List of Georgetown University alumni

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*B, GSB, SBA, or MSB - McDonough School of Business (once Georgetown School of Business and School of Business Administration)
*C, COL, or CAS - Georgetown College (once the College of Arts and Sciences)
*D or DDS - Dental School
*F or SFS - Walsh School of Foreign Service (undergraduate)
*G or GRD - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
*I, SLL, or FLL - School of Language and Linguistics (now the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, a division of Georgetown College)
*L, LAW, or GULC - Law Center
*M or MED - School of Medicine
*MPP or PPI - Master's Degree, Public Policy Institute
*MSFS - Walsh School of Foreign Service (graduate)
*N, NUR, NHS, or SNHS - School of Nursing and Health Studies (once Georgetown University Nursing School)
*S, CED, or SCE - School of Continuing Education
*S or SSCE - School of Summer and Continuing Education
*W - School of Medicine Fellowship

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Law, government, and politics

Heads of State

*His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan ibn al-Hussein (MSFS 1987), 1999-present
*Ricardo Arias Espinosa (SFS 1935) - President of Panama, 1955-1956
*Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (SFS 1968) - President of the Philippines, 2001-present
*José Manuel Barroso (MSFS 1998) - President of the European Commission, 2004-present; Prime Minister of Portugal, 2002-2004
*Bill Clinton (SFS 1968) - 42nd President of the United States, 1993-2001
*Alfredo Cristiani (MSB 1968) - President of El Salvador, 1989-1994
*Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias (MSFS 1995) - Crown Prince of Spain
*Samuel Lewis Navarro (C 1979) - Foreign Minister and 1st Vice President of Panama, son of Panamanian statesman Gabriel Lewis Galindo
*Galo Plaza (SFS 1929) - President of Ecuador, 1948-1952; President, Organization of American States, 1968-1975; Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States, 1944-1946.
*Željko Komšić (SFS 1982) - Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006-present

Governors

*Toney Anaya (SFS 1963), D-New Mexico, 1983-1987
*Coleman L. Blease (LL.B. 1889), D-South Carolina, 1911-1915
*James Caleb Boggs (L 1937), R-Delaware
*John Lee Carroll (C), D-Maryland, 1876-1880, great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton
*Michael N. Castle (L 1964), R-Delaware
*Peter Tali Coleman (C 1949, L 1951), R-American Samoa (the first Samoan appointed Governor, 1956-1961, and later the first elected Governor, 1978-1985, elected again, 1989-1993)
*Mitch Daniels (L 1979), R-Indiana, 2005-present
*Christopher Del Sesto (L), R-Rhode Island, 1959-1961
*Michael V. DiSalle (L 1931), D-Ohio, 1959-1963
*William S. Flynn (L 1910), D-Rhode Island, 1923-1925
*James H. Higgins (L 1900), D-Rhode Island, 1907-1909
*Francis A. Keating II (C 1966), R-Oklahoma, 1995-2003
*John Lynch (L 1978), D-New Hampshire, 2005-present
*Jim McGreevey (L 1981), D-New Jersey, 2002-2004
*Steve Merrill (L 1972), R-New Hampshire, 1993-1997
*Luis Muñoz Marín (L 1915), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1949-1965, (the first democratically elected Governor of the Commonwealth and called "The Father of Modern Puerto Rico")
*Philip W. Noel (L 1957), D-Rhode Island, 1973-1977
*James C. Shannon (C 1918), R-Connecticut, 1948-1949
*Don Siegelman (L 1972), D-Alabama, 1999-2003
*John Spellman (L 1953), R- Washington, 1981-1985

Cabinet members, Presidential Appointees, and White House Staff

*David Addington (SFS 1978) - Chief of Staff to Vice President Richard Cheney.
*Roger Altman (C 1969) - Deputy Treasury Secretary, 1993-1994
*William W. Belknap (L 1851) - U.S. Secretary of War, 1869-1876
*Lea Berman (G 1981) - Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and White House Social Secretary, 2004-2007
*Pat Buchanan (C 1961) - advisor to presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan; nationally syndicated political pundit; a regular on "The McLaughlin Group"
*George Cortelyou (L 1895) - Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and Postmaster General
*John Dean (L 1965) - White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate affair, 1970-1973
*Emily Stover DeRocco (L 1982) - Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training, 2001-2007
*Paula Dobriansky (SFS 1977) - Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 2001-present
*Douglas Feith (L 1978) - Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-2005
*Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. (L 1993) - Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
*Robert M. Gates (G 1974) - Secretary of Defense, 2006-present; Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1991-1993
*Alexander Haig (G 1961) - Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration; Supreme Commander of NATO; White House Chief of Staff; CEO, United Technologies
*Maura Harty (SFS 1981) - Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 2002-2008
*Michael P. Jackson (G 1985) - Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 2005-2007
*Tina W. Jonas (G 1995) - Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense, 2004-present
*Mickey Kantor (L 1968) - Secretary of Commerce, 1996-1997
*Patrick F. Kennedy (SFS 1971) - Under Secretary of State for Management, 2007-present
*Robert M. Kimmitt (L 1977) - Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 2005-present
*Ron Klain (C 1983) - Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Gore, 1995-2000
*Jacob Lew (L 1975) - Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1998-2001
*Joseph P. Lockhart (C 1982) - Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1999-2000
*Mike McCurry (G 1985) - Press Secretary to President Clinton, 1995-1998
*Beth Nolan (L 1980) - White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1999-2001
*Meghan O'Sullivan (C 1991) - Special Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005-2007
*John Podesta (L 1976) - Chief of Staff to President Clinton, 1998-2001
*Jack Quinn (C 1971, L 1975) - White House Counsel to President Clinton, 1995-1996
*Sean P. Redmond (F 1997, S 2000) - Chief of Staff, Office of Labor-Management Standards, 2004-present; Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor, 2001-2004
*Charles Schultze (C 1948, G 1950) Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers in the Carter administration
*George Tenet (SFS 1976) - Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1997-2004
*John Tuck (SFS 1967) - Under Secretary, Department of Transportation, 1989-1992
*Melanne Verveer (I 66, G 69) - Assistant to President Clinton and Chief of Staff to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1997-2001; Assistant Chief of Staff to Mrs. Clinton, 1993-1997; co-founder and chair of Vital Voices Global Partnership

Ambassadors

*David Abshire (G 1959) - United States Ambassador to NATO, 1983-1987; co-founder, Center for Strategic and International Studies; advisor to President Reagan
*Adel al-Jubeir (G 1983) - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States, 2007-present
*Shlomo Argov (SFS 1952) - Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom, 1979-1982; Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands, 1977-1979; Ambassador of Israel to Mexico, 1971-1974
*Ricardo Alberto Arias (SFS 1961) - Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations, 2004-present; Ambassador of Panama to the United States, 1994-96; Foreign Minister of Panama, 1996-1998
*Diego C. Asencio (SFS 1952) - United States Ambassador to Brazil, 1983-1986; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1977-1980
*Christopher C. Ashby (SFS 1968) - United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997-2001
*Elizabeth Frawley Bagley (L 1987) - United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1994-1997; senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
*Charles F. Baldwin (SFS 1926) - United States Ambassador to the Federation of Maylasia, 1961-1964
*Vincent M. Battle (SFS 1962) - United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001-2004
*Willard L. Beaulac (SFS 1921) - United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1944-1947; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1947-1951; United States Ambassador to Cuba, 1951-1953; United States Ambassador to Chile, 1953-1956; United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1956-1960
*John W. Blaney (MSFS 1976) - United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2002-2005
*Richard J. Bloomfield (SFS 1950) - United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1978-1982; United States Ambassador to Ecuador, 1976-1978
*Clifford G. Bond (SFS 1970) - United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001-2004
*Donald E. Booth (SFS 1976) - United States Ambassador to Liberia, 2005-present
*Woonsang Choi (G 1956) - Ambassador of South Korea to India, Egypt, Morocco, Jamaica and the Caribbean
*Timothy A. Chorba (C 1968) - United States Ambassador to Singapore, 1994-1998
*Michael W. Cotter (SFS 1965) - United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan, 1995-1998
*Brian D. Curran (SFS 1970) - United States Ambassador to Haiti, 2001-2003; United States Ambassador to Mozambique, 1997-2000
*Allen C. Davis (SFS 1956) - United States Ambassador to Uganda, 1983-1985; United States Ambassador to Guinea, 1980-1983
*Simcha Dinitz (SFS 1953) - Ambassador of Israel to the United States, 1973-1979; political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir, 1969-1973
*Edward P. Djerejian (SFS 1960) - United States Ambassador to Israel, 1993-94; United States Ambassador to Syria, 1988-1991
*James F. Dobbins, Jr. (SFS 1963) - United States Ambassador to the European Union, 1991-1993
*Thomas J. Dodd (SFS 1957) - United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1993-1997; United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1997-2001
*Alan Eastham (L 1982) - United States Ambassador to Malawi, 2005-present
*Cynthia G. Efird (SFS 1971) - United States Ambassador to Angola, 2004-2007
*Maurice Francis Egan (C 1879) - United States Ambassador to Denmark, 1907-1918
*J. Richard Fredericks (B 1968) - United States Ambassador to Switzerland, 1999-2001
*Peter W. Galbraith (L 1990) - United States Ambassador to Croatia, 1993-1998; United Nations Ambassador, East Timor, 2000-2001
*Janet E. Garvey (L 1979, G 1979) - United States Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, 2007-present
*Jorge Guajardo (SFS 1993) - Ambassador of Mexico to China, 2007-present
*Yehoyada Haim (G 1972, G 1975) - Ambassador of Israel to China, 2002-present; Ambassador of Israel to India, 1995-2000
*David Hale (SFS 1983) - United States Ambassador to Jordan, 2005-2008
*Parker T. Hart (SFS 1940) - United States Ambassador to Turkey, 1965-1968; United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1961-1965; United States Ambassador to Kuwait, 1962-1963; United States Ambassador to Yemen, 1961-1962
*Maura Harty (SFS 1981) - United States Ambassador to Paraguay, 1997-1999
*John E. Herbst (SFS 1974) - United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003-2006; United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2000-2003
*Karl Hofmann (SFS 1983) - United States Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, 2000-2002; Executive Secretary of the Department of State, 2002-2005
*Charles W. Hostler (G 1951) - United States Ambassador to Bahrain, 1989-1993
*John D. Jernegan (SFS 1937) - United States Ambassador to Algeria, 1965-1967; United States Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-1962
*Eric G. John (SFS 1982) - United States Ambassador to Kingdom of Thailand, 2007-present
*U. Alexis Johnson (SFS 1932) - United States Ambassador at Large, 1973-1977; United States Ambassador to Japan, 1966-1968; United States Ambassador to Kingdom of Thailand, 1968-1961; United States Ambassador to Czechoslovkia, 1953-1957
*James R. Jones (L 1964) - United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1993-1997
*John H. Kelly (SFS Fellow 1981-1982) - United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1986-1988
*Robert M. Kimmitt (L 1977) - United States Ambassador to Germany, 1991-1993
*William R. Kintner (G 1948, G 1950) - United States Ambassador to Kingdom of Thailand, 1973-1975
*Mark P. Lagon (G 1991) - United States Ambassador-at-Large; Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; senior advisor to the Secretary of State, 2007-present
*Hugo Llorens (SFS 1977) - United States Ambassador to Honduras, 2008-present
*Helen R. Meagher La Lime (I 1973) - United States Ambassador to Mozambique, 2003-2006
*Alphonse F. LaPorta (SFS 1960) - United States Ambassador to Mongolia, 1997-2000
*Frank Lavin (SFS 1979, G 1985) - United States Ambassador to Singapore, 2001-2005; Under Secretary of Commerce, 2005-2007
*Edward B. Lawson (SFS 1924, G 1925) - United States Ambassador to Israel, 1954-1959; United States Ambassador to Iceland, 1949-1954
*John A. Linehen, Jr. (SFS 1949) - United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1977-1980
*Alphonso Lopez-Caballero (SFS 1967) - Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, 2002-present; Ambassador of Colombia to France; Ambassador of Colombia to Canada
* John F. Maisto (SFS 1961) - United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 2003-2007; United States Ambassador to Venezuela 1997-2000
*Eileen A. Malloy (SFS 1975) - United States Ambassador to Kyrgystan, 1994-1997
*Jackson McDonald (SFS 1978) - United States Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, 2004-present; United States Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, 2001-2004
*Richard T. McCormack (C 1963) - United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, 1985-1989
*Jack K. McFall (SFS 1929) - United States Ambassador to Finland, 1954-1955
*Gerald S. McGowan (SFS 1968, L 1974) - United States Ambassador to Portugal, 1997-2001
*Alfred Moses (L 1956) - United States Ambassador to Romania, 1994-97
*Stephen D. Mull (SFS 1980) - United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2003-2006
*Richard B. Norland (SFS 1977) - United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, 2007-present
*Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. (SFS 1950) - United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1983-1986; United States Ambassador to Peru, 1981-1983
* Mark R. Parris (SFS 1972) - United States Ambassador to Turkey, 1997-2000
*Kasit Piromya (SFS 1968) - Kingdom of Thailand Ambassador to United States, 2004-2006
*Maureen E. Quinn (G 1980) - United States Ambassador to Qatar, 2001-2004
*James W. Riddleberger (G 1926) - United States Ambassador to Austria, 1962-1967; United States Ambassador to Greece, 1958-1959; United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1953-1958
*Manuel Rocha (G 1978) - United States Ambassador to Bolivia, 2000-2002
*Roberto R. Romulo (C 1960) - Ambassador of the Philippines to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Communites, 1989-1991; Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, 1992-1995
*Francis Rooney (C 1975, L 1978) - United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 2005-2008
*David M. Satterfield (L 1978) - United States Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998-2001
*David Scheffer (LLM 1978) - The first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, 1997-2000
*Gerald W. Scott (SFS 1962) - United States Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, 1996-1998
*Michael A. Sheehan (MSFS 1988) - United States Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism, 1998-2000
*Thomas L. Siebert (C 1968, L 1972) - United States Ambassador to Sweden, 1994-1998
*Ivan Stancioff (C 1951, L 1956) - Bulgarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1991-1993; Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, 1994-1999
*Bruno Stagno (SFS 1991) - Costa Rican Ambassador to the United Nations, 2002-2004
*Joseph G. Sullivan (G 1969) - United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 2001-2004; United States Ambassador to Angola, 1998-2001
*John Tefft (G 1978) - United States Ambassador to Georgia, 2005-present; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 200-2003
*Carlos Tello Macias (B 1958) - Ambassador of Mexico to Cuba, the Soviet Union, Portugal
*Patrick N. Theros (SFS 1963) - United States Ambassador to Qatar, 1995-1998
*HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal al Saud (SFS 1968) - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to United States, 2005-2007; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, 2002-2005
*HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdul Aziz (SFS 1981) - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, 2005-present; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Italy and Malta, 1995-2005
*Viron P. Vaky (SFS 1947) - United States Ambassador to Venezuela, 1976-1978; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1974-1976; United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1972-1974
*Lannon Walker (SFS 1961) - United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast, 1995-1998; United States Ambassador to Nigeria, 1989-1992; United States Ambassador to Senegal, 1985-1988
*C. David Welch (SFS 1975) - United States Ambassador to Egypt, 2001-2005
*Melissa F. Wells (SFS 1956) - United States Ambassador to Estonia, 1998-2001; United States Ambassador to Congo, 1991-1993; United States Ambassador to Mozambique, 1987-1990; United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, 1976-1977; United States Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1976-1977
*Ong Keng Yong (G 1983) - Singapore's Ambassador and High Commissioner to India and Nepal, 1996-1998

Judges

*Thomas L. Ambro (C 1972, L 1975) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000-present
*Richard C. Bosson (L 1969) - Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2004-present
*Richard J. Bowie (L 1826) - Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1861-1867
*John T. Buckley (C 1958) - Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, New York State Supreme Court, 2003-present
*Richard Conway Casey (L 1958) - Judge, U. S. District Court in Manhattan, who was the nation’s first blind federal trial judge
*John O. Colvin (L 1978) - Chief Judge, United States Tax Court, 2006-present
*Francis B. Condon (L 1916) - Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1958-1965
*Charles W. Daniels (LLM 1971) - Associate Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2007-present
*Robert E. Davis (L 1964) - Associate Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1993-present
*D. Michael Fisher (C 1966, L 1969) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2003
*Arthur J. Gajarsa (L 1967) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1997-present
*Lorie Skjerven Gildea (L 1986) - Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2006-
*Thomas M. Hardiman (L 1990) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2007-present
*Helen E. Hoens (L 1979) - Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006-
*Thomas F. Hogan (C 1960, L 1966) - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2001-2008
*Jerome A. Holmes (L 1988) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 2006-
*Jeffrey R. Howard (L 1981) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2002-present
*Kent A. Jordan (L 1984) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006-present
*Rives Kistler (L 1981) - Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 2003-present
*Richard Linn (L 1969) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2009-present
*Hall S. Lusk (C 1904, L 1907) - Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1949-1951
*M. Margaret McKeown (L 1975) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-present
*Kimberly Ann Moore (L 1994) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006-present
*Fred I. Parker (L 1965) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1994-2003
*E. Barrett Prettyman (L 1915) - Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1958-1960; Federal Courthouse in D.C. named after him in 1997
*Vanessa Ruiz (L 1975) - Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1994-present
*Antonin Scalia (C 1957) - Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-present
*Dennis Shedd (LLM 1980) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002-present
*John Sirica (L 1926) - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1971-1974; "Time" magazine "Man of the Year" 1973
*Laura Denvir Stith (L 1978) - Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 2007-2009 term
*Eugene R. Sullivan (L 1971) - Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1990-1995
*Edward A. Tamm (LLB 1930) - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1965-1985; Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930-1948
*George Van Hoomissen (L 1955, LLM 1957) - Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1988-2001
*Edward Douglass White (C 1863) - Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-1921
*James R. Zazzali (C 1958, L 1962) - Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006-present

Members of the U.S. Senate

*John A. Barrasso (C 1974, M 1978), R-Wyoming
*Alan Bible (L 1934), D-Nevada (deceased)
*Coleman L. Blease (LL.B. 1889), D-South Carolina (deceased)
*J. Caleb Boggs (L 1937), R-Delaware (deceased)
*Dennis Chavez (L 1920), D-New Mexico - first American-born Hispanic senator (deceased)
*Richard Durbin (SFS 1966, L 1969), D-Illinois (current Majority Whip)
*Philip A. Hart (C 1934), D-Michigan - Hart Senate Office Building named in his honor (deceased)
*Francis Kernan (C 1836), D-New York (deceased)
*Edward Leahy (L 1908), D-Rhode Island (deceased)
*Patrick Leahy (L 1964), D-Vermont; chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
*Hall S. Lusk (C 1904, L 1907), D-Oregon (deceased)
*Joseph C. O'Mahoney (L 1920), D-Wyoming (deceased)
*George Mitchell (L 1961), D-Maine - (retired, former Majority Leader)
*Joseph Montoya (L 1938), D-New Mexico (deceased)
*Lisa Murkowski (C 1980), R-Alaska
*William Roach D-North Dakota (deceased)
*James H. Webb (L 1975), D-Virginia, Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan Administration

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

*Claude I. Bakewell (C 1932), R-Missouri (deceased)
*William Brockman Bankhead (L 1895), D-Alabama - 47th Speaker of the House, 1936-1940
*Herbert H. Bateman (LLB 1956) - R-Virginia (deceased)
*Robert Bauman (SFS 1959), R-Maryland (retired)
*Bob Barr (L 1977), R-Georgia (retired)
*Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (C 1952), R-Virginia (retired)
*Michael N. Castle (L 1964), R-Delaware
*Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. (L 1991), D-Louisiana
*Charles R. Clason (L 1914), R-Massachusetts (deceased)
*Francis Condon (L 1916), R-Rhode Island (deceased)
*Henry Cuellar (SFS 1974), D-Texas
*Matthew Denver (C 1892), D-Ohio (deceased)
*John Dingell (C 1949, L 1952), D-Michigan, current Dean (longest-serving Member) of the House of Representatives
*Dennis Donovan (L 1895), D-Ohio (deceased)
*John J. Douglass (L 1896), D-Massachusetts (deceased)
*Robert F. Drinan, S.J. (L 1949, L 1951), D-Massachusetts, 1971-1981 (first Roman Catholic priest to serve as a voting Member of Congress); Georgetown Law professor, 1981-2006 (deceased)
*James P.B. Duffy (C 1901), D-New York (deceased)
*Ed Edmonson (L 1947), D-Oklahoma (deceased)
*Henry A. Edmundson (C), D-Virginia (deceased)
*Lane Evans (L 1978), D-Illinois (retired)
*Charles J. Faulkner (C 1822), W-Virginia, D-Virginia, D-West Virginia (deceased)
*Mike Ferguson (MPP 1995), R-New Jersey
*John R. Foley (L 1947), D-Maryland
*Ellsworth Foote (L 1923), R-Connecticut (deceased)
*Jeff Fortenberry (MPP 1986), R-Nebraska
*Luis Fortuno (SFS 1982), NPP/R-Puerto Rico
*Martin Frost (L 1970), D-Texas (retired)
*Milton W. Glenn (C 1921-1922), R-New Jersey (deceased)
*George E. Gorman (L 1895), D-Illinois (deceased)
*Leonard W. Hall (L (1920), R-New York (deceased)
*Forest Harness (L 1917), R-Indiana (deceased)
*Herbert Harris, (L 1951), D-Virginia
*Burr Harrison (L 1926), D-Virginia (deceased)
*Edward J. Hart (L 1924, D-New Jersey (deceased)
*Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (C 1993 G 1996, L 1997), D-South Dakota
*Mazie Hirono (L 1978), D-Hawaii
*Lawrence J. Hogan (C 1949), R-Maryland (retired)
*Steny Hoyer (L 1966), D-Maryland, Majority Leader
*Henry Hyde (C 1947), R-Illinois, former Chairman, International Relations and Judiciary Committees (deceased)
*Michael L. Igoe (L 1908), D-Illinois (deceased)
*Bill Jefferson (L 1996), D-Louisiana (indicted on sixteen corruption charges)
*Mark Steven Kirk (L 1992), R-Illinois
*Dan Lungren (L 1971), R-California
*Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (C 1906, L 1909), R-Maryland (deceased)
*Charlie Norwood (DDS 1969), R-Georgia (deceased)
*Jerry J. O'Connell (C 1934), D-Montana (deceased)
*Patrick B. O'Sullivan (C 1909), D-Connecticut (deceased)
*James T. Patterson {C 1933), R-Connecticut (deceased)
*William S. Reyburn (L 1904), R-Pennsylvania (deceased)
*Charles Risk (L 1922), R-Rhode Island (deceased)
*Angelo D. Roncallo (L 1953), R-New York (retired)
*Antoni N. Sadlak (L 1931), R-Connecticut (deceased)
*Philip R. Sharp (SFS 1964), D-Indiana (retired)
*John William Stanton (SFS 1949), R-Ohio
*William R. Thom (L 1916), D-Ohio (deceased)
*Chris Van Hollen (L 1990), D-Maryland, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
*Pete Visclosky (L 1982), D-Indiana
*Rick White (L 1980), R-Washington (retired)
*Frank Wolf (L 1965), R-Virginia
*Albert Wynn (L 1977), D-Maryland (Defeated for reelection)

Military

*General George William Casey Jr. (SFS 1970) - Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2007-present; Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq, 2004-2007
*Maj. Gen. John L. Fugh (SFS 1957) - Chairman, The Committee of 100 (United States); Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army, 1991-1993; the first Chinese-American to become a general officer in the U.S. Army
*Lt. Gen. John D. Gardner (G 1986) - Deputy Commander, NATO Land Component, Heidelberg
*Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration (Ret.) (G 1988) - Senior Military and Foreign Policy Advisor to Sen. Barack Obama
*General James L. Jones (SFS 1966) - Chairman, The Atlantic Council of the United States, 2007-present; Commander of U.S.-European Command and the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 2003-2006; Commandant, United States Marine Corps, 1999-2003
*Vice Admiral Michael A. McDevitt (G 1975) - Commandant, National War College (of the National Defense University), 1995-1997
*General Louis C. Menetrey (G 1967) - Commander, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces, Commanding General, Eighth United States Army, 1987-1990
*Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett (G 1982) - Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, 2006-present; Director, Naval Intelligence, 2005-2006
*General David H. Petraeus (SFS Fellow, 1994-1995) - Commander, United States Central Command (Middle East, East Africa, Central Asia), 2008-present; Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq, 2007-2008
*Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau (G 1982) - Director, Navy Staff, 2005-2006; the highest ranking woman in the United States Navy
*Lt. Gen. Stephen M. Speakes (G 1986) - Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs, U.S. Army, 2006-present
*Lt. Gen. Michael Spigelmire (G 1962) - Commander, VII Corps, Stuggart, 1991-1992
*Vice Admiral William D. Sullivan (G 1990) - U.S. Military Representative to NATO, Brussels, 2006-present
*Maj. Gen. Guy C. Swan III (G 1987) - Commander, U.S. Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, 2005-2007
*Lt. Gen. George H. Sylvester (Ret.) (G 1956) - Vice Commander, Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, 1979-1981

Attorneys

*Jack Abramoff (L 1986) - 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)
*Craig A. Alexander (L 1986) - general counsel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
*Scott G. Alvarez (L 1981) - general counsel, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
*Patrick Apodaca (SFS 1972) - university counsel, University of New Mexico
*Robert S. Bennett (C 1961, L 1964) - noted litigator
*Michael E. Bleier (L 1965) - special counsel to the chairman and general counsel, Mellon Financial Corporation, 1982-1996; current partner at Reed Smith LLP
*Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (C 1961, L 1965) - co-founder, Patton Boggs LLP
*Louis J. Briskman (L 1973) - general counsel, Aetna; EVP and general counsel, CBS Corporation
*Plato Cacheris (SFS 1953, L 1956) - noted litigator
*Robert V. Cahill (SFS 1953, L 1957) - vice chairman and corporate secretary, Univision Communications
*Michael J. Callahan (SFS 1990) - EVP and general counsel, Yahoo!
*Paul Cappuccio (C 1983) - general counsel, Time Warner, Inc.
*Paul Clement (SFS 1987) - Solicitor General of the United States, 2005-2008
*David P. Donovan (L 1984) - general counsel, Washington Redskins
*James C. Duff (L 1981) - Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts
*Thomas F. English (C 1980, L 1983) - general counsel, New York Life
*Charles H. Fahy (L 1914) - Solicitor General of the United States, 1941-1945
*Edward Frankle (L 1974) - general counsel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1988-2002
*Andrew G. Haley (LL.B. 1928) - the world's first space lawyer; president of Aerojet General, 1942-1945; 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)
*Andrew D. Hendry (C 1969) - general counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company
*Frank J. Hogan (L 1902) - founder, Hogan & Hartson
*Anthony A. Lapham (L 1961) - general counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1976-1979
*Robert S. Lavet (L 1979) - SVP and general counsel, SLM (Sallie Mae) Corporation, 2005-2008
*Karen M. Linehan (C 1981, L 1986) - SVP and general counsel, Sanofi-Aventis
*Richard M. Lucas (B 1987) - EVP and general counsel, Hilton Hotels Corporation
*William B. Lytton (C 1970) - EVP and general counsel, Tyco International
*Lisa Madigan (C 1988) - Attorney General of Illinois
*William J. McDonald (L 1952) - chief attorney, Union Pacific, 1969-1989
*Peter McDonough (C 1979, L 1982) - general counsel, Princeton University
*Donald P. McHugh (L 1943) - founding general counsel, State Farm Insurance, 1961-1985
*Scott Muller (L 1975) - general counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 2002-2004
*W. Michael Murphy, Jr. (C 1972) - New Jersey prosecutor
*Javier H. Rubinstein (L 1989) - global general counsel, PricewaterhouseCoopers
*Lawrence Rudolph (L 1976) - general counsel, National Science Foundation
*Jane Sullivan Roberts (L 1984) - partner, Pillsbury Winthrop; wife of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
*L. Edward Shaw, Jr. (C 1966) - general counsel, Aetna, 1999-2003; general counsel, Chase Manhattan Corporation, 1983-1996
*William Shea (C 1929) - noted New York attorney and patriarch of the New York Mets; Shea Stadium named in his honor
*Brendan Sullivan (C 1964, L 1967) - noted litigator
*Alan R. Swendiman (L 1973) - general counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
*Lucinda Treat (L 1996) - EVP and general counsel, Madison Square Garden
*Richard E. Wiley (LLM 1962) - founding partner, Wiley Rein & Fielding; chairman, Federal Communications Commission, 1974-1977
*Edward Bennett Williams (L 1944) trial lawyer; attorney for the Washington Post and Georgetown University; owned Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles; founder, Williams & Connolly

Other alumni in politics and public service

*Ziad Abu Amr (G 1980, G 1986) - Foreign Minister, Palestinian National Unity Government, March-June 2007
*Robert Baer (SFS 1976) - author; the movie "Syriana" was based on two of his books
*Giorgi Baramidze (SFS Fellow, 1998-99) - Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration, 2004-present; former Acting Prime Minister, Republic of Georgia
*Bradley Belt (L 1984) - Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 2004-2006
*Rubén Berríos-Martínez (B 1961) - President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP); Honorary President of the Socialist International; elected to the Puerto Rico Senate (1973-1977; 1985-1989; 1997-2000)
*Laura Chinchilla Miranda (G 1989) - First Vice President and Minister of Justice, Republic of Costa Rica, 2006-present
*Dean Clancy (SFS 1986) - Executive Director, the President's Council on Bioethics, 2001-2004
*Mohammed Gulam Dewji (MSB 1998) - Member of Parliament, Tanzania, 2005-present
*Stéphane Dujarric (SFS 1988) - Chief Spokesman for the United Nations and the U.N. Secretary-General, 2005-2006
*Mo Elleithee (SFS 1994) - Founding Partner, Hilltop Public Solutions; senior spokesperson for Hillary for President
*Francis Escudero (L 1996) - Philippine Senator, Philippines, 2007-present
*Martin Frost (L 1970) - President, America Votes, 2007-present
*Frank Gaffney (SFS 1975) - President and Founder, Center for Security Policy
*Mark D. Gearan (L 1991) - Director, Peace Corps 1995-1999
*Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (SFS 1959-1963, did not graduate) -- Iranian Foreign Minister, 1979–1980, during Iran hostage crisis. Later arrested and executed
*Leonard Hall (L 1920) - Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1953-1957
*Alphonse F. LaPorta (SFS 1960) - President, United States-Indonesia Society, 2004-2007
*Joseph J. Lhota - (B 1976) Deputy Mayor for Operations, City of New York, 1998-2002
*Jane Holl Lute (L 1999) - UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, 2003-present; wife of Lt. General Douglas E. Lute, President Bush's "War Czar"
*John Lynch-Staunton (SFS 1953) - Canadian politician, first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
*Deb Markowitz (L 1987) - Vermont's 37th Secretary of State, 1998-present
*Terry McAuliffe (L 1984) - Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 2001-2005
*Marc Morial (L 1983) - President and CEO, National Urban League, 2003-present; Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994-2002
*Andrew Natsios (C 1971) - U.S. Special Envoy for Darfur, 2006-2007; Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 2001-2005
*John P. O'Brien (LLB, LLM) - 98th Mayor of New York City, 1933-34
*Chung Soo Park (SFS 1958) - Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, elected in Cairo (1997); Minister of the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry of Korea, 1998
*Dan Pfeiffer (C 1998) - Deputy Communications Director, Obama '08
*Michael Powell (L 1993) - Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, 2001-2005
*Pat Quinn (SFS 1970) - Lt. Gov. of Illinois, 2003-present
*Charles O. Rossotti (C 1962) - Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, 1997-2002
*Elliot G. Sander (SFS 1977) - Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, 2006-present
*Robert Shrum (C 1965) - Democratic political consultant
*Douglas H. Shulman (L 1999) - Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, 2008-present
*Nancy Soderberg (MSFS 1984) - U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, 1997-2001
*James C.Y. Soong (L 1974) - Taiwanese politician; Chairman of Taiwan's People First Party
*Bruno Stagno Ugarte (SFS 1991) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Costa Rica, 2006-present
*Michael S. Steele (L 1991) - Lt. Gov. of Maryland, 2003-2007
*Daniel S. Sullivan (L & MSFS 1993) - Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 2006-present
*Donna A. Tanoue (L 1981) - Vice Chairman, Bank of Hawaii, 2004-present; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1998-2001
*C. David Welch (SFS 1975) - Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 2005-present
*Robert L. Wilkie (LLM 1992) - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 2006-present
*Ong Keng Yong (G 1983) - Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 2003-present

Business

*Yousef Al-Essa (SFS 1994) - CEO, Addax Bank, Bahrain
*Joseph R. Baczko (SFS 1967) - president and CEO, Blockbuster Entertainment, 1991-1993; founder and president, Toys R Us-International, 1983-1990; CEO, Max Factor-Europe, 1979-1983
*Charles E. Bunch (SFS 1971) - chairman and CEO, PPG Industries; chairman, National Association of Manufacturers, 2007-2008 term
*Charles Cawley (C 1962) - chairman and CEO, MBNA Bank of America (now Bank of America) (retired)
*Michael L. Chasen (MBA 1995) - president and CEO, Blackboard, Inc.
*Daniel L. Comas (C 1986) - EVP and chief financial officer, Danaher Corporation
*John K. Delaney (L 1988) - chairman and CEO, CapitalSource, Inc.
*Charles Donnelly (LLB 1896) - president, Northern Pacific Railroad, 1920-1939
*Amr ElSawy (MBA 1998) - president and CEO, Noblis
*Mary Callahan Erdoes (C 1989) - CEO, JPMorgan Private Bank, 2004-present
*James D. Farley (SFS 1950) - vice chairman, Citigroup, Inc. (retired)
*Thomas W. Farley (C 1997) - president and CEO, New York Board of Trade, 2007-present
*James A. Firestone (SFS 1976) - president, Xerox North America; EVP, Xerox Corporation
*Nicholas C. Forstmann (MSB 1969) - partner, Forstmann Little & Company
*James J. Greco (C 1980) - CEO, Bruegger's Enterprises Inc.
*Jeffrey W. Greenberg (L 1976) - chairman and CEO, Marsh & McLennan Companies, 2000-2004
*Ken Hakuta (MSB 1972) - "Dr. Fad" inventor; CEO, Allherb.com Foundation
*Martin C. Halusa (C 1977) - CEO, Apax Partners Worldwide LLP
*Michael Heisley, Sr. (B 1960) - chairman, Heico Companies
*Clifford Hudson (L 1980) - chairman and CEO, Sonic Corp.
*Roberto R. Herencia (B 1981) - president, Banco Popular North America, Chicago, 2001-present
*Eric E. Hotung (C 1951) - international businessman-investor; Georgetown's Hotung International Law Building named after him
*V. Charles Jackson (SFS 1966) - CEO, First Private Bank & Trust, Los Angeles
*Daniel S. Jaffee (B 1986) - chairman and CEO, Oil Dry Corporation
*John W. Kapples (C 1982, L 1985) - vice president and corporate secretary, Raytheon
*Kenneth J. Kencel (B 1981) - president and CEO, Churchill Financial Group
*Gregory B. Kenny (B 1974) - president and CEO, General Cable
*Paul J. Klaassen (SFS 1979) - co-founder (with wife Terry), chairman and CEO, Sunrise Senior Living
*Jules Kroll (L 1966) - founder, Kroll, Inc.
*Heidi Kunz (FLL 1977) - chief financial officer, Blue Shield of California
*Elaine La Roche (SFS 1971) - chairman and director, Linktone Ltd.; Morgan Stanley's first woman managing director, oversees corporate services
*John Laytham (SFS 1966) - president and CEO, Clyde's Restaurant Group
*Andrew S. Lee (C 2000) - chairman and CEO, Pinpoint Asia Limited
*Gregory G. Leo, Sr. (B 1979) - managing member, The Leo Companies, RE Development
*Ted Leonsis (C 1977) - president and CEO, AOL Interactive Properties; majority owner, Washington Capitals hockey team; producer of the movie "Nanking"
*Gail (Giblin) MacKinnon (B 1985) - EVP and chief government relations officer, Time Warner Cable
*Philip Marineau (C 1968) - president and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
*David C. McCourt (C 1979) - chairman and CEO, Granahan McCourt Capital
*Robert Emmett McDonough (SFS 1949) - founder and vice chairman, Remedy Intelligent Staffing; Georgetown's School of Business named after him
*William J. McDonough (G 1962) - vice chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., 2006-present; president, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1993-2003
*George J. Mitchell (L 1961) - chairman, Walt Disney Company, 2004-2006
*Robert Mosbacher, Jr. (C 1973) - president, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
*Eugene F. Murphy (LLM 1964) - vice chairman, General Electric, 1997-1999; president and CEO, RCA Communications, 1981-1985
*Morgan E. O'Brien (C 1966) - founder and chairman, Cyren Call Communications, 2005-present; co-founder and chairman, Nextel Communications Inc. (now Sprint Nextel Corp.), 1987-1995
*James J. O'Connor (LLB 1963) - CEO, Commonwealth Edison, 1980-1998
*Christopher M. O'Meara (B 1983) - EVP and chief financial officer, Lehman Brothers Holdings, 2004-2008
*Martin P. Paone (G 1978) - chairman, Timmons and Company, 2008-present
*Gary Perlin (SFS 1972) - chief financial officer, Capital One Financial Corporation, 2003-present
*Peter J. Pestillo (LLB 1963) - chairman and CEO, Visteon Corporation (retired)
*Charles O. Prince (LLM 1983), chairman and CEO, Citigroup, 2003-2007
*Frederic Rose (SFS 1984, L 1989) - EVP, Alcatel; president of Alcatel Asia Pacific
*Patricia Russo (C 1972) - CEO, Alcatel-Lucent
*Charles F. Sarkis (B 1962) - chairman, president and CEO, Back Bay Restaurant Group
*John T. Schwieters (B 1962) - vice chairman, Perseus LLC
*Barry Sullivan (C 1953) - chairman and CEO, First National Bank of Chicago, 1980-1992 (now part of JPMorgan Chase)
*Ward J. Timken, Jr. (B 1989) - chairman, Timken
*Michael A. Todman (B 1979) - president, Whirlpool North America, 2007-present
*Laurence A. Tosi (C 1998, L 1994, G 1994) - chief financial officer, The Blackstone Group
*Edmond D. Villani (C 1968) - general partner, Intana Capital Management; vice chairman, Deutsche Asset Management; president and CEO, Scudder Kemper Investments
*Marcus Wallenberg (SFS 1980) - president and CEO, Investor AB; chairman, International Chamber of Commerce
*Ralph V. Whitworth (L 1985) - founder and principal, Relational Investors LLC; former chairman, Waste Management, Inc., and Apria HealthCare Group, Inc.
*Vincent A. Wolfington (C 1962) - chairman, World Travel & Tourism Council; chairman emeritus, Carey International
*John B. Wood (B 1985) - chairman, president and CEO, Telos Corporation

Entertainment, media & culture

*Sara Albert (C 2005) - "America's Next Top Model" contestant
*Amerie (C 2000) - rhythm and blues singer
*Pearl Bailey (C 1985) - noted singer, actress, entertainer
*Mitch Bainwol (C 1981) - chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),
*Bruce Bartlett (G 1976) - economist and "Wall Street Journal" columnist.
*John Barrymore (C 1898) - actor
*Jason Bellini (C 1997) - journalist
*Tarak Ben Ammar (SFS) - Franco-Tunisian film producer
*John C. Bersia (G 1979) - "Orlando Sentinel" journalist, winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
*Mike Birbiglia (C 2000) - comedian
*Joan Biskupic (L 1993) - Supreme Court reporter, "USA Today", 2000-present; Supreme Court reporter, "Washington Post", 1992-2000
*Stuart Bloomberg (C 1972) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
*William Peter Blatty (C 1950) - author of "The Exorcist"
*David G. Bradley (L 1983) - chairman, "The Atlantic Monthly"; chairman, National Journal Group
*Tony Braithwaite (C 1993) - Barrymore Award winning actor
*Sally Buzbee (G 1997) - AP chief of Middle East news, based in Cairo
*Chris Cillizza (C 1998) - "Washington Post" political reporter
*Suzanne (Matthews) Clark (S 1997, G 2003) - president, National Journal Group
*Bob Colacello (SFS 1969) - noted biographer (Andy Warhol, Doris Duke, the Reagans)
*Robert J. Collier (C 1894) - publisher of "Collier's Weekly" magazine (founded by his father); president, Aero Club of America; married a granddaughter of William Astor
*Bradley Cooper (C 1997) - actor
*William Corcoran (C 1813) - founder, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum
*George Crile III (SFS 1968) - CBS News producer (60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II) and reporter, 1976-2006; The Overseas Press Club twice awarded Crile its Edward R. Murrow Award; wrote 2003 bestseller "Charlie Wilson's War"
*Michael Dellaira (C 1971) - composer of opera, choral and other vocal music
*Lyle Denniston (G 1957) - journalist who covered the Supreme Court for: "Wall Street Journal", "Washington Star" and "Baltimore Sun"; taught at Georgetown Law for eight years
*Margaret Edson (G 1992) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Wit"
*Bonnie G. Erbe (L 1987) - journalist and host of "To The Contrary"
*Paul Erdman (SFS 1955) - business and financial writer
*Ahmet Ertegün (G 1945) - chairman, Atlantic Records; co-founder, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; chairman, The American Turkish Society
*Justin Falvey (B 1990) - co-head of DreamWorks Television, the network television production arm of DreamWorks SKG
*Kelly Flynn (C 1988) - executive producer, CNN
*Jim Gaffigan (MSB 1988) - comedian/actor
*Robert Gant (L ) - actor
*Jamie Gangel (SFS 1977) - NBC News "Today" national correspondent
*Jeffrey Gedmin (G 1990) - president, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
*Stephen Glass (L 2001)- infamous journalist known for fabrication of stories for The New Republic, George (magazine), and Harper's
*Linda Gradstein (SFS 1985) - correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
*John Guare (C 1960, H 1991) - author and playwright: "The House of Blue Leaves", "Six Degrees of Separation"; five Tony Awards
*Daniel Henninger (SFS 1971) - deputy editorial page director and columnist, "Wall Street Journal"
*Jack Hofsiss (C 1971) - director of theater, film and television; Tony Award for directing "The Elephant Man"
*Stuart W. Holliday (SFS 1988) - president and CEO, Meridian International Center
*James R. Jones (L 1964) - national chairman, World Affairs Councils of America, 2003-present
*Mary Jordan (C 1983) - "Washington Post" journalist, co-winner of 2003 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting; currently co-bureau chief in London
*Mark Landler (SFS 1987) - "New York Times" European economic correspondent, Frankfurt, 2002-present; "New York Times" Hong Kong bureau chief, 1998-2002
*Monica Langley (L 1983) - Washington DC deputy bureau chief, "The Wall Street Journal"
*Malcolm Lee (C 1992) - director, "The Best Man" and "Undercover Brother"
*Mitchell Hurwitz (C 1985) - TV writer, creator of "Arrested Development"
*Peter G. Loehr (SFS 1989) - producer; Imar Film Co., a Beijing-based, independent film company
*Victorino L. Matus (SFS 1995) - assistant managing editor, "The Weekly Standard"
*Joseph D. McClatchy (C 1967) - editor, "The Yale Review", 1991-present
*Tara McKelvey (C 1985) - editor, "The American Prospect"
*Marilyn Milian (L 1984) - The People's Court judge
*John Mulaney (C 2004) - stand-up comedian, regularly featured on VH1's Best Week Ever
*Deroy Murdock (C 1986) - columnist, Scripps Howard News Service
*Don Murphy (MSB 1984) - motion picture producer
*Condé Montrose Nast (C 1894, G) - founder of Condé Nast Publications
*Jonathan Nolan (C 1999) - author of "Memento", co-writer of screenplay for "The Dark Knight"
*Glenn O'Brien (C 1970) - nonfiction writer and Style Guy for GQ Magazine
*Miles O'Brien (C 1981) - CNN technology and environmental correspondent
*Norah O'Donnell (C 1996, G 2003) - MSNBC chief Washington correspondent; contributor to NBC's "Today"
*Rob Pegoraro (SFS 1993) - "Washington Post" consumer technology columnist; also writes weekly "Fast Forward" column
*Guy Picciotto (C 1987) - guitarist for rock band Fugazi, former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring
*Walter H. Pincus (L 2001) - "Washington Post" national security journalist
*Mark Jude Poirier (C 1991) - author, books include "Goats" and "Unsung Heroes of American Industry"
*Patricia Pomerleau (NHS 1971) - founder and president, ceoexpress.com
*Shirley Povich (C 1928, L attended two years) - Mr. Povich was sports editor of the "Washington Post" for 41 years
*Jean M. Prewitt (L 1974) - president and CEO, Independent Film & Television Alliance
*Frank J. Prial (C 1951) - "New York Times" wine columnist, 1972-2005
*Walter Ratliff (G 2004) - documentary producer, Associated Press journalist
*Carl Reiner (SFS 1943) - actor, director, film producer; holder of most Emmy awards in the entertainment field
*William Lawrence (Larry) Rohter (SFS 1971) - "New York Times" bureau chief, Rio de Janeiro
*Chris Sacca (SFS 1997, L 2000) - Google's head of special initiatives
*Maria Shriver (C 1977) - NBC-TV news commentator and wife of Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger
*David Schickler (SFS 1991) - author, books include "Kissing in Manhattan" and "Sweet and Vicious"
*Kate Snow (MSFS 1990) - co-anchor, weekend edition of ABC News "Good Morning America"
*Alex Stancioff (MBA 1995) - executive animation producer, Comedy Central's "Lil' Bush"
*Tim Sullivan (SFS 1988) - AP bureau chief, New Delhi
*Will Tanous (C 1992) - Warner Music Group executive, co-creator HBO's "Reverb"
*Frank A. Taylor (L 1934) - founding director, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History; director, Air and Space Museum, 1969-1971
*Anthony Thomopoulos (SFS 1959) - former president ABC Entertainment and ABC Broadcast Group
*Jenny Toomey (C 1990) - indie rock musician and arts activist
*Greta Van Susteren (L 1979, L 1982) - Fox News anchor, "On The Record"
*Arick Wierson (SFS 1994), - NYC TV General Manager and media advisor to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
*Michael J. Winship (C 1973) - president, Writers Guild of America East
*John Ziegler (C 1989) - talk show host, KFI-Los Angeles

cience and medicine

*John O. Agwunobi (MBA 2000) - Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 2006-2007; Senior Vice President and President for the Professional Services Division for Wal-Mart, 2007-present
*John-David F. Bartoe (G 1974, G 1976) - Astronaut and Astrophysicist; Research Manager, International Space Station, NASA Johnson Space Center, 1995-present
*Pascale Cossart (G 1971) - Professor and Head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules at the Pasteur Institute of Paris
*George V. Coyne, S.J. (G 1962) - Astronomer; Director of the Vatican Observatory, 1978-2006
*Mark R. Dybul (C 1985, M 1992) - Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State, 2006-present
*Susan Hockfield (Med Ph.D - 1979) - Neuroscientist; Provost, Yale University, 2003-2004; Dean, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1998-2000 (see also: Education list below)
*Mark S. Humayun (C 1984) - Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Director of Research, Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California
*James Kennedy (B 1986) - Professor of the history of the Netherlands at the University of Amsterdam
*Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley (M 1976) - 41st Surgeon General of the Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, 2004-2007
*Antonia Novello (Hospital Fellow 1975) - 14th Surgeon General of the United States, 1990-1993
*Thomas Parran, Jr. (M 1915) - 6th Surgeon General of the United States, 1936-1948
*Robert R. Redfield (C 1973, M 1977) - virologist and HIV/AIDS medical and clinical researcher, co-founder of Institute of Human Virology (IHV)
*John J. Ring (C 1949; M 1953) - former President, American Medical Association
*Vera Rubin (G 1954) - Astronomer
*Solomon Snyder (C 1959, M 1962) - Neuroscientist
*Daniel Y. Sullivan (D 1974) - President, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, 2001; President, Academy of Osseointegration, 1992-1993
*Andrew von Eschenbach (M 1967) - Director, Food and Drug Administration, 2006-present; Director, National Cancer Institute, 2002-2005

Religion, non-profit, and education

*Karl P. Adler (M 1966) - President, New York Medical College, 2007-present
*Kendall L. Baker (G 1966, G 1969) - 10th President, Ohio Northern University, 1999-present; 9th President, University of North Dakota, 1992-1999
*Robert L. Barchi (C 1968, G 1969) - 4th President, Thomas Jefferson University, 2004-present; Provost, University of Pennsylvania, 1999-2004
*Lawrence Biondi, S.J. (G 1966, G 1975) - 31st President, Saint Louis University, 1987-present
*Joan Claybrook (L 1973) - President, Public Citizen, 1982-present
*Kenneth L. Cohen (SFS 1974) - Director, American University Hillel and Campus Rabbi, 2001-present
*Cheryl R. Cooper (B 1978) - Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women, 2002-2007
*Jose Maria Cuenco (L) (b. 1885 - d. 1972) - Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
*Thomas B. Curran, O.S.F.S. (G 1985) - 14th President, Rockhurst University, 2006-present
*Susan M. Davis (SFS 1978) - Chair, Board of Directors, Grameen Foundation
*John J. DeGioia (C 1979, G 1995) - 48th President, Georgetown University, 2001-present
*Louis DeThomasis (SFS 1963) - 11th President, St. Mary's University of Minnesota, 1984-2005
*Deborah Dingell (SFS 1975, SSCE 1998) - President, General Motors Foundation
*Edward Djerejian (SFS 1960) - Founding Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, 1993-present
*Maria Solandros Eitel (G 1988) - President, Nike Foundation, 2004-present
*Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J. (C 1938-1939) - 6th President, Fairfield University, 1973-1979; 30th President, St. Louis University, 1979-1987
*Robert M. Gates (G 1974) - 22nd President, Texas A&M University, 2002-2006
*Mark D. Gearan (L 1991) - President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1999-present
*David Goldwyn (C 1981) - Chairman of the Board, Global Giving Foundation, 2003-present
*Robert M. Hayes (C 1974) - Founder, Coalition for the Homeless
*Leo Higdon Jr. (C 1968) - 10th President, Connecticut College, 2006-present
*Susan Hockfield (M 1979) - 16th President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004-present
*Karl Hofmann (SFS 1983) - President, PSI (Population Services International), 2007-present
*George R. Houston, Jr. (B 1961) - President, Mount St. Mary's University, 1994-2003
*Mary Ellen Iskenderian (SFS 1981) - President & CEO, Women's World Banking (microfinance)
*Jan Karski (G 1952) - Polish diplomat, World War II Polish resistance leader, scholar; taught at Georgetown 40 years
*Garrett P. Kiely (C 1983) - Director of the University of Chicago Press, the nation's largest academic press, 2007-present
*Sharon Kugler (G 1997) - University Chaplain, Yale University, 2008-present; University Chaplain, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-2008
*Daniel K. Lahart, S.J. (MSB 1983) - President, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, Houston, Texas
*Brian F. Linnane, S.J. (G 1981) - 24th President of Loyola College, Maryland, 2005-present
*Barry W. Lynn (L 1978) - Executive Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
*Patricia A. McGuire (L 1977) - President, Trinity Washington University, 1989-present
*John P. Minahan, Jr. (G 1970) - President, Western Oregon University, 2006-present
*John Cardinal O'Connor (G 1970) - Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000
*Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. (C 1956) - 47th President, Georgetown University, 1989-2001
*Sadako Ogata (SFS 1953) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1991-2000
*Brian Paulson, S.J. (SFS 1981) - President, St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, Illinois
*Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. (C 1981) - 24th President, The University of Scranton, 2003-present
*John Pinasco, S.J. (G 1868-1872) - 7th President, University of San Francisco, 1876-1880; 8th & 10th President, Santa Clara College (now University), 1880-1883 and 1888-1893
*Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi (C 1971) - Archbishop, Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama
*Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM (G 1971) - founding President, Heritage College, Toppenish, Washington
*Charles Schultze (C 1948) - Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter Administration
*Philip R. Sharp (SFS 1964, G 1974) - President, Resources for the Future, 2005-present, former Congressman.
*Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (C 1988) - President, Best Buddies International
*Debora L. Spar (SFS 1984) - President, Barnard College, 2008-
*Stacey Davis Stewart (C 1985) - President and CEO, Fannie Mae Foundation, 1999-2008
*Barry Sullivan (C 1953) - Chairman of the Board of Trustees, University of Chicago, 1989-1992
*William B. Walsh (M 1943) - founder, Project HOPE
*B. Joseph White (SFS 1969) - 16th President, University of Illinois, 2005-present
*Rev. John Whitney, S.J. (C 1980) - Provincial, Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus

ports

*Mark Abbott (SFS 1986) - president, Major League Soccer
*Bill Bidwill (B 1960) - Arizona Cardinals owner
*Janelle Billingslea (C 2004) - athlete, world record holder, model and motivational speaker
*Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (C 2001) - professional basketball player
*Katy Button (SFS 1994) - general manager, Washington Freedom
*Alex Buzbee (C 2007)- professional football player, Washington Redskins
*Andrew Campbell (SFS 2006) - sailor, 2008 US Olympic Sailing Team
*Robert H. Castellini (C 1963) - CEO, Cincinnati Reds
*Jim Connelly (MSB 1975) - managing director and SVP, NFL & NFL Europe League
*Craig Esherick (C 1978) - former head basketball coach at Georgetown
*Patrick Ewing (C 1985) - former professional basketball player
*Eric "Sleepy" Floyd (C 1982) - former professional basketball player
*Brendan Gaughan (B 1997) - NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racer
*Jeff Green (C, attended 2004-2007) professional basketball player, Seattle Supersonics
*Othella Harrington (C 1996) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
*Roy Hibbert (C 2008) - professional basketball player, Indiana Pacers
*Nancy Hogshead-Makar (L 1997) - US 1984 Olympic Gold medal swimmer
*Allen Iverson (C, attended 1995 to 1996) - professional basketball player, Denver Nuggets
*Jaren Jackson (MSB 1989) - former professional basketball player
*Arlen Kantarian (MSB 1975) - chief executive, professional tennis, United States Tennis Association
*Frank McCourt, Jr. (C 1975) - owner and chairman, Los Angeles Dodgers
*Jamie McCourt (FLL 1975) - vice chairman and president, Los Angeles Dodgers
*Alonzo Mourning (C 1992) - professional basketball player, Miami Heat
*Mark H. Murphy (L 1988) - president and CEO, Green Bay Packers
*Dikembe Mutombo (SLL 1991) - professional basketball player with several teams, most recently Houston Rockets
*Susan O'Malley (L 2007) - first female president of an NBA franchise (Washington Sports and Entertainment)
*Eamonn O'Reilly (C 1966) - former American record holder in the Marathon
*Victor Page (C, attended 1995-1997) former professional basketball player
*Carmen Policy (L 1966) - president, Cleveland Browns
*Don Reid (C 1995) - former professional basketball player
*Perry C. Rogers (B 1991) - president, Agassi Enterprises, Inc.
*Mike Sweetney (C, attended 2001 to 2003) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
*Paul Tagliabue (C 1962) - commissioner, National Football League, 1989-2006
*Michael Vespoli (C 1968) - U.S. Olympic rower, 1974 world rowing champion, U.S. Olympic rowing coach
*Jahidi White (C 1998) - professional basketball player, Charlotte Bobcats
*Jerome Williams (C 1996) - professional basketball player, New York Knicks
*Reggie Williams (C 1987) - former professional basketball player
*David Wingate (C 1986) - former professional basketball player

Other

*Saad Hariri (B 1992) - Lebanese political leader and billionaire businessman
*Lane Kirkland (SFS 1948) - President, AFL-CIO, 1979-1995
*Richard Mudd (C 1921, G 1922, M 1936) - grandson of Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth
*Paul Pelosi (SFS 1962) - investor; husband of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Three of their children are Georgetown grads
*Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark (MSFS 1995)
*Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (SFS 2008)
*Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (SSCE 1988-1989)
*Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (SFS 1987)
*Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein of Jordan (SFS 2005)
*Prince Naef Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia (G 1995)
*Prince Talal Muhammad of Jordan (SFS 1989, G 1989)
*Princess (Ghida Salaam) Talal of Jordan (SFS 1986, G 1986)
*Prince Agustin de Iturbide y Green (C B.Phil.) - grandson of Agustin de Iturbide, the first emperor of Mexico; became adopted son of Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota of Mexico; in exile (as Agustin III) he taught Spanish and French at Georgetown for many years (d. 1925).
*BGen Edward F. Rodriguez, Jr., USAFR (Ret.) (SFS 1966) - President, Judge Advocates Association, 2006-2007
*Kateryna Yushchenko-Chumachenko (SFS 1982) - wife of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko.
*Aimee Mullins (SFS 1998) - athlete, actress, fashion model and motivational speaker

Briefly attended

*Luci Baines Johnson (N) - chairman of the board, LBJ Holding Company
*Lyndon B. Johnson (Law 1934) - 36th President of the United States
*Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (SCE 1954) - First Lady of the United States, 1961-1963
*James V. Kimsey (C 1958) - co-founder and founding chairman, America Online (AOL)
*Gerome Ragni (C) - co-author of the 1960s rock musical "Hair"
*James Ryder Randall (C 1859) (b.1839-d.1908) - poet who authored lyrics to "Maryland, My Maryland," official state song (sung to the tune of "O, Tannenbaum")
*Sumner Redstone (Law 1944) - global media businessman
*Donald H. Rumsfeld (Law 1957) - 13th and 21st Secretary of Defense, 1975-1977 and 2001-2006

Fiction

*Benjamin Franklin Gates (National Treasure 1 & 2), played by Nicolas Cage
*John Patrick "Jack" Ryan (GRD 1980) - Deputy Director, Central Intelligence; President of the United States.
*Robert Clayton Dean- played by Will Smith in "Enemy of the State"
*Brenda Leigh Johnson Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief from television's Closer
*Tracy Flick, Reese Witherspoon's character in "Election" attended the college after high school
*The main characters from "St. Elmo's Fire"
*Prince Nasir Al-Subaai, played by Alexander Siddig in "Syriana"
*Doonesbury characters J.J. and Honey Huan
*Zoey Bartlet, President Bartlet's daughter in the West Wing
*Charlie Young, Personal Assistant to the President in The West Wing
*Michael Vaughan, CIA agent in "Alias"
*David Palmer, President of the United States in "24"
*Matthew Kidman, main character in The Girl Next Door (2004 film) played by Emile Hirsch
*Raven-Symone's character in the Disney movie College Road Trip gets accepted to the university.
*Sean Patrick Thomas's character in the movie Save the Last Dance.

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