Editing Georgetown University (section)

==People==

=== Employment and graduation outcomes ===
While about 73% of graduates enter the workforce immediately following graduation, many pursue advanced degrees in law, medicine, business, and other fields.<ref name="destination">{{cite news|title=2017 First Destination Report: Consulting, Finance Top Industries|date=November 2, 2018|first=Chelsea|last=Hafer|url=https://thehoya.com/2017-first-destination-report-consulting-finance-top-industries/|newspaper=The Hoya|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410135849/https://thehoya.com/2017-first-destination-report-consulting-finance-top-industries/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Georgetown alumni pursuing graduate study have been recipients of 32 [[Rhodes Scholarship]]s,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://thehoya.com/senior-becomes-1st-rhodes-scholar-in-nhs-history/ |title= Senior Becomes 1st RhodesScholar in NHS History |first= Curran |last= Stockton |date= December 6, 2019 |access-date= July 30, 2019 |newspaper= The Hoya }}</ref> 46 [[Marshall Scholarship]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statistics and Resources – Marshall Scholarships|url=https://www.marshallscholarship.org/the-scholarship/statistics-and-resources|access-date=January 5, 2021|website=www.marshallscholarship.org}}</ref> 33 [[Harry S. Truman Scholarship|Truman Scholarships]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=Georgetown%20University |title=Truman Scholars from Georgetown University |publisher=Truman.gov |date=October 15, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2019 }}</ref> 15 [[Mitchell Scholarship]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetown.edu/news/wardah-athar-mitchell-scholar.html |title=Georgetown Student Wins Mitchell Scholarship to Study in Ireland |work=Georgetown University |date=November 17, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202153424/http://www.georgetown.edu/news/wardah-athar-mitchell-scholar.html |archive-date=December 2, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 12 [[Gates Cambridge Scholarship]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars/find-scholar|title=Find a scholar|last=alex.corr|date=October 19, 2014|website=Gates Cambridge|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074930/https://www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars/find-scholar|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Georgetown is among the nation's top producers of [[Fulbright Scholars]], with 565 over its history, and produced more than any other institution in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgetown Is No. 1 Producer of U.S. Fulbright Student Scholars |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-is-no-1-producer-of-u-s-fulbright-student-scholars/ |website=Georgetown University |date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grantee Directory |url=https://us.fulbrightonline.org/alumni/grantee-directory?name=&us_institution%5B%5D=6913&sort= |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=us.fulbrightonline.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-02-25 |title=Georgetown Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Students in 2024-2025 |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-named-a-top-producer-of-fulbright-students-in-2024-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-02-10 |title=Georgetown Named No. 1 Producer of Fulbright Student Scholars in the U.S. |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-named-no-1-producer-of-fulbright-student-scholars-in-the-u-s/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> It is also one of the top-ten yearly producers of [[Peace Corps]] volunteers {{As of|2016|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/georgetown-peace-corps-volunteers-2016|title=Georgetown Alumni Continue Strong Tradition of Peace Corps Service|date=March 18, 2016|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=August 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605225643/https://www.georgetown.edu/georgetown-peace-corps-volunteers-2016|archive-date=June 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Georgetown ranks among the top ten U.S. colleges for median graduate income,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bui |first1=Quoctrung |last2=Ma |first2=Jessia |date=2023-03-27 |title=Opinion {{!}} Build Your Own College Rankings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/27/opinion/build-your-own-college-rankings.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McNair |first=Kamaron |date=2023-04-06 |title=Top 10 colleges to attend if you want to make a lot of money—Harvard and Yale didn't make the list |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/06/top-10-colleges-if-you-want-to-make-the-most-money.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> with graduates of the [[McDonough School of Business]] having the highest average starting salaries, at $100,859;<ref name="destination" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krause |first=Samantha |date=2024-02-08 |title=Undergraduate Class of 2023 Achieves Record Employment Outcomes |url=https://msb.georgetown.edu/news-story/career/undergraduate-class-of-2023-achieves-record-employment-outcomes/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=McDonough School of Business |language=en}}</ref> Georgetown alumni in general have a median starting salary of $87,100 with a median mid-career salary of $179,300, as of 2023-2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salaries for Georgetown University - Washington D.C. Graduates |url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Georgetown_University_-_Washington_D.C./Salary |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Payscale}}</ref>

Government and international relations are the two most popular undergraduate majors at Georgetown, and many students go on to careers in politics and diplomacy.<ref name="factual">{{cite news |date=2019 |title=Academics at Georgetown University |url=https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/georgetown-university/academic-life/ |access-date=November 6, 2020 |website=College Factual}}</ref> Over 450 alumni currently serve as members and staffers on [[United States Capitol|Capitol Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-09-26 |title=Georgetown Celebrates 450+ Alumni Serving in U.S. Congress at Hoyas on the Hill Event |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-celebrates-450-alumni-serving-in-u-s-congress-at-hoyas-on-the-hill-event/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> Georgetown educated more U.S. diplomats than any other university as of 2015, including at least 92 alumni that have attained the [[Ambassadors of the United States|rank of U.S. Ambassador]].<ref name="gmu">{{cite web |last=McClain |first=Buzz |year=2015 |title=Mason Ranks Seventh in Country for Placing Foreign Service Officers |url=https://schar.gmu.edu/mason-ranks-seventh-country-placing-foreign-service-officers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803215233/https://schar.gmu.edu/mason-ranks-seventh-country-placing-foreign-service-officers |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |publisher=George Mason University}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Twelve foreign heads of state and government have graduated from Georgetown.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/mission/prominent-alumni/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable Georgetown Alumni |url=https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/admissions/notable-georgetown-alumni/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Georgetown University in Qatar |language=en-US}}</ref> Georgetown alumni have served as [[foreign ministers]] in a dozen countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/mission/prominent-alumni/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=SFS – School of Foreign Service – Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>

Finance and economics are the third and fourth-most popular undergraduate majors,<ref name="factual" /> and 40% of graduates start careers at [[Consulting firm|consulting]] or [[Financial services|financial services firms]].<ref name="destination" /> The university is among the top ten alma maters reported by current [[Wall Street]] banking employees {{as of|2020|June|lc=on}}, according to [[LinkedIn]] surveys.<ref>{{cite news |last=Long |first=Heather |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Want a job on Wall Street? Go to UPenn or Georgetown |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/02/investing/investment-banking-job-linkedin-upenn-georgetown-yale/index.html |access-date=November 6, 2020 |website=CNN Money}}</ref> Several graduates have gone on take research and leadership positions in many [[Central bank|monetary authorities]] and [[international financial institutions]], including [[Chair of the Federal Reserve]] and [[President of the World Bank Group|President of the World Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recent Placements |url=https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/alumni/recent-placements/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Department of Economics |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni List |url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/alumni.htm |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.federalreserve.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=William J. McDonough |url=https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/orgchart/mcdonough.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Federal Reserve Bank of New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Riding |first=Alan |date=1982-09-08 |title=Man in the News: Director of Mexico's Central Bank |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/08/business/man-in-the-news-director-of-mexico-s-central-bank.html |work=[[New York Times]] |page=1, section D}}</ref>

=== Notable alumni and faculty ===
{{Main|List of Georgetown University alumni}}
[[File:President Clinton at a Georgetown Class Reunion Class of 1968 trim.webm|thumb|thumbtime=3:35|start=30|[[Bill Clinton|Former U.S. President Bill Clinton]] speaking at the 25 year reunion for the class of 1968|alt=A man in a speaks suit behind a podium.]]

[[Bill Clinton]], 42nd [[President of the United States]], is a 1968 graduate of the [[Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]]. Former officials of the [[Cabinet of the United States|United States Cabinet]] include 59th [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] and former [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]], Gen. [[Alexander Haig]]; 22nd [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] and former [[CIA Director]] [[Robert Gates]]; 5th [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] and retired [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Gen. [[John F. Kelly]]; and 76th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Jack Lew]]. Other cabinet-level and senior executive branch officials include former [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[Avril Haines]], former [[CIA director|CIA Director]] [[George Tenet]], 16th [[Chair of the Federal Reserve]] [[Jerome Powell]], [[Director General of the Foreign Service]] [[Marcia Bernicat]], and seven [[White House Chief of Staff|White House Chiefs of Staff]] that include [[Ron Klain]], [[Denis McDonough]], and [[John Podesta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcia S. Bernicat |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/marcia-bernicat/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Remarks by Chair Powell at the Georgetown University Law Center commencement ceremony |url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20240519a.htm |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |language=en}}</ref> Former [[President of the World Bank Group|President of the World Bank]] [[David Malpass]] and former CIA Director Gen. [[David Petraeus]] are both affiliated with the School of Foreign Service, where they completed academic fellowships.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cary |first=Dakota |date=2019-12-03 |title=GSSR Reports: World Bank President David Malpass on the Global Economy and Development |url=https://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2019/12/03/gssr-reports-world-bank-president-david-malpass-on-the-global-economy-and-development/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Georgetown Security Studies Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Notable non-graduate alumni include 36th President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and the 13th and 21st Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld]], each of whom studied law at the [[Georgetown University Law Center]] but left without a degree.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tzatzev |first=Aleksi |title=Six Law School Dropouts Who Went On To Become President |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/six-presidents-who-dropped-out-of-law-school-2012-9 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Curt |date=2021-06-30 |title=Donald Rumsfeld, Nixon Republican Turned Iraq War Salesman, Dead at 88 |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/donald-rumsfeld-nixon-republican-turned-iraq-war-salesman-dead-at-88/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref>

In addition to high ranking diplomatic posts, Georgetown alumni have participated in significant historical events of the 20th century. Alumnus and longtime faculty member [[Jan Karski]] was a [[World War II]] resistance fighter and courier for the [[Polish government-in-exile]], where he was among the first to [[Karski's reports|reveal the atrocities of the Holocaust to the world]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Michael T. |date=2000-07-15 |title=Jan Karski Dies at 86; Warned West About Holocaust |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/15/world/jan-karski-dies-at-86-warned-west-about-holocaust.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Alumnus, Jesuit, career diplomat and founder of the School of Foreign Service [[Edmund A. Walsh]] also played a role in the investigations of the [[Nuremberg trials]] and [[Soviet war crimes]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacNamara |first=Patrick J. |title=The Argument of Strength Justly and Righteously Employed: Edmund A. Walsh, Catholic Anticommunism, and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1952 |publisher=[[Catholic Historian]] |year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |date=1956-11-01 |title=REV. E. A. WALSH OF GEORGETOWN U.; Founder of School of Foreign Service in 1919 Dies--Was Authority on Soviet Led Fight on Communism Headed Papal Mission |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/11/01/archives/rev-e-a-walsh-of-georgetown-u-founder-of-school-of-foreign-service.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the [[119th United States Congress|119th U.S. Congress]], alumni [[Hakeem Jeffries]], [[John Barrasso]], and [[Dick Durbin]] hold party leadership positions, serving among a total of seven alumni in the [[List of current United States Senators|United States Senate]] and 21 alumni and faculty in the [[Current members of the United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-01-03 |title=28 Georgetown Alumni and Faculty Sworn Into 119th U.S. Congress |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/28-georgetown-alumni-and-faculty-sworn-into-119th-u-s-congress/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> In total, 116 alumni have served in Congress and 26 have served as state governors, including [[Terry McAuliffe]] and [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]]. On the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]], alumni include the late Associate Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] and former Chief Justice [[Edward Douglass White]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pongsajapan |first=Robert |date=2016-02-16 |title=Georgetown Remembers Alumnus and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-remembers-alumnus-and-u-s-supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=1891 |title=Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |url=https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/554705 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Georgetown University Library |language=en}}</ref> Alumnus and former [[Solicitor General of the United States]] [[Paul Clement]] remains affiliated with the university as a member of the faculties of law and government.<ref name=":1" />

The Hoya Battalion, the school's [[Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps|Army ROTC]] program, was ranked as the best in the country in 2012 for preparing cadets for military service,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/02/27/rotc-ranked-nations-best/ |title=ROTC ranked nation's best |newspaper=The GW Hatchet |first=Roxanne |last=Goldberg |date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref> and its graduates, such as former [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army]] [[George W. Casey Jr.]], have gone on to serve at every rank, including [[General (United States)|four-star general]]. Georgetown alumni include at least 23 officers promoted to general or [[Flag officer|flag rank]] across the joint service, including [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] Gen. [[Joseph Dunford]] and former [[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic|NATO Supreme Allied Commander]] Gen. [[John J. Sheehan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetown.edu/content/1242663807265.html |title=Civic Engagement and National Service |publisher=Georgetown University |work=Quarterly Reports |date=Spring 2009 |access-date=August 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225015040/http://www.georgetown.edu/content/1242663807265.html |archive-date=December 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. |url=https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Biography/Article/621329/general-joseph-f-dunford-jr/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=[[U.S. Department of Defense]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=General John J. Sheehan |url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Scannell-Upshur/General-John-J-Sheehan/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=[[United States Marine Corps]]}}</ref>

Twelve foreign heads of state and government have graduated from Georgetown, including King [[Felipe VI of Spain]], King [[Abdullah II of Jordan]]<ref name="eilers">Eilers, Marlene (1997) ''Queen Victoria's Daughters''. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden. {{ISBN|91-630-5964-9}}</ref><ref name="cvoa">{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&pg=PA25 |title=The Encyclopedia of the Arab–Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History |last2=Roberts |first2=Priscilla |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2008 |isbn=9781851098422 |page=25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206071126/https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&pg=PA25 |archive-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> presidents [[Alfonso López Michelsen]] and [[Iván Duque]] of [[President of Colombia|Colombia]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Alfonso López Michelsen: President of Colombia |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-Lopez-Michelsen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ivan Duque Marquez |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Duque |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> [[Galo Plaza]] of [[President of Ecuador|Ecuador]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eilers |first=Marlene |title=Queen Victoria's Descendants |date=1998 |publisher=Rosvall Royal Books |isbn=91-630-5964-9 |edition=2nd |location=Falkoping, Sweden |pages=33, 130, 132, 159}}</ref> [[Ricardo Arias (politician)|Ricardo Arias]] of [[President of Panama|Panama]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs |date=January 17, 1955 |title=United States Department of State / Foreign relations of the United States, 1955–1957. American republics: Central and South America (1955–1957) |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=turn&id=FRUS.FRUS195557v07&entity=FRUS.FRUS195557v07.p0282&isize=text |website=University of Wisconsin Digital Collections |publisher=University of Wisconsin}}</ref> [[Alfredo Cristiani]] of [[President of El Salvador|El Salvador]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gruson |first=Lindsey |date=March 21, 1989 |title=Man in the News; The New Face of the Right: Alfredo Cristiani |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/21/world/man-in-the-news-the-new-face-of-the-right-alfredo-cristiani.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> [[Laura Chinchilla]] of [[President of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Chrissie |date=February 8, 2010 |title=Costa Rica elects first woman president, inspiring the region |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0208/Costa-Rica-elects-first-woman-president-inspiring-the-region |work=The Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] of the [[President of the Philippines|Philippines]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gloria Arroyo |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/1YDI.html |website=100 Most Powerful Women |publisher=Forbes}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] [[Saad Hariri]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Saad al-Hariri: Prime minister of Lebanon |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Saad-al-Hariri}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] and [[President of the European Commission]] [[José Manuel Barroso]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=José Manuel Barroso Curriculum Vitae |url=http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/pdf/cv_2009_president_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521074402/http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/pdf/cv_2009_president_en.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2009 |access-date=}}</ref> and member of the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] [[Željko Komšić]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wurth |first=Julie |date=October 1, 2013 |title=Bosnian leader calls for end to ethnic divisions |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-10-01/bosnian-leader-calls-end-ethnic-divisions.html |publisher=The News Gazette}}</ref>

In business, Georgetown billionaire alumni include real estate developer and sports team owner [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]], sports entrepreneur [[Ted Leonsis]], venture capital investor [[Chris Sacca]], [[Ipsen]] heir [[Henri Beaufour]], private equity investor [[Antonio Gracias]], Swedish heir [[Marcus Wallenberg (born 1956)|Marcus Wallenberg]], founder of [[Kroll Inc.]] [[Jules Kroll]], Hong Kong financier [[Eric Hotung]], and [[MBNA]] founder [[Charles Cawley]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=2015-11-25 |title=Charles M. Cawley, Credit Card Pioneer, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/business/charles-m-cawley-founder-of-mbna-corp-dies-at-75.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Henri Beaufour |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/henri-beaufour/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Antonio Gracias |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/antonio-gracias/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank McCourt |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/frank-mccourt/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Theodore Leonsis |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/theodore-leonsis/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Sacca |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/chris-sacca/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Chloe |date=2019-07-26 |title=Protectionism is leading the world in completely the wrong direction, Swedish billionaire says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/swedish-billionaire-protectionism-leading-world-in-wrong-direction.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The man from MBNA |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/12/12/the-man-from-mbna |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> Other prominent alumni in business include [[JPMorgan Chase]] executive [[Mary Callahan Erdoes]], former [[Warner Bros.]] CEO [[Ann Sarnoff]], investor [[Paul Pelosi]] and executives [[Laurence Tosi]], [[Gary Perlin]], [[David Wehner]], [[Patricia Russo]], and [[Charles Prince]].

Georgetown alumni in journalism have been awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]], [[Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)|Edward R. Murrow Award]], and [[Peabody Awards]] for their reporting.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pincus|first=Walter|date=May 27, 2013|title=Circling the media wagons|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/circling-the-media-wagons/2013/05/27/4f80aeec-c4aa-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html|access-date=August 29, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lulu Garcia-Navarro|url=https://www.npr.org/people/4462099/lourdes-garcia-navarro|access-date=August 29, 2020|website=NPR.org}}</ref> Pulitzer Prize winners include [[Walter Pincus]], [[John Bersia]], and [[Megan Twohey]]. [[Joan Biskupic]] was a Pulitzer finalist for her coverage of the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Pulitzer Prizes 2015 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2015 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en}}</ref>

Alumni in the arts include [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Academy Award]]-winning screenwriter and novelist [[William Peter Blatty]], whose novel [[The Exorcist (novel)|''The Exorcist'']] and its [[The Exorcist|film adaptation]] are set on the Georgetown campus, where the film was [[Location shooting|shot on location]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vitello |first=Paul |date=2017-01-13 |title=William Peter Blatty, Author of ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/books/william-peter-blatty-author-of-the-exorcist-dies-at-89.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Filmmaker [[Bradley Cooper]] has been [[List of awards and nominations received by Bradley Cooper|nominated for 12 Academy Awards]] as a producer, writer, and actor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Polus |first=Sarah |date=2018-09-12 |title=Bradley Cooper talks ‘A Star is Born,’ swaps college stories and snaps a selfie at Georgetown talk |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/09/12/bradley-cooper-talks-a-star-is-born-swaps-college-stories-and-snaps-selfies-at-georgetown-talk/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Screenwriter [[Jonathan Nolan]] is known for the films ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', as well as the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award]]-nominated ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bacic |first=Ryan |date=2017-12-02 |title=His class is famously tough. ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Westworld’ wouldn’t exist without it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/meet-the-tough-professor-who-inspired-jonathan-nolan-and-john-mulaney/2017/11/30/5f94d35c-be52-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Other Academy Award-nominated alumni include [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe]] winner [[Andrew Morrison (filmmaker)|Andrew Morrison]] and writer-director [[RaMell Ross]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Djajapranata |first=Cliff |date=2025-02-26 |title=Two Georgetown Alumni Nominated for Best Picture at 97th Academy Awards |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/alumni-nominated-for-best-picture-97th-academy-awards/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]]-winning alumni include [[John Guare]] and [[Jack Hofsiss]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1992 |title=John Guare, The Art of Theater No. 9 |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1993/the-art-of-theater-no-9-john-guare |access-date=2025-04-11 |language=en |volume=Winter 1992 |issue=125 |issn=0031-2037}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=David |date=1997-08-31 |title=THE FALL AND RISE OF JACK HOFSISS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/08/31/the-fall-and-rise-of-jack-hofsiss/ea31f99e-13f6-4f1b-a543-57cfd44fc99e/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>