Notable Alumni
They were smart when they got here, but they left with something more.
从作家到奥运选手，从首席执行官到著名科学家，从演员到总统，从公务员到企业主，威廉玛丽大学的毕业生在各个领域都取得了成功。 Across the board, our highly successful alumni credit their experiences at William & 玛丽 for shaping and inspiring their future work.
We count four U.S. presidents among our alumni — so far:
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Monroe
- John Tyler
- George Washington
And while it would be impossible to list them all — though there's a long list of our notable alumni on Wikipedia — here's a sampling of impressive folks we're also proud to call our own:
Entertainment
- Glenn Close '74, D.A. '89
- Actress: 101 Dalmatians, Dangerous Liaisons
- Majors: Theatre, Speech & Dance
- Jon Stewart '84, D.A. '04
- Comedian and television host: Host of The Daily Show
- Major: Psychology
- Charles "Chip" Esten '87
- Actor: Outer Banks, Nashville
- Major: Economics
- Bill Lawrence '90
- Creator of TV series: Ted Lasso, Scrubs
- Major: English
- Patton Oswalt '91
- Comedian, Actor: Ratatouille, The King of Queens
- Major: English
- Cord Jefferson '04
- Writer, Director: American Fiction, Watchmen
- Major: Sociology
- B.J. Minor '13
- Actor: Mike, Bel-Air
- Major: Government
Government/Public Service
- Robert Gates '65, L.H.D. '98
- Former U.S. secretary of defense, W&M's 24th chancellor
- Major: History
- Jen Psaki '00
- Former White House press secretary
- Major: English
- Nicole Lynn Lewis '03
- Social entrepreneur, speaker, author and founder & CEO of Generation Hope
- Major: English
- Walt Hickey '12
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor
- Major: Mathematics with a concentration in Applied Mathematics
- Brian Jenkins '16
- Executive director, Armed Services Arts Partnership
- Major: Religious Studies
Business
- Joe Plumeri '66, D.P.S. '11
- Top 100 Most Influential People in Finance
- Major: History
- Rob Estes '74
- Ted Decker '85
- Chair, president and CEO of The Home Depot
- Major: English
- Michelle Horn '89
- Senior vice president and chief strategy officer, Delta Air Lines
- Major: Economics
- Mark Smucker '92
- Todd Boehly '96
- Co-owner and chairman of Chelsea Football Club, part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, chairman of MRC, which manages Billboard, Rolling Stone, and the Hollywood Reporter
- Major: Business — Finance
- Pocket Sun '13
- Co-founder and managing partner, SoGal Ventures
- Major: Business — Marketing, International Business concentration
Athletics
- Jill Ellis '88, L.H.D. '16
- Former championship-winning head coach of the U.S. Women's Soccer National Team
- Major: English
- Mike Tomlin '95, L.H.D. '08
- Head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Major: Sociology
- Sean McDermott '98
- Head coach of the Buffalo Bills
- Major: Business — Finance
Sciences
- Ellen Stofan '83, D.Sc. '16
- Former director of the National Air and Space Museum, current under secretary for science and research at The Smithsonian
- Major: Geology
- Melissa Moore '84
- Chief scientific officer emeritus for Moderna Inc.
- Majors: Biology and Chemistry
- Tracy Camp Ph.D. '93
- Executive director and CEO, Computing Research Association (CRA)
- Major: Computer Science
Want to read more about what our alumni are doing? Check out the W&M Alumni Magazine.
