List of Washington University undergraduate alumni
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[edit] Arts and literature
- Morris Carnovsky (AB): stage and film actor; target of Hollywood blacklist; Theatre Hall of Fame inductee
- Anita Diamant (AB 1973): novelist
- Jon Feltheimer (AB): CEO of Lionsgate Films
- John Gardner (AB 1955): novelist
- Robert Guillaume (class of 1949?): stage and television actor
- Henry Hampton (AB 1961): filmmaker; producer of PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize
- A.E. Hotchner (AB 1940, JD 1940): biographer and novelist (Papa Hemingway, King of the Hill)
- Fannie Hurst (AB 1909): writer and social activist
- Hank Klibanoff (AB): author and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Josephine Winslow Johnson (attended, 1926-31): Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Johnny Kastl (attended): television actor (Scrubs)
- David McCheyne Newell (attended, class of 1920?): naturalist, writer
- Edward Shepherd Mead (AB 1936): playwright ("How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
- Caryn Mandabach (AB): Emmy award winning television and film producer
- David Merrick (AB 1934): Broadway producer
- Oliver Nelson (student 1954-1957): jazz musician and composer
- Harold Ramis (AB 1966): film actor, writer and director
- Irma S. Rombauer (AB): co-author of The Joy of Cooking
- Peter Sarsgaard (AB 1995): actor
- Steven Sater (transferred to Princeton): Broadway lyricist, playwright, and poet
- Jeff Tremaine (AB 1990): director, producer
- Lauren Weinstein (AB 1998): cartoonist
- Mary Wickes (AB 1930): stage and film actress
- Tennessee Williams (student 1936-37): playwright
- Olly Wilson (AB 1959): composer
[edit] Architecture and design
- Charles Eames: designer, architect, filmmaker (Was expelled for his prediliction towards modern architecture)
- Hugh Ferriss (B.Arch 1911, M.Arch 1928): architect
- George Hellmuth (B.Arch 1928, M.Arch 1931): architect; cofounder of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
- George Kassabaum (B.Arch 1947): architect; former president of American Institute of Architects; cofounder of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
- Gyo Obata (B.Arch 1945): architect; cofounder and chairman of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
- Carolyne Roehm (BFA 1973): fashion designer
[edit] Business
- Melvin F. Brown (AB 1957, JD 1961): former CEO of Deutsche Bank Financial Services
- Andrew M. Bursky (AB 1978, BSChE 1978, MSChE 1978): CEO of Atlas Holdings LLC
- David P. Connor (BA): CEO of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
- William H. Danforth (AB 1892): founder of Ralston Purina
- Charles H. Dolson (AB): president and CEO of Delta Airlines (1965-1970)
- Arnold Donald (BSME 1977): founder and former CEO of Merisant
- Thomas J. Feichtinger (BS 1986): Global Director for General Motors Corporation
- Sam Fox (BSBA 1951): founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group Industries
- Don Frahm (BSBA 1953): former chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Avram Glazer (BSBA 1982): president and CEO of the Zapata Corporation and joint chairman of Manchester United
- Earle Harbison (AB 1948): former president and COO of Monsanto
- Jeff Lebesch (BS 1979): co-founder of New Belgium Brewing Company
- Stanley Lopata (AB 1935): founder and former chairman of Carboline
- Howard J. Morgens (AB): president and CEO of Proctor & Gamble
- Jack C. Taylor (student through 1944): founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car; no. 14 on Forbes 400 Richest Americans in 2006
- William G. Tragos (AB 1956): former chairman and CEO of TBWA Advertising, Inc.
- Arnold Zetcher (BSBA 1962): chairman, president and CEO of Talbots
- George Zimmer (AB 1970): founder of Men's Wearhouse
- James D. Weddle (AB 1977): managing partner at Edward Jones Investments
- Gary Wendlandt (BS 1972): current CIO of New York Life Investment Management and former CIO of MassMutual
[edit] Education and academics
- Horace Mitchell (AB 1968, MA 1969, PhD 1974): president of California State University Bakersfield
- Thomas Lamb Eliot (AB 1862, AM 1866): founding board member and president of Reed College
- Hiro Mukai (BS 1972): author of leading books on systems engineering
- Henry Ware Eliot (AB 1863): former president of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis; father of poet T. S. Eliot
- Raelynn Hillhouse (AB 1970?): novelist, political scientist
- Edward Singleton Holden (SB 1866): fifth president of the University of California; director of the Lick Observatory
- Charles Van Ravenswaay (AB 1933, AM 1934): historian
- Abram L. Sachar (AB 1920, AM 1920): founding president of Brandeis University
- Barry Spizer (BS 1977): past president of the CCIM Institute of the National Association of Realtors
[edit] Journalism and media
- Ken Cooper (AB 1977): Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; former national editor of the Boston Globe
- Lynne "Angel" Cooper Harvey (AB, AM): producer of Paul Harvey News
- Michael Isikoff (AB 1974): journalist
- Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist; creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm"
- Marilyn vos Savant (attended, class of 1968?): columnist, author, high IQ celebrant
[edit] Politics, law, and government
- General John C. Bates (BA 1863?): served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1906.
- Hal Daub (BS 1963): U.S. congressman from Nebraska, 1981-1989; mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001
- Edward Cranch Eliot (AB 1878, LLB 1880, AM 1881): former president of the American Bar Association
- Sam Fox (AB 1951): current United States Ambassador to Belgium
- David R. Francis (AB 1870): mayor of St. Louis, 1885-89; Governor of Missouri, 1889-93; U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador to Russia
- Chic Hecht (BS 1949): U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1983-89
- Tony Ribaudo (attended, class of 1962): majority leader of the Missouri House of Representatives, 1977-1997
- Kenneth J. Rothman (AB, JD): Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1981-1985
- Phyllis Schlafly (AB 1944, JD 1978): author, political activist
- Adam Shapiro (AB 1993): co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
- Leonor Sullivan (attended, class of 1923?): first female U.S. congressional representative from Missouri, 1953-1977
- Jim Talent (AB 1978): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 2003-2007
- James R. Thompson (AB): Governor of Illinois, 1977-1991
- Raymond Tucker (BS 1920): mayor of St. Louis, 1953-1965
[edit] Science, engineering, and medicine
- J. Michael Bailey (AB 1979): psychologist, professor, well-known researcher on sexual orientation
- Corinne Bott-Silverman (AB 1975): first female cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic
- Arnold W. Donald (BS): President and CEO of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959): engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation
- Julian Hill (BS 1924): chemist; co-inventor of nylon
- J.C.R. Licklider (BS 1937): pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence
- Ben Moreell (BS 1913): U.S. Navy admiral; founder of the Navy's Seabees construction battalions
- Harry Ringermacher (BS 1968, MS 1977, PhD 1980): physicist; awarded the Mensa Foundation's Copper Black Award for groundbreaking work in infrared imagery
- Harvey N. Silverman (AB 1974, DMD 1978): pioneer in cosmetic dentistry; inventor of Perfect Smile, Rapid White, and White Light tooth whiteners
[edit] Sports
- Jimmy Conzelman (BS 1917): professional football player and coach; enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Dal Maxvill (BS class of 1961?): professional baseball player, former St. Louis Cardinals general manager
- Barbara Schaps Thomas (BS 1976) Senior VP and CFO of HBO Sports
- Charley Winner (attended, class of 1946?): longtime coach in the National Football League
[edit] References
This list was generated by editing the List of Washington University alumni to retain only people who attended as undergraduates.
