Sorted by: Graduation Date | Profession | Alphabetical | Date Added

01. Yvonne Thorton, Pulitzer Prize nominated author
02. Jerry Zucker, movie director and producer
03. David Woddle, businessman
04. Earl Bakken, businessman
05. Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright
06. Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize winner editorial cartoonist
07. Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winner author
08. John Walsh, author and art historian
09. Muriel Siebert, businesswoman
10. Jean Andrews, marine scientist and artist
11. Billie Jean King, tennis player
12. David L. Calhoun, businessman
13. Marc S. Lewis, professor of clinical psychology
14. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers
15. David Foster Wallace, novelist
16. Margaret Spellings, politician
17. Ruth Westheimers, professor and media psychologist
18. Michael Uslan, movie producer
19. Chris Matthews, journalist
20. Alan Alda, actor
21. Guy Kawasaki, businesman
22. Woody Hayes, college football coach
23. Paul Glaser, actor and director
24. Oprah Winfrey, talk show host
25. Bill Watterson, cartoonist
26. Ray Sidney, businessman
27. Brian Kenny, sportscaster
28. Bradley Whitford, actor
29. Katie Couric , TV journalist
30. John Mackey , businessman
31. J.K. Rowling , writer
32. Larry Lucchino , businessman
33. Jessica Lange, actress
34. Larry Bock, businessman
36. Paul Hawken, entrepreneur
37. Joe Paterno, football coach
38. Marissa Mayer, VP at Google
39. Randy Pausch, Computer Science Professor
40. Carl Sagan, Astronomer
41. Ellen DeGeneres, Actress and Comedian
42. John Stewart, Comedian
43. Anne Lamott, Author
44. Meryl Streep, Actress
45. Johnathan Youshaei, High School Graduate Speaker
46. Meredith Vieira, Journalist and TV Personality
47. David Brooks, Journalist
48. Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO , Dell Computers
49. Fareed Zakaria, Journalist and Author
50. Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
51. Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary
52. Sue Monk Kidd, Writer
53. John Jacob Scherer, Author, Entrepreneurs
54. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director of NIH
55. Brian J. Dyson, Businessman, Former CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises
56. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
57. Carly Fiorina, Businesswoman, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
58. Zubin Damania, Physician
59. Porochista Khakpour, Professor and Author
60. Chris Gardner, Entrepreneur and Philantropist
61. Angela Ahrendts, Businesswoman, CEO of Burberry
62. Rahm Emanuel, Politician, Former White House Chief of Staff
63. W. Douglas Smith, Environmental Diplomat for the U.N
64. Tim Cook, Chief Operating Office of Apple Inc.
65. Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Congresswoman
66. Sumner Redstone, Chairman of Viacom
67. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor and Politician
68. Rachel Maddow, Political Commentator
69. Meryl Streep, Academy Award Winning Acctress
70. Julianna Margulies, Academy Award Winning Acctress
71. Jamie Hyneman, Co-host of the Discovery Channel's MythBusters
72. Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner
73. Robert Rodriguez, Film director, screenwriter and producer
74. Bobby Knight, Retired Men College Basketball Coach
75. Lisa Kudrow, Actress
76. Anthony Corvino, Undergraduate Student
77. Omid Kordestani, Senior Adviser, Office of the CEO and Founders of Google
78. Tom Brinck, User Experience Designer, Samsung Electronics
79. Richard Russo, Author, Professor of English
80. Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
81. Terry Teachout, Author, Drama Critic for the Wall Street Journal
82. Steve Blank, Sillicon Valley Entrepreneur
83. Biz Stone, Twitter Co-founder
84. Julia Keller, Pulitzer Prize winner author
85. Chris Waddell, Most decorated male skier in Paralympic history
86. Conan O'Brien, TV Show host
87. Mehmet Oz, Surgeon and TV Show Host
88. David Brooks, NYT columnist and author
89. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
90. Joe Plumeri, CEO of the Willis Group
91. Denzel Washington, Actor
92. Kirk Schneider, Phychologist
93. Arianna Huffington, Author and syndicated columnist
94. Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler Group
95. Amy Poehler, Actress
96. David Cote, Businessman, CEO of Honeywell
97. Marian Fontana, Author, Founder of 9-11 Families Association
98. Stephen Colbert, Comedian and TV host
99. Nora Ephron, Author
100. Sheryl Sandberg, Businesswoman
101. Jim Steen, College Swim Coach

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