Prize for Public Service Deborah Solomon, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting Ginger Thompson, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting William McPherson, winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Michael Kammen, winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for History George D. Beveridge, winner of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting Activism Tom Fitton, current President of Judicial Watch Roslyn Brock, Chairman of the NAACP Alex Pacheco, Co-founder and Chairman of PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Jonathan D. Katz (BA '81), Founder of Queer Nation Raul Yzaguirre, President & CEO of the National Council of La Raza Kati Marton, Chairwoman of the International Women's Health Coalition Paul Shapiro, Vice President of the Humane Society of the United States A. L. Steiner, Co-founder of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) Stephanie K. Meeks, CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Leah Soibel, Executive Director of Fuente Latina Nicholas Eftimiades, founder of the Federation of Galaxy Explorers Marc Garlasco, senior military expert for Human Rights Watch Bari Lurie, chief of staff at the Clinton Foundation Amien Rais, leader of the Indonesian reform movement Jason Franklin, urban policy activist Margery E. Goldberg, public arts activist Nikolas Schiller, cannabis reform activist Mercedes Schlapp, Tea Party movement activist Richard A. Fowler, American political activist Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush, American political activist Jeanne Henriquez, women's rights activist Ida Hinman, American suffragette and feminist activist Arlene Raven, feminist activist Rita Banerji, gender activist Watson Davis, science education activist Richard Cizik, environmental activist Jane Briggs Hart, anti-war activist Brittany Lewis, domestic violence activist Omega Silva, universal health care activist Ángel Lozada, HIV activist Kim A. Snyder, chronic fatigue syndrome activist Peggy Cooper Cafritz, American civil rights activist David A. Clarke, American civil rights activist Kivutha Kibwana, Kenyan human rights activist Kraisak Choonhavan, Thai human rights activist Wong Chin Foo, Chinese-American activist Entertainment Alec Baldwin, actor (did not graduate) Casey Affleck, actor (did not graduate) Courteney Cox (Mt. Vernon alumni), actress Kerry Washington (1998), actress Rachel Zoe, celebrity fashion stylist Ina Garten, host of Barefoot Contessa Dan Glickman (JD 1969), current president of the Motion Picture Association of America T.J. Miller, actor and stand-up comedian, Silicon Valley Angela Aki, singer-songwriter (Final Fantasy XII) Patricia Altschul, socialite and art collector William Peter Blatty, writer and filmmaker who wrote the novel The Exorcist (1971) and the subsequent screenplay version