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Alumni
Established in 1934, the Howard University Graduate School is the nation's largest on-campus producer of African-American doctoral recipients among a diverse population of graduates.
Many of our faculty and alumni are multicultural and renowned globally in their disciplines and specializations. They continue to make a difference in policy making decisions in most major fields in the arts and humanities, biological and life sciences, engineering and life sciences, and social sciences.
Giving Opportunities
- Student Scholarships
- Preparing Future Faculty Program
- Speakers Bureau
- Certificate Programs
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Renowned Alumni
Howard alumni are among the nation’s highest achieving in their fields.
Education
- Several college presidents;
- Dean of The Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Duke University, Paula D. McClain
Engineering
- Aerospace Engineeer Aprille Ericsson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- CEO of Panovel Technology Moses Asom
Entertainment
- Debbie Allen;
- Chaswick Bosman;
- Sean Combs;
- Taraji P. Henson;
- Opera singer Jessye Norman
- Phylicia Rashad; and
- Frederika Whitfield.
Law
- late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall;
Medicine
- renowned surgeon and teacher Lasalle D. Leffall, Jr.;
- noted transplant surgeon Clive Callendar;
- Howard president/surgeon, Wayne A.I. Frederick, and many others.
Politics and Social Justice
- former Atlanta Mayor, U.N. Ambassador, and Civil Rights leader Andrew Young;
- former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin;
- former New York Mayor David Dinkins;
- former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder;
- current Montgomery County Executive and former Howard law professor Isiah Leggett;
- former Washington D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty;
- Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed;
- former Senator Edward Brooke; and
- Senator-Elect, California and first black person elected to represent the state of California in the U.S. Senate Kamala Harris.
Social Sciences
- Dean of The Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Duke University, Paula D. McClain