Georgetown Preparatory School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Entertainment & the Arts:

• Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, '89 - Playwright, television, and comic book writer. He has written for the TV shows "Big Love" and (currently) "Glee." Writes monthly comics for Marvel (including Spider-man, the Fantastic Four, and X-Men). He was part of the team brought in to revamp the Broadway musical "Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark."
• Dylan Baker, ’76 - Actor, best known for his role as Dr. Curt Connor in "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 3." He also appeared in 2008's "Revolutionary Road."
• John Barrymore* (d.) - Shakespearean actor and grandfather of Drew Barrymore
• David Chang, ’95 - Chef/owner, Momofuku restaurants in New York City
• George M. Cohan, Jr., '33 (d.)- Broadway entertainer. His father was George Cohan, long considered the father of American musical comedy and George Cohan, Jr.
• Maurice “Mo” Rocca, ’87 - Comedian, writer, political satirist, and a contributor for CBS's "Sunday Morning," the host of "The Tomorrow Show" on CBSNews.com, and a panelist on NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"
• James Whitaker, ’86 - Former President of Production, Imagine Entertainment
• Ian Harding '05 - Actor, best known for his role as Ezra Fitz in "Pretty Little Liars."

Sports & Athletics:

• Roy Hibbert, ’04 - NBA center, Indiana Pacers
• Bill Bidwill, ’49 - Owner, NFL’s Arizona Cardinals
• Michael Bidwill, '83 - President, NFL's Arizona Cardinals
• Brian Cashman, ’85 - General Manager, New York Yankees
• F. Lal Heneghan, ’81 - Executive vice president of football administration, San Francisco 49ers
• Chip Jenkins, '82 - Olympic Gold Medalist, 4 x 400 relay, Barcelona, Spain (1992)
• Joseph A. DeFrancis, '72 - Former owner of Pimlico Race Course, host of the Preakness Stakes.
• Marcus Mason, '03 - Running Back, San Diego Chargers
• Thomas McHale* (d.) - Former NFL player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Miami Dolphins

Government, Military & Public Service:

• Jaime E. Aleman, ’71 - Ambassador to United States, Republic of Panama.
• Michael Daly, ’41 (d.) - Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for his military valor during World War II
• John Dingell, Jr., ’44 - U.S. Congressman, Democrat – Michigan; dean of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Chris Dodd, ’62 - U.S. Senator, Democrat – Connecticut
• Neil Gorsuch, ’85 - Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Thomas Hogan, ’56 - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court in Washington D.C.
• Brett Kavanaugh, ’83 - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit
• Douglas Kennedy, ’86 - Fox News Channel correspondent and son of Robert F. Kennedy
• Frank LoBiondo, ’64 - U.S. Congressman, Republican – New Jersey
• L. Francis Rooney III, ’71 - Former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican); former member of the Advisory Board of the Panama Canal Authority
• Joseph E. Schmitz, ’74 - Former Inspector General of the Department of Defense under President George W. Bush
• Mark K. Shriver, ’82 - Former representative to the Maryland House of Delegates; vice president and managing director of U.S. programs, Save the Children
• Harry D. Train, II, ’45 - Retired Admiral in the United States Navy who served as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (now the Allied Command Transformation), as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command (now the Joint Forces Command), and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

Business, Industry & Economics:

• Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., ’58 - Founder and partner, Patton Boggs LLP
• Edmund B. Cronin, Jr., '55 - Chairman of the board of trustees and past chief executive officer of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust
• B. “Bud” Doggett, Jr., ’40 (d.) - Commercial parking magnate; civic leader
• Paul G. Haaga, Jr., ’66 - Financier, philanthropist
• Christopher Kennedy, ’82 - President, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. and son of Robert F. Kennedy
• Chris Rogers, ’76 - Founder and senior vice president, Nextel Communications
• Kevin Plank* - Founder and CEO, Under Armour
• B. F. Saul, ’50 - Founder, Chevy Chase Bank
• J. Dennis Scarff, ’56 - Owner, Bray & Scarff
• Harry L. You, ’75 - Former CFO of Oracle Corporation and CEO of BearingPoint.

Social Action & Community Service:

• John Dear, S.J., ’77 - Peace activist, author

• Michael Keegan, ’69 - Medical director and one of the founders of Somos Amigos Medical Missions, a nonprofit providing medical healthcare to underserved communities in the Dominican Republic.
• Anthony Shriver, ’84 - Founder and Chairman, Best Buddies International. His mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founded the Special Olympics.

Education:

• Paul Tipton, S.J., ’57 (d.) - Former president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities; former president of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala.

Literature, Publishing & Journalism:

• William S. Abell, ’32 (d.) - Author and great-grandson of Arunah S. Abell, founder of the Baltimore Sun
• Dennis Murphy, ’65 - Dateline NBC correspondent; winner of four Emmy Awards for excellence in news reporting
• Christopher Rose, ’78 - Noted columnist for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and Pulitzer Prize winner for his post-Katrina columns, later compiled into the national bestseller, "1 Dead in Attic"; frequent commentator for NPR's Morning Edition

Science & Medicine:

• Michael Corbley, ’76 - Senior scientist at Biogen Idec, a global pharmaceutical biotechnology company. He was a Fulbright and Henry Luce scholar.
• John Nicolaides, ’41 (d.) - Aeronautics professor at the University of Notre Dame and former NASA official. He was part of the team that made a breakthrough in aerodynamic design after discovering the airfoil plane in the early 1970s.
• Charles Zubrod, ’32 (d.) - Oncologist, widely regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy

*attended but did not complete graduation requirements