During the past three decades, White House Fellows have carried out the program's mission to encourage active citizenship and service to the nation. Many of the 500 former White House Fellows have made their mark in various fields of endeavor. The list below is just a small representation of the many former Fellows who are leaders in their professions and their communities.

Frederick S. Benson III, '73-74; Vice President, Weyerhaeuser Co.
David L. Bere, '83-84; President/CEO, McCain Foods, USA
James E. Bostic, Jr., '72-73; Sr. Vice President, Environmental, Government Affairs and Communications, Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Marshall N. Carter, '75-76; Chairman/ CEO, State Street Bank & Trust Co.
Peter M. Dawkins, '73-74; Chairman/CEO, Diversified Distribution Services, The Travelers Group; Former Heisman Trophy winner
John A. De Luca, '65-66; President, The Wine Institute
Robert D. Haas, '68-69; Chairman/CEO, Levi Strauss and Co.
Dana G. Mead, '70-71; Chairman/ CEO, Tenneco, Inc.
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, '66-67, Management Consultant; Former Chairman, NBC
Myron E. Ullman, '81-82; Chairman/CEO DFS Group, LTD; Former Chairman/CEO, R. H. Macy & Co.

N O N - P R O F I T G R O U P S

Joan Abrahamson, '80-81; President, Jonas Salk Foundation
Elaine L. Chao, '83-84; Former President/CEO, United Way of America; Former Director, Peace Corps
Suzan Johnson Cook, '93-94; Member, President Clinton's Advisory Board on Race; Pastor, Mariner's Temple Baptist Church
Anne Cohn Donnelly, '79-80; Former Executive Director, National Commission for Prevention of Child Abuse

  P O L I T I C S A N D G O V E R N M E N T

Joe L. Barton, '81-82; U.S. Congressman, Texas
Samuel D. Brownback, '90-91; U.S. Senator, Kansas
Thomas J. Campbell, '80-81; U.S. Congressman, California
Garrey E. Carruthers, '74-75; Former Governor, New Mexico
Henry G. Cisneros, '71-72; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development; President, Univision Communications
Kent N. Colton, '74-75; Executive Vice President/CEO, National Association of Home Builders
Doris M. Meissner, '73-74; Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Roger B. Porter, '74-75; Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government; Former Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy
Lynn A. Schenk, '76-77; Former Member of Congress, California
Julia V. Taft, '70-71; Assistant Secretary of State for Population Refugees and Migration
Fernando M. Torres-Gil, '78-79; Former Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Timothy E. Wirth, '67-68; President, United Nations Foundation; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Former Senator, Colorado

A C A D E M I A / T H I N K T A N K S

Michael H. Armacost, '69-70; President, Brookings Institution; Former Ambassador to Japan and the Philippines
William R. Cotter, '65-66; President, Colby College
Emma Coleman Jordan, '80-81; Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Peter F. Krogh, '67-68; Dean-Emeritus, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
William L. Roper, '82-83; Dean, University of North Carolina School of Public Health; Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  M I L I T A R Y

Dennis C. Blair, '75-76; Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; Director, Joint Staff
Wesley K. Clark, '75-76; General, U.S. Army; Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Charles R. Larson, '68-69; Admiral, U.S. Navy
Daniel T. Oliver, '82-83; Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; Chief of Naval Personnel
Colin L. Powell, '72-73; General (ret.), U.S. Army; Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chairman, America's Promise

  L I T E R A R Y / A R T S

Charles A. Ansbacher, '76-77; Former Conductor, Colorado Springs Symphony
Suzanne R. Becker, '93-94; Author, "All I Ever Need to Know I Learned from My Cat"; Illustrator
Doris Kearns Goodwin, '67-68; Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian

  C O M M U N I C A T I O N S

Lincoln W. Caplan II, '79-80; Journalist, U.S. News and World Report; Author
Paul A. Gigot, '86-87; Columnist, Wall Street Journal
Tom Johnson, '65-66; CEO, CNN
Luis G. Nogales, '72-73; Former CEO, United Press International; Former President, Univision
Merrie Spaeth, '80-81; President, Spaeth Communications, Inc.; Author
Susan S. Stautberg, '74-75; President/CEO, Partner Com; Author

  L E G A L

Nelson A. Diaz, '77-78; Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Douglas W. Kmiec, '82-83; Former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
Margaret M. McKeown, '80-81; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Deanell R. Tacha, '71-72; Judge, U.S. Court of the Appeals for the 10^th Circuit