Notable Alumni of University System of Maryland

Spiro Agnew 1918–1996

39th Vice President of the United States

Also attended: University of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University

Martin O'Malley 1963–

Former Governor of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore

Also attended: Catholic University of America, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Spouse: Katie O'Malley (University of Baltimore, Towson University)

Ben Cardin 1943–

Former U.S. Senator from Maryland

Juris Doctor · Class of 1967

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Anies Baswedan 1969–

Former Governor of Jakarta and Minister of Education

Also attended: Northern Illinois University, University of Maryland-College Park

Elijah Cummings 1951–2019

US Representative for Maryland's 7th district

Juris Doctor · Class of 1976

Also attended: Howard University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Spouse: Maya Rockeymoore (Prairie View A&M University, Purdue University-Main Campus)

Eric Swalwell 1980–

Former Democratic U.S. representative from California

Juris Doctor · Class of 2006

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland-College Park, Campbell University

Angela Alsobrooks 1971–

U.S. Senator from Maryland

Juris Doctor · Class of 1996

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Duke University

John P. Kennedy 1795–1870

Novelist and US Secretary of the Navy

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Daniel Brewster 1923–2007

Maryland attorney and politician

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Princeton University

Marvin Mandel 1920–2015

56th Governor of Maryland

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1942

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland-College Park

Dutch Ruppersberger 1946–

Former U.S. representative for Maryland

Juris Doctor · Class of 1970

Also attended: University of Baltimore, University of Maryland-College Park

William Cabell Bruce 1860–1946

Former Maryland senator, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Child: David K. E. Bruce (University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Sibling: Philip Alexander Bruce (Harvard University, University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Millard Tydings 1890–1961

US Senator from Maryland and attorney

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Benjamin Civiletti 1935–2022

73rd United States Attorney General

Bachelor of Laws

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Columbia University in the City of New York

Joseph Tydings 1928–2018

US Senator from Maryland, 1965 to 1971

Law degree · Class of 1953

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland-College Park

Albert Cabell Ritchie 1876–1936

49th governor of Maryland

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1898

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Charles Mathias 1922–2010

Maryland attorney and politician

Also attended: Yale University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Haverford College

William S. Fulton 1795–1844

Arkansas Territory governor and US senator

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Ryan McCarthy 1973–

24th United States Secretary of the Army

Also attended: Virginia Military Institute

Bishop Robinson 1927–2014

First African American Baltimore police commissioner

Also attended: University of Baltimore, Coppin State University

John Coale 1946–

Lawyer and US special envoy to Belarus

Also attended: University of Baltimore

Spouse: Greta Van Susteren (Georgetown University, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

William Hemple Arthur 1856–1936

Physician and US Army brigadier general in World War I

William Woodward Baldwin 1862–1954

Lawyer and Third Assistant Secretary of State

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Harvard University

Christine Wormuth 1969–

First female US Secretary of the Army

Master's degree · Public policy · Class of 1995

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park, Williams College

Herbert O'Conor 1896–1960

51st Governor of Maryland and US senator

Attended until 1920

Also attended: Loyola University Maryland, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Austin Lane Crothers 1860–1912

46th Governor of Maryland

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

George L. P. Radcliffe 1877–1974

US senator from Maryland

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Hillary Scholten 1982–

U.S. Representative from Michigan

Juris Doctor · Class of 2011

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Gordon College

Carly Fiorina 1954–

Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and politician

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University

Father: Joseph Tyree Sneed, III (Harvard University, Southwestern University)

Caleb Bradham 1867–1934

Pharmacist and inventor of Pepsi

Medicine · Attended until 1889

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nandini Jammi

Co-founder of Check My Ads, digital activist

Marketing · Attended until 2010

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park

Kevin Plank 1972–

Founder of Under Armour

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park

Jamie fiza 1953–

Businesswoman and former US ambassador to France and Monaco

Also attended: Georgetown University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Spouse: Frank McCourt (Georgetown University)

Bill Cayton 1918–2003

Boxing promoter and manager of Mike Tyson

Catherine Karita 1981–

Kenyan lawyer and executive director of NCBA Securities

Also attended: University of Baltimore

Kizzmekia Corbett 1986–

Viral immunologist, Harvard assistant professor

Bachelor of Science · Sociology, Biology · Class of 2008

Also attended: University of Maryland-Baltimore County, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Paul A. Offit 1951–

Pediatrician, co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Tufts University

Melahat Okuyan 1924–2025

Turkish microbiologist and HIV/AIDS activist

Master of Science · General microbiology · Class of 1952

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Roberts Bartholow 1831–1904

Physician and medical college professor

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1852

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Philip Needleman 1939–2024

Pharmacologist and former Monsanto chief scientist

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of the Sciences

H. Rutherford Turnbull 1937–2025

Professor emeritus of special education and law

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Harvard University

Henry Fuller Howden 1925–2014

Entomologist

Theodore Woodward 1914–2005

Medical researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore

Doctor of Medicine

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Franklin and Marshall College

J. Bart Classen 1901–

Immunologist and vaccine opponent

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Columbia University in the City of New York

P. K. Rajagopalan

Indian vector control scientist and biologist

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Harry Friedenwald 1864–1950

Ophthalmologist and medical historian

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1886

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Margaret C. Wilmoth

Nursing academic and retired Army Reserve officer

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Susan L. Williams 1954–2018

Marine biologist and UC Davis professor

Also attended: University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Jerome H. Kidder 1842–1889

Surgeon and astronomer

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Harvard University

Nalin Samarasinha 1958–

Sri Lankan-born planetary scientist studying comets

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1992

Frank H. Winter 1942–

Rocketry historian and former National Air and Space Museum curator

Danielle K. Citron 1968–

Legal scholar, University of Virginia law professor

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Fordham University, Duke University

George Winokur 1925–1996

Psychiatrist known for mood disorder research

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Robert M. Parker Jr. 1947–

Retired American wine critic

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Jason Reynolds 1983–

Author of young adult novels and poetry

Adalbert J. Volck 1828–1912

Dentist and political cartoonist

Doctor of Dental Surgery · Class of 1852

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Noor Tagouri 1993–

Journalist, activist and producer

Steve Blanchard 1958–

Stage actor known for Beauty and the Beast

Tsubasa Endoh 1993–

Japanese former professional footballer

Chioma Onyekwere 1994–

Nigerian discus thrower