Distinguished Graduate Recipients by Class Year
Class of 1931
DGA 2003 - Ambassador William H. G. FitzGerald
Class of 1933
DGA 1999 - Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1934
DGA 2004 - Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC (Ret.)
Class of 1935
DGA 2003 - Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2005 - Captain Slade D. Cutter, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1937
DGA 2002 - Vice Admiral Charles S. Minter, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Class of 1938
DGA 2003 - Rear Admiral Robert W. McNitt, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2007 - Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1940
DGA 2000 - Dr. John J. McMullen
Class of 1942
DGA 2001 - Captain John W. Crawford, Jr., USN (Ret.)
DGA 2003 - Vice Admiral William D. Houser, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2004 - Vice Admiral Gerald E. Miller, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1943
DGA 2000 - Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2004 - Vice Admiral James F. Calvert, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1946
DGA 2005 - Rear Admiral Robert H. Wertheim, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1947
DGA 2001 - Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.)
DGA 2001 - Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2002 - The Honorable James E. Carter, Jr.
DGA 2006 - Captain Thomas J. Hudner, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1948
DGA 2007 - Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1949
DGA 2001 - Admiral James D. Watkins, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2017 - Admiral Harry D. Train III, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1950
DGA 2004 - Lieutenant General Charles G. Cooper, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2005 - Admiral Ronald J. Hays, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2008 - Mr. James W. Kinnear III, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2009 - Mr. John E. Nolan
DGA 2012 - Admiral Sylvester R. Foley Jr., USN (Ret.)
Class of 1951
DGA 2000 - Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2006 - Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2007 - Mr. Ralph W. Hooper
DGA 2016 - Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1952
DGA 2001 - Captain James A. Lovell, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2014 - Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.)
DGA 2018 - Rear Admiral Lawrence C. Chambers, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1953
DGA 2002 - Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2005 - Mr. H. Ross Perot
Class of 1954
DGA 2006 - General Robert T. Herres, USAF (Ret.)
Class of 1955
DGA 2000 - Major General William A. Anders, USAFR (Ret.)
DGA 2010 - Mr. David J. Dunn
Class of 1956
DGA 2008 - Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2011 - Rear Admiral Robert Shumaker, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2017 - Mr. Milledge A. Hart III
DGA 2018 - Admiral James R. Hogg, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1957
DGA 2004 - Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2009 - Admiral Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2010 - Admiral Leon A. Edney, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2011 - Dr. Bradford Parkinson
DGA 2012 - The Honorable Daniel L. Cooper
Class of 1958
DGA 2006 - Admiral Charles R. Larson, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2008 - Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Montoya, CEC, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2011 - Lieutenant General Matthew T. Cooper, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2012 - Captain Bruce McCandless II, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2018 - Senator John S. McCain III
Class of 1959
DGA 2015 - Admiral H. Mauz, Jr., USN (Ret.)
DGA 2019 - Dr. J. Phillip London
Class of 1960
DGA 2008 - Lieutenant General William M. Keys, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2008 - Admiral Henry G. Chiles, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Class of 1961
DGA 2020 - Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, SC, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1962
DGA 2002 - Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2007 - Admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN (Ret.)
DGA 2011 - Mr. Corbin D. McNeill
DGA 2014 - Rear Admiral William C. Miller, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1963
DGA 2009 - Mr. J. Ronald Terwilliger
DGA 2013 - Mr. Roger E. Tetrault
Class of 1964
DGA 2009 - Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2010 - Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2016 - The Honorable John H. Dalton
Class of 1965
DGA 2000 - Mr. Roger T. Staubach
DGA 2010 - Admiral J. Paul Reason, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1966
DGA 2010 - General Carlton W. Fulford Jr., USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2013 - The Honorable J. Scott Redd
DGA 2014 - Admiral Charles S. Abbot, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1967
DGA 2009 - General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2012 - Vice Admiral John Ryan, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2013 - Ambassador Richard L. Armitage
DGA 2015 - Admiral Richard W. Mies, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2019 - Admiral Robert J. Natter, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1968
DGA 2014 - Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2018 - Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr, USMC (Ret.)
Class of 1969
DGA 2015 - Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Class of 1970
DGA 2012 - Mr. Daniel F. Akerson
DGA 2013 - Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2014 - Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2017 - Vice Admiral Cutler Dawson, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2018 - Mr. Steven S. Reinemund
DGA 2021 - Mr. Kevin Sharer
Class of 1971
DGA 2020 - Colonel Robert D. Cabana, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2018 - Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2019 - Colonel Walter P. Havenstein, USMCR (Ret.)
Class of 1973
DGA 2017 - Admiral Eric T. Olson, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2019 - Admiral Robert F. Willard, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1975
DGA 2020 - Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, USN (Ret.)
DGA 2016 - Captain Carl H. June, MC, USN (Ret.)
CLASS of 1976
DGA 2021 - General John Allen, USMC (Ret.)
DGA 2021 - Vice Admiral Derwood Curtis, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1979
DGA 2020 - The Honorable Sean J. Stackley
Class of 1980
DGA 2021 - Janie Mines
Class of 1981
DGA 2019 - Captain Wendy B. Lawrence, USN (Ret.)
Class of 1987
DGA 2015 - Mr. David Robinson
CLASS OF 2006
DGA 2021 - Lieutenant Brad Snyder, USN (Ret.)