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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
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!