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List of George Washington University alumni#U.S. Cabinet

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{{See also|List of George Washington University Law School alumni|List of Elliott School of International Affairs people|List of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences people|List of The George Washington School of Business people}}

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This list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including a recent U.S. Attorney General, four current heads of state or government, CEOs of major corporations, scientists, Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows, Olympic athletes, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, royalty, and Time 100 notables.

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Academia

File:William Greenleaf Eliot.jpg, founder of Washington University in St. Louis]]

File:Jack.Edmonds.jpg, computer scientist, recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize, best known for being one of the most important contributors to the field of combinatorial optimization]]

File:Adm John R. Ryan.jpg, superintendent of United States Naval Academy]]

File:Alexander and Beatrice Wetmore, 1969.jpg, 6th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution]]

Business

File:Lee Kun-Hee.jpg, former chairman of Samsung and one of the world's richest people]]

File:Kathy Warden (54075793969) (cropped).jpg, CEO of Northrop Grumman]]

File:Dina Merrill 1999.jpg, billionaire co-founder of RKO Pictures]]

File:Scott Kirby, United Airlines.jpg, CEO of United Airlines]]

File:Ken Lay.jpg, founder and CEO of the Enron Corporation]]

File:Kaushik Basu - Festival Economia 2013.JPG, 11th Chief Economist of the World Bank]]

=Economics=

File:Jlin.jpg, current Secretary-General of the International Monetary Fund]]

Politics

=United States=

==U.S. cabinet==

File:Colin Powell (15570753996) cropped.jpg, former United States Secretary of State]]

File:David Bernhardt swearing in (cropped).jpg, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior]]

==U.S. governors==

File:Mark Warner 113th Congress photo.jpg, former governor of Virginia]]

File:George W. Romney official portrait.jpg, 52nd governor of Michigan, father of Senator Mitt Romney]]

==U.S. senators==

File:Elizabeth Warren, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg, U.S. senator]]

File:Harry Reid official portrait.jpg, Senate Majority Leader during most of the Obama presidency]]

File:Fulbright.jpg, founder of the Fulbright Program]]

==U.S. representatives==

File:Eric Cantor, official 113th Congress photo portrait.jpg, former House Majority Leader and House Majority Whip]]

File:Steve Israel, official photo portrait, 2007.JPG, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]]

File:Susan Wild, Official Portrait, 115th Congress.jpg of Pennsylvania]]

File:Darren Soto 115th Congress photo.jpg of Florida]]

File:Julia Brownley official photo.jpg of California]]

File:Jason Altmire, official 110th Congress photo.jpg of Pennsylvania]]

File:Gil Cisneros official portrait.jpg of California]]

File:John Hopkins Foster.png of Indiana]]

File:Cliff Stearns.jpg of Florida]]

==U.S. mayors==

File:Mayor Vincent Gray Talks About Consumer Protection (6918837914) (cropped).jpg, mayor of Washington, D.C.]]

File:Cisneros at campaign rally (cropped).jpg, mayor of San Antonio and 10th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]

File:Mayor Wallach of Washington D.C - NARA - 529273 (cropped).jpg, mayor of D.C.]]

File:Rocky Anderson at MLK cropped.jpg, mayor of Salt Lake City]]

==Other U.S. officials==

File:Mercedes Schlapp by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg, 2nd White House Director of Strategic Communications]]

File:Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg, 1st Director of the FBI]]

File:Eddie Farnsworth by Gage Skidmore.jpg, former president pro tempore of the Arizona Senate]]

File:City Attorney Dennis Herrera.jpg, former City Attorney of San Francisco]]

File:John McCuskey by Gage Skidmore.jpg, current State Auditor of West Virginia]]

File:Tom Bossert official photo.jpg, Homeland Security Advisor to President Donald Trump]]

File:Tony Sayegh Official Portrait 2018.jpg, current United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury]]

File:MarkFelt.jpg, "Deep Throat" informant during the Watergate scandal]]

File:Stanley Wellington Finch, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.jpg, first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]]

File:Michael D. Griffin official portrait.jpg, administrator of NASA]]

File:Leon Jaworski.jpeg, special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal]]

File:RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu, USPHSCC.jpg, Surgeon General of the united States]]

File:James E. Webb, official NASA photo, 1966.jpg, second administrator of NASA and namesake of the James Webb Space Telescope]]

=International=

File:Juan Guaido and VP Pence.jpg, acting president of Venezuela]]

File:Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2017-10-18) 05 (cropped).jpg, former president of Croatia]]

File:Rhee Syng-man 1956.jpg, 1st president of South Korea]]

==Heads of state and government==

==Cabinet ministers==

File:Mohammad Nahavandian 2015.jpg, current vice president of Iran]]

File:Dr Hessa Al Jaber Sec General ictQATAR (cropped).jpg, former Information Minister of Qatar]]

File:President Obama Delivers Remarks (4699438467) (cropped).jpg, former Foreign Minister of India]]

File:Wagub Sandi.jpg, current Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia]]

==Other figures==

File:Swearing of José Abad Santos (cropped).jpg, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]

File:Judge Xu Mo.jpg, founder of the International Court of Justice]]

Diplomacy

=U.S. ambassadors=

File:Charles Page Bryan - Brasil-Portugal (16Ago1903).png, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Japan, Belgium, and Portugal]]

File:Michael A. Ratney.jpg, current U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]]

File:Ambassador Michael Punke - Jan 13, 2011 Press Briefing (2).jpg, former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, current vice president of Amazon Web Services]]

File:Joseph W. Prueher, ADM USN, 1996.jpg, former U.S. Ambassador to China]]

File:Kurt Volker U.S. State Department.jpg, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO]]

File:Robin S. Bernstein official photo.jpg, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic]]

File:Rebecca E. Gonzales.jpg former U.S. Ambassador to Lesotho]]

=State Department officials=

File:Former Secretary of State Powell Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking Ceremony of U.S. Diplomacy Center (14944070217) (cropped).jpg, 65th U.S. Secretary of State]]

File:Portret van John Foster Dulles, Bestanddeelnr 903-0759 (cropped).jpg, 52nd U.S. Secretary of State]]

File:Carol Perez 2015 (cropped).jpg, current Director General of the Foreign Service]]

=Other diplomats=

File:Nestor Mendez (cropped).jpg, current Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States]]

Law

=U.S. circuit judges=

File:Active and senior judges of the Federal Circuit 2016 (cropped).jpg, current chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit]]

File:J. Michael Seabright.jpg, current chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii]]

=U.S. District judges=

File:Chief Judge William K. Sessions 0.jpg, current senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont]]

File:Burnita Shelton Matthews cph.3c33515.jpg Burnita Shelton Matthews, the first woman appointed to serve on a U.S. district court]]

File:Harry Lee Carrico portrait.jpg, 23rd chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court]]

=U.S. state Supreme Courts=

File:Barbara J. Pariente (cropped).jpg, 51st chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court]]

=Attorneys General=

File:William Barr.jpg, U.S. Attorney General]]

File:John Garland Pollard (3x4 cropped).jpg, Attorney General for Virginia]]

=International judges=

=Other legal figures=

File:Belva Ann Lockwood - Brady-Handy.jpg, first woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court]]

Military

File:Dr. Mark T. Esper – Secretary of Defense.jpg, former U.S. Secretary of Defense]]

File:US Navy 060911-N-0696M-090 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace speaks to attendees at a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon remembering the 5th anniversary of terrorist attacks on the United States (cropped).jpg, 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]

File:John Shalikashvili 1997.jpg, 13th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]

File:Defense.gov News Photo 001201-D-2842B-001 (cropped).jpg, 10th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]

File:Rear Admiral David E. Jeremiah, USN (covered).jpg, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]

File:Charles Fred Widdecke.jpg, recipient of Navy Cross during World War II]]

Journalism

File:Dana Bash by Gage Skidmore.jpg, CNN White House Correspondent]]

File:DIG13846-168.jpg, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor for the Washington Post]]

File:Kasie Hunt on Morning Joe 14 July 2017.jpg, host of MSNBC's Kasie DC]]

File:Chuck Todd 2018 (cropped).jpg, host of Meet the Press]]

=Pulitzer Prize=

File:Glenn Greenwald.JPG, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his work on U.S. global surveillance based on disclosures by Edward Snowden]]

Activism

File:Alex Pacheco (PETA) (2) (cropped).jpg, co-founder and Chairman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]]

File:Tom Fitton (cropped).jpg, current president of Judicial Watch]]

File:Raul H Yzaguirre ambassador (cropped).jpg, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza]]

Entertainment

File:Alec Baldwin (28246306070).jpg, Golden Globe-winning actor]]

File:Dan Glickman, 26th Secretary of Agriculture, January 1995 - 2001. - Flickr - USDAgov (cropped).jpg, chairman & CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America]]

File:CourteneyCoxFeb09 (cropped).jpg, actress]]

File:David Lynch Cannes 2017.jpg, director]]

File:Kerry Washington Django avp.jpg, actress]]

First Family and royalty

File:Mrs. Kennedy in the Diplomatic Reception Room (cropped) (cropped).jpg Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy]]

Religion

File:L. Ron Hubbard in 1950.jpg, founder of the Church of Scientology]]

Sciences

File:Albert F. A. King.jpg, personal physician to Abraham Lincoln]]

File:Ralph Alpher (cropped).jpg, "father of the Big Bang Theory"]]

File:AnoushehAnsari.jpg, first female space tourist]]

File:Axelrod01.jpg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist]]

Athletics

File:Abe Pollan 1998 (cropped).jpg, owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals]]

File:Secretary Kerry Sits With U.S. Tennis Association Leadership During a Tennis Match (28736164981) (cropped).jpg, current president of the International Tennis Federation]]

File:ElanaMeyers with CCO (cropped).png, medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics]]

File:Auerbach Lipofsky.jpg, coach for the Boston Celtics]]

File:Brendon Ayanbadejo MT Stadium 2012 Practice.jpg, Super Bowl Champion and player for the Baltimore Ravens]]

=Olympics=

Other

File:Roger Stone in february 2019.png, opposition researcher for the Republican National Committee]]

File:Patrick O'Connell - 2015 National Book Festival (2).jpg, three-star Michelin chef at The Inn at Little Washington (the only three-star Michelin restaurant in the region) and National Humanities Medalist]]

References

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