This is a list of notable Webster University alumni, including both living and deceased individuals.
Notable alumni
Marvin Abney (b. 1949) – Masters 1982; member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Rich Anderson (b. 1955) – MA 1982; member of the Virginia House of Delegates Lloyd James Austin III (b. 1953) – MA 1989; U.S. Secretary of Defense Barbara Ballard (b. 1944) – BMeEd 1967; member of the Kansas House of Representatives Sheila R. Baxter (b. 1955) – MA 1986; U.S. Army Brigadier General; First female general in the Medical Service Corps
Hunter Bell – BFA 1993 (Conservatory of Theatre Arts); Broadway actor and dramatist James Black Jr. (b. 1998) – chess player John Boccieri (b. 1969) – MA 1992, MPA 1996; former U.S. Congressman Erin Bode – jazz musician Nikki Boyer (b. 1975) – BA 1997; actress, television host, and singer Elvina Ibru, heiress, actress and on-air personality Steven A. Boylan (b. 1965) – MA Ann Walsh Bradley (b. 1950) – BA 1972; Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bratcher William Broad – reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner Bryan D. Brown – MBA; U.S. Army general and commander of U.S. Special Forces Laurie Buckhout – military officer and politician Norbert Leo Butz – Tony Award-winning actor
Kevin P. Byrnes – MA 1985; U.S. Army general Bruce A. Carlson – MA 1980 – U.S. Air Force general Rocky Carroll – actor Carrol H. Chandler – MA 1978; U.S. Air Force general; 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Chris Cheek Joshua Colas (b. 1998) – chess player and FIDE Master Eileen Collins – astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel (retired) John B. Conaway Adam Jamal Craig – actor
Joseph V. Cuffari – Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security John Cusick Daria Dolan Jonathan Dolan
Debi Doss Sam Dotson – former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis, Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri 2013–2017 Michele Dunaway Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin – television producer Kevin Earley – actor Julie Ann Emery – actress Nichi Farnham Steven E. Foster – U.S. Air National Guard Major General Dan Gilvezan Olivia Gude – art educator Charles Guenther Sidney M. Gutierrez – astronaut
Aram Hakobyan – chess player and Grandmaster Clarence Harmon – former St Louis Mayor and Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri Bernie Herpin Phyllis Huffman Charlie Huggins Ramlan Ibrahim – Malaysian diplomat Jane Ellen Ibur – poet and arts educator; recipient of the Loretto Award from Webster University Kevin J. Jacobsen Jennifer Johnson Cano Neal Jones Timothy J. Kadavy – United States Army Major General; former Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard; Director of the Army National Guard Matt Kindt – artist and graphic novelist R. Alan King Jodi Kingsley - actress (Chicago Med, NBC) Steve Kirby – jazz educator Lê Quang Liêm – chess player and Grandmaster Jenifer Lewis – actress Dana Loesch Kevin J. Manning Marsha Mason – actress, Academy Award nominee. 2x Golden Globe award winner. Sandra Mansour – fashion designer Kathleen Mazzarella Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim – Director-General of NAPTIP Danny McCarthy – Broadway, TV and film actor Ruth McClendon – African-American politician from San Antonio, Texas Craig R. McKinley – MA 1979; U.S. Air Force general Patricia McKissack – author of children's literature Allen Meadors
Jerry Mitchell – actor, Tony Award winner Joe Mokwa – Former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis Police Commissioner, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001–2008 Keith W. Nolan – Vietnam War historian Richard Ojeda - Bronze Star awardee, United States Army veteran of Afghan and Iraq conflicts, West Virginia senator Vance Peterson – judge Tony Richardson – NFL football player Rob Riggle – actor, The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live James C. Riley – US Army lieutenant general, M.A., 1987 Ray Robson – chess player and Grandmaster Eric Rosen - chess player and International Master Roderick Royal – Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama Jeffrey D. Sams – actor
Eric Schaefer – author and professor at Emerson College Sister Lory Schaff – leader in adult literacy education Steven A. Schaick – U.S. Air Force general, Deputy Chief of Chaplains Winfield W. Scott III – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general Scott Sharp MA, politician Phil Short – member of the Louisiana State Senate (1996–99) Lara Smith - Managing Director, Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA Tammy Smith – first openly gay flag officer in the U.S. Army Dana Snyder – actor Gary D. Speer – MA 1982, U.S. Army lieutenant general Antonio Taguba – U.S. Army general Roelof van Laar – MBA 2014; Dutch politician, member of the Labour Party Mark A. Welsh – Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force Justus Williams (b. 1998) – chess player and International Master Phyllis J. Wilson – MS; President of the Military Women's Memorial and 5th Command Chief Warrant Officer of the US Army Reserve Donald C. Wurster – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general James C. Yarbrough – MA 1991; U.S. Army general Kristeen Young – musical performer, pianist Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – MA 2004; former president of Indonesia John Zorn – attended two years; jazz musician Priyadharshan Kannappan - Chess GrandMaster and Founder of Chess Gaja Private Limited Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono – MA 2015; Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development of Indonesia Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara – MA 2016; Minister of Transmigration of Indonesia
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