List of Bowdoin College People - Distinguished Graduates

Distinguished Graduates

World renowned poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, class of 1825 Musician DJ Spooky, class of 1992 14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, class of 1824 Former Senate Majority Leader, George Mitchell, class of 1954 Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defence, William Cohen, class of 1962 8th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Melville Fuller, class of 1853 Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Thomas R. Pickering, class of 1953 Harlem Children's Zone CEO, Geoffrey Canada, class of 1974 Leader of the first expedition to the North Pole, Robert Peary, class of 1877