Name
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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Horace Webster
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1818
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Lieutenant; mathematics professor at the Academy (1818–1825); professor of mathematics, professor of intellectual philosophy, and president at
Geneva College (1828–1830, 1835–1836); president
Free Academy of New York (1848–1869)
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[1]
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Dennis Hart Mahan
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1824
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Lieutenant;
military theorist, educator, author, and engineer; founding member of
National Academy of Sciences; father of American naval historian and theorist
Rear Admiral
Alfred Thayer Mahan; of his other four children, son Frederick August Mahan graduated from the Academy in 1867
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[2]
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Alexander Dallas Bache
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1825
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Lieutenant; founding president of the
National Academy of Sciences; member of the
Scientific Lazzaroni and the
Royal Society; professor of
natural philosophy and
chemistry at the
University of Pennsylvania (1828–1843)
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[3]
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Leonidas Polk
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1827
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Second lieutenant USA,
lieutenant general in
Confederate States Army; resigned his
commission soon after graduating from the academy to enter
Virginia Theological Seminary; founder of
University of the South; killed in combat during the
Battle of Marietta;
Fort Polk named in his honor
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[4]
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Andrew A. Humphreys
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1831
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Major General;
American Civil War; topographical and hydrological surveyor of the
Mississippi River Delta;
Chief of Engineers (1866–1875); an incorporator of the United States
National Academy of Sciences
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[5]
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William Augustus Norton
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1831
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Lieutenant;
Black Hawk War; professor of
natural philosophy and
civil engineering (1831–1883); member of the United States
National Academy of Sciences
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[6]
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Benjamin Stoddert Ewell
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1832
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Colonel in
Confederate States Army; professor of mathematics and
natural philosophy at
Hampden-Sydney College (1839–1846); president of
The College of William & Mary (1854–1888); brother
Richard S. Ewell, class of 1840, was a
lieutenant general in
Confederate States Army
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[7]
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Francis Henney Smith
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1833
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Major General in
Confederate States Army; first and longest-serving superintendent of
Virginia Military Institute (1839–1889)
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[8]
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Montgomery C. Meigs
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1836
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Major General; Quartermaster General during
American Civil War; river and civil engineer; early member of
National Academy of Sciences;
General
Montgomery Meigs, class of 1967, is his descendant
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[9]
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William Gilham
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1840
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Colonel in
Confederate States Army;
Seminole War and
Mexican–American War; professor at
Virginia Military Institute; author of Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the United States, which was in use for over 145 years
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[10]
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Bushrod Johnson
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1840
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Major General in
Confederate States Army;
Seminole War and
Mexican–American War; served with distinction in many key battles such as the
Battle of Chickamauga and
Siege of Petersburg; professor of philosophy, chemistry, and engineering; co-chancellor of the University of Nashville (1870–1875)
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[11]
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Josiah Gorgas
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1841
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Captain USA,
brigadier general in
Confederate States Army;
Mexican–American War; chief of ordnance for the Confederacy; president of
University of Alabama (1878-1883); son
William C. Gorgas became
Surgeon General of the United States Army
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[b]
[12]
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Henry L. Eustis
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1842
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Brigadier General;
American Civil War; founded the Lawrence Scientific School, later the
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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[13]
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Daniel Harvey Hill
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1842
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Lieutenant General in
Confederate States Army; professor at
Washington and Lee University and
Davidson College; later the first president of the
University of Arkansas (1877–1884)
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[14]
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Edmund Kirby Smith
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1845
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Major USA,
General CSA;
Mexican–American War; Confederate commander of the
Trans-Mississippi Department; president of
University of Nashville (1870-1875); professor of mathematics at
Sewanee: The University of the South in
Sewanee, Tennessee (1875-1893)
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[b]
[15]
[16]
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Stonewall Jackson
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1846
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Major in United States Army,
lieutenant general in
Confederate States Army;
Mexican–American War; professor of natural and experimental philosophy and artillery at
Virginia Military Institute (1851–1861); excelled in several battles during the
American Civil War, including the
First Battle of Bull Run where he received his nickname; accidentally shot by his own troops at the
Battle of Chancellorsville and died of complications from
pneumonia eight days later
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[17]
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Oliver Otis Howard
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1854
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Major General; recipient of the
Medal of Honor for his actions leading an attack at the
Battle of Seven Pines despite wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm; led the campaign against
Chief Joseph and the
Nez Perce tribe; founder of
Howard University; Superintendent of the Academy (1881–1882)
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[b]
[18]
[19]
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George Washington Custis Lee
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1854
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First Lieutenant US Army,
Major General CSA; graduated first in his class at the Academy; father
Robert E. Lee, class of 1829, graduated second in his class; President,
Washington and Lee University (1871–1897)
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[a]
[20]
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Stephen D. Lee
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1854
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First Lieutenant USA,
Lieutenant General CSA;
Seminole Wars,
American Indian Wars; youngest Lieutenant General in the
Confederate States Army; first president of
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi (1880-1899)
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[b]
[21]
[22]
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Alexander S. Webb
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1855
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Major General; recipient of the
Medal of Honor for his actions at the
Battle of Gettysburg for personal bravery and leadership repulsing
Pickett's Charge; president of the
City College of New York (1869–1902)
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[23]
[24]
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Winfield Scott Chaplin
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1870
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Chancellor of
Washington University in St. Louis (1891-1907); Dean of the
Lawrence Scientific School at
Harvard University; Faculty member at
Maine State College,
Imperial University in Tokyo, and
Union College
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[25]
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John Wilson Ruckman
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1883
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Major General; a founder of the
Journal of the United States Artillery; invented several artillery devices used during
World War I; instructor at School of Submarine Defense
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[26]
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1915
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General of the Army; trained tank crews in
Pennsylvania during
World War I;
World War II; commander of
European Theater of Operations and
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (1942–1945); 1st
Military Governor of American Occupation Zone in Germany (1945); President of
Columbia University (1948–1950, 1952–1953); 1st
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952); 34th
President of the United States (1953–1961)
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[27]
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Robert F. McDermott
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1943
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Brigadier General;
World War II fighter pilot; executive of
United Services Automobile Association (USAA); first Dean of Faculty at the
United States Air Force Academy
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[28]
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Wesley Posvar
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1946
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Brigadier General in the Air Force; first US Air Force officer to be granted a
Rhodes Scholarship; 15th chancellor of the
University of Pittsburgh (1967–1991), where Posvar Hall is named in his honor
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[29]
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James R. Allen
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1948
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General in the Air Force; fighter pilot in
Korean War and
Vietnam War; superintendent of
United States Air Force Academy (1974–1977)
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[30]
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Charles R. Hamm
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1956
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Lieutenant General in the Air Force; fighter pilot in
Vietnam War; member of the Air Force air demonstration squadron, the
Thunderbirds (1964–1966); superintendent of
United States Air Force Academy (1987–1991)
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[31]
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Robert Ivany
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1970
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Major General;
Vietnam War and
Gulf War veteran; former president of the
U.S. Army War College (2001–2004); president of
University of Saint Thomas (2004–present)
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[32]
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John Mearsheimer
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1970
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Served five years as an Air Force officer;
political science professor at
University of Chicago (1982–present), where he is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy; proponent of
offensive realism
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[33]
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