of Vancouver, 1973–1977 Gerald Regan, Dalhousie University, 1952 – Premier of Nova Scotia, 1970–1978 Executive branch Thomas J. Anderson, Vanderbilt University, 1934, – the American Party presidential nominee in 1976. James Baker, University of Texas, 1957 – Secretary of State – Bush administration; founder of the James Baker Institute Barber Conable, Cornell, 1943 – president of the World Bank; Congressman from New York, 1965–85 Benjamin Harrison, Miami University (Ohio), 1852 – 23rd President of the United States John W. Foster, Indiana University, 1855 – 32nd Secretary of State David F. Houston, University of South Carolina, 1887 – 5th Secretary of Agriculture, 48th Secretary of the Treasury Harold Ickes, University of Chicago, 1897 – Secretary of the Interior, 1933–46 Hamilton Jordan, University of Georgia, 1964 – White House Chief of Staff, Carter administration Robert P. Patterson, Union College, 1912- former Secretary of War Wilton Persons, Auburn University, 1916 – White House Chief of Staff, Eisenhower administration Geoffrey R. Pyatt, University of California, Irvine, 1985 – United States Ambassador to Greece Tom Schieffer, University of Texas, 1970 – United States Ambassador to Japan Adlai E. Stevenson, Centre College, 1860 – 23rd Vice President of the United States Frederick Moore Vinson, Centre College, 1909 – US Secretary of the Treasury Judicial branch William Gordon Mathews, University of Virginia School of Law, 1897 – Federal judge James C. McReynolds, Vanderbilt University, 1883 – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sherman Minton, Indiana University, 1915 – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Milford K. Smith, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Frederick Moore Vinson, Centre College, 1909 – Chief Justice of the United States Governors Neil Abercrombie, Union, 1959 – Governor of Hawaii, 2010-14 Forrest H. Anderson, University of Montana, 1937 – Governor of Montana, 1969–73 Jerry Apodaca, University of New Mexico, 1956 – Governor of New Mexico, 1974–79 Joseph C. Blackburn, Centre College, 1857 – Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1907–09; also a US Senator from Illinois Roger D. Branigin, Franklin College, 1923 – Governor of Indiana, 1965–69 John Y. Brown, Jr., University of Kentucky, 1956 – Governor of Kentucky, 1979–83 George Busbee, University of Georgia, 1950 – Governor of Georgia, 1975–83 William Prentice Cooper, Vanderbilt University, 1917 – Governor of Tennessee, 1939–45 Jon Corzine, University of Illinois, 1969 – Governor of New Jersey 2006–2010 William Haselden Ellerbe, Wofford College, 1883 – Governor of