| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
Host of MSNBC's The Abrams Report |
| David Addington |
Government |
22-Jan-1957 |
|
Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff |
| Claude Allen |
Government |
11-Oct-1960 |
|
Former White House domestic policy advisor |
| 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 |
| Paul S. Amos II |
Business |
c. 1978 |
|
President of Aflac |
| Gregory Baylor |
Religion |
c. 1965 |
|
Christian Legal Society |
| Walter E. Boomer |
Military |
22-Sep-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Marine Corps |
| Carlos Boozer |
Basketball |
20-Nov-1981 |
|
Utah Jazz forward |
| Roy J. Bostock |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Chairman of Yahoo |
| Jack O. Bovender, Jr. |
Business |
16-Aug-1945 |
|
CEO of HCA |
| Scott A. Brister |
Judge |
8-Jan-1955 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| Jayne Brook |
Actor |
16-Sep-1960 |
|
Chicago Hope |
| Fred Brooks |
Author |
19-Apr-1931 |
|
The Mythical Man-Month |
| Les Brown |
Musician |
14-Mar-1912 |
4-Jan-2001 |
Les Brown and his Band of Renown |
| Robert L. Burrus, Jr. |
Attorney |
1934 |
|
Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006 |
| Preston Burton |
Attorney |
c. 1963 |
|
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
| Susan Bysiewicz |
Politician |
1961 |
|
Connecticut Secretary of State |
| Bill Campbell |
Politician |
25-May-1953 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 1994-2002 |
| John W. Campbell |
Editor |
8-Jun-1910 |
11-Jul-1971 |
Editor of Astounding, 1938-71 |
| Lewis B. Campbell |
Business |
1946 |
|
CEO of Textron |
| John A. Canning, Jr. |
Business |
? |
|
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Shelley Moore Capito |
Politician |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
Congresswoman, West Virginia 2nd |
| David N. Capobianco |
Business |
c. 1970 |
|
Vulcan Capital |
| John T. Chambers |
Business |
23-Aug-1949 |
|
CEO of Cisco |
| Jack Coleman |
Actor |
21-Feb-1958 |
|
Steven Carrington on Dynasty |
| Timothy D. Cook |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
COO of Apple |
| Jim Courter |
Politician |
14-Oct-1941 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-91 |
| Guy Davenport |
Author |
23-Nov-1927 |
4-Jan-2005 |
Thasos and Ohio |
| Luol Deng |
Basketball |
16-Apr-1985 |
|
Chicago Bulls forward |
| Daniel A. Dickinson |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Thayer Capital Partners |
| Paul Dietzel |
Football |
5-Sep-1924 |
|
South Carolina Head Coach, 1966-74 |
| Robert Sherwood Dillon |
Diplomat |
7-Jan-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1981-83 |
| Elizabeth Dole |
Politician |
29-Jul-1936 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina |
| Christine M. Durham |
Judge |
3-Aug-1945 |
|
Utah Chief Justice |
| Cynthia G. Efird |
Diplomat |
c. 1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Angola, 2004-07 |
| Jim Ellis |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1956 |
28-Jun-2001 |
Usenet co-creator |
| Michael J. Elston |
Government |
7-Feb-1969 |
|
Assistant US Attorney, 1999-2005 |
| John D. Englar |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Former VP at Burlington Industries |
| Paul Farmer |
Doctor |
1959 |
|
Doctor for the world's poorest |
| Mark L. Feidler |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
COO of Bellsouth, 2005-07 |
| Ronald R. Fogleman |
Military |
27-Jan-1942 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97 |
| Ted A. Gardner |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Silverhawk Capital Partners |
| Geoffrey Garrett |
Educator |
c. 1958 |
|
President of the Pacific Council |
| Melinda Gates |
Philanthropist |
15-Aug-1964 |
|
Married to Bill Gates |
| James R. Gavin III |
Doctor |
c. 1945 |
|
Morehouse School of Medicine |
| E. Duncan Getchell |
Attorney |
12-Oct-1949 |
|
McGuireWoods LLP |
| Gordon D. Giffin |
Diplomat |
c. 1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Canada, 1997-2001 |
| Annabeth Gish |
Actor |
13-Mar-1971 |
|
Monica Reyes on The X Files |
| David R. Goode |
Business |
13-Jan-1941 |
|
CEO of Norfolk Southern, 1992-2005 |
| Richard W. Graber |
Attorney |
c. 1956 |
|
US Ambassador to Czechia |
| Nicholas F. Graziano |
Business |
c. 1972 |
|
Sandell Asset Management |
| Dick Groat |
Baseball |
4-Nov-1930 |
|
Shortstop, 1960 National League MVP |
| Jared Harris |
Actor |
24-Aug-1961 |
|
I Shot Andy Warhol |
| David Hartman |
Talk Show Host |
19-May-1935 |
|
Good Morning America |
| John Harwood |
Journalist |
c. 1956 |
|
Wall Street Journal political editor |
| Gerald L. Hassell |
Business |
1952 |
|
President of Bank of New York Mellon |
| William A. Hawkins |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Medtronic |
| Robin Hayes |
Politician |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 8th |
| Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
| John L. Helgerson |
Government |
1944 |
|
CIA Inspector General |
| Paul B. Henry |
Politician |
9-Jul-1942 |
31-Jul-1993 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1985-93 |
| Karl M. von der Heyden |
Business |
? |
|
Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 1996-2001 |
| Grant Hill |
Basketball |
5-Oct-1972 |
|
Orlando Magic |
| Betsy D. Holden |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03 |
| Richard Hug |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
Environmental Elements Corporation |
| Josephine Humphreys |
Author |
2-Feb-1945 |
|
Rich in Love |
| Bob Inglis |
Politician |
11-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 4th |
| Robert W. Jordan |
Diplomat |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2001-03 |
| Sonny Jurgensen |
Football |
23-Aug-1934 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Thomas F. Keller |
Educator |
22-Sep-1931 |
|
Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 |
| L. Kevin Kelly |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
CEO of Heidrick & Struggles |
| Russell Kirk |
Author |
19-Oct-1918 |
29-Apr-1994 |
The Conservative Mind |
| Larry Klayman |
Activist |
20-Jul-1951 |
|
Founder, Judicial Watch |
| John A. Koskinen |
Business |
30-Jun-1939 |
|
President, US Soccer Foundation |
| Juanita M. Kreps |
Government |
11-Jan-1921 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79 |
| Robert C. Krueger |
Politician |
19-Sep-1935 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1975-79 |
| Philip Lader |
Government |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001 |
| Ricardo Lagos |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1938 |
|
President of Chile, 2000-06 |
| Edward J. Landau |
Attorney |
c. 1929 |
|
Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Bring |
| Dan Lipinski |
Politician |
15-Jul-1966 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 3rd |
| David C. Litt |
Diplomat |
27-Dec-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to the UAE, 1995-98 |
| William Louis-Dreyfus |
Business |
1932 |
|
Billionaire |
| Stan Lundine |
Politician |
4-Feb-1939 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1976-87 |
| Peter Maas |
Author |
27-Jun-1929 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Serpico |
| John J. Mack |
Business |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
CEO of Morgan Stanley |
| Denise Majette |
Politician |
18-May-1955 |
|
Congresswoman from Georgia, 2003-05 |
| Stephen J. Markman |
Judge |
4-Jun-1949 |
|
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Kevin J. Martin |
Government |
14-Dec-1966 |
|
FCC Chairman |
| Jack Matlock |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91 |
| Aubrey K. McClendon |
Business |
1959 |
|
CEO of Chesapeake Energy |
| Walter P. McConaughy |
Diplomat |
11-Sep-1908 |
2000 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1966-74 |
| Mary E. Minnick |
Business |
27-Nov-1959 |
|
VP at Coca Cola |
| James E. Moore |
Judge |
13-Mar-1936 |
|
Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court |
| Bruce E. Mosler |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Cushman & Wakefield |
| Gregory S. Neal |
Religion |
c. 1967 |
|
Possible heir to Dr. Gene Scott's ministry |
| Paul Martin Newby |
Judge |
5-May-1955 |
|
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Peter M. Nicholas |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Co-Founder of Boston Scientific |
| Jan Nicholson |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Former Citicorp/MBIA executive |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Susan Owens |
Judge |
c. 1949 |
|
Justice, Washington Supreme Court |
| Steven G. Pagliuca |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Bain Capital |
| Ron Paul |
Politician |
20-Aug-1935 |
|
Congressman, Texas 14th |
| Lisa A. Payne |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CFO of Taubman Centers |
| Peter J. Perrone |
Business |
c. 1968 |
|
VP at Goldman Sachs |
| Ramiro G. Peru |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CFO of Swift Transportation |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| John Pfeffer |
Business |
c. 1969 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Reynolds Price |
Author |
1-Feb-1933 |
|
A Long and Happy Life |
| Robert M. Price |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
CEO of Control Data Corporation, 1986-89 |
| Nick Rahall |
Politician |
20-May-1949 |
|
Congressman, West Virginia 3rd |
| G. Jackson Ratcliffe |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of Hubbell Inc., 1987-2001 |
| Robert C. Richardson |
Physicist |
26-Jun-1937 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| Daniel C. Roper |
Government |
1-Apr-1867 |
11-Apr-1943 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38 |
| Charlie Rose |
Talk Show Host |
5-Jan-1942 |
|
Charlie Rose Show |
| Jonathan Rothermere |
Publisher |
3-Dec-1967 |
|
Proprietor of the Daily Mail |
| David M. Rubenstein |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Director of the Carlyle Group |
| Robert Scales |
Military |
5-Aug-1944 |
|
Military analyst |
| Nancy M. Schlichting |
Administrator |
1954 |
|
Henry Ford Health System |
| Alan D. Schwartz |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
President of Bear Stearns |
| Eric Shinseki |
Military |
28-Nov-1942 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1999-2003 |
| J. Stephen Simon |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Senior VP at ExxonMobil |
| Eleanor Smeal |
Activist |
30-Jul-1939 |
|
Founder, Feminist Majority Foundation |
| Neil Smit |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of Charter Communications |
| Arthur L. Smith |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
John S. Herold, Inc. |
| Lanty L. Smith |
Business |
11-Dec-1942 |
|
President of Burlington Industries, 1986-88 |
| William Kennedy Smith |
Relative |
4-Sep-1960 |
|
Lesser Kennedy, not guilty of rape |
| David B. Snow, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Medco Health Solutions |
| Jean G. Spaulding |
Psychiatrist |
c. 1947 |
|
Psychiatrist at Duke University |
| Harley O. Staggers, Sr. |
Politician |
3-Aug-1907 |
20-Aug-1991 |
Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81 |
| Susan M. Stalnecker |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
VP and Treasurer at DuPont |
| Ken Starr |
Government |
21-Jul-1946 |
|
Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment |
| Peter Stavros |
Business |
c. 1974 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Thomas C. Stevens |
Attorney |
c. 1949 |
|
Vice Chairman of KeyCorp |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| L. Frederick Sutherland |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CFO of ARAMARK |
| William B. Timmerman |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of SCANA |
| Charles H. Townes |
Physicist |
28-Jul-1915 |
|
Invention of the maser and laser |
| Anne Tyler |
Author |
25-Oct-1941 |
|
The Accidental Tourist |
| Jeffrey W. Ubben |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
ValueAct Capital |
| Robert F. Vagt |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
President of Davidson College, 1997-2007 |
| Rick Wagoner |
Business |
9-Feb-1953 |
|
CEO of General Motors |
| Art Wall, Jr. |
Golf |
25-Nov-1923 |
31-Oct-2001 |
Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament |
| Randall Wallace |
Screenwriter |
28-Jul-1949 |
|
The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Don R. Willett |
Judge |
16-Jul-1966 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| R. Sanders Williams |
Educator |
1948 |
|
Dean of Duke's Medical School |
| Gary L. Wilson |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007 |
| Bob Wise |
Politician |
6-Jan-1948 |
|
Governor of West Virginia, 2001-05 |
| Howard Wolfson |
Government |
c. 1967 |
|
Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman |
| Judy Woodruff |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1946 |
|
PBS newscaster |
| William Wrigley, Jr. II |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
Chairman of Wrigley |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter F. Allgeier |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to the WTO |
| Kwame Anthony Appiah |
Philosopher |
8-May-1954 |
|
The Ethics of Identity |
| Red Auerbach |
Basketball |
20-Sep-1917 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Boston Celtics coach |
| Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
| Richard H. Brodhead |
Educator |
1947 |
|
President, Duke University |
| Erwin Chemerinsky |
Scholar |
14-May-1953 |
|
Legal Scholar |
| G. Wayne Clough |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
President, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Walter Dellinger |
Attorney |
15-May-1941 |
|
Duke University law professor |
| Christine M. Durham |
Judge |
3-Aug-1945 |
|
Utah Chief Justice |
| Gertrude B. Elion |
Scientist |
23-Jan-1918 |
21-Feb-1999 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS |
| Stanley Fish |
Scholar |
19-Apr-1938 |
|
Deconstructionist literary critic |
| Joel L. Fleishman |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
The Foundation: A Great American Secret |
| Peter D. Hart |
Government |
c. 1942 |
|
Democratic pollster |
| Thomas F. Keller |
Educator |
22-Sep-1931 |
|
Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 |
| William N. Kelley |
Doctor |
23-Jun-1939 |
|
Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome |
| Juanita M. Kreps |
Government |
11-Jan-1921 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79 |
| Robert C. Krueger |
Politician |
19-Sep-1935 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1975-79 |
| Arthur Larson |
Politician |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Mar-1993 |
Moderate conservative thinker |
| William McDougall |
Psychologist |
22-Jun-1871 |
28-Nov-1938 |
An Introduction to Social Psychology |
| Daniel N. Mendelson |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
President of Avalere Health |
| Henry Petroski |
Educator |
1942 |
|
Engineering professor |
| David Price |
Politician |
17-Aug-1940 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 4th |
| Reynolds Price |
Author |
1-Feb-1933 |
|
A Long and Happy Life |
| Barbara K. Rimer |
Doctor |
c. 1949 |
|
Dean, UNC School of Public Health |
| Kenneth Rush |
Business |
17-Jan-1910 |
11-Dec-1994 |
US Ambassador to France, 1974-77 |
| Anthony J. Scirica |
Judge |
1940 |
|
Chief Judge, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Cordwainer Smith |
Author |
11-Jul-1913 |
6-Aug-1966 |
The Rediscovery of Man |
| Ralph Snyderman |
Doctor |
1940 |
|
CEO of Duke University Health System |
| Jean G. Spaulding |
Psychiatrist |
c. 1947 |
|
Psychiatrist at Duke University |
| Sander Vanocur |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
ABC and NBC correspondent |
| R. Sanders Williams |
Educator |
1948 |
|
Dean of Duke's Medical School |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John A. Allison |
Business |
14-Aug-1948 |
|
CEO of BB&T |
| Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. |
Attorney |
18-Sep-1940 |
|
Patton Boggs |
| Roy J. Bostock |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Chairman of Yahoo |
| Richard H. Brodhead |
Educator |
1947 |
|
President, Duke University |
| Robert L. Burrus, Jr. |
Attorney |
1934 |
|
Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006 |
| Carl T. Camden |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Kelly Services |
| John A. Canning, Jr. |
Business |
? |
|
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Richard G. Capen |
Publisher |
c. 1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93 |
| James Buchanan Duke |
Business |
23-Dec-1856 |
10-Oct-1925 |
American Tobacco Company |
| Christine M. Durham |
Judge |
3-Aug-1945 |
|
Utah Chief Justice |
| Victor J. Dzau |
Doctor |
1946 |
|
CEO of Duke University Health System |
| Patricia Lynch Ewell |
Diplomat |
20-Apr-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Madagascar, 1986-89 |
| Joel L. Fleishman |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
The Foundation: A Great American Secret |
| James R. Gavin III |
Doctor |
c. 1945 |
|
Morehouse School of Medicine |
| S. Malcolm Gillis |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Rice University, 1993-2004 |
| Milledge A. Hart III |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
President of EDS, 1970-77 |
| Gerald L. Hassell |
Business |
1952 |
|
President of Bank of New York Mellon |
| Karl M. von der Heyden |
Business |
? |
|
Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 1996-2001 |
| Betsy D. Holden |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03 |
| Kristina M. Johnson |
Educator |
c. 1958 |
|
Provost of Johns Hopkins University |
| Thomas F. Keller |
Educator |
22-Sep-1931 |
|
Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 |
| Nan Keohane |
Scholar |
18-Sep-1940 |
|
Political scientist |
| John A. Koskinen |
Business |
30-Jun-1939 |
|
President, US Soccer Foundation |
| Robert C. Krueger |
Politician |
19-Sep-1935 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1975-79 |
| Thomas G. Labrecque |
Business |
17-Sep-1938 |
16-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96 |
| John J. Mack |
Business |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
CEO of Morgan Stanley |
| Charles T. Manatt |
Attorney |
9-Jun-1936 |
|
DNC Chairman, 1981-85 |
| Jeffrey A. Marcus |
Business |
13-Oct-1946 |
|
Cable TV magnate |
| Ernest Mario |
Business |
12-Jun-1938 |
|
CEO of Alza Corporation, 1993-2001 |
| Mary E. Minnick |
Business |
27-Nov-1959 |
|
VP at Coca Cola |
| Bruce E. Mosler |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Cushman & Wakefield |
| Peter M. Nicholas |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Co-Founder of Boston Scientific |
| Frank A. Olson |
Business |
19-Jul-1932 |
|
CEO of Hertz Corporation, 1977-99 |
| Steven G. Pagliuca |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Bain Capital |
| Frederic M. Poses |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Trane |
| Timothy Proctor |
Business |
15-Dec-1949 |
|
General Counsel for Diageo |
| J. Neal Purcell |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Retired Partner, KPMG |
| Uwe E. Reinhardt |
Educator |
c. 1936 |
|
Health economist |
| Robert L. Rewey |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former VP Marketing at Ford |
| Terry Sanford |
Politician |
20-Aug-1917 |
18-Apr-1998 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| Alan D. Schwartz |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
President of Bear Stearns |
| Ruth G. Shaw |
Business |
19-Feb-1948 |
|
CEO of Duke Power, 2003-06 |
| J. Stephen Simon |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Senior VP at ExxonMobil |
| Arthur L. Smith |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
John S. Herold, Inc. |
| Lanty L. Smith |
Business |
11-Dec-1942 |
|
President of Burlington Industries, 1986-88 |
| Ralph Snyderman |
Doctor |
1940 |
|
CEO of Duke University Health System |
| Susan M. Stalnecker |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
VP and Treasurer at DuPont |
| William B. Timmerman |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of SCANA |
| Randall L. Tobias |
Government |
20-Mar-1942 |
|
AIDS Czar, USAID Administrator |
| Rick Wagoner |
Business |
9-Feb-1953 |
|
CEO of General Motors |
| R. Sanders Williams |
Educator |
1948 |
|
Dean of Duke's Medical School |
| Gary L. Wilson |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007 |
| Phail Wynn, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
|
Durham Technical Community College |
