List of George Washington University people

Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and current students of the George Washington University.

Notable alumni

Academics

* Derek Curtis Bok (1958), President - Harvard University
* Scott S. Cowen (1975), President - Tulane University
* Walter Bortz, President, Hampden-Sydney College

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, S.A.
* Kerry Watson CEO of Durham Regional Hospital

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, 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for President.
* 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
* Larry Craig (1970), US Senator from Idaho
* 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

Entertainment

* Casey Affleck (attended), actor "Ocean's Eleven", "Ocean's Twelve"
* 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 United States 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 [http://www.cakelove.com/ Cake Love]
*Ina Garten (MBA, attended) 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

First Family

* Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1951), First Lady of President of the United States 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
* David Eisenhower (JD), grandson of US President Dwight Eisenhower and son-in-law of US President Richard Nixon.

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 - Federal Bureau of Investigation
* 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 2005-present
* Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D. 1971- Surgeon General of the United States (August 2006-present) [cite web|url=http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/aboutoffice.html|title=Biography of the Acting Surgeon General|publisher=United States Department of Health and Human Services]
* Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative
* John W. Snow (1967), former US Secretary of the Treasury
* Kenneth W. Starr (1968), United States Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals
* Edgardo Torres-Caballero (1999), Deputy Secretary of Economic Development & Commerce of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

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 of Morocco (2000), 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 United Nations
* 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 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4242469.stm]
*Omar Ayub Khan (BA, MBA) former Pakistani Minister of State for Finance. His father , Gohar Ayub Khan, is the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan and his grandfather, Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, was the president of Pakistan from 1958-1969.
* Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (MSc) Pakistani Federal Minister for Commerce; CEO of Airblue

Law

* Carlos F. Lucero (1964), first Hispanic Judge - US 10th circuit court of appeals
* William Barr (1977), US Attorney General
* Glenn Greenwald (1990), Prominent legal blogger and author.
* London Steverson (1977), Federal Administrative Law Judge with the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration

Media

* Dana Bash, CNN White House correspondent
* Rowland Evans (1951), news commentator from CNN's "Evans, Novak, Hunt and Shields"
* Chuck Todd (1991), NBC News political director
* Brian Williams, attended but transferred to The Catholic University of America, NBC "Nightly News" Anchor
* Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, author of the book The Long Tail.

Ministry/religion

* L. Ron Hubbard (attended 1930-1932), author and founder of the Church of Scientology
* George Murry, SJ Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio.
* Gideon Y. Zelermyer (1997), Cantor, Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Westmount, Quebec, Canada

cience

* Captain Michael Coats (1977), astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander
* Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
* Howard Judd, menopause expert and medical researcher

ports

* Arnold J. 'Red' Auerbach (1940, 1941), President/coach - Boston Celtics
* Yinka Dare (attended 1993-1994), basketball player, New Jersey Nets
* David Falk (J.D., 1975), sports agent
* John Flaherty (1988), catcher, New York Yankees
* Wayne Hart (1912), member of the All-South Atlantic football team for four years; coached the Washington Vigilants professional football team in 1913 and did not lose a game; coached at Clemson Agricultural College for one season in 1916.
* Randy Levine (B.A., 1977), President, New York Yankees
* Lubomir Kavalek (1975), Chess Grandmaster
* Sam Perlozzo (1973), former manager, Baltimore Orioles...Now third base coach Seattle Mariners
* 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), baseball pitcher - Washington Nationals
* Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2006), basketball forward - Benetton Treviso
* Mike Hall (2006), basketball forward - Washington Wizards, free agent
* J. R. Pinnock (2006), basketball guard - Rio Grande Valley Vipers

United States ambassadors and 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
* Sarah J. Wagner (2000), Ambassador to Fiji
* 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
* William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1941), Permanent Representative to NATO

United States Armed Forces

*General Peter Pace, MBA, United States Marine Corps, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-2008
* Major General Billy Mitchell (1919, but received degree as part of "class of 1899", having dropped out to serve in the Spanish-American War), advocate of air power in the military
* 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), United States 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
* Captain Edward L. Beach (M.A.)

Others

* William P. Magee (M.D., 1972), co-founder - Operation Smile
* [http://www.harveyjlevin.com/Irving_Pinsley_&_Rose_Daniels_Pinsley.htm Irving Pinsley] (M.D., 1926), pioneer of electroshock therapy application and occupational therapy
* 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
* Marilyn C. Solvay (M.A., Teaching in Museum Education, 1976) Museum Director, Art-Historian, Professor, Author, and Scholar
* Rachel Zoe, celebrity fashion stylist
* Jonathan D. Katz, (B.A., Philosophy/Art, 1981), founder, Queer Nation San Francisco
* Chris Kilmore, turntablist for the band Incubus
* Neil Portnow, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences which hands out the Grammy Awards
* Bart Badgett, (attended) Winner of 1st Annual Better than Stu Grimes award

Noted faculty

*George Gamow (1934-1954), physicist and cosmologist
*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. Indeed, his appearances are so in demand he hardly finds time to teach his classes.
*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 United States 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
*Judith Butler, former assistant Professor of Philosophy
*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. [http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/birth/birth.html]
*Frank Sesno, CNN Special Correspondent
*Karl Inderfurth, former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
*Thomas E. McNamara, former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
*Eric Newsom, former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
*Lynda Maddox, Professor of Marketing and Advertising, past chair of the academic division of the American Advertising Federation
*Pedro Rossello, Professor of Global Health. Former Governor of Puerto Rico.
*John B. Conway, Professor of Mathematics

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)
*Steven Knapp (2007 - Present)

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