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The list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including a recent U.S. Attorney General, four current heads of state or government, CEOs of major corporations, scientists, Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows, Olympic athletes, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, royalty, and Time 100 notables.

Academia

William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis.
Michael K. Young, current President of Texas A&M University, formerly President of University of Washington.
Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University.

Business

Lin Jianhai, current Secretary-General of the International Monetary Fund.
Lee Kun-Hee, Chairman of Samsung and one of the world's richest people.
Kaushik Basu, 11th Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Dina Merrill, billionaire co-founder of RKO Pictures.

Economics

Politics

United States

U.S. Cabinet

William P. Barr, current U.S. Attorney General.
David Bernhardt, current U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

U.S. Governors

Senator Mark Warner, former Governor of Virginia.
George W. Romney, 52nd Governor of Michigan, father of Senator Mitt Romney.

U.S. Senators

Senator Elizabeth Warren, 2020 presidential candidate.
Daniel Inouye, former President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader during most of the Obama Presidency.
Senator J. William Fulbright, founder of the Fulbright Program.

U.S. Representatives

Rep. Eric Cantor, former House Majority Leader and House Majority Whip.
Rep. Steve Israel, Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros of California.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Darren Soto of Florida.
Sitting U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley of California.

U.S. mayors

Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of Washington, D.C..
Henry Cisneros, Mayor of San Antonio and 10th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Rocky Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City.

Other U.S. officials

Mercedes Schlapp, current White House Director of Strategic Communications.
Eddie Farnsworth, current President pro tempore of the Arizona Senate.
Corey Johnson, current Speaker of New York City Council.
Dennis Herrera, current City Attorney of San Francisco.
JB McCuskey, current State Auditor of West Virginia.
Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor to President Donald Trump.
Tony Sayegh, current United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
J. Edgar Hoover, 1st Director of the FBI.
Mark Felt, Deep Throat informant during the Watergate scandal.

International

Juan Guaidó, acting President of Venezuela.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, current President of Croatia.
Syngman Rhee, 1st President of South Korea.

Heads of state and government

Cabinet ministers

Mohammad Nahavandian, current Vice President of Iran.
Hessa Al Jaber, current Information Minister of Qatar
S. M. Krishna, former Foreign Minister of India.

Other figures

José Abad Santos, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Diplomacy

U.S. Ambassadors

Joseph Prueher, former U.S. Ambassador to China.
Michael Punke, former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, current Vice President of Amazon Web Services.
Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO.
Robin Bernstein, current U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Christine A. Elder, current U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.
Rebecca Gonzales current U.S. Ambassador to Lesotho.

State Department officials

Colin Powell, 65th U.S. Secretary of State.
John Foster Dulles, 52nd U.S. Secretary of State.
Carol Z. Perez, current Director General of the Foreign Service.

Other diplomats

Nestor Mendez, current Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States.

Law

U.S. Circuit Judges

Sharon Prost, current Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
John Michael Seabright, current Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

U.S. District Judges

William K. Sessions III, current Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.
Senior Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews, the first woman appointed to serve on a U.S. District Court.
Harry L. Carrico, 23rd Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court.

U.S. State Supreme Courts

Barbara Pariente, 51st Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Attorneys General

Mohan Peiris, Attorney General & Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Hsu Mo, founding Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

International judges

Belva Ann Lockwood, first woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Military

Mark Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense.
General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General John Shalikashvili, 13th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General John William Vessey, Jr., 10th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Journalism

Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine.
Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor for the Washington Post.
Kasie Hunt, host of MSNBC's Kasie DC.

Pulitzer Prize

Glenn Greenwald, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his work on U.S. Global surveillance based on disclosures by Edward Snowden.

Activism

Alex Pacheco, Co-founder and Chairman of PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Tom Fitton, current President of Judicial Watch.
Raul Yzaguirre, President & CEO of the National Council of La Raza.

Entertainment

Alec Baldwin, Golden Globe-winning actor.
Dan Glickman, Chairman & CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America.
Courteney Cox, actress.

First Family and royalty

First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

Religion

L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology.

Sciences

Michael Griffin, 11th Administrator of NASA.
Julius Axelrod, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.

Athletics

Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals.
David Haggerty, current President of the International Tennis Federation.
Elana Meyers, medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Red Auerbach, coach for the Boston Celtics.

Olympics

Others

Roger Stone, opposition researcher for the Republican National Committee.

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