EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Newport, RI

Founding Date:
6-Oct-1884

Official Website:
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard R. Burt	Diplomat	3-Feb-1947		US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
Michael T. Byrnes	Military	c. 1945		President of Tyco China, 2005-06
James E. Cartwright	Military	22-Sep-1949		Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11
Chip Cravaack	Politician	29-Dec-1959		Congressman, Minnesota 8th
William J. Fallon	Military	30-Dec-1944		C-in-C, US Central Command, 2007-08
Michael W. Hagee	Military	1-Dec-1944		33rd USMC Commandant, 2003-06
Alexander Haig	Government	2-Dec-1924	20-Feb-2010	US Secretary of State, 1981-82
William F. Halsey	Military	30-Oct-1882	20-Aug-1959	WWII Commander of the South Pacific
Christopher Hill	Diplomat	1952		US Ambassador to Iraq, 2009-10
Dudley Wright Knox	Military	21-Jun-1877	11-Jun-1960	A History of the United States Navy
Robert E. Kramek	Military	15-Dec-1939		US Coast Guard Commandant, 1994-98
William J. Luti	Military	c. 1952		NSC Defense Policy Adviser
Raymond T. Odierno	Military	8-Sep-1954		US Army Chief of Staff
Herbert S. Okun	Diplomat	27-Nov-1930	8-Nov-2011	US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89
Joseph W. Prueher	Diplomat	25-Nov-1942		US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
William F. Raborn	Government	8-Jun-1905	6-Mar-1990	CIA Director 1965-66
Thomas B. Robertson	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Slovenia, 2004-07
Janet A. Sanderson	Diplomat	1955		US Ambassador to Haiti
Alan Shepard	Astronaut	18-Nov-1923	21-Jul-1998	First American in space
William H. Standley	Military	18-Dec-1872	25-Oct-1963	US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
Robert D. Steele	Spy	16-Jul-1952		Open Source Systems
Antonio Taguba	Military	31-Oct-1950		Authored Taguba Report on Abu Ghraib
Hugo Teufel III	Government	1961		DHS Chief Privacy Officer
Marc A. Thiessen	Columnist	c. 1967		White House speechwriter, 2004-09
Paul A. Trivelli	Diplomat	1953		US Ambassador to Nicaragua
Larry Wilkerson	Government	15-Jun-1945		Former aide to Colin Powell
Zap Zlatoper	Military	c. 1941		US Navy Admiral (ret.)

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eliot A. Cohen	Government	c. 1955		Prominent neoconservative
David E. Kaiser	Historian	7-Jun-1947		No End Save Victory
Stephen F. Knott	Historian	14-Jun-1957		Secret and Sanctioned
Lawrence J. Korb	Author	9-Jul-1939		The Joint Chiefs of Staff
James Stockdale	Military	23-Dec-1923	5-Jul-2005	H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President
Roscoe S. Suddarth	Diplomat	1935		US Ambassador to Jordan, 1987-90
Larry Wilkerson	Government	15-Jun-1945		Former aide to Colin Powell

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abshire	Diplomat	11-Apr-1926	31-Oct-2014	US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
Leslie Lenkowsky	Government	30-Mar-1946		Philanthropic Studies
Raymond A. Spruance	Military	3-Jul-1886	13-Dec-1969	US Navy Admiral during WWII
Stansfield Turner	Government	1-Dec-1923		CIA Director, 1977-81

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