Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington,D.C.,United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789,it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States and the nation's first federally chartered university.
Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff is executive dean of The New School for Social Research and University Professor at The New School in New York City. He was previously director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School and a law professor and dean at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington,D.C. From 2010 to 2015,Aleinikoff was the Deputy High Commissioner in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva,Switzerland. In 2016,he was a visiting professor of law at the Columbia Law School and Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow at the Columbia Global Policy Initiative.
Timothy John Roemer is an American diplomat and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003 as a Democrat from Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Subsequently,he was the president of the Center for National Policy (CNP),a Washington,D.C.–based national security think tank. He served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 2009 to 2011. Roemer currently serves on the advisory board of Washington,D.C.–based non-profit America Abroad Media.
Robert James Nicholson is an attorney,real estate developer,and a former Republican National Committee chairman. He was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from January 26,2005 until October 1,2007. Prior to this,Nicholson was U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See from 2001 to 2005.
Michael Bornstein Oren is an American-Israeli diplomat,essayist,historian,novelist,and politician. He is a former Israeli ambassador to the United States (2009–2013),former member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party and a former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
Clayland Boyden Gray was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as White House Counsel from 1981 to 1993 and as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2007. He was a founding partner of the Washington,D.C.–based law firm Boyden Gray &Associates LLP.
Neal Kumar Katyal is an American lawyer and legal scholar. He is a partner at the Hogan Lovells law firm and is the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center.
Timothy Stafford Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who straddled the religious and secular life,serving as the vice chancellor of the City University of New York,the president of Georgetown University,and the president of the New York Public Library.
James Robert Jones is an American lawyer,diplomat,Democratic politician,a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma,and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico under President Bill Clinton.
Henry Allen Holmes was the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1982 to 1985 and a career diplomat.
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was an American television presenter,comedian,actor,and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business",he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on US television.
Sally Angela Shelton-Colby is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados,Grenada and Dominica as well as Minister to St Lucia,and Special Representative to Antigua,St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla,and St. Vincent from 1979 to 1981,under Jimmy Carter.
Richard Rahul Verma is an American diplomat,who serves as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources,a position he has held since April 5,2023. He served as the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs from 2009 to 2011,and as the U.S. ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. He served as the chief legal officer and head of global public policy at Mastercard,from 2020 to 2023,and as the vice chair of the Asia Group from 2017 to 2020,where he oversaw the firm's South Asia practice. He also practiced law for many years at Steptoe &Johnson LLP in Washington DC,and served as a Senior Counselor and Lead of the India and South Asia practice at Albright Stonebridge Group.
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley is an American diplomat,attorney,political activist and philanthropist who is the United States ambassador to Brazil in the Biden administration. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1994 to 1997.
George Henry Guilfoyle was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey from 1968 to 1989. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1964 to 1968.
Christopher Cox Ashby served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay.
Alvin Brown is an American politician from Florida who served as mayor of Jacksonville,Florida,from 2011 to 2015. He was the first African American to be elected to that position. Brown succeeded John Peyton as mayor after winning the 2011 mayoral election. In the 2015 race,he lost his re-election bid to Republican Lenny Curry.
Timothy M. Broas is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from March 19,2014,to February 13,2016.
Joseph Havens Richards was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent president of Georgetown University,where he instituted major reforms and significantly enhanced the quality and stature of the university. Richards was born to a prominent Ohio family;his father was an Episcopal priest who controversially converted to Catholicism and had the infant Richards secretly baptized as a Catholic.
