List of notable Georgetown University alumni
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The following is a list of notable Georgetown University alumni. Georgetown University is an institution of higher learning of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Located in Washington, DC, it is a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
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Legend
- MSB - McDonough School of Business
- C - Georgetown College
- DDS - Dental School
- G - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- L - Law Center
- M - School of Medicine
- MPP - Masters Degree (Institute of Public Policy)
- MSFS - Walsh School of Foreign Service (graduate)
- SFS - Walsh School of Foreign Service (undergraduate)
- SLL- School of Language and Linguistics (now Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
- SSCE - School of Summer and Continuing Education
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Law, government, and politics
- Roger Altman (C'1969)-Deputy Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration.
- Thomas Ambro (C'1972, L'1975) - judge, United States Court of Appeals
- Ricardo Arias Espinosa - Former President of Panama (1955-1956)
- Ricardo Alberto Arias - Panamanian lawyer and politician; former Ambassador to the US; former Foreign Minister; currently Permanent Representative to the UN
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, (SFS'1968) - President of the Philippines
- José Manuel Durão Barroso, (MSFS) - Current President of the European Commission (since 2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal(2002-2004)
- William W. Belknap (L'1851) - U.S. Secretary of War (deceased)
- Pat Buchanan, (C'1961) - advisor to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, nationally syndicated political pundit, a regular on The McLaughlin Group TV program
- General George Casey, (SFS 1970) - Commanding General of the Multinational Force in Iraq
- George Cortelyou, (L'1895), Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and Postmaster General (deceased)
- Alfredo Cristiani (MSB'1968) - former President of El Salvador
- Bill Clinton (SFS'1968) - 42nd President of the United States
- Simcha Dinitz, (SFS 1953) - Israel's Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1979 (deceased)
- Paula Dobriansky, (SFS 1977) - Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
- Cynthian G. Effird (SFS) - United States Ambassador to Angola
- D.Michael Fisher (C'1966)and (L'1969) -Judge, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 2002.
- Robert Gates (G'1974) - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the George H.W. Bush Administration
- Mark Gearan Law- Peace Corps Director
- Alexander Haig (G'1961)-Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration; Supreme Commander of NATO; White House Chief of Staff; CEO, United Technologies.
- John E. Herbst (SFS 1974) - United States Ambassador to Ukraine
- Gen. James L. Jones (SFS'1966) - commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, Supreme Commander of NATO
- Mickey Kantor, (L'1968) - Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration.
- Franklin L. Lavin (SFS'1979, G'1985) - United States Ambassador to Singapore
- Jacob Lew (L'1975)- Director of Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton Administration
- Samuel Lewis Navarro - Foreign Minister and 1st Vice President of Panama, son of Panamanian statesman Gabriel Lewis Galindo
- John Lynch-Staunton (C'1953) - Canadian politician, first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
- Terry McAuliffe (L'1984) - Chairman, Democratic National Committee
- Mike McCurry (G'1985) - Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton
- William McDonough (G'1962) - President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Chairman, PCAOB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
- Marc Morial (L'1983) - mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Andrew Natsios, (C'1971) - administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- John Podesta (L'1976) - former Chief of Staff, White House
- Michael Powell (L'1993) - Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
- Charles Rossotti (C'1962) - commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
- Antonin Scalia (C'1957) - Supreme Court justice
- Robert Shrum (C'1965)- Democratic Political Consultant
- Nancy Soderberg (MSFS 1984) - U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations during the Clinton administration
- James C.Y. Soong (L'197-) - Taiwanese politician; Chairman of Taiwan's People First Party
- John Sirica (L'1926) - Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (deceased)
- George Tenet (SFS'1976) - former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- James H. Webb (L'1975)-Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan Administration; Noted author.
- David Welch (SFS 1975) - United States Ambassador to Egypt
- Edward Douglass White (C'1863) - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (deceased)
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Members of the U.S. Senate
- Alan Bible (L'1934), D-Nevada (deceased)
- J. Caleb Boggs (L'1937) - R-Delaware (deceased)
- Dennis Chavez (L'1920), D-New Mexico (deceased)
- Richard Durbin (SFS'1966; L'1969), D-Illinois (current Minority Whip).
- Philip A. Hart (C'1934) - D-Michigan (deceased)
- Patrick Leahy (L'1964), D-Vermont
- George Mitchell (L'1961), D-Maine - (retired, former Majority Leader)
- Lisa Murkowski (C'1980), R-Alaska
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Bob Barr (L'1977), R-Georgia (retired)
- Michael Castle (L'1964), R-Delaware
- Henry Cuellar (SFS'1974), D-Texas
- John Dingell, (C'1949, L'1952) - D-Michigan
- Lane Evans (L'1978), D-Illinois
- Mike Ferguson (MPP'1995), R-New Jersey
- Jeff Fortenberry (MPP'1986), R-Nebraska
- Luis Fortuno (SFS'1982), NPP/R-Puerto Rico
- Martin Frost (L'1970), D-Texas (retired)
- Stephanie Herseth (C'1993, G'1996, L'1997), D-South Dakota
- Steny Hoyer (L'1966), D-Maryland
- Henry Hyde (C'1947), R-Illinois
- William Jefferson (L'1996), D-Louisiana
- Mark Steven Kirk (L'1992), R-Illinois
- Dan Lungren (L'1971), R-California
- Charlie Norwood (DDS'1969), R-Georgia
- Chris Van Hollen (L'1990), D-Maryland
- Peter Visclosky (L'1982), D-Indiana
- Rick White (L'1980), R-Washington (retired)
- Frank Wolf (L'1965), R-Virginia
- Albert Wynn (L'1977), D-Maryland
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Governors
- Francis A. Keating II (C'1966), R-Oklahoma (retired)
- Jim McGreevey (L'1981), D-New Jersey (retired)
- Don Siegelman (L'1972), D -Alabama(retired)
- Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (L'1979), R-Indiana
- John Lynch (L'1978),D- New Hampshire
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Business
- Charles Cawley (C'1962) - chairman and CEO, MBNA Bank of America
- James D. Farley (SFS'1950) - vice chairman, Citigroup, Inc.
- Nicholas C. Forstmann (MSB'1969) - partner, Forstmann Little & Company
- Ken Hakuta (MSB'1972) - "Dr. Fad", inventor and CEO, Allherb.com Foundation
- Jules Kroll (L'1966) - president, Kroll-O'Gara Company
- Ted Leonsis (C'1977) - president and CEO, AOL Interactive Properties; majority owner, Washington Capitals hockey team
- Philip Marineau (C'1968) - president and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
- Robert Emmett McDonough (SFS'1949) - founder and vice chairman, Remedy Temp, Inc.
- Charles Prince (LL.M. from Law Center), Chairman, Citigroup
- Patricia Russo (C-1972)-Chairwoman of Lucent Technologies
- Edmond Villani (C'1968) - vice chairman, Deutsche Asset Management
- Marcus Wallenberg (SFS'1980) - president and CEO, Investor AB
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Entertainment, media and culture
- Pearl Bailey {C'1985}-noted singer, entertainer (deceased)
- John Barrymore (C'1898) - actor (deceased)
- Stuart Bloomberg (C'1972) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
- William Peter Blatty (C'1950) - author of The Exorcist
- Margaret Edson (G'1992) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Wit"
- Paul Erdman (SFS 1955) - Business and financial writer
- Robert Gant - actor
- Jamie Gangel (SFS 1977), - NBC News "Today" show National Correspondent
- Linda Gradstein (SFS'1985) - correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
- John Guare (C'1960; H'1991) - author and playwright
- Dan Henninger, (SFS 1971) - Deputy Editorial Page Director and columnist for the Wall Street Journal
- Malcolm Lee (C'1992) - director, The Best Man and Undercover Brother
- Jonathan Nolan (C'1998) - author of Memento
- Nora O'Donnell, (C'1996), (MSFS)- White House Correspondent, NBC News
- Guy Picciotto, (C'1987) - Guitarist for rock band Fugazi, former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring
- Mark Jude Poirier, (C'1991) - author, books include Goats and Unsung Heroes of American Industry
- 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 Viscious
- Kate Snow, (MSFS 1990) - Co-anchor of the weekend edition of the ABC News program "Good Morning America."
- Greta Van Susteren (L'1979, L'1982) - anchorwoman, FOX News
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Science and medicine
- Susan Hockfield (Ph.D. Georgetown Medical School)-16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, former Provost of Yale University, neuroscientist.
- Antonia Novello (Hospital fellow '1975) - physician, former U.S. Surgeon General
- John J. Ring (C'1949; M'1953) - former president, American Medical Association
- Vera Rubin (G'1954) - astronomer
- Solomon Snyder (C'1959, M'1962) - neuroscientist
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Religion, social action and education
- Joan Claybrook (L'1973) - president, Public Citizen
- John J. DeGioia (C'1979, G'1995) - 48th president, Georgetown University
- Robert M. Hayes (C'1974) - founder, Coalition for the Homeless
- Rev.Daniel K. Lahart, S.J., president of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, Houston, TX (MSB'1983)
- Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. (C'1956) - 47th president, Georgetown University
- Rev. Brian Paulson, S.J., president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, Illinois (SFS'1981)
- Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi, Bishop, Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi (C'1971)
- Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM, founding President, Heritage College, Toppenish, Washington (G'1971)
- Charles Schultze (C'1948), noted Brookings Institution Scholar, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter Administration.
- Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (C'1988) - President, Best Buddies International
- John Cardinal O'Connor (G'1970)-Archbishop of New York (deceased)
- B. Joseph White (SFS'1969) -16th President of the University of Illinois
- Rev. John Whitney, S.J., (C'1980) - provincial of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus
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Sports
- Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (C'2001) - professional basketball player
- Katy Button (SFS'1994) - general manager, Washington Freedom
- Patrick Ewing,(C'1985) - former professional basketball player
- Othella Harrington (C'1996) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
- Allen Iverson (C'1996) - professional basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
- Jaren Jackson (MSB'1989) - former professional basketball player
- Arlen Kantarian (MSB'1975) - Chief Executive - Professional Tennis, United States Tennis Association
- Alonzo Mourning (C'1992) - professional basketball player,Miami Heat
- Dikembe Mutombo (SLL'1991) - professional basketball player with several teams, most recently Houston Rockets
- Carmen Policy (L'1966) - president, Cleveland Browns
- Don Reid (C'1995) - former professional basketball player
- Paul Tagliabue (C'1962) - commissioner, National Football League
- 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
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Other
- His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein, (MSFS 1987) - Current King of Jordan
- Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias (MSFS'1995) - Crown Prince of Spain
- Jan Karski (G'1952) - Polish diplomat, resistance leader during World War II, became beloved professor at Georgetown (deceased)
- Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (FLL'1993) - son of ex-King Constantine II of Greece, first cousin of Crown Prince Felipe
- Lane Kirkland (SFS'1948) - former AFL-CIO President (deceased)
- Kateryna Yushchenko-Chumachenko, (SFS 1982) - current and second wife of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko.
