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Phi Beta Kappa Society

FRATERNAL HONOR SOCIETY

Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary.

Official Website:
http://www.pbk.org/

Founding Date:
1776

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dean Acheson
Government
11-Apr-1893 12-Oct-1971 US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Bruce Ackerman
Scholar
19-Aug-1943   We the People
Brock Adams
Politician
13-Jan-1927 10-Sep-2004 US Senator from Washington, 1987-93
John Quincy Adams
Head of State
11-Jul-1767 23-Feb-1848 6th US President, 1825-29
Roger Adams
Chemist
2-Jan-1889 6-Jul-1971 Organic chemist at Illinois
Paul Adelstein
Actor
29-Apr-1969   Prison Break
Herbert Agar
Journalist
29-Sep-1897 24-Nov-1980 The People's Choice
Mary Cunningham Agee
Activist
1951   The Nurturing Network
Carl B. Albert
Politician
10-May-1908 4-Feb-2000 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76
Ruggero J. Aldisert
Judge
10-Nov-1919 28-Dec-2014 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-86
Lamar Alexander
Politician
3-Jul-1940   US Senator from Tennessee
Horatio Alger
Author
13-Jan-1832 18-Jul-1899 Ragged Dick
Samuel Alito
Judge
1-Apr-1950   US Supreme Court Justice
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
Donna M. Alvarado
Business
8-Nov-1948   Aguila International
Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist
13-Jun-1911 1-Sep-1988 Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs
Benjamin M. Anderson
Economist
1-May-1886 19-Jan-1949 Social Value
Laurie Anderson
Performance Artist
5-Jun-1947   Tape bow violinist and performance artist
Sigurd Anderson
Politician
22-Jan-1904 21-Dec-1990 Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
Charles McLean Andrews
Historian
22-Feb-1863 9-Sep-1943 The Colonial Period of American History
Robert E. Andrews
Politician
4-Aug-1957   Congressman, New Jersey 1st
Robert E. Angelica
Business
c. 1949   CEO of AT&T Investment Mgmt., 1999-2006
Decker Anstrom
Business
2-Aug-1950   COO of Landmark Communications
Brent R. Appel
Judge
c. 1951   Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Anne Applebaum
Author
25-Jul-1964   Gulag: A History
Anne L. Armstrong
Government
27-Dec-1927 30-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Chester A. Arthur
Head of State
5-Oct-1829 18-Nov-1886 21st US President, 1881-85
Frederick B. Artz
Historian
19-Oct-1894 20-Jul-1983 Reaction and Revolution, 1814-1832
Isaac Asimov
Author
2-Jan-1920 6-Apr-1992 Foundation
John Atanasoff
Inventor
4-Oct-1903 15-Jun-1995 Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Paul S. Atkins
Government
1958   Securities and Exchange Commission
Donald B. Ayer
Attorney
30-Apr-1949   Partner, Jones Day
James Bacchus
Politician
21-Jun-1949   Congressman from Florida, 1991-95
Mario L. Baeza
Business
c. 1951   Baeza & Co.
Thomas A. Bailey
Historian
14-Dec-1902 26-Jul-1983 The American Pageant
Brian Baird
Politician
7-Mar-1956   Congressman from Washington, 1999-2011
John C. Baldwin
Doctor
c. 1949   Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech
Simeon E. Baldwin
Politician
5-Feb-1840 30-Jan-1927 Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15
W. Scott Bales
Judge
c. 1956   Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Ian Ballantine
Publisher
15-Feb-1916 9-Mar-1995 Paperback magnate
Hank Barnette
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Bethlehem Steel, 1992-2000
Joseph W. Barr
Government
17-Jan-1918 23-Feb-1996 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69
Tom Barrett
Politician
8-Dec-1953   Mayor of Milwaukee
Bill Bass
Scientist
30-Aug-1928   Human decomposition
John S. Battle
Politician
11-Jul-1890 9-Apr-1972 Governor of Virginia, 1950-54
Cliff Battles
Football
1-May-1910 28-Apr-1981 NFL Hall-of-Famer
Alan Baxter
Actor
19-Nov-1908 7-May-1976 Saboteur
Emily Morison Beck
Editor
c. 1916 28-Mar-2004 Editor of Bartlett's Quotations
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Business
1943   WGBH Educational Foundation
Steven C. Beering
Educator
20-Aug-1932   President of Purdue, 1983-2000
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Richard Benedick
Diplomat
?   US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol
Gregory Benford
Novelist
30-Jan-1941   Physicist and author of Timescape
Douglas J. Bennet
Educator
23-Jun-1938   President of Wesleyan University, 1995-2007
Duane Benton
Judge
8-Sep-1950   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Doug Bereuter
Politician
6-Oct-1939   Congressman from Nebraska, 1979-2004
Emily Bergl
Actor
25-Apr-1975   Annie O'Donnell on Men in Trees
Ann E. Berman
Business
c. 1952   CFO of Harvard University, 2002-06
Ben Bernanke
Economist
13-Dec-1953   Federal Reserve Chairman, 2006-14
Brian A. Bernasek
Business
c. 1972   Partner, Carlyle Group
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
John Berryman
Poet
25-Oct-1914 7-Jan-1972 Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
Jeff Bezos
Business
12-Jan-1964   Founder of Amazon
Benazir Bhutto
Head of State
21-Jun-1953 27-Dec-2007 Former prime minister of Pakistan
Alexander Bickel
Scholar
17-Dec-1924 7-Nov-1974 The Least Dangerous Branch
James Crawford Biggs
Politician
29-Aug-1872 30-Jan-1960 US Solicitor General, 1933-35
Robert Worth Bingham
Business
8-Nov-1871 18-Dec-1937 Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal
John P. Birkelund
Business
23-Jun-1930   Chairman of Dillon Read, 1986-98
J. Michael Bishop
Scientist
22-Feb-1936   Genetic causes of cancer
Harry Blackmun
Judge
12-Nov-1908 4-Mar-1999 US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94
Rebecca M. Blank
Economist
19-Sep-1955   Council of Economic Advisers, 1998-99
Burt Blechman
Novelist
2-Mar-1927 29-Dec-1998 How Much?
Roy Blount, Jr.
Author
5-Oct-1941   Humorist
Henry Blumenthal
Historian
21-Oct-1911 17-Feb-1987 France and the United States
Richard Blumenthal
Government
13-Feb-1946   US Senator from Connecticut
Barbara Bodine
Diplomat
1948   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1997-2001
Theodore R. Boehm
Judge
12-Sep-1938   Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Paul H. Boeker
Diplomat
2-May-1938 29-Mar-2003 US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87
David Boies
Attorney
Mar-1941   Represented Gore in Bush v. Gore
Sissela Bok
Scholar
2-Dec-1934   Ethicist
David Bonderman
Business
27-Nov-1942   Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
David M. Borden
Judge
4-Aug-1937   Justice, CT Supreme Court, 1990-2007
Robert Bork
Government
1-Mar-1927 19-Dec-2012 Fired Archibald Cox, later got himself borked
Michael J. Boskin
Economist
23-Sep-1945   Economics Professor at Stanford
Roy J. Bostock
Business
25-Sep-1940   Chairman of Yahoo, 2008-12
Margot Botsford
Judge
16-Mar-1947   Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Edward Bouchet
Physicist
15-Sep-1852 28-Oct-1918 First African-American PhD
Henry S. Boutell
Politician
14-Mar-1856 11-Mar-1926 Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911
Robert O. Bowen
Novelist
7-May-1920 9-Jun-2003 The Weight of the Cross
William G. Bowen
Educator
6-Oct-1933   President, Princeton University, 1972-88
David F. Bradford
Economist
8-Jan-1939 22-Feb-2005 Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
John R. Brazil
Educator
1946   President of Trinity University, 2000-10
Gregory Breit
Physicist
14-Jul-1899 11-Sep-1981 Proton-proton dispersion
Daryl G. Brewster
Business
c. 1957   Former CEO of Krispy Kreme
Owen Brewster
Politician
22-Feb-1888 25-Dec-1961 Governor and Senator from Maine
Scott A. Brister
Judge
8-Jan-1955   Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Glenn A. Britt
Business
6-Mar-1949 11-Jun-2014 CEO of Time Warner Cable, 2001-13
Molly Corbett Broad
Business
1941   University Chancellor
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
Economist
8-Jul-1939   President of the Richmond Fed, 1993-2004
Tom Brokaw
Journalist
6-Feb-1940   Former anchor, NBC Nightly News
Michael S. Brown
Biologist
13-Apr-1941   Metabolism of cholesterol
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
Frank Bruni
Journalist
31-Oct-1964   New York Times food critic
William C. Bullitt
Diplomat
25-Jan-1891 15-Feb-1967 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36
Mary Brown Bullock
Historian
1944   President of Agnes Scott College, 1995-2006
Mac Bundy
Government
30-Mar-1919 16-Sep-1996 National Security Advisor, 1961-66
Stephen B. Burbank
Educator
c. 1946   UPenn Law Professor
Stephen B. Burke
Business
c. 1958   COO of Comcast
Walter Dean Burnham
Scholar
15-Jun-1930   Democracy in the Making
R. Nicholas Burns
Government
28-Jan-1956   Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
Jeb Bush
Politician
11-Feb-1953   Governor of Florida, 1999-2007
Mary K. Bush
Business
c. 1949   Bush International
Richard L. Bushman
Historian
20-Jun-1931   Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Willard C. Butcher
Business
25-Oct-1926 25-Aug-2012 CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1980-91
Nicholas Murray Butler
Educator
2-Apr-1862 7-Dec-1947 President of Columbia University, 1901-45
William C. Canby, Jr.
Judge
22-May-1931   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-96
Demetrios James Caraley
Educator
22-Jun-1932   President, Academy of Political Science
Dennis W. Carlton
Economist
c. 1950   Economics Professor, University of Chicago
Leonard Carmichael
Educator
9-Nov-1898 16-Sep-1973 Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64
Howie Carr
Columnist
17-Jan-1952   Boston Herald columnist, talk-radio host
John A. Carrig
Business
14-Jan-1952   CFO of Conoco-Phillips
Brad Carson
Politician
11-Mar-1967   Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05
Ashton Carter
Government
24-Sep-1954   US Secretary of Defense
Jimmy Carter
Head of State
1-Oct-1924   39th US President, 1977-81
Daniel H. Case III
Business
27-Jul-1957 27-Jun-2002 Hambrecht & Quist
R. V. Cassill
Novelist
17-May-1919 25-Mar-2002 Dr. Cobb's Game
Richard Celeste
Politician
11-Nov-1937   Governor of Ohio, 1983-91
Bennett Cerf
Publisher
25-May-1898 27-Aug-1971 Founder of Random House
Jon F. Chait
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Hudson Highland Group
Jule Charney
Scientist
1-Jan-1917 16-Jun-1981 Quasi-gesotrophic theory
Jerome Charyn
Novelist
13-May-1937   The Good Policeman
Lynne Cheney
First Lady
14-Aug-1941   Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney
C. J. Cherryh
Author
1-Sep-1942   Cyteen and Downbelow Station
Judy Chicago
Artist
20-Jul-1939   The Birth Project
Rachelle B. Chong
Government
1959   FCC Commissioner, 1994-97
Theodore Christianson
Politician
12-Sep-1883 9-Dec-1948 Governor of Minnesota, 1925-31
Steven Chu
Physicist
28-Feb-1948   US Secretary of Energy, 2009-13
Frank Church
Politician
25-Jul-1924 7-Apr-1984 US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81
Kay Knight Clarke
Business
c. 1938   Templeton, Ltd.
Eric L. Clay
Judge
18-Jan-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Grover Cleveland
Head of State
18-Mar-1837 24-Jun-1908 22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97
Richard G. Cline
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Nicor, 1986-95
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Glenn Close
Actor
19-Mar-1947   Fatal Attraction
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Poet
18-Mar-1892 20-Jan-1955 Strange Holiness
Morris Raphael Cohen
Philosopher
25-Jul-1880 28-Jan-1947 Reason and Nature
Naomi W. Cohen
Historian
13-Nov-1927   Jews in Christian America
Bainbridge Colby
Government
22-Dec-1869 11-Apr-1950 US Secretary of State, 1920-21
William Colby
Spy
4-Jan-1920 27-Apr-1996 CIA Director, 1973-75
Steve Coll
Journalist
8-Oct-1958   Ghost Wars
Bud Colligan
Business
14-Aug-1954   CEO of Macromedia, 1992-97
Susan Collins
Politician
7-Dec-1952   US Senator from Maine
Peter Coneway
Business
c. 1944   US Ambassador to Switzerland
Kellyanne Conway
Government
20-Jan-1967   Republican pollster
Denton Cooley
Doctor
22-Aug-1920   Pioneering heart surgeon
Calvin Coolidge
Head of State
4-Jul-1872 5-Jan-1933 30th US President, 1923-29
Jim Cooper
Politician
19-Jun-1954   Congressman, Tennessee 5th
Leon N. Cooper
Physicist
28-Feb-1930   BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Francis Ford Coppola
Film Director
7-Apr-1939   The Godfather
Richard Cordray
Government
3-May-1959   Acting Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
David Corn
Columnist
Feb-1959   Washington editor of The Nation
Erastus Corning II
Politician
7-Oct-1909 28-May-1983 Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83
Robert A. Corrigan
Educator
21-Apr-1935   President, San Francisco State University
Jon Corzine
Politician
1-Jan-1947   Governor of New Jersey, 2006-10
Frederick G. Cottrell
Inventor
10-Jan-1877 16-Nov-1948 Smokestack filters to fight pollution
James G. Coulter
Business
c. 1959   Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Gregory B. Craig
Attorney
4-Mar-1945   White House Counsel, 2009
Arthur G. Crane
Educator
1-Sep-1877 11-Aug-1955 President, University of Wyoming, 1922-41
Michael Crichton
Novelist
23-Oct-1942 4-Nov-2008 Jurassic Park
Chester A. Crocker
Government
29-Oct-1941   Asst. Secy. State, African Affairs, 1981-89
L. Gordon Crovitz
Publisher
c. 1959   Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07
Countee Cullen
Poet
30-May-1903 9-Jan-1946 Harlem Renaissance poet
Elijah Cummings
Politician
18-Jan-1951   Congressman, Maryland 7th
Robert F. Curl, Jr.
Chemist
23-Aug-1933   Co-Discovered fullerines
Malcolm R. Currie
Business
13-Mar-1927   CEO of Hughes Aircraft, 1988-92
Dinesh D'Souza
Author
25-Apr-1961   Conservative author
Drew Daniel
Electronic Musician
1971   Half of Matmos
Joseph E. Davies
Diplomat
29-Nov-1876 9-May-1958 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38
Clive Davis
Business
4-Apr-1932   Founder of Arista Records
John W. Davis
Attorney
13-Apr-1873 24-Mar-1955 US Solicitor General, 1913-18
Nathaniel Davis
Diplomat
12-Apr-1925 16-May-2011 US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73
Westmoreland Davis
Politician
21-Aug-1859 7-Sep-1942 Governor of Virginia, 1918-22
Charles G. Dawes
Politician
27-Aug-1865 23-Apr-1951 US Vice President, 1925-29
Diana DeGette
Politician
29-Jul-1957   Congresswoman, Colorado 1st
Robert E. Denham
Attorney
27-Aug-1945   Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Susan S. Denison
Business
c. 1946   Partner, Cook Associates
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Business
17-Dec-1956   Health care administrator
Butler Derrick
Politician
30-Sep-1936 5-May-2014 Congressman from South Carolina, 1975-95
Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Politician
15-Feb-1832 13-Jan-1899 Congressman from Maine, 1881-99
E. J. Dionne
Journalist
23-Apr-1952   The Washington Post
Harold W. Dodds
Educator
28-Jun-1889 25-Oct-1980 President, Princeton University, 1932-57
Elizabeth Dole
Politician
29-Jul-1936   US Senator from North Carolina, 2003-09
John Donahoe
Business
c. 1960   CEO of eBay
Thomas E. Donilon
Government
14-May-1955   US National Security Advisor
Forrest C. Donnell
Politician
20-Aug-1884 3-Mar-1980 Governor and Senator from Missouri
Chuck Douglas
Politician
2-Dec-1942   Congressman from New Hampshire, 1989-91
Paul W. Douglas
Business
12-Sep-1926 18-Sep-2011 CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81
Rita Dove
Poet
28-Aug-1952   7th US Poet Laureate, 1993-95
Hugh Downs
Journalist
14-Feb-1921   20/20
Elizabeth Drew
Journalist
16-Nov-1935   The New Yorker
Patrick H. Drewry
Politician
24-May-1875 21-Dec-1947 Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47
Lee S. Dreyfus
Politician
20-Jun-1926 2-Jan-2008 Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sociologist
23-Feb-1868 27-Aug-1963 Civil rights activist
James J. Duderstadt
Educator
5-Dec-1942   President, University of Michigan, 1988-96
John P. East
Politician
5-May-1931 29-Jun-1986 US Senator, committed suicide
Frank H. Easterbrook
Judge
3-Sep-1948   7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Donald Easum
Diplomat
27-Aug-1923   US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77
Gerald M. Edelman
Scientist
1-Jul-1929 17-May-2014 Chemical structure of antibodies
Allison H. Eid
Judge
1965   Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Stuart Eizenstat
Diplomat
15-Jan-1943   US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.
Historian
15-Dec-1915 5-Feb-2000 The Decline of American Liberalism
Michael B. Elefante
Attorney
15-Feb-1944   Partner, Hemenway & Barnes
Douglas W. Elmendorf
Government
c. 1961   Director, Congressional Budget Office
Mark Emmert
Educator
16-Dec-1952   President, University of Washington
Thomas O. Enders
Diplomat
28-Nov-1932 17-Mar-1996 US Ambassador to Canada, Spain
Doug Engelbart
Computer Programmer
30-Jan-1925 2-Jul-2013 Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Robert F. Engle III
Economist
10-Nov-1942   Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Klaus Eppler
Attorney
8-May-1930   Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose
Jeffery E. Epstein
Business
c. 1958   CFO of Oracle, 2008-11
Richard A. Epstein
Scholar
17-Apr-1943   Takings
James D. Ericson
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Northwestern Mutual, 1993-2001
Susan Estrich
Pundit
16-Dec-1952   Fox News liberal
Charles L. Evans
Economist
15-Jan-1958   President and CEO, Chicago Fed
M. Stanton Evans
Activist
20-Jul-1934 3-Mar-2015 Conservative activist
Thomas E. Everhart
Physicist
15-Feb-1932   President of CalTech, 1987-97
Richard D. Fairbank
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Capital One
Todd S. Farha
Business
1968   President and CEO of WellCare Health Plans
John D. Feerick
Attorney
12-Jul-1936   Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002
Sam Feist
Journalist
21-Jan-1969   CNN Washington Bureau Chief
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Howard Fineman
Journalist
c. 1948   Huffington Post political analyst
Franklin M. Fisher
Economist
13-Dec-1934   Economist at MIT
Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Government
22-Dec-1960   Special Counsel for Plame case
Chuck Fleischmann
Politician
11-Oct-1962   Congressman, Tennessee 3rd
Gregory J. Fleming
Business
c. 1964   Co-President of Merrill Lynch
Betty B. Fletcher
Judge
29-Mar-1923 22-Oct-2012 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-98
David I. Foley
Business
c. 1967   Blackstone Group
Hiram Fong
Politician
15-Oct-1906 18-Aug-2004 US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77
William C. Foote
Business
c. 1951   CEO of USG
Kristin J. Forbes
Economist
21-Aug-1970   Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05
Randy Forbes
Politician
17-Feb-1952   Congressman, Virginia 4th
Randall M. Fort
Government
4-Jul-1956   Asst. Secy. State for Intelligence
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Dan Fortmann
Football
11-Apr-1916 23-May-1995 NFL Hall of Fame Guard
Bill Foster
Politician
7-Oct-1955   Congressman from Illinois, 2008-11
Donald Fowler
Government
12-Sep-1935   DNC chairman, 1995-97
Marye Anne Fox
Educator
9-Dec-1947   Chancellor, UC San Diego
Peter T. Francis
Business
c. 1953   J. M. Huber Corporation
Jeffrey A. Frankel
Economist
5-Nov-1952   Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99
Felix Frankfurter
Judge
15-Nov-1882 22-Feb-1965 US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62
John Hope Franklin
Historian
2-Jan-1915 25-Mar-2009 From Slavery to Freedom
Louis Freeh
Government
6-Jan-1950   FBI Director, 1993-2001
William W. Freehling
Historian
26-Dec-1935   Prelude to Civil War
Betty Friedan
Activist
4-Feb-1921 4-Feb-2006 Rights for women spokesperson
Ellen V. Futter
Educator
21-Sep-1949   President of Barnard College, 1980-93
Frank Gannett
Business
15-Sep-1876 3-Dec-1957 Founder, Gannett publishing empire
Merrick B. Garland
Judge
13-Nov-1952   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Thomas S. Gates
Government
10-Apr-1906 25-Mar-1983 US Secretary of Defense, 1959-61
Claire L. Gaudiani
Educator
1944   President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
Murray Gell-Mann
Physicist
15-Sep-1929   Quarks and strangeness
Walter F. George
Politician
29-Jan-1878 4-Aug-1957 US Senator from Georgia, 1922-57
Jack Germond
Columnist
30-Jan-1928 14-Aug-2013 Fat Man in a Middle Seat
Michael Gershon
Scientist
c. 1936   Gut neurobiology
Julia S. Gibbons
Judge
23-Dec-1950   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Judge
15-Mar-1933   US Supreme Court Justice
Nikki Giovanni
Poet
7-Jun-1943   Black Feeling, Black Talk
Todd Gitlin
Educator
6-Jan-1943   Journalism professor, social critic
Sheldon Glashow
Physicist
5-Dec-1932   Electroweak Theory
Mike Godwin
Attorney
26-Oct-1956   Former General Counsel, Wikimedia
Pamela H. Godwin
Business
c. 1949   Former executive, GMAC Insurance
Donald J. Gogel
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Robert F. Goheen
Educator
15-Aug-1919 31-Mar-2008 President of Princeton University, 1957-72
Harvey J. Goldschmid
Government
6-May-1940 12-Feb-2015 SEC Commissioner, 2002-05
Joseph L. Goldstein
Scientist
18-Apr-1940   Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism
Linda A. Goldstein
Business
25-Jun-1954   Electronic Retailing Association
Mary L. Good
Educator
20-Jun-1931   Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas
Virgil Goode
Politician
17-Oct-1946   Congressman from Virginia, 1997-2009
Nelson Goodman
Philosopher
7-Aug-1906 25-Nov-1998 Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian
4-Jan-1943   Team of Rivals
Slade Gorton
Politician
8-Jan-1928   US Senator from Washington, 1981-2001
Bob Graham
Politician
9-Nov-1936   US Senator from Florida, 1987-2005
Jennifer Granholm
Politician
5-Feb-1959   Governor of Michigan, 2003-11
Ella T. Grasso
Politician
10-May-1919 5-Feb-1981 First woman elected governor of Connecticut
Theodore F. Green
Politician
2-Oct-1867 19-May-1966 Governor and Senator from Rhode Island
Vartan Gregorian
Educator
8-Apr-1934   President of Carnegie Corporation
David Groh
Actor
21-May-1939 12-Feb-2008 Joe Gerard on Rhoda
Sanford J. Grossman
Business
21-Jul-1953   CEO of Quantitative Financial Strategies
Ernest Gruening
Politician
6-Feb-1887 26-Jun-1974 US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69
Ursula K. Le Guin
Novelist
21-Oct-1929   The Left Hand of Darkness
John Gunther
Journalist
30-Aug-1901 29-May-1970 Inside Europe
Lloyd V. Hackley
Educator
c. 1940   Chancellor of Fayetteville State University
Pat Haden
Football
23-Jan-1953   LA Rams Quarterback, Investor
Stephen Hadley
Government
13-Feb-1947   National Security Advisor, 2005-09
Joseph A. Hafner, Jr.
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Riviana Foods, 1984-2005
Oron J. Hale
Historian
29-Jul-1902 19-Jul-1991 The Great Illusion, 1900-1914
David Hall
Politician
20-Oct-1930   Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75
Jane Hall
Journalist
?   Fox News Watch commentator
Peter W. Hall
Judge
9-Nov-1948   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
John S. Hamlin
Business
c. 1965   Former Dell VP
Learned Hand
Judge
27-Jan-1872 18-Aug-1961 Influential American justice
Raymond A. Hare
Diplomat
3-Apr-1901 9-Feb-1994 US Mideast Ambassador
Diane C. Harris
Business
c. 1942   Hypotenuse Enterprises, Inc.
Melissa Harris-Perry
Author
2-Oct-1973   Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
Ann Weaver Hart
Educator
1948   President, Temple University
Harris L. Hartz
Judge
20-Jan-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert A. Hauptman
Mathematician
14-Feb-1917 23-Oct-2011 X-ray diffraction studies
Jerry A. Hausman
Economist
5-May-1946   Hausman Specification Test
Janet Gray Hayes
Politician
12-Jul-1926 21-Apr-2014 Mayor of San Jose, 1975-83
Rutherford B. Hayes
Head of State
4-Oct-1822 17-Jan-1893 19th US President, 1877-81
William J. Haynes II
Government
30-Mar-1958   DOD General Counsel, 2001-08
Morrell Heald
Historian
16-Jul-1922 3-Jan-2014 Transatlantic Vistas
Alexander Heard
Educator
14-Mar-1917 24-Jul-2009 Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82
James J. Heckman
Economist
19-Apr-1944   Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior
Ray L. Heffner
Educator
7-May-1925 28-Nov-2012 President of Brown University, 1966-69
Christie Hefner
Business
8-Nov-1952   CEO of Playboy, 1988-2009
Walter W. Heller
Economist
27-Aug-1915 15-Jun-1987 Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64
Richard Helms
Government
30-Mar-1913 22-Oct-2002 CIA Director, 1966-73
Peter Blair Henry
Economist
30-Jul-1969   Dean, Stern School of Business
John E. Herbst
Diplomat
12-Aug-1952   US Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003-06
Christian Herter, Jr.
Government
29-Jan-1919 16-Sep-2007 First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition
Andrew Heyward
Journalist
1950   President of CBS News, 1996-2005
Lister Hill
Politician
29-Dec-1894 21-Dec-1984 US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69
Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Sociologist
c. 1943   Mother of on-line education
John Hinderaker
Blogger
Sep-1950   Power Line blog
Mazie Hirono
Politician
3-Nov-1947   Congresswoman, Hawaii 2nd
Alger Hiss
Government
11-Nov-1904 15-Nov-1996 Accused spy for the Soviet Union
George H. Hitchings
Scientist
18-Apr-1905 27-Feb-1998 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis
Frederick P. Hitz
Government
14-Oct-1939   CIA Inspector General, 1990-98
Jim Hoagland
Journalist
22-Jan-1940   The Washington Post
Richard H. Hochman
Business
c. 1946   Regent Capital Management
David C. Hodge
Educator
27-Sep-1948   President, Miami University of Ohio
Robert Hofstadter
Physicist
5-Feb-1915 17-Nov-1990 Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Spessard Holland
Politician
10-Jul-1892 6-Nov-1971 Governor and Senator from Florida
William J. Holloway, Jr.
Judge
23-Jun-1923 25-Apr-2014 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-92
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Author
29-Aug-1809 7-Oct-1894 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Avery Hopwood
Playwright
28-May-1882 1-Jul-1928 The Bat
Tony Horwitz
Journalist
1959   Confederates in the Attic
John Howard
Actor
14-Apr-1913 19-Feb-1995 Bulldog Drummond
Thomas C. Hubbard
Diplomat
1943   US Ambassador to South Korea, 2001-04
Franklin P. Huddle
Diplomat
9-May-1943   US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03
Mark W. Huddleston
Educator
c. 1950   President, University of New Hampshire
William H. Hudnut III
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.
Government
30-Nov-1889 21-Jan-1950 US Solicitor General, 1929-30
Michael H. Hunt
Historian
c. 1943   Ideology and U.S Foreign Policy
Robert E. Hunter
Diplomat
c. 1940   US Ambassador to NATO, 1993-98
Andrew D. Hurwitz
Judge
c. 1946   Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Bob Inglis
Politician
11-Oct-1959   Congressman from South Carolina, 1993-98, 2005-11
Reed Irvine
Activist
29-Sep-1922 16-Nov-2004 Founder, Accuracy in Media
Douglas A. Irwin
Economist
c. 1962   Free Trade Under Fire
Irving M. Ives
Politician
24-Jan-1896 24-Feb-1962 US Senator from New York, 1947-59
Gary N. Jacobs
Business
12-Jul-1945   General Counsel for MGM Mirage
Jack B. Jacobs
Judge
c. 1942   Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
Paul E. Jacobs
Business
c. 1963   CEO of Qualcomm
Karl Jansky
Astronomer
22-Oct-1905 14-Feb-1950 Radio waves from outer space
Richard Jenrette
Business
5-Apr-1929   Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Dawn E. Johnsen
Attorney
14-Aug-1961   Indiana University law professor
Darryl N. Johnson
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Thailand, 2002-04
Robert Erwin Johnson
Historian
3-Feb-1923 28-Jan-2008 Guardians of the Sea
Tim Johnson
Politician
28-Dec-1946   Former Senator from South Dakota
Tim Johnson
Politician
23-Jul-1946   Congressman, Illinois 15th
Jim Jontz
Politician
18-Dec-1951 14-Apr-2007 Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93
Leonard B. Jordan
Politician
15-May-1899 30-Jun-1983 Governor and Senator from Idaho
Paul L. Joskow
Economist
c. 1946   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Percy Julian
Chemist
11-Apr-1899 19-Apr-1975 Physostigmine and cortisone
Ernest Just
Biologist
14-Aug-1883 27-Oct-1941 Cell surfaces and egg fertilization
Matthew H. Kamens
Attorney
6-Dec-1951   Of Counsel, Wolf Block
Arnold Kanter
Government
27-Feb-1945 10-Apr-2010 Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93
Stanley H. Kaplan
Business
24-May-1919 23-Aug-2009 Developed SAT study aids
Robert A. Katzmann
Judge
22-Apr-1953   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Cresson H. Kearny
Inventor
7-Jan-1914 18-Dec-2003 Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
Kenneth B. Keating
Politician
18-May-1900 5-May-1975 US Senator from New York, 1959-65
Barnaby C. Keeney
Educator
17-Oct-1914 18-Jun-1980 President of Brown University, 1955-66
Thomas F. Keller
Educator
22-Sep-1931   Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96
Joyce L. Kennard
Judge
6-May-1941   Justice, California Supreme Court
William E. Kennard
Government
19-Jan-1957   FCC Chairman, 1997-2001
Anthony Kennedy
Judge
23-Jul-1936   US Supreme Court Justice
James Kent
Judge
31-Jul-1763 12-Dec-1847 Commentaries on American Law
Nan Keohane
Scholar
18-Sep-1940   Political scientist
William T. Kerr
Business
17-Apr-1941   CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006
James W. Keyes
Business
1955   CEO of Blockbuster
Robert C. Khayat
Educator
18-Apr-1938   Chancellor, University of Mississippi
Jason Kilar
Business
c. 1971   CEO of Hulu
Bernard Kilgore
Publisher
9-Nov-1908 14-Nov-1967 President of Dow Jones, 1945-66
Christoph M. Kimmich
Educator
16-Jan-1939   President, Brooklyn College
Carolyn D. King
Judge
30-Jan-1938   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
E. Robert Kinney
Business
9-Apr-1917 2-May-2013 CEO of General Mills, 1977-82
Nile Kinnick
Football
9-Jul-1918 2-Jun-1943 Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy
Alfred Kinsey
Scientist
23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Researched human sexual behavior
Henry Kissinger
Government
27-May-1923   US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Andrew J. Kleinfeld
Judge
12-Jun-1945   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Scott M. Kleinman
Business
c. 1975   Apollo Management
Michael Klosson
Diplomat
22-Aug-1949   US Ambassador to Cyprus, 2002-05
Lyman Knapp
Politician
5-Nov-1837 9-Oct-1904 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1889-93
Foy D. Kohler
Diplomat
15-Feb-1908 23-Dec-1990 US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66
Peter Kolchin
Historian
3-Jun-1943   American Slavery, 1619-1877
Arthur Kopit
Playwright
10-May-1937   Mama's Hung You in the Closet
Kay Koplovitz
Business
c. 1945   Co-Founder, USA Network
John A. Koskinen
Business
30-Jun-1939   President, US Soccer Foundation
Suzanne Kosmas
Politician
25-Feb-1944   Congresswoman from Florida, 2009-11
Richard Kostelanetz
Artist
14-May-1940   Prodigious avant-garde artist and author
Nick Kotz
Journalist
16-Sep-1932   Judgment Days
Stephen Krasner
Educator
15-Feb-1942   State Dept Policy Planning Dir., 2005-07
Michael Krasny
Talk Show Host
1944   Host of Forum on KQED-FM
Juanita M. Kreps
Government
11-Jan-1921 5-Jul-2010 US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Robert H. Krieble
Philanthropist
1916 8-May-1997 Loctite Corporation
Marvin Krislov
Educator
c. 1960   President, Oberlin College
Nicholas D. Kristof
Journalist
27-Apr-1959   New York Times Op-Ed columnist
Kris Kristofferson
Actor
22-Jun-1936   Me and Bobby McGee
Lynn Krominga
Business
15-May-1950   Former executive, Revlon
Susan D. Kronick
Business
c. 1951   Macy's executive
Barbara J. Krumsiek
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Calvert Group, Ltd.
Stanley Kunitz
Poet
29-Jul-1905 14-May-2006 US Poet Laureate, 2000
Philip Lader
Government
1946   US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001
Charles R. LaMantia
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Arthur D. Little, 1988-99
Corliss Lamont
Activist
28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist
Eddie Lampert
Business
19-Jul-1962   Billionaire, Chairman of Sears
Leonard Lance
Politician
25-Jun-1952   Congressman, New Jersey 7th
Edward J. Landau
Attorney
17-Jan-1930   Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Bring
Ernest M. Lander, Jr.
Historian
16-Dec-1915 17-Aug-2013 Reluctant Imperialists
Fritz G. Lanham
Politician
3-Jan-1880 31-Jul-1965 Congressman from Texas, 1919-47
Tom Lantos
Politician
1-Feb-1928 11-Feb-2008 Congressman from California, 1981-2008
Charles W. Larson, Jr.
Politician
1-Apr-1968   US Ambassador to Latvia
Richmond Lattimore
Poet
6-May-1906 26-Feb-1984 Translator of Iliad and Odyssey
Steven J. Law
Government
c. 1961   American Crossroads
Ken Lay
Business
15-Apr-1942 5-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Carol A. Leary
Educator
c. 1947   President of Bay Path College
David Leavitt
Novelist
23-Jun-1961   The Lost Language of Cranes
Lester A. Lefton
Educator
c. 1947   President, Kent State University
Tom Lehrer
Comic
9-Apr-1928   Comedic songwriter
Fritz Leiber
Author
24-Dec-1910 5-Sep-1992 Ship of Shadows
Kenneth R. Leibler
Business
c. 1949   Liberty Financial Companies
George LeMieux
Politician
21-May-1969   US Senator from Florida, 2009-11
Leslie Lenkowsky
Government
30-Mar-1946   Philanthropic Studies
Richard W. Leopold
Historian
6-Jan-1912 23-Nov-2006 Robert Dale Owen: A Biography
Carl Leubsdorf
Journalist
17-Mar-1938   Dallas Morning News
William E. Leuchtenburg
Historian
28-Sep-1922   FDR scholar
Flynt Leverett
Government
6-Mar-1958   Former National Security Council staffer
Edward H. Levi
Government
26-Jun-1911 7-Mar-2000 US Attorney General, 1975-77
Daniel B. Levin
Government
4-Mar-1956   Justice Department attorney
Jerry Levin
Business
6-May-1939   CEO of Time Warner, 2000-02
Mark Levin
Activist
21-Sep-1957   Landmark Legal Foundation
Arthur Levitt
Business
3-Feb-1931   SEC Chairman, 1993-2001
Marv Levy
Football
3-Aug-1925   NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach
John P. Lewis
Economist
18-Mar-1921 19-May-2010 Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
Frank Licht
Politician
13-Mar-1916 30-May-1987 Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73
Allan J. Lichtman
Historian
4-Apr-1947   The Keys to the White House
Joseph Lieberman
Politician
24-Feb-1942   Former US Senator from Connecticut
Rose M. Likins
Diplomat
1959   US Ambassador to Peru
William S. Lind
Activist
9-Jul-1947   Free Congress Foundation
Larry Lindsey
Economist
18-Jul-1954   Masterminded GWB's tax cut
Sol Linowitz
Business
17-Dec-1913 18-Mar-2005 Negotiated return of the Panama Canal
Ralph Linton
Anthropologist
27-Feb-1893 25-Dec-1953 The Study of Man
Joanne Lipman
Editor
18-Jun-1961   Editor of Condé Nast Portfolio, 2007-09
Ken Lipper
Business
19-Jun-1941   Investment banker author of Wall Street
Walter Lippmann
Journalist
23-Sep-1889 14-Dec-1974 Today and Tomorrow
Marc S. Lipschultz
Business
c. 1971   Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
William Lipscomb
Chemist
9-Dec-1919 14-Apr-2011 Chemical bonding
Debra A. Livingston
Judge
15-Apr-1959   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Philip R. Lochner, Jr.
Business
c. 1942   Senior VP at Time Warner, 1991-98
Alain Locke
Author
13-Sep-1886 9-Jun-1954 Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
James K. Logan
Judge
21-Aug-1929   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
James B. Loken
Judge
21-May-1940   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Stacy London
TV Personality
25-May-1969   What Not to Wear
Clarence D. Long
Politician
11-Dec-1908 18-Sep-1994 Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poet
27-Feb-1807 24-Mar-1882 Evangeline
Steven R. Loranger
Business
c. 1952   CEO of ITT
Jim Louderback
Columnist
c. 1961   Former PC Magazine editor-in-chief
Ben F. Love
Business
1924 13-Jan-2006 CEO of Texas Commerce Bank
Gary W. Loveman
Business
c. 1960   CEO of Harrah's Entertainment
A. Lawrence Lowell
Educator
1-Jan-1856 6-Jan-1943 President, Harvard University, 1909-33
Jerry Lucas
Basketball
30-Mar-1940   NBA Hall of Famer
Robert Lucas
Economist
15-Sep-1937   Theory of rational expectations
Allen Ludden
Game Show Host
5-Oct-1917 9-Jun-1981 Host of Password
Dick Lugar
Politician
4-Apr-1932   US Senator from Indiana
Robert Luskin
Attorney
21-Jan-1950   Karl Rove's lawyer
Katharine C. Lyall
Business
26-Apr-1941   President of the UW System, 1992-2004
Richard W. Lyman
Educator
18-Oct-1923 27-May-2012 President of Stanford University, 1971-80
John Carroll Lynch
Actor
1-Aug-1963   The Drew Carey Show
Paul W. MacAvoy
Economist
21-Apr-1934   Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76
Ross Macdonald
Novelist
13-Dec-1915 11-Jul-1983 Creator of P.I. Lew Archer
John Mack
Psychiatrist
4-Oct-1929 27-Sep-2004 A Prince of Our Disorder
Archibald Macleish
Poet
7-May-1892 20-Apr-1982 Conquistador
Burton Malkiel
Economist
28-Aug-1932   A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Richard W. Mallary
Politician
21-Feb-1929 27-Sep-2011 Congressman from Vermont, 1972-75
John C. Malone
Business
7-Mar-1941   Cable TV billionaire, Liberty Media
Albert Maltz
Playwright
28-Oct-1908 26-Apr-1985 One of the Hollywood Ten
Daniel Marcus
Attorney
5-Jan-1941   Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
John Marshall
Judge
24-Sep-1755 6-Jul-1835 US Chief Justice, 1801-35
Paule Marshall
Novelist
9-Apr-1929   Brown Girl, Brownstones
Edwin M. Martin
Government
21-May-1908 12-Jan-2002 US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68
Lynn Martin
Politician
26-Dec-1939   US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93
F. David Mathews
Government
6-Dec-1935   HEW Secretary under Ford
Steve A. Matthews
Attorney
c. 1956   Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
Garrett Mattingly
Historian
6-May-1900 18-Dec-1962 Renaissance Diplomacy
John McCardell
Educator
17-Jun-1949   Vice Chancellor, University of the South
Mark McClellan
Government
26-Jun-1963   Medicare Chief
James L. McConaughy
Politician
21-Oct-1887 7-Mar-1948 Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48
Steve McConnell
Computer Programmer
c. 1963   Author of Code Complete
Richard L. McCormick
Educator
26-Dec-1947   President, Rutgers University
Wade H. McCree
Judge
3-Jul-1920 30-Aug-1987 US Solicitor General, 1977-81
Cynthia McFadden
Journalist
27-May-1956   Primetime Live
Michael McFaul
Diplomat
1-Oct-1963   US Ambassador to Russia
Edward McGaffigan
Government
8-Dec-1948 2-Sep-2007 NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007
George C. McGhee
Diplomat
1912 4-Jul-2005 US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68
Ruth V. McGregor
Judge
1943   Arizona Chief Justice
Mike McIntyre
Politician
6-Aug-1956   Congressman, North Carolina 7th
Matthew M. McKenna
Business
c. 1950   Senior VP at Pepsi
Victor A. McKusick
Scientist
21-Oct-1921 22-Jul-2008 Father of medical genetics
John J. McMackin, Jr.
Business
10-Jan-1952   Partner, Williams & Jensen
Doyle McManus
Journalist
c. 1952   LA Times Washington bureau chief
Colin R. McMillan
Politician
27-Jul-1935 24-Jul-2003 US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92
Terrence McNally
Playwright
3-Nov-1939   Frankie and Johnny
Robert McNamara
Government
9-Jun-1916 6-Jul-2009 US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68
Robert H. McWilliams
Judge
27-Apr-1916 10-Apr-2013 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1970-84
Jon Meacham
Journalist
20-May-1969   Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010
Ved Mehta
Author
21-Mar-1934   Face to Face
John Mendelsohn
Biologist
31-Aug-1936   Cancer researcher
James Merrill
Poet
3-Mar-1926 6-Feb-1995 Nights and Days
Charles Merz
Journalist
23-Feb-1893 31-Aug-1977 Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61
Richard A. Meserve
Attorney
20-Nov-1944   President of the Carnegie Institution
Eugene H. Methvin
Journalist
19-Sep-1934   Readers Digest
M. Blane Michael
Judge
17-Feb-1943 25-Mar-2011 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Diane Middlebrook
Author
16-Apr-1939 15-Dec-2007 Biographer of Anne Sexton
Stanley Milgram
Psychologist
15-Aug-1933 20-Dec-1984 Milgram Experiment
Michael Milken
Business
4-Jul-1946   Convicted financial executive
Charles E. F. Millard
Government
c. 1957   Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 2007-09
Franklin C. Miller
Government
Oct-1950   National Security Council, 2001-05
J. Irwin Miller
Business
26-May-1909 16-Aug-2004 Former CEO of Cummins Engine
Lara Jill Miller
Actor
20-Apr-1967   Samantha Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Stanley Miller
Chemist
7-Mar-1930 20-May-2007 Miller-Urey Experiment
Kate Millett
Activist
14-Sep-1934   Sexual Politics
James B. Milliken
Educator
c. 1957   President, University of Nebraska
Eric Mindich
Business
1967   Eton Park Capital Management
David Minge
Politician
19-Mar-1942   Congressman from Minnesota, 1993-2001
Chad Mirkin
Chemist
23-Nov-1963   International Institute for Nanotechnology
William E. Mitchell
Business
13-Mar-1944   CEO of Arrow Electronics
Eben Moglen
Attorney
c. 1959   Shareware law
James C. Momtazee
Business
c. 1972   Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Charlotte E. Moore
Astronomer
24-Sep-1898 3-Mar-1990 Technetium in the Sun
Karen Nelson Moore
Judge
19-Nov-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Pattye L. Moore
Business
c. 1957   President of Sonic Drive-In, 2002-04
Sandra O. Moose
Business
c. 1941   Ex-VP, Boston Consulting Group
Natalie Morales
Journalist
6-Jun-1972   Today
George Morfogen
Actor
30-Mar-1933   Rebadow on Oz
Richard B. Morris
Historian
24-Jul-1904 3-Mar-1989 The Peacemakers
Robert Moses
Government
18-Dec-1888 29-Jul-1981 New York City planner
Arnold Moss
Actor
28-Jan-1910 15-Dec-1989 My Favorite Spy
John R. Mott
Activist
25-May-1865 31-Jan-1955 Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Ferid Murad
Scientist
14-Sep-1936   Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Glenn Murdock
Judge
25-Jun-1956   Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
Diana E. Murphy
Judge
4-Jan-1934   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Dick Murphy
Politician
16-Dec-1942   Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Ed Muskie
Politician
28-Mar-1914 26-Mar-1996 US Senator from Maine, 1959-80
Ralph Nader
Activist
27-Feb-1934   Unsafe at Any Speed
Victor Navasky
Publisher
5-Jul-1932   Publisher of The Nation
Annette L. Nazareth
Government
c. 1956   Securities and Exchange Commission
Matthew M. Neely
Politician
9-Nov-1874 18-Jan-1958 Governor and Senator from West Virginia
Dawn Clark Netsch
Politician
16-Sep-1926 5-Mar-2013 Comptroller of Illinois, 1991-95
Joseph P. Newhouse
Economist
24-Feb-1942   Rand economist, Harvard professor
James R. Nichols
Attorney
c. 1938   Partner, Nichols & Pratt
Roy Franklin Nichols
Historian
3-Mar-1896 12-Jan-1973 The Disruption of American Democracy
Jan Nicholson
Business
c. 1945   Former Citicorp/MBIA executive
John T. Noonan, Jr.
Judge
24-Oct-1926   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-96
Gale A. Norton
Government
11-Mar-1954   US Secretary of the Interior
Deborah Norville
Journalist
8-Aug-1958   Inside Edition
Kenneth J. Novack
Business
1941   Former Partner, Mintz Levin
Robert Noyce
Inventor
12-Dec-1927 3-Jun-1990 Co-Inventor, integrated circuit
Bernard W. Nussbaum
Attorney
23-Mar-1937   White House Counsel for Bill Clinton
Diana Nyad
Swimmer
22-Aug-1949   Long distance swimmer
Joseph S. Nye
Government
19-Jan-1937   Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94
Jane Margaret O'Brien
Educator
c. 1953   President, St. Mary's College of Maryland
C. William O'Neill
Politician
14-Feb-1916 20-Aug-1978 Governor of Ohio, 1957-59
Phyllis E. Oakley
Government
1934   Assistant Secy. of State for Intelligence, 1997-99
Ellen Ochoa
Astronaut
10-May-1958   First hispanic female astronaut
Philip A. Odeen
Business
c. 1935   CEO of BDM International, 1992-97
David W. Ogden
Attorney
12-Nov-1953   Deputy US Attorney General
Charles Ogletree
Attorney
31-Dec-1952   Law professor
Herbert S. Okun
Diplomat
27-Nov-1930 8-Nov-2011 US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89
Warren Olney
Radio Personality
?   LA radio host, To the Point
Merlin Olsen
Football
15-Sep-1940 11-Mar-2010 Rams defensive tackle, FTD shill
Charles Olson
Poet
27-Dec-1910 10-Jan-1970 The Maximus Poems
Gilbert S. Omenn
Business
30-Aug-1941   Professor, University of Michigan
Norman Ornstein
Author
14-Oct-1948   American Enterprise Institute
Peter R. Orszag
Government
16-Dec-1968   Beltway economist
Clarence Otis
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Darden Restaurants
Robert Latham Owen
Politician
2-Feb-1856 19-Jul-1947 Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25
Nell Irvin Painter
Historian
2-Aug-1942   Creating Black Americans
Richard N. Palmer
Judge
27-May-1950   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Mitchell Parish
Songwriter
10-Jul-1900 31-Mar-1993 Volare
Robert E. Park
Sociologist
14-Feb-1864 7-Feb-1944 Race and Culture
Mark R. Parris
Diplomat
1950   US Ambassador to Turkey, 1997-2000
Robert T. Parry
Business
16-May-1939   President, San Francisco Fed, 1986-2004
Rachel Paulose
Attorney
12-Mar-1973   US Attorney for Minnesota
Henry M. Paulson
Business
28-Mar-1946   US Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-09
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Astronomer
10-May-1900 7-Dec-1979 Hydrogen in the Sun
Daniel Pearl
Journalist
10-Oct-1963 21-Feb-2002 Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Drew Pearson
Journalist
13-Dec-1897 1-Sep-1969 Washington Merry-Go-Round
Claude Pepper
Politician
8-Sep-1900 30-May-1989 Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
Dexter Perkins
Historian
20-Jun-1889 12-May-1984 The Monroe Doctrine
Debra J. Perry
Business
17-Apr-1951   Moody's
Susan M. Phillips
Educator
23-Jan-1944   Dean, GWU School of Business
Tim Phillips
Activist
c. 1963   President, Americans for Prosperity
Thomas Pickering
Diplomat
5-Nov-1931   Career US Ambassador
Samuel R. Pierce
Politician
8-Sep-1922 31-Oct-2000 US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89
Marge Piercy
Novelist
31-Mar-1936   Gone to Soldiers
Alfred A. Piergallini
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Gerber, 1990-99
Dan Pink
Author
c. 1964   A Whole New Mind
Jeanine Pirro
Government
2-Jun-1951   Westchester County DA
Mary Kay Place
Actor
23-Sep-1947   Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Gilbert Plass
Physicist
22-Mar-1922 1-Mar-2004 Climate change scientist
Mary Lake Polan
Doctor
c. 1943   OG Professor at Stanford
John G. Pollard
Politician
4-Aug-1871 28-Apr-1937 Governor of Virginia, 1930-34
Bill Poole
Economist
19-Jun-1937   President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Michael Porter
Scholar
1947   Competitive Strategy
Sylvia Porter
Columnist
18-Jun-1913 5-Jun-1991 Financial columnist
Gerald Posner
Journalist
20-May-1954   Case Closed
Richard Posner
Judge
11-Jan-1939   7th Circuit Court of Appeals
David M. Potter
Historian
6-Dec-1910 18-Feb-1971 The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
Robert Pozen
Business
1946   Fidelity Investments
Larry Pressler
Politician
29-Mar-1942   US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97
Carol Queen
Author
c. 1957   Prolific sexologist
Jane Bryant Quinn
Journalist
5-Feb-1939   Personal finance columnist
Pat Quinn
Politician
16-Dec-1948   Governor of Illinois, 2009-15
Jennifer J. Raab
Educator
c. 1956   President, Hunter College
Randall R. Rader
Judge
21-Apr-1949   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Reena Raggi
Judge
11-May-1951   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Norman F. Ramsey
Physicist
27-Aug-1915 4-Nov-2011 Energy levels of atoms
Jim Ramstad
Politician
6-May-1946   Congressman from Minnesota, 1991-2009
Don Michael Randel
Educator
9-Dec-1940   President, University of Chicago, 2000-06
John Crowe Ransom
Poet
30-Apr-1888 4-Jul-1974 God Without Thunder
Arthur F. Raper
Sociologist
8-Nov-1899 10-Aug-1979 The Tragedy of Lynching
Diane Ravitch
Government
1-Jul-1938   Education reformer
Susan P. Read
Judge
1947   Judge, NY Court of Appeals
William Rehnquist
Judge
1-Oct-1924 3-Sep-2005 US Chief Justice, 1986-2005
Frederick Reines
Physicist
16-Mar-1918 26-Aug-1998 Co-Discover of the neutrino
Marjorie O. Rendell
Judge
20-Dec-1947   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles B. Renfrew
Attorney
31-Oct-1928   Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81
Condoleezza Rice
Government
14-Nov-1954   US Secretary of State, 2005-09
Donna Rice
Activist
7-Jan-1958   Anti-porn crusader, slept with Gary Hart
Grantland Rice
Sports Journalist
1-Nov-1880 13-Jul-1954 Sportswriter, Idolmaker
Susan E. Rice
Diplomat
17-Nov-1964   US Ambassador to the UN
Adrienne Rich
Poet
16-May-1929 27-Mar-2012 An Atlas of the Difficult World
Frank Rich
Columnist
2-Jun-1949   New York magazine
Leon Burr Richardson
Educator
14-Apr-1878 25-Oct-1951 History of Dartmouth College
William J. Riley
Judge
11-Mar-1947   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard O. Ristine
Politician
19-Jan-1920 20-Jun-2009 Lt. Governor of Indiana, 1961-65
Charles R. Ritcheson
Historian
26-Feb-1925 8-Dec-2011 British Politics and the American Revolution
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Author
30-Oct-1881 13-Mar-1941 The Great Meadow
Owen J. Roberts
Judge
2-May-1875 17-May-1955 US Supreme Court Justice, 1930-45
Pat Robertson
Religion
22-Mar-1930   The 700 Club
Paul Robeson
Singer
9-Apr-1898 23-Jan-1976 20th Century renaissance man
Linda Gosden Robinson
Business
c. 1953   Public Relations executive
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Business
29-Jan-1874 11-May-1960 Built Rockefeller Center
Nelson Rockefeller
Politician
8-Jul-1908 26-Jan-1979 Ford's Vice President
Stephen K. Roddenberry
Attorney
c. 1948   Akerman Senterfitt
Eddy J. Rogers, Jr.
Attorney
1940   Partner, Andrews Kurth
John M. Rogers
Judge
26-Jun-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Judith W. Rogers
Judge
27-Jul-1939   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Don Roos
Screenwriter
14-Apr-1955   The Opposite of Sex
John V. Roos
Attorney
14-Feb-1955   US Ambassador to Japan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
Theodore Roosevelt
Head of State
27-Oct-1858 6-Jan-1919 26th US President, 1901-09
Elihu Root
Government
15-Feb-1845 7-Feb-1937 Senator, Secretary of War, State
Daniel C. Roper
Government
1-Apr-1867 11-Apr-1943 US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38
Harvey S. Rosen
Economist
29-Mar-1949   Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05
Michael N. Rosen
Attorney
c. 1940   Partner, Bryan Cave
Eric S. Rosengren
Economist
3-Jun-1957   President and CEO, Boston Fed
Samuel I. Rosenman
Government
13-Feb-1896 24-Jun-1973 White House Counsel, 1943-46
Claude G. Ross
Diplomat
1917 18-Jan-2006 US Ambassador to Haiti, 1967-69
Clinton Rossiter
Historian
18-Sep-1917 11-Jul-1970 Constitutional Dictatorship
Eugene Victor Rostow
Educator
25-Aug-1913 25-Nov-2002 Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65
Michael S. Roth
Educator
c. 1956   President, Wesleyan University
Philip Roth
Novelist
19-Mar-1933   Portnoy's Complaint
John W. Rowe
Business
c. 1945   President and CEO of Exelon
J. Stapleton Roy
Diplomat
16-Jun-1935   US Ambassador to China, 1991-95
Kenneth C. Royall
Attorney
24-Jul-1894 27-May-1971 US Secretary of the Army, 1947-49
David M. Rubenstein
Business
c. 1949   Director of the Carlyle Group
Howard J. Rubenstein
Business
c. 1932   Rubenstein Associates
Robert E. Rubin
Government
29-Aug-1938   US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99
Vera Rubin
Astronomer
23-Jul-1928   Structure of galaxies
Kenneth Rush
Business
17-Jan-1910 11-Dec-1994 US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Dean Rusk
Government
9-Feb-1909 21-Dec-1994 US Secretary of State, 1961-69
Larry J. Sabato
Educator
7-Aug-1952   Widely-quoted political scientist
Emily Saliers
Musician
22-Jul-1963   The Indigo Girls
Jonas Salk
Scientist
28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Gary Samore
Government
31-Mar-1953   White House WMD Czar, 2009-13
Paul Samuelson
Economist
15-May-1915 13-Dec-2009 Theory of revealed preference
Marion O. Sandler
Philanthropist
17-Oct-1930 1-Jun-2012 Golden West Financial
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Politician
3-Dec-1970   Congresswoman from South Dakota, 2004-11
Adarsh K. Sarma
Business
c. 1974   VP at Warburg Pincus
David Satcher
Government
2-Mar-1941   US Surgeon General, 1998-2002
Leigh Ingalls Saufley
Judge
1954   Maine Chief Justice
Norman E. Saul
Historian
26-Nov-1932   Distant Friends: The United States and Russia
Hal Saunders
Government
27-Dec-1930   Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81
AnnaLee Saxenian
Scholar
c. 1954   Information technologist
Mark Schauer
Politician
2-Oct-1961   Congressman from Michigan, 2009-11
Herbert I. Schiller
Author
5-Nov-1919 29-Jan-2000 Mass Communications and American Empire
Phyllis Schlafly
Activist
15-Aug-1924   Opponent of women's liberation
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Historian
15-Oct-1917 28-Feb-2007 The Age of Roosevelt
James R. Schlesinger
Government
15-Feb-1929 27-Mar-2014 Served Nixon, Ford, Carter
Ronald L. Schlicher
Diplomat
16-Sep-1956   US Ambassador to Cyprus
Brian P. Schmidt
Astronomer
24-Feb-1967   Accelerating universe
John Patrick Schmitz
Government
1955   Washington lobbyist
Pat Schroeder
Politician
30-Jul-1940   Congresswoman from Colorado, 1973-97
William F. Schulz
Activist
14-Nov-1949   Director, Amnesty International, 1994-2006
Anna J. Schwartz
Economist
11-Nov-1915 21-Jun-2012 A Monetary History of the United States
Richard S. Schweiker
Politician
1-Jun-1926 31-Jul-2015 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1969-81
Glenn Seaborg
Physicist
19-Apr-1912 25-Feb-1999 Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
John Searle
Philosopher
31-Jul-1932   Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language
Talcott W. Seelye
Diplomat
6-Mar-1922 8-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81
L. William Seidman
Economist
29-Apr-1921 13-May-2009 CNBC chief commentator
Oliver Seth
Judge
30-May-1915 27-Mar-1996 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84
Anne Sexton
Poet
9-Nov-1928 4-Oct-1974 Live or Die
Stephanie K. Seymour
Judge
16-Oct-1940   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-2005
Bob Shamansky
Politician
18-Apr-1927 11-Aug-2011 Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83
Judith Shapiro
Educator
24-Jan-1942   President, Barnard College
Maurice M. Shapiro
Physicist
13-Nov-1915 27-Feb-2008 Composition and origin of cosmic rays
William F. Sharpe
Economist
16-Jun-1934   Capital asset pricing model
John Shattuck
Attorney
1943   CEO, JFK Library Foundation
Carol Shaw
Computer Programmer
?   River Raid
Kathryn L. Shaw
Economist
c. 1954   Council of Economic Advisers, 1999-2001
Bradley T. Sheares
Business
1957   CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
Activist
12-Jun-1920   Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly
Robert N. Shelton
Educator
1948   President, University of Arizona
Sally Shelton-Colby
Diplomat
1944   US Ambassador to Barbados, 1979-81
David Shire
Composer
3-Jul-1937   It Goes Like It Goes
Mark S. Siegel
Attorney
c. 1951   ReMY Investors
Gerry Sikorski
Politician
26-Apr-1948   Congressman from Minnesota, 1983-93
David J. Silbey
Historian
16-Jun-1968   A War of Frontier and Empire
Adele Simmons
Administrator
21-Jun-1941   President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99
Harold C. Simmons
Business
13-May-1931 28-Dec-2013 Drugstore billionaire
Bob Simon
Journalist
29-May-1941 11-Feb-2015 60 Minutes
J. Stephen Simon
Business
c. 1943   Former Senior VP at ExxonMobil
Herbert D. Simons
Attorney
1935   Former Partner, Butler & Binion
Joseph J. Sisco
Diplomat
31-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2004 Kissinger's Mideast Deputy
Ike Skelton
Politician
20-Dec-1931 28-Oct-2013 Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2011
Matthew J. Slaughter
Economist
c. 1968   Council of Economic Advisers, 2005-07
Lawrence M. Small
Government
14-Sep-1941   Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07
Eleanor Smeal
Activist
30-Jul-1939   Founder, Feminist Majority Foundation
Michael Smerconish
Radio Personality
15-Mar-1962   Philadelphia talk radio host
Elizabeth A. Smith
Business
c. 1964   CEO of OSI Restaurant Partners
George E. Smith
Scientist
10-May-1930   Digital photography
Richard M. Smith
Journalist
1946   Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek
Theobald Smith
Scientist
31-Jul-1859 10-Dec-1934 Infectious and parasitic diseases
Wilbert Snow
Politician
6-Apr-1884 28-Sep-1977 Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47
Alfred Sommer
Doctor
1942   SPH Dean at Johns Hopkins, 1990-2005
Christina Hoff Sommers
Author
1950   Who Stole Feminism?
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
22-Mar-1930   West Side Story
Susan Sontag
Author
16-Jan-1933 28-Dec-2004 Novelist, critic, intellectual
Ted Sorensen
Attorney
8-May-1928 31-Oct-2010 Aide to JFK
Ralph Z. Sorenson
Business
c. 1934   President of Babson College, 1974-81
Sonia Sotomayor
Judge
25-Jun-1954   US Supreme Court Justice
David Souter
Judge
17-Sep-1939   US Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009
John J. Sparkman
Politician
20-Dec-1899 16-Nov-1985 US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79
Arlen Specter
Politician
12-Feb-1930 14-Oct-2012 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011
Gene Sperling
Economist
24-Dec-1958   Chief Economic Advisor, 1996-2000
Joan Spero
Diplomat
2-Oct-1944   Under Secretary of State, 1993-97
John Shelby Spong
Religion
16-Jun-1931   Retired bishop of Newark, NJ
John Spratt
Politician
1-Nov-1942   Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-2011
Robert G. Sproul
Educator
22-May-1891 10-Sep-1975 President, University of California, 1930-58
Paul Starr
Educator
12-May-1949   The Social Transformation of American Medicine
Janet Steiger
Government
10-Jun-1939 3-Apr-2004 FTC chairman, 1989-95
Herbert Stein
Economist
27-Aug-1916 8-Sep-1999 Economic adviser for Nixon
Laura Stein
Attorney
c. 1962   General Counsel for Clorox
Gloria Steinem
Activist
25-Mar-1934   Founder, Ms. Magazine
John C. Stennis
Politician
3-Aug-1901 23-Apr-1995 US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89
George Stephanopoulos
TV Personality
10-Feb-1961   Bill Clinton's communications director
Jay B. Stephens
Attorney
5-Nov-1946   General Counsel of Raytheon
Fritz Stern
Historian
2-Feb-1926   German historian
Richard G. Stern
Novelist
25-Feb-1928 24-Jan-2013 Other Men's Daughters
Walter P. Stern
Activist
26-Sep-1928   Chairman, Hudson Institute
John Paul Stevens
Judge
20-Apr-1920   US Supreme Court Justice, 1975-2010
Potter Stewart
Judge
23-Jan-1915 7-Dec-1985 US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81
Annette Strauss
Politician
26-Jan-1924 14-Dec-1998 Mayor of Dallas 1987-91
Nadine Strossen
Activist
18-Aug-1950   President of the ACLU
Kathleen Sullivan
Scholar
20-Aug-1955   Scholar of constitutional law
Louis Wade Sullivan
Government
3-Nov-1933   US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93
Emory C. Swank
Diplomat
29-Jan-1922 3-Jun-2010 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1970-73
Dolph Sweet
Actor
18-Jul-1920 8-May-1985 Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Deanell Reece Tacha
Judge
26-Jan-1946   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
William Howard Taft
Head of State
15-Sep-1857 8-Mar-1930 27th US President, 1909-13
Tristan Taormino
Columnist
9-May-1971   Anal sex authority
Jake Tapper
Journalist
12-Mar-1969   CNN Chief Washington Correspondent
Henry Taube
Chemist
30-Nov-1915 16-Nov-2005 Mechanisms of electron transfer
Julie Taymor
Film Director
15-Dec-1952   Across the Universe
John Templeton
Philanthropist
29-Nov-1912 8-Jul-2008 Billionaire fund manager
Marsha K. Ternus
Judge
30-May-1951   Iowa Chief Justice
Ernest Thayer
Poet
14-Aug-1863 21-Aug-1940 Casey at the Bat
Peter Thiel
Business
11-Oct-1967   Co-Founder of PayPal
Kent J. Thiry
Business
c. 1956   CEO of DaVita
Pamela Thomas-Graham
Business
24-Jun-1963   CEO of CNBC, 2001-05
Lonnie Thompson
Scientist
1-Jul-1948   Paleoclimatologist, glaciologist
Lester Thurow
Economist
7-May-1938   Sloan School of Management
Jean Hoefer Toal
Judge
11-Aug-1943   South Carolina Chief Justice
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Educator
c. 1937   GWU President, 1988-2007
Hans L. Trefousse
Historian
18-Dec-1921 8-Jan-2010 The Radical Republicans
William Monroe Trotter
Activist
7-Apr-1872 7-Apr-1934 Co-founder, Boston Guardian
Roger Y. Tsien
Scientist
1-Feb-1952   Green Fluorescent Protein
Daniel C. Tsui
Physicist
28-Feb-1939   Fractional quantum Hall effect
Murray Turoff
Scientist
13-Feb-1936   Computer conferencing and instant messaging
Mark Twain
Author
30-Nov-1835 21-Apr-1910 Huckleberry Finn
Stanley A. Twardy
Attorney
c. 1951   US Attorney for Connecticut, 1985-91
Laura D. Tyson
Economist
28-Jun-1947   Dean of London Business School
John Updike
Novelist
18-Mar-1932 27-Jan-2009 Rabbit, Run
Harold C. Urey
Chemist
29-Apr-1893 5-Jan-1981 Discovered Deuterium
Martin Van Buren
Head of State
5-Dec-1782 24-Jul-1862 8th US President, 1837-41
Peter Viereck
Poet
5-Aug-1916 13-May-2006 Terror and Decorum
Fay Vincent
Baseball
29-May-1938   Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92
David Vitter
Politician
3-May-1961   US Senator from Louisiana
Stephen R. Volk
Attorney
c. 1935   Vice Chairman of Citigroup
David C. Vorhoff
Business
c. 1955   Bank of America Securities Healthcare Group
George Vradenburg
Attorney
14-Mar-1943   Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner
Karl Edward Wagner
Novelist
12-Dec-1945 14-Oct-1994 Creator of Kane, the mystic swordsman
Clifford M. Walker
Politician
4-Jul-1877 9-Nov-1954 Governor of Georgia, 1923-27
Richard H. Walker
Attorney
c. 1950   General Counsel, Deutsche Bank
Kim M. Wardlaw
Judge
2-Jul-1954   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bushrod Washington
Judge
5-Jun-1762 26-Nov-1829 US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829
Jack Watson
Government
?   Carter's Chief of Staff
Mel Watt
Politician
26-Aug-1945   Congressman, North Carolina 12th
Seth P. Waxman
Government
28-Nov-1951   US Solicitor General, 1997-2001
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Judge
28-Mar-1941 21-Apr-2015 Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1994-2010
John Webb
Judge
18-Sep-1926 18-Sep-2008 NC State Supreme Court Justice, 1986-98
Daniel Webster
Politician
18-Jan-1782 24-Oct-1852 The completest man
Caspar Weinberger
Government
18-Aug-1917 28-Mar-2006 Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
John Giffen Weinmann
Attorney
29-Aug-1928   White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93
Michael F. Weinstein
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Snapple, 1997-2000
C. David Welch
Diplomat
1953   US Ambassador to Egypt, 2001-05
Joseph Welch
Attorney
22-Oct-1890 6-Oct-1960 Have you no sense of decency?
Bill Weld
Politician
31-Jul-1945   Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97
Dave Weldon
Politician
31-Aug-1953   Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009
Charles T. Wells
Judge
4-Mar-1939   Justice, Florida Supreme Court
Paul Wellstone
Politician
21-Jul-1944 25-Oct-2002 US Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002
John C. West
Politician
27-Aug-1922 21-Mar-2004 Governor of South Carolina, 1971-75
Abigail S. Wexner
Relative
c. 1962   Wife of Leslie H. Wexner
M. Edward Whelan III
Activist
c. 1959   Ethics and Public Policy Center
Byron White
Judge
8-Jun-1917 15-Apr-2002 US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93
Marina v.N. Whitman
Economist
6-Mar-1935   Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73
Eli Whitney
Inventor
8-Dec-1765 8-Jan-1825 Inventor of the cotton gin
Anne Marie Whittemore
Business
c. 1945   Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
Faith Ryan Whittlesey
Diplomat
21-Feb-1939   Twice US Ambassador to Switzerland
John Edgar Wideman
Novelist
14-Jun-1941   Sent for You Yesterday
Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.
Judge
2-Oct-1934   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank Wilczek
Physicist
15-May-1951   Deep structure of matter
Sean Wilentz
Historian
20-Feb-1951   The Rise of American Democracy
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
Maggie Williams
Government
25-Dec-1954   Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff
Edward O. Wilson
Biologist
10-Jun-1929   Father of Sociobiology
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Astronomer
10-Jan-1936   Detected primordial radiation
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
Edwin E. Witte
Economist
4-Jan-1887 20-May-1960 Father of Social Security
Werner F. Wolfen
Attorney
15-May-1930   Former Partner, Irell & Manella
Levi Woodbury
Politician
22-Dec-1789 4-Sep-1851 NH Senator, Governor, US Supreme Court
James Woolsey
Government
21-Sep-1941   CIA Director, 1993-95
James Wright
Educator
1939   President, Dartmouth College
Joe B. Wyatt
Educator
c. 1935   Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Physicist
19-Jul-1921 30-May-2011 Developed radioimmunoassay technique
Janet L. Yellen
Economist
13-Aug-1946   Federal Reserve Chair
David B. Yoffie
Business
?   Competing on Internet Time
Strauss Zelnick
Business
26-Jun-1957   CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000
Robert Zoellick
Government
25-Jul-1953   World Bank president, 2007-12
William D. Zollars
Business
c. 1947   CEO of YRC Worldwide


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