EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Fairfax, VA

Founding Date:
1957

Team:
Patriots

Mascot:
The Patriot

Enrollment:
30,000

Official Website:
http://www.gmu.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anousheh Ansari	Business	12-Sep-1966		Telecom executive, space tourist
Kathleen L. Casey	Government	12-Apr-1966		Securities and Exchange Commission
Tyler Cowen	Economist	21-Jan-1962		Mercatus Center
Ken Cuccinelli	Politician	30-Jul-1968		Virginia Attorney General, 2010-14
Carol G. Dawson	Government	8-Sep-1937		Conservative activist
Sibel Edmonds	Government	1969		Former FBI translator
Jon Entine	Author	30-Apr-1952		Taboo
Richard Hatch	TV Personality	8-Apr-1961		Survivor
L. Kevin Kelly	Business	c. 1965		CEO of Heidrick & Struggles
Matt Kibbe	Activist	c. 1963		President and CEO of FreedomWorks
Suzanne Kosmas	Politician	25-Feb-1944		Congresswoman from Florida, 2009-11
Robert A. Levy	Activist	c. 1939		Cato Institute
Kathleen M. Linehan	Government	c. 1950		Tobacco lobbyist
William W. Mercer	Attorney	c. 1964		US Attorney, District of Montana
Stephen Moore	Activist	16-Feb-1960		Club for Growth
Nancy Mitchell Pfotenhauer	Activist	?		Independent Women's Forum
Judith Reisman	Author	11-Apr-1935		Hates Kinsey
Karl Rove	Government	25-Dec-1950		Political Strategist to George W. Bush
Rhea Seehorn	Actor	12-May-1972		Kim Wexler on Better Call Saul
Richard Norton Smith	Historian	1953		Presidential historian
Cully Stimson	Government	13-Jun-1963		Pentagon point man on detainees
Debora J. Wilson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of The Weather Channel, 2004-09

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenneth Alibek	Biologist	c. 1951		Biological weapons designer
James M. Buchanan	Economist	2-Oct-1919	9-Jan-2013	Public Choice Theory
Alan Cheuse	Novelist	23-Jan-1940	31-Jul-2015	The Bohemians
Tyler Cowen	Economist	21-Jan-1962		Mercatus Center
Victoria Espinel	Government	c. 1967		White House Copyright Czar
Carolyn Forché	Poet	28-Apr-1950		The Country Between Us
Betty Friedan	Activist	4-Feb-1921	4-Feb-2006	Rights for women spokesperson
Francis Fukuyama	Author	27-Oct-1952		The End of History and the Last Man
Douglas H. Ginsburg	Judge	25-May-1946		US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Manuel H. Johnson	Economist	10-Feb-1949		Federal Reserve Governor, 1986-90
Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr.	Military	c. 1950		The Army and Vietnam
S. Robert Lichter	Scholar	28-Aug-1948		Center for Media and Public Affairs
Leonard P. Liggio	Scholar	5-Jul-1933		Libertarian
Thomas J. Miller	Diplomat	1948		US Ambassador to Greece, 2001-04
Kimberly A. Moore	Judge	15-Jun-1968		US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Richard W. Rahn	Economist	c. 1941		The End of Money
Frank Sesno	Journalist	c. 1955		CNN Washington bureau chief
Vernon L. Smith	Economist	1-Jan-1927		Experimental economics
Cully Stimson	Government	13-Jun-1963		Pentagon point man on detainees
Susan J. Tolchin	Political Scientist	14-Jan-1941	18-May-2016	To the Victor...
Roger Wilkins	Educator	25-Mar-1932		Author, blackademic
Walter E. Williams	Economist	31-Mar-1936		Conservative economist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bobbie Kilberg	Administrator	25-Oct-1944		Northern Virginia Technology Council
James C. Miller III	Economist	25-Jun-1942		Conservative economist

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