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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s difficult to argue that the school that educated Thomas Jefferson and Jen Psaki doesn’t have some solid claim to prestige. [/quote]
Thomas Jefferson sure, but Jen Psaki? This has to be sarcasm.[/quote]

There are a few more than that:

Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, Louisiana Purchase, Founder of the University of Virginia), James Monroe (U.S. President, Monroe Doctrine) John Tyler (U.S. President, Annexation of Texas), George Washington (U.S. President, earned Surveyor’s License), John Marshall (Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), Henry Clay (U.S. Senator, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Secretary of State, “Great Compromiser”), Peyton Randolph (President of the First Continental Congress), Bushrod Washington (Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), Edmund Randolph (U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Governor of Virginia), John Crittenden (U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator, Governor of Kentucky), George Wythe (First American law professor, mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and Henry Clay)

Jon Stewart (22X Emmy Award winner with the Daily Show, 2X Grammy Winner, Peabody Award Winner, 9/11 Advocate, Comedian), Glenn Close (3X Emmy, 3X Tony, 3X Golden Globe, 2X SAG Award winning Actress), William Ivey Long (6X Tony winner), Patton Oswalt (Emmy and Grammy award winning comedian and actor), Martin Jurow (Movie Producer of Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Pink Panther, Terms of Endearment), Bill Lawrence (creator of Scrubs, Cougartown, Spin City, Ted Lasso),  Linda Lavin (2X Golden Globe Award, Tony, and Obie award winning actress and singer), Chip Esten (Actor/Musician Nashville), Stephanie Szostak (Actress, A Million Little Things), Scott Glenn (Actor, Silence of the Lambs, Hunt for Red October)

Robert Gates (U.S. Secretary of Defense under both Presidents Bush and Obama, CIA Director, President of Texas A&M University), Jen Psaki (Press Secretary to President Biden), James Comey (FBI Director), Jacob Frey (Mayor of Minneapolis), Stephanie Murphy (U.S. Representative), Dina Titus (U.S. Representative), Steve Chabot (U.S. Representative) David D. McKiernan (Four Star General and Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan),  Christina Romer (Chair, Council of Economic Advisors), Thomas A. Shannon Jr., (Acting Secretary of State, Undersecretary of State), Mary Jo White (Chairperson of the SEC), Michael Powell (Chairman of the FCC), John Dalton (Governor of Virginia), Mills Godwin (Governor of Virginia), Ming Erh Chang (Admiral, first naturalized Asian American naval officer to reach flag rank in the United States military)

Mike Tomlin (head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Super Bowl winner), Sean McDermott (head coach of the Buffalo Bills), Jill Ellis (Coach of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team and 2X World Cup Champion), J.D. Gibbs (President of Joe Gibbs Racing), Michael Clemons (General Manager, Toronto Argonauts)

Perry Ellis (Fashion Designer), Joseph Ellis (Pulitzer Award winning author and historian), Alexandra Bracken (NY Times List best-selling author), Lewis Puller Jr. (Pulitzer Prize winning author and Silver Star Recipient), Kiya Tomlin (Fashion Designer), Karen Hall (Writers Guild of America Award Winner, Writer for  M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Moonlighting, The Good Wife, etc.)

Beth Comstock (co-founder of Hulu and Vice Chair of General Electric), Lewis Glucksman (CEO of Lehman Brothers), Raymond Mason (Founder and CEO of Legg Mason), Alan B. Miller (Founder and CEO of United Health Services, Inc.), Joe Plumeri II (Chairman and CEO of Willis Group), Mark McCormack (Founder of IMG, the first global sports, events and talent management company), Todd Boehly (Funder and CEO of Eldridge Industries and co-owner of the LA Dodgers), Ken Himmell (CEO and President of President and CEO Related Urban, developer of Hudson Yards in NYC, the largest private real estate development in U.S. history), Mark Smucker (CEO of the J.M. Smucker Company), James W. McGlothlin (Founder and owner of The United Company)

William Barton Rogers (Founder and President of MIT, Physicist and Geologist), Henry Rosovsky (Acting President and Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University), John Lloyd Newcome (President of the University of Virginia), Andrew Martin (Chancellor of Washington University St. Louis), Mary Maples Dunn (President of Smith College)[/quote]

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