page_title: List of University of Pittsburgh alumni
section_title: Politics, law, and activism
hierarchical_section_title: List of University of Pittsburgh alumni / Politics, law, and activism
context_page_description: This list of University of Pittsburgh alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of Pittsburgh, a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
context_section_description: Ruggero J. Aldisert – judge on United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; adjunct professor at School of Law
  W. Thomas Andrews (L.L.B. 1966) - Pennsylvania State Senator
  Eugene Atkinson – member of House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  Gust Avrakotos – case officer CIA; known for massive arming of Afghan Mujahideen in 1980s in Soviet–Afghan War, chronicled in book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile
  Max Baer (A&S 1971) – Justice on Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2003–present)
  Derrick Bell (Law 1957) – law professor, first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School, dean of Oregon Law School
  Michael Bilirakis – Republican member of United States House of Representatives
  Samuel W. Black (A&S 1834) – seventh Governor of Nebraska Territory
  Frank Buchanan – Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives and Mayor of McKeesport, Pennsylvania (1924–1928 and 1931–1942)
  Joseph Buffington (Col 1825) – two-term Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  Linda Drane Burdick (A&S 1986, Law 1989) – chief assistant state attorney at Orange and Osceola County State Attorney's Office in Orlando, Florida; lead prosecutor on State of Florida vs. Casey Anthony case
  Ralph J. Cappy (A&S 1965, Law 1968) – Justice (1990–2008) and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2003–2008)
  Ben Cardin (A&S 1964) – U.S. Senator from Maryland
  Omri Ceren (A&S 2004) – political blogger
  Johnny Chiang (MPA) – Taiwanese politician who serves as the Chairman of the Kuomintang, former penultimate minister of the Government Information Office, and member of the Legislative Yuan
  Steven Choi (SIS 1976G) – mayor of Irvine, California (2012–16)
  Earl Chudoff (1932) – U.S. Representative (1949–1958)
  Robert J. Cindrich (Law 1968) – former U.S. attorney and US District judge
  David I. Cleland (A&S 1954, KGSB 1958, faculty) – engineer and educator; the "Father of Project Management"
  Bill Cobey (EDU 1968G) – former U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 4th congressional district, director of Jesse Helms Center
  Harry W. Colmery (Law 1916) – Author of G.I. Bill.
  Robert J. Corbett – Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  William Corbett (A&S 1924, Law 1927) – former acting governor of Guam
  Father James Cox – U.S. presidential candidate in 1932 and labor activist
  Adrian Cronauer (A&S 1959) – disc jockey, attorney, activist, basis for movie Good Morning, Vietnam; helped to found WPGH AM radio station
  Cornelius Darragh (Col. 1826) – U.S. district attorney for western district of Pennsylvania, abolitionist, Whig member of U.S. House of Representatives
  Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (1911) – U.S. Representative (1951–1953)
  Eugene A. DePasquale (MPA 1997) – Pennsylvania Auditor General
  Patrick R. Donahoe – Postmaster General
  James H. Duff (1907) – Pennsylvania Governor (1947–1951), U.S. Senator (1951–1957)
  Harry Allison Estep (1913) – U.S. Representative (1927–1933)
  Lucy Fato (1988) – corporate attorney, general counsel of AIG
  Tom Feeney (law degree) – U.S. representative
  Jay Fisette (GSPIA 1983) – member of Arlington County, Virginia's Board of Supervisors
  David Frederick – appellate attorney who has argued 21 cases in Supreme Court of the United States
  George W. Guthrie (1866) – Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1906–1909; Ambassador to Japan
  Melissa Hart (law degree) – U.S. Representative
  Orrin Hatch (law degree) – U.S. Senator
  David J. Hickton (Law 1981) – staff director and senior counsel to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, director and founder of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security
  Janice M. Holder (A&S 1971) – first woman Chief Justice of Tennessee
  Mark R. Hornak (EDU 1978, Law 1981) – Judge for U.S. District Court
  Frank Houben – Dutch provincial governor
  K. Leroy Irvis (Law 1954) – Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; first African American Speaker of the House of any U.S. state legislature since reconstruction
  William W. Irwin 
caption: Alumnus Richard Thornburgh served as Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S. Attorney General. His archives are located in the Dick Thornburgh room in Hillman Library.
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