Notable Alumni

40 Gators Under 40 (Outstanding Young Alumni Award Winners)

Norman Earl Thagard: U.S. Marine Corps officer, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut
Kevin Anthony Ford: United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut.
Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen: Marine aviator, lieutenant colonel, and NASA astronaut.
Ronald John Garan Jr.: United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut.
Donald L. Mallick: US Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander and NASA test pilot.
Bill Nelson: US Army veteran, 14th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and first sitting member of the House of Representatives to go to Space.

Patrick Ryder, US Air Force Major General, and Pentagon Press Secretary
Chester R. Allen, US Marine Corps Major General
Leonard F. Chapman Jr., United States Marine Corps General
John R. Alison, U.S. Air Force major general, and father of Air Force Special Operations
George F. Baughman, U.S. Navy rear admiral, and founding president of New College of Florida
Albert H. Blanding, U.S. Army lieutenant general
Richard E. Cellon, U.S. Navy rear admiral
Leonard F. Chapman Jr., U.S. Marine Corps general, former Commandant of the Marine Corps
Charles W. Dorman, U.S. Marine Corps brigadier general, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
Mark T. Emerson, U.S. Navy rear admiral, commander of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center
Joseph C. Joyce, U.S. Army brigadier general, and vice president of Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Richard B. Landolt, U.S. Navy rear admiral
John M. LeMoyne, U.S. Army Lieutenant general
Leon E. Salomon, U.S. Army general, and vice president for Rubbermaid
Leland C. Shepard, U.S. Air Force brigadier general
Alan S. Thompson, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; former Director of U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
Paul Tibbets, U.S. Air Force brigadier general
Kenneth S. Wilsbach, U.S. Air Force general