List of Georgetown University alumni

Legend

• 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

Selected Georgetown Alumni

Bill Clinton, former President of the United States

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines

Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

King Abdullah II of Jordan

Felipe de Borbon, Crown Prince of Spain

Former CIA Director George Tenet

Secretary of Defense and former CIA Director Robert Gates

Giorgi Baramidze, Vice-Prime Minister of Georgia

Pearl Bailey, singer/actress

Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)

John Dean, former White House Counsel

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Gen. Alexander Haig, former US Secretary of State

Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)

Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL)

Dikembe Mutombo, Eight time NBA all-star

George Mitchell, former senate majority leader

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-present
• 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
• 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-present
• 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
• 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
• 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

Science 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
• 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
• 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-present
• 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

Sports

• Mark Abbott (SFS 1986) - president, Major League Soccer
• Bill Bidwill (B 1960) - Arizona Cardinals owner
• 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
• 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.