List of Washington University undergraduate alumni

Arts and literature

*Morris Carnovsky (AB): stage and film actor; target of Hollywood blacklist; Theatre Hall of Fame inductee
*Anita Diamant (AB 1973): novelist
*Jon Feltheimer (AB): CEO of Lionsgate Films
*John Champlin Gardner, Jr.
John Gardner (AB 1955): novelist
*Robert Guillaume (class of 1949?): stage and television actor
*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 (AB 1909): writer and social activist
*Hank Klibanoff (AB): author and Pulitzer Prize winner
*Josephine Winslow Johnson (attended, 1926-31): Pulitzer Prize-winning author
*Johnny Kastl (attended): television actor (Scrubs)
*David McCheyne Newell (attended, class of 1920?): naturalist, writer
*Edward Shepherd Mead (AB 1936): playwright ("How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Caryn Mandabach (AB): Emmy award winning television and film producer
*David Merrick (AB 1934): Broadway producer
*Oliver Nelson (student 1954-1957): jazz musician and composer
*Harold Ramis (AB 1966): film actor, writer and director
*Irma S. Rombauer (AB): co-author of "The Joy of Cooking"
*Peter Sarsgaard (AB 1995): actor
*Steven Sater (transferred to Princeton): Broadway lyricist, playwright, and poet
*Jeff Tremaine (AB 1990): director, producer
*Lauren Weinstein (AB 1998): cartoonist
*Mary Wickes (AB 1930): stage and film actress
*Tennessee Williams (student 1936-37): playwright
*Olly Wilson (AB 1959): composer

Architecture and design

*Charles Eames: designer, architect, filmmaker (Was expelled for his prediliction towards modern architecture)
*Hugh Ferriss (B.Arch 1911, M.Arch 1928): architect
*George Hellmuth (B.Arch 1928, M.Arch 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 (B.Arch 1945): architect; cofounder and chairman of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
*Carolyne Roehm (BFA 1973): fashion designer

Business

*Melvin F. Brown (AB 1957, JD 1961): former CEO of Deutsche Bank Financial Services
*Andrew M. Bursky (AB 1978, BSChE 1978, MSChE 1978): CEO of Atlas Holdings LLC
*David P. Connor (BA): CEO of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
*William H. Danforth (AB 1892): founder of Ralston Purina
*Charles H. Dolson (AB): president and CEO of Delta Airlines (1965-1970)
*Arnold Donald (BSME 1977): founder and former CEO of Merisant
*Thomas J. Feichtinger (BS 1986): Global Director for General Motors Corporation
*Sam Fox (BSBA 1951): founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group Industries
*Don Frahm (BSBA 1953): former chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
*Avram Glazer (BSBA 1982): president and CEO of the Zapata Corporation and joint chairman of Manchester United
*Earle Harbison (AB 1948): former president and COO of Monsanto
*Jeff Lebesch (BS 1979): co-founder of New Belgium Brewing Company
*Stanley Lopata (AB 1935): founder and former chairman of Carboline
*Howard J. Morgens (AB): president and CEO of Proctor & Gamble
*Jack C. Taylor (student through 1944): founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car; no. 14 on Forbes 400 Richest Americans in 2006
*William G. Tragos (AB 1956): former chairman and CEO of TBWA Advertising, Inc.
*Arnold Zetcher (BSBA 1962): chairman, president and CEO of Talbots
*George Zimmer (AB 1970): founder of Men's Wearhouse
*James D. Weddle (AB 1977): managing partner at Edward Jones Investments
*Gary Wendlandt (BS 1972): current CIO of New York Life Investment Management and former CIO of MassMutual

Education and academics

*Horace Mitchell (AB 1968, MA 1969, PhD 1974): president of California State University Bakersfield
*Thomas Lamb Eliot (AB 1862, AM 1866): founding board member and president of Reed College
*Hiro Mukai (BS 1972): author of leading books on systems engineering
*Henry Ware Eliot (AB 1863): former president of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis; father of poet T. S. Eliot
*Raelynn Hillhouse (AB 1970?): novelist, political scientist
*Edward Singleton Holden (SB 1866): fifth president of the University of California; director of the Lick Observatory
*Charles Van Ravenswaay (AB 1933, AM 1934): historian
*Abram L. Sachar (AB 1920, AM 1920): founding president of Brandeis University
*Barry Spizer (BS 1977): past president of the CCIM Institute of the National Association of Realtors

Journalism and media

*Ken Cooper (AB 1977): Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; former national editor of the Boston Globe
*Lynne "Angel" Cooper Harvey (AB, AM): producer of Paul Harvey News
*Michael Isikoff (AB 1974): journalist
*Mike Peters (BFA 1965): Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist; creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm"
*Marilyn vos Savant (attended, class of 1968?): columnist, author, high IQ celebrant

Politics, law, and government

*General John C. Bates (BA 1863?): served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1906.
*Hal Daub (BS 1963): U.S. congressman from Nebraska, 1981-1989; mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001
*Edward Cranch Eliot (AB 1878, LLB 1880, AM 1881): former president of the American Bar Association
*Sam Fox (AB 1951): current United States Ambassador to Belgium
*David R. Francis (AB 1870): mayor of St. Louis, 1885-89; Governor of Missouri, 1889-93; U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador to Russia
*Chic Hecht (BS 1949): U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1983-89
*Tony Ribaudo (attended, class of 1962): majority leader of the Missouri House of Representatives, 1977-1997
*Kenneth J. Rothman (AB, JD): Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1981-1985
*Phyllis Schlafly (AB 1944, JD 1978): author, political activist
*Adam Shapiro (AB 1993): co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
*Leonor Sullivan (attended, class of 1923?): first female U.S. congressional representative from Missouri, 1953-1977
*Jim Talent (AB 1978): U.S. Senator from Missouri, 2003-2007
*James R. Thompson (AB): Governor of Illinois, 1977-1991
*Raymond Tucker (BS 1920): mayor of St. Louis, 1953-1965

cience, engineering, and medicine

*J. Michael Bailey (AB 1979): psychologist, professor, well-known researcher on sexual orientation
*Corinne Bott-Silverman (AB 1975): first female cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic
*Arnold W. Donald (BS): President and CEO of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
*Lee Harrison III (BFA 1952, BS 1959): engineer; Emmy winner for invention of computer animation
*Julian Hill (BS 1924): chemist; co-inventor of nylon
*J.C.R. Licklider (BS 1937): pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence
*Ben Moreell (BS 1913): U.S. Navy admiral; founder of the Navy's Seabees construction battalions
*Harry Ringermacher (BS 1968, MS 1977, PhD 1980): physicist; awarded the Mensa Foundation's Copper Black Award for groundbreaking work in infrared imagery
*Harvey N. Silverman (AB 1974, DMD 1978): pioneer in cosmetic dentistry; inventor of Perfect Smile, Rapid White, and White Light tooth whiteners

ports

*Jimmy Conzelman (BS 1917): professional football player and coach; enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Dal Maxvill (BS class of 1961?): professional baseball player, former St. Louis Cardinals general manager
*Barbara Schaps Thomas (BS 1976) Senior VP and CFO of HBO Sports
*Charley Winner (attended, class of 1946?): longtime coach in the National Football League

References

This list was generated by editing the List of Washington University alumni to retain only people who attended as undergraduates.