Notable Alumni of Norwich University

Laurentino Cortizo 1953–

38th President of Panama

Also attended: Saint Edward's University, The University of Texas at Austin

George Dewey 1837–1917

Admiral of the Navy, victor at Manila Bay

Also attended: United States Naval Academy

Horatio Seymour 1810–1886

18th Governor of New York

Gideon Welles 1802–1878

US Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869

Joe Kent 1980–

Former director of the National Counterterrorism Center

Bachelor of Science

Frederick Townsend Ward 1831–1862

Commander of the Ever Victorious Army in Imperial China

Tarak Nath Das 1884–1958

Indian revolutionary and scholar

Also attended: George Washington University

Thomas Bragg 1810–1872

34th Governor of North Carolina

Sibling: Braxton Bragg (The United States Military Academy at West Point)

Connie Morella 1931–

Former US Representative from Maryland

Also attended: American University, Boston University

Grenville M. Dodge 1831–1916

Union Army general and Grant's intelligence chief

Ernest W. Gibson 1871–1940

U.S. senator from Vermont

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Child: Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (George Washington University, Norwich University)

Gordon R. Sullivan 1937–2024

32nd chief of staff of the U.S. Army

Horatio Wright 1820–1899

Union Army general commanding the VI Corps

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point

Frederick W. Lander 1821–1862

Union Army general, explorer and poet

Ernest W. Gibson Jr. 1901–1969

Governor of Vermont, attorney and judge

Also attended: George Washington University

Father: Ernest W. Gibson (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Norwich University)

Charles D. Drake 1811–1892

Missouri senator and Chief Justice of the Court of Claims

Caleb Lyon 1822–1875

Governor of Idaho Territory and New York congressman

Alfred M. Gray Jr. 1928–2024

29th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Edward H. Brooks 1893–1978

US Army lieutenant general who commanded Second Army

Ernest N. Harmon 1894–1979

US Army major general in both world wars

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point

Mason S. Stone 1859–1940

Vermont educator and 52nd lieutenant governor

Also attended: University of Vermont

David E. Quantock

Retired U.S. Army lieutenant general

Fred Thaddeus Austin 1866–1938

US Army major general, Chief of Field Artillery

William Henry Wills 1882–1946

65th governor of Vermont

William Huntington Russell 1809–1885

Co-founder of Yale's Skull and Bones society

Also attended: Yale University

Wishnutama 1970–

Indonesian journalist, co-founder of NET. television

Also attended: Emerson College, Mount Ida College

Edward Dean Adams 1846–1931

Businessman and banker, president of Niagara Falls power company

Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws · Class of 1908

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bradley C. Birkenfeld 1965–

Private banker and UBS tax evasion whistleblower

Samuel T. Wellman 1847–1919

Steel industry pioneer, industrialist and inventor

Harry Bates Thayer 1858–1936

Electrical and telephone businessman

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Mildred Robbins Leet 1922–2011

Entrepreneur and co-founder of Trickle Up

Also attended: New York University

Horace Chapin Henry 1844–1928

Seattle banker and founder of the Henry Art Gallery

Alfred Marshall Bailey 1894–1978

Ornithologist at Denver Museum of Natural History

Russell W. Porter 1871–1949

Artist, engineer, amateur astronomer and Arctic explorer

Harold H. Seward 1930–2012

Computer scientist who developed radix sort

Alfred Wingate Craven 1810–1879

Civil engineer, chief engineer of Croton Aqueduct

Attended until 1825

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Edward Elisha Phelps 1803–1880

Physician and botanist

Also attended: Yale University, Dartmouth College

Philip F. Rubio 1950–

Historian, professor at North Carolina A&T State University

Also attended: Duke University, North Carolina Central University

William Rutherford Mead 1846–1928

Architect, founding partner of McKim, Mead & White

Also attended: Amherst College

Sharifa Alkhateeb 1946–2004

Writer and teacher on Islam and Muslims in the US

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Patricia Aakhus 1952–2012

Novelist and international studies director

Also attended: University of California-Santa Cruz

Bill Knott 1940–2014

Poet

Frank Gaylord 1925–2018

Sculptor of the Korean War Veterans Memorial column

Also attended: Temple University

D. B. Nihalsinghe 1939–2016

Sri Lankan film director and cinematographer

William Richard Cutter 1847–1918

Historian, librarian, genealogist and writer

Also attended: Yale University

Carlo D'Este 1936–2020

Military historian and biographer

Also attended: New Mexico Military Institute, University of Richmond

Marjorie Welish 1944–

Poet, artist and art critic

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Vermont College of Fine Arts

Mike Brown 1975–

Former WEC Featherweight Champion and MMA coach

Pierre Garçon 1986–

Former NFL wide receiver for 11 seasons

Also attended: University of Mount Union

Keith Aucoin 1978–

Former NHL ice hockey player

Kurtis McLean 1980–

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Frank Simonetti 1962–

Former Boston Bruins NHL defenseman

Emily Caruso 1977–

Two-time Olympic rifle shooter

Allen Doyle 1948–

Professional golfer

Nikita Kashirsky 1985–

Russian former professional ice hockey forward

Bill W. 1895–1971

Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Nazanin Afshin-Jam 1979–

Iranian-Canadian human rights activist and Miss World Canada 2003

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb 1944–

Elder daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Spouse: Chuck Robb (Cornell University, University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Father: Lyndon B. Johnson (Georgetown University, Texas State University)

Desmond Majekodunmi 1950–

Nigerian environmentalist and radio show host