Notable Alumni of United States Merchant Marine Academy

Mark Kelly 1964–

U.S. Senator from Arizona and former astronaut

Bachelor of Science · Marine engineering · Class of 1986

Also attended: Naval Postgraduate School

Spouse: Gabby Giffords (Scripps College, Cornell University)

Sibling: Scott Kelly (SUNY Maritime College, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville)

Michael P. Murphy 1976–2005

Navy SEAL officer and Medal of Honor recipient

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

Andrew Card 1947–

White House Chief of Staff under George W. Bush

Also attended: Harvard University, University of South Carolina-Columbia

Lane Kirkland 1922–1999

AFL–CIO president from 1979 to 1995

Also attended: Georgetown University

Jay Ashcroft 1973–

40th Missouri Secretary of State

Also attended: Missouri University of Science and Technology, Saint Louis University

Sean Connaughton 1961–

Attorney, former US Maritime Administrator

Also attended: George Mason University

Mark H. Buzby 1956–

Retired US Navy rear admiral, former maritime administrator

Gray H. Miller 1948–

Senior US district judge, Southern District of Texas

Also attended: University of Houston

Robert Kiyosaki 1947–

Author of the Rich Dad Poor Dad series

Also attended: University of Hawaii--Hilo

John Diebold 1926–2005

Automation pioneer and founder of The Diebold Group

Also attended: Harvard University, Swarthmore College

Jennifer Boykin 1964–

First woman president of Newport News Shipbuilding

Bachelor of Science · Marine engineering

Also attended: George Washington University

Dean White 1923–2016

Billionaire businessman

Martin Lewis Perl 1927–2014

Physicist, 1995 Nobel laureate who discovered the tau lepton

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, New York University

Henry Way Kendall 1926–1999

Particle physicist, 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics

Also attended: Amherst College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University

Elliot See 1927–1966

NASA astronaut and test pilot

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, The University of Texas at Austin

George Oster 1940–2018

Mathematical biologist at UC Berkeley

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Carroll O'Connor 1924–2001

Actor who played Archie Bunker

Also attended: The University of Montana, Wake Forest University

Sean Marshall 1965–

Former actor and singer

Theodore Taylor 1921–2006

Author of young adult books including The Cay

Morgan Reeser 1962–

Sailor, 1992 Olympic silver medalist

Ed Jucker 1916–2002

Basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati

Bill Polian 1942–

Former professional football executive

Skip Prosser 1950–2007

College basketball coach at Wake Forest

David Wright 1981–

Canadian Olympic sailor