NYSE Group, including the New York Stock Exchange (Class of 1993) Jim Kimsey, co-founder of America Online, attended but dismissed and attended St. John's College High School Journalism and publishing Bob Considine, journalist and author Pat Conroy, author, attended but did not graduate Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and history professor at Mount Holyoke College (Class of 1961) Michael Kelly, Washington Post columnist, editor of The New Republic, and editor-at-large of The Atlantic Monthly (Class of 1975) Lance Morrow, journalist and writer for Time magazine (Class of 1958) Peter Ruehl, columnist for Australian Financial Review Military Brigadier General John M. K. Davis, commander of Artillery districts during the Spanish–American War (Class of 1858) Major General John R. Ewers Jr., USMC, Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant (Class of 1977) Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Erik S. Kristensen who died while fighting in Afghanistan (Class of 1990) Air Force General John M. Loh, Air Force vice chief of staff and commander of Air Combat Command, Fighter Pilot with 200 combat missions in Vietnam War (Class of 1956) Captain Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace, United States, POW, Medal of Honor recipient, Pentagon Hall of Heroes inductee, Ranger Hall of Fame inductee (Class of 1955) Politics and law James A. Belson, District of Columbia judge (Class of 1949) William Bennett, author, radio host, former Secretary of Education, and first "drug czar" of the United States (Class of 1961) Don Beyer, Congressman-elect for Virginia's 8th congressional district, former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (Class of 1968) Pat Buchanan, Republican Party presidential candidate (1992, 1996), Reform Party presidential candidate (2000), author, and syndicated columnist (Class of 1956) Ken Cuccinelli, former Attorney General of Virginia, former Virginia State Senator, 37th District (Class of 1986) Lawrence Hogan, father of Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan and former United States Representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district (Class of 1946) Patrick N. Hogan, former member, Maryland House of Delegates (Class of 1997) Martin O'Malley, former Governor of Maryland and former Mayor of Baltimore (Class of 1981) Ben Quayle, former United States Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district (Class of 1994) William Nathaniel Roach, U.S. Senator from North Dakota Charles L. Schultze, former chairman, United States Council of Economic Advisers, Bronze Star recipient, Purple Heart recipient, World War II (Class of 1942) Steve Shannon, Virginia House of Delegates, 35th District, attended, did not graduate Judge E. Gregory Wells,