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Notable Alumni

Patrick Ewing • Vera Rubin • Bill Clinton • Min Jin Lee • Hakeem Jeffries • Steve Bannon • Jon Ossoff • Antonin Scalia • Hunter Biden • Jerome Powell • Josh Shapiro • Saad al-Hariri • Iván Duque • Emil Bove: A Look at Trump’s Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals • Mikie Sherrill • Dan Sullivan • Tony Smith • Brendan Carr • Savannah Guthrie • Michael Steele • Joseph Dunford • Josh D’Amaro • Lisa Murkowski • Robert M. Gates • Dikembe Mutombo • George Mitchell • Bradley Cooper • Laura Chinchilla • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo • Dick Durbin • Pat Buchanan • Steny Hoyer • Sheldon Glueck • Mark Kirk • Felipe VI • Bob Barr • John Dean • Patricia Russo • Chris Van Hollen • Alonzo Mourning • John Guare • John Barrasso • Patrick Leahy • Mazie Hirono • Maria Shriver • John Sirica

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Healy Hall at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., a large stone building with a tall central clock tower, arched windows, and a statue in front surrounded by flowers.

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