Editing University of Virginia (section)

=== Alumni ===
{{Main|List of University of Virginia people}}
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{{As of|December 2014}}, the University of Virginia has 221,000 living graduates.<ref name="alumni-study">[https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-393723783.html U.Va. Darden School Survey Shows U.Va. Entrepreneurs' Significant Impact On Economy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194810/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-393723783.html |date=October 8, 2016 }}, accessed September 28, 2016</ref> According to a study by researchers at the Darden School and Stanford University, UVA alumni have founded over 65,000 companies which have employed 2.3&nbsp;million people worldwide with annual global revenues of $1.6&nbsp;trillion.<ref name="alumni-study" /> Extrapolated numbers show companies founded by UVA alumni have created 371,000 jobs in the state of Virginia alone.<ref name="alumni-study" /> The relatively small amount that the Commonwealth gives UVA for support was determined by the study to have a tremendous [[return on investment]] for the state.<ref name="alumni-study" />

[[Rhodes Scholarship]]s are international postgraduate awards given to students to study at the [[University of Oxford]]. Since the scholarship program began in 1904, UVA has had fifty-seven [[Rhodes Scholar]]s.<ref name="Rhodes2021">[https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/45775/2021-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf Rhodes Winners by Institution, 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412210509/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/45775/2021-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf|date=April 12, 2021}}, accessed July 29, 2021</ref> 

Eight [[NASA]] astronauts and launch directors are UVA alumni: [[Karl Gordon Henize]], [[Bill Nelson]], [[Thomas Marshburn]], [[Leland Melvin]], [[Jeff Wisoff]], [[Kathryn C. Thornton|Kathryn Thornton]], [[Patrick G. Forrester|Patrick Forrester]]; and [[Michael D. Leinbach|Michael Leinbach]].

The [[Pulitzer Prize]] has been awarded to eight UVA alumni: [[Edward P. Jones]], [[Ron Suskind]], [[Virginius Dabney]], [[Claudia Emerson]], [[Henry S. Taylor|Henry Taylor]], [[Lane DeGregory]], [[George Rodrigue (journalist)|George Rodrigue]], and [[Michael Vitez]].

Government leaders include 28th President of the United States [[Woodrow Wilson]] (who attended before transferring), former [[Mueller special counsel investigation|Special Counsel]] and [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI Director]] [[Robert Mueller]]; [[NATO]] [[List of NATO Secretaries General|Secretary General]] [[Javier Solana]]; [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|U.S. Speaker of the House]] [[Robert M. T. Hunter]]; widely known United States Senators [[Harry F. Byrd Jr.|Harry Byrd]], [[Robert F. Kennedy]], and [[Ted Kennedy]]; first [[African American]] Chief Justice of the [[Virginia Supreme Court]] [[Leroy R. Hassell Sr.|Leroy Hassell]]; [[Delaware Court of Chancery]] Vice Chancellor [[J. Travis Laster]]; [[United States Supreme Court]] Justices [[Howell Edmunds Jackson]], [[James Clark McReynolds]], and [[Stanley Forman Reed]]; President of the Supreme Court of Israel, [[Asher Grunis]]; and Premier and President of the [[Beiyang government|First Republic of China]], [[Yan Huiqing]].

Thirty U.S. state or U.S. territorial Governors have graduated from UVA, including fifteen [[Governors of Virginia]],{{efn|Alumni who became Governor of Virginia include [[Gerald L. Baliles|Gerald Baliles]], [[Jim Gilmore]], [[Chuck Robb]], [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]], [[John N. Dalton|John Dalton]], [[Mills Godwin]], [[Albertis Harrison]], [[J. Lindsay Almond]], [[John S. Battle|John Battle]], [[Colgate Darden]], [[Elbert Lee Trinkle|Elbert Trinkle]], [[Westmoreland Davis]], [[Claude A. Swanson|Claude Swanson]], [[Andrew Jackson Montague]], and [[Frederick W. M. Holliday|Frederick Holiday]].}} and fifteen Governors of other U.S. states and territories as well.{{efn|Alumni who became Governor of another U.S. state or territory include [[James Paul Clarke]], [[William Meade Fishback]], and [[Joseph Taylor Robinson]] ([[Arkansas]]), [[Janet Napolitano]] ([[Arizona]]), [[Lowell P. Weicker Jr.|Lowell Weicker]] ([[Connecticut]]), [[Charles L. Terry, Jr.|Charles Terry]] ([[Delaware]]), [[Millard F. Caldwell|Millard Caldwell]] (Florida), [[Evan Bayh]] ([[Indiana]]), [[Andy Beshear]] and [[Brereton Jones]] ([[Kentucky]]), [[Samuel D. McEnery|Sam McEnery]] ([[Louisiana]]), [[William Preston Lane Jr.|William Preston Lane]] ([[Maryland]]), [[Mark Sanford]] ([[South Carolina]]), [[Henry M. Mathews|Henry Mathews]] ([[West Virginia]]), and [[Luis Fortuño]] ([[Puerto Rico]]).}} <!-- No state gov't office holders other than Governors are listed on this page. No U.S. Representatives are listed here short of the U.S. Speaker of the House. No military leaders who have never held higher office. Only national household name U.S. Senators are listed here. -->

UVA's alumni ranks also include others who have achieved widespread fame: [[computer science]] pioneer [[John Backus]]; polar explorer [[Richard E. Byrd|Richard Byrd]]; scientists [[Walter Reed]], [[Stuart Schreiber]], [[Daniel Barringer (geologist)|Daniel Barringer]], [[Richard A. Lutz|Richard Lutz]], and [[Francis Collins]]; artists [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and [[Georgia O'Keeffe]]; musicians [[Stephen Malkmus]] and [[Boyd Tinsley]]; self-made billionaire [[Paul Tudor Jones]]; national news anchors [[Katie Couric]] and [[Brit Hume]]; actors [[Tina Fey]], [[Ben McKenzie]], and [[Sarah Drew]]; Team USA Olympic team captains [[John Harkes]], [[Dawn Staley]], and [[Claudio Reyna]]; NBA [[1985 NBA All-Star Game|All-Star MVP]] [[Ralph Sampson]] and the NBA's eighth ever [[50–40–90 club|50–40–90]] shooter [[Malcolm Brogdon]]; two-time [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] champions [[Becky Sauerbrunn]], [[Emily Sonnett]] and [[Morgan Gautrat|Morgan Brian]]; and voice actor [[Sam Riegel]].
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