List of Virginia Tech alumni

This is a list of notable Virginia Tech alumni.

Military

Virginia Tech and its Corps of Cadets have a long tradition of providing service to the military. Seven Medal of Honor recipients are alumni or former cadets at Virginia Tech.

Academia

Business and government

Literature

  • Kwame Alexander – 2015 Newbery Medal award winner for The Crossover; writer of poetry and children's fiction
  • Kathleen Ann Goonan (Class of 1974) - Science Fiction Writer. author of several works including Queen City Jazz and In War Times, which won a John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel award
  • Homer Hickam (Class of 1964) – author of several works, including the New York Times best-selling memoir Rocket Boys, the basis for the film October Sky
  • Vahan Janjigian (1982 MBA, 1985 Ph.D.) – co-author of Even Buffett Isn't Perfect: What You Can – and Can't – Learn from the World's Greatest Investor and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course: Timeless Principles for Building Wealth
  • Sharyn McCrumb (Class of 1985) – New York Times bestselling author of the Elizabeth McPherson series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series
  • Mike Michalowicz (Class of 1993) – author of business books Fix This Next (Penguin Books), Clockwork (Penguin Books), The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan (Penguin Books), Profit First (Penguin Books), and Surge
  • Tijan Sallah (class of 1984, MA and 1987, PhD, economics) - Former Sector Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development, The World Bank. Author of several books in several disciplines, spanning poetry, short stories, biography, literary criticism, and ethnography; including Chinua Achebe Teacher of Light: A Biography (AWP, 2003) and the book of essays Wolof:(Senegal) , Saani Baat: Aspects of African Literature and Culture (AWP, 2021).

Movies and television

Music

Sports

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Cheerleading

Football

Golf

Softball

Track & field

  • Kristi Castlin (Class of 2010) – 2016 Rio Olympics, Bronze Medal 100M hurdles[29]
  • Queen Harrison – three-time NCAA women's national champion in the 60 m, 100 m and 400 m hurdles; 2008 US Olympian in the 400 m hurdles; won the 2010 Bowerman, the "Heisman of Track and Field"
  • Marcel Lomnicky – 2009 NCAA men's national champion in the hammer throw

Wrestling

Other

  • Ken Pomeroy – college basketball statistical specialist

See also

References

Unless otherwise noted, references are contained in the Wiki articles on individuals.

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