DU has quite a few famous alumni:
James Abram Garfield Williams 1856, President of the US
Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Great Britain; winner of the Nobel Prize for peace
Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard '12, Ambassador to Great Britain, father of two Senators and a President
Lester B. Pearson, Toronto '19, Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United Nations General Assembly; Nobel Prize winner for Peace
Hugh E. Rodham, Pennsylvania State '35, Father of First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton
Justin "Sam" Barry, Iowa '26, Founder New York Knicks, NBA Hall of Fame coach
Leland S. MacPhail, Swarthmore '39, President, National League Baseball and GM of the New York Yankees
Dr. J. Robert Cade, Florida '45, Inventor of Gatorade
Louis L. Holtz, Kent State '58, Head football coach, University of South Carolina
Peter V. Ueberroth, San Jose '59, Organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
James A. Boeheim, Jr., Syracuse '66, Head coach, Syracuse basketball, and the winner of the 2003 NCAA National Championship
Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, Dean of Harvard Law
Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, Journalist and author; Red Badge of Courage
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cornell '44, Editorialist and author
Michael R. Hallman, Michigan '67, Past President and Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft, past President & CIO of Boeing Computer Services, past Vice President of Field Operations for IBM. Brother Hallman currently serves on the boards of directors of Intuit, InFocus Corporation, Network Appliance Corporation, and two wholly owned subsidiaries of Fujitsu Ltd.
John J. Bello, Tufts '68, Founder of SOBE Beverage Company, President of NFL Properties from 1986-93
Douglas Lebda, Bucknell '92, Founder and CEO of LendingTree.com
Linus C. Pauling, Oregon State '22, Winner of two Nobel Prizes ; chemistry and peace
There is a list of more at:
http://www.deltau.org/fraternity/history/famous.html
I think that DU boasts one of the greatest list of alumni who have went on to hold prominent positions throughout this country.