Following is a list of notable alumni of Norwich University, private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. The university was called the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy from 1818 to 1834.

Architecture William Rutherford Mead (non-degreed) – architect associated with the City Beautiful and Beaux Arts movements and partner in McKim, Mead, and White

Business Bradley Birkenfeld 1988 – private banker and whistleblower about State Street Bank & Trust and the Swiss bank UBS Paul C. Cameron 1828 – co-builder of the North Carolina Railroad and justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court Orville Clark 182? – president of the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company and New York State Senate Grenville Dodge 1850 – chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, Civil War general, U.S. congressman, and namesake of Dodge City, Kansas Junius Spencer Morgan (attended) – banker, financier, and the father of J. P. Morgan Robert Livingston Pell 1829 – farmer and landownerEllis, William Arba (1911). Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor. Capital City Press. pp. 191-192. Retrieved 13 November 2023. via Internet Archive. Harry Bates Thayer (attended 1875–1877) – president and chairman of the board of AT&T

Education

Patricia Aakhus – novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana Kenny Alexander 2019 (MA) – college system chancellor, and political science instructor at Tidewater Community College, Virginia Senate, Virginia House of Delegrates, and mayor of Norfolk, Virginia Alvan E. Bovay 1841 – co-founder of Ripon College and of the Republican Party Thomas Green Clemson 1824 – founder of Clemson University and US Ambassador to Belgium Thomas J. Cutler 1988 – author, director of the Walbrook Maritime Academy, and associate editor of the United States Naval Institute Tarak Nath Das – professor of political science at Columbia University Carlo D'Este 1958 – military historian, biographer, and lecturer at School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College Roxane Gay – writer and professor at Eastern Illinois University, Purdue University, and Yale University Ernest N. Harmon (attended 1914) – president of Norwich University, major general, and commander of 1st Armored Division, 2nd Armored Division, and XXII Corps during World War II Robert F. McDermott (attended 1937–1939) – dean of faculty at the Air Force Academy, brigadier general; flew 61 combat missions during World War II in the European Theatre Tracey Poirier 1996 – assistant vice president for student affairs at Norwich University; brigadier general in the Vermont Army National Guard Andrea Talentino 2017 (MBA) – ninth president of Augustana College Marjorie Welish – poet and instructor at the Pratt Institute and Brown University

Engineering and science Edward Dean Adams 1864 – founded and directed the Cataract Construction Company and developed the systems to produce electric power at Niagara Falls Richard E. Hayden 1968 – acoustics researcher and winner of the Wright Brothers Medal in 1973 Frederick W. Lander 1852 – surveyor of railroad routes and wagon trails in the Western American States and brigadier general during the Civil War Samuel T. Wellman 1866 – steel industry pioneer and inventor Horatio Wright (attended 1834–1836) – engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge and the Washington Monument, chief of engineers for the Army; major general, commander with the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, commander of the Army of Texas

Law Charles J. Adams 1939 – Vermont attorney general F. Elliott Barber Jr. 1934 – Vermont attorney general Luther Loren Baxter – Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, probate judge, United States attorney, and county attorney for Carver County, Minnesota Thomas Bragg 1828 – attorney general of the Confederate States, governor of North Carolina 1855–1859, and United States Senate Thaddeus M. Buczko – Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts auditor, and justice of the Essex County Probate and Family Court Paul C. Cameron 1828 – justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court and co-buiider of the North Carolina Railroad John P. Connarn 1941 – Vermont attorney general, 1965–1967; judge with the Vermont District Court 1967–1985, and member of Vermont House of Representatives S. Park Coon – attorney general of Wisconsin Jasper W. Gilbert 1832 – justice on the New York Supreme Court William Pitt Kellogg 1848 – chief justice of the Nebraska Territory Louisiana Senate, and governor of Louisiana Jefferson P. Kidder 1834 – justice of territorial Supreme Court, lieutenant governor of Vermont, and United States House of Representatives for the Dakota Territory William Little Lee 1842 – chief justice of the Hawaiian Kingdom and privy counselor to Kamehameha III Michael Mori 1991 – lawyer of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Matthew Hicks and recipient of the American Civil Liberties Union's Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award Theodore Sedgwick 1826 – U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Burleigh F. Spalding 1877 – chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court and United States House of Representatives from North Dakota

Literature and journalism

Patricia Aakhus – novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana Sharifa Alkhateeb – journalist and editor Thomas J. Cutler 1988 – author, director of the Walbrook Maritime Academy, and associate editor of the United States Naval Institute William Richard Cutter – writer, historian, librarian, and genealogist Raffaël Enault – French writer and film director. Roxane Gay – writer and professor at Eastern Illinois University, Purdue University, and Yale University Marjorie Welish – poet and instructor at Pratt Institute and Brown University

Military Fred Thaddeus Austin 1888 – major general and U.S. Army chief of field artillery Hiram Iddings Bearss (attended 1894–1895) – brigadier general who received the Medal of Honor during the Philippine–American War Francis William Billado 1933 – major general and adjutant general of the Vermont National GuardTheta Chi Fraternity, The Rattle of Theta Chi , Volume 55, Issue 2, 1967, p. 30 James Vote Bomford 1828 – brigadier general in the U.S. Army Irving L. Branch 1934 – United States Air Force general John J. Broadmeadow 1983 – lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps Edward H. Brooks 1916 – lieutenant general, commander, VI Armored Corps during World War II; and commanding general, U.S. Army in the Caribbean James M. Burt 1939 – received the Medal of Honor for the Battle of Aachen during World War II Henry Stanton Burton (attended 1832–1835) – brevet brigadier general, U.S. Army Thomas A. Bussiere 1985 – general in the United States Air Force, commander, Air Force Global Strike Command Edward Byers 2016 – Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient Harold D. Campbell 1917 – United States Marine Corps major general George Colvocoresses 1831 – commanded USS Saratoga during the Civil War George Partridge Colvocoresses 1866 – rear admiral in the U.S. Navy and commandant of cadets at the United States Naval Academy George A. Converse 1863 – rear admiral, notable naval engineer, and chief of the Bureaus of Equipment, Ordnance, and Navigation Norman Cooling (attended 1986) – brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps Kara Corcoran 2008 – Major in the U.S. Army Reginald M. Cram 1936 – adjutant general of the Vermont National GuardNorwich University, Norwich University Names Drive on Campus for Distinguished Alumnus Reginald Cram , 2005 Thomas Tingey Craven 1824 – U.S. Navy admiral George Dewey (attended 1852–1854) – admiral of the Navy, commanded the Navy's Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War Grenville M. Dodge 1851 – major general, commander of the Department of Missouri; and chief engineer of Union Pacific, and namesake of Dodge City, KansasWright, Robert M. Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital, 1913. Donald E. Edwards 1959 – adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard Jesse Gove 1849 – colonel in the American Civil War Ernest N. Harmon (attended 1914) – major general, president of Norwich University, and commander of the 1st Armored Division, 2nd Armored Division, and XXII Corps during World War II Richard W. Higgins (attended, class of 1944) – USAF pilot decorated by German Air Force for saving civilians in an accident Willie Johnston (attended 1866–1868) – youngest recipient of the Medal of Honor Frederick W. Lander 1852 – brigadier general during the American Civil War and surveyor of railroad routes and wagon trails in the Far Wes Albert Martin – defender of the Alamo in 1836 Robert F. McDermott (attended 1937–1939) – flew 61 combat missions during World War II in the European Theatre, dean of faculty to the Air Force Academy, and brigadier general Robert H. Milroy 1843 – brigadier general, in command or present at the Union reverses of the Battle of McDowell, Battle of Cross Keys, and Battle of Second Winchester Lewis Samuel Partridge 1838 – major general, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia William Arba Ellis, Norwich University, 1819–1911; Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor , 1911, Volume 2, pages 292–293 Hiram Paulding 1822 – rear admiral, commander of the Navy's Home Squadron, and commandant of the New York Navy Yard Thomas Payne 2017 – member of U.S. Army Special Mission Unit who received the Medal of Honor for operations against ISIS in Iraq Samuel L. Pitkin 1823 – adjutant general for the State of Connecticut Tracey Poirier 1996 – brigadier general, first female general officer of the Vermont Army National Guard and assistant vice president for student affairs at Norwich University James Ezekiel Porter (attended 1863–1864) – officer in the 7th Cavalry 1869–1876; killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn David E. Quantock 1980 – lieutenant general and inspector general of the United States Army Thomas E. G. Ransom (attended 1848–1850) – brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War Edmund Rice 1859 – brigadier general and recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of Gettysburg William Huntington Russell 1828 – major general, commander of Connecticut state militia during the American Civil War; founder of the Skull and Bones society at Yale University Thomas O. Seaver 1859 – commanded the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War; received the Medal of Honor Eric Slover – Army helicopter pilot awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2026 United States intervention in Venezuela Gordon R. Sullivan 1959 – general and Army chief of staff Frederick Townsend Ward (attended 1846–1848) – soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion James H. Ward 1823 – first commandant of the United States Naval Academy; first Union Naval officer killed in action during the American Civil War Gideon Welles 1826 – served as United States secretary of the Navy under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson Isaac D. White (Class of 1952) – armor officer who commanded U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC) July 1957–1961 Seth Williams 1903 – quartermaster general of the Marine Corps and major general Edward Bancroft Williston 1856 – brigadier general, received the Medal of Honor Leonard F. Wing Sr. (attended 1910–1914) – brigadier general and commander of 43rd Infantry Division during World War II Henry Clay Wood 1856 – brigadier general, received the Medal of Honor Horatio Wright (attended 1834–1836) – engineer for Brooklyn Bridge and Washington Monument; U.S. Army chief of engineers; commander of Union Army's Army of Texas

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