Notable Alumni of Dartmouth College

Nelson Rockefeller 1908–1979

41st Vice President of the United States

Father: John D. Rockefeller Jr. (Brown University)

Child: Michael Rockefeller (Harvard University)

Daniel Webster 1782–1852

14th and 19th US Secretary of State

Father: Ebenezer Webster (Dartmouth College)

Child: Fletcher Webster (Harvard University, Dartmouth College)

Kirsten Gillibrand 1966–

US senator from New York

Bachelor of Arts · Asian studies · Class of 1988

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Elaine Chao 1953–

Former US Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College

Spouse: Mitch McConnell (University of Kentucky, University of Louisville)

Father: James S.C. Chao (St John's University (NY))

Paavo Lipponen 1941–

Former Prime Minister of Finland

Luis Abinader 1967–

President of the Dominican Republic

Also attended: Hult International Business School, Harvard University

Angus King 1944–

US senator from Maine

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1966

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Henry Paulson 1946–

74th United States Secretary of the Treasury

Also attended: Harvard University

Timothy Geithner 1961–

75th United States Secretary of the Treasury

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Robert Reich 1946–

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor and professor

Also attended: Yale University

James Forrestal 1892–1949

First United States Secretary of Defense

Also attended: Princeton University

Child: Michael Forrestal (Harvard University, Princeton University)

Rob Portman 1955–

Former U.S. senator from Ohio

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1979

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

John Hoeven 1957–

U.S. senator from North Dakota, former governor

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1979

Also attended: Northwestern University, Minot State University, Northwest University

Salmon P. Chase 1808–1873

6th US Chief Justice and former Treasury Secretary

Also attended: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Tina Smith 1958–

U.S. Senator from Minnesota

Master of Business Administration · Class of 1984

Also attended: Stanford University

Bruce Rauner 1956–

42nd Governor of Illinois

Also attended: Harvard University

Thaddeus Stevens 1792–1868

Pennsylvania congressman and Radical Republican leader

Alex Azar 1967–

24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1988

Also attended: Yale University

John Carney 1956–

Former Delaware governor, mayor of Wilmington

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1978

Also attended: University of Delaware

Tom Wolf 1948–

47th Governor of Pennsylvania

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Spouse: Frances Wolf (Bryn Mawr College, Franklin and Marshall College)

John Kitzhaber 1947–

35th and 37th governor of Oregon

Also attended: Oregon Health & Science University

Levi Woodbury 1789–1851

US Supreme Court justice and New Hampshire governor

Peter Fitzgerald 1960–

Former U.S. senator from Illinois

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1982

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Howie Hawkins 1952–

Green Party co-founder and 2020 presidential nominee

Slade Gorton 1928–2020

Former US Senator from Washington

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1950

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Paul Tsongas 1941–1997

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1992 presidential candidate

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University

Spouse: Niki Tsongas (Boston University, Smith College)

George Perkins Marsh 1801–1882

Diplomat, philologist, first US Minister to Italy

Father: Charles Marsh (Dartmouth College)

Josh Stein 1966–

76th governor of North Carolina

Bachelor of Arts · Study of history · Class of 1988

Also attended: Harvard University

Alex X. Mooney 1971–

Former U.S. representative for West Virginia

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1993

Eleni Kounalakis 1966–

50th lieutenant governor of California

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Spouse: Markos Kounalakis (University of California-Berkeley, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Rufus Choate 1799–1859

Massachusetts senator and renowned lawyer

Also attended: Harvard University

Redfield Proctor 1831–1908

Vermont governor, Secretary of War and US senator

Also attended: Albany Law School

Child: Redfield Proctor Jr. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Child: Fletcher D. Proctor (Amherst College, Middlebury College)

Sherman Adams 1899–1986

White House Chief of Staff under Eisenhower

Attended until 1920

Stephen W. Bosworth 1939–2016

Former US Special Representative for North Korea Policy

Also attended: George Washington University

Mike Capuano 1952–

Former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1973

Also attended: Boston College

Gordon Campbell 1948–

Former premier of British Columbia

Amos Kendall 1789–1869

19th-century lawyer, journalist and politician

Maya Wiley 1965–

Civil rights lawyer and leadership conference CEO

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Father: George Wiley (Cornell University)

Mira Murati 1988–

Co-founder and CEO of Thinking Machines Lab

Bachelor of Engineering · Class of 2012

Also attended: Colby College

Gardiner Greene Hubbard 1822–1897

Founder of National Geographic Society and Bell Telephone

Also attended: Harvard University

Louis V. Gerstner 1942–2025

Former chairman and CEO of IBM

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Harvard University

Jeff Immelt 1956–

Former CEO of General Electric

Also attended: Harvard University

Gail Boudreaux 1960–

President and CEO of Elevance Health

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Christopher A. Sinclair 1950–

Chairman of Reckitt

Master of Business Administration

Also attended: University of Kansas

Leon Black 1951–

Co-founder of Apollo Global Management

Also attended: Harvard University

Father: Eli M. Black (Yeshiva University)

John Donahoe 1960–

Former Nike CEO, Stanford athletic director

Also attended: Stanford University

Grant Tinker 1925–2016

Television executive, former NBC chairman and CEO

Spouse: Brooke Knapp (University of California-Los Angeles)

Child: Mark Tinker (Syracuse University)

Diana Taylor 1955–

Business executive and former New York Superintendent of Banks

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Naval Ravikant 1974–

Co-founder of AngelList and investor

Ric Lewis 1962–

Businessman, founding partner of Tristan Capital Partners

Also attended: Harvard University

Owen Chamberlain 1920–2006

Physicist, Nobel laureate for discovering the antiproton

Also attended: University of Chicago

Karl Barry Sharpless 1941–

Chemist, two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Arts · Chemistry · Class of 1963

Also attended: Harvard University, Stanford University

George Davis Snell 1903–1996

Geneticist and transplant immunologist

Also attended: Harvard University

Edward Norton Lorenz 1917–2008

Founder of chaos theory, mathematician and meteorologist

Attended until 1938

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Walter Sydney Adams 1876–1956

Astronomer, pioneer of spectroscopy

William Kamkwamba 1987–

Malawian inventor and author

Bachelor of Arts · Environmental studies · Class of 2014

Michael S. Gazzaniga 1939–

Cognitive neuroscientist and UC Santa Barbara professor

Also attended: California Institute of Technology

Charles Augustus Young 1834–1908

Astronomer and solar spectroscopist

Lewis Boss 1846–1912

Astronomer, director of Dudley Observatory

Child: Benjamin Boss (Harvard University)

John C. Lilly 1915–2001

Physician, neuroscientist, writer and inventor

Also attended: California Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania

C. Everett Koop 1916–2013

13th US Surgeon General under Reagan

Also attended: Cornell University, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania

Jaegwon Kim 1934–2019

Korean-American philosopher, Brown University professor emeritus

Also attended: Princeton University

Raymond Pearl 1879–1940

Biologist, founder of biogerontology

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Steve Russell 1937–

Computer scientist who created Spacewar!

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stuart Kauffman 1939–

Theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher

Also attended: University of California-San Francisco

Ben Barres 1954–2017

Neurobiologist at Stanford University

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

James H. Newman 1956–

Former NASA astronaut on four Space Shuttle missions

Also attended: Rice University

George Ticknor 1791–1871

Academic and historian of Spanish literature

Stephen Harriman Long 1784–1864

Army engineer and explorer of the American West

David Brion Davis 1927–2019

Yale historian and authority on slavery and abolition

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1950

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University

Cal Newport 1982–

Georgetown computer science professor and author

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bob Smith 1879–1950

Physician, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Robert Folger Thorne 1920–2015

American botanist

Also attended: Cornell University

Marye Anne Fox 1947–2021

Chemist and first female chief of NC State

Doctor of Philosophy · Chemistry

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park, Notre Dame College

Annette Gordon-Reed 1958–

Harvard historian and law professor

Attended until 1981

Also attended: Harvard University

Pan Guangdan 1898–1967

Chinese sociologist and eugenist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Freddie Fu 1950–2021

Orthopaedic surgeon and University of Pittsburgh professor

Also attended: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Ernest Everett Just 1883–1941

Biologist who studied the cell surface

Also attended: University of Chicago, South Carolina State University

Child: Margaret Just Butcher (Boston University)

Jeffrey Garten 1946–

Economist, former dean of Yale School of Management

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Spouse: Ina Garten (George Washington University, Syracuse University)

Robert Frost 1874–1963

Poet known for depicting rural New England life

Also attended: Harvard University

Dr. Seuss 1904–1991

Children's author and illustrator

Fred Rogers 1928–2003

Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Also attended: Rollins College, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Joseph Campbell 1904–1987

Mythologist, writer and lecturer

Mathematics, Biology

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Spouse: Jean Erdman (Sarah Lawrence College)

Sarah Wayne Callies 1977–

Actress in Prison Break and The Walking Dead

David Harbour 1975–

Actor known as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things

Shonda Rhimes 1970–

Producer and writer, creator of Grey's Anatomy

Also attended: University of Southern California

Mindy Kaling 1979–

American actress, writer and comedian

Bachelor's degree · Class of 2001

Robert Ryan 1909–1973

Actor known for films noir and Westerns

Attended until 1932

Connie Britton 1967–

Actress, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee

Also attended: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Spouse: John Britton (University of Virginia-Main Campus)

David Benioff 1970–

Screenwriter and co-creator of Game of Thrones

Also attended: University of California-Irvine

Spouse: Amanda Peet (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Father: Stephen Friedman (Columbia University in the City of New York, Cornell University)

Louise Erdrich 1954–

Ojibwe-American novelist and poet

Bachelor of Arts · English · Class of 1976

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Spouse: Michael Dorris (Georgetown University)

Aisha Tyler 1970–

Actress, talk show host and director

Political science

Robert Christgau 1942–

Music critic and early rock critic

Joseph Losey 1909–1984

American film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter

Also attended: Harvard University

Laura Ingraham 1963–

Fox News host and conservative commentator

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Bob Rafelson 1933–2022

Film director, key New Hollywood figure

Buck Henry 1930–2020

Actor, screenwriter and director; co-wrote The Graduate

James Nachtwey 1948–

War photographer and photojournalist

Rachel Dratch 1966–

Actress, comedian and writer

Michael Moriarty 1941–

Actor, Emmy and Golden Globe winner for Holocaust

Dan Gilroy 1959–

Screenwriter and director of Nightcrawler

Father: Frank D. Gilroy (Yale University, Dartmouth College)

Sibling: John Gilroy (Dartmouth College)

Dinesh D'Souza 1961–

Indian-American right-wing political commentator and filmmaker

Bachelor of Arts · English studies · Class of 1983

Chris Meledandri 1959–

Film producer, founder and CEO of Illumination

Stan Brakhage 1933–2003

Experimental filmmaker

Also attended: San Francisco Art Institute

Andrew Shue 1967–

Actor known for Melrose Place, former pro soccer player

Spouse: Amy Robach (University of Georgia)

Sibling: Elisabeth Shue (Harvard University, Wellesley College)

Charles Eastman 1858–1939

Native American physician and writer

Also attended: Knox College, Boston University, Beloit College

Joel Barlow 1754–1812

Poet, diplomat and politician

Also attended: Yale University

Alan Crosland 1894–1936

Film director of The Jazz Singer

Spouse: Elaine Hammerstein (Bryn Mawr College)

Brian J. White 1975–

Actor in The Cabin in the Woods

Father: Jo Jo White (University of Kansas, Dartmouth College)

Vincent Canby 1924–2000

Chief film and theatre critic of The New York Times

Josh Pence 1982–

American film and television actor

Nicholas G. Carr 1959–

Writer on technology, author of The Shallows

Also attended: Harvard University

Jeff Wadlow 1976–

Film director of Truth or Dare and Kick-Ass 2

Mother: Emily Couric (Smith College)

Sibling: Katie Couric (University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Budd Schulberg 1914–2009

Screenwriter, novelist and sports writer

Gonzalo Lira 1968–2024

Chilean-American novelist, blogger and political commentator

Bachelor's degree in history · Class of 1995

Scott Smith 1965–

Author and screenwriter of A Simple Plan

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Kristina Klebe 1979–

American actress in Rob Zombie's Halloween

Also attended: New York University

Jake Tapper 1969–

CNN lead Washington anchor

Also attended: University of Southern California

Erich Kunzel 1935–2009

Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Also attended: Harvard University, Brown University

Alev Alatlı 1944–2024

Turkish economist, columnist and bestselling novelist

Also attended: Vanderbilt University

Stephen Macht 1942–

Actor, rabbi and professor

Also attended: Tufts University

Child: Gabriel Macht (Carnegie Mellon University)

Richard Eberhart 1904–2005

Poet and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner

Also attended: Harvard University

Paul Ford 1901–1976

Character actor, Mayor Shinn in The Music Man

Louis Jean Heydt 1903–1960

Character actor in film, television and theatre

Walter Wanger 1894–1968

Film producer, two-time Academy Honorary Award recipient

Spouse: Justine Johnstone (Columbia University in the City of New York)

William Talman 1915–1968

Actor best known as DA Hamilton Burger in Perry Mason

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Walter Bernstein 1919–2021

Screenwriter and producer, blacklisted in Hollywood

Julie Davis 1969–

Director, writer and actress of Amy's Orgasm

Werner Janssen 1899–1990

Conductor and composer

Also attended: The New England Conservatory of Music

Spouse: Ann Harding (Bryn Mawr College)

Jim Metzler 1951–

Actor with a career spanning over three decades

William McDonough 1951–

Architect and former dean of UVA architecture school

Also attended: Yale University

Frank D. Gilroy 1925–2015

Playwright, Pulitzer winner for The Subject Was Roses

Also attended: Yale University

Child: Dan Gilroy (Dartmouth College)

Child: John Gilroy (Dartmouth College)

Alex Kapp 1969–

Television actress and writer

Norman Maclean 1902–1990

Author of A River Runs Through It, Chicago professor

Also attended: University of Chicago

Child: John Norman Maclean (Harvard University)

Richmond Lattimore 1906–1984

Poet and classicist, translator of Iliad and Odyssey

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sibling: Owen Lattimore (Harvard University)

Michael Arad 1969–

Architect who designed the National September 11 Memorial

Also attended: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Michelle Khare 1992–

YouTuber, television host and former professional cyclist

Malcolm Freberg 1987–

Survivor reality television contestant

Harry Enten 1988–

Chief Data Analyst for CNN

Tim Matheson 1947–

Actor in Animal House and The West Wing

Bob Varsha 1951–

Motorsports broadcaster and Formula 1 commentator

Also attended: Emory University

Jo Jo White 1946–2018

American professional basketball player

Also attended: University of Kansas

Child: Brian J. White (Dartmouth College)

Adam Nelson 1975–

Shot putter and Olympic gold medalist

Tommy Thomson 1895–1971

Canadian hurdler and 1920 Olympic 110m hurdles champion

Also attended: University of Southern California

Chiharu Igaya 1931–

Japanese alpine skier and Olympic silver medalist

Vilhjálmur Einarsson 1934–2019

Icelandic triple jumper, 1956 Olympic silver medalist

Child: Einar Vilhjálmsson (The University of Texas at Austin)

Susan Dunklee 1986–

Retired biathlete

Evelyn Stevens 1983–

Retired American professional road cyclist

Marc Wright 1890–1975

Pole vaulter

Gerry Ashworth 1942–

Sprinter, 1964 Olympic relay gold medalist

Laura Stacey 1994–

Canadian women's ice hockey player

Spouse: Marie-Philip Poulin (Boston University)

Sophie Caldwell Hamilton 1990–

Cross-country skier with two World Cup wins

Spouse: Simi Hamilton (Middlebury College)

Arthur Shaw 1886–1955

Hurdler, 1908 Olympic 110m hurdles bronze medalist

Dominic Seiterle 1975–

Canadian rower, 2008 Olympic gold medalist

Also attended: University of Rochester

Dick McGuire 1926–2010

NBA guard and coach with the Knicks and Pistons

Sibling: Al McGuire (St John's University (NY))

Charlotte Geer 1957–

Rower

Sibling: Julia Geer (Smith College, Dartmouth College)

Douglas Everett 1905–1996

Ice hockey player and Dartmouth star

Lawrence Whitney 1891–1941

Shot putter at the 1912 Olympics

Rosie Brennan 1988–

Cross-country skier and World Cup winner

Also attended: Alaska Pacific University

Edwin Myers 1896–1978

Pole vaulter and 1920 Olympic bronze medalist

Gillian Apps 1983–

Canadian women's ice hockey player and Olympic champion

Spouse: Meghan Duggan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Father: Syl Apps, Jr (Princeton University)

Alexi Pappas 1990–

Greek-American runner, filmmaker and actor

Also attended: University of Oregon

Gerry Geran 1896–1981

Ice hockey player, first American-born NHL player

Robert Minton 1904–1974

Bobsledder, 1932 Winter Olympics bronze medalist

Lee Stempniak 1983–

Former NHL forward

Edward Murphy 1971–

American rower

Kyle Hendricks 1989–

MLB pitcher, 2016 World Series champion with the Cubs

Brad Ausmus 1969–

Former MLB player, manager and coach

Elizaveta Glinka 1962–2016

Russian doctor, founder of Fair Care charity

Attended until 1991

Chip Reese 1951–2007

Professional poker player and cash game great

Jack Kornfield 1945–

Psychologist, writer and Vipassana teacher