Government
- Judy Biggert (1955) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th congressional district (1999–present).
- Marc Cohen (1982) is currently a City Councilman in Sugar Hill, GA serving in his 3rd - 4 yr term. He is a a former member of the City's Planning and Zoning Commission
- Bob Dold (1987) is a member of the Unived States House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 10th congressional district (2010–present).
- Rahm Emanuel (1977) is the Mayor of Chicago. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 5th congressional district (2003–09). He was the White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama.
- David H. Hoffman (1984) is a former federal prosecutor and was Chicago's inspector general. He was also a candidate for the Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010.
- Fred Karger (1968) is a Republican gay rights advocate, and a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2012.
- Mark Kirk (1977) was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 10th congressional district (2001–2010). He is currently a member of the US Senate.
- Thomas Miller (1966) is a former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999–2001) and Greece (2001–04).
- Martha Minow (1972) is Dean of Harvard Law School and has been mentioned as a potential Barack Obama nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Charles Percy (1937) was a U.S. Senator (1967–1985).
- Donald Rumsfeld (1950) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th congressional district (1963–69), briefly served as White House Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford, and served as U.S. Secretary of Defense, (1975–1977, 2001–2006) under Gerald Ford and George W. Bush.
- Carol Ronen Former Illinois State Representative, State Senator and Current 9th CD Democratic State Central Committeewoman and Chicago 48th Ward Democratic Committeeman.
- James D. Swan Princeton-educated vegetable farmer and two-term Wisconsin State Senator
- Richard S. Williamson (1967) is a former U.S. Ambassador and recent Special Envoy to the President in Sudan. Served in President Ronald Reagan’s administration as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.
Read more about this topic: List Of New Trier High School Alumni
Famous quotes containing the word government:
“We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.... [The organized moneyed people] are unanimous in their hate for me and I welcome their hatred.... I should like to have it said of my second administration that these forces met their master.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“It does seem strange that the only place in the government which I would have liked to fill myself I am forced to give to another.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and not lead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)