<p>Drew Carey, Arsenio Hall, Antonio Gates, Cartoonist Tom Batiuk, Joe Vorell, US Open Champ Ben Curtis, Jack Lambert all went to Kent State</p>
<p>graduate school, undergraduate school, what the heck, even high school...keep the celebrities coming!</p>
<p>this ice skater kimmie meisner goes to my old high school (fallston,MD)</p>
<p>ceruleanne: shall I asume then that you attend NYU? Have you ever seen the Olsen's on campus? (that's my dream)</p>
<p>And by the way, I know you give a damn but President Fox (Mexico) went tto my school :P</p>
<p>University of Michigan</p>
<p>As far as current students, we got US Olympian swimmer (8 medals: 6 gold, 2 bronze) Michael Phelps, who matriculated in January '05. There's also 2000 women's gymnastics US Olympian Elise Ray who just graduated.</p>
<p>Some famous alumni:
James Earl Jones (voice of "Darth Vader")
Lucy Liu
Madonna
Arthur Miller
Michael Moore (Flint campus)
Gerald Ford (38th US President)
Dick Gephardt (former US House minority leader)
Robert Atkins (Atkins Diet promoter)
Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber)
Jack Kevorkian
Astronauts: Karl Henize, James Irwin, Jack Lousma, James McDivitt, David Scott, Edward White, Alfred Worden
Louis Borders (co-founder of Borders)
Tom Monaghan (founder of Domino's Pizza)
Paul Ostergard (president of General Electric)
Richard Snyder (chairman of Gateway Computer)
Arvind Sodhani (president of Intel)
Roger Smith (former CEO of General Motors)
Philip Smith (president and CEO of Pillsbury)
Harold Sperlich (president of Chrysler Corp.)
Donald Stebbins (president and COO of Visteon)
Charles Walgreens (founder of Walgreens)
Tony Fadell ("father" of the iPod)
Clarence Johnson (founder of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works)
Bill Joy (co-founder of Sun Microsystems)
Thomas and John Knoll (co-creators of Adobe Photoshop)
Larry Page (co-founder of Google)
Ann Coulter (conservativev nutjob)
Sanjay Gutpa (CNN anchor)
Rob Siegel (editor-in-chief of The Onion)
Mike Wallace (TV journalist and host of 60 Minutes)</p>
<p>Some more NYU alumni:</p>
<p>Billy Crystal - actor/filmmaker
Neil Diamond - singer/songwriter
Marcia Gay Harden - Oscar Award winning actress
Angelina Jolie - actress
Spike Lee - actor and film director
Ira Levin - author
Frank McCourt - author
Meg Ryan - actress
Adam Sandler - actor, comedian, producer
Martin Scorsese - film director
Oliver Stone - filmmaker
Alan Greenspan - Chairman of the Federal Reserve
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Rudy Giuliani - Mayor of New York City (1994-2001)
Edward I. Koch - Mayor of New York City
Fiorello H. LaGuardia - Mayor of New York City (1934-1945)</p>
<p>There were a lot more on a list I found, but I didn't know a lot of the names, and it was rather long, so....there's a sampling for you. :)</p>
<p>A few from my high school:</p>
<p>George HW Bush
George W Bush
Jeb Bush
Lincoln Chafee
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bill Bellicheck
Henry Stimson
Jack Lemon</p>
<p>here's the big ones from W&M:</p>
<p>John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Michael Powell (former chairman FCC)
Darren Sharper (NFL)
Jon Stewart
John Tyler
George Washington
William Rogers (founder MIT)
James Monroe
Raymond Mason (CEO of Legg Mason)
David Brown (astronaut, died on Columbia)</p>
<p>... various other politicals / actors etc</p>
<p>high school:
Grant Hill (NBA all star)
Alan Webb (track star, US High School mile record holder (3:53:43), 3:32 1500 meter, 3:50 mile, 1:46 800 meter)</p>
<p>James Dean
Jim Morrison (yeah The Doors!)
Francis Ford Coppola
Heather Locklear
Beau Bridges
Ally Sheedy
Patrick Stewart
Michelle Kwan
John Williams (Musician/conductor for steven spielberg movies)
Tom Shadyac (Director of Ace Ventura, Liar, Liar and Patch Adams)
...And I heard a rumor that Jesse McCartney will be attending UCLA this fall...not sure though...</p>
<p>Hmm...do film shots on campus count under this thread too? I'll post anyways.</p>
<p>Legally Blonde
Nutty Professor
Old School
American Pie 2
Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alias</p>
<p>....and more...these are just off the top of my head.</p>
<p>Berkeley:</p>
<p>Gregory Peck
Bill Bixby
John Cho (he's no Gregory Peck)
George Takei
William Hung
Irving Stone
Phillip K Dick
Beverly Cleary
Jack London
Michael Savage
Robert McNamara
Earl Warren
Jason Kidd</p>
<p>The lead singer of Third Eye Blind (my favorite band!), Stephen Jenkins also went to Berkeley.</p>
<p>from Amherst, most famous alumni (as seen from this part of the world):
Calvin Coolidge (US President)
Prince Albert of Monaco
Francisco Flores (President of El Salvador)
Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel laureate for Economics)
Susannah Grant (Screenwriter for Erin Brokovich and Pocahontas)
Charles E. Merill (founder of Merill Lynch)</p>
<p>There are some other extremely succesful people, but their names do not exactly ring a bell.</p>
<p>I believe the cartoonists behind Foxtrot and Get Fuzzy also wen't to Amherst.</p>
<p>Not to mention Dan Brown, author of the DaVinci Code!</p>
<p>Georgetown:</p>
<p>Law, government, and politics
Roger Altman (C'1969)-Deputy Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration.
Thomas Ambro (C'1972, L'1975) - judge, United States Court of Appeals
Ricardo Arias Espinosa - Former President of Panama (1955-1956)
Ricardo Alberto Arias - Panamanian lawyer and politician; former Ambassador to the US; former Foreign Minister; currently Permanent Representative to the UN
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, (SFS'1968) - President of the Philippines
Jos</p>
<p>Cont'd:</p>
<p>Entertainment, media and culture
Pearl Bailey {C'1985}-noted singer, entertainer (deceased)
John Barrymore (C'1898) - actor (deceased)
Stuart Bloomberg (C'1972) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
William Peter Blatty (C'1950) - author of The Exorcist
Margaret Edson (G'1992) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Wit"
Paul Erdman (SFS 1955) - Business and financial writer
Robert Gant - actor
Jamie Gangel (SFS 1977), - NBC News "Today" show National Correspondent
Linda Gradstein (SFS'1985) - correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
John Guare (C'1960; H'1991) - author and playwright
Dan Henninger, (SFS 1971) - Deputy Editorial Page Director and columnist for the Wall Street Journal
Malcolm Lee (C'1992) - director, The Best Man and Undercover Brother
Don Murphy (MSB 1985)- Motion Picture Producer
Jonathan Nolan (C'1998) - author of Memento
Nora O'Donnell, (C'1996), (MSFS)- White House Correspondent, NBC News
Guy Picciotto, (C'1987) - Guitarist for rock band Fugazi, former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring
Mark Jude Poirier, (C'1991) - author, books include Goats and Unsung Heroes of American Industry
Maria Shriver, (C'1977) - NBC - TV news commentator and wife of Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger
David Schickler, (SFS 1991) - author, books include Kissing in Manhattan and Sweet and Viscious
Kate Snow, (MSFS 1990) - Co-anchor of the weekend edition of the ABC News program "Good Morning America."
Greta Van Susteren (L'1979, L'1982) - anchorwoman, FOX News
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Science and medicine
Susan Hockfield (Ph.D. Georgetown Medical School)-16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, former Provost of Yale University, neuroscientist.
Antonia Novello (Hospital fellow '1975) - physician, former U.S. Surgeon General
John J. Ring (C'1949; M'1953) - former president, American Medical Association
Vera Rubin (G'1954) - astronomer
Solomon Snyder (C'1959, M'1962) - neuroscientist
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Religion, social action and education
Joan Claybrook (L'1973) - president, Public Citizen
John J. DeGioia (C'1979, G'1995) - 48th president, Georgetown University
Robert M. Hayes (C'1974) - founder, Coalition for the Homeless
Rev.Daniel K. Lahart, S.J., president of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, Houston, TX (MSB'1983)
Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. (C'1956) - 47th president, Georgetown University
Rev. Brian Paulson, S.J., president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, Illinois (SFS'1981)
Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi, Bishop, Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi (C'1971)
Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM, founding President, Heritage College, Top*****h, Washington (G'1971)
Charles Schultze (C'1948), noted Brookings Institution Scholar, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Carter Administration.
Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (C'1988) - President, Best Buddies International
John Cardinal O'Connor (G'1970)-Archbishop of New York (deceased)
B. Joseph White (SFS'1969) -16th President of the University of Illinois
Rev. John Whitney, S.J., (C'1980) - provincial of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus
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Sports
Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (C'2001) - professional basketball player
Katy Button (SFS'1994) - general manager, Washington Freedom
Patrick Ewing,(C'1985) - former professional basketball player
Othella Harrington (C'1996) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
Allen Iverson (C'1996) - professional basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
Jaren Jackson (MSB'1989) - former professional basketball player
Arlen Kantarian (MSB'1975) - Chief Executive - Professional Tennis, United States Tennis Association
Alonzo Mourning (C'1992) - professional basketball player,Miami Heat
Dikembe Mutombo (SLL'1991) - professional basketball player with several teams, most recently Houston Rockets
Carmen Policy (L'1966) - president, Cleveland Browns
Don Reid (C'1995) - former professional basketball player
Paul Tagliabue (C'1962) - commissioner, National Football League
Jahidi White (C'1998) - professional basketball player, Charlotte Bobcats
Jerome Williams (C'1996) - professional basketball player, New York Knicks
Reggie Williams (C'1987) - former professional basketball player
David Wingate (C'1986) - former professional basketball player
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Other
His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein, (MSFS 1987) - Current King of Jordan
Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias (MSFS'1995) - Crown Prince of Spain
John Dean (L'1965)- White House Counsel to Richard Nixon during Watergate affair
Jan Karski (G'1952) - Polish diplomat, resistance leader during World War II, became beloved professor at Georgetown (deceased)
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (FLL'1993) - son of ex-King Constantine II of Greece, first cousin of Crown Prince Felipe
Lane Kirkland (SFS'1948) - former AFL-CIO President (deceased)
Kateryna Yushchenko-Chumachenko, (SFS 1982) - current and second wife of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko.</p>
<p>Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Mia Hamm, Marion Jones, Davis Love III (the list of famous athletes is endless), Stuart Scott, Charles Kuralt, former president James K. Polk, John Edwards, Billy Crudup, Andy Griffith, to name a few. There was a really neat Student General Alumni Association membership shirt a couple years ago with a huge list of distinguished alumni. Didn't buy one, but wish I had.</p>
<p>Boston University</p>
<p>off the top of my head...</p>
<p>Michael Chicklis (The Shield, Fantastic Four)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jason Alexander (Seinfeld)
Howard Stern
Bill O'Reilly
Mike Eruzione, Jack O'Callahan and Dave Silk (1980 US Olympic Hockey Team)
Jack Smith (CEO of GM)
Gary Shepard (ABC news)
Brian Jennings
Mickey Drexler, J.Crew
Ed Zander, Sun Microsystems
Ken Feld, Ringling Brothers
Rosie O'Donnel
Anne Sexton
Julliane Moore
David E. Kelly (created a slew of shows for Fox)
Tipper Gore</p>
<p>and our two most famous professors: Elie Wiesel and Robery Pinsky (neither attended, to my knowledge)</p>
<p>Ummm, I think you got a little carried away there. The key is to edit for the most important ppl.</p>