Fulbright Alumni Impact
Fulbright alumni continue to have a profound impact across the globe. There are approximately 400,000 Fulbrighters from over 160 countries, including 41 current or former heads of state, 62 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 78 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, 17 U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, and thousands of leaders across the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Of those alumni, more than 6,000 are part of the Greek–American educational and cultural exchange program, which began in 1948. The profiles in this section highlight some of the many ways that Fulbrighters inspire, innovate, and collaborate to find solutions to challenges facing our communities and our world.