List of Webster University alumni

This is a list of notable Webster University alumni, including both living and deceased individuals.

Notable alumni

• Marvin Abney (b. 1949) – Masters 1982; member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ^[1]
• Rich Anderson (b. 1955) – MA 1982; member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Lloyd James Austin III (b. 1953) – MA 1989; U.S. Secretary of Defense ^[2]
• Barbara Ballard (b. 1944) – BMeEd 1967; member of the Kansas House of Representatives ^[3]
• Sheila R. Baxter (b. 1955) – MA 1986; U.S. Army Brigadier General; First female general in the Medical Service Corps ^{[4] [5]}

Actress Jenifer Lewis

• Hunter Bell – BFA 1993 (Conservatory of Theatre Arts); Broadway actor and dramatist ^[6]
• James Black Jr. (b. 1998) – chess player
• John Boccieri (b. 1969) – MA 1992, MPA 1996; former U.S. Congressman ^[7]
• Erin Bode – jazz musician
• Nikki Boyer (b. 1975) – BA 1997; actress, television host, and singer ^[8]
• Steven A. Boylan (b. 1965) – MA
• Ann Walsh Bradley (b. 1950) – BA 1972; Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice ^[9]
• Kevin Bratcher
• William Broad – reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Bryan D. Brown – MBA; U.S. Army general and commander of U.S. Special Forces
• Laurie Buckhout – military officer and politician
• Norbert Leo Butz – Tony Award-winning actor

Commander Eileen Collins - First Woman To Command a Mission To Space & First To Pilot a Space Shuttle

• Kevin P. Byrnes – MA 1985; U.S. Army general
• Bruce A. Carlson – MA 1980 – U.S. Air Force general
• Rocky Carroll – actor
• Carrol H. Chandler – MA 1978; U.S. Air Force general; 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Chris Cheek
• Joshua Colas (b. 1998) – chess player and FIDE Master
• Eileen Collins – astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel (retired)
• John B. Conaway
• Adam Jamal Craig – actor

Lloyd James Austin III- U.S. Secretary of Defense

• Joseph V. Cuffari – Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security ^[10]
• John Cusick
• Daria Dolan
• Jonathan Dolan

Actor Rocky Carroll

• Debi Doss
• Sam Dotson – former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis, Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri 2013–2017
• Michele Dunaway
• Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin – television producer
• Kevin Earley – actor
• Julie Ann Emery – actress
• Nichi Farnham
• Steven E. Foster – U.S. Air National Guard Major General
• Dan Gilvezan
• Olivia Gude – art educator
• Charles Guenther
• Sidney M. Gutierrez – astronaut

Astronaut Sidney M. Gutierrez

• Aram Hakobyan – chess player and Grandmaster
• Clarence Harmon – former St Louis Mayor and Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri ^[11]
• Bernie Herpin
• Phyllis Huffman
• Charlie Huggins
• Ramlan Ibrahim – Malaysian diplomat
• Jane Ellen Ibur – poet and arts educator; recipient of the Loretto Award from Webster University
• Kevin J. Jacobsen
• Jennifer Johnson Cano
• Neal Jones
• Timothy J. Kadavy – United States Army Major General; former Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard; Director of the Army National Guard
• Matt Kindt – artist and graphic novelist
• R. Alan King
• Jodi Kingsley - actress (Chicago Med, NBC) ^{[12] [13]}
• Steve Kirby – jazz educator
• Lê Quang Liêm – chess player and Grandmaster
• Jenifer Lewis – actress
• Dana Loesch
• Kevin J. Manning
• Marsha Mason – actress, Academy Award nominee. 2x Golden Globe award winner.
• Sandra Mansour – fashion designer
• Kathleen Mazzarella
• Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim – Director-General of NAPTIP
• Danny McCarthy – Broadway, TV and film actor ^{[14] [15]}
• Ruth McClendon – African-American politician from San Antonio, Texas ^[16]
• Craig R. McKinley – MA 1979; U.S. Air Force general ^[17]
• Patricia McKissack – author of children's literature
• Allen Meadors

Actress Marsha Mason

• Jerry Mitchell – actor, Tony Award winner
• Joe Mokwa – Former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis Police Commissioner, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001–2008
• Keith W. Nolan – Vietnam War historian
• Richard Ojeda - Bronze Star awardee, United States Army veteran of Afghan and Iraq conflicts, West Virginia senator
• Vance Peterson – judge
• Tony Richardson – NFL football player
• Rob Riggle – actor, The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live
• Ray Robson – chess player and Grandmaster
• Eric Rosen - chess player and International Master
• Roderick Royal – Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
• Jeffrey D. Sams – actor

Former Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

• Eric Schaefer – author and professor at Emerson College
• Sister Lory Schaff – leader in adult literacy education
• Steven A. Schaick – U.S. Air Force general, Deputy Chief of Chaplains
• Winfield W. Scott III – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general
• Scott Sharp MA, politician
• Phil Short – member of the Louisiana State Senate (1996–99)
• Lara Smith - Managing Director, Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA
• Tammy Smith – first openly gay flag officer in the U.S. Army ^{[18] [19]}
• Dana Snyder – actor
• Gary D. Speer – MA 1982, U.S. Army lieutenant general ^[20]
• Antonio Taguba – U.S. Army general
• Roelof van Laar – MBA 2014; Dutch politician, member of the Labour Party
• Mark A. Welsh – Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
• Justus Williams (b. 1998) – chess player and International Master
• Donald C. Wurster – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general
• James C. Yarbrough – MA 1991; U.S. Army general
• Kristeen Young – musical performer, pianist
• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – MA 2004; former president of Indonesia
• John Zorn – attended two years; jazz musician

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