List of Washington University alumni

Well-known alumni, living and deceased, of Washington University in St. Louis include:

Arts and literature

Charles Eames, designer, architect, filmmaker
Bernard Fuchs (MFA 1954), painter and illustrator
John Gardner, novelist
Henry Hampton (AB 1961), filmmaker; producer of PBS documentary "Eyes on the Prize"
A.E. Hotchner (AB 1940, JD 1940), biographer and novelist (Papa Hemingway, King of the Hill)
Fannie Hurst (1909), writer and social activist
Josephine Winslow Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Edward Shepherd Mead (AB 1936), playwright ("How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
David Merrick (AB 1934), Broadway producer
Oliver Nelson (student 1954-7), jazz musician and composer
J.D. Parran (MA 1971), jazz musician
Harold Ramis (AB 1966), film actor, writer and director
Eugene B. Redmond (MA 1966), poet, critic, civil-rights activist
Peter Sarsgaard (BA 1995), actor
Lauren Weinstein (BA 1998), cartoonist
Mary Wickes (AB 1930), stage and film actress
Tennessee Williams (student 1936-37), playwright
Olly Wilson (BA 1959), composer
Anita Diamant, novelist

Hugh Ferriss (B.Arch 1911, M.Arch 1928), architect
George Hellmuth (BArch 1928, MArch 1931), architect; cofounder of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
George Kassabaum (B.Arch 1947), architect; former president of American Institute of Architects; cofounder of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
Gyo Obata (BArch 1945), architect; cofounder and chairman of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
Carolyne Roehm (BFA 1973), fashion designer

John Dubinsky (AB 1965, MBA 1967), former CEO of Mark Twain Bancshares
Sam Fox (BSBA 1951), founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group LTD
Don Frahm (BSBA 1953), retired chairman and CEO of the Hartford Insurance Group
Earle Harbison (AB 1948), former president and COO of Monsanto
Jeff Lebesch (BS 1979), Co-founder, New Belgium Brewing Company
Stanley Lopata (AB 1935), founder and former chairman of Carboline
John F. McDonnell (1967), retired chairman and CEO of McDonnell Douglas
W. Patrick McGinnis (MBA 1972), president and CEO of Nestle Purina Petcare Company
William Shaw (MBA 1972), president and COO of Marriott International Inc.
Louis B. Susman (JD 1962), vice chairman of Citigroup Global Markets
William G. Tragos (AB 1956), former chairman and CEO of TBWA Advertising, Inc.
Arnold Zetcher (BSBA 1962), chairman, president & CEO of Talbot's
George Zimmer (BA 1970), founder of Men's Wearhouse

Raelynn Hillhouse (BA), novelist, political scientist
Joyce Ladner (MA 1966, PhD 1968), sociologist and activist
Max Lerner (MA 1925), intellectual and author
Walter Massey (MA 1966, PhD 1966), president of Morehouse College
H. Richard Niebuhr (MA 1917), theologian
Charles Van Ravenswaay (BA 1933, MA 1934), historian
Abram L. Sachar (AB 1920, MA 1920), founding president of Brandeis University
Barry Spizer (BS 1977), Past President of The CCIM Institute of the National Association of Realtors

Ken Cooper (AB 1977), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; national editor of the Boston Globe
Lynne "Angel" Cooper Harvey (AB and MA), producer of Paul Harvey News
Michael Isikoff (1974), journalist
Condé Nast (LLB 1897), publisher of Vogue
Mike Peters (BFA 1965), Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist; creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm"

Clark M. Clifford (LLB 1928), U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968-69; former presidential advisor
Phoebe Couzins (LLB 1871), first woman U.S. marshal; leader in the women's suffrage movement
Alan J. Dixon (LLB 1949), U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1981-93
David R. Francis (AB 1870), St. Louis mayor 1885-89; Missouri governor 1889-93; U.S. Secretary of Interior 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Moses W. Harrison II (JD 1958), chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Chic Hecht (BS 1949), U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1983-89
Phyllis Schlafly (BA 1944, JD 1978), author, political activist
Jim Talent (BA 1978), U.S. Senator from Missouri, 2003-present
Raymond Tucker (BS 1920), mayor of St. Louis, 1953-1965
William H. Webster (JD 1949), former director of the CIA and the FBI

Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959), engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation
Julian Hill (BS 1924), chemist; co-inventor of nylon
Daniel Nathans (1954), Nobel laureate in medicine
Sol Spiegelman (PhD 1944), molecular biologist
Corinne Bott-Silverman (AB 1975), the first female cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic
Harvey N. Silverman (AB 1974, DMD 1978), inventor of Perfect Smile, Rapid White, and White Light tooth whiteners. A pioneer in the field of cosmetic dentistry.

Jim Conzelman (BS 1917), professional athlete; enshrined in three Halls of Fame, including pro-football's hall
Justin M. Forer, (MBA 2001), Founder of Topes Franchise and J.Michael's Steakhouses franchise
George Herbert Walker, (LLB 1897), founder of Walker Cup in golf; grandfather and great-grandfather of Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, respectively
Charley Winner, longtime coach in the National Football League