948)
  • Thomas D. White, Class of 1920. 4th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1957—1961)
  • John P. McConnell, Class of 1932. 6th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1965–1969)
  • John Dale Ryan, Class of 1938. 7th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1969–1973)
  • Lew Allen, Class of 1946. 10th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1978-1982)
  • Charles A. Gabriel, Class of 1950. 11th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1982-1986)
  • Michael Dugan, Class of 1958. 13th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1990)

[edit] Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

[edit] Supreme Allied Commanders of NATO

Alexander Haig, Class of 1947
Alexander Haig, Class of 1947

[edit] Chief of Staff of Non-American Armed Forces

[edit] Highly Decorated

[edit] Medal of Honor recipients

For a complete list of West Point graduates who received the Medal of Honor, click here.

[edit] Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

[edit] Congressional Gold Medal recipients

[edit] Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients

[edit] Law Enforcement and Intelligence

George Washington Goethals,Class of 1880
George Washington Goethals,Class of 1880
Hap Arnold, Class of 1907
Hap Arnold, Class of 1907

[edit] Engineers and Inventors

  • Walker Keith Armistead, Class of 1803. Chief Engineer 1818-1821.
  • George Bomford, Class of 1805. Inventor of ordnance and explosives; standardized army usage as Chief of the Ordnance Department.
  • Charles Gratiot, Class of 1806, Chief Engineer, War of 1812.
  • John James Abert, Class of 1811. Head topographer for the U.S. Army; his officers mapped the American West under his supervision.
  • Benjamin Bonneville, Class of 1815. Organized expedition that explored the Great Salt Lake, crossed the Sierras, found the headwaters of the Yellowstone and discovered the Humboldt River.
  • George Washington Whistler, Class of 1819. Invented contour lines on maps. Father of James McNeill Whistler, the artist. Husband of "Whistler's Mother"
  • Robert Parker Parrott, Class of 1824. Invented the Parrott rifle used extensively during the American Civil War.
  • Henry DuPont, Class of 1833. Improved the production of gunpowder. Chemicals industry pioneer.
  • Herman Haupt, Class of 1835. Head of the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War.
  • John W. Gunnison, Class of 1837. Supervised one of the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853. Gunnison, Colorado is named in his honor.
  • Horatio Wright, Class of 1841. Union general during the American Civil War.
  • Robert S. Williamson, Class of 1848. Participated in the Pacific Railroad Surveys. Served as Chief Topographical Engineer of the Army of the Potomac and the Department of the Pacific during the American Civil War. Supervised harbor defenses and construction, and lighthouses on the Pacific Coast.
  • John Parke, Class of 1849. Participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853. Chief surveyor who delineated the boundary between northwestern United States and British North America. Union army general during the American Civil War. Superintendent of West Point.
  • Rufus Saxton, Class of 1849. Participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853. Union Army general during the American Civil War.
  • Gouverneur K. Warren, Class of 1850. Union army general and Chief of Engineers of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
  • Thomas Lincoln Casey, Class of 1852. Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers and construction engineer of the Washington Monument.
  • General Hugh J. Casey, Class of 1918.Chief Engineer Pacific Theater WWII, Designer of the Pentagon,invented "Casey's cookies"improvised explosive weapons Bataan 1942, Authored "The Engineers of the Southwest Pacific, 1941-1945"
  • William W. Averell, Class of 1855. Inventor of asphalt.
  • John W. Barlow, Class of 1861. Explored around Yellowstone. Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers
  • David Porter Heap, Class of 1864. Engineer and author who built harbor fortifications and lighthouses.
  • Henry Dunwoody, Class of 1866. Invented the crystal radio receiver.
  • George Washington Goethals, Class of 1880. Chief engineer of the Panama Canal.
  • John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. Inventor of artillery devices critical in WWI.
  • George O. Squier, Class of 1887. Developer of Muzak. Early radio engineer.
  • Leslie Groves, Class of 1918. Chief engineer for the Manhattan Project and the Pentagon

[edit] Scientists, Mathematicians, and Physicians

[edit] Aviation pioneers

  • Thomas Selfridge, Class of 1903. The first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane.
  • Henry H. Arnold, Class of 1907. Head of the Army Air Corps in World War II.

[edit] Astronauts

Ed White, Class of 1952
Ed White, Class of 1952
William MacArthur, Class of 1973
William MacArthur, Class of 1973

[edit] Educators

Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808
Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808
Dennis Hart Mahan, Class of 1824
Dennis Hart Mahan, Class of 1824

[edit] Authors

  • Henry Martyn Robert, Class of 1857. Author of Robert's Rules of Order
  • John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. First Editor, Journal of U.S. Artillery. Author of numerous technical articles on gunnery.
  • Cornelis DeWitt Willcox, Class of 1885.
  • Luis R. Esteves, Class of 1915. Author of "Los Barrabases" and "¡Los Soldados Son Así!" (Soldiers are like that).
  • Hal Moore, Class of 1945. Author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young
  • Robert Bowles Johnson, Jr., Class of 1969. Co-author of West Point: America's Power Fraternity
  • Brian Haig, Class of 1975. Novelist
  • James Salter, Class of 1945, prolific US author. Selected to The Academy of Arts and Letters.
  • Lucian K Truscott, IV, Class of 1969, Novelist.
  • Bill McWilliams, Class of 1955. Author of "A Return To Glory".
  • Amy Efaw, Class of 1989. Author of "Battle Dress".

[edit] Business Executives and Entrepreneurs

Henry du Pont, Class of 1861
Henry du Pont, Class of 1861
  • Henry A. du Pont, Class of 1861. President & general manager of Wilmington & Western Railroad (1879-1899).
  • BG Robert E. Wood, Class of 1900. Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck (1939-1954). Responsible for shifting the company's focus from a mail-order catalog company to a department store retailer. Wood also started AllState Insurance as a subsidiary of Sears. During WWI, BG Wood served as the Quartermaster of the Army and also served as the chief quartermaster during the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • William T. Seawell, Class of 1941. Chairman & CEO Pan Am Airways (1971-1981).
  • Robert F. McDermott, Class of 1943. Former Chairman & CEO of United Services Automobile Association (USAA).
  • Rueben Pomerantz, Class of 1946. President of Holiday Inns of America (1969-1972).
  • John G. Hayes, Class of 1949. President of Coca-Cola Bottling Company (1963).
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. President Eastern Airlines (1975-1986).
  • Randolph V. Araskog, Class of 1953. President, Chairman, CEO of ITT Communications.
  • Dana Mead, Class of 1957. Chairman and CEO of Tenneco (1994-1999), Chairman of MIT Corporation (2003-present).
  • Pete Dawkins, Class of 1959. Chairman and CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Vice-Chairman and EVP of Travelers Insurance, Vice Chairman of Bain and Company, and currently Vice-Chairman of Citigroup Private Bank.
  • Fred Malek, Class of 1959. Founder and Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners
  • Frank J. Caufield, Co-Founder of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Jim Kimsey, Class of 1962. Chairman and co-founder of AOL
  • Marshall Carter, Class of 1962. Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (2005-Present)
  • LTG Daniel Christman, Class of 1965. SVP of International Affairs for U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2003-Present)
  • Marshall Larsen, Class of 1970. Chairman and CEO of Goodrich, Corporation (2003-Present)
  • Bob McDonald, Class of 1973. Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble
  • Rick Hicks, Class of 1974. President of JC Penney
  • Joe DePinto, Class of 1986. CEO of 7-Eleven Corp.
  • Albert Dunlap, CEO of Scott Paper and Sunbeam.
  • Anthony Noto, Class of 1991. EVP and CFO for National Football League.
  • Brad Hunstable, Founder and President of Ustream.TV.
  • Rand Araskog, ex-CEO of ITT Corporation.

[edit] Sports figures

[edit] Athletes

  • Abner Doubleday, Class of 1842.
  • George S. Patton, Jr., Class of 1909. 1912 Summer Olympics, modern pentathalon, 5th place.
  • Elmer Oliphant, Class of 1918. Professional football player and considered one of the all-time greatest college football players. Established world record in 220-yard (200 m) low hurdles.
  • P.C. Hains. Class of 1924. 1928 Summer Olympics, modern pentathalon.
  • Doc Blanchard, Class of 1947. Heisman Trophy and Sullivan Award winner (1945).
  • Glenn Woodward Davis, Class of 1947. Heisman Trophy winner (1946). Voted #13 in ABC's "25 Greatest Players in College Football History."
  • Pete Dawkins, Class of 1959. Heisman Trophy winner (1958).
  • Ronald Zinn, Class of 1962. 1960 and 64 Summer Olympics (walking events).
  • Mike Silliman, Class of 1966. 1968 Summer Olympics (Men's basketball, placed 1st).
  • Michael Thornberry, Class of 1994. 1996 Summer Olympics, (Team Handball 9th place)
  • Dan Browne, Class of 1997. 2004 Olympian (Marathon and 10,000m)
  • Lorenzo Smith III, Class of 2000 Olympian (Bobsled, placed 6th)
  • Anita Allen, Class of 2000 Olympian (Modern Pentathlon, 18th)

[edit] Coaches

Charles Dudley Daly, class of 1905, "Godfather of West Point Football" and early promoter of American football.
Charles Dudley Daly, class of 1905, "Godfather of West Point Football" and early promoter of American football.


[edit] Movies and TV

Ambrose Burnside, Class of 1847
Ambrose Burnside, Class of 1847

[edit] Eponyms

[edit] Graduates depicted on currency

$1 Coin. Dwight D. Eisenhower class of 1915 on obverse; The reverse is based on the Apollo 11 mission patch designed by Michael Collins class of 1952

Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar

$50 bill. U.S. Grant, Class of 1846

$5 silver certificate with U.S. Grant and Phillip Sheridan

U.S. Grant on a gold certificate

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on commemorative

[edit] Graduates depicted on postage stamps

  • Alden Partridge, Class of 1806. Appears on 11¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985).
  • Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808. Appears on 9¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985).
  • Jefferson Davis, Class of 1828. Appears on 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial commemorative stamp (1970), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995) and eight Confederate stamps.
  • Joseph E. Johnston, Class of 1829. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
  • Robert E. Lee, Class of 1829. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 30¢ Liberty series stamp (1955 and 1957), 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970), and 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Montgomery Blair, Class of 1835. Appears on 15¢ airmail stamp (1963) and on one Belgian stamp.
  • William Tecumseh Sherman, Class of 1840. Appears on 8¢ stamps (1893 and 1895), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995), and on stamps from Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
  • Ulysses S. Grant, Class of 1843. Appears on 5¢ stamps (1890, 1895, 1898), 4¢ stamp (1903), 8¢ stamp (1922), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 18¢ Presidential series stamp (1938), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Winfield Scott Hancock, Class of 1844. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937) and 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970).
  • Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853. Appears on 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937)
  • George Washington Goethals, Class of 1880. Appears on 3¢ Panama Canal commemorative stamp (1939) and on stamps issued for the Panama Canal Zone.
  • John J. Pershing, Class of 1886. Appears on 8¢ Liberty series stamp (1961) and on French stamps.
  • John L. Hines, Class of 1891. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000).
  • Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1971) and on stamps from Korea and the Philippines.
  • Joseph Stilwell, Class of 1904. Appears on 10¢ Distinguished Americans series stamp (2000).
  • Henry H. Arnold, Class of 1907. Appears on 65¢ Great Americans series stamp (1988).
  • George S. Patton Jr., Class of 1909. Appears on 3¢ commemorative stamp (1953) and on stamps from Belgium and Luxembourg.
  • Omar Bradley, Class of 1915. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000)
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, Class of 1915. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1969), 6¢ (1970) and 8¢ (1971) Prominent Americans series stamps, and on stamps of other countries.
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. Appears on ten stamps of Haiti, Hungary, and Senegal.
  • Fidel V. Ramos, Class of 1950. Appears on numerous Philippine Stamps since 1990s
  • Buzz Aldrin, Class of 1951. Appears on foreign stamps.

[edit] Graduates as Time Magazine's Person of the Year

[edit] Graduates listed by graduation year

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Alexander C.M. Pennington, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

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