United States Naval Academy - Alumni

Alumni

Main article: List of United States Naval Academy alumni See also: List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)

The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association defines “alumni” as graduates of the United States Naval Academy and former midshipmen who did not graduate from the Academy, after the last Academy class of which they were a member has graduated. This policy to include non-graduates dates to 1931 – during the Great Depression – when many Midshipmen had to leave the Naval Academy to return home to work and support their families.

Over 50 U.S. astronauts (including six who flew to the Moon) have graduated from the Naval Academy, more than from any other undergraduate institution in the United States. Over 990 noted scholars in a variety of academic fields are Academy graduates, including 46 Rhodes Scholars and 24 Marshall Scholars. Additional notable graduates include 1 President of the United States, 2 Nobel Prize recipients (including the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize), and 73 Medal of Honor recipients.

The magazine "Shipmate" is the official magazine of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and is distributed worldwide to members of the Alumni Association and to midshipmen, parents, faculty, administrators, donors, legislators, and friends.

In 2012, Sam Tan Wei Shen, a Singaporean, was the first-ever foreigner to graduate first in the history of the Academy.