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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Army. The Academy was founded in 1802 and is the oldest of the United States' five service academies. It is also called The Academy, The Point, and West Point. The Academy graduated its first cadet, Joseph Gardner Swift, in October 1802. Sports media refer to the Academy as "Army" and the students as "Cadets"; this usage is officially endorsed.[1] The football team is also known as "The Black Knights of the Hudson" and "The Black Knights".[1][2][3] A few graduates each year are given the option of entering the United States Air Force, United States Navy, or United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in 1955, the Academy was a major source of officers for the Air Force and its predecessors. Most cadets are admitted through the congressional appointment system.[4][5] The curriculum emphasizes the sciences and engineering fields.[6][7]

The list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former cadets, current cadets, and faculty of the Military Academy. Notable graduates include 2 American Presidents, 4 additional heads of state, 18 astronauts, 74 Medal of Honor recipients,[8] 70 Rhodes Scholars,[9] and 3 Heisman Trophy winners. Among American universities, the academy is fourth on the list of total winners for Rhodes Scholarships, seventh for Marshall Scholarships and fourth on the list of Hertz Fellowships.[10]

Contents

Academics

"Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war classes often graduate early. For example, the Class of 1943 actually graduated in 1942.
Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (academics)
Name Class year Notability Reference
Smith, Francis HenneyFrancis Henney Smith 1833 Major General in Confederate States Army; first and longest serving superintendent of Virginia Military Institute (1839–1889) [11]
Hill, Daniel HarveyDaniel Harvey Hill 1842 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) [12]
Lee, George Washington CustisGeorge Washington Custis Lee 1854 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) a[›][13]}
Webb, Alexander S.Alexander S. Webb 1855 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) [14][15]
Mearsheimer, JohnJohn Mearsheimer 1970 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 [16]
Daniel H. Hill
Custis Lee

Superintendents of the United States Military Academy

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)
Name Class year Notability Reference
Thayer, SylvanusSylvanus Thayer 1808 Commanded the academy 1817–1833. Known as the "Father of the Military Academy" for his lasting and profound impact. He later had a lasting impact upon Dartmouth College where the Thayer School of Engineering is named after him. [17][18]
Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee 1829 Superintendent 1852–1855. Famous as a cadet for having never received a demerit. He was a rising star in the Army before the Civil War. At the beginning of the war, he swore his allegiance to Virginia and became the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. After the war, he became president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia. [19]
MacArthur, DouglasDouglas MacArthur 1903 Commanded the academy 1919–1922 as the academy recovered from the strain of producing officers for the First World War. Implemented sweeping changes that brought the academy into the modern age. Later Chief of Staff of the Army. Awarded the Medal of Honor in 1942 and was the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Commanded the Allied Forces during the early years of the Korean War before being relieved by President Truman. [20]
Taylor, Maxwell D.Maxwell D. Taylor 1922 Superintendent immediately following WWII from 1945–1949, Taylor abolished horse cavalry tactics and made great strides towards modernizing the curriculum, as well as the formalization of the Cadet Honor Code. He was later the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [21]
Westmoreland, WilliamWilliam Westmoreland 1936 After graduating as the highest ranking cadet in his class, he served as superintendent 1960–1963 before becoming head of allied forces in the Vietnam War. General Westmoreland was later the Chief of Staff of the Army. He is buried in the West Point Cemetery. [22]
Sylvanus Thayer
Douglas MacArthur

Astronauts

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (astronauts)
Name Class year Notability Reference
Borman, FrankFrank Borman 1950 Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 8, first to orbit moon and to see far side of the moon [23][24]
Aldrin, BuzzBuzz Aldrin 1951 Pilot of Gemini 12 and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11; 2nd person to walk on the moon [25][26]
White, Edward H.Edward H. White 1952 Pilot of Gemini 4, died in the Apollo 1 fire; first American to perform a spacewalk [26][27]
Scott, DavidDavid Scott 1954 Pilot of Gemini 8, Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, and Commander of Apollo 15, walked on the moon. [26][28]
Mullane, RichardRichard Mullane 1967 Mission Specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36 [26][29]
McArthur, William S.William S. McArthur 1973 Mission Specialist on STS-58, STS-74, and STS-92; Commanded International Space Station Expedition 12 [26][30]
Williams, Jeffrey N.Jeffrey N. Williams 1980 Mission Specialist on STS-101; Flight Engineer of ISS Expeditions 13 and 21, Commander of Expedition 22 [26][31]
Buzz Aldrin
Ed White

Athletic figures

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures)
Name Class year Notability Reference
Daly, Charles DudleyCharles Dudley Daly 1905 "Godfather of West Point Football"; early promoter of American football [32]
Blanchard, DocDoc Blanchard 1947 United States Air Force fighter pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War; football player known as "Mr. Inside" who won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945 [33]
Davis, Glenn WoodwardGlenn Woodward Davis 1947 Football player known as "Mr. Outside" who won the Maxwell Award (1944) and Heisman Trophy (1946) [34]
Dawkins, PetePete Dawkins 1959 Brigadier General; Heisman Trophy Maxwell Award winner (1958); Rhodes Scholar; Ph.D. from Princeton University; paratrooper; recipient of two Bronze Stars during the Vietnam War; only cadet in history to simultaneously be Brigade Commander, President of his Class, captain of the football team, and a "Star Man" in the top five percent of his class academically [35]
Allen, AnitaAnita Allen 2000 Modern pentathalon 2004 Summer Olympics, placed 18th [36]
Felix "Doc" Blanchard

Businesspeople

  • Henry A. du Pont, Class of 1861. President & general manager of Wilmington & Western Railroad (1879–1899).
  • Robert E. Wood, Class of 1900. Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck (1939–1954). Responsible for shifting the company's focus from a mail-order catalog company to a department store retailer. Wood also started AllState Insurance as a subsidiary of Sears. During WWI, BG Wood served as the Quartermaster of the Army and also served as the chief quartermaster during the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • William T. Seawell, Class of 1941. Chairman & CEO Pan Am Airways (1971–1981).
  • Robert F. McDermott, Class of 1943. Former Chairman & CEO of United Services Automobile Association (USAA).
  • Rueben Pomerantz, Class of 1946. President of Holiday Inns of America (1969–1972).
  • John F. Donahue, Class of 1946. Founder and Chairman, Federated Investors $400 Billion Dollar Asset Management Firm.
  • John G. Hayes, Class of 1949. President of Coca-Cola Bottling Company (1963).
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. President Eastern Airlines (1975–1986).
  • LTG Walter F. Ulmer, Jr., Class of 1952. President and CEO of Center for Creative Leadership (1985–1994).
  • Randolph V. Araskog, Class of 1953. President, Chairman, CEO of ITT Communications.
  • Dana Mead, Class of 1957. Chairman and CEO of Tenneco (1994–1999), Chairman of MIT Corporation (since 2003).
  • Pete Dawkins, Class of 1959. Chairman and CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Vice-Chairman and EVP of Travelers Insurance, Vice Chairman of Bain and Company, and currently Vice-Chairman of Citigroup Private Bank.
  • Fred Malek, Class of 1959. Founder and Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, Chairman of Northwest Airlines.
  • Frank J. Caufield, Co-Founder of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Jim Kimsey, Class of 1962. Chairman and co-founder of AOL
  • Marshall Carter, Class of 1962. Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (since 2005). Former Chairman and CEO of the State Street Bank and Trust Company.
  • LTG Daniel Christman, Class of 1965. SVP of International Affairs for U.S. Chamber of Commerce (since 2003)
  • Roland Smith, CEO of Wendy's and Arby's (since 2006)
  • William P. Foley, II, Class of 1967, Former CEO and current Chairman of Fidelity National Information Services
  • Marshall Larsen, Class of 1970. Chairman and CEO of Goodrich, Corporation (since 2003)
  • Bob McDonald, Class of 1973. CEO of Procter & Gamble
  • Ken Hicks, Class of 1974. President and CEO of Foot Locker
  • Joe DePinto, Class of 1986. CEO of 7-Eleven Corp.
  • Albert Dunlap, CEO of Scott Paper and Sunbeam.
  • Anthony Noto, Class of 1991. EVP and CFO for National Football League.
  • Brad Hunstable, Class of 2001. Founder and President of Ustream.TV.

Engineers

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers)
Name Class year Notability Reference
Gunnison, John WilliamsJohn Williams Gunnison 1837 Captain; topographical engineer; supervised one of the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853; Gunnison, Colorado and Gunnison, Utah are named in his honor [37][38]
Warren, Gouverneur K.Gouverneur K. Warren 1850 Major General; commended at the battle of Little Round Top, Chief of Engineers of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War; participated in topographical and railroad explorations of the Mississippi River and trans-Mississippi West [39]
Poe, Orlando MetcalfeOrlando Metcalfe Poe 1856 Brigadier General; American Civil War; lighthouse, harbor, and river engineer; responsible for much of the early lighthouse construction on the Great Lakes; built the Poe Lock of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Poe Reef Light in Lake Huron is named in his honor [40]
Wilson, John MoulderJohn Moulder Wilson 1860 Brigadier General; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his for actions at the Battle of Malvern Hill though acutely ill; Superintendent of the Academy (1889–1893); Chief of Engineers (1897–1901) [14][41]
Casey, Hugh JohnHugh John Casey 1918 Major General; chief engineer of South West Pacific theatre of World War II in World War II; initial designer of The Pentagon [42]
Orlando Metcalfe Poe

Government

Heads of State

Name Class year Notability Reference
Davis, JeffersonJefferson Davis 1828 Mexican–American War veteran; U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1845-1846); U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1847-1851); United States Secretary of War (1853-1857); President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) [43]
Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant 1843 General of the Army; Mexican–American War and American Civil War; 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) [44]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower 1915 General of the Army; 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) [45]
Somoza, AnastasioAnastasio Somoza 1946 General; Head of the Nicaraguan National Guard (1947-1967); President of Nicaragua (1967-1972; 1974-1979) [46]
Ramos, Fidel V.Fidel V. Ramos 1950 General; Korean War and Vietnam War veteran; Chief of the Philippine Constabulary (1970-1986); Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (1986-1988); Secretary of National Defense (1988-1991); President of the Philippines (1992–1998) [47]
Figueres, José MaríaJosé María Figueres 1979 Entered Costa Rican government service after graduating from the Academy; Minister of Foreign Trade (1986-1988); Minister of Agriculture (1988-1990); President of Costa Rica (1994-1998) [48]
Ulysses S. Grant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fidel V. Ramos

Cabinet members

Ambassadors

Name Class year Notability Reference
Lawton, AlexanderAlexander Lawton 1839 Brigadier General CSA; graduated from Harvard Law School, class of 1842; seriously wounded at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862 and served as the Confederacy's second Quartermaster General for the remainder of the war; became president of the American Bar Association in 1882; served as minister to Austria-Hungary (1887-1889) b[›][49]
Longstreet, JamesJames Longstreet 1842 Major USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Mexican–American War; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam; severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness; ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1897-1904) b[›][50]
Porter, HoraceHorace Porter 1860 Brigadier general; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his for actions at the Battle of Chickamauga; Ambassador to France (1897–1905) b[›][14][51]
Taylor, Maxwell DavenportMaxwell Davenport Taylor 1922 General; instituted the Cadet Honor Code at the Academy; commander of 101st Airborne Division (1944–1945); Chief of Staff of the Army (1955–1959); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962–1964); United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (1964–1965) a[›][52]
Horace Porter
Barry McCaffrey

Governors (civil)

Name Class year Notability Reference
Hébert, Paul OctavePaul Octave Hébert 1840 Captain USA, Brigadier General in Confederate States Army; Mexican–American War; Governor of Louisiana (1853-1856); served at the Siege of Vicksburg and in Texas b[›][53]
Buckner, Simon BolivarSimon Bolivar Buckner 1844 Captain USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Mexican–American War; Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Chickamauga; Governor of Kentucky (1887-1891) b[›][54]
Maury, Dabney H.Dabney H. Maury 1846 Lieutenant colonel USA, Major General CSA; son of Naval officer John Minor Maury; Mexican–American War, cavalry officer in Oregon and Texas; Battle of Pea Ridge, Battle of Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg; United States Ambassador to Colombia (1887-1889) b[›][55]
Henry, Guy VernorGuy Vernor Henry 1861 Brigadier General; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions repulsing an enemy attack at the Battle of Cold Harbor; son Major General Guy Vernor Henry Jr. is an Academy alumnus, Class of 1894; Governor of Puerto Rico (1898–1899) b[›][56][57]
Goethals, George WashingtonGeorge Washington Goethals 1880 Major General; chief engineer of the Panama Canal; Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1914–1917) [58]
Schley, Julian LarcombeJulian Larcombe Schley 1903 Major General; World War I; topographic and civil engineer; Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1926–1932); Chief of Engineers (1937–1941) [41]
Robert McLane
Simon Bolivar Buckner

Governors (military)

Name Class year Notability Reference
Ruger, Thomas H.Thomas H. Ruger 1854 Major General; military engineer and lawyer; veteran of Civil War; military engineer and lawyer; military Governor of Georgia (1868); Superintendent of the Academy (1871–1876) a[›][59]
Merritt, WesleyWesley Merritt 1860 Major General; veteran of the Civil War and Spanish–American War; first Military Governor of the Philippines a[›][60]
Ames, AdelbertAdelbert Ames 1861 Major General; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his for continuing a fierce fight though severely wounded in his right thigh at First Battle of Bull Run; Governor of Mississippi (1868–1870) and (1874–1876); United States Senator from Mississippi (1870–1874) b[›][56][61]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower 1915 General of the Army; 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); 34th President of the United States (1953-1961); 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951-1952) [45]
Adelbert Ames

Legislators

Name Class year Notability Reference
Davis, JeffersonJefferson Davis 1828 Mexican–American War veteran; U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1845-1846); U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1847-1851); United States Secretary of War (1853-1857); president of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) [43]
Marshall, HumphreyHumphrey Marshall 1832 Second Lieutenant USA, Brigadier General CSA; Mexican–American War veteran with Kentucky militia; U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1849-1852), (1855-1859); resigned from the Confederate Army in June 1863; member of Second Confederate Congress b[›][62]
Maxey, Samuel B.Samuel B. Maxey 1846 First Lieutenant USA, Major General CSA; Mexican–American War; Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Port Hudson; United States Senator from Texas (1875-1887) b[›][63]
Ames, AdelbertAdelbert Ames 1861 Major General; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his for continuing a fierce fight though severely wounded in his right thigh at First Battle of Bull Run; Governor of Mississippi (1868–1870) and (1874–1876); United States Senator from Mississippi (1870–1874) b[›][56][61]
du Pont, Henry A.Henry A. du Pont 1861 Lieutenant Colonel; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions repulsing an enemy attack at the Battle of Cedar Creek; United States Senator from Delaware (1906–1917) b[›][56][64]
Henry Slocum
Jack Reed
Geoff Davis

Mayors

Cadet Luis R. Esteves 1915, first Hispanic American graduate

Jurists

  • Montgomery Blair, Class of 1835, Attorney for Dred Scott in landmark 1857 Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. Sandford. President Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet (1861–1864)
  • Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls, Class of 1855, Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court (1892–1911)
  • Richard Whitehead Young, Class of 1882. Philippines Supreme Court Justice (1899–1901)
  • Richard D. Cudahy, Class of 1948. Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Rhesa H. Barksdale, Class of 1966. U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1990- )
  • Roy Moore, Class of 1969. Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court (2001–2003)

Law Enforcement and Intelligence figures

George Washington Goethals, Class of 1880
Hap Arnold, Class of 1907

Literary figures

Name Class year Notability Reference
Bourke, John GregoryJohn Gregory Bourke 1869 Captain at time of retirement, Private at the time of the Medal of Honor action; recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee; prolific diarist and author focusing on the Old West b[›][56][66]
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  • James Carafano, Class of 1977. Author of Winning the Long War, etc.
  • Thomas M. Carhart, Class of 1966. Author of Lost Triumph, etc.
  • Gus Lee, Class of 1966. Author of China Boy, Chasing Hepburn, etc.
  • Henry Martyn Robert, Class of 1857. Author of Robert's Rules of Order
  • John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. First Editor, Journal of U.S. Artillery. Author of numerous technical articles on gunnery.
  • Cornelis DeWitt Willcox, Class of 1885.
  • Luis R. Esteves, Class of 1915. Author of "Los Barrabases" and "¡Los Soldados Son Así!" (Soldiers are like that).
  • Hal Moore, Class of 1945. Author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young
  • Robert Bowles Johnson, Jr., Class of 1969. Co-author of West Point: America's Power Fraternity
  • Brian Haig, Class of 1975. Novelist
  • James Salter, Class of 1945, prolific US author. Selected to The Academy of Arts and Letters.
  • Lucian K Truscott, IV, Class of 1969, Novelist.
  • Bill McWilliams, Class of 1955. Author of "A Return To Glory".
  • Ed Ruggero, Class of 1980. Author of "Academy," "First Men In," "Combat Jump," and "Duty First."
  • Amy Efaw, Class of 1989. Author of "Battle Dress".
  • Archibald Gracie IV, Survivor of the RMS Titanic. Author of "Titanic: A Survivor's Story".

Military figures

Medal of Honor recipients

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)
Name Class year Notability Reference
Robinson, John ClevelandJohn Cleveland Robinson 1839 ex Left the Academy after three years but joined the Army one year later; Major General in the American Civil War; awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in action in 1864 near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia; Lieutenant Governor of New York (1873–1874); served two terms as the president of the Grand Army of the Republic [14][67]
Titus, Calvin PearlCalvin Pearl Titus 1905 Lieutenant Colonel at retirement, Corporal at time Medal of Honor was awarded; admitted to the Academy because of his Medal of Honor during the Boxer Rebellion; became a Chaplain's assistant. [68][69]
Nininger, Alexander R.Alexander R. Nininger 1941 Second Lieutenant; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Bataan, Philippines while a member of the Philippine Scouts, continued an attack even though wounded three times; first Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II; First Division of Cadet Barracks at West Point is named in his honor [70][71]
Foley, Robert F.Robert F. Foley 1963 Captain, later Lieutenant General; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions on 1966-11-05 for rallying his unit in the face of superior enemy numbers and personally destroying three enemy strongpoints; West Point Commandant of Cadets (1996–1998); later president of Marion Military Institute; currently the director of the Army Emergency Relief Program [72][73]
Bucha, Paul WilliamPaul William Bucha 1965 Captain; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions leading his unit against a larger enemy for in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam; foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign [72][74]
John Cleveland Robinson
Robert Foley

Mexican-American War combatants

Name Class year Notability Reference
Totten, Joseph GilbertJoseph Gilbert Totten 1805 Major General; War of 1812, Mexican–American War, American Civil War; military and lighthouse engineer; Chief of Engineers (1838–1864) [41]
Ringgold, SamuelSamuel Ringgold 1818 Major; Mexican–American War veteran; developed several artillery innovations; first U.S. officer to fall in the Mexican-American War, perishing from wounds inflicted during the Battle of Palo Alto [75]
Mansfield, Joseph K.Joseph K. Mansfield 1822 Major General; Mexican–American War and American Civil War; civil engineer; mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam [76]
Davis, JeffersonJefferson Davis 1828 Mexican–American War veteran; U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1845-1846); U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1847-1851); United States Secretary of War (1853-1857); president of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) [43]
Magruder, John B.John B. Magruder 1830 Major USA, Major General CSA, Major General in Imperial Mexican Army; Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War veteran; noted for deceptive delaying tactics [77]
Samuel Ringgold

American Civil War combatants

Confederate States Army officers

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (Confederate States Army)

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Name Class year Notability Reference
Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee 1829 Colonel USA, General CSA; graduated second in his class without demerits; son George Washington Custis Lee, class of 1854, graduated first in class; Commander, Army of Northern Virginia (1862–1865); General-in-Chief, Confederate States Army (1865); President, Washington and Lee University (1865–1870) a[›]b[›][78]
Magruder, John B.John B. Magruder 1830 Major in United States Army, Major General in Confederate States Army, Major General in Imperial Mexican Army;Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War veteran b[›][77]
Longstreet, JamesJames Longstreet 1842 Major in United States Army, Lieutenant General in Confederate States Army;Mexican–American War; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam; severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness b[›][50]
Jackson, StonewallStonewall Jackson 1846 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 eight days later b[›][79]
Pickett, GeorgeGeorge Pickett 1846 Captain USA, Major General in the Confederate States Army; graduated last in his class, leader of Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
Hood, John BellJohn Bell Hood 1853 Second Lieutenant USA, General CSA; offered a post as instructor at the Academy, but declined due to the impending war; brilliant commander in the field but less effective as a general
Stuart, J.E.B.J.E.B. Stuart 1854 Captain in United States Army, Major General in Confederate States Army; American Indian Wars; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Peninsula Campaign and Maryland Campaign b[›][80]
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
John Bell Hood

Union Army officers

Name Class year Notability Reference
Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant 1843 General of the Army of the United States; Mexican–American War and American Civil War; 18th President of the United States (1953-1961) [44]
Custer, George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong Custer 1861 Lieutenant Colonel USA; leader of a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg that broke the back of the Confederate resistance [81]
Hancock, Winfield ScottWinfield Scott Hancock 1844 Major General USA; graduated 18th in his class; led the Army of the Potomac; a Democratic nominee for President [82]
Mansfield, Joseph K.Joseph K. Mansfield 1822 Major General USA; Mexican–American War and American Civil War; civil engineer; mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam [76]
McClellan, George B.George B. McClellan 1846 Major General; commander of the Union forces after the defeat at Bull Run [83]
Meade, GeorgeGeorge Meade 1835 Major General; graduated 19th in his class; defeated Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg, a major turning point in the War [84]
Sheridan, PhilipPhilip Sheridan 1853 General USA, graduated 34th in his class, used scorched earth tactics in the Shenandoah Valley and forced Lee's surrender [85]
Sherman, William TecumsehWilliam Tecumseh Sherman 1840 Major General USA, treated the demerit system with disdain, which lowered his class standing from fourth to sixth, led the brutal march from Atlanta to Savannah that demoralized the South [86]
Ulysses S. Grant
George Armstrong Custer
Winfield Scott Hancock
Philip Sheridan
William Tecumseh Sherman

Indian Wars combatants & Buffalo Soldiers

Henry Ossian Flipper, Class of 1877, first African American graduate

Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection Commands

John J. Pershing, Class of 1886

Pancho Villa Expedition combatants

World War I combatants

John L. Hines, Class of 1891

World War II combatants

Name Class year Notability Reference
Patton, Jr., George S.George S. Patton, Jr. 1909 1912 Summer Olympics, modern pentathalon, 5th place; commander Third United States Army (1944–1945) during World War II [87]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower 1915 General of the Army; 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) [45]
Douglas MacArthur
George S. Patton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley

Israeli War for Independence combatants

Korean War combatants

Fidel V. Ramos

Vietnam War combatants

Gulf War combatants

Name Class year Notability Reference
Schwarzkopf, Jr., NormanNorman Schwarzkopf, Jr. 1956 General; Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command; father Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. is an 1917 Academy alumnus [88]
Franks, Jr., Frederick M.Frederick M. Franks, Jr. 1959 General; commander, VII Corps and the "Left Hook" maneuver against fourteen Iraqi divisions [89]
McCaffrey, BarryBarry McCaffrey 1964 General; commander of 24th Infantry Division [90]
Meigs, MontgomeryMontgomery Meigs 1967 General; Vietnam War, Gulf War, and Operation Joint Endeavor; commander 3rd Infantry Division (1995-1996); commander NATO SFOR (1998-1999); professor of strategy and military operations; Major General Montgomery C. Meigs, Class of 1836, is his ancestor [91]
McMaster, H. R.H. R. McMaster 1984 Brigadier General; Captain in 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of 73 Easting; military history professor at West Point (1994–1996); Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a thesis criticizing American strategy in the Vietnam War and detailed in his 1998 book Dereliction of Duty; commander of 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the Iraq War [92]
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

War on Terror

Participants

Name Class year Notability Reference
Downing, Wayne A.Wayne A. Downing 1962 National Director and Deputy National Security Adviser for combating terrorism; chairman of the Combating Terrorism Center at the Academy [93]
McChrystal, Stanley A.Stanley A. McChrystal 1976 Lieutenant General; special operations and intelligence officer; served in Iraq and Afghanistan; commander, Joint Special Operations Command (2003–2008) [94]
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Afghanistan combatants

Name Class year Notability Reference
Hagenbeck, Franklin L.Franklin L. Hagenbeck 1971 Lieutenant General; Commander, Coalition Joint Task Force Mountain, Operations Enduring Freedom/Anaconda and Deputy Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan; Superintendent of the Academy (2006-) [95]
Cone, Robert W.Robert W. Cone 1979 Major General; Commander, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan [96]
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Iraq combatants

Name Class year Notability Reference
Abizaid, JohnJohn Abizaid 1973 General; commander, United States Central Command; commander 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion Combat Team; commander 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment [97]
Petraeus, DavidDavid Petraeus 1974 General; first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq and the NATO Training Mission-Iraq; commander 101st Airborne Division; commander Multi-National Forces - Iraq (2007-) [98]
Caldwell, William B.William B. Caldwell 1976 Lieutenant General; Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects and spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq [99]
Kimmitt, MarkMark Kimmitt 1976 Brigadier General; chief military spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003–2004); Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs (2008–2009) [100]
Coffman, Jr., James H.James H. Coffman, Jr. 1978 Colonel; Distinguished Service Cross for action at Mosul, Iraq [101]
McMaster, H. R.H. R. McMaster 1984 Brigadier General [92]
David Petraeus
H. R. McMaster

Supreme Allied Commanders of NATO

Alexander Haig, Class of 1947

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Army Chiefs of Staff/Commanders of the Army

William Westmoreland, Class of 1936

Air Force Chiefs of Staff

Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914
  • Carl Spaatz, Class of 1914. 1st U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1947–1948)
  • Thomas D. White, Class of 1920. 4th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1957—1961)
  • John P. McConnell, Class of 1932. 6th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1965–1969)
  • John Dale Ryan, Class of 1938. 7th U.S.A.F Chief of Staff (1969–1973)
  • Lew Allen, Class of 1946. 10th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1978–1982)
  • Charles A. Gabriel, Class of 1950. 11th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1982–1986)
  • Michael Dugan, Class of 1958. 13th U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff (1990)

Chief of Staff of Non-American Armed Forces

Presidential and Congressional awardees

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Wesley Clark, Class of 1966.

Congressional Gold Medal recipients

Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients

Scientists, Inventors, and Physicians

  • Seth Barton, Class of 1849 (USA & CSA), noted chemist.
  • Ormsby M. Mitchel, Class of 1825. Astronomer.
  • Thoralf M. Sundt, Jr., Class of 1962. Neurosurgeon (Mayo Clinic); One of America’s premier neurosurgerons; member National Academy of Sciences.
  • George Bomford, Class of 1805. Inventor of ordnance and explosives; standardized army usage as Chief of the Ordnance Department.
  • John James Abert, Class of 1811. Head topographer for the U.S. Army; his officers mapped the American West under his supervision.
  • Benjamin Bonneville, Class of 1815. Organized expedition that explored the Great Salt Lake, crossed the Sierras, found the headwaters of the Yellowstone and discovered the Humboldt River.
  • George Washington Whistler, Class of 1819. Invented contour lines on maps. Father of James McNeill Whistler, the artist. Husband of "Whistler's Mother"
  • Robert Parker Parrott, Class of 1824. Invented the Parrott rifle used extensively during the American Civil War.
  • Henry DuPont, Class of 1833. Improved the production of gunpowder. Chemicals industry pioneer.
  • Henry Dunwoody, Class of 1866. Invented the crystal radio receiver.
  • William W. Averell, Class of 1855. Inventor of asphalt.
  • John Wilson Ruckman, Class of 1883. Inventor of artillery devices critical in WWI.
  • George O. Squier, Class of 1887. Developer of Muzak. Early radio engineer.
  • Leslie Groves, Class of 1918. Chief engineer for the Manhattan Project and the Pentagon
  • Peter Huybers, Class of 1996. MacArthur Foundation Grant awardee ("Genius Grant"). Planetary and Climate scientist and currently a professor at Harvard.

Television and movie figures

Ambrose Burnside, Class of 1847

Eponyms

Graduates depicted on currency

$1 Coin. Dwight D. Eisenhower class of 1915 on obverse; The reverse is based on the Apollo 11 mission patch designed by Michael Collins class of 1952

Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar

$50 bill. U.S. Grant, Class of 1846

$5 silver certificate with U.S. Grant and Phillip Sheridan

U.S. Grant on a gold certificate

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on commemorative

Graduates depicted on postage stamps

  • Alden Partridge, Class of 1806. Appears on 11¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985).
  • Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808. Appears on 9¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985).
  • Jefferson Davis, Class of 1828. Appears on 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial commemorative stamp (1970), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995) and eight Confederate stamps.
  • Joseph E. Johnston, Class of 1829. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
  • Robert E. Lee, Class of 1829. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 30¢ Liberty series stamp (1955 and 1957), 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970), and 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Montgomery Blair, Class of 1835. Appears on 15¢ airmail stamp (1963) and on one Belgian stamp.
  • William Tecumseh Sherman, Class of 1840. Appears on 8¢ stamps (1893 and 1895), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995), and on stamps from Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
  • Ulysses S. Grant, Class of 1843. Appears on 5¢ stamps (1890, 1895, 1898), 4¢ stamp (1903), 8¢ stamp (1922), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 18¢ Presidential series stamp (1938), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Winfield Scott Hancock, Class of 1844. Appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995).
  • Stonewall Jackson, Class of 1846. Appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937) and 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970).
  • Phillip Sheridan, Class of 1853. Appears on 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937)
  • George Washington Goethals, Class of 1880. Appears on 3¢ Panama Canal commemorative stamp (1939) and on stamps issued for the Panama Canal Zone.
  • John J. Pershing, Class of 1886. Appears on 8¢ Liberty series stamp (1961) and on French stamps.
  • John L. Hines, Class of 1891. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000).
  • Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1971) and on stamps from Korea and the Philippines.
  • Joseph Stilwell, Class of 1904. Appears on 10¢ Distinguished Americans series stamp (2000).
  • Henry H. Arnold, Class of 1907. Appears on 65¢ Great Americans series stamp (1988).
  • George S. Patton Jr., Class of 1909. Appears on 3¢ commemorative stamp (1953) and on stamps from Belgium and Luxembourg.
  • Omar Bradley, Class of 1915. Appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000)
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, Class of 1915. Appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1969), 6¢ (1970) and 8¢ (1971) Prominent Americans series stamps, and on stamps of other countries.
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. Appears on ten stamps of Haiti, Hungary, and Senegal.
  • Fidel V. Ramos, Class of 1950. Appears on numerous Philippine Stamps since 1990s
  • Buzz Aldrin, Class of 1951. Appears on foreign stamps.

Graduates selected as Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Other

Non-graduates

Main article: List of United States Military Academy alumni (non-graduates)
As these alumni did not graduate, their class year represents the year they would have graduated if they had completed their education at the Academy.
Name Class year Notability Reference
Zeilin, JacobJacob Zeilin ex 1826 First United States Marine Corps general officer, Commandant of the Marine Corps (1864–1876); part of Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan; discharged due to academics [102][103]
Poe, Edgar AllanEdgar Allan Poe ex 1834 Served as a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army 1827-1829; author who excelled in language who was expelled for neglecting duties. [104]
Whistler, James Abbott McNeillJames Abbott McNeill Whistler ex 1855 Artist; discharged for academic and disciplinary problems after three years [105]
Leary, TimothyTimothy Leary ex 1943 Counterculture icon, LSD proponent; dropped out (and later coined phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out") [106]
Vinatieri, AdamAdam Vinatieri ex 1995 National Football League (NFL) placekicker New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts; left the Academy after two weeks [107]
Edgar Allan Poe

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^ b: "Civil War Generals from West Point". University of Tennessee - Knoxville. 2003. http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/wpclasses.html. Retrieved 2009-064-28. 

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