alumni and faculty ==
=== Notable graduates ===
Kai Bird, 1973, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and journalist
Pierce Butler, 1887, US Supreme Court Justice
Jonathan Capehart, 1989, journalist, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
John F. Harris, 1985, editor-in-chief of Politico
Randall S. Herman, politician who served as acting governor of Guam
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson, 1934, pioneer in women's abortion rights
Christopher Kratt, 1992, TV and film producer, host of Zoboomafoo and Wild Kratts
Naomi Kritzer, 1995, Locus Award and Hugo Award-winning author of speculative fiction, and blogger
Melvin R. Laird, 1942, US Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under Richard Nixon
Katherine Rowe, 1984, first female President of The College of William & Mary
T. J. Stiles, 1986, two time Pulitzer Prize winning historian
Douglas Vakoch, 1983, astrobiologist, president of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
Thorstein Veblen, 1880, economist and sociologist, coined the concept of conspicuous …
