| 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology laureate for his research on the role of bacterium Helicobacter pylori in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease | style="text-align:center"| |- | style="text-align:center"| ' (1936-) | | 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology laureate for his research on the role of nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system | style="text-align:center"| |- | style="text-align:center"| (1941-) | | Former associate director for research on women's health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | style="text-align:center"| |- | style="text-align:center"| | | cardiothoracic surgeon, professor, and medical researcher | style="text-align:center"| |} Philosophy Physics Politics Psychology Alumni Space and land exploration Richard E. Byrd (attended) – polar explorer, first to fly over South Pole Patrick G. Forrester, Grad 1989 – NASA astronaut Karl G. Henize, Col 1947, Grad 1948 – astronomer; NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Engr 1984 – NASA astronaut Notes Leland Melvin, Engr 1991 – NASA astronaut Bill Nelson, Law 1968 – NASA astronaut; U.S. Senator, Florida Gregory Olsen, Grad 1971 – co-founder and Chairman of Sensors Unlimited, Inc.; third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station Kathryn C. Thornton, Grad 1977, Grad 1979 – NASA astronaut Jeff Wisoff, Col 1980 – NASA astronaut; engineering professor at Rice University United States Supreme Court Howell Edmunds Jackson, Grad 1854 – Justice, United States Supreme Court; U.S. Senator of Tennessee James Clark McReynolds, Law 1884 – Justice, United States Supreme Court Stanley Forman Reed, Law 1908 – Justice, United States Supreme Court; United States Solicitor General Politics and diplomacy Yasushi Akashi, Grad 1956 – Chairman, International House of Japan; former Undersecretary of the United Nations George Allen, Col 1974, Law 1977 – Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia William Antholis, Col 1986—Director of UVA's Miller Center; former Managing Director Brookings; former White House and State Department staff Hanan Ashrawi, Grad 1982 – Official Spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Process; peace activist Nathan L. Bachman, Law 1903 – U.S. Senator, Tennessee; Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court Alben W. Barkley, Law 1900 – 35th Vice-President of the United States; U.S. Senator, Kentucky Evan Bayh, Law 1981 – U.S. Senator and Governor, Indiana Andy Beshear, Law 2005 – Governor of Kentucky Rupert Blue, Col 1890 – Surgeon General of the United States Kit Bond, Law 1963 – U.S. Senator, Missouri Alan Stephenson Boyd, Law 1948 – first United States Secretary of Transportation Harry