List of Webster University alumni
Introduction This is a list of notable '''Webster University alumni''', including both living and deceased individuals.
Notable alumni * Marvin Abney (b. 1949) – Masters 1982; member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives* Rich Anderson (b. 1955) – MA 1982; member of the Virginia House of Delegates* Lloyd James Austin III (b. 1953) – MA 1989; U.S. Secretary of Defense* Barbara Ballard (b. 1944) – BMeEd 1967; member of the Kansas House of Representatives* Sheila R. Baxter (b. 1955) – MA 1986; U.S. Army Brigadier General; First female general in the Medical Service CorpsActress Jenifer Lewis* Hunter Bell – BFA 1993 (Conservatory of Theatre Arts); Broadway actor and dramatist* James Black Jr. (b. 1998) – chess player* John Boccieri (b. 1969) – MA 1992, MPA 1996; former U.S. Congressman* Erin Bode – jazz musician* Nikki Boyer (b. 1975) – BA 1997; actress, television host, and singer* Steven A. Boylan (b. 1965) – MA* Ann Walsh Bradley (b. 1950) – BA 1972; Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice* Kevin Bratcher* William Broad – reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner* Bryan D. Brown – MBA; U.S. Army general and commander of U.S. Special Forces* Laurie Buckhout – military officer and politician* Norbert Leo Butz – Tony Award-winning actorCommander Eileen Collins - First Woman To Command a Mission To Space & First To Pilot a Space Shuttle* Kevin P. Byrnes – MA 1985; U.S. Army general * Bruce A. Carlson – MA 1980 – U.S. Air Force general* Rocky Carroll – actor* Carrol H. Chandler – MA 1978; U.S. Air Force general; 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force* Chris Cheek* Joshua Colas (b. 1998) – chess player and FIDE Master* Eileen Collins – astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel (retired)* John B. Conaway* Adam Jamal Craig – actorLloyd James Austin III- U.S. Secretary of Defense* Joseph V. Cuffari – Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security* John Cusick* Daria Dolan* Jonathan DolanActor Rocky Carroll* Debi Doss* Sam Dotson – former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis, Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri 2013–2017* Michele Dunaway* Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin – television producer* Kevin Earley – actor* Julie Ann Emery – actress* Nichi Farnham* Steven E. Foster – U.S. Air National Guard Major General* Dan Gilvezan* Olivia Gude – art educator* Charles Guenther* Sidney M. Gutierrez – astronautAstronaut Sidney M. Gutierrez* Aram Hakobyan – chess player and Grandmaster* Clarence Harmon – former St Louis Mayor and Police Commissioner St. Louis, Missouri* Bernie Herpin* Phyllis Huffman* Charlie Huggins* Ramlan Ibrahim – Malaysian diplomat* Jane Ellen Ibur – poet and arts educator; recipient of the Loretto Award from Webster University* Kevin J. Jacobsen* Jennifer Johnson Cano* Neal Jones* Timothy J. Kadavy – United States Army Major General; former Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard; Director of the Army National Guard* Matt Kindt – artist and graphic novelist* R. Alan King*Jodi Kingsley - actress (Chicago Med, NBC)* Steve Kirby – jazz educator* Lê Quang Liêm – chess player and Grandmaster* Jenifer Lewis – actress* Dana Loesch* Kevin J. Manning* Marsha Mason – actress, Academy Award nominee. 2x Golden Globe award winner. * Sandra Mansour – fashion designer* Kathleen Mazzarella* Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim – Director-General of NAPTIP* Danny McCarthy – Broadway, TV and film actor * Ruth McClendon – African-American politician from San Antonio, Texas* Craig R. McKinley – MA 1979; U.S. Air Force general* Patricia McKissack – author of children's literature* Allen MeadorsActress Marsha Mason* Jerry Mitchell – actor, Tony Award winner* Joe Mokwa – Former Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis Police Commissioner, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001–2008 * Keith W. Nolan – Vietnam War historian* Richard Ojeda - Bronze Star awardee, United States Army veteran of Afghan and Iraq conflicts, West Virginia senator* Vance Peterson – judge* Tony Richardson – NFL football player* Rob Riggle – actor, ''The Daily Show'' and ''Saturday Night Live''* Ray Robson – chess player and Grandmaster* Eric Rosen - chess player and International Master* Roderick Royal – Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama* Jeffrey D. Sams – actorFormer Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono* Eric Schaefer – author and professor at Emerson College* Sister Lory Schaff – leader in adult literacy education* Steven A. Schaick – U.S. Air Force general, Deputy Chief of Chaplains* Winfield W. Scott III – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general* Scott Sharp MA, politician* Phil Short – member of the Louisiana State Senate (1996–99)* Lara Smith - Managing Director, Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA* Tammy Smith – first openly gay flag officer in the U.S. Army* Dana Snyder – actor* Gary D. Speer – MA 1982, U.S. Army lieutenant general* Antonio Taguba – U.S. Army general* Roelof van Laar – MBA 2014; Dutch politician, member of the Labour Party* Mark A. Welsh – Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force* Justus Williams (b. 1998) – chess player and International Master* Donald C. Wurster – MA 1983; U.S. Air Force general* James C. Yarbrough – MA 1991; U.S. Army general* Kristeen Young – musical performer, pianist* Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – MA 2004; former president of Indonesia* John Zorn – attended two years; jazz musician
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