John Krasinski, 2001. Actor
Horace Mann, 1819. Considered father of public school education in America
Charles Evans Hughes, 1881. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Theodore Francis Green,1887. RI Governor 1933-37 and U.S. Senator 1937-61
John W. Heisman, 1891. Namesake of Heisman trophy
John Hope, 1894. First African-American pres- ident of Morehouse College
John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1897. Philanthropist
Fritz Pollard, 1919. First black head coach in the NFL
Thomas Corcoran, 1922. Member of FDR’s brain trust, guided New Deal legislation
Thomas O. Paine, 1942. Oversaw first seven NASA Apollo manned missions
Joe Paterno, 1950. Legendary coach at Penn State
Ted Turner, 1960 (expelled before graduation, honorary degree 1989)
John Sculley, 196. CEO of Apple Computers
Janet Yellen, 1967. First woman to head the Federal Reserve
Ira Magaziner, 1969. Clinton adviser and chair- man of Clinton AIDS Initiative, co-architect of the New Curriculum or open curriculum
Lincoln Chafee, 1975. Governor of Rhode Island (and three other current U.S. governors: Maggie Hassan, 1960, of New Hampshire; Bobby Jindal, 1992, of Louisiana; Jack Markell, 1982, of Delaware)
Cecile Richards, 1980. President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Mary Chapin Carpenter, 1981. Folk singer
Ira Glass, 1982. Host of NPR’s This American Life
Jim Yong Kim, 1982. President of the World Bank
David Cicilline, 1983. U.S. Representative
John F. Kennedy Jr., 1983. Magazine editor
Laura Linney, 1986. Actress
Emma Watson, 2014. Actress
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