Alumni

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Notable Alumni

Anderson Cooper ‘89: Prominent journalist
James Kirchick ’06: Journalist and champion of free expression
John Bolton ‘73: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
William F. Buckley ‘53: founder of National Review, host of Firing Line 
George E. Pataki ‘67: Governor of New York
Austan Goolsbee ‘91: Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers, Obama cabinet member
Edwin Meese ‘53: Spring 1951 Chairman, United States Attorney General
David Boren ‘63: Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
James Lane Buckley ‘43: U.S. Senator from New York
Ames Brown ‘02: Spring 2000 Chairman, Television Personality and Bachelorette Contestant 
William Scranton ‘31: Governor of Pennsylvania, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
John Avlon ‘95: Fall 1994 Chairman, editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast
Steven Calabresi ‘80: Co-founder of the Federalist Society, Law Professor at Northwestern
Fred Krupp ‘76: President of Environmental Defense Fund
Bo Jangles ‘88: Leading Animal Rights Activist
 
 

The Chairmen of the Independent Party

Abhi Lingareddy, Fall 2024
Hannah Barrios, Spring 2024
Camillo Padulli, Fall 2023
Justin Crosby, Spring 2023
Emily Zenner, Fall 2022
Nate Olson, Spring 2022 
Katrina Starbird, Fall 2021 
Mark Ge, Spring 2021 
Skylar Cobbett, Fall 2020
Louie Goldsmith, Spring 2020
Sam Goldman, Fall 2019
Spencer Parish, Spring 2019
Anne Lu, Fall 2018
Cameron Wright, Spring 2018
Sandy Pecht, Fall 2017 
Clara Collier, Spring 2017 
Monica Hanratty, Fall 2016 
Hugh Sullivan, Spring 2016 
Anthony Kayruz, Fall 2015 
Greg Martin, Spring 2015 
Sophia Charan, Fall 2014 
Ayanna Watende, Spring 2014 
Ella Wood, Fall 2013 
Stewart McDonald, Spring 2013
Benjamin Lempert, Fall 2012
Michelle Bayefsky, Spring 2012
Roy Lee, Fall 2011
Will Jordan, Spring 2011
Shannon Connors, Fall 2010
Meredith Morrison, Spring 2010 
Shaina Wright, Fall 2009 
Adam Goodrum, Spring 2009 
Geoffrey Shaw, Fall 2008
Rachel Bayefsky, Spring 2008 
Carmen Lee, Fall 2007 
Jay Schweikert, Spring 2007
Alexandra Charrow, Fall 2006 
Roger Low, Spring 2006 
David Derusha, Fall 2005 
Jennifer Rost, Spring 2005 
Goran Lynch, Fall 2004 
Matthew Gross, Spring 2004 
David Kroll, Fall 2003 
Scott Simpson, Spring 2003 
Lauren Mutti, Fall 2002 
John Elias, Spring 2002 
Averill Harrington, Fall 2001
J. Cole Stevens, Spring 2001 
Adam Goldfarb, Fall 2000 
Ames Brown, Spring 2000 
Cristina Imperial, Fall 1999
William Crawford, Spring 1999 
Raj Adlakha, Fall 1998 
Matthew Rothman, Spring 1998
The Jackelope, Fall 1997 
David Perlstein, Spring 1997 
Andrew Diamond, Fall 1996 
Andy Katzman, Spring 1996 
Matt Rockman, Fall 1995 
Azzie Farin, Spring 1995 
John “Fipp” Avlon, Fall 1994 
Krista McGruder, Spring 1994 
Max Karpel, Fall 1993 
Mark Schauerte, Spring 1993 
Joe Patt, Fall 1992 
Dan Gordon, Spring 1992 
Jeannie Rhee, Fall 1991 
Hari Osofsky, Spring 1991 
Carrie Boren, Fall 1990 
Nate Persily, Spring 1990 
David Grey, Fall 1989 
Jonathan Zittrain, Spring 1989 
Kim Gulley, Fall 1988 
David Stemmerman, Spring 1988 
John Wertheim, Fall 1987 
Jonathan Weisglass, Spring 1987 
Howard Horowitz, Fall 1986 
Eric Brody, Spring 1986 
Matt Lamberti, Fall 1985 
Erik Hepler, Spring 1985 
Dave Meltzer, Fall 1984 
Orde Kittrie, Spring 1984 
Eric Robinson, Fall 1983 
Phil Shiman, Spring 1983 
Rich Ross, Fall 1982 
Bernie Gilmore, Spring 1982 
Linley Gwennap, Fall 1981 
Stew Weinberg, Spring 1981 
Joel Rubin, Fall 1980 
Charles Thompson, Spring 1980 
Jeff Perzan, Fall 1979 
Mark Smith, Spring 1979 
Steve Weiner, Fall 1978 
Steve Hall, Spring 1978 
Martha Schall, Fall 1977 
David Johnson, Spring 1977 
 
We are presently working to trace this list back to 1934, the year of our founding. If you are an IP alum who has information, please be in touch!