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.

This is an [Incomplete listsincomplete list], which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

Legend

• B, GSB, or MSB - McDonough School of Business (once Georgetown School of Business)
• 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)
• SCS - School of Continuing Education
• SSCE - School of Summer and Continuing Education

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines

Pearl Bailey, singer/actress

Politician Pat Buchanan

Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)

John Dean, former White House Counsel

Rep. Luis Fortuño (R-PR)

Gen. Alexander Haig, former US Secretary of State

Dr. Susan Hockfield, President of MIT

Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL)

Terry McAuliffe, former DNC chairman

Dikembe Mutombo, basketball player and philanthropist

John Cardinal O'Connor, former Archbishop of New York

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, singer-songwriter

John Sircia, former C.J. US Dist. Ct. D.C.

Law, government, and politics

Heads of State

• His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan ibn al-Hussein, (MSFS 1987)
• Ricardo Arias Espinosa (SFS 1935)- Former President of Panama (1955-1956)
• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, (SFS 1968) - Current President of the Philippines
• José Manuel Durão Barroso, (MSFS 1998) - Current President of the European Commission (since 2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal (2002-2004)
• Bill Clinton (SFS 1968) - 42nd President of the United States
• Alfredo Cristiani (MSB 1968) - former President of El Salvador
• 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
• Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (FLL 1993) - son of ex-King Constantine II of Greece, first cousin of Crown Prince Felipe

Governors

• Toney Anaya (SFS 1963), D-New Mexico (retired)
• Michael N. Castle (L 1964) R-Delaware (currently a member of Congress)
• Francis A. Keating II (C 1966), R-Oklahoma (retired)
• Jim McGreevey (L 1981), D-New Jersey (retired)
• Don Siegelman (L 1972), D -Alabama(retired)
• John Spellman (L 1953), R-Washington (retired)
• Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (L 1979), R-Indiana
• John Lynch (L 1978),D- New Hampshire

Cabinet Members, White House Staff, Advisors

• David Addington (SFS 1978)- Chief of Staff to Vice President Richard Cheney.
• Roger Altman (C 1969)- Deputy Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration.
• 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
• George Cortelyou, (L 1895), Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and Postmaster General (deceased)
• John Dean (L 1965)- White House Counsel to Richard Nixon during Watergate affair
• Paula Dobriansky, (SFS 1977) - Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
• Douglas Feith (L 1978)-Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the George W. Bush administration.
• Alexander Haig (G 1961)-Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration; Supreme Commander of NATO; White House Chief of Staff; CEO, United Technologies.
• Tina W. Jonas (Graduate)- Under Secretary of Defense for Financial Management and Comptroller.
• Mickey Kantor, (L 1968) - Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration.
• Robert M. Kimmitt (L 1977)- Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the George W. Bush Administration.
• Jacob Lew (L 1975)- Director of Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton Administration
• Mike McCurry (G 1985) - Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton
• John Podesta (L 1976) - former Chief of Staff, White House
• Charles Schultze (C 1948, G 1950) - Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Carter administration
• James H. Webb (L 1975)- Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan Administration; Noted author; Democratic Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Virginia.

Ambassadors

• David Abshire (G 1959)- Former Ambassador to NATO, former Director of Center for Strategic and International Studies and advisor to President Reagan.
• Ricardo Alberto Arias (SFS 1961) - Panamanian lawyer and politician; former Ambassador to the US; former Foreign Minister; currently Permanent Representative to the UN
• Simcha Dinitz (SFS 1953) - Israel's Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1979 (deceased)
• Cynthia G. Efird (SFS) - United States Ambassador to Angola
• John E. Herbst (SFS 1974) - United States Ambassador to Ukraine
• Franklin Lavin (SFS 1979, G 1985) - United States Ambassador to Singapore 2001-2005, Under Secretary of Commerce, 2005-present.
• David Welch (SFS 1975) - United States Ambassador to Egypt

Judges

• Thomas Ambro (C 1972, L 1975) - judge, United States Court of Appeals
• Antonin Scalia (C 1957) - Supreme Court justice
• John Sirica (L 1926) - Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Time Magazine "Man of the Year" 1973 (deceased)
• Edward Douglass White (C 1863) - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (deceased)

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) - first American born Hispanic senator
• Richard Durbin (SFS 1966; L 1969), D-Illinois (current Minority Whip).
• Philip A. Hart (C 1934) - D-Michigan (deceased) Hart Senate Office Building named in his honor.
• Francis Kernan (C 1836) - D-New York (deceased)
• Edward Leahy (L 1908) - D-Rhode Island (deceased)
• Patrick Leahy (L 1964), D-Vermont
• Hall S. Lusk (C 1904, L 1907), D-Oregon (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)

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

• Bob Barr (L 1977), R-Georgia (retired)
• Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (C 1952), R-Virginia (retired)
• Michael N. Castle (L 1964), R-Delaware
• Charles R. Clason (L 1914), R-Massachusetts (deceased)
• Henry Cuellar (SFS 1974), D-Texas
• John Dingell (C 1949, L 1952) - D-Michigan
• Ed Edmonson (L 1947) - D-Oklahoma (deceased)
• Lane Evans (L 1978), D-Illinois
• Mike Ferguson (MPP 1995), R-New Jersey
• Charles J. Faulkner (C 1822), W-Virginia, D-Virginia, D-West Virginia
• John R. Foley (L 1947), D-Maryland (deceased)
• 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
• Michael L. Igoe (L 1908), D-Illinois (deceased)
• Bill Jefferson (L 1996), D-Louisiana
• 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
• William S. Reyburn (L 1904), R-Pennsylvania (deceased)
• 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

Attorneys

• Robert S. Bennett, (L 1964)- Prominent litigator
• Plato Cacheris, (SFS 1953), (L 1956)- Prominent litigator
• Paul Clement (SFS 1987)- Solicitor General of the United States
• Lisa Madigan (C 1988) -Attorney General of Illinois
• W. Michael Murphy, Jr. (C 1972)- NJ prosecutor & prominent lobbyist
• William Shea (C 1929)- Prominent New York attorney
• Edward Bennett Williams (L 1944) Legendary trial lawyer (deceased)

Other political

• Robert Baer (SFS 1976) - CIA officer, author
• Bradley Belt (Law) Executive Director Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• General George Casey (SFS 1970) - Commanding General of the Multinational Force in Iraq
• Stéphane Dujarric (SFS 1988)-Chief Spokesman for the United Nations and the U.N. Secretary General
• 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, President of Texas A&M University
• Mark Gearan Law- Peace Corps Director
• Gen. James L. Jones (SFS 1966) - commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, Supreme Commander of NATO
• John Lynch-Staunton (C 1953) - Canadian politician, first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
• Terry McAuliffe (L 1984) - Former Chairman, Democratic National Committee
• William J McDonough (G 1962) - President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Chairman, PCAOB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
• Marc Morial (L 1983) - former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Michael Murphy (C 1972)- Lobbyist/former gubernatorial candidate, scion
• Andrew Natsios (C 1971) - administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Michael Powell (L 1993) - Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
• Charles Rossotti (C 1962) - commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
• 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 1974) - Taiwanese politician; Chairman of Taiwan's People First Party
• Michael Steele (L1991) -Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, U.S. Senate candidate 2006
• George Tenet (SFS 1976) - former director of the Central Intelligence Agency

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
• James Greco (L ??) - CEO, Bruegger's Bagels
• Ken Hakuta (MSB 1972) - "Dr. Fad", inventor and CEO, Allherb.com Foundation
• Jules Kroll (L 1966) - president, Kroll-O'Gara Company
• Heidi Kunz (FLL 1977) -Chief Financial Officer, Blue Shield of California
• 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.
• Robert Mosbacher, Jr. (C 1973)- president, Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
• Rafael Nemet-Nejat (C 2003) - Japanese market strategist, DKR Oasis; also known for inspiring students to contribute to conflict resolution.
• Charles Prince (LL.M. from Law Center), Chairman, Citigroup
• Patricia Russo (C 1972)-Chairwoman of Lucent Technologies
• Quasim Shah (L 2005) - International dilettante and poetic developer
• Edmond Villani (C 1968) - vice chairman, Deutsche Asset Management
• Marcus Wallenberg (SFS 1980) - president and CEO, Investor AB, Chairman International Chamber of Commerce

Entertainment, media, and culture

• Sara Albert (C 2005) - America's Next Top Model contestant
• Amerie - Rhythm and blues singer
• Pearl Bailey (C 1985) - noted singer, entertainer (deceased)
• Bruce Bartlett (G 1976) - economist and Wall Street Journal columnist.
• John Barrymore (C 1898) - actor (deceased)
• Jason Bellini (C 1997) - journalist
• Mike Birbiglia (C 2000) - comedian
• Stuart Bloomberg (C 1972) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
• William Peter Blatty (C 1950) - author of The Exorcist
• Bob Colacello- (SFS 1969)- noted biographer
• Bradley Cooper (C 1997) - actor
• William Corcoran (C 1813) - founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum.
• Margaret Edson (G 1992) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Wit"
• Paul Erdman (SFS 1955) - business and financial writer
• Jim Gaffigan (MSB 1988) - comedian/actor
• 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
• Mitchell Hurwitz (C 1985) - TV writer, creator of Arrested Development.
• Deroy Murdoch (C 1986) - columnist, Scripps Howard News Service
• Don Murphy (MSB 1985) - Motion Picture Producer
• Condé Montrose Nast - founder of Condé Nast Publications
• Jonathan Nolan (C 1998) - author of Memento
• Miles O'Brien - CNN Anchor
• Norah O'Donnell, (C 1996), (G 2003) - 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
• Walter Ratliff, (G 2004) - journalist, Associated Press
• Carl Reiner (SFS 1943) - Actor, Director, Film Producer
• 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 of the weekend edition of the ABC News program "Good Morning America."
• Jenny Toomey, indie rock musician and arts activist
• Greta Van Susteren (L 1979, L 1982) - anchorwoman, FOX News

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
• Andrew Von Eschenbach (M1967)-Director, Food and Drug Administration, former head of National Cancer Institute.

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. (MSB 1983) - president of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, Houston, TX
• Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. (C 1956) - 47th president, Georgetown University
• Sadako Ogata, (SFS 1953)- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1991 to 2001.
• Rev. Brian Paulson, S.J. (SFS 1981) - president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, Illinois
• Most Rev.Thomas J. Rodi (C 1971) - Bishop, Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi
• Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM (G 1971) - founding President, Heritage College, Toppenish, Washington
• 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

Sports

• Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (C 2001) - professional basketball player
• Katy Button (SFS 1994) - general manager, Washington Freedom
• Craig Esherick (C 1978) - Former Coach at Georgetown
• Patrick Ewing,(C 1985) - former professional basketball player
• Othella Harrington (C 1996) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
• Allen Iverson (C) - 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
• Jamie McCourt (FLL 1975)-President Los Angeles Dodgers
• Alonzo Mourning (C 1992) - professional basketball player,Miami Heat
• Dikembe Mutombo (SLL 1991) - professional basketball player with several teams, most recently Houston Rockets
• Eamonn O'Reilly (C 1966) - former American record holder in the Marathon
• Carmen Policy (L 1966) - president, Cleveland Browns
• Don Reid (C 1995) - former professional basketball player
• Mike Sweetney (C) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
• Paul Tagliabue (C 1962) - commissioner, National Football League
• 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
• Sleepy Floyd (C 1982) - former professional basketball player

Other

• Lane Kirkland (SFS 1948) - former AFL-CIO President (deceased)
• Richard Mudd (C 1921 G 1922, M 1936) grandson of Samuel Mudd who was imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth.
• Kateryna Yushchenko-Chumachenko, (SFS 1982) - current and second wife of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko.

Briefly Attended

• Lyndon Johnson (Law1934)- 36th President of the United States
• Donald Rumsfeld (Law1957)-current Secretary of Defense

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