List of George Washington University people

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Senator Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
Congressman Eric Cantor, former House Majority Leader
Colin Powell: General (four-star) in the U.S. Army; National Security Advisor (1987–1989); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–93); 65th Secretary of State (2001–2005)
Mark Warner is a current United States Senator from Virginia and former Governor of Virginia.
James William Fulbright was a member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during the Vietnam era. Fulbright established an international exchange program, which thereafter bore his name, the Fulbright Fellowships and Scholarships.
John Edgar Hoover was the most influential but controversial director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Brian Williams, former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist who became a professor at the George Washington University. He would go on to be known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb".
Syngman Rhee was the first president of South Korea. His presidency, from August 1948 to April 1960, was affected by Cold War tensions. He led South Korea through the Korean War.
Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator
General Peter Pace was the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first U.S. Marine appointed to this position.
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer was Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government of 2005–06, and was President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005.
John Foster Dulles was an American statesman who served as Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.
Michael Coats is a former NASA astronaut who has logged more than 19 days in space. He is the 10th Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center.

List of notable alumni of the George Washington University.

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Notable alumni

Academia

Business

Elected officials

Governors

U.S. Senators

Current
  • Michael B. Enzi (1966), from Wyoming, former Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1997–present
  • Harry Reid (JD 1964), from Nevada, former Lieutenant Governor, former US Representative, former Majority and Minority Whip, former Minority Leader, former Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, former Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics, current Senate Majority Leader, 1987–present
  • Mark Warner (1977), former Governor of Virginia, 2009–present
  • Elizabeth Warren (attended), from Massachusetts, former Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel, 2013–present
Former

U.S. Representatives

Current
Former

Other elected officials

First Family

United States Cabinet

Government

Central Intelligence Agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

State Department

Department of Defense

Department of Justice

United States ambassadors and diplomats

United States Armed Forces

Law

International leaders

Faure Gnassingbé has been the President of the Republic of Togo since 2005.

Heads of State and/or Government

Officials

Other figures

  • Afnan Al-Shuaiby, Secretary General of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce
  • Philip Jaisohn (So Chae-p'il) (M.D., 1892), Korean nationalist, first Korean to get a medical degree in the United States.
  • Maximo Kalaw (1916), Philippine nationalist, political scientist, novelist
  • Carl Lutz (1924), a hero of the holocaust who saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during his tenure as Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, 1942-1945
  • Elisabeth Delatour Préval, First Lady of Haiti

Media

Entertainment

Medicine

Ministry/religion

Science

Sports

Others

Noted faculty

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References

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