Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was a section leader in the University of Texas at Austin marching band.
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was a member of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University.
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Defense Secretary James Mattis got a Bachelor's in history from Central Washington University as part of the ROTC program.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was the student body president at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke played football for the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue also played football at the University of Georgia in Athens, but did not get a scholarship like Zinke had.
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross initially wanted to be a writer while at Yale University before turning to finance.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta studied economics at Harvard University.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar studied government and economics at Darmouth College.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson got a full ride to Yale University after getting one of the highest SAT scores in the Detroit public school system 20 years.
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao became a naturalized US citizen during her time at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts
Energy Secretary Rick Perry was a cheerleader at Texas A&M University.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was reportedly "politically active" during her time at Calvin College in Michigan.
Secretary of Veteran Affairs David Shulkin created a science experiment that was featured in The New York Times while at Hampshire College.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen attended the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
Chief of staff John Kelly graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Boston after serving in the Marine Corps.
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United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer graduated from Georgetown University.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats played soccer at Wheaton College.
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US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attended Clemson University in South Carolina.
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney graduated from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service with honors.
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CIA Director Mike Pompeo graduated from West Point at the top of his class.
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt got a baseball scholarship at the University of Kentucky, but after a year, he transferred to Georgetown College, Kentucky — not to be confused with Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon studied at East Carolina University, where her family runs an endowment to this day.