List of Dartmouth College alumni

Government/Law/Public Policy

• Alex M. Azar II class of 1988
• Joel Barlow class of 1778
• Rand Beers class of 1964
• James Cason class of 1966
• Elaine Chao
• Salmon P. Chase class of 1826—Chief Justice of the United States and U.S. Treasury Secretary under Abraham Lincoln
• John Sloan Dickey class of 1929
• James V. Forrestal class of 1915—Secretary of Defense
• Hillary Goodridge class of 1979
• Robert C. Hill class of 1942
• Thomas Penfield Jackson class of 1958
• C. Everett Koop class of 1937—US Surgeon General
• George Perkins Marsh class of 1820
• Carl McCall class of 1958
• Rob Portman class of 1979—United States Trade Representative
• Robert Reich class of 1968—President Clinton's Secretary of Labor
• William Remington class of 1939—Soviet spy
• Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. class of 1973
• Peter Robinson class of 1979—wrote "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech
• Beth Robinson class of 1986
• Laurence Silberman class of 1957
• Ronald I. Spiers class of 1948
• Levi Woodbury class of 1809

Elected Officials

• Sherman Adams class of 1920
• Samuel Clesson Allen class of 1794

• Perkins Bass class of 1934
• Charles F. Bass class of 1974
• Frank S. Black class of 1875
• Gordon Campbell class of 1970
• Mike Capuano class of 1973
• John C. Carney class of 1978
• Martin Chittenden class of 1789
• Rufus Choate class of 1819
• Channing H. Cox class of 1901
• Nelson Dingley, Jr. class of 1955
• T.A.D. Fessenden class of 1845
• Peter Fitzgerald class of 1982
• Slade Gorton class of 1950
• James W. Grimes class of 1836
• Winfield Scott Hammond class of 1884
• John Hoeven class of 1979
• Thomas Kean, Jr. class of 1990
• Angus King class of 1966
• Clark MacGregor class of 1944
• Samuel W. McCall class of 1874
• John R. McKernan, Jr. class of 1970
• Hugh Mitchell class of 1930
• John S. Monagan class of 1933
• George Higgins Moses class of 1890
• Albion K. Parris class of 1806
• Redfield Proctor class of 1851
• Nelson Rockefeller class of 1930—Vice President
• Ether Shepley class of 1811
• Thaddeus Stevens class of 1814 -- Drafted 14th Amendment; leader of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction
• Samuel Thurston class of 1843
• Paul Tsongas class of 1962
• Daniel Webster class of 1801—Along with Clay and Calhoun, one of the most important Senators of the 1800s
• John Wentworth class of 1836

Business/Finance

• Sandy Alderson class of 1969
• George Bissell class of 1845
• Leon Black class of 1972; founder and general partner of Apollo Advisors
• Jeffrey Citrin class of 1980; President of Blackacre Capital
• James Coulter class of 1982; general partner of Texas Pacific Group
• Tench Coxe class of 1980; general partner of Summit Ventures
• Peter R. Dolan 1980—Chairman & CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Louis Gerstner class of 1963—Former CEO of IBM, CEO of Carlyle Group
• Jeffrey Immelt class of 1978—CEO of General Electric
• David T. McLaughlin class of 1954- President of Dartmouth College (1981-1987), Chairman of American Red Cross (2001-2004), non-executive Chairman of CBS/Viacom (?-2004)
• Paul Mott class of 1980
• George B. Munroe class of 1943—CEO & Chairman of the Dodge Corporation
• William H. Neukom class of 1964—Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft; Member of Aspen Group; Chairman of Dartmouth Board of Trustees
• Hank Paulson class of 1968—CEO of Goldman Sachs
• T.J. Rodgers class of 1970—Cypress Semiconductor founder and CEO
• Steven Roth class of 1962
• Jack Ryan class of 1981

Academia

• Kanichi Asakawa class of 1899
• George Bush class of 1818
• Joseph Campbell class of 1926—author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, inspired Star Wars and The Matrix
• Philander Chase class of 1795
• Michael Gazzaniga class of 1961
• Ernest Everett Just class of 1907
• Richmond Lattimore class of 1926—renowned translator of Greek and Latin
• Alden Partridge class of 1806
• Gregory Rabassa class of 1944—acclaimed translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• K. Barry Sharpless class of 1963—winner of 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Sylvanus Thayer class of 1807
• George Ticknor class of 1807
• William Jewett Tucker class of 1861
• Charles Augustus Young class of 1853

Religion

• Rabbi Marshall Meyer class of 1952
• Rev. George William Rutler class of 1965
• Dr. Bob Smith (Robert Holbrook Smith) class of 1902—cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Rev. Solomon Spalding class of 1785—author of fictitious manuscript considered by some scholars basis of the Book of Mormon
• Rabbi David Stern class of 1983—head of largest Reform congregation in American southwest Temple Emanu-El in Dallas

Authors, Journalists and Media Personalities

• Keith Boykin class of 1987
• Dinesh D'Souza class of 1983
• Nathaniel Fick class of 1999
• Paul Gambaccini class of 1970
• George Herman class of 1941
• Laura Ingraham class of 1986
• Nigel Jaquiss class of 1984
• Mort Kondracke class of 1960
• A.J. Liebling class of 1924
• James Nachtwey class of 1970
• David Shipler class of 1964
• David Shribman class of 1976
• Tara Bray Smith class of 1992
• Jake Tapper class of 1991

Bloggers

• John Hinderaker class of 1971 of Power Line
• Scott W. Johnson class of 1971 of Power Line
• Paul Mirengoff class of 1971 of Power Line

Social Reformers

• John Humphrey Noyes class of 1830—founded Oneida (utopian) Community
• Charles A. Eastman class of 1887

Literature

• Philip Booth class of 1947
• William Bronk class of 1938
• Richard Eberhart class of 1926—US Poet Laureate
• Louise Erdrich class of 1976
• Robert Frost class of 1896—US Poet Laureate
• Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss class of 1925
• Richard Hovey class of 1885
• Edward Connery Lathem class of 1951—editor of Robert Frost class of 1896
• Norman Maclean class of 1924—A River Runs Through It
• Samuel French Morse class of 1936
• Ben Ames Williams class of 1910

Architecture

• Michael Arad class of 1991—the designer of the World Trade Center Memorial
• William McDonough class of 1973

Entertainment

• David Benioff class of 1992
• Paul Binder class of 1963
• Rachel Dratch class of 1988
• John Hart class of 1975
• Buck Henry class of 1951
• Chris Miller class of 1963
• Michael Moriarty class of 1963
• Maurice Rapf class of 1935
• Shonda Rhimes class of 1991
• Fred Rogers class of 1950
• Budd Schulberg class of 1936
• Andrew Shue class of 1989
• Roger L. Simon class of 1964
• Meryl Streep Vassar College class of 1971 (exchange student)
• Aisha Tyler class of 1992

Outdoorsmen

• J. Barry Corbet class of 1958
• Jack Durrance class of 1936
• John Ledyard class of 1776

Sports

• Brad Ausmus class of 1991
• Walter Bush class of 1951
• Jay Fiedler class of 1994
• Rudy LaRusso class of 1959
• Adam Nelson class of 1997
• Mike Remlinger class of 1988
• David Shula class of 1981
• Earl Thomson class of 1917
• Reggie Williams class of 1976

Fictional

• Josiah Bartlet (Professor of Economics) of The West Wing
• Michael Corleone (class of 1949) of The Godfather
• Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy
• Dan Rydell of Sports Night