Phi Beta Kappa Society
FRATERNAL HONOR SOCIETY, Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary.
Official Website: http://www.pbk.org/
Founding Date: 1776 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Dean Acheson | Government | 11-Apr-1893 | 12-Oct-1971 | US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
| Bruce Ackerman | Scholar | 19-Aug-1943 | | We the People |
| Brock Adams | Politician | 13-Jan-1927 | 10-Sep-2004 | US Senator from Washington, 1987-93 |
| John Quincy Adams | Head of State | 11-Jul-1767 | 23-Feb-1848 | 6th US President, 1825-29 |
| Roger Adams | Chemist | 2-Jan-1889 | 6-Jul-1971 | Organic chemist at Illinois |
| Paul Adelstein | Actor | 29-Apr-1969 | | Prison Break |
| Herbert Agar | Journalist | 29-Sep-1897 | 24-Nov-1980 | The People's Choice |
| Mary Cunningham Agee | Activist | 1951 | | The Nurturing Network |
| Carl B. Albert | Politician | 10-May-1908 | 4-Feb-2000 | Congressman from
Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
| Ruggero J. Aldisert | Judge | 10-Nov-1919 | | 3rd Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1968-86 |
| Lamar Alexander | Politician | 3-Jul-1940 | | US Senator from Tennessee |
| Horatio Alger | Author | 13-Jan-1832 | 18-Jul-1899 | Ragged Dick |
| Samuel Alito | Judge | 1-Apr-1950 | | US Supreme Court Justice |
| George V. Allen | Diplomat | 3-Nov-1903 | 11-Jul-1970 | US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48 |
| John A. Allison | Business | 14-Aug-1948 | | CEO of BB&T |
| Donna M. Alvarado | Business | 8-Nov-1948 | | Aguila International |
| Luis W. Alvarez | Physicist | 13-Jun-1911 | 1-Sep-1988 | Particle accelerator,
extinction of dinosaurs |
| Laurie Anderson | Performance Artist | 5-Jun-1947 | | Tape bow violinist and performance artist |
| Sigurd Anderson | Politician | 22-Jan-1904 | 21-Dec-1990 | Governor of South
Dakota, 1951-55 |
| Charles McLean Andrews | Historian | 22-Feb-1863 | 9-Sep-1943 | The Colonial Period of American History |
| Robert E. Andrews | Politician | 4-Aug-1957 | | Congressman, New Jersey 1st |
| Robert E. Angelica | Business | c. 1949 | | CEO of AT&T
Investment Mgmt., 1999-2006 |
| Decker Anstrom | Business | 2-Aug-1950 | | COO of Landmark
Communications |
| Brent R. Appel | Judge | c. 1951 | | Justice, Iowa Supreme Court |
| Anne L. Armstrong | Government | 27-Dec-1927 | 30-Jul-2008 | US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
| Chester A. Arthur | Head of State | 5-Oct-1829 | 18-Nov-1886 | 21st US President,
1881-85 |
| Isaac Asimov | Author | 2-Jan-1920 | 6-Apr-1992 | Foundation |
| John Atanasoff | Inventor | 4-Oct-1903 | 15-Jun-1995 | Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
| Paul S. Atkins | Government | 1958 | | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Donald B. Ayer | Attorney | 30-Apr-1949 | | Partner, Jones Day |
| James Bacchus | Politician | 21-Jun-1949 | | Congressman from
Florida, 1991-95 |
| Mario L. Baeza | Business | c. 1951 | | Baeza & Co. |
| Brian Baird | Politician | 7-Mar-1956 | | Congressman from
Washington, 1999-2011 |
| John C. Baldwin | Doctor | c. 1949 | | Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech |
| Simeon E. Baldwin | Politician | 5-Feb-1840 | 30-Jan-1927 | Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15 |
| W. Scott Bales | Judge | c. 1956 | | Justice, Arizona Supreme Court |
| Ian Ballantine | Publisher | 15-Feb-1916 | 9-Mar-1995 | Paperback magnate |
| Hank Barnette | Business | c. 1934 | | CEO of Bethlehem Steel, 1992-2000 |
| Joseph W. Barr | Government | 17-Jan-1918 | 23-Feb-1996 | US Secretary of the
Treasury, 1968-69 |
| Tom Barrett | Politician | 8-Dec-1953 | | Mayor of Milwaukee |
| Bill Bass | Scientist | 30-Aug-1928 | | Human decomposition |
| John S. Battle | Politician | 11-Jul-1890 | 9-Apr-1972 | Governor of Virginia,
1950-54 |
| Cliff Battles | Football | 1-May-1910 | 28-Apr-1981 | NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Emily Morison Beck | Editor | c. 1916 | 28-Mar-2004 | Editor of Bartlett's
Quotations |
| Henry P. Becton, Jr. | Business | 1943 | | WGBH Educational
Foundation |
| Steven C. Beering | Educator | 1932 | | President of Purdue,
1983-2000 |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor | 3-Mar-1847 | 2-Aug-1922 | Inventor of the telephone |
| Richard Benedick | Diplomat | ? | | US negotiator to the
Montreal Protocol |
| Gregory Benford | Novelist | 30-Jan-1941 | | Physicist and author of Timescape |
| Douglas J. Bennet | Educator | 23-Jun-1938 | | President of Wesleyan University, 1995-2007 |
| Duane Benton | Judge | 8-Sep-1950 | | 8th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Doug Bereuter | Politician | 6-Oct-1939 | | Congressman from
Nebraska, 1979-2004 |
| Emily Bergl | Actor | 25-Apr-1975 | | Annie O'Donnell on Men
in Trees |
| Ann E. Berman | Business | c. 1952 | | CFO of Harvard
University, 2002-06 |
| Ben Bernanke | Economist | 13-Dec-1953 | | Federal Reserve Chairman |
| Brian A. Bernasek | Business | c. 1972 | | Partner, Carlyle Group |
| Leonard Bernstein | Conductor | 25-Aug-1918 | 14-Oct-1990 | Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| John Berryman | Poet | 25-Oct-1914 | 7-Jan-1972 | Homage to Mistress
Bradstreet |
| Jeff Bezos | Business | 12-Jan-1964 | | Founder of Amazon |
| Benazir Bhutto | Head of State | 21-Jun-1953 | 27-Dec-2007 | Former prime minister of Pakistan |
| Alexander Bickel | Scholar | 17-Dec-1924 | 7-Nov-1974 | The Least Dangerous
Branch |
| James Crawford Biggs | Politician | 29-Aug-1872 | 30-Jan-1960 | US Solicitor General,
1933-35 |
| Robert Worth Bingham | Business | 8-Nov-1871 | 18-Dec-1937 | Publisher of The
Louisville Courier-Journal |
| John P. Birkelund | Business | 23-Jun-1930 | | Chairman of Dillon Read,1986-98 |
| J. Michael Bishop | Scientist | 22-Feb-1936 | | Genetic causes of cancer |
| Harry Blackmun | Judge | 12-Nov-1908 | 4-Mar-1999 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1970-94 |
| Rebecca M. Blank | Economist | 19-Sep-1955 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1998-99 |
| Roy Blount, Jr. | Author | 5-Oct-1941 | | Humorist |
| Richard Blumenthal | Government | 13-Feb-1946 | | US Senator from
Connecticut |
| Barbara Bodine | Diplomat | 1948 | | US Ambassador to Yemen, 1997-2001 |
| Theodore R. Boehm | Judge | 12-Sep-1938 | | Justice, Indiana Supreme Court |
| Paul H. Boeker | Diplomat | 2-May-1938 | 29-Mar-2003 | US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87 |
| David Boies | Attorney | Mar-1941 | | Represented Gore in Bush v. Gore |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | Sociologist | 23-Feb-1868 | 27-Aug-1963 | Civil rights activist |
| Sissela Bok | Scholar | 2-Dec-1934 | | Ethicist |
| David Bonderman | Business | c.
1943 | | Billionaire, Texas
Pacific Group |
| David M. Borden | Judge | 4-Aug-1937 | | Justice, CT Supreme
Court, 1990-2007 |
| Robert Bork | Government | 1-Mar-1927 | | Fired Archibald Cox, later got himself borked |
| Michael J. Boskin | Economist
Economista | 23-Sep-1945 | | Economics Professor at Stanford |
| Roy J. Bostock | Business | 25-Sep-1940 | | Chairman of Yahoo,
2008-12 |
| Margot Botsford | Judge | 16-Mar-1947 | | Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court |
| Edward Bouchet | Physicist | 15-Sep-1852 | 28-Oct-1918 | First African-American PhD |
| Henry S. Boutell | Politician | 14-Mar-1856 | 11-Mar-1926 | Congressman from
Illinois, 1897-1911 |
| Robert O. Bowen | Novelist | 7-May-1920 | 9-Jun-2003 | The Weight of the Cross |
| William G. Bowen | Educator | 6-Oct-1933 | | President, Princeton
University, 1972-88 |
| David F. Bradford | Economist | 8-Jan-1939 | 22-Feb-2005 | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1991-93 |
| John R. Brazil | Educator | 1946 | | President of Trinity
University, 2000-10 |
| Gregory Breit | Physicist | 14-Jul-1899 | 11-Sep-1981 | Proton-proton dispersion |
| Daryl G. Brewster | Business | c. 1957 | | Former CEO of Krispy Kreme |
| Owen Brewster | Politician | 22-Feb-1888 | 25-Dec-1961 | Governor and Senator
from Maine |
| Scott A. Brister | Judge | 8-Jan-1955 | | Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Glenn A. Britt | Business | c. 1949 | | CEO of Time Warner Cable |
| Molly Corbett Broad | Business | 1941 | | University Chancellor |
| J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. | Economist | 8-Jul-1939 | | President of the
Richmond Fed, 1993-2004 |
| Tom Brokaw | Journalist | 6-Feb-1940 | | Former anchor, NBC
Nightly News |
| Michael S. Brown | Biologist | 13-Apr-1941 | | Metabolism of cholesterol |
| Herbert Brownell, Jr. | Government | 20-Feb-1904 | 1-May-1996 | US Attorney General,
1953-57 |
| Frank Bruni | Journalist | 31-Oct-1964 | | New York Times food critic |
| William C. Bullitt | Diplomat | 25-Jan-1891 | 15-Feb-1967 | US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36 |
| Mary Brown Bullock | Historian | c. 1945 | | President of Agnes Scott College, 1995-2006 |
| Mac Bundy | Government | 30-Mar-1919 | 16-Sep-1996 | National Security
Advisor, 1961-66 |
| Stephen B. Burbank | Educator | c. 1946 | | UPenn Law Professor |
| Stephen B. Burke | Business | c. 1958 | | COO of Comcast |
| Walter Dean Burnham | Scholar | 1930 | | Democracy in the Making |
| R. Nicholas Burns | Government | 28-Jan-1956 | | Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08 |
| George H.W. Bush | Head of State | 12-Jun-1924 | | 41st US President,
1989-93 |
| Jeb Bush | Politician | 11-Feb-1953 | | Governor of Florida,
1999-2007 |
| Mary K. Bush | Business | c. 1949 | | Bush International |
| Nicholas Murray Butler | Educator | 2-Apr-1862 | 7-Dec-1947 | President of Columbia University, 1901-45 |
| William C. Canby, Jr. | Judge | 22-May-1931 | | 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1980-96 |
| Demetrios James Caraley | Educator | 22-Jun-1932 | | President, Academy of Political Science |
| Dennis W. Carlton | Economist | c. 1950 | | Economics Professor,
University of Chicago |
| Leonard Carmichael | Educator | 9-Nov-1898 | 16-Sep-1973 | Smithsonian Chief,
1953-64 |
| Howie Carr | Columnist | 17-Jan-1952 | | Boston Herald columnist,talk-radio host |
| John A. Carrig | Business | 14-Jan-1952 | | CFO of Conoco-Phillips |
| Brad Carson | Politician | 11-Mar-1967 | | Congressman from
Oklahoma, 2001-05 |
| Jimmy Carter | Head of State | 1-Oct-1924 | | 39th US President,
1977-81 |
| Daniel H. Case III | Business | 27-Jul-1957 | 27-Jun-2002 | Hambrecht & Quist |
| R. V. Cassill | Novelist | 17-May-1919 | 25-Mar-2002 | Dr. Cobb's Game |
| Richard Celeste | Politician | 11-Nov-1937 | | Governor of Ohio, 1983-91 |
| Bennett Cerf | Publisher | 25-May-1898 | 27-Aug-1971 | Founder of Random House |
| Jon F. Chait | Business | c. 1950 | | CEO of Hudson Highland Group |
| Jule Charney | Scientist | 1-Jan-1917 | 16-Jun-1981 | Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
| Jerome Charyn | Novelist | 13-May-1937 | | The Good Policeman |
| Lynne Cheney | First Lady | 14-Aug-1941 | | Wife of US Vice
President Dick Cheney |
| C. J. Cherryh | Author | 1-Sep-1942 | | Cyteen and Downbelow Station |
| Judy Chicago | Artist | 20-Jul-1939 | | The Birth Project |
| Rachelle B. Chong | Government | 1959 | | FCC Commissioner, 1994-97 |
| Steven Chu | Physicist | 28-Feb-1948 | | US Secretary of Energy |
| Frank Church | Politician | 25-Jul-1924 | 7-Apr-1984 | US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81 |
| Kay Knight Clarke | Business | c. 1938 | | Templeton, Ltd. |
| Eric L. Clay | Judge | 18-Jan-1948 | | 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Grover Cleveland | Head of State | 18-Mar-1837 | 24-Jun-1908 | 22nd & 24th US
President, 1885-89 & 1893-97 |
| Richard G. Cline | Business | c. 1935 | | CEO of Nicor, 1986-95 |
| Bill Clinton | Head
of State | 19-Aug-1946 | | 42nd US President,
1993-2001 |
| Glenn Close | Actor | 19-Mar-1947 | | Fatal Attraction |
| Robert P. Tristram Coffin | Poet | 18-Mar-1892 | 20-Jan-1955 | Strange Holiness |
| Morris Raphael Cohen | Philosopher | 25-Jul-1880 | 28-Jan-1947 | Reason and Nature |
| Bainbridge Colby | Government | 22-Dec-1869 | 11-Apr-1950 | US Secretary of State, 1920-21 |
| William Colby | Spy | 4-Jan-1920 | 27-Apr-1996 | CIA Director, 1973-75 |
| Bud Colligan | Business | 14-Aug-1954 | | CEO of Macromedia,
1992-97 |
| Susan Collins | Politician | 7-Dec-1952 | | US Senator from Maine |
| Peter Coneway | Business | c.
1944 | | US Ambassador to
Switzerland |
| Denton Cooley | Doctor | 22-Aug-1920 | | Pioneering heart surgeon |
| Calvin Coolidge | Head of State | 4-Jul-1872 | 5-Jan-1933 | 30th US President,
1923-29 |
| Jim Cooper | Politician | 19-Jun-1954 | | Congressman, Tennessee 5th |
| Leon N. Cooper | Physicist | 28-Feb-1930 | | BCS Theory of
Superconductivity |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Film Director | 7-Apr-1939 | | The Godfather |
| Richard Cordray | Government | 3-May-1959 | | Acting Director,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| David Corn | Columnist | Feb-1959 | | Washington editor of The Nation |
| Erastus Corning II | Politician | 7-Oct-1909 | 28-May-1983 | Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83 |
| Robert A. Corrigan | Educator | 21-Apr-1935 | | President, San Francisco State University |
| Jon Corzine | Politician | 1-Jan-1947 | | Governor of New Jersey,
2006-10 |
| Frederick G. Cottrell | Inventor | 10-Jan-1877 | 16-Nov-1948 | Smokestack filters to
fight pollution |
| James G. Coulter | Business | c. 1959 | | Billionaire, Texas
Pacific Group |
| Gregory B. Craig | Attorney | 4-Mar-1945 | | White House Counsel, 2009 |
| Arthur G. Crane | Educator | 1-Sep-1877 | 11-Aug-1955 | President, University of
Wyoming, 1922-41 |
| Michael Crichton | Novelist | 23-Oct-1942 | 4-Nov-2008 | Jurassic Park |
| Chester A. Crocker | Government | 29-Oct-1941 | | Asst. Secy. State,
African Affairs, 1981-89 |
| L. Gordon Crovitz | Publisher | c. 1959 | | Publisher, Wall Street
Journal, 2006-07 |
| Countee Cullen | Poet | 30-May-1903 | 9-Jan-1946 | Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Elijah Cummings | Politician | 18-Jan-1951 | | Congressman, Maryland 7th |
| Robert F. Curl, Jr. | Chemist | 23-Aug-1933 | | Co-Discovered fullerines |
| Dinesh D'Souza | Author | 25-Apr-1961 | | Conservative author |
| Drew Daniel | Electronic Musician | 1971 | | Half of Matmos |
| Joseph E. Davies | Diplomat | 29-Nov-1876 | 9-May-1958 | US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38 |
| Clive Davis | Business | 4-Apr-1932 | | Founder of Arista Records |
| John W. Davis | Attorney | 13-Apr-1873 | 24-Mar-1955 | US Solicitor General,
1913-18 |
| Nathaniel Davis | Diplomat | 12-Apr-1925 | 16-May-2011 | US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73 |
| Westmoreland Davis | Politician | 21-Aug-1859 | 7-Sep-1942 | Governor of Virginia,
1918-22 |
| Charles G. Dawes | Politician | 27-Aug-1865 | 23-Apr-1951 | US Vice President,
1925-29 |
| Diana DeGette | Politician | 29-Jul-1957 | | Congresswoman, Colorado 1st |
| Robert E. Denham | Attorney | 27-Aug-1945 | | Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson |
| Susan S. Denison | Business | c. 1946 | | Partner, Cook Associates |
| Nancy-Ann DeParle | Business | 17-Dec-1956 | | Health care administrator |
| Butler Derrick | Politician | 30-Sep-1936 | | Congressman from South
Carolina, 1975-95 |
| Nelson Dingley, Jr. | Politician | 15-Feb-1832 | 13-Jan-1899 | Congressman from Maine, 1881-99 |
| E. J. Dionne | Journalist | 23-Apr-1952 | | The Washington Post |
| Harold W. Dodds | Educator | 28-Jun-1889 | 25-Oct-1980 | President, Princeton
University, 1932-57 |
| Elizabeth Dole | Politician | 29-Jul-1936 | | US Senator from North Carolina, 2003-09 |
| John Donahoe | Business | c. 1960 | | CEO of eBay |
| Thomas E. Donilon | Government | c. 1955 | | US National Security
Advisor |
| Forrest C. Donnell | Politician | 20-Aug-1884 | 3-Mar-1980 | Governor and Senator
from Missouri |
| Chuck Douglas | Politician | 2-Dec-1942 | | Congressman from New Hampshire, 1989-91 |
| Rita Dove | Poet | 28-Aug-1952 | | 7th US Poet Laureate, 1993-95 |
| Hugh Downs | Journalist | 14-Feb-1921 | | 20/20 |
| Elizabeth Drew | Journalist | 16-Nov-1935 | | The New Yorker |
| Patrick H. Drewry | Politician | 24-May-1875 | 21-Dec-1947 | Congressman from
Virginia, 1920-47 |
| Lee S. Dreyfus | Politician | 20-Jun-1926 | 2-Jan-2008 | Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83 |
| James J. Duderstadt | Educator | 5-Dec-1942 | | President, University of Michigan, 1988-96 |
| John Porter East | Politician | 5-May-1931 | 29-Jun-1986 | US Senator, committed suicide |
| Frank H. Easterbrook | Judge | 3-Sep-1948 | | 7th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Donald Easum | Diplomat | 27-Aug-1923 | | US Ambassador to
Nigeria, 1975-77 |
| Gerald M. Edelman | Scientist | 1-Jul-1929 | | Chemical structure of
antibodies |
| Allison H. Eid | Judge | 1965 | | Justice, Colorado
Supreme Court |
| Stuart Eizenstat | Diplomat | 15-Jan-1943 | | US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96 |
| Michael B. Elefante | Attorney | 15-Feb-1944 | | Partner, Hemenway
& Barnes |
| Douglas W. Elmendorf | Government | c. 1961 | | Director, Congressional Budget Office |
| Mark Emmert | Educator | 16-Dec-1952 | | President, University of Washington |
| Thomas O. Enders | Diplomat | 28-Nov-1932 | 17-Mar-1996 | US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Doug Engelbart | Computer Programmer | 30-Jan-1925 | | Pioneer of human-computer interaction |
| Robert F. Engle III | Economist | 10-Nov-1942 | | Autoregressive
conditional heteroskedasticity |
| Klaus Eppler | Attorney | 8-May-1930 | | Retired Partner,
Proskauer Rose |
| Jeffery E. Epstein | Business | c. 1958 | | CFO of Oracle, 2008-11 |
| Richard A. Epstein | Scholar | 17-Apr-1943 | | Takings |
| James D. Ericson | Business | c. 1936 | | CEO of Northwestern
Mutual, 1993-2001 |
| Susan Estrich | Pundit | 16-Dec-1952 | | Fox News liberal |
| Charles L. Evans | Economist | 15-Jan-1958 | | President and CEO,
Chicago Fed |
| M. Stanton Evans | Activist | 20-Jul-1934 | | Conservative activist |
| Thomas E. Everhart | Physicist | 15-Feb-1932 | | President of CalTech,
1987-97 |
| Richard D. Fairbank | Business | c. 1950 | | CEO of Capital One |
| Todd S. Farha | Business | 1968 | | President and CEO of
WellCare Health Plans |
| John D. Feerick | Attorney | 12-Jul-1936 | | Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002 |
| Glenn W. Ferguson | Educator | 28-Jan-1929 | 20-Dec-2007 | University president,
Ambassador to Kenya |
| Howard Fineman | Journalist | c. 1948 | | Huffington Post
political analyst |
| Franklin M. Fisher | Economist | 13-Dec-1934 | | Economist at MIT |
| Patrick J. Fitzgerald | Government | 22-Dec-1960 | | Special Counsel for
Plame case |
| Chuck Fleischmann | Politician | 11-Oct-1962 | | Congressman, Tennessee 3rd |
| Gregory J. Fleming |
Business | c.
1964 | | Co-President of Merrill Lynch |
| Betty B. Fletcher | Judge | 29-Mar-1923 | | 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1979-98 |
| David I. Foley | Business | c. 1967 | | Blackstone Group |
| Hiram Fong | Politician | 15-Oct-1906 | 18-Aug-2004 | US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77 |
| William C. Foote | Business | c. 1951 | | CEO of USG |
| Kristin J. Forbes | Economist | 21-Aug-1970 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 2003-05 |
| Randy Forbes | Politician | 17-Feb-1952 | | Congressman, Virginia 4th |
| Randall M. Fort | Government | 4-Jul-1956 | | Asst. Secy. State for
Intelligence |
| Abe Fortas | Judge | 19-Jun-1910 | 5-Apr-1982 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1965-69 |
| Dan Fortmann | Football | 11-Apr-1916 | 23-May-1995 | NFL Hall of Fame Guard |
| Bill Foster | Politician | 7-Oct-1955 | | Congressman from
Illinois, 2008-11 |
| Donald Fowler | Government | 12-Sep-1935 | | DNC chairman, 1995-97 |
| Marye Anne Fox | Educator | 9-Dec-1947 | | Chancellor, UC San Diego |
| Peter T. Francis | Business | c. 1953 | | J. M. Huber Corporation |
| Jeffrey A. Frankel | Economist | 5-Nov-1952 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1997-99 |
| Felix Frankfurter | Judge | 15-Nov-1882 | 22-Feb-1965 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1939-62 |
| John Hope Franklin | Historian | 2-Jan-1915 | 25-Mar-2009 | From Slavery to Freedom |
| Louis Freeh | Government | 6-Jan-1950 | | FBI Director, 1993-2001 |
| Betty Friedan | Activist | 4-Feb-1921 | 4-Feb-2006 | Rights for women
spokesperson |
| Ellen V. Futter | Educator | 21-Sep-1949 | | President of Barnard
College, 1980-93 |
| Frank Gannett | Business | 15-Sep-1876 | 3-Dec-1957 | Founder, Gannett
publishing empire |
| Merrick B. Garland | Judge | 13-Nov-1952 | | US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Thomas S. Gates | Government | 10-Apr-1906 | 25-Mar-1983 | US Secretary of Defense, 1959-61 |
| Claire L. Gaudiani | Educator | 1944 | | President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001 |
| Murray Gell-Mann | Physicist | 15-Sep-1929 | | Quarks and strangeness |
| Walter F. George | Politician | 29-Jan-1878 | 4-Aug-1957 | US Senator from Georgia,
1922-57 |
| Jack Germond | Columnist | 30-Jan-1928 | | Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
| Michael Gershon | Scientist | c. 1936 | | Gut neurobiology |
| Julia S. Gibbons | Judge | 23-Dec-1950 | | 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Judge | 15-Mar-1933 | | US Supreme Court Justice |
| Nikki Giovanni | Poet | 7-Jun-1943 | | Black Feeling, Black Talk |
| Todd Gitlin | Educator | 6-Jan-1943 | | Journalism professor,
social critic |
| Sheldon Glashow | Physicist | 5-Dec-1932 | | Electroweak Theory |
| Mike Godwin | Attorney | 26-Oct-1956 | | Former General Counsel, Wikimedia |
| Pamela H. Godwin | Business | c.
1949 | | Former executive, GMAC Insurance |
| Donald J. Gogel | Business | c. 1949 | | CEO of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice |
| Robert F. Goheen | Educator | 15-Aug-1919 | 31-Mar-2008 | President of Princeton University, 1957-72 |
| Harvey J. Goldschmid | Government | 6-May-1940 | | SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 |
| Joseph L. Goldstein | Scientist | 18-Apr-1940 | | Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism |
| Linda A. Goldstein | Business | 25-Jun-1954 | | Electronic Retailing
Association |
| Mary L. Good | Educator | 20-Jun-1931 | | Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas |
| Virgil Goode | Politician | 17-Oct-1946 | | Congressman from
Virginia, 1997-2009 |
| Nelson Goodman | Philosopher | 7-Aug-1906 | 25-Nov-1998 | Fact, Fiction, and
Forecast |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin | Historian | 4-Jan-1943 | | Team of Rivals |
| Slade Gorton | Politician | 8-Jan-1928 | | US Senator from
Washington, 1981-2001 |
| Bob Graham | Politician | 9-Nov-1936 | | US Senator from Florida, 1987-2005 |
| Jennifer Granholm | Politician | 5-Feb-1959 | | Governor of Michigan, 2003-11 |
| Ella T. Grasso | Politician | 10-May-1919 | 5-Feb-1981 | First woman elected
governor of Connecticut |
| Theodore F. Green | Politician | 2-Oct-1867 | 19-May-1966 | Governor and Senator
from Rhode Island |
| Vartan Gregorian | Educator | 8-Apr-1934 | | President of Carnegie
Corporation |
| David Groh | Actor | 21-May-1939 | 12-Feb-2008 | Joe Gerard on Rhoda |
| Sanford J. Grossman | Business | 21-Jul-1953 | | CEO of Quantitative
Financial Strategies |
| Ernest Gruening | Politician | 6-Feb-1887 | 26-Jun-1974 | US Senator from Alaska,
1959-69 |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | Novelist | 21-Oct-1929 | | The Left Hand of Darkness |
| John Gunther | Journalist | 30-Aug-1901 | 29-May-1970 | Inside Europe |
| Lloyd V. Hackley | Educator | c. 1940 | | Chancellor of
Fayetteville State University |
| Pat Haden | Football | 23-Jan-1953 | | LA Rams Quarterback, nvestor |
| Stephen Hadley | Government | 13-Feb-1947 | | National Security
Advisor, 2005-09 |
| Joseph A. Hafner, Jr. | Business | c.
1945 | | CEO of Riviana Foods, 1984-2005 |
| David Hall | Politician | 20-Oct-1930 | | Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75 |
| Jane Hall | Journalist | ? | | Fox News Watch
commentator |
| Peter W. Hall | Judge | 9-Nov-1948 | | 2nd Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| John S. Hamlin | Business | c. 1965 | | Former Dell VP |
| Learned Hand | Judge | 27-Jan-1872 | 18-Aug-1961 | Influential American
justice |
| Raymond A. Hare | Diplomat | 3-Apr-1901 | 9-Feb-1994 | US Mideast Ambassador |
| Diane C. Harris | Business | c. 1942 | | Hypotenuse Enterprises, Inc. |
| Melissa Harris-Perry | Author | c. 1972 | | Barbershops, Bibles, and BET |
| Ann Weaver Hart | Educator | 1948 | | President, Temple
University |
| Harris L. Hartz | Judge | 20-Jan-1947 | | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Herbert A. Hauptman | Mathematician | 14-Feb-1917 | 23-Oct-2011 | X-ray diffraction studies |
| Jerry A. Hausman | Economist | 5-May-1946 | | Hausman Specification Test |
| Janet Gray Hayes | Politician | 12-Jul-1926 | | Mayor of San Jose,
1975-83 |
| Rutherford B. Hayes |
Head of State | 4-Oct-1822 | 17-Jan-1893 | 19th US President,
1877-81 |
| William J. Haynes II | Government | 30-Mar-1958 | | DOD General Counsel,
2001-08 |
| Alexander Heard | Educator | 14-Mar-1917 | 24-Jul-2009 | Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82 |
| James J. Heckman | Economist | 19-Apr-1944 | | Statistical analysis of
individual and household behavior |
| Ray L. Heffner | Educator | 7-May-1925 | | President of Brown
University, 1966-69 |
| Christie Hefner |
Business | 8-Nov-1952 | | CEO of Playboy, 1988-2009 |
| Walter W. Heller | Economist | 27-Aug-1915 | 15-Jun-1987 | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1961-64 |
| Richard Helms | Government | 30-Mar-1913 | 22-Oct-2002 | CIA Director, 1966-73 |
| John E. Herbst | Diplomat | 12-Aug-1952 | | US Ambassador to
Ukraine, 2003-06 |
| Christian Herter, Jr. | Government | 29-Jan-1919 | 16-Sep-2007 | First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition |
| Andrew Heyward | Journalist | 1950 | | President of CBS News, 1996-2005 |
| Lister Hill |
Politician | 29-Dec-1894 | 21-Dec-1984 | US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69 |
| Starr Roxanne Hiltz |
Sociologist | c.
1943 | | Mother of on-line
education |
| John Hinderaker | Blogger | Sep-1950 | | Power Line blog |
| Mazie Hirono | Politician | 3-Nov-1947 | | Congresswoman, Hawaii 2nd |
| Alger Hiss | Government | 11-Nov-1904 | 15-Nov-1996 | Accused spy for the
Soviet Union |
| George H. Hitchings | Scientist | 18-Apr-1905 | 27-Feb-1998 | Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis |
| Frederick P. Hitz | Government | 14-Oct-1939 | | CIA Inspector General, 1990-98 |
| Jim Hoagland | Journalist | 22-Jan-1940 | | The Washington Post |
| Richard H. Hochman | Business | c. 1946 | | Regent Capital Management |
| David C. Hodge | Educator | 27-Sep-1948 | | President, Miami
University of Ohio |
| Robert Hofstadter | Physicist | 5-Feb-1915 | 17-Nov-1990 | Size, shape, and
structure of neutrons and protons |
| Spessard Holland | Politician | 10-Jul-1892 | 6-Nov-1971 | Governor and Senator
from Florida |
| William J. Holloway, Jr. | Judge | 23-Jun-1923 | | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1968-92 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | Author | 29-Aug-1809 | 7-Oct-1894 | The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table |
| Grace Murray Hopper | Computer Programmer | 9-Dec-1906 | 1-Jan-1992 | Computer programming pioneer |
| Avery Hopwood | Playwright | 28-May-1882 | 1-Jul-1928 | The Bat |
| Tony Horwitz | Journalist | 1959 | | Confederates in the Attic |
| John Howard | Actor | 14-Apr-1913 | 19-Feb-1995 | Bulldog Drummond |
| Thomas C. Hubbard | Diplomat | 1943 | | US Ambassador to South Korea, 2001-04 |
| Franklin P. Huddle | Diplomat | 9-May-1943 | | US Ambassador to
Tajikistan, 2001-03 |
| Mark W. Huddleston | Educator | c. 1950 | | President, University of New Hampshire |
| William H. Hudnut III | Politician | 17-Oct-1932 | | Mayor of Indianapolis,
1976-91 |
| Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. | Government | 30-Nov-1889 | 21-Jan-1950 | US Solicitor General,
1929-30 |
| Robert E. Hunter | Diplomat | c.
1940 | | US Ambassador to NATO, 1993-98 |
| Andrew D. Hurwitz | Judge | c. 1946 | | Justice, Arizona Supreme Court |
| Bob Inglis | Politician | 11-Oct-1959 | | Congressman from South Carolina, 1993-98, 2005-11 |
| Reed Irvine | Activist | 29-Sep-1922 | 16-Nov-2004 | Founder, Accuracy in
Media |
| Douglas A. Irwin | Economist | c. 1962 | | Free Trade Under Fire |
| Irving M. Ives | Politician | 24-Jan-1896 | 24-Feb-1962 | US Senator from New York, 1947-59 |
| Gary N. Jacobs | Business | 12-Jul-1945 | | General Counsel for MGM Mirage |
| Jack B. Jacobs | Judge | c. 1942 | | Justice, Delaware
Supreme Court |
| Paul E. Jacobs | Business | c. 1963 | | CEO of Qualcomm |
| Karl Jansky | Astronomer | 22-Oct-1905 | 14-Feb-1950 | Radio waves from outer
space |
| Richard Jenrette | Business | 5-Apr-1929 | | Donaldson, Lufkin
& Jenrette |
| Dawn E. Johnsen | Attorney | 14-Aug-1961 | | Indiana University law professor |
| Darryl N. Johnson | Diplomat | ? | | US Ambassador to
Thailand, 2002-04 |
| Tim Johnson | Politician | 28-Dec-1946 | | US Senator from South Dakota |
| Tim Johnson | Politician | 23-Jul-1946 | | Congressman, Illinois
15th |
| Jim Jontz | Politician | 18-Dec-1951 | 14-Apr-2007 | Congressman from
Indiana, 1987-93 |
| Paul L. Joskow | Economist | c. 1946 | | Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation |
| Percy Julian | Chemist | 11-Apr-1899 | 19-Apr-1975 | Physostigmine and
cortisone |
| Ernest Just | Biologist | 14-Aug-1883 | 27-Oct-1941 | Cell surfaces and egg
fertilization |
| Matthew H. Kamens | Attorney | 6-Dec-1951 | | Of Counsel, Wolf Block |
| Arnold Kanter | Government | 27-Feb-1945 | 10-Apr-2010 | Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93 |
| Stanley H. Kaplan | Business | 24-May-1919 | 23-Aug-2009 | Developed SAT study aids |
| Robert A. Katzmann | Judge | 22-Apr-1953 | | 2nd Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Cresson H. Kearny | Inventor | 7-Jan-1914 | 18-Dec-2003 | Patriot, inventor,
survivalist idol |
| Kenneth B. Keating | Politician | 18-May-1900 | 5-May-1975 | US Senator from New
York, 1959-65 |
| Barnaby C. Keeney | Educator | 17-Oct-1914 | 18-Jun-1980 | President of Brown
University, 1955-66 |
| Thomas F. Keller | Educator | 22-Sep-1931 | | Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 |
| Joyce L. Kennard | Judge | 6-May-1941 | | Justice, California
Supreme Court |
| William E. Kennard | Government | 19-Jan-1957 | | FCC Chairman, 1997-2001 |
| Anthony Kennedy | Judge | 23-Jul-1936 | | US Supreme Court Justice |
| James Kent | Judge | 31-Jul-1763 | 12-Dec-1847 | Commentaries on American Law |
| Nan Keohane | Scholar | 18-Sep-1940 | | Political scientist |
| William T. Kerr | Business | 17-Apr-1941 | | CEO of Meredith
Corporation, 1997-2006 |
| James W. Keyes | Business | 1955 | | CEO of Blockbuster |
| Robert C. Khayat | Educator | 18-Apr-1938 | | Chancellor, University of Mississippi |
| Jason Kilar | Business | c. 1971 | | CEO of Hulu |
| Bernard Kilgore | Publisher | 9-Nov-1908 | 14-Nov-1967 | President of Dow Jones, 1945-66 |
| Christoph M. Kimmich | Educator | 16-Jan-1939 | | President, Brooklyn
College |
| Carolyn D. King | Judge | 30-Jan-1938 | | 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Nile Kinnick | Football | 9-Jul-1918 | 2-Jun-1943 | Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy |
| Alfred Kinsey | Scientist | 23-Jun-1894 | 25-Aug-1956 | Researched human sexual behavior |
| Henry Kissinger | Government | 27-May-1923 | | US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Andrew J. Kleinfeld | Judge | 12-Jun-1945 | | 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Scott M. Kleinman | Business | c. 1975 | | Apollo Management |
| Michael Klosson | Diplomat | 22-Aug-1949 | | US Ambassador to Cyprus, 2002-05 |
| Lyman Knapp | Politician | 5-Nov-1837 | 9-Oct-1904 | Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1889-93 |
| Foy D. Kohler | Diplomat | 15-Feb-1908 | 23-Dec-1990 | US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66 |
| Arthur Kopit | Playwright | 10-May-1937 | | Mama's Hung You in the Closet |
| Kay Koplovitz | Business | c. 1945 | | Co-Founder, USA Network |
| John A. Koskinen | Business | 30-Jun-1939 | | President, US Soccer
Foundation |
| Suzanne Kosmas | Politician | 25-Feb-1944 | | Congresswoman from Florida, 2009-11 |
| Richard Kostelanetz | Artist | 14-May-1940 | | Prodigious avant-garde artist and author |
| Stephen Krasner | Educator | 15-Feb-1942 | | State Dept Policy
Planning Dir., 2005-07 |
| Juanita M. Kreps | Government | 11-Jan-1921 | 5-Jul-2010 | US Secretary of
Commerce, 1977-79 |
| Robert H. Krieble | Philanthropist | 1916 | 8-May-1997 | Loctite Corporation |
| Marvin Krislov | Educator | c.
1960 | | President, Oberlin
College |
| Nicholas D. Kristof | Journalist | 27-Apr-1959 | | New York Times Op-Ed columnist |
| Kris Kristofferson | Actor | 22-Jun-1936 | | Me and Bobby McGee |
| Lynn Krominga | Business | 15-May-1950 | | Former executive, Revlon |
| Susan D. Kronick | Business | c.
1951 | | Macy's executive |
| Barbara J. Krumsiek | Business | c.
1952 | | CEO of Calvert Group, Ltd. |
| Stanley Kunitz | Poet | 29-Jul-1905 | 14-May-2006 | US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
| Philip Lader | Government | 1946 | | US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001 |
| Charles R. LaMantia | Business | c. 1940 | | CEO of Arthur D. Little, 1988-99 |
| Corliss Lamont | Activist | 28-Mar-1902 | 26-Apr-1995 | Millionaire socialist |
| Eddie Lampert | Business | 19-Jul-1962 | | Billionaire, Chairman of Sears |
| Leonard Lance | Politician | 25-Jun-1952 | | Congressman, New Jersey 7th |
| Edward J. Landau | Attorney | c. 1929 | | Lowenthal, Landau,
Fischer & Bring |
| Fritz G. Lanham | Politician | 3-Jan-1880 | 31-Jul-1965 | Congressman from Texas, 1919-47 |
| Tom Lantos | Politician | 1-Feb-1928 | 11-Feb-2008 | Congressman from
California, 1981-2008 |
| Charles W. Larson, Jr. | Politician | 1-Apr-1968 | | US Ambassador to Latvia |
| Richmond Lattimore | Poet | 6-May-1906 | 26-Feb-1984 | Translator of Iliad and Odyssey |
| Steven J. Law | Government | c. 1961 | | American Crossroads |
| Ken Lay | Business | 15-Apr-1942 | 5-Jul-2006 | CEO of Enron, 1986-2002 |
| Carol A. Leary | Educator | c. 1947 | | President of Bay Path
College |
| David Leavitt | Novelist | 23-Jun-1961 | | The Lost Language of Cranes |
| Lester A. Lefton | Educator | c. 1947 | | President, Kent State
University |
| Tom Lehrer | Comic | 9-Apr-1928 | | Comedic songwriter |
| Fritz Leiber | Author | 24-Dec-1910 | 5-Sep-1992 | Ship of Shadows |
| Kenneth R. Leibler | Business | c. 1949 | | Liberty Financial
Companies |
| George LeMieux | Politician | 21-May-1969 | | US Senator from Florida, 2009-11 |
| Leslie Lenkowsky | Government | 30-Mar-1946 | | Philanthropic Studies |
| Carl Leubsdorf | Journalist | 17-Mar-1938 | | Dallas Morning News |
| Flynt Leverett | Government | 6-Mar-1958 | | Former National Security Council staffer |
| Edward H. Levi | Government | 26-Jun-1911 | 7-Mar-2000 | US Attorney General,
1975-77 |
| Daniel B. Levin | Government | 4-Mar-1956 | | Justice Department
attorney |
| Jerry Levin | Business | 6-May-1939 | | CEO of Time Warner, 2000-02 |
| Mark Levin | Activist | 21-Sep-1957 | | Landmark Legal Foundation |
| Arthur Levitt | Business | 3-Feb-1931 | | SEC Chairman, 1993-2001 |
| Marv Levy | Football | 3-Aug-1925 | | NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach |
| John P. Lewis | Economist | 18-Mar-1921 | 19-May-2010 | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1963-64 |
| Frank Licht | Politician | 13-Mar-1916 | 30-May-1987 | Governor of Rhode
Island, 1969-73 |
| Joseph Lieberman | Politician | 24-Feb-1942 | | US Senator from
Connecticut |
| Rose M. Likins | Diplomat | 1959 | | US Ambassador to Peru |
| William S. Lind | Activist | 9-Jul-1947 | | Free Congress Foundation |
| Larry Lindsey | Economist | 18-Jul-1954 | | Masterminded GWB's tax cut |
| Sol Linowitz | Business | 17-Dec-1913 | 18-Mar-2005 | Negotiated return of the Panama Canal |
| Ralph Linton | Anthropologist | 27-Feb-1893 | 25-Dec-1953 | The Study of Man |
| Joanne Lipman | Editor | 18-Jun-1961 | | Editor of
Condé Nast Portfolio, 2007-09 |
| Ken Lipper | Business | 19-Jun-1941 | | Investment banker author of Wall Street |
| Walter Lippmann | Journalist | 23-Sep-1889 | 14-Dec-1974 | Today and Tomorrow |
| Marc S. Lipschultz | Business | c.
1971 | | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| William Lipscomb | Chemist | 9-Dec-1919 | 14-Apr-2011 | Chemical bonding |
| Debra A. Livingston | Judge | 15-Apr-1959 | | 2nd Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Philip R. Lochner, Jr. | Business | c. 1942 | | Senior VP at Time
Warner, 1991-98 |
| Alain Locke | Author | 13-Sep-1886 | 9-Jun-1954 | Leader in the Harlem
Renaissance |
| James K. Logan | Judge | 21-Aug-1929 | | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1977-94 |
| James B. Loken | Judge | 21-May-1940 | | 8th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Stacy London | TV Personality | 25-May-1969 | | What Not to Wear |
| Clarence D. Long | Politician | 11-Dec-1908 | 18-Sep-1994 | Congressman from
Maryland, 1963-85 |
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow | Poet | 27-Feb-1807 | 24-Mar-1882 | Evangeline |
| Steven R. Loranger | Business | c. 1952 | | CEO of ITT |
| Jim Louderback | Columnist | c. 1961 | | Former PC Magazine
editor-in-chief |
| Ben F. Love | Business | 1924 | 13-Jan-2006 | CEO of Texas Commerce Bank |
| Gary W. Loveman | Business | c. 1960 | | CEO of Harrah's
Entertainment |
| A. Lawrence Lowell | Educator | 1-Jan-1856 | 6-Jan-1943 | President, Harvard
University, 1909-33 |
| Jerry Lucas | Basketball | 30-Mar-1940 | | NBA Hall of Famer |
| Robert Lucas | Economist | 15-Sep-1937 | | Theory of rational
expectations |
| Allen Ludden | Game Show Host | 5-Oct-1917 | 9-Jun-1981 | Host of Password |
| Dick Lugar | Politician | 4-Apr-1932 | | US Senator from Indiana |
| Robert Luskin | Attorney | 21-Jan-1950 | | Karl Rove's lawyer |
| Katharine C. Lyall | Business | 26-Apr-1941 | | President of the UW
System, 1992-2004 |
| Richard W. Lyman | Educator | 18-Oct-1923 | 27-May-2012 | President of Stanford
University, 1971-80 |
| John Carroll Lynch | Actor | 1-Aug-1963 | | The Drew Carey Show |
| Paul W. MacAvoy | Economist | 21-Apr-1934 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1975-76 |
| John Mack | Psychiatrist | 4-Oct-1929 | 27-Sep-2004 | A Prince of Our Disorder |
| Archibald Macleish | Poet | 7-May-1892 | 20-Apr-1982 | Conquistador |
| Burton Malkiel | Economist | 28-Aug-1932 | | A Random Walk Down Wall
Street |
| Richard W. Mallary | Politician | 21-Feb-1929 | 27-Sep-2011 | Congressman from
Vermont, 1972-75 |
| John C. Malone | Business | 7-Mar-1941 | | Cable TV billionaire,
Liberty Media |
| Albert Maltz | Playwright | 28-Oct-1908 | 26-Apr-1985 | One of the Hollywood Ten |
| Daniel Marcus | Attorney | 5-Jan-1941 | | Wilmer Cutler &
Pickering |
| John Marshall | Judge | 24-Sep-1755 | 6-Jul-1835 | US Chief Justice, 1801-35 |
| Paule Marshall | Novelist | 9-Apr-1929 | | Brown Girl, Brownstones |
| Edwin M. Martin | Government | 21-May-1908 | 12-Jan-2002 | US Ambassador to
Argentina, 1964-68 |
| Lynn Martin | Politician | 26-Dec-1939 | | US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93 |
| F. David Mathews | Government | 6-Dec-1935 | | HEW Secretary under Ford |
| Steve A. Matthews | Attorney | c.1956 | | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd |
| Mark McClellan | Government | 26-Jun-1963 | | Medicare Chief |
| James L. McConaughy | Politician | 21-Oct-1887 | 7-Mar-1948 | Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48 |
| Steve McConnell | Computer Programmer | c. 1963 | | Author of Code Complete |
| Richard L. McCormick | Educator | 26-Dec-1947 | | President, Rutgers
University |
| Wade H. McCree | Judge | 3-Jul-1920 | 30-Aug-1987 | US Solicitor General,
1977-81 |
| Cynthia McFadden | Journalist | 27-May-1956 | | Primetime Live |
| Michael McFaul | Diplomat | 1963 | | US Ambassador to Russia |
| Edward McGaffigan | Government | 8-Dec-1948 | 2-Sep-2007 | NRC Commissioner,
1996-2007 |
| George C. McGhee | Diplomat | 1912 | 4-Jul-2005 | US Ambassador to
Germany, 1963-68 |
| Ruth V. McGregor | Judge | 1943 | | Arizona Chief Justice |
| Mike McIntyre | Politician | 6-Aug-1956 | | Congressman, North
Carolina 7th |
| Matthew M. McKenna | Business | c.
1950 | | Senior VP at Pepsi |
| Victor A. McKusick | Scientist | 21-Oct-1921 | 22-Jul-2008 | Father of medical
genetics |
| John J. McMackin, Jr. | Business | 10-Jan-1952 | | Partner, Williams
& Jensen |
| Doyle McManus | Journalist | c. 1952 | | LA Times Washington bureau chief |
| Colin R. McMillan | Politician | 27-Jul-1935 | 24-Jul-2003 | US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92 |
| Terrence McNally | Playwright | 3-Nov-1939 | | Frankie and Johnny |
| Robert McNamara | Government | 9-Jun-1916 | 6-Jul-2009 | US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Robert H. McWilliams | Judge | 27-Apr-1916 | | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1970-84 |
| Jon Meacham | Journalist | 20-May-1969 | | Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010 |
| Ved Mehta | Author | 21-Mar-1934 | | Face to Face |
| John Mendelsohn | Biologist | 31-Aug-1936 | | Cancer researcher |
| James Merrill | Poet | 3-Mar-1926 | 6-Feb-1995 | Nights and Days |
| Charles Merz | Journalist | 23-Feb-1893 | 31-Aug-1977 | Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61 |
| Richard A. Meserve | Attorney | 20-Nov-1944 | | President of the
Carnegie Institution |
| Eugene H. Methvin | Journalist | 19-Sep-1934 | | Readers Digest |
| M. Blane Michael | Judge | 17-Feb-1943 | 25-Mar-2011 | 4th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Diane Middlebrook | Author | 16-Apr-1939 | 15-Dec-2007 | Biographer of Anne Sexton |
| Stanley Milgram | Psychologist | 15-Aug-1933 | 20-Dec-1984 | Milgram Experiment |
| Michael Milken | Business | 4-Jul-1946 | | Convicted financial
executive |
| Charles E. F. Millard | Government | c. 1957 | | Director, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation 2007-09 |
| Franklin C. Miller | Government | Oct-1950 | | National Security
Council, 2001-05 |
| J. Irwin Miller | Business | 26-May-1909 | 16-Aug-2004 | Former CEO of Cummins Engine |
| Stanley Miller | Chemist | 7-Mar-1930 | 20-May-2007 | Miller-Urey Experiment |
| Kate Millett | Activist | 14-Sep-1934 | | Sexual Politics |
| James B. Milliken | Educator | c. 1957 | | President, University of Nebraska |
| Eric Mindich | Business | 1967 | | Eton Park Capital
Management |
| David Minge | Politician | 19-Mar-1942 | | Congressman from
Minnesota, 1993-2001 |
| Chad Mirkin | Chemist | 23-Nov-1963 | | International Institute
for Nanotechnology |
| William E. Mitchell | Business | 13-Mar-1944 | | CEO of Arrow Electronics |
| Eben Moglen | Attorney | c. 1959 | | Shareware law |
| James C. Momtazee | Business | c. 1972 | | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Charlotte E. Moore | Astronomer | 24-Sep-1898 | 3-Mar-1990 | Technetium in the Sun |
| Karen Nelson Moore | Judge | 19-Nov-1948 | | 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Pattye L. Moore | Business | c. 1957 | | President of Sonic
Drive-In, 2002-04 |
| Sandra O. Moose | Business | c. 1941 | | Ex-VP, Boston Consulting Group |
| Natalie Morales | Journalist | 6-Jun-1972 | | Today |
| George Morfogen | Actor | 30-Mar-1933 | | Rebadow on Oz |
| Robert Moses | Government | 18-Dec-1888 | 29-Jul-1981 | New York City planner |
| John R. Mott | Activist | 25-May-1865 | 31-Jan-1955 | Peace activist, Nobel
Prize recipient |
| Ferid Murad | Scientist | 14-Sep-1936 | | Nitric oxide as a
cardiovascular signal |
| Glenn Murdock | Judge | 25-Jun-1956 | | Justice, Alabama Supreme
Court |
| Diana E. Murphy | Judge | 4-Jan-1934 | | 8th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Dick Murphy | Politician | 16-Dec-1942 | | Mayor of San Diego,
2000-05 |
| Edward R. Murrow | Journalist | 25-Apr-1908 | 27-Apr-1965 | The epitome of broadcast journalism |
| Ed Muskie | Politician | 28-Mar-1914 | 26-Mar-1996 | US Senator from Maine, 1959-80 |
| Ralph Nader | Activist | 27-Feb-1934 | | Unsafe at Any Speed |
| Victor Navasky | Publisher | 5-Jul-1932 | | Publisher of The Nation |
| Annette L. Nazareth | Government | c.
1956 | | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Matthew M. Neely | Politician | 9-Nov-1874 | 18-Jan-1958 | Governor and Senator
from West Virginia |
| Joseph P. Newhouse | Economist | 24-Feb-1942 | | Rand economist, Harvard professor |
| James R. Nichols | Attorney | c. 1938 | | Partner, Nichols
& Pratt |
| Jan Nicholson | Business | c. 1945 | | Former Citicorp/MBIA executive |
| John T. Noonan, Jr. | Judge | 24-Oct-1926 | | 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1985-96 |
| Gale A. Norton | Government | 11-Mar-1954 | | US Secretary of the
Interior |
| Deborah Norville | Journalist | 8-Aug-1958 | | Inside Edition |
| Kenneth J. Novack | Business | 1941 | | Former Partner, Mintz Levin |
| Robert Noyce | Inventor | 12-Dec-1927 | 3-Jun-1990 | Co-Inventor, integrated circuit |
| Bernard W. Nussbaum | Attorney | 23-Mar-1937 | | White House Counsel for Bill Clinton |
| Joseph S. Nye | Government | 19-Jan-1937 | | Chairman, National
Intelligence Council, 1993-94 |
| Jane Margaret O'Brien | Educator | c.
1953 | | President, St. Mary's
College of Maryland |
| C. William O'Neill | Politician | 14-Feb-1916 | 20-Aug-1978 | Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
| Phyllis E. Oakley | Government | 1934 | | Assistant Secy. of State for Intelligence, 1997-99 |
| Ellen Ochoa | Astronaut | 10-May-1958 | | First hispanic female
astronaut |
| Philip A. Odeen | Business | c.
1935 | | CEO of BDM
International, 1992-97 |
| David W. Ogden | Attorney | 12-Nov-1953 | | Deputy US Attorney
General |
| Charles Ogletree | Attorney | 31-Dec-1952 | | Law professor |
| Herbert S. Okun | Diplomat | 27-Nov-1930 | 8-Nov-2011 | US Ambassador to the UN,
1985-89 |
| Warren Olney | Radio Personality | ? | | LA radio host, To the
Point |
| Merlin Olsen | Football | 15-Sep-1940 | 11-Mar-2010 | Rams defensive tackle, FTD shill |
| Charles Olson | Poet | 27-Dec-1910 | 10-Jan-1970 | The Maximus Poems |
| Gilbert S. Omenn | Business | 30-Aug-1941 | | Professor, University of Michigan |
| Norman Ornstein | Author | 14-Oct-1948 | | American Enterprise
Institute |
| Peter R. Orszag | Government | 16-Dec-1968 | | Beltway economist |
| Clarence Otis | Business | c. 1955 | | CEO of Darden Restaurants |
| Robert Latham Owen | Politician | 2-Feb-1856 | 19-Jul-1947 | Senator from Oklahoma,
1907-25 |
| Nell Irvin Painter | Historian | 2-Aug-1942 | | Creating Black Americans |
| Richard N. Palmer | Judge | 27-May-1950 | | Justice, Connecticut
Supreme Court |
| Mitchell Parish | Songwriter | 10-Jul-1900 | 31-Mar-1993 | Volare |
| Robert E. Park | Sociologist | 14-Feb-1864 | 7-Feb-1944 | Race and Culture |
| Mark R. Parris | Diplomat | 1950 | | US Ambassador to Turkey,
1997-2000 |
| Robert T. Parry | Business | 16-May-1939 | | President, San Francisco Fed, 1986-2004 |
| Rachel Paulose | Attorney | 12-Mar-1973 | | US Attorney for Minnesota |
| Henry M. Paulson | Business | 28-Mar-1946 | | US Secretary of the
Treasury, 2006-09 |
| Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin | Astronomer | 10-May-1900 | 7-Dec-1979 | Hydrogen in the Sun |
| Daniel Pearl | Journalist | 10-Oct-1963 | 21-Feb-2002 | Murdered Wall Street
Journal reporter |
| Drew Pearson | Journalist | 13-Dec-1897 | 1-Sep-1969 | Washington Merry-Go-Round |
| Claude Pepper | Politician | 8-Sep-1900 | 30-May-1989 | Congressman from
Florida, 1963-89 |
| Debra J. Perry | Business Moody's | 17-Apr-1951 | | Moody's |
| Susan M. Phillips | Educator | 23-Jan-1944 | | Dean, GWU School of Business |
| Tim Phillips | Activist | c.
1963 | | President, Americans for Prosperity |
| Thomas Pickering | Diplomat | 5-Nov-1931 | | Career US Ambassador |
| Samuel R. Pierce | Politician | 8-Sep-1922 | 31-Oct-2000 | US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
| Marge Piercy | Novelist | 31-Mar-1936 | | Gone to Soldiers |
| Alfred A. Piergallini | Business | c.
1946 | | CEO of Gerber, 1990-99 |
| Dan Pink | Author | c.
1964 | | A Whole New Mind |
| Jeanine Pirro | Government | 2-Jun-1951 | | Westchester County DA |
| Mary Kay Place | Actor | 23-Sep-1947 | | Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman |
| Gilbert Plass | Physicist | 22-Mar-1922 | 1-Mar-2004 | Climate change scientist |
| Mary Lake Polan | Doctor | c.
1943 | | OG Professor at Stanford |
| John G. Pollard | Politician | 4-Aug-1871 | 28-Apr-1937 | Governor of Virginia,
1930-34 |
| Bill Poole | Economist | 19-Jun-1937 | | President, Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Michael Porter | Scholar | 1947 | | Competitive Strategy |
| Sylvia Porter | Columnist | 18-Jun-1913 | 5-Jun-1991 | Financial columnist |
| Gerald Posner | Journalist | 20-May-1954 | | Case Closed |
| Richard Posner | Judge | 11-Jan-1939 | | 7th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Judge | 19-Sep-1907 | 25-Aug-1998 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1972-87 |
| Robert Pozen | Business | 1946 | | Fidelity Investments |
| Larry Pressler | Politician | 29-Mar-1942 | | US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97 |
| Carol Queen | Author | c. 1957 | | Prolific sexologist |
| Jane Bryant Quinn | Journalist | 5-Feb-1939 | | Personal finance
columnist |
| Pat Quinn | Politician | 16-Dec-1948 | | Governor of Illinois |
| Jennifer J. Raab | Educator | c. 1956 | | President, Hunter College |
| Randall R. Rader | Judge | 21-Apr-1949 | | US Court of Appeals,
Federal Circuit |
| Reena Raggi | Judge | 11-May-1951 | | 2nd Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Norman F. Ramsey | Physicist | 27-Aug-1915 | 4-Nov-2011 | Energy levels of atoms |
| Jim Ramstad | Politician | 6-May-1946 | | Congressman from
Minnesota, 1991-2009 |
| Don Michael Randel | Educator | 9-Dec-1940 | | President, University of Chicago, 2000-06 |
| John Crowe Ransom | Poet | 30-Apr-1888 | 4-Jul-1974 | God Without Thunder |
| Diane Ravitch | Government | 1-Jul-1938 | | Education reformer |
| Susan P. Read | Judge | 1947 | | Judge, NY Court of
Appeals |
| William Rehnquist | Judge | 1-Oct-1924 | 3-Sep-2005 | US Chief Justice,
1986-2005 |
| Frederick Reines | Physicist | 16-Mar-1918 | 26-Aug-1998 | Co-Discover of the
neutrino |
| Marjorie O. Rendell | Judge | 20-Dec-1947 | | 3rd Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Charles B. Renfrew | Attorney | 31-Oct-1928 | | Deputy US Attorney
General, 1980-81 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Government | 14-Nov-1954 | | US Secretary of State, 2005-09 |
| Donna Rice | Activist | 7-Jan-1958 | | Anti-porn crusader,
slept with Gary Hart |
| Grantland Rice | Journalist | 1-Nov-1880 | 13-Jul-1954 | Sportswriter, Idolmaker |
| Susan E. Rice | Diplomat | 17-Nov-1964 | | US Ambassador to the UN |
| Adrienne Rich | Poet | 16-May-1929 | 27-Mar-2012 | An Atlas of the
Difficult World |
| Frank Rich | Columnist | 2-Jun-1949 | | New York magazine |
| William J. Riley | Judge | 11-Mar-1947 | | 8th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Richard O. Ristine | Politician | 19-Jan-1920 | 20-Jun-2009 | Lt. Governor of Indiana, 1961-65 |
| Elizabeth Madox Roberts | Author | 30-Oct-1881 | 13-Mar-1941 | The Great Meadow |
| Owen J. Roberts | Judge | 2-May-1875 | 17-May-1955 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1930-45 |
| Pat Robertson | Religion | 22-Mar-1930 | | The 700 Club |
| Paul Robeson | Singer | 9-Apr-1898 | 23-Jan-1976 | 20th Century renaissance man |
| Linda Gosden Robinson | Business | c.
1953 | | Public Relations
executive |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | Business | 29-Jan-1874 | 11-May-1960 | Built Rockefeller Center |
| Nelson Rockefeller | Politician | 8-Jul-1908 | 26-Jan-1979 | Ford's Vice President |
| Stephen K. Roddenberry | Attorney | c. 1948 | | Akerman Senterfitt |
| Eddy J. Rogers, Jr. | Attorney | 1940 | | Partner, Andrews Kurth |
| John M. Rogers | Judge | 26-Jun-1948 | | 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Judith W. Rogers | Judge | 27-Jul-1939 | | US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Don Roos | Screenwriter | 14-Apr-1955 | | The Opposite of Sex |
| John V. Roos | Attorney | 14-Feb-1955 | | US Ambassador to Japan |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Head of State | 30-Jan-1882 | 12-Apr-1945 | US President during WWII |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Head of State | 27-Oct-1858 | 6-Jan-1919 | 26th US President,
1901-09 |
| Elihu Root | Government | 15-Feb-1845 | 7-Feb-1937 | Senator, Secretary of
War, State |
| Daniel C. Roper | Government | 1-Apr-1867 | 11-Apr-1943 | US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38 |
| Harvey S. Rosen | Economist | 29-Mar-1949 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 2003-05 |
| Michael N. Rosen | Attorney | c. 1940 | | Partner, Bryan Cave |
| Eric S. Rosengren | Economist | 3-Jun-1957 | | President and CEO,
Boston Fed |
| Samuel I. Rosenman | Government | 13-Feb-1896 | 24-Jun-1973 | White House Counsel, 1943-46 |
| Claude G. Ross | Diplomat | 1917 | 18-Jan-2006 | US Ambassador to Haiti, 1967-69 |
| Eugene Victor Rostow | Educator | 25-Aug-1913 | 25-Nov-2002 | Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 |
| Michael S. Roth | Educator | c. 1956 | | President, Wesleyan
University |
| Philip Roth | Novelist | 19-Mar-1933 | | Portnoy's Complaint |
| John W. Rowe | Business | c. 1945 | | President and CEO of
Exelon |
| J. Stapleton Roy | Diplomat | 16-Jun-1935 | | US Ambassador to China, 1991-95 |
| Kenneth C. Royall | Attorney | 24-Jul-1894 | 27-May-1971 | US Secretary of the
Army, 1947-49 |
| David M. Rubenstein | Business | c. 1949 | | Director of the Carlyle Group
Carlos Moedas, adjunto de Passos Coelho tem ligações a este grupo |
| Howard J. Rubenstein | Business | c.
1932 | | Rubenstein Associates |
| Robert E. Rubin | Government | 29-Aug-1938 | | US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99 |
| Vera Rubin | Astronomer | 23-Jul-1928 | | Structure of galaxies |
| Kenneth Rush | Business | 17-Jan-1910 | 11-Dec-1994 | US Ambassador to France,
1974-77 |
| Dean Rusk | Government | 9-Feb-1909 | 21-Dec-1994 | US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| Larry J. Sabato | Educator | 7-Aug-1952 | | Widely-quoted politicalscientist |
| Emily Saliers | Musician | 22-Jul-1963 | | The Indigo Girls |
| Jonas Salk | Scientist | 28-Oct-1914 | 23-Jun-1995 | Discoverer of the first
polio vaccine |
| Gary Samore | Government | 31-Mar-1953 | | White House WMD Czar |
| Paul Samuelson | Economist | 15-May-1915 | 13-Dec-2009 | Theory of revealed
preference |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Politician | 3-Dec-1970 | | Congresswoman from South Dakota, 2004-11 |
| Adarsh K. Sarma | Business | c.
1974 | | VP at Warburg Pincus |
| David Satcher | Government | 2-Mar-1941 | | US Surgeon General,
1998-2002 |
| Leigh Ingalls Saufley | Judge | 1954 | | Maine Chief Justice |
| Hal Saunders | Government | 27-Dec-1930 | | Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81 |
| AnnaLee Saxenian | Scholar | c. 1954 | | Information technologist |
| Mark Schauer | Politician | 2-Oct-1961 | | Congressman from
Michigan, 2009-11 |
| Herbert I. Schiller | Author | 5-Nov-1919 | 29-Jan-2000 | Mass Communications and
American Empire |
| Phyllis Schlafly | Activist | 15-Aug-1924 | | Opponent of women's
liberation |
Arthur M. Schlesinger,
Jr. | Historian | 15-Oct-1917 | 28-Feb-2007 | The Age of Roosevelt |
| James R. Schlesinger | Government | 15-Feb-1929 | | Served Nixon, Ford,
Carter |
| Ronald L. Schlicher | Diplomat | 16-Sep-1956 | | US Ambassador to Cyprus |
| Brian P. Schmidt | Astronomer | 24-Feb-1967 | | Accelerating universe |
| John Patrick Schmitz | Government | 1955 | | Washington lobbyist |
| Pat Schroeder | Politician | 30-Jul-1940 | | Congresswoman from Colorado, 1973-97 |
| William F. Schulz | Activist | 14-Nov-1949 | | Director, Amnesty
International, 1994-2006 |
| Anna J. Schwartz | Economist | 11-Nov-1915 | | A Monetary History of the United States |
| Richard S. Schweiker | Politician | 1-Jun-1926 | | US Senator from
Pennsylvania, 1969-81 |
| Glenn Seaborg | Physicist | 19-Apr-1912 | 25-Feb-1999 | Co-Discoverer of
Plutonium |
| John Searle | Philosopher | Dec-1932 | | Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language |
| Talcott W. Seelye | Diplomat | 6-Mar-1922 | 8-Jun-2006 | US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81 |
| L. William Seidman | Economist | 29-Apr-1921 | 13-May-2009 | CNBC chief commentator |
| Oliver Seth | Judge | 30-May-1915 | 27-Mar-1996 | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1962-84 |
| Anne Sexton | Poet | 9-Nov-1928 | 4-Oct-1974 | Live or Die |
| Stephanie K. Seymour | Judge | 16-Oct-1940 | | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1979-2005 |
| Bob Shamansky | Politician | 18-Apr-1927 | 11-Aug-2011 | Congressman from Ohio,
1981-83 |
| Judith Shapiro | Educator | 24-Jan-1942 | | President, Barnard
College |
| Maurice M. Shapiro | Physicist | 13-Nov-1915 | 27-Feb-2008 | Composition and origin of cosmic rays |
| William F. Sharpe | Economist | 16-Jun-1934 | | Capital asset pricing
model |
| John Shattuck | Attorney | 1943 | | CEO, JFK Library
Foundation |
| Carol Shaw | Computer Programmer | ? | | River Raid |
| Kathryn L. Shaw | Economist | c. 1954 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1999-2001 |
| Bradley T. Sheares | Business | 1957 | | CEO of Reliant
Pharmaceuticals |
| Stanley K. Sheinbaum | Activist | 12-Jun-1920 | | Publisher, New
Perspectives Quarterly |
| Robert N. Shelton | Educator | 1948 | | President, University of Arizona |
| Sally Shelton-Colby | Diplomat | 1944 | | US Ambassador to
Barbados, 1979-81 |
| David Shire | Composer | 3-Jul-1937 | | It Goes Like It Goes |
| Gerry Sikorski | Politician | 26-Apr-1948 | | Congressman from
Minnesota, 1983-93 |
| Adele Simmons | Administrator | 21-Jun-1941 | | President, MacArthur
Foundation, 1989-99 |
| Harold C. Simmons | Business | 1931 | | Drugstore billionaire |
| Bob Simon | Journalist | 29-May-1941 | | 60 Minutes |
| J. Stephen Simon | Business | c. 1943 | | Former Senior VP at
ExxonMobil |
| Herbert D. Simons | Attorney | 1935 | | Former Partner, Butler & Binion |
| Joseph J. Sisco | Diplomat | 31-Oct-1919 | 23-Nov-2004 | Kissinger's Mideast
Deputy |
| Ike Skelton | Politician | 20-Dec-1931 | | Congressman from
Missouri, 1977-2011 |
| Matthew J. Slaughter | Economist | c. 1968 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 2005-07 |
| Lawrence M. Small | Government | 14-Sep-1941 | | Secretary, Smithsonian
Institution, 2000-07 |
| Eleanor Smeal | Activist | 30-Jul-1939 | | Founder, Feminist
Majority Foundation |
| Michael Smerconish | Radio Personality | 15-Mar-1962 | | Philadelphia talk radio
host |
| George E. Smith | Scientist | 10-May-1930 | | Digital photography |
| Richard M. Smith | Journalist | 1946 | | Editor-in-Chief of
Newsweek |
| Theobald Smith | Scientist | 31-Jul-1859 | 10-Dec-1934 | Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Wilbert Snow | Politician | 6-Apr-1884 | 28-Sep-1977 | Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47 |
| Alfred Sommer | Doctor | 1942 | | SPH Dean at Johns
Hopkins, 1990-2005 |
| Christina Hoff Sommers | Author | 1950 | | Who Stole Feminism? |
| Stephen Sondheim | Composer | 22-Mar-1930 | | West Side Story |
| Susan Sontag | Author | 16-Jan-1933 | 28-Dec-2004 | Novelist, critic,
intellectual |
| Ted Sorensen | Attorney | 8-May-1928 | 31-Oct-2010 | Aide to JFK |
| Ralph Z. Sorenson | Business | c. 1934 | | President of Babson
College, 1974-81 |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Judge | 25-Jun-1954 | | US Supreme Court Justice |
| David Souter | Judge | 17-Sep-1939 | | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1990-2009 |
| John J. Sparkman | Politician | 20-Dec-1899 | 16-Nov-1985 | US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79 |
| Arlen Specter | Politician | 12-Feb-1930 | | US Senator from
Pennsylvania, 1981-2011 |
| Gene Sperling | Economist | 24-Dec-1958 | | Chief Economic Advisor, 1996-2000 |
| Joan Spero | Diplomat | c. 1944 | | Under Secretary of
State, 1993-97 |
| John Shelby Spong | Religion | 16-Jun-1931 | | Retired bishop of
Newark, NJ |
| John Spratt | Politician | 1-Nov-1942 | | Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-2011 |
| Robert G. Sproul | Educator | 22-May-1891 | 10-Sep-1975 | President, University of California, 1930-58 |
| Paul Starr | Educator | 12-May-1949 | | The Social
Transformation of American Medicine |
| Janet Steiger | Government | 10-Jun-1939 | 3-Apr-2004 | FTC chairman, 1989-95 |
| Herbert Stein | Economist | 27-Aug-1916 | 8-Sep-1999 | Economic adviser for
Nixon |
| Laura Stein | Attorney | c. 1962 | | General Counsel for
Clorox |
| Gloria Steinem | Activist | 25-Mar-1934 | | Founder, Ms. Magazine |
| John C. Stennis | Politician | 3-Aug-1901 | 23-Apr-1995 | US Senator from
Mississippi, 1947-89 |
| George Stephanopoulos | TV Personality | 10-Feb-1961 | | Bill Clinton's
communications director |
| Jay B. Stephens | Attorney | 5-Nov-1946 | | General Counsel of
Raytheon |
| Fritz Stern | Historian | 2-Feb-1926 | | German historian |
| Richard G. Stern | Novelist | 25-Feb-1928 | | Other Men's Daughters |
| Walter P. Stern | Activist | 26-Sep-1928 | | Chairman, Hudson
Institute |
| John Paul Stevens | Judge | 20-Apr-1920 | | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1975-2010 |
| Potter Stewart | Judge | 23-Jan-1915 | 7-Dec-1985 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1958-81 |
| Annette Strauss | Politician | 26-Jan-1924 | 14-Dec-1998 | Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 |
| Nadine Strossen | Activist | 18-Aug-1950 | | President of the ACLU |
| Kathleen Sullivan | Scholar | 20-Aug-1955 | | Scholar of constitutional law |
| Louis Wade Sullivan | Government | 3-Nov-1933 | | US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93 |
| Emory C. Swank | Diplomat | 29-Jan-1922 | 3-Jun-2010 | US Ambassador to
Cambodia, 1970-73 |
| Deanell Reece Tacha | Judge | 26-Jan-1946 | | 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| William Howard Taft | Head of State | 15-Sep-1857 | 8-Mar-1930 | 27th US President,
1909-13 |
| Tristan Taormino | Columnist | 9-May-1971 | | Anal sex authority |
| Jake Tapper | Journalist | 12-Mar-1969 | | ABC Chief White House Correspondent |
| Henry Taube | Chemist | 30-Nov-1915 | 16-Nov-2005 | Mechanisms of electron transfer |
| Julie Taymor | Film Director | 15-Dec-1952 | | Across the Universe |
| John Templeton | Philanthropist | 29-Nov-1912 | 8-Jul-2008 | Billionaire fund manager |
| Marsha K. Ternus | Judge | 30-May-1951 | | Iowa Chief Justice |
| Ernest Thayer | Poet | 14-Aug-1863 | 21-Aug-1940 | Casey at the Bat |
| Peter Thiel | Business | 11-Oct-1967 | | Co-Founder of PayPal |
| Kent J. Thiry | Business | c.
1956 | | CEO of DaVita |
| Pamela Thomas-Graham | Business | 24-Jun-1963 | | CEO of CNBC, 2001-05 |
| Lonnie Thompson | Scientist | 1-Jul-1948 | | Paleoclimatologist,
glaciologist |
| Lester Thurow | Economist | 7-May-1938 | | Sloan School of
Management |
| Jean Hoefer Toal | Judge | 11-Aug-1943 | | South Carolina Chief
Justice |
| Stephen Joel Trachtenberg | Educator | c. 1937 | | GWU President, 1988-2007 |
| William Monroe Trotter | Activist | 7-Apr-1872 | 7-Apr-1934 | Co-founder, Boston
Guardian |
| Roger Y. Tsien | Scientist | 1-Feb-1952 | | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Daniel C. Tsui | Physicist | 28-Feb-1939 | | Fractional quantum Hall effect |
| Murray Turoff | Scientist | 13-Feb-1936 | | Computer conferencing´and instant messaging |
| Mark Twain | Author | 30-Nov-1835 | 21-Apr-1910 | Huckleberry Finn |
| Stanley A. Twardy | Attorney | c. 1951 | | US Attorney for
Connecticut, 1985-91 |
| Laura D. Tyson | Economist | 28-Jun-1947 | | Dean of London Business School |
| John Updike | Novelist | 18-Mar-1932 | 27-Jan-2009 | Rabbit, Run |
| Harold C. Urey | Chemist | 29-Apr-1893 | 5-Jan-1981 | Discovered Deuterium |
| Martin Van Buren | Head of State | 5-Dec-1782 | 24-Jul-1862 | 8th US President, 1837-41 |
| Peter Viereck | Poet | 5-Aug-1916 | 13-May-2006 | Terror and Decorum |
| Fay Vincent | Baseball | 29-May-1938 | | Commissioner of
Baseball, 1989-92 |
| David Vitter | Politician | 3-May-1961 | | US Senator from Louisiana |
| Stephen R. Volk | Attorney | c. 1935 | | Vice Chairman of Citigroup |
| David C. Vorhoff | Business | c. 1955 | | Bank of America
Securities Healthcare Group |
| George Vradenburg | Attorney | 14-Mar-1943 | | Strategic Advisor for
AOL Time Warner |
| Clifford M. Walker | Politician | 4-Jul-1877 | 9-Nov-1954 | Governor of Georgia,
1923-27 |
| Richard H. Walker | Attorney | c. 1950 | | General Counsel,
Deutsche Bank |
| Kim M. Wardlaw | Judge | 2-Jul-1954 | | 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Bushrod Washington | Judge | 5-Jun-1762 | 26-Nov-1829 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1799-1829 |
| Jack Watson | Government | ? | | Carter's Chief of Staff |
| Mel Watt | Politician | 26-Aug-1945 | | Congressman, North
Carolina 12th |
| Seth P. Waxman | Government | 28-Nov-1951 | | US Solicitor General,
1997-2001 |
| Elizabeth A. Weaver | Judge | c. 1940 | | Justice, Michigan
Supreme Court |
| John Webb | Judge | 18-Sep-1926 | 18-Sep-2008 | NC State Supreme Court Justice, 1986-98 |
| Daniel Webster | Politician | 18-Jan-1782 | 24-Oct-1852 | The completest man |
| Caspar Weinberger | Government | 18-Aug-1917 | 28-Mar-2006 | Iran-Contra figure
pardoned by Bush |
| John Giffen Weinmann | Attorney | 29-Aug-1928 | | White House Chief of
Protocol, 1991-93 |
| Michael F. Weinstein | Business | c. 1948 | | CEO of Snapple, 1997-2000 |
| C. David Welch | Diplomat | 1953 | | US Ambassador to Egypt, 2001-05 |
| Joseph Welch | Attorney | 22-Oct-1890 | 6-Oct-1960 | Have you no sense of
decency? |
| Bill Weld | Politician | 31-Jul-1945 | | Governor of
Massachusetts, 1991-97 |
| Dave Weldon | Politician | 31-Aug-1953 | | Congressman from
Florida, 1995-2009 |
| Charles T. Wells | Judge | 4-Mar-1939 | | Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| Paul Wellstone | Politician | 21-Jul-1944 | 25-Oct-2002 | US Senator from
Minnesota, 1991-2002 |
| John C. West | Politician | 27-Aug-1922 | 21-Mar-2004 | Governor of South
Carolina, 1971-75 |
| Abigail S. Wexner | Relative | c. 1962 | | Wife of Leslie H. Wexner |
| M. Edward Whelan III | Activist | c. 1959 | | Ethics and Public Policy Center |
| Byron White | Judge | 8-Jun-1917 | 15-Apr-2002 | US Supreme Court
Justice, 1962-93 |
| Marina v.N. Whitman | Economist | 6-Mar-1935 | | Council of Economic
Advisers, 1972-73 |
| Eli Whitney | Inventor | 8-Dec-1765 | 8-Jan-1825 | Inventor of the cotton
gin |
| Anne Marie Whittemore | Business | c.
1945 | | Partner, McGuireWoods LLP |
| Faith Ryan Whittlesey | Diplomat | 21-Feb-1939 | | Twice US Ambassador ton Switzerland |
| John Edgar Wideman | Novelist | 14-Jun-1941 | | Sent for You Yesterday |
| Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. | Judge | 2-Oct-1934 | | 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals |
| Frank Wilczek | Physicist | 15-May-1951 | | Deep structure of matter |
| Sean Wilentz | Historian | c.
1950 | | The Rise of American Democracy |
| G. Mennen Williams | Politician | 23-Feb-1911 | 2-Feb-1988 | Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| Maggie Williams | Government | 25-Dec-1954 | | Hillary Clinton's former Chief of staff |
| Edward O. Wilson | Biologist | 10-Jun-1929 | | Father of Sociobiology |
| Robert Woodrow Wilson | Astronomer | 10-Jan-1936 | | Detected primordial
radiation |
| Woodrow Wilson | Head of State | 28-Dec-1856 | 3-Feb-1924 | 28th US President,
1913-21 |
| Edwin E. Witte | Economist | 4-Jan-1887 | 20-May-1960 | Father of Social Security |
| Werner F. Wolfen | Attorney | 15-May-1930 | | Former Partner, Irell
& Manella |
| Levi Woodbury | Politician | 22-Dec-1789 | 4-Sep-1851 | NH Senator, Governor, US Supreme Court |
| James Woolsey | Government | 21-Sep-1941 | | CIA Director, 1993-95 |
| James Wright | Educator | 1939 | | President, Dartmouth
College |
| Joe B. Wyatt | Educator | c. 1935 | | Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000 |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow | Physicist | 19-Jul-1921 | 30-May-2011 | Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
| Janet L. Yellen | Economist | 13-Aug-1946 | | President and CEO, San Francisco Fed |
| David B. Yoffie | Business | ? | | Competing on Internet Time |
| Strauss Zelnick | Business | 26-Jun-1957 | | CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 |
| Robert Zoellick | Governo dos Bancos
Government | 25-Jul-1953 | | World Bank president, 2007-12 |
| William D. Zollars | Business | c. 1947 | | CEO of YRC Worldwide |
