List of Norwich University alumni
Following is a list of notable alumni of Norwich University, private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. The university was called The American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy from 1818 to 1834.
Architecture
- William Rutherford Mead – architect associated with the City Beautiful and Beaux Arts movements and partner in McKim, Mead, and White
Business
- Bradley Birkenfeld 1988 – private banker and whistleblower about State Street Bank & Trust and the Swiss bank, UBS.
- Paul C. Cameron 1828 – co-builder of the North Carolina Railroad and justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Orville Clark 182? – President of the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company and New York State Senate
- Grenville Dodge 1850 – chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, Civil War General, US Congressman, and namesake of. Dodge City, Kansas.
- Robert Livingston Pell 1829 – farmer and landowner
- Junius Spencer Morgan – banker, financier, and the father of J. P. Morgan
- Harry Bates Thayer – president and chairman of the board of AT&T
Education
- Patricia Aakhus – novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana
- Kenny Alexander 2019 – college system chancellor, and political science instructor at Tidewater Community College, Virginia Senate, Virginia House of Delegrates, and mayor of Norfolk, Virginia
- Alvan E. Bovay 1841 – co-founder of Ripon College and of the Republican Party
- Thomas J. Cutler 1988 – author, director of the Walbrook Maritime Academy, and associate editor of the United States Naval Institute
- Carlo D'Este 1958 – military historian, biographer,and lecturer at School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College
- Tarak Nath Das – professor of political science at Columbia University
- Thomas Green Clemson 1824 – founder of Clemson University and US Ambassador to Belgium
- Roxane Gay – writer and professor at Eastern Illinois University, Purdue University, and Yale University
- Ernest N. Harmon – president of Norwich University, major general, and commander of 1st Armored Division, 2nd Armored Division, and XXII Corps during World War II
- Robert F. McDermott – dean of faculty to the Air Force Academy, Brigadier General, and flew 61 combat missions during World War II in the European Theatre,
- Tracey Poirier 1996 – assistant vice president for student affairs at Norwich University and Brigadier General in the Vermont Army National Guard
- Andrea Talentino 2017 – ninth president of Augustana College
- Marjorie Welish – poet and instructor at the Pratt Institute and Brown University.
Engineering and science
- Edward Dean Adams 1864 – Founded and directed the Cataract Construction Company and developed the systems to produce electric power at Niagara Falls
- Richard E. Hayden 1968 – acoustics researcher and winner of the Wright Brothers Medal in 1973
- Frederick W. Lander 1852 – Surveyor of railroad routes and wagon trails in the Western American States and Brigadier General during the American Civil War
- Horatio Wright – Engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge and the Washington Monument, Chief of Engineers for the Army; Major General, commander with the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, Commander of the Army of Texas
- Samuel T. Wellman 1866 – American steel industry pioneer and inventor
Law
- Charles J. Adams 1939 – Vermont Attorney General
- F. Elliott Barber Jr. 1934 – Vermont Attorney General
- Luther Loren Baxter – Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, probate judge, United States Attorney, and county attorney for Carver County, Minnesota
- Thomas Bragg 1828 – Attorney General of the Confederate States, Governor of North Carolina from 1855 to 1859, and United States Senate
- Thaddeus M. Buczko – Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Auditor, and justice of the Essex County Probate and Family Court
- Paul C. Cameron 1828 – justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court and co-buiider of the North Carolina Railroad
- John P. Connarn 1941 – Vermont Attorney General, 1965–1967; Judge with the Vermont District Court from 1967 to 1985, and Vermont House of Representatives
- S. Park Coon – Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Jasper W. Gilbert 1832 – justice on the New York Supreme Court
- William Pitt Kellogg 1848 – Chief Justice of the Nebraska Territory Louisiana Senate, and Governor of Louisiana
- Jefferson P. Kidder 1834 – justice of territorial Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and United States House of Representatives for the Dakota Territory
- William Little Lee 1842 – Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Kingdom and privy counselor to Kamehameha III
- Michael Mori 1991 – lawyer of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Matthew Hicks and recipient of the American Civil Liberties Union's Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award
- Theodore Sedgwick 1826 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
- Burleigh F. Spalding 1877 – Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court and United States House of Representatives from North Dakota
Literature and journalism
- Patricia Aakhus – novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana
- Sharifa Alkhateeb – journalist and editor
- Thomas J. Cutler 1988 – author, director of the Walbrook Maritime Academy, and associate editor of the United States Naval Institute
- William Richard Cutter – writer, historian, librarian, and genealogist
- Roxane Gay – writer and professor at Eastern Illinois University, Purdue University, and Yale University
- Marjorie Welish – Poet and instructor at Pratt Institute and Brown University.
- Rafael Enault – French writer and film director.
- Pierson "Pier" Mapes - 1959, .
Military
- Fred Thaddeus Austin 1888 – Major General and U.S. Army Chief of Field Artillery
- Hiram Iddings Bearss – Brigadier General who Received the Medal of Honor during the Philippine–American War
- Francis William Billado 1933 – Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
- Brian Bisacre 1989 - Brigadier General, Commandant US Army Military Police School and Deputy Provost Marshal, U.S Army.
- James Vote Bomford 1828 – Brigadier General.in the U.S. Army
- Irving L. Branch 1934 – United States Air Force general
- John J. Broadmeadow 1983 – lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps
- Edward H. Brooks 1916 – Lieutenant General, Commander, VI Armored Corps during World War II; and commanding general, U.S. Army in the Caribbean
- James M. Burt 1939 – Received the Medal of Honor for he Battle of Aachen during World War II.
- Henry Stanton Burton – brevet brigadier general U. S. Army
- Thomas A. Bussiere 1985 - General in the United States Air Force, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command
- Edward Byers 2016 – Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient
- Harold D. Campbell 1917 – United States Marine Corps major general
- George Colvocoresses 1831 – Commanded USS Saratoga during the Civil War
- George Partridge Colvocoresses 1866 – rear admiral in the U.S. Navy and Commandant of Cadets at the United States Naval Academy
- George A. Converse 1863 – Rear Admiral, notable naval engineer, and Chief of the Bureaus of Equipment, Ordnance, and Navigation
- Norman Cooling – Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps
- Reginald M. Cram 1936 – adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
- Thomas Tingey Craven 1824 – U.S. Navy Admiral
- George Dewey – Admiral of the Navy, commanded the Navy's Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
- Grenville M. Dodge 1851 – major general, Commander of the Department of Missouri; and chief engineer of Union Pacific, and namesake of Dodge City, Kansas
- Donald E. Edwards 1959 – adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
- Jesse Gove 1849 – colonel in the American Civil War
- Ernest N. Harmon – major general, president of Norwich University, and Commander of the 1st Armored Division, 2nd Armored Division, and XXII Corps during World War II
- Richard W. Higgins – USAF pilot decorated by German Air Force for saving civilians in an accident.
- Willie Johnston – youngest recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Frederick W. Lander 1852 – brigadier general during the American Civil War and surveyor of railroad routes and wagon trails in the Far Wes
- Albert Martin – defender of the Alamo in 1836
- Robert F. McDermott – flew 61 combat missions during World War II in the European Theatre, dean of faculty to the Air Force Academy, and brigadier general.
- Robert H. Milroy 1843 – brigadier general, in command or present at the Union reverses of the Battle of McDowell, Battle of Cross Keys, and Battle of Second Winchester.
- Lewis Samuel Partridge 1838 – major general, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia
- Hiram Paulding 1822 – rear admiral, commander of the Navy's Home Squadron, and commandant of the New York Navy Yard
- Thomas Payne 2017 – member of U.S. Army Special Mission Unit who received the Medal of Honor for operations against ISIS in Iraq
- Samuel L. Pitkin 1823 – Adjutant General for the State of Connecticut
- Tracey Poirier 1996 – brigadier general, the first female general officer of the Vermont Army National Guard and assistant vice president for student affairs at Norwich University
- James Ezekiel Porter – officer in the 7th Cavalry from 1869 to 1876; killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- David E. Quantock 1980 – Lieutenant General and Inspector General of the United States Army.
- Thomas E. G. Ransom – Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Edmund Rice 1859 – brigadier general and recipient of the Medall of Honor for actions at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- William Huntington Russell 1828 – major general, commander of Connecticut state militia during the American Civil War; and founder of the Skull and Bones society at Yale University.
- Thomas O. Seaver 1859 – commanded the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War; received the Medal of Honor
- Gordon R. Sullivan 1959 – general and Army Chief of Staff
- Frederick Townsend Ward – Soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion.
- James H. Ward 1823 – first commandant of the United States Naval Academy; first Union Naval officer killed in action during the American Civil War.
- Gideon Welles 1826 – served as United States Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson
- Isaac D. White – Armor officer who commanded U.S. Army, Pacific from July 1957 to March 1961.
- Seth Williams 1903 – quartermaster general of the Marine Corps and Major General
- Edward Bancroft Williston 1856 – brigadier general, received the Medal of Honor
- Leonard F. Wing Sr. – brigadier general and commander of 43rd Infantry Division during World War II.
- Henry Clay Wood 1856 – brigadier general, received the Medal of Honor
- Horatio Wright – engineer for Brooklyn Bridge and Washington Monument; US Army Chief of Engineers; Commander of Union Army's Army of Texas
Politics
- Kenny Alexander 2019 – Virginia Senate, Virginia House of Delegrates, mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, college system chancellor, and political science instructor at Tidewater Community College
- David V. Anderson 1922 – Vermont Auditor of Accounts
- Luther Loren Baxter – Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, probate judge, United States Attorney, and county attorney for Carver County, Minnesota
- Portus Baxter 1824 – United States House of Representatives
- Alvan E. Bovay 1841 – co-founder of Republican Party and of Ripon College
- Dennis Bradley – Connecticut State Senate
- Thomas Bragg 1828 – Governor of North Carolina, United States Senate, and Attorney General of the Confederate States.
- Ansel Briggs 1820 – first governor of Iowa
- Francis K. Brooks 1967 – Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate
- George E. Bryant 1854 – Wisconsin State Senate
- Thaddeus M. Buczko – Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Auditor, and justice of the Essex County Probate and Family Court
- Asa Clapp 1823 – United States House of Representatives
- Orville Clark 182x ? – New York State Senate and president of the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company
- Thomas Green Clemson 1824 – US Ambassador to Belgium and founder of Clemson University
- George W. Clinton 1827 – Mayor of Buffalo
- Jay Collins – Lieutenant Governor of Florida
- Charles A. Coolidge 1863 – United States Army brigadier general.
- John P. Connarn 1941 – Vermont House of Representatives; Vermont Attorney General, and judge in Vermont District Court
- Laurentino Cortizo – President of Panama, President of the National Assembly, and Minister of Agricultural and Livestock Development
- John J. Daley 1949 – lieutenant governor of Vermont, Vermont House of Representatives, and Mayor of Rutland
- Tarak Nath Das 1908 – co-founder of the Ghadar Party and Indian freedom fighter
- Moses M. Davis – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
- Dustin Allard Degree – Vermont General Assembly
- Brian Dempsey – Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Joseph H. Denny 1905 – Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate
- Charles D. Drake 1825 – United States Senate
- Ryland Fletcher 1824 – Governor of Vermont.
- Colonel Ernest Willard Gibson 1894 – United States Senate
- Colonel Ernest W. Gibson Jr. 1923 – United States Senate and Governor of Vermont
- Jason R. Holsman 2003 – Missouri Senate.
- William Pitt Kellogg 1848 – Louisiana State Senate, Governor of Louisiana, and Chief Justice of the Nebraska Territory
- Colin Kenny 1966 – Senate of Canada and adviser to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- Jefferson P. Kidder 1834 – Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, United States House of Representatives for the Dakota Territory, and a justice of territorial Supreme Court.
- Robert M. Lawton 1952 – New Hampshire House of Representatives, and founder of Funspot
- William Little Lee 1842 – Privy counselor to Kamehameha III and chief justice of Hawaiian Kingdom
- Caleb Lyon 1841 – Governor of the Idaho Territory and United States House of Representatives
- Horatio Seymour 1828 – Governor of New York and 1868 Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
- Charles A. Plumley 1896 – United States House of Representatives
- Paul N. Poirier 1970 –Vermont House of Representatives
- Edward Stanly 1829 – United States House of Representatives
- Burleigh F. Spalding 1877 –United States House of Representatives and Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
- Sugiono – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
- Gideon Welles 1826 – United States Secretary of the Navy
Religion and nonprofits
- Gregory T. Bedell – Episcopal Bishop of Ohio
- William Griffith Wilson 1917 – co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous who was in the top 20 persons of the Time 100: Heroes and Icons in the 20th century.
Sports
- Beau Almodobar – Professional football player
- Tom Aubrun – Professional ice hockey player
- Keith Aucoin 2001 – Professional ice hockey player.
- Andrew Bracy 2015 – professional lacrosse player with the New York Lizards
- Don Brown 1977 – college football coach
- Mike Brown 2000 – Academic All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, and WEC Featherweight Champion in 2008
- Emily Caruso 2000 – sport shooter, two-time Olympian and gold medalist, and college coach
- Amanda Conway 2020 – professional ice hockey player with the Connecticut Whale
- Jay Cottone – college football coach
- Dominick Dawes – college ice hockey coach and professional ice hockey player
- Long Ding – professional football player
- Allen Doyle 1971 – Golfer on the Champions Tour, U.S. Senior Open Champion in 2005 and 2006, and Senior PGA Champion in 1999
- Pierre Garçon – Professional football player
- Nikita Kashirsky – Professional ice hockey player
- Bill Kenney – college football coach
- Frank Liebel 1941 – Professional football player with the New York Giants and Chicago Bears
- Jim Luscinski – Professional football player
- Harold D. Martin – college football coach, and a Negro league baseball player.
- Kurtis McLean 2005 – Professional ice hockey player
- Bobby Murray – Professional baseball player
- Arlie Pond 1888–1890 – Major league pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
- Frank Simonetti 1984 – Professional ice hockey player with the Boston Bruins
- Brent Thompson – college football coach