EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Part of Harvard University. Founded 1936 as the Graduate School of Public Administration, following a $2M gift by Lucius N. Littauer. It was renamed 1966, and its components consolidated under a new framework in 1978. The institution issues MPA, MPP, and MPA/ID (International Development) degrees.

Location:
Cambridge, MA

Founding Date:
1936

Official Website:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jonathan S. Adelstein	Government	1962		FCC Commissioner
Christopher C. Ames	Military	16-Mar-1954		US Navy Rear Admiral
Lawrence S. Bacow	Educator	c. 1950		President, Tufts University
Wendell Bailey	Politician	30-Jul-1940		Missouri State Treasurer, 1985-93
Doug Bereuter	Politician	6-Oct-1939		Congressman from Nebraska, 1979-2004
Margot Botsford	Judge	16-Mar-1947		Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Aurelia E. Brazeal	Diplomat	24-Nov-1943		US Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2002-05
Lester R. Brown	Activist	28-Mar-1934		Earth Policy Institute
Sheila P. Burke	Administrator	c. 1951		COO of the Smithsonian Institution
Lacy Clay	Politician	27-Jul-1956		Congressman, Missouri 1st
William F. Clinger, Jr.	Politician	4-Apr-1929		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-97
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.	Administrator	17-Feb-1949		President of MLB National League, 1994-99
Gerry Connolly	Politician	30-Mar-1950		Congressman, Virginia 11th
Frances D. Cook	Diplomat	7-Sep-1945		US Ambassador to Oman, 1996-99
Judith B. Craven	Administrator	c. 1944		Former United Way official
Paul Cronin	Government	14-Mar-1938	5-Apr-1997	Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75
John R. Davis, Jr.	Diplomat	25-Jul-1927		US Ambassador to Poland, 1983-90
Shaun Donovan	Government	24-Jan-1966		Director of US Office of Management and Budget
Christopher F. Egan	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to OECD
Karl W. Eikenberry	Military	1951		US Ambassador to Afghanistan
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.	Diplomat	24-Jan-1928		US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1973-78
Hamilton Fish, Jr.	Politician	3-Jun-1926	23-Jul-1996	Congressman from New York, 1969-95
Robert S. Gelbard	Diplomat	1944		US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1999-2001
Alan Grayson	Politician	13-Mar-1958		Congressman, Florida 9th
Hill Harper	Actor	17-May-1966		CSI: New York
Katherine Harris	Politician	5-Apr-1957		Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-07
Patricia S. Harrison	Business	?		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Keith B. Hennessey	Economist	?		National Economic Council
Brian Higgins	Politician	6-Oct-1959		Congressman, New York 27th
Bob Holden	Politician	24-Aug-1949		Governor of Missouri, 2001-05
Jerome A. Holmes	Judge	18-Nov-1961		10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Stephen Horn	Politician	31-May-1931	17-Feb-2011	Congressman from California, 1993-2003
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	Head of State	29-Oct-1938		President of Liberia
Ashley Judd	Actor	19-Apr-1968		Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Raymond W. Kelly	Government	4-Sep-1941		NYPD Commissioner
Gregory B. Kenny	Business	c. 1952		CEO of General Cable
Ban Ki-Moon	Government	13-Jun-1944		UN Secretary General
Catherine Baker Knoll	Politician	3-Sep-1930	12-Nov-2008	Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-08
Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr.	Military	c. 1950		The Army and Vietnam
Madeleine M. Kunin	Politician	28-Sep-1933		Governor of Vermont, 1985-91
Jim Langevin	Politician	22-Apr-1964		Congressman, Rhode Island 2nd
Debra L. Lee	Business	1955		CEO of BET Networks
Roger S. Leeds	Business	c. 1944		Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
John P. Lewis	Economist	18-Mar-1921	19-May-2010	Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
Joseph Limprecht	Diplomat	22-Jul-1946	19-May-2002	US Ambassador to Albania, 1999-2002
Lee Hsien Loong	Head of State	10-Feb-1952		Prime Minister of Singapore
Stephen Lynch	Politician	31-Mar-1955		Congressman, Massachusetts 9th
Dan Maffei	Politician	4-Jul-1968		Congressman from New York, 2009-11
John T. McCarthy	Diplomat	27-Dec-1939		US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1991-94
Francis J. Meehan	Diplomat	14-Feb-1924		US Ambassador to East Germany, 1985-88
Daniel N. Mendelson	Business	c. 1964		President of Avalere Health
William W. Mercer	Attorney	c. 1964		US Attorney, District of Montana
Michael W. Michalak	Diplomat	c. 1946		US Ambassador to Vietnam
Jim Moody	Politician	2-Sep-1935		Congressman from Wisconsin, 1983-93
Daniel H. Mudd	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Fannie Mae, 2005-08
George Muñoz	Business	1951		CEO of OPIC, 1997-2001
Andrew Natsios	Administrator	1950		US Special Envoy to Darfur, 2006-07
Roy Neel	Government	c. 1948		Al Gore's Chief of Staff, 1993-94
Naheed Nenshi	Politician	2-Feb-1972		Mayor of Calgary
Beth Nolan	Attorney	1951		White House Counsel, 1999-2001
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg	Business	c. 1944		Strategic Investment Group
Herbert S. Okun	Diplomat	27-Nov-1930	8-Nov-2011	US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89
R. David Paulison	Government	27-Feb-1947		FEMA Director, 2005-09
Judith C. Pelham	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Trinity Health, 2000-04
Wesley W. Posvar	Educator	14-Sep-1925	27-Jul-2001	Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91
Larry Pressler	Politician	29-Mar-1942		US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97
William Proxmire	Politician	11-Nov-1915	15-Dec-2005	US Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89
Alan Charles Raul	Government	9-Sep-1954		Sidley & Austin
Jack Reed	Politician	12-Nov-1949		US Senator from Rhode Island
Barbara Roberts	Politician	21-Dec-1936		Governor of Oregon, 1991-95
Gabriel Schoenfeld	Government	c. 1955		Hudson Institute scholar, Necessary Secrets
Klaus Schwab	Economist	30-Mar-1938		Founder, World Economic Forum
Mark Schwartz	Business	?		Former CEO, Soros Fund Management
Joe Sestak	Politician	12-Dec-1951		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11
Shabtai Shavit	Spy	?		Director-General of the Mossad, 1989-96
Karen Shepherd	Politician	5-Jul-1940		Congresswoman from Utah, 1993-95
Rob Simmons	Politician	11-Feb-1943		Congressman from Connecticut, 2001-07
Carl Spielvogel	Business	27-Dec-1928		Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide
Donald M. Stewart	Educator	1938		President of College Board, 1987-99
Mike Sullivan	Politician	22-Sep-1939		Governor of Wyoming, 1987-95
Jane Swift	Politician	24-Feb-1965		Governor of Massachusetts, 2001-03
Harriett Tee Taggart	Business	c. 1948		Wellington Management Company
William B. Taylor, Jr.	Diplomat	c. 1947		US Ambassador to Ukraine
Peter B. Teeley	Diplomat	12-Jan-1940		US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93
James D. Theberge	Diplomat	28-Dec-1930	20-Jan-1988	US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85
Peter G. Torkildsen	Politician	28-Jan-1958		Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97
Robert Torricelli	Politician	27-Aug-1951		US Senator from New Jersey, 1997-2002
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg	Educator	c. 1937		GWU President, 1988-2007
Paul Tsongas	Politician	14-Feb-1941	18-Jan-1997	US Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85
Earl Anthony Wayne	Diplomat	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Argentina, 2006-09
Kevin H. White	Politician	25-Sep-1929	27-Jan-2012	Mayor of Boston, 1968-84
Tom Wicker	Journalist	18-Jun-1926	25-Nov-2011	The New York Times
Fletcher H. Wiley	Attorney	29-Nov-1942		Of Counsel, Bingham McCutchen
Anthony A. Williams	Politician	28-Jul-1951		Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007
George Williams	Business	c. 1950		Williams Partners, Inc.
Jonathan Zittrain	Educator	24-Dec-1969		The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
Robert Zoellick	Government	25-Jul-1953		World Bank president, 2007-12

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert D. Blackwill	Diplomat	1939		US Ambassador to India, 2001-03
Robert J. Blendon	Educator	c. 1943		Professor, JFK School of Government
Sheila P. Burke	Administrator	c. 1951		COO of the Smithsonian Institution
R. Nicholas Burns	Government	28-Jan-1956		Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08
Kurt M. Campbell	Government	1957		Asst. Secy. of State for East Asian Affairs
Christopher DeMuth	Activist	5-Aug-1946		American Enterprise Institute
Mickey Edwards	Politician	12-Jul-1937		Congressman from Oklahoma, 1977-93
Jendayi E. Frazer	Diplomat	?		US Asst. Secy. of State for Africa, 2005-09
Robert R. Glauber	Business	?		National Association of Securities Dealers
Swanee Hunt	Diplomat	1-May-1950		US Ambassador to Austria, 1993-97
Juliette Kayyem	Government	16-Aug-1969		Counterterrorism wonk
Robert Z. Lawrence	Economist	c. 1948		Council of Economic Advisers, 1999-2001
Roger B. Porter	Educator	19-Jun-1946		Professor, Kennedy School of Government
Samantha Power	Author	21-Sep-1970		A Problem From Hell
Robert Reich	Government	24-Jun-1946		US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97
Claudine Schneider	Politician	25-Mar-1947		Congresswoman from Rhode Island, 1981-91
Philip R. Sharp	Politician	15-Jul-1942		Congressman from Indiana, 1975-95
John P. White	Government	27-Feb-1937		US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1995-97

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert D. Blackwill	Diplomat	1939		US Ambassador to India, 2001-03
Sheila P. Burke	Administrator	c. 1951		COO of the Smithsonian Institution
Richard E. Cavanagh	Government	c. 1946		CEO of The Conference Board, 1995-2007
Sky Dayton	Business	8-Aug-1971		Earthlink, Boingo Wireless
Arnold W. Donald	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Merisant, 2000-03
Joel L. Fleishman	Business	c. 1935		The Foundation: A Great American Secret
Mary Graham	Author	c. 1944		Wife of Donald Graham
Julie A. Hill	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Costain Homes, 1991-98
James F. Hoge, Jr.	Editor	25-Dec-1935		Editor of Foreign Affairs
Jim Leach	Politician	15-Oct-1942		Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007
Mary E. Minnick	Business	27-Nov-1959		VP at Coca Cola
Lyndon L. Olson	Diplomat	1947		US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001
David Pryor	Politician	29-Aug-1934		US Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97
Maxwell M. Rabb	Attorney	28-Sep-1910	9-Jun-2002	US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.	Business	c. 1930		Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Paul Sagan	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Akamai
Harriett Tee Taggart	Business	c. 1948		Wellington Management Company
Maggie Williams	Government	25-Dec-1954		Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff
Raul Yzaguirre	Activist	22-Jul-1939		National Council of La Raza

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