Notable graduates of West Point
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United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
(USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point
West Point, New York
West Point is a federal military reservation established by President of the United States Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It is a census-designated place located in Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census...
, New York with the mission of educating and commissioning
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
officers for the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. The Academy was founded in 1802 and is the oldest of the United States' five service academies
Military academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the army, the navy, air force or coast guard, which normally provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.Three...
. It is also called The Academy, The Point, and West Point. The Academy graduated its first cadet, Joseph Gardner Swift
Joseph Gardner Swift
Joseph Gardner Swift, the first graduate of the United States Military Academy, was born on 31 December 1783 on Nantucket Island, the son of Foster Swift and his wife, Deborah...
, in October 1802. Sports media refer to the Academy as "Army" and the students as "Cadets"; this usage is officially endorsed. The football team is also known as "The Black Knights of the Hudson" and "The Black Knights". A small number of graduates each year choose the option of entering the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
, United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, or United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
in 1955, the Academy was a major source of officers for the Air Force and its predecessors. Most cadets are admitted through the congressional appointment system. The curriculum emphasizes the sciences and engineering fields.
The list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former cadets, current cadets, and faculty of the Military Academy. Notable graduates include 2 American Presidents
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
, 4 additional heads of state
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
, 18 astronauts, 74 Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipients, 70 Rhodes Scholars
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for study at the University of Oxford. It was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships, and is widely considered the "world's most prestigious scholarship" by many public sources such as...
, and 3 Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winners. Among American universities, the academy is fourth on the list of total winners for Rhodes Scholarships, seventh for Marshall Scholarships and fourth on the list of Hertz Fellowships
Hertz Foundation
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation is an American non-profit organization that awards fellowships to Ph.D. students in the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences. It is considered to be the most competitive and prestigious graduate fellowship in science and engineering. The...
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Academics
- "Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war, classes often graduate early. For example, the there were two classes in 1943 - January 1943 and June 1943.
Superintendents of the United States Military Academy
Astronauts
Athletic figures
Businesspeople
- Henry A. du PontHenry A. du PontHenry Algernon du Pont , known as "Colonel Henry", was an American soldier and politician from Winterthur, near Greenville, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Civil War, and a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as U.S...
, Class of 1861. President & general manager of Wilmington & Western Railroad (1879–1899). - Robert E. WoodRobert E. WoodRobert Elkington Wood was a U.S. Army Brigadier General and businessman best known for his leadership of Sears, Roebuck and Company.- Early life :...
, Class of 1900. Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck (1939–1954). Responsible for shifting the company's focus from a mail-order catalog company to a department store retailer. Wood also started AllState Insurance as a subsidiary of Sears. During WWI, BG Wood served as the Quartermaster of the Army and also served as the chief quartermaster during the construction of the Panama Canal. - William T. SeawellWilliam SeawellWilliam Thomas Seawell was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force and former head of Pan Am....
, Class of 1941. Chairman & CEO Pan Am Airways (1971–1981). - Robert F. McDermottRobert F. McDermottBrigadier General Robert Francis McDermott was the first permanent Dean of the Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy, and later served as Chairman and CEO of USAA. He is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Military Education" for his contributions to that field...
, Class of 1943. Former Chairman & CEO of United Services Automobile Association (USAAUSAAUnited Services Automobile Association is a Fortune 500 financial services company offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families that serve, or served, in the United States military. In 2011, there were 8.4 million members. The company reported a net worth of $19.3 billion in...
). - Rueben Pomerantz, Class of 1946. President of Holiday Inns of America (1969–1972).
- John F. Donahue, Class of 1946. Founder and Chairman, Federated Investors ($400 Billion Dollar Asset Management Firm).
- John G. Hayes, Class of 1949. President of Coca-Cola Bottling Company (1963).
- Frank BormanFrank BormanFrank Frederick Borman, II is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so...
, Class of 1950. President Eastern Airlines (1975–1986). - Walter F. UlmerWalter F. Ulmer-Military career:Born in Bangor, Maine, Walter Ulmer graduated from West Point in the Class of 1952. Commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor, he commanded companies in the 56th Amphibious Tank and Tractor Battalion in Korea, the 6th Tank Battalion, 24th Infantry Division in Japan, and the 325th...
, Class of 1952. President and CEO of Center for Creative Leadership (1985–1994). - Randolph V. Araskog, Class of 1953. President, Chairman, CEO of ITT Communications.
- Dana G. MeadDana G. MeadDana George Mead is an American businessman and corporate director. Mead is currently chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's board of trustees, and serves on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Pfizer....
, Class of 1957. Chairman and CEO of Tenneco (1994–1999), Chairman of MIT Corporation (since 2003). - Pete DawkinsPete DawkinsPeter Miller Dawkins is a Heisman Trophy winner, Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Army Brigadier General, and Republican candidate for Senate. He is the former vice chairman of Citigroup Private Bank.-Early life, education and athletic career:...
, Class of 1959. Chairman and CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Vice-Chairman and EVP of Travelers Insurance, Vice Chairman of Bain and Company, Vice-Chairman of Citi Global Wealth Management, and currently Senior Partner at Flintlock Capital. - Fred MalekFred MalekFrederic Vincent "Fred" Malek is the former President of Marriott Hotels and Northwest Airlines and former assistant to United States Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush. Malek served as a National Finance Committee co-chair of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign...
, Class of 1959. Founder and Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, Chairman of Northwest AirlinesNorthwest AirlinesNorthwest Airlines, Inc. was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world...
. - Robert G. Morrison, Class of 1960. President and CEO of Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
- Frank J. CaufieldFrank J. CaufieldFrank J. Caufield is best known as a co-founder of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, based in Menlo Park, California....
, Co-Founder of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers - Jim KimseyJim KimseyJames V. "Jim" Kimsey was the co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of internet service provider America Online .-Early life:...
, Class of 1962. Chairman and co-founder of AOLAOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services... - Marshall CarterMarshall CarterMarshall Sylvester Carter was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.-Biography:...
, Class of 1962. Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (since 2005). Former Chairman and CEO of the State Street Bank and Trust Company. - Daniel W. ChristmanDaniel W. ChristmanDaniel William Christman is a retired United States Army lieutenant general, former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy , and the current Senior Vice President for International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A 1965 graduate of West Point, he went on to earn multiple...
, Class of 1965. Superintendent of USMA from 1996-2001. Chairman of Ultralife Corporation, SVP of International Affairs for U.S. Chamber of Commerce (since 2003) - Ronald Naples, Class of 1967. Chief Accountability Officer for the State of Pennsylvania; Retired Chairman and CEO of Quaker Chemical Corporation.
- Roland SmithRoland SmithRoland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children.-Early life and education:...
, CEO of Wendy's and Arby's (since 2006) - William P. Foley, II, Class of 1967, Former CEO and current Chairman of Fidelity National Information Services
- Marshall LarsenMarshall LarsenMarshall O. Larsen has served as the Chief Executive Officer since April 2003, President since February 2002, Chairman of the Board of Goodrich Corporation since October 2003. He joined the company in 1977 as an Operations Analyst...
, Class of 1970. Chairman and CEO of Goodrich, Corporation (since 2003) - Bob McDonaldRobert A. "Bob" McDonaldRobert A. "Bob" McDonald is the current Chairman, President and CEO of Procter & Gamble. He was promoted from within after working for the company for 29 years.-Life and career:...
, Class of 1975. CEO of Procter & Gamble - Ken Hicks, Class of 1974. President and CEO of Foot LockerFoot LockerFoot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company , and many of...
and former President of JCPenney - William AlbrechtWilliam AlbrechtWilliam A. Albrecht PhD, Chairman of the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri, was the foremost authority on the relation of soil fertility to human health and earned four degrees from the University of Illinois. As emeritus Professor of Soils at the University of Missouri he saw a...
, Class of 1974. President of Occidental Oil and Gas. - Vincent Viola, Class of 1977. Former Chairman of NYMEX (2001–2004), CEO of VirtuFinancial and owner and member of Chairman's Council of the New Jersey Nets.
- Frank Thibodeau, Class of 1979. President of Five ISMS Corp.
- Joe DePinto, Class of 1986. CEO of 7-Eleven Corp.
- Anthony J. Guzzi, Class of 1986. President and CEO of EMCOR Group, Inc. The world's largest specialty construction, facilities services, energy infrastructure provider and a Fortune 500 Company.
- Albert Dunlap, CEO of Scott Paper and Sunbeam.
- Keith McLoughlinKeith McLoughlinKeith R. McLoughlin, born 1956, is President and CEO of Electrolux as of January 1, 2011. Most recently, McLoughlin was Chief Operations Officer responsible for R&D, Manufacturing and Purchasing for Electrolux Major Appliances....
, President and CEO of ElectroluxElectroluxThe Electrolux Group is a Swedish appliance maker.As of 2010 the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world after Whirlpool, its products sell under a variety of brand names including its own and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners... - Anthony Noto, Class of 1991. EVP and CFO for National Football League.
- Brad HunstableBrad HunstableBrad Hunstable is co-founder and President of the popular San Francisco, California-based live video microbroadcasting website Ustream.tv, one of the largest consumer live video sites on the Internet....
, Class of 2001. Founder and President of Ustream.TV.
Engineers
Heads of state
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- David H. Petraeus, Class of 1974. DCIA 6 September 2011 - xx
Cabinet members
- Andrew J. Donelson, Class of 1820. President's Secretary (1829–1837)
- Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
, Class of 1828. United States Secretary of WarUnited States Secretary of WarThe Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation...
(1853–1857) - Montgomery BlairMontgomery BlairMontgomery Blair , the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland...
, Class of 1835. United States Postmaster GeneralUnited States Postmaster GeneralThe United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence...
(1861–1864) - William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched...
, Class of 1840. United States Secretary of WarUnited States Secretary of WarThe Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation...
(1869) - Gustavus Woodson SmithGustavus Woodson SmithGustavus Woodson Smith , more commonly known as G.W. Smith, was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican-American War, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and Mexico:Smith was born in Georgetown,...
, Class of 1842. Confederate States Secretary of WarConfederate States Secretary of WarThe Confederate States Secretary of War was a member of the Confederate States President's Cabinet during the Civil War. The Secretary of War led the Confederate States Department of War. The position ended in May 1865 when the Confederacy crumbled during John C. Breckinridge's tenure of the...
(1862) - John SchofieldJohn SchofieldJohn McAllister Schofield was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War. He later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the United States Army.-Early life:...
, Class of 1853. United States Secretary of WarUnited States Secretary of WarThe Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation...
(1868–1869) - Marshall CarterMarshall CarterMarshall Sylvester Carter was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.-Biography:...
, Class of 1931. Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (1962–1965) and Director of the National Security AgencyDirector of the National Security AgencyThe Director of the National Security Agency is the highest-ranking official in the National Security Agency, which is a Defense Agency within the U.S. Department of Defense. The Director of the NSA also concurrently serves as Chief of the Central Security Service and as Commander of U.S. Cyber...
(1965–1969). - Rafael M. IletoRafael IletoRafael M. Ileto served as the 22nd Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines. He was also became the Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . He also served as Philippine Ambassador to Turkey, Iran, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos.-Early years:Rafael...
, Class of 1943. Philippine Secretary of National DefenseDepartment of National Defense (Philippines)The Department of National Defense is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country...
(1986–1988) - Brent ScowcroftBrent ScowcroftBrent Scowcroft, KBE was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National...
, Class of 1947. National Security AdvisorNational Security Advisor (United States)The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor , serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues...
(1974–1977, 1989–1993) - Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, Class of 1947. United States Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
(1981–1982) - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, Class of 1950. Philippine Secretary of National DefenseDepartment of National Defense (Philippines)The Department of National Defense is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country...
(1988–1991) - William Odom, Class of 1954. Director of the National Security AgencyNational Security AgencyThe National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
(1985–1988) - John BlockJohn Rusling BlockJohn Rusling Block was Secretary of Agriculture under former President Ronald Reagan and is currently a lobbyist.-Early life:...
, Class of 1957. United States Secretary of AgricultureUnited States Secretary of AgricultureThe United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 20 January 2009. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other...
(1981–1986) - Jim NicholsonJim Nicholson (U.S. politician)Robert James "Jim" Nicholson is an attorney, real estate developer, and a former Republican Party chairman. He was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from January 26, 2005 until October 1, 2007.-Personal life:...
, Class of 1961. United States Secretary of Veterans AffairsUnited States Secretary of Veterans AffairsThe United States Secretary of Veterans' Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits and related matters...
(2005–2007) - Barry McCaffreyBarry McCaffreyBarry Richard McCaffrey is a retired United States Army general, former U.S. Drug Czar, news commentator, and business consultant....
, Class of 1964, U.S. Drug CzarOffice of National Drug Control PolicyThe White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , a former cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1989 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988...
(1996–2001) - Eric K. Shinseki, Class of 1965, United States Secretary of Veterans AffairsUnited States Secretary of Veterans AffairsThe United States Secretary of Veterans' Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits and related matters...
(since 2009) - Michael W. Wynne, Class of 1966. United States Secretary of the Air ForceUnited States Secretary of the Air ForceThe Secretary of the Air Force is the Head of the Department of the Air Force, a component organization within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Secretary of the Air Force is appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
(2005–2008) - Thomas E. WhiteThomas E. WhiteThomas E. White, Jr. is an American businessman and former United States Army officer who served as senior executive at the now collapsed Enron and as the United States Secretary of the Army from May 31, 2001 until April 25, 2003.-Military career and education:In 1963 White graduated from Cass...
, Class of 1967, United States Secretary of the ArmyUnited States Secretary of the ArmyThe Secretary of the Army is a civilian official within the Department of Defense of the United States of America with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and...
(2001–2003) - Robert M. KimmittRobert M. KimmittRobert M. Kimmitt was United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29, 2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29, 2005, and he was sworn into office on August 16, 2005...
, Class of 1969. United States Deputy Secretary of the TreasuryUnited States Deputy Secretary of the TreasuryThe Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, in the United States government, advises and assists the Secretary of the Treasury in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Treasury and its activities, and succeeds the Secretary in his absence, sickness, or unavailability...
(2005–2009) - Mark T. Kimmitt, Class of 1976. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East (since 2006)
- Louis CalderaLouis CalderaLouis Caldera was Director of the White House Military Office from January 20, 2009, until May 22, 2009, and served as the 17th United States Secretary of the Army from July 2, 1998, until January 20, 2001.-Family and education:...
, Class of 1978. United States Secretary of the ArmyUnited States Secretary of the ArmyThe Secretary of the Army is a civilian official within the Department of Defense of the United States of America with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and...
(1998–2001) - James PeakeJames PeakeJames Benjamin Peake is a former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the United States Army....
, Class of 1966, United States Secretary of Veterans AffairsUnited States Secretary of Veterans AffairsThe United States Secretary of Veterans' Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits and related matters...
(2007–2009) - Douglas LuteDouglas LuteDouglas Edward Lute, born November 3, 1952, is a service lieutenant general in the United States Army. On 15 May 2007, Lute was appointed by George W. Bush to serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, also known as the "War Czar", a senior...
, Class of 1975, "War Czar"Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and AfghanistanThe Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, also known by the informal expression War Czar, is a position the George W...
(2007–Present)
Ambassadors
- Andrew J. Donelson, Class of 1820. Chargé d'affaires of the United States to the Republic of Texas (1845). U.S. Minister to Prussia (1846–49). U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate (1856)
- Rufus King, Class of 1833. U.S. Minister to the Papal StatesPapal StatesThe Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...
(1863–1867) - William Woods Averell, Class of 1855. U.S. Consul General to British North AmericaBritish North AmericaBritish North America is a historical term. It consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of American independence in 1783.At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 the British...
(1866–1869) - Hugh Judson KilpatrickHugh Judson KilpatrickHugh Judson Kilpatrick was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile, and a failed political candidate for the U.S...
, Class of 1856, U.S. Minister to Chile, 1866–70, 1881 - Frederick Dent GrantFrederick Dent GrantFrederick Dent Grant was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent...
, Class of 1871. U.S. Minister to Austro-Hungarian Empire (1890–1893) - James Maurice Gavin, Class of 1929, U.S. Ambassador to France (1961–62)
- John D. EisenhowerJohn EisenhowerJohn Sheldon Doud Eisenhower is the son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie. He is a retired United States Army officer and the author of several books of military history. He served as the U.S...
, Class of 1944. U.S. Ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971). - David Manker AbshireDavid Manker AbshireDavid Manker Abshire has served as a Special Counselor to President Reagan and was the U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1983-1987. Currently David M. Abshire presides over the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. In July 2002, he was elected President of the Richard Lounsbery...
, Class of 1951. U.S. Ambassador to NATO (1983–1987) - Jim NicholsonJim Nicholson (U.S. politician)Robert James "Jim" Nicholson is an attorney, real estate developer, and a former Republican Party chairman. He was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from January 26, 2005 until October 1, 2007.-Personal life:...
, Class of 1961. U.S. Ambassador to the VaticanHoly SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
(2001–2005) - Barry R. McCaffreyBarry McCaffreyBarry Richard McCaffrey is a retired United States Army general, former U.S. Drug Czar, news commentator, and business consultant....
, Class of 1964. Deputy U.S. Representative to NATO (1988–1989) and Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1996–2001). - Alfred Hoffman, Jr.. Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal (2005–2007).
- Kenneth P. Moorefield, Class of 1965. Ambassador to the Republic of Gabon and Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2002–2005). Also served as senior State Department representative on the Iraq/Afghanistan Transition Planning Group (2005–2007)
- Robert M. KimmittRobert M. KimmittRobert M. Kimmitt was United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29, 2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29, 2005, and he was sworn into office on August 16, 2005...
, Class of 1969. U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1991–1993). - John Galvin, Class of 1954, U.S. Ambassador to Bosnian Peace Negotiations
- William B. Taylor, Jr.William B. Taylor, Jr.William B. Taylor is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Ukraine.-Diplomatic career:Until February 2006 he was the U.S. Government's representative to the Quartet's effort to facilitate the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, led by Special Envoy...
, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (since 2006) - Karl EikenberryKarl EikenberryKarl Winfrid Eikenberry is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.-Education:Eikenberry graduated from Goldsboro High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1969 and then attended West Point, where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant upon...
, Class of 1973, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (since 2009)
Governors (civil)
- Robert Francis Withers AllstonRobert Francis Withers AllstonRobert Francis Withers Allston was the 67th Governor of South Carolina. He was born in All Saints Parish, South Carolina in 1801.He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1821....
, Class of 1821, Governor of South CarolinaGovernor of South CarolinaThe Governor of the State of South Carolina is the head of state for the State of South Carolina. Under the South Carolina Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the South Carolina executive branch. The Governor is the ex officio...
(1856–58) - David WallaceDavid Wallace (governor)David Wallace was the sixth Governor of the US state of Indiana. The Panic of 1837 occurred just before his election and the previous administration, which he had been part of, had taken on a large public debt. During his term the state entered a severe financial crisis that crippled the state's...
, Class of 1821. Governor of IndianaGovernor of IndianaThe Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana. The governor is elected to a four-year term, and responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government. The governor also shares power with other statewide...
(1837–1840) - Robert Milligan McLaneRobert Milligan McLaneRobert Milligan McLane was an American politician, military officer, and diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Mexico, France, and China, as a member of the House of Representatives from the fourth district of Maryland, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and as the 39th Governor of...
, Class of 1837, Governor of MarylandGovernor of MarylandThe Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of Maryland, and he is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and he has a broad range of appointive powers in both the State and local governments,...
(1884–85) - Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Class of 1839, Governor of Washington Territory (1853–1857)
- George StonemanGeorge StonemanGeorge Stoneman, Jr. was a career United States Army officer, a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, and the 15th Governor of California between 1883 and 1887.-Early life:...
, Class of 1846. Governor of CaliforniaGovernor of CaliforniaThe Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...
(1883–1887) - George B. McClellanGeorge B. McClellanGeorge Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...
, Class of 1846, Governor of New JerseyGovernor of New JerseyThe Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...
(1878–81) - Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
, Class of 1847, Governor of Rhode Island (1866–69) - Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls, Class of 1855, Governor of Louisiana (1877–80, 88–92)
- William H. UphamWilliam H. UphamWilliam Henry Upham was a soldier, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th Governor of Wisconsin.-Biography:Upham was born in Westminster, Massachusetts and moved to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1853...
, Class of 1866. Governor of WisconsinGovernor of WisconsinThe Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
(1895–1897) - Alexander Oswald BrodieAlexander Oswald BrodieAlexander Oswald Brodie was an American military officer and engineer. Earning his initial reputation during the Indian wars, he came to prominence for his service with the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War...
, Class of 1870, Governor of Arizona Territory (1902–05) - Charles H. Martin, Class of 1887, Governor of OregonGovernor of OregonThe Governor of Oregon is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The title of governor was also applied to the office of Oregon's chief executive during the provisional and U.S. territorial governments....
(1935–39) - Chester Harding (governor)Chester Harding (governor)Chester Harding was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1917 to 1921.He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1884 with a Bachelors in Engineering and later graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1889. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
, Class of 1889, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1917–21) - Jay Johnson MorrowJay Johnson MorrowJay Johnson Morrow February 20, 1870 – April 16, 1937 was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924. He was the brother of U.S. Senator Dwight Morrow and the uncle of Anne Morrow Lindbergh....
, Class of 1891, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1921–24) - Meriwether L. Walker, Class of 1893, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1924–28)
- Harry Burgess, Class of 1895, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1928–32)
- Clarence S. RidleyClarence S. RidleyClarence S. Ridley served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1936 to 1940.Ridley was born in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana. He graduated fourth in a class of 114 from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1905. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. Army...
, Class of 1905, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1936–40) - Glen E. Edgerton, Class of 1908, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1940–44)
- Joseph C. Mehaffey, Class of 1911, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1944–48)
- Francis K. NewcomerFrancis K. NewcomerFrancis K. Newcomer was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1948 to 1952.He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1913. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served as Panama Canal maintenance engineer 1944-48...
, Class of 1913, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1948–52) - John S. Seybold, Class of 1920, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1952–56)
- William E. Potter, Class of 1933, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1956–60)
- William A. Carter, Class of 1930, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1960–62)
- Robert John FlemingRobert John FlemingRobert John Fleming was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1962 to 1967 although his largely successful tenure was marred in 1964 by the issue over whether the Panamanian Flag should be flown alongside the Panama Canal Zone Flag on public buildings...
, Class of 1928, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1962–67) - David Stuart ParkerDavid Stuart ParkerDavid Stuart Parker served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1971 to 1975.He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1940, an institution where he later taught. He was Lieutenant Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1963 to 1965. He served a tour in Vietnam...
, Class of 1940, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1971–75) - Harold Parfitt, Class of 1943, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1975–79)
- Warren E. HearnesWarren E. HearnesWarren Eastman Hearnes was an American politician and the 46th Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. He was the first Missouri Governor eligible to serve two consecutive four year terms, and a lifelong Democrat...
, Class of 1946. Governor of Missouri (1965–1973) - Dave HeinemanDave HeinemanDavid Eugene "Dave" Heineman is the 39th and current Governor of Nebraska. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
, Class of 1970. Governor of NebraskaGovernor of NebraskaThe Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the State of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Nebraska Constitution. The current Governor is Dave Heineman, a Republican, who assumed office on January 20, 2005 upon the resignation of Mike Johanns . He won a full...
(since 2005)
Governors (military)
- Thomas ChildsThomas ChildsThomas Childs was a U.S. soldier who served with distinction during the Mexican-American War.Childs was born on March 16, 1796, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son and grandson of Revolutionary War veterans...
, Class of 1814. Military governor of Puebla, Mexico. - John H. MartindaleJohn H. MartindaleJohn Henry Martindale was an American lawyer, Union Army general, and politician.-Early life:Martindale was born in Sandy Hill, Washington County, New York, the son of Congressman Henry C. Martindale and Minerva Hitchcock Martindale. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in...
, Class of 1835. Military Governor of Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... - Rufus SaxtonRufus SaxtonRufus Saxton was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions defending Harper's Ferry during Confederate General Jackson's Valley Campaign.-Early life:Saxton was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts...
, Class of 1849. Military governor of the Department of the South. - Fitzhugh LeeFitzhugh LeeFitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:...
, Class of 1856. Military governor of Havana, Cuba. - Philip SheridanPhilip SheridanPhilip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...
, Class of 1853. Military governor of the Fifth Military DistrictFifth Military DistrictThe 5th Military District was a temporary administrative unit of the United States set up during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. It included Texas, from Brazos Santiago Harbor, , at the Mexican border, north to Louisiana. General Philip Sheridan served as its first...
. - Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
, Class of 1903. Military governor of Japan. - George S. PattonGeorge S. PattonGeorge Smith Patton, Jr. was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II. He was also well known for his eccentricity and controversial outspokenness.Patton was commissioned in the U.S. Army after his graduation from...
, Class of 1909. Military governor of Bavaria. - Joseph T. McNarneyJoseph T. McNarneyJoseph Taggart McNarney was a United States Army Air Forces general officer who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany.-Early years:...
, Class of 1915. Military governor of U.S. Occupation Zone, Germany. - Matthew RidgwayMatthew RidgwayMatthew Bunker Ridgway was a United States Army General. He held several major commands and was most famous for resurrecting the United Nations war effort during the Korean War. Several historians have credited Ridgway for turning around the war in favor of the UN side...
, Class of 1917. Military governor of Japan. - Lucius D. ClayLucius D. ClayGeneral Lucius Dubignon Clay was an American officer and military governor of the United States Army known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Clay was deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany 1946; commander in chief, U.S....
, Class of 1918. Military Governor in West Germany noted for Berlin Airlift.
Legislators
- Daniel Azro Ashley BuckDaniel Azro Ashley BuckDaniel Azro Ashley Buck U.S. Representative from VermontSon of Daniel Buck, born in Norwich, Vermont, April 19, 1789; moved with his parents to Chelsea; was graduated from Middlebury College in 1807 and from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1808; commissioned a lieutenant in the...
, Class of 1808, U.S. Representative (1823–1825,1827–1829), Vermont - Daniel TunernDaniel Turner (North Carolina)Daniel Turner was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina .Turner was a 1814 graduate from the United States Military Academy . He served in the Army until 1815, during which time he served in the War of 1812 as an acting assistant engineer. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons...
, Class of 1814, U.S. Representative, North Carolina (1827–1829) - James MonroeJames Monroe (1799 - 1870)James Monroe was an American politician who served as the United States Congressman from New York . He was the nephew of President James Monroe.-Military service:...
, Class of 1815, U.S. Representative (1839–1841), New York - George Wurtz HughesGeorge Wurtz HughesGeorge Wurtz Hughes was a U.S. Representative from the 6th Congressional district of Maryland.Born in Elmira, New York, Hughes received a liberal schooling. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1827, and became a civil engineer in New York City...
, Class of 1827, U.S. Representative (1859–1861), Maryland - Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
, Class of 1828. U.S. Representative (1845–1846) and Senator (1847–1853, elected but not seated 1875), Mississippi - Alexander C.M. PenningtonAlexander C.M. PenningtonAlexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Sr. was an American Whig Party / Opposition Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853-1857....
, Class of 1828, represented in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from 1853–1857. - Joseph E. JohnstonJoseph E. JohnstonJoseph Eggleston Johnston was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
, Class of 1829, U.S. Representative, Virginia - Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Class of 1831, U.S. Representative, New York
- Robert Milligan McLaneRobert Milligan McLaneRobert Milligan McLane was an American politician, military officer, and diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Mexico, France, and China, as a member of the House of Representatives from the fourth district of Maryland, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and as the 39th Governor of...
, Class of 1837, U.S. Representative, Maryland - John B. S. Todd, Class of 1837. U.S. Congressman, Dakota Territory (1861–1863,1864–1865)
- James Madison LeachJames Madison LeachJames Madison Leach was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Leach was born on his the family homestead, “Lansdowne”, in Randolph County, North Carolina, January 17, 1815. He attended the common schools and Caldwell Institute in Greensboro, North Carolina. He graduated from the United...
, Class of 1838, U.S. Representative, North Carolina - Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Class of 1839, U.S. Representative, Washington TerritoryWashington TerritoryThe Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 8, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Washington....
- Egbert Ludoricus VieleEgbert Ludoricus VieleEgbert Ludovicus Viele was a civil engineer and United States Representative from New York from 1885–1887, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, Class of 1847, U.S. Representative, New York - Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
, Class of 1847. U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1875–1881) - Henry Warner SlocumHenry Warner SlocumHenry Warner Slocum , was a Union general during the American Civil War and later served in the United States House of Representatives from New York. During the war, he was one of the youngest major generals in the Army and fought numerous major battles in the Eastern Theater and in Georgia and the...
, Class of 1852. U.S Representative, New York (1869–1873, 1883–1884) - Henry A. du PontHenry A. du PontHenry Algernon du Pont , known as "Colonel Henry", was an American soldier and politician from Winterthur, near Greenville, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Civil War, and a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as U.S...
, Class of 1861. U.S. Senator, Delaware (1895–1896,1906–1917) - Joseph WheelerJoseph WheelerJoseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
, Class of 1859. U.S. Representative, Alabama (1881–1882, 1883, 1885–1900) - Frank Obadiah Briggs, Class of 1872, U.S. Senator, New Jersey
- Lawrence D. Tyson, Class of 1883. U.S. Senator, Tennessee (1925–1929)
- Bertram Tracy ClaytonBertram Tracy ClaytonBertram Tracy Clayton was an American soldier and politician.-Biography:Born in Clayton, Alabama, he went on to attend the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1886 with John J. Pershing...
, Class of 1886. U.S. Representative, New York (1899–1901) - Charles Henry MartinCharles Henry MartinCharles Henry Martin was an American Army officer and later politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he had a 40-year career in the military including serving in conflicts from the Spanish-American War to World War I before retiring as a major general. A Democrat, he was the U.S...
, Class of 1887, U.S. Representative, Oregon - Butler AmesButler AmesButler Ames was an American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman. He was the son of Adelbert Ames and grandson of Benjamin Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
, Class of 1894, U.S. Representative, Massachusetts - Frank KowalskiFrank KowalskiFrank Kowalski was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Meriden, Connecticut, where he attended the grade and high schools. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1930, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1937, and studied international relations at...
, Class of 1930, U.S. Representative from Connecticut. - Howard Hollis Callaway, Class of 1949, U.S. Representative, Georgia
- John Michael Murphy, Class of 1950, U.S. Representative, New York
- Adam Benjamin, Jr.Adam Benjamin, Jr.Adam Benjamin Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1977 to 1982.Born to Assyrian parents, in Gary, Indiana on August 6, 1935, Adam Benjamin, Jr. became one of the Calumet Region's most dynamic and respected legislators...
, Class of 1958, U.S. Representative, Indiana (1977–82) - Jack Reed, Class of 1971. U.S. Representative (1991–1997), U.S. Senator (1997- ), Rhode Island
- John ShimkusJohn ShimkusJohn Mondy Shimkus is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party....
, Class of 1980. U.S. Representative, Illinois (1997- ) - Geoff DavisGeoff DavisGeoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....
, Class of 1981. U.S. Representative, Kentucky (2004- ) - Brett GuthrieBrett GuthrieSteven Brett Guthrie is the U.S. Representative for , a Bowling Green-based district, since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Kentucky Senate.-Early life, education, and career:...
, Class of 1987. U.S. Representative, Kentucky (2009-)
Mayors
- William Lewis CabellWilliam Lewis Cabell-External links:* from the published 1880, hosted by the...
, Class of 1850. Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1874–76, 1877–79, 1883–85) - Robert M. IsaacRobert M. IsaacRobert Michael "Bob" Isaac was the Republican Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in April 1979, he was the first popularly elected mayor in the history of Colorado Springs, serving five four-year terms through 1997...
, Class of 1951. Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado (1979–1997) - Matthew Collier, Class of 1979. Mayor of Flint, Michigan (1988–1992)
Jurists
- Montgomery BlairMontgomery BlairMontgomery Blair , the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland...
, Class of 1835, Attorney for Dred Scott in landmark 1857 Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. Sandford. President Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet (1861–1864) - Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls, Class of 1855, Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court (1892–1911)
- Richard Whitehead YoungRichard Whitehead YoungRichard Whitehead Young was a U.S. Army Brigadier General and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during the time that the Philippines was a U.S. Territory....
, Class of 1882. Philippines Supreme Court Justice (1899–1901) - Richard D. Cudahy, Class of 1948. Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Rhesa H. BarksdaleRhesa H. BarksdaleRhesa Hawkins Barksdale is a United States federal judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.-Early life, education and legal training:...
, Class of 1966. U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1990- ) - Roy MooreRoy MooreRoy Stewart Moore is an American jurist and Republican politician noted for his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse despite orders to do so from a federal judge...
, Class of 1969. Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court (2001–2003)
Law Enforcement and Intelligence figures
- Alva Revista Fitch
- Frederick Dent GrantFrederick Dent GrantFrederick Dent Grant was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent...
New York City Police Commissioner - Fitz John PorterFitz John PorterFitz John Porter was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War...
- William Farrar SmithWilliam Farrar SmithWilliam Farrar Smith , was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City police commission, and Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.Major General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. He is best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. He was the father of General H...
- Hoyt VandenbergHoyt VandenbergHoyt Sanford Vandenberg was a U.S. Air Force general, its second Chief of Staff, and second Director of Central Intelligence....
- Lon HoriuchiLon HoriuchiLon Tomohisa Horiuchi is a U.S. FBI HRT sniper who was involved in controversial deployments during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco Siege. In 1997, Horiuchi was charged with manslaughter for the death of Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge; the case was dismissed.-Early life:Horiuchi, the son of...
- Keith B. AlexanderKeith B. AlexanderGeneral Keith B. Alexander, USA is the current Director, National Security Agency , Chief, Central Security Service and Commander, United States Cyber Command. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, U.S. Army from 2003 to 2005...
- Douglas I. McKayDouglas I. McKayDouglas Imrie McKay was an American artillery and law enforcement officer and NYPD police official who served as NYPD Police Commissioner in 1914...
Literary figures and actors
- Henry Martyn RobertHenry Martyn RobertHenry Martyn Robert was the author of Robert's Rules of Order, which became the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure and remains today the most common parliamentary authority in the United States....
, Class of 1857. Author of Robert's Rules of Order - John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. First Editor, Journal of U.S. Artillery. Author of numerous technical articles on gunnery.
- Cornelis DeWitt WillcoxCornelis DeWitt WillcoxCornélis DeWitt Willcox was an American army officer and scholar, born at Geneva, Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1880, from the United States Military Academy , and Artillery School , and in 1913 studied at the University of Grenoble.He served in the Santiago campaign...
, Class of 1885. - Archibald Gracie IV, Survivor of the RMS Titanic. Author of "Titanic: A Survivor's Story".
- Hal MooreHal MooreHarold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr. is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army and author. Moore is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army, and was the first of his West Point class to be promoted to...
, Class of 1945. Author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young - James SalterJames SalterJames Salter is an American novelist and short-story writer. Once a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he abandoned the military profession in 1957 after successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters.After a brief career at film writing and film directing, Salter...
, Class of 1945, prolific US author. Selected to The Academy of Arts and Letters. - Bill McWilliamsBill McWilliamsWilliam Henry McWilliams was a Major League Baseball player. He had two at bats for the Boston Red Sox during the 1931 baseball season.-External links:...
, Class of 1955. Author of "A Return To Glory". - Thomas M. Carhart, Class of 1966. Author of Lost Triumph, etc.
- Gus Lee, Class of 1966. Author of China Boy, Chasing Hepburn, etc.
- Brian HaigBrian HaigBrian Haig is an American thriller author and Fox News military analyst.-Early life and family:Haig's father was former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig ; his mother is Patricia . He has a brother Alexander and a sister Barbara.-Military life:Haig graduated from West Point in 1975 and was...
, Class of 1975. Novelist - James CarafanoJames CarafanoJames Jay Carafano is the director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies and the deputy director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He is a historian and a recognized expert on national security affairs...
, Class of 1977. Author of Winning the Long War, etc. - Mark ValleyMark ValleyMark Thomas Valley is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Brad Chase on the TV drama Boston Legal and Christopher Chance in Fox's action/drama Human Target.-Personal life:...
, Class of 1987. Tv and movie actor. - Amy Efaw, Class of 1989. Author of "Battle Dress".
Medal of Honor recipients
Mexican-American War combatants
Confederate States Army generals
Union Army generals
Indian Wars combatants & Buffalo Soldiers
- John Hanks AlexanderJohn Hanks AlexanderJohn Hanks Alexander was the first African American officer in the United States armed forces to hold a regular command position and the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy.-Early life:...
, Class of 1887 - Walker Keith ArmisteadWalker Keith ArmisteadWalker Keith Armistead was a military officer who served as Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers....
, Class of 1803 - John W. BarlowJohn W. BarlowJohn Whitney Barlow was a career officer in the United States Army. During and after the American Civil War, he was noted for his engineering talents.-Biography:...
, Class of 1861 - Robert C. BuchananRobert C. BuchananRobert Christie Buchanan was an American military officer who served in the Mexican War and then was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
, Class of 1830 - Edward CanbyEdward CanbyEdward Richard Sprigg Canby was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian Wars...
, Class of 1839 - Philip St. George CookePhilip St. George CookePhilip St. George Cooke was a career United States Army cavalry officer who served as a Union General in the American Civil War. He is noted for his authorship of an Army cavalry manual, and is sometimes called the "Father of the U.S...
, Class of 1827 - George CrookGeorge CrookGeorge R. Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
, Class of 1852 - George Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
, Class of 1861 - John Wynn DavidsonJohn Davidson (general)John Wynn Davidson was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter. In 1866, he received brevet grade appointments as a major general of volunteers and in the regular U.S. Army for his Civil War service,-Biography:Davidson was born in...
, Class of 1845 - Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper was an American soldier and though born into slavery in the American South, was the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877 at the age of 21 and earn a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.Following Flipper's...
, Class of 1877 - James W. ForsythJames W. ForsythJames William Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and general. He was primarily a Union staff officer during the American Civil War and cavalry regimental commander during the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
, Class of 1856 - Robert S. GarnettRobert S. GarnettRobert Selden Garnett was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army until the American Civil War, when he became a Confederate States Army brigadier general. He was the first general officer killed in the Civil War.-Early life and career:Garnett was born at the family plantation...
, Class of 1841 - John GibbonJohn GibbonJohn Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
, Class of 1847 - Oliver O. HowardOliver O. HowardOliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War...
, Class of 1854 - Robert Lee HowzeRobert Lee HowzeRobert Lee Howze was a United States Army Major General who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars....
, Class of 1888 - Charles KingCharles King (general)Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.-Biography:...
, Class of 1866 - Gustavus LoomisGustavus LoomisGustavus Loomis was an United States Army officer who served during the War of 1812, Seminole Wars and the American Civil War. He was the oldest soldier to serve in the Civil War.-Biography:...
, Class of 1811 - Ranald S. MackenzieRanald S. MackenzieRanald Slidell Mackenzie was a career United States Army officer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, described by General Ulysses S. Grant as its most promising young officer...
, Class of 1862 - Randolph B. MarcyRandolph B. MarcyRandolph Barnes Marcy was a career officer in the United States Army, achieving the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in 1881. Although beginning in 1861 his responsibilities were those of a brigadier general, the U.S...
, Class of 1832 - Wesley MerrittWesley MerrittWesley Merritt was a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He is noted for distinguished service in the cavalry.-Early life:...
, Class of 1860 - George H. MorganGeorge H. MorganGeorge Horace Morgan was an American cavalry officer and Medal of Honor recipient. He was the son of a Civil War general, George N. Morgan, and graduated from West Point, the U.S. Military Academy, in 1880....
, Class of 1880 - Edward OrdEdward OrdEdward Otho Cresap Ord was the designer of Fort Sam Houston, and a United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War. He commanded an army during the final days of the Civil War, and was instrumental in forcing the surrender of Confederate...
, Class of 1839 - John J. PershingJohn J. PershingJohn Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...
, Class of 1886 - John Pope (military officer)John Pope (military officer)John Pope was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief but successful career in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run in the East.Pope was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in...
, Class of 1842 - Marcus RenoMarcus RenoMarcus Albert Reno was a career military officer in the American Civil War and in the Black Hills War against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne...
, Class of 1857 - William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched...
, Class of 1840 - Philip SheridanPhilip SheridanPhilip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...
, Class of 1853 - Samuel D. SturgisSamuel D. SturgisSamuel Davis Sturgis was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and later in the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
, Class of 1846 - George Wright (general)George Wright (general)George Wright was an American soldier who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
, Class of 1822
Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection combatants
- Stanley Dunbar EmbickStanley Dunbar EmbickStanley Dunbar Embick was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army.Embick was born in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania on January 22, 1877. He attended Dickinson College before enrolling at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, from which he graduated in 1899...
, Class of 1899 - Frederick Dent GrantFrederick Dent GrantFrederick Dent Grant was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent...
, Class of 1871 - William G. HaanWilliam G. HaanWilliam George Haan was a general in World War I. He graduated from West Point in 1889, from the Army War College in 1905, and was commissioned in the Artillery. He served in Cuba and the Philippines, and in 1903 went to Panama at the request of Theodore Roosevelt...
, Class of 1889 - Hamilton S. HawkinsHamilton S. HawkinsHamilton Smith Hawkins was a United States Army Major General during the Spanish-American War.Hawkins attended the United States Military Academy between 1852 and 1855, but did not graduate with the class of 1856 due to deficient academics. Despite being a South Carolinian, Hawkins served in the...
, Class of 1855 - Guy HenryGuy Henry (equestrian)Major General Guy Vernor Henry, Jr. was an American horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Biography:Guy V. Henry, Jr. was born into the military life...
, Class of 1898 - Lucius Roy HolbrookLucius Roy HolbrookLucius Roy Holbrook was a Major General who commanded of the United States Army's Philippine Department from 1936 to 1938....
, Class of 1896 - Willard Ames HolbrookWillard Ames HolbrookWillard Ames Holbrook was a Major General in the United States Army.-Career:Holbrook graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1885 and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment. Later he would be assigned to the 7th Cavalry Regiment. During the Spanish-American War, Holbrook would be...
, Class of 1885 - Robert Lee HowzeRobert Lee HowzeRobert Lee Howze was a United States Army Major General who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars....
, Class of 1888 - Richard L. HoxieRichard L. HoxieRichard L. Hoxie was a Brigadier General in the United States Army.-Biography:Hoxie was born Richard Leveridge Hoxie on August 7, 1844 in New York City. In 1878 Hoxie married the noted sculptor Vinnie Ream. Together they would have a son, Richard Ream Hoxie. Vinne Ream would pass away in 1914. In...
, Class of 1868 - Jacob Ford KentJacob Ford KentJacob Ford Kent was a United States general during the Spanish-American War. Kent also served in the Union army during the American Civil War.-Early life and the American Civil War:...
, Class of 1861 - Charles KingCharles King (general)Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.-Biography:...
, Class of 1866 - Fitzhugh LeeFitzhugh LeeFitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:...
, Class of 1856 - Manus MacCloskeyManus MacCloskeyManus MacCloskey was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MacCloskey graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1898. He would serve in the Spanish-American War and the China Relief Expedition...
, Class of 1898 - Wesley MerrittWesley MerrittWesley Merritt was a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He is noted for distinguished service in the cavalry.-Early life:...
, Class of 1860 - Eben SwiftEben SwiftEben Swift was a Major General in the United States Army.-Biography:Swift was born on May 11, 1854 at Fort Chadbourne to Captain Ebenezer Swift and his wife, Sarah. He would attend Racine College, Washington University in St. Louis, and Dickinson College. On May 18, 1880 he married Susan Bonaparte...
, Class of 1876 - Charles SymmondsCharles SymmondsCharles Symmonds was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.His award citation reads:...
, Class of 1888 - Joseph WheelerJoseph WheelerJoseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
, Class of 1859 - James H. WilsonJames H. WilsonJames Harrison Wilson was a United States Army topographic engineer, a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War and later wars, a railroad executive, and author.-Early life and engineering:...
, Class of 1860 - John Moulder WilsonJohn Moulder Wilson-External links:* Biographical Sketch...
, Class of 1860
Pancho Villa Expedition combatants
World War I combatants
World War II combatants
Korean War combatants
- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.Creighton AbramsCreighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 which saw U.S. troop strength in Vietnam fall from a peak of 543,000 to 49,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly...
, Class of 1936. Corps Chief of Staff, Korean War - Mark Wayne ClarkMark Wayne ClarkMark Wayne Clark was an American general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general in the U.S. Army...
, Class of 1917 - J. Lawton CollinsJ. Lawton CollinsJoseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins was a General in the United States Army. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the army as a Major General...
, Class of 1917 - Lawrence Russell DeweyLawrence Russell DeweyLawrence Russell Dewey was a Major General in the United States Army.-Biography:Dewey was born on May 19, 1901 in Des Moines, Iowa. He married Florence Powers and had three children. Their son, Lawrence, Jr., also became an officer in the military. Dewey died on December 18, 1994 in Washington, D.C...
, Class of 1924 - James Van FleetJames Van FleetJames Alward Van Fleet was a U.S. Army officer during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. He served as a regimental, divisional and corps commander during World War II and as...
, Class of 1915 - Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, Class of 1947 - William M. HogeWilliam M. HogeWilliam Morris Hoge was a General of the United States Army.-Early years:William M. Hoge grew up in Lexington, Missouri, where his father, William McGuffey Hoge, served as principal and superintendent at Wentworth Military Academy. After graduating from Wentworth in 1912, he received an...
, Class of 1916 - Lyman LemnitzerLyman LemnitzerLyman Louis Lemnitzer was a United States Army General, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969.-Biography:...
, Class of 1920 - Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
, Class of 1903 - Andrew P. O'MearaAndrew P. O'MearaAndrew Pick O'Meara was a United States Army four star general who served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command from 1961 to 1965; and Commander-in-Chief, U.S...
, Class of 1930 - Ralph PuckettRalph PuckettRalph Puckett Jr. led the 8th Army Ranger Company during the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of 51 Rangers was attacked by several hundred Chinese forces at the battle for Hill 205. He retired from the United...
, Class of 1949. Commander of 8th Army Ranger Company - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, Class of 1950. Platoon leader of the 20th Battalion Combat Team, Philippine Expeditionary Forces to KoreaPhilippine Expeditionary Forces To KoreaThe Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea was the Philippine contingent of the United Nations forces that fought in the Korean War . The unit arrived in Korea in August 1950. It was composed of 7,500 troops, and was the fourth largest force under the United Nations Command... - Matthew RidgwayMatthew RidgwayMatthew Bunker Ridgway was a United States Army General. He held several major commands and was most famous for resurrecting the United Nations war effort during the Korean War. Several historians have credited Ridgway for turning around the war in favor of the UN side...
, Class of 1917 - Davis C. RohrDavis C. RohrDavis Charles Rohr was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Rohr was born in Burlington, Wisconsin and graduated from Burlington High School. Later he attended Northwestern University and the University of Washington.-Career:Rohr graduated from the United States Military...
, Class of 1952 - Edward RownyEdward RownyLieutenant General Edward L. Rowny, born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 3, 1917, was a U.S. Army general and an ambassador, chief U.S. negotiator in arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union, and one of the originators of the helicopter as a platform for combat...
, Class of 1941 - Maxwell D. TaylorMaxwell D. TaylorGeneral Maxwell Davenport "Max" Taylor was an United States Army four star general and diplomat of the mid-20th century, who served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after having been appointed by the President of the United States John F...
, Class of 1922 - Thomas J. H. TrapnellThomas J. H. TrapnellThomas John Hall "Trap" Trapnell was a United States Armygeneral. Trapnell survived the Bataan Death March and the sinking of two transportation ships during...
, Class of 1927 - William H. TunnerWilliam H. TunnerWilliam Henry Tunner was a general officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces...
, Class of 1928 - Sam S. WalkerSam S. WalkerSam Sims Walker , United States Army, is a retired General who served as the Commanding General of Allied Land Forces, South East Europe from 1977 to 1978.-Military career:...
, Class of 1946 - Walton WalkerWalton WalkerWalton Harris Walker was an American army officer and the first commander of the U.S. Eighth Army during the Korean War.-Biography:...
, Class of 1912 - Roderick WetherillRoderick WetherillRoderick "Rod" Wetherill, Sr. was a notable officer of the United States Army from World War II through the Vietnam War. The official Army history of the War in southeast Asia considers him to have been a "key .....
, Class of 1940. Later Major General in the Vietnam War.
Vietnam War combatants
- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.Creighton AbramsCreighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 which saw U.S. troop strength in Vietnam fall from a peak of 543,000 to 49,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly...
, Class of 1936. Commanded the U.S. Army Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (1968 to 1972). - Wesley ClarkWesley ClarkWesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
, Class of 1966 - Eugene P. Deatrick, Jr.Eugene Peyton DeatrickEugene Peyton Deatrick, Jr. is a retired United States Air Force colonel, test pilot, and combat veteran. He is best recognized for his role in the rescue of United States Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler during the Vietnam War...
, Class of 1946 - Jack K. FarrisJack K. FarrisJack Kyle Farris was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Farris was born in Fennimore, Wisconsin in 1934. He would attend the University of Southern California and Dartmouth College....
, Class of 1957 - Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, Class of 1947 - Paul D. HarkinsPaul D. HarkinsPaul Donal Harkins was Deputy Chief of Staff during World War II to George S. Patton Jr. and later became a U.S. Army General and the first Military Assistance Command, Vietnam commander from 1962 to 1964.-Early life:...
, Class of 1929 - Harold Keith JohnsonHarold Keith JohnsonHarold Keith "Johnny" Johnson was a United States General. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1964 to 1968.-Early career and WWII:...
, Class of 1933 - Nicholas S. H. KrawciwNicholas S. H. KrawciwNicholas S. H. Krawciw is a retired United States Army Major General who served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War, and served as Commanding General of the 3rd Infantry Division from 1987 to 1989.-Early life:...
. Class of 1959 - Montgomery MeigsMontgomery MeigsMontgomery Cunningham Meigs is a retired United States Army General. He is the great-great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs...
, Class of 1967 - Hal MooreHal MooreHarold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr. is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army and author. Moore is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army, and was the first of his West Point class to be promoted to...
, Class of 1945. Commanded 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Ia Drang Valley (1965) - Joseph J. NazzaroJoseph J. NazzaroGeneral Joseph James Nazzaro was commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command.-Biography:...
, Class of 1936 - Robin OldsRobin OldsRobin Olds was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force. He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general....
, Class of 1943 - George Patton IVGeorge Patton IVGeorge Smith Patton, IV was a Major General in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George Patton.-Military biography:...
, Class of 1946 - Ralph PuckettRalph PuckettRalph Puckett Jr. led the 8th Army Ranger Company during the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of 51 Rangers was attacked by several hundred Chinese forces at the battle for Hill 205. He retired from the United...
, Class of 1949. Commander 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry (Airborne), 101st Airborne Division - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, Class of 1950. Chief of Staff of the Philippine Military Contingent and Civil Action Group to Vietnam (1965–1968) - Davis C. RohrDavis C. RohrDavis Charles Rohr was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Rohr was born in Burlington, Wisconsin and graduated from Burlington High School. Later he attended Northwestern University and the University of Washington.-Career:Rohr graduated from the United States Military...
, Class of 1952 - Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr.Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr.Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Jr. is a retired Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Vandenberg was born in Riverside, California in 1928. His father of was General Hoyt Vandenberg and his great uncle was U.S. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. Vandenberg would obtain a M.S...
, Class of 1951 - Sam S. WalkerSam S. WalkerSam Sims Walker , United States Army, is a retired General who served as the Commanding General of Allied Land Forces, South East Europe from 1977 to 1978.-Military career:...
, Class of 1946 - William WestmorelandWilliam WestmorelandWilliam Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army General, who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak , during the Tet Offensive. He adopted a strategy of attrition against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army. He later served as...
Gulf War combatants
Participants
Afghanistan combatants
Iraq combatants
Supreme Allied Commanders of NATO
- Dwight Eisenhower, Class of 1915.
- Andrew GoodpasterAndrew GoodpasterAndrew Jackson Goodpaster was an American Army General. He served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe from July 1, 1969 and Commander in Chief of the United States European Command from May 5, 1969 until his retirement December 17, 1974...
, Class of 1939. - Bernard W. RogersBernard W. RogersBernard William Rogers was an American general who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and later as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander in Chief, United States European Command....
, Class of June 1943. - Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, Class of 1947. - John Galvin, Class of 1954
- George JoulwanGeorge JoulwanGeorge Alfred Joulwan is a retired United States Army general, and is now a businessman. Joulwan, of Lebanese origin, studied at the United States Military Academy and Loyola University Chicago....
, Class of 1961. - Wesley ClarkWesley ClarkWesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
, Class of 1966.
Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Omar N. Bradley, Class of 1915. CJCS, 1949–1953.
- Nathan F. TwiningNathan Farragut TwiningNathan Farragut Twining, KBE was a United States Air Force General, born in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957...
, Class of 1919. CJCS, 1957–1960. - Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Class of 1920. CJCS, 1960–1962.
- Maxwell D. TaylorMaxwell D. TaylorGeneral Maxwell Davenport "Max" Taylor was an United States Army four star general and diplomat of the mid-20th century, who served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after having been appointed by the President of the United States John F...
, Class of 1922. CJCS, 1962–1964. - Earle G. Wheeler, Class of 1932. CJCS, 1964–1970.
- George S. Brown, U.S. Air Force, Class of 1941. CJCS, 1974–1978.
- Martin E. DempseyMartin DempseyGeneral Martin E. Dempsey, USA is the 18th and current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He previously served 149 days as the 37th Chief of Staff of the Army from April 11, 2011 to September 7, 2011. Prior to that, he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command from...
, Class of 1974. CJCS, 2011-present.
Army Chiefs of Staff/Commanders of the Army
- George B. McClellanGeorge B. McClellanGeorge Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...
, Class of 1846. Commanding General of the Army (1861–1862) - Henry Wager HalleckHenry Wager HalleckHenry Wager Halleck was a United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory, "Old Brains." He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer...
, Class of 1839. Commanding General of the Army (1862–1864) - Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, Class of 1843. Commanding General of the Army (1864–1869) - William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched...
, Class of 1840. Commanding General of the Army (1869–1883) - Philip SheridanPhilip SheridanPhilip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...
, Class of 1853. Commanding General of the Army (1883–1888) - John SchofieldJohn SchofieldJohn McAllister Schofield was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War. He later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the United States Army.-Early life:...
, Class of 1853. Commanding General of the Army (1888–1895) - J. Franklin BellJ. Franklin BellJames Franklin Bell was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1906 to 1910.Bell was a major-general in the Regular United States Army, commanding the Department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Island, New York at the time of his death in 1919...
, Class of 1878. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1906–1910) - Hugh L. ScottHugh L. ScottHugh Lenox Scott was a post-Civil War West Point graduate who served as superintendent of West Point from 1906 to 1910, and Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I.-Biography:Born September 22, 1853 in...
, Class of 1876. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1914–1917) - Tasker H. BlissTasker H. BlissTasker Howard Bliss GCMG was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from September 22, 1917 until May 18, 1918.-Biography:...
, Class of 1875. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1917–1918) - Peyton C. MarchPeyton C. MarchPeyton Conway March was an American soldier and Army Chief of Staff.March was the son of Francis Andrew March, considered the principal founder of modern comparative linguistics in Anglo-Saxon and one of the first professors to advocate and teach English in colleges and universities...
, Class of 1888. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1918–1921) - John Pershing, Class of 1886. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1921–1924)
- John L. HinesJohn L. HinesJohn Leonard Hines was an American soldier who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1924 to 1926.-Biography:...
, Class of 1891. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1924–1926) - Charles Pelot SummerallCharles Pelot SummerallCharles Pelot Summerall was a U.S. general. He fought in World War I, and was Army Chief of Staff between 1926 and 1930. He was also the President of The Citadel between 1931 and 1953.-Early life and career:...
, Class of 1892. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1926–1930) - Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
, Class of 1903. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1930–1935) - Malin CraigMalin CraigMalin Craig was a United States Army general.-Biography:Malin Craig was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on August 5, 1875; Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1898; was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 4th Infantry, April 1898;-Spanish American War:Served with the...
, Class of 1898. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1935–1939) - Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
, Class of 1915. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1945–1948) - Omar BradleyOmar BradleyOmar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army...
, Class of 1915. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1948–1949) - J. Lawton CollinsJ. Lawton CollinsJoseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins was a General in the United States Army. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the army as a Major General...
, Class of 1917. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1949–1953) - Matthew RidgwayMatthew RidgwayMatthew Bunker Ridgway was a United States Army General. He held several major commands and was most famous for resurrecting the United Nations war effort during the Korean War. Several historians have credited Ridgway for turning around the war in favor of the UN side...
, Class of 1917. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953–1955) - Maxwell D. TaylorMaxwell D. TaylorGeneral Maxwell Davenport "Max" Taylor was an United States Army four star general and diplomat of the mid-20th century, who served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after having been appointed by the President of the United States John F...
, Class of 1922. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1955–1959) - Lyman LemnitzerLyman LemnitzerLyman Louis Lemnitzer was a United States Army General, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969.-Biography:...
, Class of 1920. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1959–1960) - Earle WheelerEarle WheelerEarle Gilmore "Bus" Wheeler, was a United States Army General who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army and then as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , holding the latter position during the Vietnam War.-Biography:Earle Gilmore Wheeler was born on January 13, 1908 in Washington,...
, Class of 1932. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1962–1964) - Harold Keith JohnsonHarold Keith JohnsonHarold Keith "Johnny" Johnson was a United States General. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1964 to 1968.-Early career and WWII:...
, Class of 1933. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1964–1968) - William WestmorelandWilliam WestmorelandWilliam Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army General, who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak , during the Tet Offensive. He adopted a strategy of attrition against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army. He later served as...
, Class of 1936. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1968–1972) - Bruce Palmer, Jr.Bruce Palmer, Jr.Bruce Palmer, Jr., was a noted United States Army General and acting Chief of Staff of the United States Army from July to October 1972.-Career Summary:Palmer was born in Austin, Texas...
, Class of 1936. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1972) - Creighton AbramsCreighton AbramsCreighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 which saw U.S. troop strength in Vietnam fall from a peak of 543,000 to 49,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly...
, Class of 1936. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1972–1974) - Bernard W. RogersBernard W. RogersBernard William Rogers was an American general who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and later as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander in Chief, United States European Command....
, Class of 1943. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1976–1979) - Edward C. MeyerEdward C. MeyerEdward Charles "Shy" Meyer was a United States Army general and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.-Early Life and Career:...
, Class of 1951. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1979–1983) - John Wickham, Class of 1950. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1983–1987)
- Carl E. VuonoCarl E. VuonoCarl Edward Vuono is a retired United States Army General who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1987 to 1991.-Early life and career:...
, Class of 1957. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1987–1991) - Dennis ReimerDennis ReimerDennis Joe Reimer is a former Chief of Staff of the United States Army from June 20, 1995 to June 21, 1999.Reimer grew up in Medford, Oklahoma. He graduated from the United States Military Academy and commissioned a second lieutenant in June 1962. After commissioning, he attended the field...
, Class of 1962. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1995–1999) - Eric ShinsekiEric ShinsekiEric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army four-star general who is currently serving as the 7th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army...
, Class of 1965. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1999–2003) - Martin E. DempseyMartin DempseyGeneral Martin E. Dempsey, USA is the 18th and current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He previously served 149 days as the 37th Chief of Staff of the Army from April 11, 2011 to September 7, 2011. Prior to that, he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command from...
, Class of 1974. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (2011) - Raymond T. OdiernoRaymond T. OdiernoRaymond T. Odierno is a United States Army general and the 38th and current Chief of Staff of the Army. Odierno most recently commanded United States Joint Forces Command from October 2010 until its disestablishment in August 2011. He served as Commanding General, United States Forces – Iraq and...
, Class of 1976. U.S. Army Chief of Staff (2011-present)
Air Force Chiefs of Staff
- Carl SpaatzCarl SpaatzCarl Andrew "Tooey" Spaatz GBE was an American World War II general and the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He was of German descent.-Early life:...
, Class of 1914. 1st U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1947–1948) - Nathan Farragut TwiningNathan Farragut TwiningNathan Farragut Twining, KBE was a United States Air Force General, born in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957...
, Class of 1918. 3rd U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1953–1957) - Thomas D. WhiteThomas D. WhiteGeneral Thomas Dresser White was the fourth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.White was born in Walker, Minnesota, in 1901...
, Class of 1920. 4th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1957—1961) - John P. McConnellJohn P. McConnellGeneral John Paul McConnell was the sixth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, General McConnell served in a dual capacity...
, Class of 1932. 6th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1965–1969) - John Dale RyanJohn Dale RyanGeneral John Dale Ryan was the seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, General Ryan served in a dual capacity...
, Class of 1938. 7th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1969–1973) - Lew AllenLew AllenLew Allen, Jr. was a United States Air Force four-star General who served as the tenth Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force...
, Class of 1946. 10th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1978–1982) - Charles A. GabrielCharles A. GabrielGeneral Charles Alvin Gabriel was the 11th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff of the U. S. Air Force, General Gabriel served in a dual capacity...
, Class of 1950. 11th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1982–1986) - Michael Dugan, Class of 1958. 13th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1990)
Chief of Staff of Non-American Armed Forces
- Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
, Class of 1903. Field Marshal of the Armed Forces of the PhilippinesArmed Forces of the PhilippinesThe Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force...
(1935–1946) - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, Class of 1950, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the PhilippinesArmed Forces of the PhilippinesThe Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force...
(1986–1988)
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
- Brent ScowcroftBrent ScowcroftBrent Scowcroft, KBE was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National...
, Class of 1947. Medal awarded in 1991 - Buzz AldrinBuzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
- Michael CollinsMichael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins...
- Omar BradleyOmar BradleyOmar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army...
- Wesley ClarkWesley ClarkWesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
- John J. PershingJohn J. PershingJohn Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...
- Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
- Matthew Ridgeway
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients
- Frank BormanFrank BormanFrank Frederick Borman, II is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so...
- Ed WhiteEdward Higgins WhiteEdward Higgins White, II was an engineer, United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to "walk" in space. White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the first manned Apollo mission at...
Scientists, Inventors, and Physicians
- Benjamin AlvordBenjamin Alvord (mathematician)Benjamin Alvord was an American soldier, mathematician, and botanist.-Early life and career:Alvord was born in Rutland, Vermont, where he developed an interest in nature. He attended the United States Military Academy and displayed a talent in mathematics. He graduated in 1833. He was assigned to...
, Class of 1833. Mathematician.
- Seth BartonSeth BartonSeth Maxwell Barton was a United States Army officer and, then, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later became noted as a chemist.-Early life and career:...
, Class of 1849 (USA & CSA), noted chemist. - Ormsby M. MitchelOrmsby M. MitchelOrmsby MacKnight Mitchel was an American astronomer and major general in the American Civil War....
, Class of 1825. Astronomer. - Thoralf M. Sundt, Jr., Class of 1952. NeurosurgeonNeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
(Mayo ClinicMayo ClinicMayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice and medical research group specializing in treating difficult patients . Patients are referred to Mayo Clinic from across the U.S. and the world, and it is known for innovative and effective treatments. Mayo Clinic is known for being at the top of...
); One of America’s premier neurosurgerons; Operated on President Ronald Reagan in 1989; member National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
. - George BomfordGeorge BomfordGeorge Bomford was an inventor, designer, and distinguished military officer in the United States Army. After graduating from West Point in 1805, as a lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, he served as assistant engineer on the defenses of New York Harbor until 1808. From 1808 to 1810 George...
, Class of 1805. Inventor of ordnance and explosives; standardized army usage as Chief of the Ordnance Department. - John James AbertJohn James AbertJohn James Abert was a United States soldier. He headed the Corps of Topographical Engineers for 32 years, during which time he organized the mapping of the American West....
, Class of 1811. Head topographer for the U.S. Army; his officers mapped the American West under his supervision. - Benjamin BonnevilleBenjamin BonnevilleBenjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville was a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West...
, Class of 1815. Organized expedition that explored the Great Salt Lake, crossed the Sierras, found the headwaters of the Yellowstone and discovered the Humboldt River. - George Washington WhistlerGeorge Washington WhistlerGeorge Washington Whistler was a prominent American railroad engineer in the first half of the 19th century....
, Class of 1819. Invented contour lines on maps. Father of James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill WhistlerJames Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger...
, the artist. Husband of "Whistler's MotherWhistler's MotherArrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother, famous under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother, is an 1871 oil-on-canvas painting by American-born painter James McNeill Whistler. The painting is , displayed in a frame of Whistler's own design, and is now owned by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris....
" - Robert Parker ParrottRobert Parker ParrottRobert Parker Parrott was an American soldier and inventor of military ordnance.-Biography:Born in Lee, New Hampshire, he was the son of John Fabyan Parrott. He graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy, third in the Class of 1824. Parrott was assigned to the Third Regiment of...
, Class of 1824. Invented the Parrott rifleParrott rifleThe Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War.-Parrott Rifle:The gun was invented by Robert Parker Parrott, a West Point graduate. He resigned from the service in 1836 and became the superintendent of the West Point Foundry in Cold...
used extensively during the American Civil War. - Henry DuPont, Class of 1833. Improved the production of gunpowder. Chemicals industry pioneer.
- Henry Dunwoody, Class of 1866. Invented the crystal radio receiver.
- William W. AverellWilliam W. AverellWilliam Woods Averell was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry general in the American Civil War. After the war he was a diplomat and became wealthy by inventing American asphalt pavement.-Early years:...
, Class of 1855. Inventor of asphalt. - John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. Inventor of artillery devices critical in WWI.
- George O. SquierGeorge O. SquierMajor General George Owen Squier was born in Dryden, Michigan, United States. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1887 and received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893....
, Class of 1887. Developer of MuzakMuzakMuzak Holdings LLC is a company based in metro Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States, just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1934, Muzak Holdings is best known for distribution of background music to retail stores and other companies....
. Early radio engineer. - Leslie GrovesLeslie GrovesLieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. As the son of a United States Army chaplain, Groves lived at a...
, Class of 1918. Chief engineer for the Manhattan Project and the Pentagon - Edward A. Murphy, Jr., Class of 1940. Credited with the invention of Murphy's LawMurphy's lawMurphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". - History :The perceived perversity of the universe has long been a subject of comment, and precursors to the modern version of Murphy's law are not hard to find. Recent significant...
. - Peter HuybersPeter HuybersPeter Huybers is an American climate scientist, and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.-Life and work:...
, Class of 1996. MacArthur Foundation Grant awardee ("Genius Grant"). Planetary and Climate scientist and currently a professor at Harvard.
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Television and movie figures
- James SalterJames SalterJames Salter is an American novelist and short-story writer. Once a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he abandoned the military profession in 1957 after successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters.After a brief career at film writing and film directing, Salter...
. Class of 1945. Screenwriter - Rod LurieRod LurieRod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic.-Early life and career:The son of internationally syndicated cartoonist Ranan Lurie, he was born in Israel but moved to the United States at a young age, growing up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu,...
, Class of 1984. Director, screenwriter - Mark ValleyMark ValleyMark Thomas Valley is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Brad Chase on the TV drama Boston Legal and Christopher Chance in Fox's action/drama Human Target.-Personal life:...
, Class of 1987. Actor. - Kelly PerdewKelly PerdewKelly Crawford Perdew of Carlsbad, California was the winner of The Apprentice 2.-Before The Apprentice:Perdew was born in Lexington, Kentucky and was raised in Florida and Wyoming...
, Class of 1989. Reality show winner, The ApprenticeThe Apprentice (U.S. TV series)The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC...
(2004) - Greg PlittGreg PlittGreg Plitt is an American fitness model and actor.-Modeling career:Greg Plitt has modeled for Under Armour, Old Navy Jeans, Calvin Klein, Modell's and Skimpies, among others, and has done covers and/or editorials for Maxim, AXL, American Health & Fitness, Flaunt, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness,...
, Class of 2000. American fitness supermodel and actor.
Eponyms
- Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
— SideburnsSideburnsSideburns or sideboards are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin... - Edward A. Murphy, Jr. — Murphy's LawMurphy's lawMurphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". - History :The perceived perversity of the universe has long been a subject of comment, and precursors to the modern version of Murphy's law are not hard to find. Recent significant...
- Henry Martyn RobertHenry Martyn RobertHenry Martyn Robert was the author of Robert's Rules of Order, which became the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure and remains today the most common parliamentary authority in the United States....
— Robert's Rules of OrderRobert's Rules of OrderRobert's Rules of Order is the short title of a book containing rules of order intended to be adopted as a parliamentary authority for use by a deliberative assembly written by Brig. Gen...
Graduates depicted on currency
- Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
, on Confederate notes - Robert E. LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
, on U.S. coins, the 1937 Battle of Antietam Half Dollar Commemorative, and 1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative - George McClellanGeorge McClellanGeorge B. McClellan was an American Civil War military leader, Presidential candidate and Governor of New Jersey.George McClellan may also refer to:*George McClellan , American physician who founded medical schools...
, on 1937 Battle of Antietam Half Dollar Commemorative - Stonewall JacksonStonewall Jacksonຄຽשת״ׇׂׂׂׂ֣|birth_place= Clarksburg, Virginia |death_place=Guinea Station, Virginia|placeofburial=Stonewall Jackson Memorial CemeteryLexington, Virginia|placeofburial_label= Place of burial|image=...
, on U.S. coin, the 1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative - Winfield Scott HancockWinfield Scott HancockWinfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War...
, $2 Silver Certificates 1880s-90s - Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, Class of 1843. On 1922 Grant Memorial Half Dollar and current U.S. $50 billUnited States fifty-dollar billThe United States fifty-dollar bill is a denomination of United States currency. Ulysses S. Grant is currently featured on the obverse, while the U.S. Capitol is featured on the reverse. All current-issue $50 bills are Federal Reserve Notes....
. - Philip SheridanPhilip SheridanPhilip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...
, On $10 billUnited States ten-dollar billThe United States ten-dollar bill is a denomination of United States currency. The first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, is currently featured on the obverse of the bill, while the U.S. Treasury is featured on the reverse. The United States ten-dollar bill ($10) is a...
in 1890s - Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
, $1 CoinEisenhower DollarThe Eisenhower dollar is a $1 coin issued by the United States government from 1971–1978...
from 1971–78, and 1990 Eisenhower Centennial Dollar.
Graduates depicted on postage stamps
- Alden PartridgeAlden PartridgeAlden Partridge, was an American author, legislator, officer, surveyor, an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and a controversial pioneer in U.S...
, Class of 1806. Appears on 11¢ Great Americans seriesGreat Americans seriesThe Great Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service, starting on December 27, 1980 with the 19¢ stamp depicting Sequoyah, and continuing through 2002, the final stamp being the 78¢ Alice Paul self-adhesive stamp. The series, noted for its simplicity...
stamp (1985). - Sylvanus ThayerSylvanus ThayerColonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States.-Biography:Thayer was born in Braintree, Massachusetts,...
, Class of 1808. Appears on 9¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985). - Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
, Class of 1828. Appears on 6¢ Stone Mountain MemorialStone MountainStone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet amsl and 825 feet above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain granite extends underground at its longest point into Gwinnett County...
commemorative stamp (1970), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995) and eight Confederate stamps. - Joseph E. JohnstonJoseph E. JohnstonJoseph Eggleston Johnston was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
, Class of 1829. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995) - Robert E. LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
, Class of 1829. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 30¢ Liberty series stamp (1955 and 1957), 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970), and 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995). - Montgomery BlairMontgomery BlairMontgomery Blair , the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland...
, Class of 1835. Appears on 15¢ airmail stamp (1963) and on one Belgian stamp. - William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched...
, Class of 1840. Appears on 8¢ stamps (1893 and 1895), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995), and on stamps from Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. - Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, Class of 1843. Appears on 5¢ stamps (1890, 1895, 1898), 4¢ stamp (1903), 8¢ stamp (1922), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 18¢ Presidential series stamp (1938), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995). - Winfield Scott HancockWinfield Scott HancockWinfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War...
, Class of 1844. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995). - Stonewall JacksonStonewall Jacksonຄຽשת״ׇׂׂׂׂ֣|birth_place= Clarksburg, Virginia |death_place=Guinea Station, Virginia|placeofburial=Stonewall Jackson Memorial CemeteryLexington, Virginia|placeofburial_label= Place of burial|image=...
, Class of 1846. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937) and 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970). - Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853. Appears on 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937)
- George Washington GoethalsGeorge Washington GoethalsGeorge Washington Goethals was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal...
, Class of 1880. Appears on 3¢ Panama Canal commemorative stamp (1939) and on stamps issued for the Panama Canal Zone. - John J. PershingJohn J. PershingJohn Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...
, Class of 1886. Appears on 8¢ Liberty series stamp (1961) and on French stamps. - John L. HinesJohn L. HinesJohn Leonard Hines was an American soldier who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1924 to 1926.-Biography:...
, Class of 1891. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000). - Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
, Class of 1903. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1971) and on stamps from Korea and the Philippines. - Joseph StilwellJoseph StilwellGeneral Joseph Warren Stilwell was a United States Army four-star General known for service in the China Burma India Theater. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe"...
, Class of 1904. Appears on 10¢ Distinguished Americans seriesDistinguished Americans seriesThe Distinguished Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service which was started in 2000 with a 10¢ stamp depicting Joseph Stilwell...
stamp (2000). - Henry H. ArnoldHenry H. ArnoldHenry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and later General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps , Commanding General of the U.S...
, Class of 1907. Appears on 65¢ Great Americans series stamp (1988). - George S. Patton Jr., Class of 1909. Appears on 3¢ commemorative stamp (1953) and on stamps from Belgium and Luxembourg.
- Omar BradleyOmar BradleyOmar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army...
, Class of 1915. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000) - Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
, Class of 1915. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1969), 6¢ (1970) and 8¢ (1971) Prominent Americans seriesProminent Americans seriesThe Prominent Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Post Office Department between 1965 and 1978....
stamps, and on stamps of other countries. - Frank BormanFrank BormanFrank Frederick Borman, II is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so...
, Class of 1950. Appears on ten stamps of Haiti, Hungary, and Senegal. - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, Class of 1950. Appears on numerous Philippine Stamps since 1990s - Buzz AldrinBuzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
, Class of 1951. Appears on foreign stamps.
Graduates selected as Time Magazines Person of the Year
- Hugh Samuel JohnsonHugh Samuel JohnsonHugh Samuel "Iron Pants" Johnson American Army officer, businessman, speech writer, government official and newspaper columnist. He is best known as a member of the Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932-34. He wrote numerous speeches for FDR and helped plan the New Deal...
, Class of 1903. Man of the Year - 1933 - Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
, Class of 1915. (twice) Man of the Year - 1944, 1959 - General William WestmorelandWilliam WestmorelandWilliam Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army General, who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak , during the Tet Offensive. He adopted a strategy of attrition against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army. He later served as...
, Class of 1936. Man of the Year - 1965 - Col. Frank BormanFrank BormanFrank Frederick Borman, II is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so...
, Apollo 8. Men of the Year - 1968 (Shared honor with U.S. Naval Academy graduates James LovellJim LovellJames "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission...
and Col. William AndersWilliam AndersWilliam Alison Anders is a former United States Air Force officer, NASA astronaut, businessman, and engineer. He is, along with Apollo 8 crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon .-Biography:Anders was born to Arthur...
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Other
- Major General Samuel RinggoldSamuel Ringgold (soldier)Samuel B. Ringgold was an artillery officer in the United States Army who was noted for several military innovations which caused him to be called the "Father of Modern Artillery." He was also, according to some records, the first U.S...
, Class of 1818. The "Father of Modern Artillery" - David MoniacDavid MoniacDavid Moniac, born December 25th, 1802, died 1836, was a Creek Indian of mixed ancestry, a grand-nephew of Alexander McGillivray.He was the first cadet appointed from Alabama and in 1822 became the first Native American, and first non-white man, to graduate from West Point. He was the only Native...
, Class of 1822 - Dennis Hart MahanDennis Hart MahanDennis Hart Mahan was a noted American military theorist and professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1824-1871. He was the father of American naval historian and theorist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan...
, Class of 1824 - Gen. Albert Sidney JohnstonAlbert Sidney JohnstonAlbert Sidney Johnston served as a general in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army...
, Class of 1826 - Lt. Gen. Leonidas PolkLeonidas PolkLeonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk...
, Class of 1827 - Gen. Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
, Class of 1828 - Gen. Robert E. LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
, Class of 1829 - Gen. Joseph E. JohnstonJoseph E. JohnstonJoseph Eggleston Johnston was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
, Class of 1829 - Maj. Gen. Francis Henney SmithFrancis Henney SmithFrancis Henney Smith was a United States Military Academy graduate, United States Army second lieutenant, college professor, including teacher at West Point, Confederate Army colonel, Virginia Militia general, first superintendent of Virginia Military Institute and its rebuilder after the American...
, Class of 1835 - Gen. George MeadeGeorge MeadeGeorge Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from...
, Class of 1835 - Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. MeigsMontgomery C. MeigsMontgomery Cunningham Meigs was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer for a number of facilities in Washington, D.C., and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War....
, Class of 1836 - Gen. Braxton BraggBraxton BraggBraxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was...
, Class of 1837 - Lt. Gen. Jubal EarlyJubal Anderson EarlyJubal Anderson Early was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served under Stonewall Jackson and then Robert E. Lee for almost the entire war, rising from regimental command to lieutenant general and the command of an infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia...
, Class of 1837 - Maj. Gen. Joseph HookerJoseph HookerJoseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E...
, Class of 1837 - Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard, Class of 1838
- Maj. Gen. E.R.S. CanbyEdward CanbyEdward Richard Sprigg Canby was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian Wars...
, Class of 1839 - Maj. Gen. Henry Wager HalleckHenry Wager HalleckHenry Wager Halleck was a United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory, "Old Brains." He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer...
, Class of 1839 - Lt. Gen. Richard S. EwellRichard S. EwellRichard Stoddert Ewell was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E...
, Class of 1840 - Gen. William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched...
, Class of 1840 - Col. Abner DoubledayAbner DoubledayAbner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his...
, Class of 1842 - Gen. James LongstreetJames LongstreetJames Longstreet was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the...
, Class of 1842 - Maj. Gen. William RosecransWilliam RosecransWilliam Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War...
, Class of 1842 - Gen. Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, Class of 1843 - Lt. Gen. and Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.Simon Bolivar Buckner fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later served as the 30th Governor of Kentucky....
, Class of 1844 - Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott HancockWinfield Scott HancockWinfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War...
, Class of 1844 - Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846
- Maj. Gen. George B. McClellanGeorge B. McClellanGeorge Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...
, Class of 1846 - Maj. Gen. George PickettGeorge PickettGeorge Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
, Class of 1846 (graduated last in the class) - Maj. Gen. Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
, Class of 1847 - Lt. Gen. A. P. HillA. P. HillAmbrose Powell Hill, Jr. , was a career U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...
, Class of 1847 - Maj. Gen. John BufordJohn BufordJohn Buford, Jr. was a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War, with a prominent role at the start of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early years:...
, Class of 1848 - Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte IIJerome Napoleon Bonaparte IIJerome Napoleon Bonaparte II was a son of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte and Susan May Williams.-Biography:...
, Class of 1848 - Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa CarrEugene Asa CarrEugene Asa Carr was a soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
, Class of 1850 - Maj. Gen. Alvan Cullem GillemAlvan Cullem GillemAlvan Cullem Gillem was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although Southern-born, he remained loyal to the Federal government and fought in several battles in the Western Theater before commanding occupation troops in Mississippi and Arkansas during Reconstruction...
, Class of 1851 - Maj. Gen. George CrookGeorge CrookGeorge R. Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
, Class of 1852 - Gen. John Bell HoodJohn Bell HoodJohn Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness...
, Class of 1853 - Lt. Gen John SchofieldJohn SchofieldJohn McAllister Schofield was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War. He later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the United States Army.-Early life:...
, Class of 1853 - Gen. Philip SheridanPhilip SheridanPhilip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...
, Class of 1853 - Maj. Gen. Oliver O. HowardOliver O. HowardOliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War...
, Class of 1854 - Gen. Jeb StuartJ.E.B. StuartJames Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...
, Class of 1854 - Sen. Henry A. du PontHenry A. du PontHenry Algernon du Pont , known as "Colonel Henry", was an American soldier and politician from Winterthur, near Greenville, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Civil War, and a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as U.S...
, Class of 1861-05-06 (graduated 1st in class) - Gen. George Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
, Class of 1861-06-24 (graduated last in class) - Brig. Gen. William Louis MarshallWilliam Louis MarshallWilliam Louis Marshall was born June 11, 1846, in Washington, Kentucky, a scion of the family of Chief Justice John Marshall. At age 16 he enlisted in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry, Union Army. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1868 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers...
, Class of 1868 - Gen. Tasker H. BlissTasker H. BlissTasker Howard Bliss GCMG was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from September 22, 1917 until May 18, 1918.-Biography:...
, Class of 1875 - Brig. Gen. Willard YoungWillard YoungWillard Young was a prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served for many years in the United States military, and later held high positions within the LDS Church's administration...
Class of 1875; first Mormon graduate and son of Brigham Young. - Maj. Gen. Hugh L. ScottHugh L. ScottHugh Lenox Scott was a post-Civil War West Point graduate who served as superintendent of West Point from 1906 to 1910, and Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I.-Biography:Born September 22, 1853 in...
, Class of 1876 - Henry O. Flipper, Class of 1877 (first black American cadet )
- Maj. Gen. J. Franklin BellJ. Franklin BellJames Franklin Bell was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1906 to 1910.Bell was a major-general in the Regular United States Army, commanding the Department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Island, New York at the time of his death in 1919...
, Class of 1878 - Lt. Gen. Hunter LiggettHunter LiggettHunter Liggett was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. His forty-two years of service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to trench warfare.-Biography:...
, Class of 1879 - George Washington GoethalsGeorge Washington GoethalsGeorge Washington Goethals was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal...
, Class of 1880 - Maj. Gen. John Wilson RuckmanJohn Wilson Ruckman-Early life:Ruckman was born at Deers, Illinois, a flag-station just southeast of the University of Illinois. Biographies, however, usually list his place of birth as Sidney, Illinois . His parents, Thomas and Mary O'Brien Ruckman, were farmers. His uncles, John W...
, Class of 1883 - General of the Armies John J. PershingJohn J. PershingJohn Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...
, Class of 1886 - General Peyton C. MarchPeyton C. MarchPeyton Conway March was an American soldier and Army Chief of Staff.March was the son of Francis Andrew March, considered the principal founder of modern comparative linguistics in Anglo-Saxon and one of the first professors to advocate and teach English in colleges and universities...
, Class of 1888 - General John L. HinesJohn L. HinesJohn Leonard Hines was an American soldier who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1924 to 1926.-Biography:...
, Class of 1891 - General Charles Pelot SummerallCharles Pelot SummerallCharles Pelot Summerall was a U.S. general. He fought in World War I, and was Army Chief of Staff between 1926 and 1930. He was also the President of The Citadel between 1931 and 1953.-Early life and career:...
, Class of 1892 - Maj. Gen. Fox ConnerFox ConnerFox Conner was a major general of the United States Army. He served as operations officer for the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, but is best remembered as "the man who made Eisenhower".-Early career:...
, Class of 1898 - Robert E. WoodRobert E. WoodRobert Elkington Wood was a U.S. Army Brigadier General and businessman best known for his leadership of Sears, Roebuck and Company.- Early life :...
, Class of 1900 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
, Class of 1903 (graduated 1st in class) - Thomas SelfridgeThomas SelfridgeThomas Etholen Selfridge was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane. He was a passenger while Orville Wright was piloting the aircraft.-Biography:...
, Class of 1903. The first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane. - Gen. Lesley J. McNairLesley J. McNairGeneral Lesley James McNair was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He was killed by friendly fire when a USAAF Eighth Air Force bomb landed in his foxhole near Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra as part of the Battle of Normandy.McNair, Frank Maxwell Andrews and...
, Class of 1904 - Gen. Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" StilwellJoseph StilwellGeneral Joseph Warren Stilwell was a United States Army four-star General known for service in the China Burma India Theater. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe"...
, Class of 1904 - Gen. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IVJonathan Mayhew Wainwright IVJonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV was a career American army officer and the commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II...
, Class of 1906 - General of the Air Force Henry "Hap" ArnoldHenry H. ArnoldHenry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and later General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps , Commanding General of the U.S...
, Class of 1907 - Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. was an American lieutenant general during World War II. He served in the Pacific Theater of Operations and commanded the defenses of Alaska early in the war. After that assignment, he was promoted to command 10th Army, which conducted the amphibious assault on...
, Class of 1908 - Gen. Jacob L. DeversJacob L. DeversGeneral Jacob "Jake" Loucks Devers , commander of the 6th Army Group in Europe during World War II. He was the first United States military officer to reach the Rhine after D-Day.-Biography:...
, Class of 1909 - Gen. Robert L. EichelbergerRobert L. EichelbergerRobert Lawrence Eichelberger was a general in the United States Army, who commanded the US Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. His Army was among the very first to engage the Japanese in the Pacific Theater of Operations.-Pre-World War II service:Eichelberger was born...
, Class of 1909 - Gen. George S. PattonGeorge S. PattonGeorge Smith Patton, Jr. was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II. He was also well known for his eccentricity and controversial outspokenness.Patton was commissioned in the U.S. Army after his graduation from...
, Class of 1909 - Lt. Gen. William Hood SimpsonWilliam Hood SimpsonGeneral William Hood Simpson was a distinguished U.S. Army officer who commanded the U.S. Ninth Army in northern Europe, during World War II, among other roles....
, Class of 1909 - Gen. Wade H. HaislipWade H. HaislipWade Hampton Haislip was a United States Army four star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1949 to 1951.-Military career:...
, Class of 1912 - Lt. Gen. Walton WalkerWalton WalkerWalton Harris Walker was an American army officer and the first commander of the U.S. Eighth Army during the Korean War.-Biography:...
, Class of 1912 - Gen. Alexander PatchAlexander PatchGeneral Alexander McCarrell "Sandy" Patch was an officer in the United States Army, best known for his service in World War II. He commanded Army and Marine forces during the invasion of Guadalcanal, and the U.S...
, Class of 1913 - Brig. Gen. Vicente LimVicente LimBrigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...
, Class of 1914 - Gen. Brehon B. SomervellBrehon B. SomervellBrehon Burke Somervell was a General in the United States Army and Commanding General of the Army Service Forces in World War II. As such he was responsible for the U.S. Army's logistics...
, Class of 1914 - Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz, Class of 1914
- General of the Army Omar BradleyOmar BradleyOmar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army...
, Class of 1915 - General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, Class of 1915
- Gen. Hubert Harmon, Class of 1915
- Gen. Joseph T. McNarneyJoseph T. McNarneyJoseph Taggart McNarney was a United States Army Air Forces general officer who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany.-Early years:...
, Class of 1915 - Lt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerGeorge E. StratemeyerLieutenant General George Edward Stratemeyer was World War II chief of Air Staff and United States Air Force Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of the Korean War.-Early career:...
, Class of 1915 - Gen. James Van FleetJames Van FleetJames Alward Van Fleet was a U.S. Army officer during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. He served as a regimental, divisional and corps commander during World War II and as...
, Class of 1915 - Gen. Robert NeylandRobert NeylandRobert Reese Neyland, MBE was an American football player and coach and and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He served three stints as the head football coach as the University of Tennessee...
, Class of 1916 - Gen. Mark W. Clark, Class of 1917
- Gen. J. Lawton CollinsJ. Lawton CollinsJoseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins was a General in the United States Army. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the army as a Major General...
, Class of 1917 - Maj. Gen. Norman CotaNorman CotaNorman Daniel "Dutch" Cota, Sr. was a United States Army general during World War II. Cota was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the invasion of France, codenamed Operation Neptune, and the subsequent Battle of Normandy.-Early life:Cota was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the son...
, Class of 1917 - Maj. Gen. Ernest N. HarmonErnest N. HarmonErnest Nason Harmon was a United States Army general. He is best known for his actions in reorganizing U.S. II Corps after the debacle at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass in North Africa during World War II....
, Class of 1917 - Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Class of 1917
- Maj. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.Major General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. He is best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. He was the father of General H...
, Class of 1917 - Gen. Lucius D. ClayLucius D. ClayGeneral Lucius Dubignon Clay was an American officer and military governor of the United States Army known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Clay was deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany 1946; commander in chief, U.S....
, Class of June 1918 - Lt. Gen Leslie GrovesLeslie GrovesLieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. As the son of a United States Army chaplain, Groves lived at a...
, Class of November 1918 - Gen. Alfred GruentherAlfred GruentherAlfred Maximilian Gruenther was the youngest World War II Major General and after the war, as a four-star General, served as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe from 1953 to 1956.-Biography:...
, Class of 1919 - Gen. Anthony McAuliffeAnthony McAuliffeGeneral Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe was the United States Army general who commanded the 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II...
, Class of 1919 - Gen. Williston B. PalmerWilliston B. PalmerWilliston Birkhimer Palmer was a United States Army four star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1955 to 1957; Deputy Commander in Chief, United States European Command from 1957 to 1959; and was the first Director of Military Assistance, 1959 to 1962. His...
, Class of 1919 - Earl BlaikEarl BlaikEarl Henry "Red" Blaik was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at the United States Military Academy from 1941 to 1958, compiling a career college...
, Class of 1920 - Gen. Maxwell D. TaylorMaxwell D. TaylorGeneral Maxwell Davenport "Max" Taylor was an United States Army four star general and diplomat of the mid-20th century, who served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after having been appointed by the President of the United States John F...
, Class of 1922 - Col. Mickey MarcusMickey MarcusDavid Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was a United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and who became Israel's first general . He was killed by friendly fire, when he was mistaken for an enemy infiltrator while returning to Israeli positions at night.Marcus is the best...
, Class of 1924 - Gen. James Edward MooreJames Edward MooreGeneral James Edward Moore was a United States Army four-star general who served as the U.S. High Commissioner of the Ryukyus after World War II....
, Class of 1924 - Lt. Gen. James M. GavinJames M. GavinJames Maurice "Jumpin' Jim" Gavin was a prominent Lieutenant General in the United States Army during World War II...
, Class of 1929 - Gen. Harold K. JohnsonHarold Keith JohnsonHarold Keith "Johnny" Johnson was a United States General. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1964 to 1968.-Early career and WWII:...
, Class of 1933 - Lt. Gen. Leighton I. DavisLeighton I. DavisLeighton Ira Davis was a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Davis was born Leighton Ira Davis in Sparta, Wisconsin in 1910. He would graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later receive honorary doctorates from New Mexico State University and Brevard...
, Class of 1935 - Gen. Creighton AbramsCreighton AbramsCreighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 which saw U.S. troop strength in Vietnam fall from a peak of 543,000 to 49,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly...
, Class of 1936 - Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was an American born United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen....
, Class of 1936 - Gen. William WestmorelandWilliam WestmorelandWilliam Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army General, who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak , during the Tet Offensive. He adopted a strategy of attrition against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army. He later served as...
, Class of 1936 - Gen. Rafael M. Ileto, Class of 1943
- Gen. Bernard W. RogersBernard W. RogersBernard William Rogers was an American general who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and later as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander in Chief, United States European Command....
, Class of 1943 - Gen. Anastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan leader and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979...
, Class of 1946 - Col. Thomas L. Gatch, Jr.Light Heart (balloon)Light Heart was a balloon constructed by Colonel Thomas Leigh Gatch, Jr., USAR for an unsuccessful attempt at the first crossing of the Atlantic by balloon....
, Class of 1946 - Gov. Warren E. HearnesWarren E. HearnesWarren Eastman Hearnes was an American politician and the 46th Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. He was the first Missouri Governor eligible to serve two consecutive four year terms, and a lifelong Democrat...
, Class of 1946 - Lt. Gen. Brent ScowcroftBrent ScowcroftBrent Scowcroft, KBE was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National...
, Class of 1947 - Gen. Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, Class of 1947 - John G. Hayes, Class of 1949
- Col. Frank BormanFrank BormanFrank Frederick Borman, II is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so...
, Class of 1950 - Gen. Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, Class of 1950 - Col. Buzz AldrinBuzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
, Class of 1951 - Gen. Roscoe Robinson, Jr.Roscoe Robinson, Jr.Roscoe Robinson, Jr. , was the first African American to become a four-star general in the United States Army....
, Class of 1951 - Michael CollinsMichael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins...
, Class of 1952 - Lt. Col. Edward H. WhiteEdward Higgins WhiteEdward Higgins White, II was an engineer, United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to "walk" in space. White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the first manned Apollo mission at...
, Class of 1952 - Col. Richard Vander Meer, Class of 1954
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf KCB , also known as "Stormin' Norman" and "The Bear", is a retired United States Army General who, while he served as Commander of U.S. Central Command, was commander of the Coalition Forces in the Gulf War of 1991.-Early life:Schwarzkopf was born in Trenton, New...
, Class of 1956 - John BlockJohn Rusling BlockJohn Rusling Block was Secretary of Agriculture under former President Ronald Reagan and is currently a lobbyist.-Early life:...
, Class of 1957 - Brig. Gen. Pete DawkinsPete DawkinsPeter Miller Dawkins is a Heisman Trophy winner, Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Army Brigadier General, and Republican candidate for Senate. He is the former vice chairman of Citigroup Private Bank.-Early life, education and athletic career:...
, Class of 1959 - Col. Jim NicholsonJim Nicholson (U.S. politician)Robert James "Jim" Nicholson is an attorney, real estate developer, and a former Republican Party chairman. He was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from January 26, 2005 until October 1, 2007.-Personal life:...
, Class of 1961 - Maj. James Kimsey, Class of 1962
- Gen. Barry McCaffreyBarry McCaffreyBarry Richard McCaffrey is a retired United States Army general, former U.S. Drug Czar, news commentator, and business consultant....
, Class of 1964 - Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Class of 1965
- Gen. Wesley ClarkWesley ClarkWesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
, Class of 1966 - Brig. Gen. Thomas E. WhiteThomas E. WhiteThomas E. White, Jr. is an American businessman and former United States Army officer who served as senior executive at the now collapsed Enron and as the United States Secretary of the Army from May 31, 2001 until April 25, 2003.-Military career and education:In 1963 White graduated from Cass...
, Class of 1967 - Capt. Mike Krzyzewski, Class of 1969
- Capt. Roy MooreRoy MooreRoy Stewart Moore is an American jurist and Republican politician noted for his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse despite orders to do so from a federal judge...
, Class of 1969 - Capt. Jack Reed, Class of 1971
- Col. William S. McArthurWilliam S. McArthurWilliam Surles McArthur, Jr. is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, a NASA astronaut, and a veteran of three space shuttle missions and one expedition to the International Space Station via the Russian Soyuz capsule.-Army career:...
, Class of 1973 - Col. Lee Van ArsdaleLee Van ArsdaleLee A. Van Arsdale is an American business executive and former U.S. Army officer. In 2005, Van Arsdale was named chief executive officer of Triple Canopy, Inc., a Virginia-based security services company.-References:...
, Class of 1974 (Delta Force) - Gen. David PetraeusDavid PetraeusDavid Howell Petraeus is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, sworn in on September 6, 2011. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a four-star general serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander...
, Class of 1974 - Capt. Louis CalderaLouis CalderaLouis Caldera was Director of the White House Military Office from January 20, 2009, until May 22, 2009, and served as the 17th United States Secretary of the Army from July 2, 1998, until January 20, 2001.-Family and education:...
, Class of 1978 - José María FigueresJosé María FigueresJosé María Figueres Olsen , is a Costa Rican politician, businessman and international expert on Sustainable Development and Technology...
, Class of 1979 - Andrea Lee Hollen, Class of 1980 (1st female graduate of West Point)
- Capt. Geoff DavisGeoff DavisGeoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....
, Class of 1981 - Brig. Gen. Hun Manet, Class of 1999 (Son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun SenHun SenHun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...
) - Lt. Dan ChoiDan ChoiDaniel "Dan" Choi is a former American infantry officer in the United States Army who served in combat in the Iraq war during 2006-2007...
, Class of 2003 (founding member and spokesperson of Knights OutKnights OutKnights Out is an organization of West Point alumni, staff and faculty who support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military and who wish to educate young officers about the issues and contributions of LGBT troops...
, an organization of West Point alumni who support the rights of LGBTLGBTLGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
soldiers to serve openly)
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