In addition to more than a hundred U.S. Senators and Representatives who support us, the U.S. Public Service Academy has earned the endorsement of prominent individuals, organizations, and publications that represent Americans of all backgrounds and political affiliations. Click here to read the Statement of Support written by forty members of the 2007 class of Truman Scholars.

Legislatures

  • Arlington County (VA) Board
  • Bergen County (NJ) Board of Chosen Freeholders
  • New Jersey State Senate
  • New Mexico House of Representatives
  • New Mexico State Senate
  • Prince George’s County (MD) Board of Education
  • Ulster County (NY) Legislature
  • Washington, D.C., City Council
  • Washington, D.C., State Board of Education

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Organizations
  • American Foreign Service Association
  • American Humanics
  • American Society for Public Administration
  • American Youth Policy Forum
  • America’s Promise
  • Americans for a National Service Act
  • AmeriCorps Alums
  • Atlas Service Corps
  • Bardoli Global
  • Breakthrough Collaborative
  • Brooklyn Young Republicans Club
  • Building Tomorrow
  • California Association of Student Councils
  • Campus Progress
  • Catholic Charities USA
  • Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
  • Center for Community Change
  • Children for Children
  • Citizen Schools
  • City Year
  • Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
  • College Democrats of America
  • College Outreach
  • Common Cause
  • Communities in Schools
  • Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States
  • Community HealthCorps
  • Democracy Matters
  • Do Something
  • Earth Force
  • Education is Freedom
  • Education Works
  • Everett (WA) Herald
  • Florida League of Cities
  • Florida State University Student Senate
  • Florida Student Association
  • Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology
  • Generation Change
  • Generation Education
  • Generation Engage
  • Good Shepherd Services
  • Greeks Going Green
  • Houston Police Officers Union
  • Hudson Valley Sustainability
  • Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation
  • International Public Management Association for
  • Human Resources
  • I Have a Dream Foundation
  • Jumpstart
  • Kentucky Child Now
  • Language Corps
  • Mississippi Teacher Corps
  • National Association of Counties
  • National Association of Secondary School Principals
  • National Coalition for the Homeless
  • National Partnership for Women & Families
  • National Peace Corps Association
  • National Service-Learning Partnership
  • National Student Partnerships
  • National Urban League
  • NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
  • Newsday
  • New York State Office of National & Community Service
  • Operation Fly, Inc.
  • Opportunity Knocks
  • Outward Bound
  • Phillips Brooks House Association
  • Pike County (PA) Youth Coalition
  • Platinum Torch National Service Honorary
  • Prince George’s County (MD) League of Young Voters
  • Project Linus New Jersey
  • Public Allies
  • Roosevelt Institution
  • ServeNext
  • Service Employees International Union
  • Service Nation
  • Sojourners
  • Suffolk University Public Management Department Faculty
  • Swamp the Polls
  • Teenage Democrats of America
  • Texas College Republicans
  • United States Senate Youth Alumni Association
  • United States Student Association
  • University of Florida Student Senate
  • University of Idaho Student Senate
  • University of Iowa Student Government
  • University of Richmond Jepson School of Leadership Studies Student Senate
  • University of Texas Student Government
  • Virginia 4-H Council
  • Virginia State Police Association
  • Volunteer San Diego
  • Volunteer Tennessee
  • WorldTeach
  • Young Democrats of America
  • Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana
  • Youth Service America

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  • David Abshire, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency
  • Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
  • David Battey, Founder and President, Youth Volunteer Corps of America
  • Richard Ben-Veniste, Commissioner, 9/11 Commission
  • Harold W. Brooks, CEO, American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter
  • Carol Browner, former Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, former U.S. Representative (California)
  • Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone
  • Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals
  • James Coats, Sheriff of Pinellas County (Florida)
  • Robert A. Crutchfield, Founder, Christ 4 Responders
  • Thomas Daschle, former U.S. Senator (South Dakota)
  • Tom Davis, former U.S. Representative (Virginia)
  • Tom Downey, former U.S. Representative (New York)
  • Michael Driscoll, Bishop of the Diocese of Idaho
  • Jonah Edelman, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Stand For Children
  • Phil English, former Representative (Pennsylvania)
  • Melissa Everett, Executive Director, Sustainable Hudson Valley
  • Harold Ford, former U.S. Representative (Tennessee)
  • Gil Garcetti, former District Attorney, Los Angeles County
  • Seth Green, Founder, Americans for Informed Democracy
  • David Halperin, Director, Campus Progress; Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress
  • Lee Hamilton, former Co-Chair, Iraq Study Group; former U.S. Representative (Indiana)
  • Kenneth Harbaugh, Executive Director, The Mission Continues
  • Will Harris, Academic Dean, Center for the Constitution, James Madison’s Montpelier
  • Elizabeth Hollander, Senior Fellow, Tisch School of Citizenship and Public Service
  • Wayne Huggins, Executive Director, Virginia State Police Association
  • Harold L. Hurtt, Chief of Police, City of Houston
  • Carole Leigh Hutton, President/CEO, Silicon Valley United Way
  • Temp Keller, Founder, Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators
  • Roger G. Kennedy, Former Director, National Park Service; Director Emeritus, National Museum of American History
  • Alan Khazei, Founder and CEO, Be the Change, Inc.
  • Jim Kielsmeier, Founder and President/CEO, National Youth Leadership Council
  • Ashton Kutcher, Actor
  • L. Bruce Laingen, Former Executive Director, National Commission on the Public Service
  • James Leach, former U.S. Representative (Iowa)
  • Jack Lew, former Director, Office of Management and Budget
  • John D. Macomber, Principal, JDM Investment Group
  • Robert Malito, Superintendent, Parkway School District, St. Louis County (MO)
  • Richard M. Maser, President, Maser Consulting
  • Don Mathis, President & CEO, Community Action Partnership
  • Terry McAuliffe, former head of the Democratic National Committee
  • Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Mike McCurry, former White House Press Secretary
  • William E. Milliken, founder, Communities in Schools
  • Peter Monroe, former President and CEO of the Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board
  • Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Sandra Day O’Connor, former Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
  • Leon Panetta, Director, Panetta Institute
  • David Pryor, former Senator (Arkansas)
  • Jim Ramstad, former Representative (Minnesota)
  • Larry J. Sabato, Director, Center for Politics, University of Virginia
  • David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  • Christopher Shays, former Representative (Connecticut)
  • Kala Stroup, President, American Humanics, Inc.
  • Steve Uhlfelder, former Chair, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
  • Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University
  • John C. Whitehead, Chair, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

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  • Agnes Scott College (Elizabeth Kiss)
  • Amherst College (Anthony Marx)
  • Antioch University (former President Al Guskin)
  • Appalachian State University (Kenneth E. Peacock)
  • Arcadia University (Jerry M. Greiner)
  • Auburn University (Jay Gogue)
  • Bard College (Leon Botstein)
  • Baylor University (David Garland)
  • Barnard College (Judith Shapiro)
  • Bennett College for Women (Julianne Malveaux)
  • Bentley University (Gloria Larson)
  • Berea College (Larry Shinn)
  • Bowling Green State University (Carol Cartwright)
  • City University of New York (Matthew Goldstein)
  • College of William & Mary (former President Gene R. Nichol)
  • College of William & Mary (W. Taylor Reveley III)
  • Colorado Christian University (former President Larry Donnithorne)
  • Connecticut College (Leo I. Higdon, Jr.)
  • DePaul University School of Public Service (J. Patrick Murphy)
  • DePauw University (Brian Casey)
  • Emory University (James W. Wagner)
  • Fort Hays State University (Edward H. Hammond)
  • Florida State University (former President Sandy D’Alemberte)
  • Florida State University (Thomas K. Wetherell)
  • Furman University (David Shi)
  • Goucher College (Sanford J. Ungar)
  • Hampden-Sydney College (Walter M. Bortz)
  • Heidelberg College (James A. Troha)
  • Hendrix College (J. Timothy Cloyd)
  • Hobart & William Smith Colleges (Mark Gearan)
  • Houghton College (Shirley A. Mullen)
  • James Madison University (Linwood H. Rose)
  • Indiana University (former President Thomas Ehrlich)
  • La Roche College (former President William A. Kerr)
  • Lewis and Clark College (Thomas J. Hochstettler)
  • Longwood University (Patricia Cormier)
  • Marietta College McDonough Leadership Center (Gamaliel Perruci)
  • Martin University (Algeania Freeman)
  • Macalester College
  • Moravian College (former President Ervin J. Rokke)
  • Morehead State University (Wayne D. Andrews)
  • Morehouse College (Robert M. Franklin)
  • Mount Holyoke College (Joanne Creighton)
  • National Defense University (former President Ervin J. Rokke)
  • Occidental College (former President Ted Mitchell)
  • Oberlin College (Marvin Krislov)
  • Ohio Wesleyan University (Rock Jones)
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Gerald S. Jakubowski)
  • San Francisco State University (Robert A. Corrigan)
  • School for International Training (Carol Bellamy)
  • Seattle University (Stephen V. Sundborg)
  • Smith College (Carol Christ)
  • Southwestern University (Jake Schrum)
  • Spelman College (Beverly Tatum)
  • Stanford University (former President Don Kennedy)
  • State University System of Florida (Mark Rosenberg)
  • St. Lawrence University (Daniel F. Sullivan);
  • Syracuse University (Nancy Cantor)
  • Texas A&M University George Bush School of Government and Service (Riichard Chilcoat)
  • The New School (Bob Kerrey)
  • Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service (Cornell Clayton)
  • University of Alabama (Robert Witt)
  • University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (James L. Rutherford)
  • University of Central Missouri (Aaron Podolefsky)
  • University of Central Missouri (former President Bobby Patton)
  • University of Florida (J. Bernard Machen)
  • University of Houston (Rena Khator)
  • University of Kentucky (Lee T. Todd, Jr.)
  • University of Maine – Farmington (Theodora J. Kalikow)
  • University of Maine System (Richard L. Pattenaude)
  • University of Massachusetts (Robert C. Holub)
  • University of Massachusetts System (Jack M. Wilson)
  • University of Michigan (Mary Sue Coleman)
  • University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs (J. Brian Atwood)
  • University of Missouri-Columbia (Brady J. Deaton)
  • University of Montana (George M. Dennison)
  • University of New Mexico (David Schmidly)
  • University of North Carolina (Erskine Bowles)
  • University of North Carolina School of Government (Michael R. Smith)
  • University of North Dakota (Robert Kelley)
  • University of South Florida (Judy Genshaft)
  • University of Southern Maine (Selma Botman)
  • University of Texas-Austin (William Powers Jr.)
  • University of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (Interim Dean Bobby R. Inman)
  • University of Virginia (John T. Casteen III)
  • U.S. Military Academy (former Superintendent Daniel W. Christman)
  • U.S. Military Academy (former Superintendent Bill Lennox)
  • U.S. Military Academy (former Superintendent Dave Palmer)
  • Valparaiso University (Mark A. Heckler)
  • Virginia Tech University (Charles W. Steger)
  • Wagner College (Richard Guarasci)
  • Warren Wilson College (William Sanborn Pfeiffer)
  • Washington State University (Elson S. Floyd)
  • Westminster College (Acting President Barney Forsythe)
  • Wheaton College (Ronald A. Crutcher)
  • Willamette University (M. Lee Pelton)
  • Wofford College (Benjamin Dunlap)
  • Yeshiva University (Richard M. Joel)

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  • John R. Allen, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
  • Ronald R. Blanck, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.); former Surgeon General
  • Roger R. Blunt, Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • Clarke M. Brintnall, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • James J. Carey, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Richard Chilcoat, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • Leo M. Childs, Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • William Clark, Major General, U.S. Army Reserves (Ret.)
  • Gerald E. Galloway, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); former Dean. U.S. Military Academy
  • Thomas Griffin, Lieutenant General U.S. Army, (Ret.)
  • Hank Hatch, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • Gordon Holder, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Seth Hudgins, former President, Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy
  • John A. Hurley, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force Reserve (Ret.)
  • Bobby R. Inman, Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.); former Director, National Security Agency
  • Robert Kasulke. Major General, U.S. Army; Deputy Surgeon General of Mobilization, Readiness and Reserve Affairs
  • James M. Loy, Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.); Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
  • Larry R. Marsh, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.); President and CEO, The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation
  • Carl H. McNair, General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
  • John W. Nicholson, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission
  • James R. Ralph, Jr., Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • George E. Reed, Colonel (U.S. Army, Ret.); Department of Leadership Studies, University of San Diego
  • Richard Reynard, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • William R. Richardson, General, U. S. Army (Ret.); former Commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Alan Salisbury, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • John Shaud, General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.); Director, Air Force Research Institute
  • Tony Smith, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Chairman, The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation
  • Lewis Sorley, Military historian, author of Honor Bright; A Better War; and Thunderbolt
  • Harry E. Soyster, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.); former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • William Tuttle, General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • Malham M. Wakin, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Professor Emeritus, U.S. Air Force Academy

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  • Elaine Alquist, State Senator (California)
  • Bill Baroni, State Senator (New Jersey)
  • Donald Beyer, former Lieutenant Governor (Virginia)
  • Chris Coons, County Executive, New Castle County (Delaware)
  • Joe Coto, State Representative (California)
  • M. Kirkland Cox, Republican Majority Whip (Virginia)
  • R. Creigh Deeds, State Senator (Virginia)
  • Dianne White Delisi, State Representative (Texas)
  • Diane D. Denish, Lieutenant Governor (New Mexico)
  • Charlie A. Dooley, St. Louis County Executive (Missouri)
  • Stu Einstein, Mayor (Geneva, NY)
  • Adrian Fenty, Mayor (Washington, D.C.)
  • Ed Ford, Councilman (Kansas City)
  • Wilson Goode, former Mayor (Philadelphia)
  • Beth Gottstein, Kansas City Councilmember (Missouri)
  • Jeff Grisamore, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Robert Holden, former Governor (Missouri)
  • Jason Holsman, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Mike Huckabee, former Governor (Arkansas)
  • Michael Johnston, State Senator (Colorado)
  • Cathy Jolly, City Councilwoman (Kansas City)
  • Jason Kander, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Ronald Kirk, former Mayor (Dallas)
  • Paul LeVota, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Beth Low, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Jan Marcason, Councilwoman (Kansas City)
  • Rosemary McAuliffe, State Senator (Washington)
  • Tom McDonald, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Kate Meiners, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Paula Miller, State Delegate (Virginia)
  • Chris Molendorp State Representative (Missouri)
  • Samuel L. Neal, Nueces County Judge (Texas)
  • Michael A. Nutter, Mayor (Philadelphia)
  • Al Park, State Representative (New Mexico)
  • Marguerite Quinn, State Representative (Pennsylvania)
  • Andrew Rice, State Senator (Oklahoma)
  • Bill Richardson, Governor (New Mexico)
  • Pam Richardson, State Representative (Massachusetts)
  • Jeff Smith, State Senator (Missouri)
  • Robert Stein, Commissioner of Higher Education (Missouri)
  • Rachel Storch, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Mike Talboy, State Representative (Missouri)
  • Kathy Taylor, Mayor (Tulsa)
  • David Toscano, State Delegate (Virginia)
  • Tom Vilsack, former Governor (Iowa)
  • Bill White, Mayor (Houston)
  • Mark White, former Governor (Texas)
  • Warren Wright, Fort Myers City Council member (Florida)
  • Ben Ysursa, Secretary of State (Idaho)

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