List of Virginia Tech alumni
This is a list of notable Virginia Tech alumni.
Military
Virginia Tech and its Corps of Cadets have a long tradition of providing service to the military. Seven Medal of Honor recipients are alumni or former cadets at Virginia Tech.
Lieutenant General William G. Boykin , US Army (1971) – Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; commanding general, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School ; commanding general, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) ; commander, 1st SFOD-D Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge , USCG ( 1975) – Commander Coast Guard Pacific AreaRear Admiral J. Scott Burhoe , USCG (1976) – 39th Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy ; 10th president of Fork Union Military Academy General Carlton D. Everhart II , USAF (1983) – commander, Air Mobility Command Second Lieutenant Robert E. Femoyer , USAAF (1944) – awarded the Medal of Honor for actions as an Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress navigator on a bombing mission over GermanyLieutenant Colonel Antoine A.M. Gaujot , US Army (1900) – awarded the Medal of Honor for actions as an Army Corporal at the Battle of San Mateo during the Philippine–American War ; brother of Julien Gaujot (did not graduate)Sergeant Earle D. Gregory , US Army (1923) – awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I; known as the "Sgt. York of Virginia"Colonel Julien E. Gaujot , US Army (1893) – awarded the Medal of Honor for actions on the Mexican border in 1914, the only soldier ever awarded the Medal for actions of a peacekeeping nature; brother of Antoine Gaujot (did not graduate)Nidal Hasan , US Army (1997) – former Army major and psychiatrist; convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting , subsequently dishonorably discharged[ 1] Lieutenant General Joseph R. Inge , US Army (1969) – deputy commander, United States Northern Command ; vice commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command
First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. , US Army (1944) – awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Normandy landings on D-Day during World War II (did not graduate)Lieutenant General Lewis A. Pick , US Army (1914)
General Thomas C. Richards , USAF (1956) – administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration ; deputy commander in chief, U.S. European Command ; commandant of cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy Lieutenant General Wallace H. Robinson , USMC (1940) – 20th Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps; director of the Defense Supply Agency
First Lieutenant Richard Thomas Shea , US Army (1948) – awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War (did not graduate)
General Lance L. Smith , USAF (1969) – commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation and deputy commander, U.S. Central Command
Sergeant Herbert J. Thomas , USMC (1944) – awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Bougainville Island during World War II; member of Virginia Tech's Athletic Hall of Fame (did not graduate)
Captain James F. Van Pelt Jr. , USAAF (1940) – B-29 Superfortress navigator involved in both atomic bomb attacks against Japan, navigating the instrument ship in the first attack against Hiroshima , then navigating the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki Major Lloyd W. Williams , USMC (1907) – attributed with one of the more famous quotes of World War I: "Retreat? Hell! We just got here!"
Academia
Belinda C. Anderson (1986, Ed.D.) – 11th president of Virginia Union University Markus Breitschmid (1994, M.S.) – internationally active Swiss architectural theoretician, historian, and authorJulian Ashby Burruss (1898) – first president of Normal and Industrial School for Women (now James Madison University ); eighth president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityWilliam M. Clemons (1995 B.S.) – professor of biochemistry at California Institute of Technology Bill Dally (1979, BS) – computer scientist and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University Thomas DiLorenzo – Austrian School economist and author; professor at Loyola University in Baltimore (Ph.D. in economics)Mark Embree (1996) – Rhodes Scholar; professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech ;Leader of the Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA) department at Virginia Tech [ 2] Edwin D. Harrison (1948 M.S.) – sixth president of the Georgia Institute of Technology Joel Heinen (1982 M.S.) – professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International UniversityPaige Kassalen (2015, B.S.) – electrical engineer ; the only American, female engineer, and youngest member of the ground crew for the Solar Impulse 2 projectRobert C. Michelson (1973) – roboticist; progenitor of the field of aerial robotics ; recipient of the 2001 Pirelli Award Richard Mines (1983) environmental engineer; Emeritus Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Mercer UniversityEnid Montague (2008, Ph.D.) – director of the Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Laboratory at DePaul University Robert Coleman Richardson (1958 BS; 1960 MS) – physicist at Cornell University ; shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for the discovery of superfluidity in He-3[ 3] Linwood H. Rose (1973) – fifth president of James Madison University Charles W. Steger (1969) – 15th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dianne Boardley Suber (1996, Ed.D.) – 10th president of Saint Augustine’s University
Business and government
Mohammad Alavi (2002) – game developer; known for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare All Ghillied Up " and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 No Russian "J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. – Member of the US House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th District (1945–1948), 26th Attorney General of Virginia (1948–1957), 58th Governor of Virginia (1958–1962), associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1962–1973)Richard Baker (1998) – game designerSteve Bannon (1976) – former executive chairman of Breitbart News and White House Chief Strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump William K. Barlow (1958) – member of the Virginia House of Delegates , representing the 64th District (1992–2011)Brett Blanton – 12th Architect of the Capitol Andrew S. Boutros (2001) – attorney best known for prosecuting Silk Road [ 4] Donaldson Brown (1902) – financial executive and corporate director with DuPont and General Motors Jim Buckmaster – CEO of Craigslist Dave Calhoun – former president and CEO of Boeing former global head of Private Equity, Blackstone Group ; former CEO and chairman of the board, Nielsen Holdings Charles J. Camarda (1983, Ph.D.) – astronaut on board the space shuttle Discovery for the STS-114 missionJess Cliffe – game designer; co-creator of Counter-Strike James Cook – senior vice president of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund (TUSRIF) and Delta Capital Management; co-founder of Aurora Russia Limited[ 5] Roger K. Crouch (1968 M.S.; 1971 Ph.D.) – NASA astronaut Chet Culver – former governor of Iowa (2007–2011); former Iowa Secretary of State (1999–2007)Joseph DeSimone (1990 Ph.D.) – co-founder and CEO of Carbon William Dodd (1895 B.S.; 1897 M.S.) – ambassador to Germany, 1933–1937, under President Roosevelt; subject of Erik Larson's book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Regina E. Dugan (1984 B.S., 1985 M.S.) – former vice president of Engineering, Facebook Inc.; former vice president of Advanced Technology and Projects at Google also known as the "Moonshot" project; 19th Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – the first woman to lead the agencyFrank Dunham, Jr. – lead lawyer for Zacarias Moussaoui James Dunsmuir (attended VAMC in 1874[ 6] Clifton C. Garvin (1943 B.S.; 1947 M.S.) – chairman and CEO of Exxon Corp.Kelly Gee (M.A.) – acting secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2023–present)[ 7] Henry C. Groseclose – considered to be the father of the Future Farmers of America organizationDeborah Hersman – chairman, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Duff Holbrook – wildlife biologist and forester (United States Forest Service ); reintroduced wild turkeys to much of South Carolina[ 8] Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr. (1962) – justice, Supreme Court of Virginia Chris Kraft (1944) – NASA architect of Mission Control and its first flight director; author of Flight: My Life in Mission Control Newton Lee (1984 B.S.; 1985 M.S.) – Computer scientist , author , futurist , and chairman of the California Transhumanist Party .[ 9] [ 10] Matt Lohr (1995) – delegate, Virginia House of Delegates Letitia Long (1982) – director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2010–2014); first woman in charge of a major U.S. intelligence agencyLillian M. Lowery (2004) – superintendent, Maryland State Department of EducationBashar Masri – businessman, billionaireTony McNulty – Minister for Police and Security in the UK government [ 11] Mike Michalowicz (1993) – author of business books and former columnist for The Wall Street Journal ; MSNBC television personality; co-captain of Virginia Tech men's lacrosse team 1993Elsa Murano – 23rd president of Texas A&M University ; former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety Ajay Nanavati – former head of 3M India and current chairman of Syndicate Bank George Nolen (1978) – CEO, Siemens USA from 2003 to 2009 and CEO, Filtration Group Corporation from 2017 to 2019Howard J. Osborn – former Director of Security at the CIA Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. (attended in the 1960s) – president and CEO of R.B. Pamplin CorporationRobert B. Pamplin , Sr. (1933) – CEO of Georgia Pacific Corp.Thomas M. Price (1938) – architect[ 12] Jim Pyne (1993) – NFL football player, All-American, co-founder of Wheels Up Caitlin Rivers (2015, PhD) – assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Alan H. Shaw (1992) – president and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Frank Sturgis , born Frank Angelo Fiorini (attended in the 1940s) – convicted for the Watergate burglaries that ultimately led to the resignation of US President Richard M. Nixon ; served in the US Marines, Navy, and Army and as a covert operative in Latin AmericaLinda Swartz Taglialatela – United States Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECSJohn H. Thompson (1973, B.S.; 1975 M.S.) – director of the United States Census Bureau Harrison Ruffin Tyler (1951) – chemical engineer and co-founder of ChemTreat, Inc.Joseph F. Ware, Jr. – Department Manager of Engineering Flight Test for the Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird Rob Wittman – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st DistrictCatherine Woteki (1971, M.S., Ph.D.) – Under Secretary for USDA 's Research, Education, and Economics mission area, as well as the department's chief scientist
Literature
Movies and television
Music
Sports
Auto racing
Baseball
Basketball
Nickeil Alexander-Walker (attended) – point guard for the Utah Jazz and cousin of Oklahoma City Thunder player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jeff Allen (2011) – power forward/center for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Liga Leumit Kerry Blackshear Jr. (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Allan Bristow (1974) – forward/guard for the Philadelphia 76ers , San Antonio Spurs , Utah Jazz , and Dallas Mavericks ; coach of the Charlotte Hornets ; executive for the New Orleans Hornets [ 14] [ 15] Vernell "Bimbo" Coles (1990) – point guard with the 1988 U.S. Olympic Basketball team , Miami Heat , Golden State Warriors , Atlanta Hawks , Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics [ 16] Dell Curry (1986) – former shooting guard for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers , Charlotte Hornets, and father of NBA star Stephen Curry [ 17] Malcolm Delaney (2011) – guard for the Atlanta Hawks for 2016–17 NBA seasonZabian Dowdell (2007) – point guard for Enisey Krasnoyarsk of the Russian Professional Basketball League and Phoenix Suns [ 18] [ 19] Erick Green (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Jalen Hudson (born 1996) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Paul Long (1967) – guard for the Detroit Pistons , Buffalo Braves , and Kentucky Colonels Justin Robinson (2019) – point guard for the Delaware Blue Coats [ 20] Adam Smith (born 1992) – guard for Hapoel Holon in the Israel Basketball Premier League Deron Washington (2008) – small forward/shooting guard for the Barak Netanya of the Israeli Basketball Super League ; selected 59th overall in the 2008 NBA draft
Cheerleading
James Anderson – linebacker for the Chicago Bears Bruce Arians – former head coach of the NFL 's Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ken Barefoot (1968) – tight end, East West Shrine Bowl, Senior Bowl , 4th pick by the Washington Redskins in the 1968 NFL Draft Frank Beamer (1969) – head coach of the Virginia Tech football team 1986 to 2015Rashad Carmichael – cornerback for the Houston Texans Kam Chancellor – safety for the Seattle Seahawks ; Super Bowl XLVIII ChampionDavid Clowney – wide receiver for the New York Jets Carroll Dale (1964) – former wide receiver, All-American, played for Vince Lombardi -era Green Bay PackersAndré Davis – wide receiver for the Houston Texans Jim Druckenmiller (1996) – former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins ; 26th pick in the 1997 NFL draft Terrell Edmunds – NFL Player for Pittsburgh Steelers [ 21] Tremaine Edmunds – NFL Player for Buffalo Bills [ 22] Bill Ellenbogen – offensive lineman for the New York GiantsJohn Engelberger – former defensive end for the Denver Broncos Antone Exum (2014) – cornerback for the Minnesota VikingsMichel Faulkner – All-American at Virginia Tech; played for New York Jets in 1981–1982Brandon Flowers – defensive back for the San Diego Chargers ; selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 35th overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft Antonio Freeman (1995) – former wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers ; played in Super Bowl XXXI , Super Bowl XXXII , and 1998 Pro BowlKendall Fuller – cornerback of the Washington Football Team; 84th pick of the 2016 NFL draft (did not graduate)Kyle Fuller (2014) – cornerback for the Chicago Bears; 14th pick of the 2014 NFL draft Vincent Fuller – safety for the Tennessee Titans ; 108th pick in the 2005 NFL draft Shayne Graham (2000) – NFL place-kickerJake Grove (2004) – center for the Miami Dolphins ; All-American 2nd round draft pick in 2004 NFL draft DeAngelo Hall (2005) – defensive back for the Washington Redskins ; 8th overall pick at the 2004 NFL Draft and played in consecutive Pro-Bowls in 2006–2007 (did not graduate)Michael Hawkes – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers Vaughn Hebron – running back/kick returner for the Denver Broncos ; played in Super Bowl XXXII Antonio Freeman ), Super Bowl XXXIII ; two-time Pro Bowler[ 23] Jayron Hosley – cornerback for the New York Giants Mike Johnson – linebacker for the Cleveland Browns , Detroit Lions and Canadian Football League teams; All-Pro and Pro Bowl; voted one of the top 100 Browns in historySteve Johnson – tight end for the New England Patriots [ 24] Kevin Jones – running back for the Chicago Bears ; 1st Round, 30th overall pick at the 2004 NFL DraftJeff King – tight end for the Carolina Panthers Jonathan Lewis (2006) – defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars ; selected with the 177th overall pick in the 2006 NFL draft Frank Loria – first Team All-American safety for VT (1967); first Team Academic All-American (1967); College Football Hall of Fame member (1999); was defensive backs coach for Marshall (age 23) when he and the team were killed in a plane crash (1970)Josh Morgan – wide receiver for the Chicago Bears ; had stints with the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins Ken Oxendine – running back for the Atlanta Falcons Rick Razzano – linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals and Toronto Argonauts George Roberts – NFL punterAaron Rouse (2007) – safety for the New York GiantsEddie Royal – current wide receiver for the Chicago Bears ; drafted by the Denver Broncos with the 42nd overall pick in the 2008 NFL DraftDamien Russell – defensive back for the San Francisco 49ersJoey Slye (2018) – current kicker for the Carolina Panthers .Bruce Smith (1985) – defensive linesman for the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins ; All-American and first overall pick at the 1985 NFL draft ; 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame inducteeDon Strock – quarterback for Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns ; later a college head coachDarryl Tapp – defensive end for the Detroit Lions , selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 63rd overall pick at the 2006 NFL DraftTyrod Taylor (2011) – starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns ; Super Bowl XLVII ChampionLogan Thomas (2014) – quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, Tight End for the Washington Football TeamMichael Vick – quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, first overall pick at the 2001 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons (did not graduate)[ 25] Ernest Wilford – wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, selected with the 24th pick of the 4th round in the 2004 NFL DraftRyan Williams – running back for the Arizona Cardinals David Wilson (2012) – running back for the New York Giants; 1st Round pick at the 2012 NFL draft (did not graduate)Jason Worilds (2010) – outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers , selected with 52nd overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft
Golf
Softball
Kristi Castlin (2010) – 2016 Rio Olympics, Bronze Medal 100M hurdles[ 26] Queen Harrison – three-time NCAA women's national champion in the 60 m, 100 m and 400 m hurdles; 2008 US Olympian in the 400 m hurdles; won the 2010 Bowerman, the "Heisman of track and field"Marcel Lomnicky – 2009 NCAA men's national champion in the hammer throw
Wrestling
Other
See also
References
Unless otherwise noted, references are contained in the Wiki articles on individuals.
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