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This list of notable people associated with Claremont McKenna College includes matriculating students, alumni, attendees, faculty, trustees, and honorary degree recipients of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bullock | Class of 1988 | Governor of Montana (2013–present); Attorney General of Montana (2009–2013); Democrat | B.A. | [1] |
| Ken Cheuvront | Class of 1983 | Member, Arizona State Senate; Democrat | B.A. | [2] |
| Patrick J. Conroy | Class of 1972 | 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives | B.A. | [3] |
| Chuck DeVore | Class of 1985 | Member, California State Assembly, candidate for U.S. Senate; Republican | B.A. | |
| David Dreier | Class of 1975 | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California and Chairman of the House Rules Committee; Republican | B.A. | |
| Johnny Ellis | Class of 1982 | Minority Leader, Alaska State Senate; Democrat | B.A. | |
| Sean Elsbernd | Class of 1997 | Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Democrat | B.A. | |
| Thomas B. Hofeller | Political consultant | B.A. | [4] | |
| Rob Hurtt | Class of 1966 | California State Senate Republican Leader, 1995–1998 | B.A. | |
| Adam Kokesh | Class of 2006 | Political activist, talk radio host | B.A. | |
| Tom Leppert | Class of 1977 | Former chief executive officer of Kaplan, Inc, mayor of Dallas, Texas (2007–2011) | B.A. | |
| Tyler Olson | Class of 1998 | House member for the 38th district of Iowa | B.A. | [5] |
| Surin Pitsuwan | Class of 1972 | Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, former Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs | B.A. | |
| Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah | Class of 1978 | Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait | B.A. | |
| Simon Salinas | Class of 1978 | Monterey County Supervisor, former member of the California State Assembly | B.A. | |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Gallagher | Disability advocate, drafted the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 | B.A. |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Arrington | Class of 1992 | Internet entrepreneur, founder of Techcrunch, co-founder of CrunchFund | B.A. | |
| Sloane Citron | Class of 1978 | Magazine publisher | B.A. | |
| Robert Addison Day | Former chairman and chief executive officer of Trust Company of the West; chairman and President of the W. M. Keck Foundation | B.A. | ||
| Michael S. Jeffries | Class of 1966 | Chairman and CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | B.A. | |
| Michael Larson | Class of 1980 | Chief investment officer of Cascade Investment, the investment vehicle for the Gates Foundation and the Gates' personal wealth | B.A. | |
| Patrick Lencioni | Class of 1987 | Best-selling management book author, corporate speaker | B.A. | |
| Tom Leppert | Class of 1977 | Former chief executive officer of Kaplan, Inc, mayor of Dallas, Texas (2007–2011) | B.A. | |
| Ihab "Joe" Massoud | Class of 1989 | Private investor, managing director of Anholt USA, founder and former CEO of Compass Diversified Holdings | B.A. | |
| Ashwin Navin | Class of 1999 | President and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc., founder of The Claremont Independent | B.A. | |
| Augie Nieto | Class of 1980 | Founder of Life Fitness and Augie's Quest | B.A. | |
| Douglas Peterson | Class of 1980 | S&P Global president and CEO | B.A. | [6] |
| Thomas Pritzker | Class of 1972 | Executive chairman, Hyatt Corporation | B.A. | [7] |
| George R. Roberts | Class of 1966 | Founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. | B.A. | |
| Julie Sweet | Chief executive officer of Accenture | B.A. | ||
| Peter Thum | Class of 1990 | Founder of Ethos Water, and social entrepreneur | B.A. | |
| Peter Weinberg | Class of 1979 | CEO of Goldman Sachs 1999–2005, founder of Perella Weinberg Partners | B.A. | |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orley Ashenfelter | Class of 1964 | Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics at Princeton University; former editor of the American Economic Review | B.A. | |
| Tibor R. Machan | Class of 1965 | Former editor of Reason magazine, Stanford Hoover Institution fellow and professor at Chapman University | B.A. | |
| Vincent Phillip Muñoz | Class of 1993 | Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion & Public Life in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame | B.A. | [8] |
| Harriet Nembhard | Class of 1988 | President of Harvey Mudd College, 2023– | ||
| Jack L. Stark | Class of 1957 | Former CMC president | B.A. | |
| Francisco Vázquez | Class of 1972 | Professor and director of the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University | B.A. | |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Brickman | Class of 1971 | Screenwriter, producer, and filmmaker; directed and wrote the screenplay for Risky Business | B.A. | [9] |
| Mason Gordon | Class of 1997 | Inventor of SlamBall | B.A. | [10] |
| John King | Class of 1986 | Half of the music-producing duo The Dust Brothers | B.A. | |
| Douglas Day Stewart | Class of 1962 | Screenwriter of An Officer and a Gentleman | B.A. | [11] |
| Dean Taylor | Class of 1972 | Vice President of Baseball Operations, Assistant General Manager of the Kansas City Royals | B.A. | [12] |
| Claire Thomas | Class of 2007 | Food blogger and presenter of Food for Thought on Food Network | B.A. |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William W. Crouch | Class of 1963 | Retired United States Army four-star general; former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army | B.A. | |
| Ron Ridenhour | Class of 1972 | My Lai massacre whistleblower, Vietnam War whistleblower | B.A. |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Enrich | Class of 2001 | Reporter, Wall Street Journal | B.A. | [13] |
| Gregg Jarrett | Class of 1977 | Anchor, Fox News Channel | B.A. | |
| Michael D. Shear | Class of 1990 | White House Correspondent, New York Times | B.A. | [14] |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Degree | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Feuer | N/A | Los Angeles City Attorney, former California Assemblyman and L.A. City Councilman (transferred to Harvard, where he got his BA and JD) | N/A | |
| Blake Gottesman | N/A | Personal aide to President George W. Bush | N/A | |
| Wes Parker | N/A | Baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers | N/A | |
| Robin Williams | Actor and comedian | N/A | [15] | |
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Michael Martin Uhlmann was an American political scientist and high-ranking government official. He was Professor of Government in the Department of Politics and Government at Claremont Graduate University and Claremont McKenna College. Prior to teaching at Claremont, Uhlmann was a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Vice President for Public Policy Research at the Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and taught at the Antonin Scalia Law School.
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John King Roth is an American-based author, editor, and the Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in Claremont, California. Roth taught at CMC from 1966 through 2006, where he was the founding director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, which is now the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights. Best known for his contributions to Holocaust and genocide studies, he is the author or editor of more than fifty books. In 1988, he was named the U.S. National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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Harold William "Bill" Rood was a political scientist and author of Kingdoms of the Blind. He was Professor Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and taught international relations and national security affairs beginning in 1962. Rood was also a fellow at the Claremont Institute and published articles in the Claremont Review of Books. He received the Claremont Institute's Salvatori Prize in the American Founding in 2007 and taught in the Claremont Institute's Publius Fellows Program since 1979.
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