Government & International Relations Leaders
Government & International Relations Leaders
Madeleine Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State
Certificate in Russian studies
Samuel Alito
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
A.B. in history and political science
Sheila Bair
Former Chair of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
B.A. in philosophy
Karen Bass
U.S. Representative
B.A. in philosophy
Preet Bharara
Professor and former U.S. attorney
B.A. in government
Joe Biden
47th Vice President of the United States, author, and professor
B.A. in history and political science
Stephen Breyer
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in philosophy
Jerry Brown
Former Governor of California
B.A. in classics
Katherine Clark
U.S. Representative
B.A. in history
Mario Cuomo
Former Governor of New York
B.A. in English
Susan Davis
U.S. Representative
B.A. in sociology
Martin Dempsey
Former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
M.A. in literature
Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator
B.A. in history
Robert (“Bob”) Gates
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
B.A. and M.A. in history and a Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet history
Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
B.A. in Asian studies
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in government
Neil Gorsuch
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in political science
Jaime Herrera Beutler
U.S. Representative
B.A. in communications
Eleanor Holmes Norton
U.S. Representative
M.A. in American Studies
Pramila Jayapal
U.S. Representative
B.A. in English
Elena Kagan
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in history and M.Phil in politics
Marcy Kaptur
U.S. Representative
B.A. in history
Anthony Kennedy
Former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in political science
Carolyn Maloney
U.S. Representative
James Mattis
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and retired United States Marine Corps general
B.A. in history
H. R. McMaster
Former U.S. National Security Advisor and Lieutenant General in the United States Army
Ph.D. in American history
Mike Pence
48th Vice President of the United States
B.A. in history
Kathleen Rice
U.S. Representative
B.A. in English
John Roberts
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in history
Susan Rice
Former U.S. National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
B.A. in history
Sonia Sotomayor
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in history
Linda Sánchez
U.S. Representative
B.A. in Spanish
Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
B.A. in English
Clarence Thomas
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
B.A. in English
Niki Tsongas
Former U.S. Representative
B.A. in religion
Jackie Walorski
U.S. Representative
B.A. in communications
Maxine Waters
U.S. Representative
B.A. in sociology