A Partial List of Notable Community College Alumni

BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, and MEDIA
Nolan Archibald
Former CEO
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

David Chu
Fashion Designer & Founder
Nautica clothing line

B. Thomas Golisano
Founder & Chairman
Paychex, Inc.

Gerald Gordon
Former President & CEO
Sun Media Corporation

Michael Johnson
Former President & Managing Dir.
Walt Disney Int’l. Asia

Roberts Jones
Former President & CEO
National Alliance of Business

Rich Karlgaard
Publisher
Forbes, Inc.

Richard Leiby
Reporter/Editor
The Washington Post

Monique Lhuillier
Fashion Designer

Davis Mortensen
Former Executive Vice President
Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Anne Nelson
First Vice-President
Morgan Stanley SmithBarney

Charles Scarborough III
Anchor & Correspondent
NBC, Channel 4 (WNBC)

Joseph Simmons
Director of Product Engineering & Definition
McDonnell Douglas/Boeing Astronautics Company

Martha Simmons
President
Suntrust Bank, Northeast Georgia

James LeVoy Sorenson
Entrepreneur
Inventor of Medical Devices

Thomas Trunda
Director of Development
3COM

H. Valentine
Senior Vice President
Microsoft

Allen Weiss
President, Worldwide Operations
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

EDUCATION, LITERATURE, and ARTS
Rita Mae Brown
Emmy-nominated Screenwriter, Novelist, and Playwright

Gene Budig
Senior Presidential Advisor to The College Board

Ben Carr, Jr.
Chancellor
University of Kentucky

Billy Dean
Country Music Performer

David Donald
Professor Emeritus
Harvard University

Maureen Dunne
Former Rhodes Scholar

Grover Godwin
Criminal Investigative Psychologist
University of Alaska-Anchorage Justice Center

Oscar Hijuelos
1990 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction

Richard Miksad
Dean, School of Engineering
University of Virginia

Curtis J. Nelson
Professor Emeritus
University of Missouri

Lane Phalen
Author

Carol Swain
Political Analyst/ Professor of Political Science and Law
Vanderbilt University

Thomas Switzer
Dean, College of Education
University of Northern Iowa

Clifton Taulbert
Author/Lecturer/Filmmaker

ENTERTAINMENT
Valerio Azzoli
Co-Chair & Co-CEO
Atlantic Recording Corporation

James Belushi
Actor

Billy Crystal
Actor

Charles Dutton
Actor

George Lucas
Film Director, Writer, Producer

Lee Meriwether
Actress

Jon Nakamatsu
Winner, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Nick Nolte
Actor

Randy Owen
Lead Singer
Country Music Group, Alabama

John Walsh
Host , “America’s Most Wanted”
Fox TV Station Group

HEALTH, MEDICINE, and SCIENCE
William Benedict
Professor of Medicine
University of Texas, Anderson Cancer Center

Carla Dove
Ornithologist
Smithsonian Institution

Priscilla Dowlen
Founder
Center for Hospice Care

R. Douglas Fields
Director of Research, National
Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Public Health Service

Leland Hartwell
2001 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology

Joe Ben La Grone
Director
U.S. Department of Energy Missions

R. Bruce Merrifield
1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Roger Mittleman
Chief Medical Examiner
Dade County, Florida

Stephen Nicholas
Director of Pediatrics
Harlem Hospital

Elaine Ostrander
Head, Cancer Genetics Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Harold Perry
Chairman Emeritus & Professor, Department of Dermatology
Mayo Clinic

John Pezzuto
Director, Program for Collaborative Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois

Mark Pierce
Director, Infectious Diseases
Outpatient Services & Travel Clinic
Vanderbilt University – Medical School

Robert Spetzler
Director
Barrow Neurological Institute

J. Craig Venter
Pioneering Human Genome Scientist

Michael Zanakis
Director of Research Department
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

PUBLIC SERVICE, GOVERNMENT, and NONPROFIT
Ismael Ahmed
Executive Director
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services

Bill Anoatubby
Governor
The Chickasaw Nation

K. Michael Benz
President & CEO
United Way of Greater Cleveland

F. Allen Boyd
U.S. Congressman
State of Florida

Richard Carmona
Former U.S. Surgeon General

Benjamin Cayetano
Former Governor
State of Hawaii

Lane Evans
Former U.S. Congressman
State of Illinois

Parris Glendening
Former Governor
State of Maryland

Troy R. Justesen
Asst. Secretary for Vocational & Adult Education
U.S. Department of Education

Justin Smith Morrill
Former U.S. Congressman
State of Vermont

Henry Gonzalez
Former U.S. Congressman
State of Texas

Ray LaHood
U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Awilda Marquez
Former Asst. Secretary & Director General of the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service
U.S. Department of Commerce

Kweisi Mfume
Former President
NAACP

James Rogan
Former U.S. Congressman
State of California

Matt Salmon
Former U.S. Congressman
State of Arizona

David Shinn
Former Ambassador to Somalia
U.S. Department of State

Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Former Governor - State of Lagos
Nigeria

Diane Watson
Former Ambassador to Micronesia
U.S. Department of State

SPACE
Eileen Collins
Pilot, Astronaut, & Former U.S. Space Shuttle Commander
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

Andrew Feustel
Astronaut
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

Robert Gibson
Astronaut & Former U.S. Space Shuttle Commander
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

Gregory Johnson
Astronaut & Former U.S. Space Shuttle Pilot
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

Francis Scobee
Astronaut
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

SPORTS
Jake Arrieta
2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist, Baseball

Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
Member, U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

Crystal Bustos
2008 Olympic Silver Medalist, Women’s Softball

Veronica Campbell-Brown
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
Women’s 200-meter Race

Van Chancellor
Former General Manager and Head Coach
Houston Comets

Hyleas Fountain
2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
Women’s Heptathlon

John Gagliardi
Head Coach - Football
Saint John’s University

Andy Kindle
Former Television Sports Director (NFL on FOX Game Director)
Fox Network and Albey Park Productions

Thomas Rademacher
1956 Olympic Gold Medalist
Heavyweight Boxing

Nolan Ryan
Member, National Baseball Hall of Fame

Leevan Sands
2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
Men’s Triple Jump

Kerron Stewart
2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
Women’s 100-meter Race

2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
Women’s 200-meter Race

Don Sutton
Member, National Baseball Hall of Fame

Melanie Walker
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
Women’s 400-meter Hurdles