Notable Alumni of United States Coast Guard Academy

G. William Miller 1925–2006

65th US Secretary of the Treasury

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Amarillo College

Linda L. Fagan 1963–

27th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Bachelor of Science · Oceanology

Also attended: University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Thad Allen 1949–

23rd Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Also attended: George Washington University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul F. Zukunft 1955–

25th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Bachelor of Science · Government

Also attended: Webster University

James Loy 1942–

Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Also attended: Wesleyan University

Karl L. Schultz

26th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Also attended: University of Connecticut

Peter J. Brown 1963–

Former Homeland Security Advisor and Coast Guard rear admiral

Bachelor of Science · Chemistry

Also attended: University of Connecticut, University of Miami

Charles D. Michel 1963–

Former vice commandant of the US Coast Guard

Also attended: University of Miami

Christopher Raia 1976–

Deputy Director of the FBI

Bachelor of Science

Thomas H. Collins 1946–

22nd Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Also attended: University of New Haven, Wesleyan University

John B. Hayes 1924–2001

16th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Also attended: George Washington University

Robert E. Kramek 1939–2016

20th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Paul A. Yost, Jr. 1929–2022

18th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Also attended: George Washington University

Edwin J. Roland 1905–1985

12th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

Also attended: Canisius University

Gary Blore 1953–

Retired US Coast Guard rear admiral

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

J. William Kime 1934–2006

19th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H. Clay Myers, Jr. 1927–2004

Influential moderate Republican politician from Oregon

Also attended: Lewis & Clark College, University of Oregon

Robert J. Papp, Jr. 1953–

24th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Salve Regina University

Daniel C. Burbank 1961–

Coast Guard captain and NASA astronaut

Attended until 1985

Also attended: Fairfield University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide

Bruce E. Melnick 1949–

Retired NASA astronaut and Coast Guard officer

Also attended: University of West Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Andre Douglas 1985–

NASA astronaut and systems engineer

Attended until 2008

Also attended: George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

David Caron 1952–2018

Dean of King's College London School of Law

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Robert Brulle

Environmental sociologist at Drexel University

Also attended: George Washington University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, The New School

Don "The Dragon" Wilson 1954–

Kickboxer and actor, 11-time world champion

Also attended: Eastern Florida State College, Florida Institute of Technology