Prominent SAS Alumni

• Betsy AARON, F94 (journalist, married to journalist Richard Threlkeld)
• David AL-CHOKHACHY [David Chokachi], S89 (actor on Baywatch)
• Adrian BELIC, S91, F96 (filmmaker, Genghis Blues)
• Andrew BRIGGS, S02 (president, Freedom in Creation)
• Arthur C. CLARKE, F80, S83, S84, F84, F85 (novelist, wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey)
• Stuart DAMON, C05 (General Hospital)
• Jim DI SPIRITO, S86 (musician with Rusted Root band)
• Jessica Flannery (co-founder, Kiva.org
• Gary FOSTER, S82 (film producer, Sleepless in Seattle)
• Robert FULGHUM, S01 (author, All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten)
• Stephen GAGHAN, F86 (screen writer, Traffic)
• Cathy HELLER Keating, S71 (wife of Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating)
• Richard LAMM, S91 (former Governor of Colorado)
• Jane LAUDER, F93 (granddaughter of perfume-maker Estée Lauder)
• Joan LUNDEN F67 (tv host)
• Bob MCKNIGHT, F73 (CEO, Quiksilver, Inc.)
• Jonathan MURRAY, S99 (MTV producer, Road Rules)
• Cynthia NIXON, S86 (actress - "Miranda" on TV show Sex and the City)
• Kristoffer POLAHA, F97 (actor)
• Todd ROTONDI, F96 (actor)
• Scott Siemens, (Co-founder, Crocs, Inc. Shoes)
• Sam SCHOEMANN, F85 (tv producer)
• Daphne SHELDRICK, S01 (Kenyan naturalist, expert on elephants)
• Kerri STRUG, F00 (Olympic athlete)
• Richard THRELKELD, F94 (journalist)
• B.J. (Brian) AVERELL, S02, CBS's The Amazing Race 9 winner
• Tyler MACNIVEN, S02, CBS's The Amazing Race 9 winner
• Iliza SCHLESINGER, S04, NBC's The Last Comic Standing winner

Notable Lecturers and Guests

• Fidel Castro (Cuban President)
• Anwar Sadat (Egyptian President)
• Indira Gandhi (Indian Prime Minister)
• Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR President)
• Corazon Aquino (President of the Philippines)
• SHRM King Mohamed VI (King of Morocco)
• HRH Moulay Rachid (Prince of Morocco)
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Nobel Laureate)
• Mother Teresa (Nobel Laureate)
• Nelson Mandela (First President of South Africa, Nobel Laureate)
• Arthur C. Clark (Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey)
• Pete Peterson (First U.S. Ambassador to Viet Nam)
• C.H. Tung (first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after end of British colonial rule)