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Successfull Former Athletes in Government Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Military Academy, Football 34th President of the United States
Richard Nixon, Whittier College, Football 37th President of the United States
Gerald R. Ford, University of Michigan, Football 38th President of the United States
Ronald Reagon, Eureka College, Swimming, Football, Track and Field 40th President of the United States
George H.W. Bush, Yale University, Baseball 41st President of the United States
Madeline Albright, Wellesley College, Swimming and Diving United States Secretary of State
Bill Bradley, Princeton University, Basketball U.S. Senator
Robert J. Dole, Washburn University, Football, Basketball, Track and Field U.S. Senator, United States Senate Majority Leader, 1996 U.S. Presidential Candidate
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, U.S. Military Academy, Football, Baseball General of the U.S. Army, last surviving five-star commissioned officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Byron R. White, University of Colorado, Boulder, Football Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Rhodes Scholar
Lamar Alexander, Jr. Vanderbilt University, Track and Field Senior United States Senator, Governor of Tennessee
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, West Point University, Football, Wrestling Commander-in-Chief of the United States Military
Capt. Alan B. Shepard, U.S. Naval Academy, Crew One of the first seven astronauts, and the first America in space
Bill Richardson, Tufts University, Baseball Governor of New Mexico, and a candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election
Jack F. Kemp, Occidental College, Football United States House of Representatives and former professional football player
Dennis Hastert, Wheaton College, Wrestling United States House of Representatives
Robert B. Mathias, Stanford University, Football, Track and Field United States Congressman and two-time Olympic gold medalist
George P. Schultz, Princeton University, Basketball United States Secretary of State
William P. Lawrence, U.S. Naval Academy, Football Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy, the first Naval Aviator to fly twice the speed of sound in a naval aircraft.
Michael H. Armacost, Carleton College, Football, Basketball, Baseball Former President of the Brookings Institution, U.S. Ambassador
Alan Page, University of Notre Dame, Football
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