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This is a sorted list of notable persons who have had ties to the American University in Washington, DC.

Notable alumni

A list of notable alumni of AU. Some particularly notable individuals are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. The degree, school and year of graduation is noted when available.

Government, politics, society, royalty

Ambassadors, diplomats, foreign ministers

Foreign heads of state, deputy heads of state, and ministers

United States Senators and Representatives

US state, local governments

United States government, military

Business and economy

Sports, entertainment and media

Reporters and journalists

Cinema, television, radio

Sports

Law

Arts, sciences, academia and literature

Notable professors and staff

A list of notable AU professors and staff, past and present, listed in alphabetical order.

  • Akbar S. Ahmed – former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Kingdom
  • Anita Alpern – former assistant commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
  • Betty T. Bennett – Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (1985–1997) and Professor, Department of Literature
  • Richard E. Berendzen – Department of Physics
  • Julian Bond – Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and distinguished professor in residence, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs
  • Joe Clark – Prime Minister of Canada between June 4, 1979 and March 3, 1980
  • Max Cleland – former U.S. Senator of Georgia (former professor)
  • James B. Conant – President of Harvard University and renowned chemist
  • Robert Durant
  • Todd Eisenstadt – Department Chair, Government
  • Charles B. Ferster – Department of Psychology, behavioral psychologist, co-author with B. F. Skinner of Schedules of Reinforcement (1957)
  • Lesley Gill – Latin America researcher, author, Department of Anthropology
  • Deirdre Golash
  • Louis W. Goodman – dean of the School of International Service
  • Jane Hall – former Los Angeles Times reporter, Fox News Watch panelist, School of Communications
  • Andrew Holleran – author, Creative Writing Program
  • Louis C. Hunter (1898–1984), professor of history and author of Steamboats on the western rivers, an economic and technological history
  • Ellis O. Knox, former Professor of Education
  • Stephen G. Kurtz – historian, principal of Phillips Exeter Academy (1974–1987)
  • Jennifer L. Lawless - political scientist
  • Robert Lehrman- novelist and former White House Chief Speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore
  • William M. LeoGrande – dean, School of Public Affairs and professor, Department of Government
  • Allan Lichtman – historian, candidate for Maryland Senate (2006), Department of History
  • Charles Malik – former president of the UN Economic and Social Council (former professor)
  • Constance Morella – Former Congresswoman, current Ambassador in Residence for the Women in Politics Institute
  • Hamid Mowlana - Former professor, advisor to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Robert S. Mulliken – 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Candice Nelson- political theorist, Director of the Campaign Management Institute recipient (former professor)
  • Karen O'Connor – political scientist, Department of Government
  • Robert Pastor – United States National Security Advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Anthony Quainton – United States Ambassador to the Central African Empire, Kuwait, Nicaragua, Peru, and Director of the State Department's Office for Combatting Terrorism
  • Jim Ramstad – U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
  • Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer –
  • Jamin Raskin – professor, constitutional law, codirector, Program on Law and Government and Marshall-Brennan Fellows Program, author of The Supreme Court versus the American People, Maryland state Senator
  • John M. Richardson – director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Department of International Development
  • Floyd M. Riddick – Department of Political Science.
  • David H. Rosenbloom – distinguished professor, Department of Public Administration & Policy
  • Abdul Aziz Said – founder of the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, founder and director of the Center for Global Peace, School of International Service, Department of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, author and professor
  • Sally Shelton-Colby – Deputy Assistant Undersecretary of State for Latin America, United States Ambassador to the Caribbean, Assistant Administrator for USAID, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, wife of CIA director William Colby
  • Ben Stein, adjunct instructor
  • Henry Taylor – 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner
  • James Thurber – director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, professor of government, School of Public Affairs
  • Celeste Wallander – professor, specialist on military and energy in Russia/Eurasia region, member of the Council on Foreign Relations
  • Caroline Farrar Ware - noted cultural historian
  • Paul Williams – Executive Director of the Public International Law & Policy Group, School of International Service and Washington College of Law

Past Speakers

A list of AU honorary doctorate degree recipients (commencement speakers) and other notable speakers, sorted by category and alphabet.

Nobel Laureates

United States Presidents

International figures

National figures

Scholars

Journalists

Performing artists

Visual artists

Chancellors/Presidents of American University

A listing of the Chancellors and Presidents of American University, listed together with dates of life and service, as well as concurring notable AU events.

President Tenure Notable Events During Tenure
1. Bishop John Fletcher Hurst 1890–1902 Ground broken to establish American University
2. Bishop Charles Cardwell McCabe 1902–1906
3. Franklin E. Hamilton 1907–1916 First class admitted
4. Bishop John W. Hamilton 1916–1922 Campus turned into Camp Leach and Camp American University
5. Lucius C. Clark 1922–1933 First undergraduates graduate
6. Joseph M.M. Gray 1933–1941 AU becomes one of the first schools in a segregated city to admit African American students
7. Paul Douglass 1941–1952 Title changed to "President", Washington College of Law merges into AU
8. Hurst Robins Anderson 1952–1968 Kogod School of Business and School of International Service open
9. George H. Williams 1968–1976 Downtown location closed
10. Joseph J. Sisco 1976–1980 Bender Library opens and School of Communication established
11. Richard E. Berendzen 1980–1991 Major campus construction, resigned after complaints from a woman of indecent phone calls
12. Joseph Duffey 1991–1994
13. Benjamin Ladner 1994–2005 Launches major capital campaign
14. Neil Kerwin 2005 – present Acting President during Ladner investigation. Announced as 14th President of American University on July 20, 2007 for the term beginning September 1, 2007

Trustees

Notable trustees of American University, past and present:

Kennedy Political Union (KPU) speakers

Notable speakers past (in alphabetical order)

References

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  2. ^ "Jeffrey Earl Habay (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on November 11, 2005.
  3. ^ "The Gold Standard" (PDF). Delta Tau Delta, Theta Epsilon Chapter (American University). ...if by fate Wright was housed with Jeff Habay, Vice President and former Interim President of the Student Confederation.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ Bresnahan, John & Jake Sherman (July 27, 2011). "GOPers chant 'fire him' at RSC staffer". Politico. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Featured Alum: Paul Teller". Duke University. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  6. ^ "Meet Barry Rand, AARP's first African-American CEO". USA Today. March 12, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
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