32 Notable alumni of United States Merchant Marine Academy
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
United States Merchant Marine Academy is ranked #3,844 in the world and #1,011 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from United States Merchant Marine Academy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with United States Merchant Marine Academy won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Chester E. Norris
1927-2016 (aged 89)
diplomat
Chester Edward Norris, Jr. was U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea from 1988 to 1992. His tenure there saw the first contracts negotiated between American energy corporations and the EG government, a process that would make EG a site of vital interest to the US, and transform it into a major African oil producer. The main street in the wealthiest suburb...
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2. Timothy Kott
1967-. (aged 59)
military officer
Timothy Jon Kott is a retired United States Navy rear admiral and surface warfare officer who last served as the commander of Navy Region Hawaii from June 18, 2021 to June 17, 2022. Kott was dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific from June 18, 2021 to June 3, 2022. Before that, he most recently served as commander of...
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3. Thomas A. King
1921-2012 (aged 91)
academic
Thomas A. King, Rear Admiral (United States), was the first graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York (1942) to become its Superintendent He was the 6th Superintendent of the USMMA, serving in that capacity from 1980-1987.
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4. Albert J. Herberger
1931-2022 (aged 91)
military officer
Albert Joseph Herberger was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, and the first United States Merchant Marine Academy graduate to attain the rank.
5. Dianna Wolfson
naval officer
Dianna Wolfson is an officer in the United States Navy who is the first woman to lead an American Naval Shipyard, and served from January 2021 to June 2023 as the 110th Commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. From June 2019 to December 2020 she served as the 50th Commander of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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6. James Harvey Tomb
1876-1946 (aged 70)
military personnel
Captain James Harvey Tomb served as superintendent of the New York State Merchant Marine Academy and was appointed the first superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy on April 15, 1942.
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7. Philip H. Greene, Jr
naval officer
Philip H. Greene Jr. is a retired United States Navy rear admiral. He graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1978. After retirement, Greene served as the 11th superintendent of the academy from 2010 to 2011. His advanced degrees include an MS in national security strategy from the Naval War College and an MS in information systems from...
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8. Carl J. Seiberlich
1921-2006 (aged 85)
United States Naval Aviator
Rear Admiral Carl Joseph Seiberlich was a naval aviator in the United States Navy who commanded the aircraft carrier USS Hornet that picked up the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts after splashdown in the Pacific. He was the first man qualified to land airships, airplanes and helicopters on an aircraft carrier.
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9. Al Melvin
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
military officer
Albert Anthony Melvin is an American Republican politician who served in the Arizona Senate.
10. Robert H. Scarborough
1923-2020 (aged 97)
military officer
Robert Henry Scarborough Jr. was a vice admiral in the United States Coast Guard who served as the 13th Vice Commandant from 1978 to 1982.
11. Johnny Wolfe
1965-. (aged 61)
military officer
Johnny Ray Wolfe Jr. is a United States Navy vice admiral who currently serves as the Director for Strategic Systems Programs. Previously, he was the Program Executive Officer for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense of Missile Defense Agency. Wolfe attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine systems engineering in 1988. He later...
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12. John Diebold
1926-2005 (aged 79)
computer scientist
businessperson
John Theurer Diebold was an American businessman who was a pioneer in the field of automation, founding The Diebold Group to advise corporations around the world as well as governments in the U.S and abroad in the potential of information technology.
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13. Joseph D. Stewart
1942-2019 (aged 77)
military officer
Joseph D. Stewart, also known as "Joey D," was a United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) on August 1, 1998. He retired from the U.S. Maritime Service with the rank of vice admiral on September 30, 2008.
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14. Paul L. Krinsky
1928-2023 (aged 95)
sailor
Paul L. Krinsky was an American merchant mariner and sailor. He served as the superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1987 to 1993 and attained the rank of rear admiral.
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15. Jennifer Boykin
1964-. (aged 62)
Jennifer Boykin is an engineer, the first woman president of Newport News Shipbuilding, and was the vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, which is located in Newport News, Virginia. In 2024, Boykin retired.
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16. Mark H. Buzby
1956-. (aged 70)
Mark Howard Buzby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration. He retired from the Navy in 2013 and joined Carnival Cruise Line's Safety & Reliability Review Board. Buzby was nominated to be MARAD Administrator in June 2017 by President Donald Trump, and confirmed to the position by the...
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17. Gray H. Miller
1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer
judge
Gray Hampton Miller is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
18. Ed Jucker
1916-2002 (aged 86)
basketball player
head coach
basketball coach
Edwin Louis Jucker was an American basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1945 to 1948, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from 1948 to 1953, the University of Cincinnati from 1960 to 1965, and Rollins College from 1972 to 1977, compiling a career college basketball...
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19. Henry Way Kendall
1926-1999 (aged 73)
university teacher
mountaineer
physicist
Henry Way Kendall was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics."
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20. Martin Lewis Perl
1927-2014 (aged 87)
university teacher
engineer
physicist
Martin Lewis Perl was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.
21. Skip Prosser
1950-2007 (aged 57)
teacher
basketball player
basketball coach
George Edward "Skip" Prosser was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He is the only coach in NCAA history to take three separate schools to the NCAA tournament in their first year coaching. In 21 years as a collegiate coach, he made 18 postseason appearances.
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22. Lane Kirkland
1922-1999 (aged 77)
functionary
politician
trade unionist
Joseph Lane Kirkland was an American labor union leader who served as President of the AFL–CIO from 1979 to 1995.
23. Elliot See
1927-1966 (aged 39)
test pilot
engineer
astronaut
military officer
Elliot McKay See Jr. was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.
24. Bill Polian
1942-. (aged 84)
sports executive
William Patrick Polian Jr. is an American former professional football executive. He rose to league prominence as the general manager of the Buffalo Bills, building a team that participated in four straight Super Bowls—the most consecutive appearances by any team—but lost each time. Following his stint in Buffalo, Polian went on to become the general manager of the expansion Carolina...
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25. Jay Ashcroft
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
John Robert "Jay" Ashcroft is an American attorney and politician who served as the 40th secretary of state of Missouri from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he is the son of former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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26. Robert Kiyosaki
1947-. (aged 79)
teacher
entrepreneur
military officer
investor
helicopter pilot
Robert Toru Kiyosaki is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and author, known for the Rich Dad Poor Dad series of personal finance books. He founded the Rich Dad Company, which provides personal finance and business education through books and videos, and Rich Global LLC, which filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
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27. Carroll O'Connor
1924-2001 (aged 77)
film producer
television actor
screenwriter
film actor
television producer
John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. He found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). He later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat...
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28. Michael P. Murphy
1976-2005 (aged 29)
naval officer
Michael Patrick Murphy was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanistan. He was the first member of the United States Navy (USN) to receive the award since the Vietnam War. His other posthumous awards include the Silver Star Medal and the...
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29. Andrew Card
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
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30. Sean Connaughton
1961-. (aged 65)
military officer
Sean Thomas Connaughton is an American attorney who was the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2010 until 2014. He served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Transportation, from 2006 until early 2009. Connaughton served as Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from...
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31. Romulo Espaldon
1925-2005 (aged 80)
politician
Romulo Mercader Espaldon was a Filipino politician, military officer, civil servant and diplomat. He was the first naval officer to attain the rank of Rear Admiral in the Philippine Navy. He became overall military commander in Mindanao at the height of the Muslim secessionist movement led by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the mid-1970s, during which he promoted...
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32. Mark Kelly
1964-. (aged 62)
naval aviator
writer
naval officer
test pilot
astronaut
Major General Mark Andrew Kelly, AO, DSC is a former senior officer in the Australian Army. He served as Commander Joint Task Force 633 commanding all Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations and Afghanistan from 12 January 2009 until 14 January 2010, and as Land Commander Australia from July 2005 to December 2008. He was appointed as...
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