Some Notable Philosophy Majors

We' ve shown you what graduates can do with their philosophy degree. The truth is; you can do ANYTHING with your degree. Here are a few examples of people who earn a degree in philosophy and what they are doing now. Recognize any of these names?

Pacemakers and Change Agents

• Kristin M. Baker, first female Brigade Commander, West Point
• Bob Moses, Civil Rights Activist
• Carol Heckman, First woman U.S. Magistrate in the Western District
• Stokley Carmichael/Kwame Ture, Civil Rights activist
• Michael Murphy, Co-founder, Eslen Institute

Perfomers

• Juan Williams -- NPR host "Talk of the Nation," writer, journalist (Washington Post)
• Bruce Lee, martial arts & actor
• Gene Siskel, Movie Critic
• Jeff Smith, Host, the Frugal Gourmet
• Steve Thomas--Host, This Old House
• Alex Trebek--Host Jeopardy
• Stone Philips, Broadcaster

Business

• Lachan Murdock, Media mangnate & executive
• George Soros--Financier & Money Manager
• Christy Haubegger, Publisher Latina and Entrepreneur
• Carly Fiorina, CEO, Hewlett-Packard
• Moses Znaimer--Owner of CITY-TV and MUCH-MUSIC, Toronto

Social Studies

• Gertrude Himmelfarb--Historian
• Michael Spense - Economist, Nobel Prize (2001)
• C. Vann Woodward--Historian

Government and Politics

• William Bennett--Secretary of Education and Head of the Drug Enforcement Agency
• Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York
• Angela Davis--Social Activist and Politcial Philsopher
• Jules Debray--Writer and Government Official, France
• Thomas Jefferson--U.S. President
• Aung San Suu Kyi--Human Rights Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (2002)
• Robert MacNamara-- Secretary of Defense and Head of the World Bank
• John Silber--Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts and President of Boston University
• David Souter--Supreme Court Justice
• Stephen Bryer, Surpreme Court Justice

Arts and Letters

• Mary Higgins Clark--Mystery Writer
• Ethan Coen--Film Maker
• Arthur Davis, African-American writer & educator
• Deepa Mehta, Indo-Canadian filmmaker
• Umberto Eco--Novelist and Semiologist
• Ken Follett--British Writer
• Michael Frayn--Novelist
• Northrup Frye--Literary Critic
• Martin Gardner--Essayist
• Philip Glass--Composer
• Rebecca Goldstein--Novelist
• Claude Lanzsmann--Film Maker
• Charles Johnson, African-American auhtor; contributor to founding os discipline of "Black Stuides"
• Ira Levin--Writer
• Iris Murdoch--Novelist
• Steve Reich--Composer
• Meyer Schapiro--Art Critic
• Wallace Shawn--Playwright and Actor
• Susan Sontag--Writer
• David Foster Wallace--Novelist
• Robert Motherwell--Painter

Religion

• Joseph Bernardin--Cardinal, Chicago
• Mircea Eliade--Religious Studies
• Michael Lerner--Editor/Publisher Tikkun Magazine
• George Pires, Nobel Peace Prize (1958)
• Madelyn Murray O'Hair--Famous Atheist
• Pope John Paul II--Vicar of Christ

Nobel Prize Winners

• Rudolph Euken (Literature 1908)
• Pearl Buck (Literaure 1937)
• Albert Schweitzer (Peace, 1952)
• Jean-Marie Lehn (Chemistry 1987)
• P. Michael Spense (Economics 2001)
• Aung San Suu Kyi (Peace, 2002)