bibliography
NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for

US Naval Academy

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Coeducational in 1976.

Location:
Annapolis, MD

Founding Date:
1845

Team:
Midshipmen

Mascot:
Bill (goat)

Enrollment:
4300

Official Website:
http://www.usna.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Addington
Government
22-Jan-1957   Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff
Daniel F. Akerson
Business
21-Oct-1948   CEO of General Motors, 2010-14
Hervey Allen
Poet
8-Dec-1889 28-Dec-1949 Ballads of the Border
Christopher C. Ames
Military
16-Mar-1954   US Navy Rear Admiral
William Robert Anderson
Military
17-Jun-1921 25-Feb-2007 Commander, USS Nautilus
Army Archerd
Columnist
13-Jan-1922 8-Sep-2009 Variety's gossip columnist
Richard Armitage
Government
26-Apr-1945   US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05
George Bancroft
Actor
30-Sep-1882 2-Oct-1956 Thunderbolt
Joe Bellino
Football
13-Mar-1938   Winner, 1960 Heisman Trophy
Dennis C. Blair
Government
4-Feb-1947   Director of National Intelligence, 2009-10
Matt Blunt
Politician
20-Nov-1970   Governor of Missouri, 2005-09
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Astronaut
19-Aug-1946   Four-time shuttle astronaut
Larry D. Brady
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Intermec, 2000-07
Richard E. Byrd
Explorer
25-Oct-1888 11-Mar-1957 Arctic and Antarctic explorer
Jimmy Carter
Head of State
1-Oct-1924   39th US President, 1977-81
Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr.
Politician
1941 4-Jul-2003 Ohio Attorney General, 1983-91
Selden Chapin
Diplomat
19-Sep-1899 26-Mar-1963 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1949-53
Winston Churchill
Novelist
10-Nov-1871 12-Mar-1947 Early 20th century American novelist
Chip Cravaack
Politician
29-Dec-1959   Congressman, Minnesota 8th
John Crommelin, Jr.
Military
2-Oct-1902 2-Nov-1996 Rear Admiral, US Navy
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
William Barker Cushing
Military
4-Nov-1842 17-Dec-1874 Civil War naval hero
John H. Dalton
Military
31-Dec-1941   US Secretary of the Navy, 1993-98
Bruce DeMars
Military
3-Jun-1935   Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Jeremiah Denton
Military
15-Jul-1924 28-Mar-2014 US Senator from Alabama, 1981-87
George Dewey
Military
26-Dec-1837 16-Jan-1917 Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila
Lawrence Di Rita
Government
12-Mar-1958   Rumsfeld chief of staff
Brian Donlevy
Actor
9-Feb-1901 5-Apr-1972 The Great McGinty
Donald W. Douglas
Business
6-Apr-1892 1-Feb-1981 Founder of Douglas Aircraft Co.
Charles Duke
Astronaut
3-Oct-1935   10th to walk on the Moon
William F. Durand
Engineer
5-Mar-1859 9-Aug-1958 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
James O. Ellis, Jr.
Military
20-Jul-1947   C-in-C of US Strategic Command, 2001-02
William L. Emmet
Engineer
10-Jul-1859 26-Sep-1941 All-electric warships
Philo Farnsworth
Inventor
19-Aug-1906 11-Mar-1971 Inventor of electronic television
Richard W. Fisher
Business
18-Mar-1949   President and CEO, Dallas Fed
Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
Military
4-May-1948   Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07
L. Patrick Gray
Government
18-Jul-1916 6-Jul-2005 Acting FBI Director, 1972-73
Duke Guider
Business
10-Mar-1900 18-Jan-1968 Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo
H. William Habermeyer, Jr.
Business
1942   CEO of Progress Energy Florida
Michael W. Hagee
Military
1-Dec-1944   33rd USMC Commandant, 2003-06
William F. Halsey
Military
30-Oct-1882 20-Aug-1959 WWII Commander of the South Pacific
Paul T. Hanrahan
Business
c. 1957   CEO of AES
Milledge A. Hart III
Business
c. 1934   President of EDS, 1970-77
Thomas B. Hayward
Military
3-May-1924   Chief of Naval Operations, 1978-82
Robert A. Heinlein
Author
7-Jul-1907 8-May-1988 Starship Troopers
Robert T. Herres
Military
12-Jan-1932 24-Jul-2008 Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90
Mayo D. Hersey
Engineer
30-Aug-1886 5-Sep-1978 Tribology
William V. Hickey
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Sealed Air
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Military
8-May-1897 18-Jun-1982 CIA Director, 1947-50
Robert C. Hinckley
Business
c. 1948   Former General Counsel, Xilinx
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Military
17-Aug-1870 16-Mar-1937 Spanish-American War hero
James L. Holloway III
Military
23-Feb-1922   Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78
James Irwin
Astronaut
17-Mar-1930 8-Aug-1991 8th to walk on the Moon
Jay L. Johnson
Military
5-Jun-1946   US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000
Oran "Juice" Jones
Singer
28-Mar-1957   The Rain
Frank B. Kelso II
Military
11-Jul-1933 23-Jun-2013 Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-94
Richard L. Keyser
Business
c. 1942   CEO of W.W. Grainger
Husband E. Kimmel
Military
26-Feb-1882 14-May-1968 Admiral, demoted after Pearl Harbor
Ernest J. King
Military
23-Nov-1878 25-Jun-1956 Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45
Alan G. Kirk
Military
30-Oct-1888 15-Oct-1963 US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR
Charles C. Krulak
Military
4-Mar-1942   US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99
Bruce R. Lakefield
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Lehman Brothers Intl., 1995-99
Charles R. Larson
Military
20-Nov-1936 26-Jul-2014 C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94
Jack London
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of CACI International
Jim Lovell
Astronaut
25-Mar-1928   Apollo 13
Ronald Machtley
Politician
13-Jul-1948   President of Bryant University
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Author
27-Sep-1840 1-Dec-1914 The Influence of Sea Power upon History
Eric Massa
Politician
16-Sep-1959   Congressman from New York, 2009-10
John McCain
Politician
29-Aug-1936   US Senator from Arizona
John S. McCain, Jr.
Military
17-Jan-1911 22-Mar-1981 Admiral, Father of John McCain
Wesley L. McDonald
Military
6-Jul-1924 8-Feb-2008 Led 1983 invasion of Grenada
Bud McFarlane
Government
12-Jul-1937   Iran-Contra figure
Donald F. McGahn
Government
?   US FEC Commissioner
Robert B. McGehee
Business
c. 1943 9-Oct-2007 CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07
Keith R. McLoughlin
Business
10-Jun-1956   VP at Electrolux
Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.
Business
c. 1940   Co-CEO of Exelon, 2000-02
Albert A. Michelson
Physicist
19-Dec-1852 9-May-1931 Measured the speed of light
Benjamin F. Montoya
Military
24-May-1935   US Navy Civil Engineer, Rear Admiral
Roy Moore
Judge
11-Feb-1947   Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice
Thomas H. Moorer
Military
9-Feb-1912 5-Feb-2004 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74
Michael Mullen
Military
4-Oct-1946   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11
Daniel J. Murphy, Jr.
Military
30-May-1948   CEO of Alliant Techsystems
Chester W. Nimitz
Military
24-Feb-1885 20-Feb-1966 WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy
Oliver North
Military
7-Oct-1943   Perjuring Iran-Contra figure
Lisa Nowak
Astronaut
10-May-1963   According to lawyer, no diaper
Tom O'Brien
Football
5-Oct-1948   Former head coach of NCSU Wolfpack
John E. O'Neill
Activist
19-Feb-1946   Longtime John Kerry antagonist
Vincent Obsitnik
Business
1938   US Ambassador to Slovakia
William A. Owens
Military
8-May-1940   Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96
Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.
Historian
13-Jun-1928 13-Jan-2013 The Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands
Peter Pace
Military
5-Nov-1945   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07
Bradford W. Parkinson
Engineer
16-Feb-1935   Global Positioning System
H. Ross Perot
Business
27-Jun-1930   Eccentric presidential candidate
John Poindexter
Military
12-Aug-1936   Iran-Contra criminal
Thomas G. Pownall
Business
20-Jan-1922 24-Jun-2005 CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88
Anthony J. Principi
Government
16-Apr-1944   US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05
Joseph W. Prueher
Diplomat
25-Nov-1942   US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
William F. Raborn
Government
8-Jun-1905 6-Mar-1990 CIA Director 1965-66
Arthur W. Radford
Military
27-Feb-1896 17-Aug-1973 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57
J. Paul Reason
Military
22-Mar-1941   C-in-C of US Atlantic Fleet, 1996-99
Steven S. Reinemund
Business
6-Apr-1948   CEO of Pepsi, 2001-06
James O. Richardson
Military
18-Sep-1878 2-May-1974 US Admiral
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
David Robinson
Basketball
6-Aug-1965   San Antonio Spurs, 1995 MVP
Gary Roughead
Military
c. 1951   Chief of Naval Operations
John R. Ryan
Military
15-Aug-1945   Chancellor of SUNY, 2006-07
Edward J. Sanderson, Jr.
Business
c. 1949   EVP at Oracle, 1999-2002
Thomas C. Schievelbein
Business
c. 1954   Northrop Grumman Newport News
Wally Schirra
Astronaut
12-Mar-1923 3-May-2007 Commander of Apollo 7
Joseph E. Schmitz
Government
c. 1956   Pentagon Inspector General, 2002-05
William J. Sebald
Diplomat
5-Nov-1901 Aug-1980 Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52
Joe Sestak
Politician
12-Dec-1951   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11
Kevin W. Sharer
Business
2-Mar-1948   CEO of Amgen
Michael J. Sheehan
Business
c. 1961   Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos
Alan Shepard
Astronaut
18-Nov-1923 21-Jul-1998 First American in space
Jack Skolds
Business
c. 1950   EVP at Exelon, 2003-07
Frank J. Sprague
Inventor
25-Jul-1857 25-Oct-1934 Streetcars and express elevators
Raymond A. Spruance
Military
3-Jul-1886 13-Dec-1969 US Navy Admiral during WWII
Thomas P. Stafford
Astronaut
17-Sep-1930   Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz
William H. Standley
Military
18-Dec-1872 25-Oct-1963 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
Dennis Stanfill
Business
1-Apr-1927   CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81
Lloyd C. Stark
Politician
23-Nov-1886 17-Sep-1972 Governor of Missouri, 1937-41
Adolphus Staton
Military
28-Aug-1879 4-Jun-1964 US Navy admiral
Roger Staubach
Football
5-Feb-1942   Five-time NFC leading passer
James Stockdale
Military
23-Dec-1923 5-Jul-2005 H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President
Edward M. Straw
Military
c. 1939   Former US Navy Vice Admiral
Robert J. Tarr, Jr.
Business
7-Dec-1943   CEO of Neiman Marcus, 1991-97
Carlisle Trost
Military
24-Apr-1930   Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90
Robert W. Tucker
Author
c. 1925   The Inequality of Nations
Stansfield Turner
Government
1-Dec-1923   CIA Director, 1977-81
Harlan Ullman
Columnist
15-Mar-1941   Shock and Awe
Frank Varasano
Business
c. 1946   Former Senior VP, Booz Allen Hamilton
Daniel Walker
Politician
6-Aug-1922 29-Apr-2015 Governor of Illinois, 1973-77
James Watkins
Government
7-Mar-1927 26-Jul-2012 US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93
James H. Webb
Military
9-Feb-1946   Former US Senator from Virginia
John W. Weeks
Politician
11-Apr-1860 12-Jul-1926 US Secretary of War, 1921-25
John K. Welch
Business
c. 1951   CEO of USEC
Robert Welch
Activist
1-Dec-1899 6-Jan-1985 Founder, John Birch Society
Frank D. White
Politician
4-Jun-1933 21-May-2003 Governor of Arkansas, 1981-83
Robert F. Willard
Military
c. 1951   Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet
William Appleman Williams
Historian
12-Jun-1921 6-Mar-1990 The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Charlie Wilson
Politician
1-Jun-1933 10-Feb-2010 Congressman from Texas, 1973-96
Jerauld Wright
Military
4-Jun-1898 27-Apr-1995 US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60
Todd Young
Politician
24-Aug-1972   Congressman, Indiana 9th
Elmo R. Zumwalt
Military
29-Nov-1920 2-Jan-2000 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Paolo E. Coletta
Historian
3-Feb-1916 22-May-2007 William Jennings Bryan
James F. Collins
Diplomat
4-Jun-1939   US Ambassador to Russia, 1997-2001
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
George Dewey
Military
26-Dec-1837 16-Jan-1917 Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila
Albert A. Michelson
Physicist
19-Dec-1852 9-May-1931 Measured the speed of light
James H. Webb
Military
9-Feb-1946   Former US Senator from Virginia
Robert J. Zimmer
Educator
5-Nov-1947   President, University of Chicago
Robert Zoellick
Government
25-Jul-1953   World Bank president, 2007-12

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Beverly B. Byron
Politician
27-Jul-1932   Congresswoman from Maryland, 1979-93
Thad Cochran
Politician
7-Dec-1937   US Senator from Mississippi
Arthur Culvahouse
Government
4-Jul-1948   White House Counsel, 1987-89
Patrick H. Drewry
Politician
24-May-1875 21-Dec-1947 Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47
Hiram Fong
Politician
15-Oct-1906 18-Aug-2004 US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77
Al From
Activist
31-May-1943   Founder, Democratic Leadership Council
Steny Hoyer
Politician
14-Jun-1939   Congressman, Maryland 5th
Nancy Johnson
Politician
5-Jan-1935   Congresswoman from Connecticut, 1983-2007
Bobbie Kilberg
Administrator
25-Oct-1944   Northern Virginia Technology Council
Charles R. Larson
Military
20-Nov-1936 26-Jul-2014 C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94
Mike McIntyre
Politician
6-Aug-1956   Congressman, North Carolina 7th
H. Ross Perot
Business
27-Jun-1930   Eccentric presidential candidate
Joseph W. Prueher
Diplomat
25-Nov-1942   US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
Chuck Robb
Politician
26-Jun-1939   US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001
Paul H. Robinson
Business
22-Jun-1930   US Ambassador to Canada, 1981-85
John R. Ryan
Military
15-Aug-1945   Chancellor of SUNY, 2006-07
William H. Standley
Military
18-Dec-1872 25-Oct-1963 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
Michael S. Steele
Politician
19-Oct-1958   RNC Chairman, 2009-11
William H. Vanderbilt
Politician
24-Nov-1901 14-Apr-1981 Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Tom O'Brien
Football
5-Oct-1948   Former head coach of NCSU Wolfpack
Gary Patterson
Football
13-Feb-1960   Head Coach, Texas Christian


Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications

NNDB MAPPER


Skull and Bones Bohemian Grove


Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.

Bibliographies

NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. They may be accessed by the "Bibliography" tab at the top of most pages, or via the "Related Topics" box in the sidebar. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions.