VMI is supposed to be a grand old school. But does anybody know any famous names that are its alumni? Who besides Stonewall Jackson and George Marshall?
I understand a hero of the Marine Corp, Chesty Puller, attended there but did not graduate.
Depends on what your definition of famous is...most people unfortunately have no clue. More people know more about jessica simpson than these great men unfortunately.
Jackson was a professor at VMI at not an alumnus.
George C. Marshall - 1901 and the most famous alumnus
Chesty Puller - Was a rat
George Patton - Was a rat
General Jumper - Chief of Staff of the US Airforce
General Binford Peay - Commander 101st Airborne Division for Desert Storm and Supe of VMI
Admiral Byrd - Antartic Explorer
Col. Hickey - Led team that captured Saddam Hussein
Jonathan Daniels - Martyr in the Anglican Church and civil rights hero.
Dabney Coleman - Actor
Danny Lyle - US National Rugby team member and on the Baath
England team.
That is just a sampling...
Now if you want today's famous...there were two vmi guys that were on 'The Real World'. Whooopdeeedooo!
Stonewall Jackson graduated from West Point. He was a VMI professor.
VMI's catalog states:
"Among the alumni of VMI: a Nobel Prize winner, ten
Rhodes Scholars, seven Medal of Honor recipients, a
Pulitzer Prize winner, a Supreme Court Justice, 39 college
presidents and 266 generals and flag officers."