• John Irving, Vienna ‘64 – author, The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, et al.
• Daniel Quinn, Vienna ’55 – author, Ishmael
• Janet Napolitano, London ‘78 – U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009-present, Governor of Arizona 2003-2009
• Mary Ann Peters, Paris ‘71 – Provost US Navy War College 2009-present, Ambassador to Bangladesh in 2000-2003
• Willard Huyck, Paris '66 - Screenwriter, director and producer. Created screenplay for American Graffiti and others.
• Thomas Tusher, Vienna ‘62 – former President and COO of Levi Strauss & Co.
• Heather Richardson Higgins, Durham '70 - President, Randolph Foundation, Political Commentator and Author
• Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, Vienna '61 - Vice President and Director of Programs at The Carter Center, MacArthur Fellow
• William G. "Bill" Durden, Freiburg '70 - President of Dickinson College, 1999-present
• Seth Kugel, Paris '90 - journalist, New York Times "Frugal Traveler," 2010-present
• Richard Ryan, Vienna '63 - former President and CEO of DeKalb Genetics

• African American/Black: 2.9%
• Asian or Pacific Islander: 6.2%
• Caucasian: 74.5%
• Did Not Supply Information: 6.1%
• Hispanic: 5.1%
• Multi-racial: 5.0%
• Native American Indian: .2%

Year in School:

• Freshman: .3%
• Sophomore: 9.5%
• Junior: 77.2%
• Senior: 12.8%
• Other: .2%

• First to appoint a Dean of Students
• First to have a Diversity Initiative
• First to offer Customized Programs
• First to begin formalized program reviews to ensure academic excellence
• First to conduct joint faculty seminars for U.S. and international faculty
• First to publish an educational tool to evaluate study abroad programs, the IES Abroad MAP (Model Assessment Practice)
• First to conduct a 50-year longitudinal alumni study of the impact of study abroad
• First to conduct annual risk assessment audits and to adopt a statement of Ethical Principles
• First to complete the Forum on Education Abroad’s Category 2b Quality Improvement Program (QUIP) review