Founded 1878.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| David Abshire |
Government |
11-Apr-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87 |
| Harry Blackmun |
Judge |
12-Nov-1908 |
4-Mar-1999 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94 |
| Louis D. Brandeis |
Judge |
13-Nov-1856 |
5-Oct-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 |
| David Brinkley |
Journalist |
10-Jul-1920 |
11-Jun-2003 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Lester R. Brown |
Activist |
28-Mar-1934 |
|
Earth Policy Institute |
| Vannevar Bush |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1890 |
30-Jun-1974 |
Started the National Science Foundation |
| Chester A. Crocker |
Government |
29-Oct-1941 |
|
Asst. Secy. State, African Affairs, 1981-89 |
| Michael DeBakey |
Doctor |
7-Sep-1908 |
|
Pioneering heart surgeon |
| Gerald M. Edelman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1929 |
|
Chemical structure of antibodies |
| John Hope Franklin |
Historian |
2-Jan-1915 |
|
From Slavery to Freedom |
| Murray Gell-Mann |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1929 |
|
Weak interaction of particles |
| Georgie Anne Geyer |
Journalist |
2-Apr-1935 |
|
Foreign correspondent turned columnist |
| Christian Herter, Jr. |
Government |
29-Jan-1919 |
16-Sep-2007 |
First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition |
| Thomas L. Hughes |
Government |
? |
|
Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Robert Keeley |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89 |
| John V. Lombardi |
Educator |
1942 |
|
President, Louisiana State University |
| Gerald S. McGowan |
Attorney |
3-Sep-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Portugal, 1998-2001 |
| David G. Newton |
Diplomat |
13-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1984-88 |
| Phyllis E. Oakley |
Government |
1934 |
|
Assistant Secy. of State for Intelligence, 1997-99 |
| Richard B. Parker |
Diplomat |
3-Jul-1923 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1978-79 |
| John Wesley Powell |
Geologist |
24-Mar-1834 |
23-Sep-1902 |
Exploration of the Colorado River |
| Larry Pressler |
Politician |
29-Mar-1942 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97 |
| Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
| Antonin Scalia |
Judge |
11-Mar-1936 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Edward O. Wilson |
Biologist |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Father of Sociobiology |
