Notable Alumni
| Name | Class | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth P. Bertholf | 1887 |
Last Captain-Commandant of the United States Revenue Cutter Service (1911–1915); fourth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1919) |
| Leonidas I. Robinson | 1889 |
First Academy graduate to die in the line of duty |
| Joseph Stika | 1911 |
Vice admiral; recipient of the Navy Cross |
| Elmer Fowler Stone | 1913 |
United States Naval Aviator, piloted the NC-4 on the first naval transatlantic flight |
| Lyndon Spencer | 1918 |
Vice admiral; commanding officer of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) during World War II |
| A. J. Carpenter | 1933 |
Rear Admiral; Commander of the 11th and 3rd Coast Guard Districts |
| John Birdsell Oren | 1933 |
Rear admiral; Chief of Engineering |
| G. William Miller | 1945 |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1978–1979); United States Secretary of the Treasury (1979–1981) |
| John B. Hayes | 1947 |
Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (1978–1982) |
| Richard A. Appelbaum | 1961 |
Rear Admiral; Chief of Law Enforcement and Defense Operations |
| James Loy | 1964 |
Admiral; Commandant of the Coast Guard (1998–2002); 2nd Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (2002–2003); United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005); Acting Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security (2005) |
| Thomas H. Collins | 1968 |
Admiral; Commandant of the Coast Guard (2002–2006); guided the Coast Guard after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 |
| Paul M. Blayney | 1965 |
Rear Admiral; Commander of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District |
| Thad Allen | 1971 |
Principal Federal Official for the response to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita and National Incident Commander for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast region; Commandant of the Coast Guard (2006–2010) |
| Charles D. Wurster | 1971 |
Retired vice admiral; national commodore of the Sea Scouting division of the Boy Scouts of America |
| Erroll M. Brown | 1972 |
First African-American Coast Guard admiral |
| Bruce E. Melnick | 1972 |
First Coast Guard astronaut |
| Timothy S. Sullivan | 1975 |
Rear admiral; Senior Military Advisor and Operational Advisor to the United States Secretary of Homeland Security; Primary Military Coordinator between the United States Department of Homeland Security and United States Department of Defense |
| Robert J. Papp, Jr. | 1975 |
Admiral; 24th and current Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (2010–Present) |
| Sandra L. Stosz | 1982 |
Rear admiral; first female Academy graduate to achieve flag rank; Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy; first woman to command a United States military service academy. |
| Stephen E. Flynn | 1982 |
Ph.D.; author; chair at the Council on Foreign Relations |
| Daniel C. Burbank | 1985 |
Second Coast Guard astronaut |
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