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The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school and high school students in the United States.[1] It was known as the National Forensic League from 1925 to 2014.[2] Many NSDA alumni have risen to the pinnacle of their respective fields, including the following.[3]
Academia
editBusiness
edit| Name | Chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aimee Allison | Antioch High School | Founder of She the People | |
| Roy Bahat | Stuyvesant High School | Venture capitalist | |
| Daveed Gartenstein-Ross | Founder and chief executive officer of Valens Global | ||
| Austan Goolsbee | Milton Academy | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| Frances Haugen | Iowa City West High School | Whistleblower on Facebook | |
| Ann Kim | Apple Valley High School | James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur | |
| Craig Newmark | Morristown High School | Founder of Craigslist | |
| Justin Rosenstein | College Prep, California | Software programmer and co-founder of Asana | |
| Deena Shakir | Leland High School | Venture capitalist | |
| Ben Silbermann | Des Moines Roosevelt High School | Co-founder and executive chairman of Pinterest |
Entertainment
editLaw
edit| Name | Chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Alito | Justice, Supreme Court of the United States | ||
| Preet Bharara | United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | ||
| Lisa Blatt | Lawyer and partner at the law firm Williams & Connolly | ||
| Stephen Breyer | Justice, Supreme Court of the United States | ||
| Paul Clement | Solicitor General of the United States | ||
| Viet Dinh | United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy | ||
| Thomas Goldstein | Lawyer and co-founder of SCOTUSblog | ||
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Justice, Supreme Court of the United States | [6] |
| Janet Reno | United States Attorney General | [4] | |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Justice, Supreme Court of the United States |
Literature and print journalism
edit| Name | Chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Burr | Milton Academy | Film critic at The Boston Globe | |
| Pintip Dunn | Parsons Senior High School | Author of young adult fiction | |
| David Henry Hwang | Playwright | ||
| Saeed Jones | Lewisville High School | Poet | |
| Priya Krishna | Greenhill School | Food journalist for The New York Times | |
| R. F. Kuang | Greenhill School | Fantasy writer | |
| Indira Lakshmanan | Journalist with U.S. News & World Report and editor for National Geographic | ||
| Min Jin Lee | Bronx High School of Science | Author and journalist | |
| Ben Lerner | Topeka High School | Poet, novelist, essayist, and critic | |
| Larry Magid | Ulysses S. Grant High School | Technology columnist, writer, and commentator | |
| Celeste Ng | Shaker Heights High School | Novelist | |
| Alan Sepinwall | Montville High School | Chief television critic for Rolling Stone | |
| Rosemarie Skaine | Author and sociologist | ||
| Bryan Washington | James E. Taylor High School | Writer |
Politics
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edit- ^ "What Is Forensic Competition?". Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "Rebranding - USA National Forensic League becomes National Speech & Debate Association". Global Debate. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". National Speech & Debate Association. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "26 Famous People Who Were on the Debate Team". Ranker. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ a b "Before Brent Spiner was Famous". National Forensic League. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ Mazzei, Patricia (2022-02-26). "How a High School Debate Team Shaped Ketanji Brown Jackson". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-10.