The list of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences of the George Washington University, located in Washington, D.C. Alumni
Arts +NameKnown forYearReferenceDavid LynchFilmmaker, painter, musician, singer, sound designer, photographer, and actor(1964)Jan Van Dyke Dancer, choreographer, dance educator and scholar and pioneer of modern and contemporary dance1967
Media, sports and entertainment +NameKnown forYearReferenceTaylor HaleWinner of Big Brother 24, Miss Michigan USA 20212017Kerry WashingtonActress; Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 20181998
Politics Name Known for Year ReferenceAnwar GargashMinister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates1981 / 84Vincent C. GrayPolitician and former Mayor of the District of Columbia1964Carl Lutz Swiss diplomat; saved 62,000 Jewish Hungarians during the Holocaust1924Mark WarnerPolitician and current U.S. Senator from Virginia1977
Others +NameKnown forYearReferencesPaul Kendrick Former White House Climate and Domestic Director, author2005Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisFormer First Lady of the United States1951Daniel H. Weiss Art historian and current president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art1979
Faculty
Current faculty
Administration
Eric Arnesen - vice dean of faculty and administration of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Kathryn Newcomer - director, Columbian College's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration Frank Sesno - director, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs Sanjit Sethi - director, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design Paul Wahlbeck - interim dean, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty
Sarah Binder - professor of political science, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an inductee to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Dana Tai Soon Burgess - professor of dance, cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department; renowned choreographer Chryssa Kouveliotou - professor of physics, former NASA senior scientist and a leading expert on gamma-ray bursts Sarah Wagner - associate professor of anthropology, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship Gayle Wald - professor of English, recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
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