George C. Heckman
Reverend George Creider Heckman D.D., LL.D (January 26, 1825 – March 5, 1902) was a Presbyterian minister and the ninth president of Hanover College serving from 1870 to 1879.
Early life
Heckman was born on January 26, 1825, in Easton, Pennsy ...
James Bright
James Wilson Bright (1852–1926) was an American philologist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He was a Professor of English Philology at Johns Hopkins University, and specialized in early Germanic languages and Old an ...
, class of 1877, philologist, first person to receive a Ph.D. in English from
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland where he remained for most ...
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James Cameron Mackenzie
James Cameron Mackenzie (1852–1931) was an American educator and Presbyterian minister, born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Early life and education
The son of Alexander and Catherine Mackenzie, he was born on August 15, 1852. He came to America when ...
, class of 1878, educator
*
James McKeen Cattell
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
Alpha Phi Omega
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fraternity
*
Frank Franz
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Nils Yngve Wessell
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City College of New York
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(City)
* Martin Jezer, class of 1961, progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement
* Barry Wellman, class of 1963, Professor of Sociology,. University of Toronto, 1967-2013; Co-Director, NetLab Network
*
Joseph Rallo Joseph Rallo is the State of Louisiana's Commissioner of Higher Education. Previously he served as vice chancellor of the Texas Tech University System and as the 5th president of Angelo State University. He assumed his current position in 2015.
Edu ...
John Anderson Fry
John Anderson Fry is an American academic administrator, currently serving as the President of Drexel University. Fry formerly served as President of Franklin & Marshall College.
Early life
John Anderson Fry was born in Brooklyn, New York Cit ...
Drexel University
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Business
* Ario Pardee, trustee from 1865-1892, president of the trustees from 1881-1892. Coal magnate and philanthropist who donated the funds to create the engineering and science departments at Lafayette, namesake of Pardee Hall which he also funded
*
James Gayley
James Gayley (October 11, 1855 – February 25, 1920) was an American chemist and steel metallurgist who served as managing director of the Carnegie Steel Company, and as the first vice president of U.S. Steel from 1901 to 1908. He is credited ...
U.S. Steel
United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in severa ...
, 1901–09
*
Torrence Huffman
Torrence Huffman was an American banker in Dayton, Ohio, who loaned pasture land to the Wright brothers where they perfected their first airplanes and started the first pilot training school. "As their flights grew ever longer in September and Oc ...
, class of 1878, Banker; loaned the
Huffman Prairie
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Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour.
The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'', ''MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'', ''Financial News'' and ''Private Equ ...
*
Harrison Woodhull Crosby
Harrison Woodhull Crosby of Jamesburg, New Jersey was the first to can tomatoes commercially in 1847. He worked as the chief gardener at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, where he commercialized the canned tomato.Leslie Freeman Gates, class of 1897, president of the
Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), established on April 3, 1848, is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges. On July 12, 2007, the CBOT merged with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to form CME Group. CBOT and three other excha ...
, 1919–20
*
George B. Walbridge
George Baines Walbridge (July 6, 1874 – June 30, 1955) was an All-American football player for Lafayette College and a co-founder of Walbridge Aldinger of Detroit, Michigan, one of the 50 largest construction companies in the United States ...
, class of 1898, co-founder and chairman of Walbridge Aldinger (now known as simply Walbridge)
* T. Frank Soles, class of 1904, chairman of the board of Talon, Inc., zipper manufacturer; trustee and donor of Soles Hall
*
Fred Morgan Kirby Fred Morgan Kirby (1861-1940) from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was the founder of the F. M. Kirby & Co. 5 & 10-cent Store chain, and a philanthropist. Kirby’s company was a major rival of the much larger F. W. Woolworth & Co. and the two businesses ...
, trustee from 1916–40, helped found the Woolworth's
five and dime
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store chain
* Thomas J. Watson, trustee; donor; first chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914–56; computing pioneer; namesake of the
Watson Computer
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* Edward Jesser, class of 1939, former president of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce & New Jersey Bankers Association, chairman and CEO of
Summit Bancorp
Summit Bancorp was a bank based in Summit, New Jersey, that operated in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. In 2001, it was acquired by FleetBoston Financial.
History
The bank was organized in 1899.
In 1968, the bank organized a Pennsylva ...
KPMG
KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.
Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...
.
*
Sarkis Acopian
Sarkis Acopian ( hy, Սարգիս Յակոբեան; December 8, 1926 – January 18, 2007) was an inventor, industrialist, environmentalist, and humanitarian.
Early life
Acopian was born in the Iranian city of Tabriz in a family of Armenian refug ...
ExxonMobil
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Chemical Company
*
Neil Levin
Neil David Levin (September 16, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an American businessman and political figure who was executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from April 2001 until his death during the September 11 att ...
Goldman Sachs
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Fran Horowitz
Fran Horowitz-Bonadies is an American businesswoman. She is the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a position she has held since her appointment in February 2017 following the ouster of Mike Jeffries.
Early life and education
Horowitz attended hi ...
, class of 1985, president & chief merchandising officer of Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
* Alan Hoffman, class of 1988, senior vice president, PepsiCo.; former deputy chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden; Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President
* Hendrik J. Hartong III, class of 1989, CEO of
Brynwood Partners
Brynwood Partners is an American private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout and other control investments.
Since its founding in 1984, the firm, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, has raised five private equity fund, invest ...
Rakuten Linkshare
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William Ashburner Cattell
William Ashburner Cattell (June 16, 1863 – October 10, 1920) was a U.S. civil engineer. He served as President of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad.
Early years
Cattell was born on June 16, 1863, at Princeton, New Jersey, the son of A ...
, class of 1884, civil engineer and railroad company president
*
James Madison Porter III
James Madison Porter III (1864–1928) was an American civil engineer notable for his role in designing two unique bridges across the Delaware River and for his development of the civil engineering program at Lafayette College. His grandfather, Jam ...
Northampton Street Bridge
The Northampton Street Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Delaware River, connecting Easton, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. It is maintained by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission despite not being a toll ...
Edgar Jadwin
Edgar Jadwin, C.E. (August 7, 1865 – March 2, 1931) was a U.S. Army officer who fought in the Spanish–American War and World War I, before serving as Chief of Engineers from 1926 to 1929.
Early life
Jadwin was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvani ...
, class of 1888, General, Chief of Engineers
* Don Lancaster, class of 1961, author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
Lorene Scafaria
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Charles F. Chidsey
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Early life and education
Chidsey graduated Lafayet ...
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
It ...
.
*
Isaiah D. Clawson
Isaiah Dunn Clawson (March 30, 1822 – October 9, 1879) was an American Opposition Party / Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859.
Bor ...
, class of 1833, represented
New Jersey's 1st congressional district
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Nathaniel B. Smithers
Nathaniel Barratt Smithers (October 8, 1818 – January 16, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware.
Early l ...
, class of 1836, U.S. Representative from Delaware, 1863–65
* Philip Johnson, class of 1844, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1861–63, 1863–67
*
Henry Clay Longnecker
Henry Clay Longnecker (April 17, 1820 – September 16, 1871) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life
Longnecker was born in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Norwich Mi ...
, class of 1845 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1851, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1859-61
* Henry Green, class of 1846, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
* Henry Martyn Hoyt, attended 1845–48, honorary law degree conferred in 1882, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879–83
*
Horatio Gates Fisher
Horatio Gates Fisher (April 21, 1838 – May 8, 1890) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Horatio G. Fisher was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He attended ...
, class of 1855, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1879–83
* Samuel McLean, non-graduate, received honorary degree in 1857, member of first Montana State Legislature, 1865–67
* Benjamin Franklin Junkin, entered 1837, A.M. in 1865, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–1861
*
Robert Porter Allen
Robert Porter Allen (24 April 1905 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania – 28 June 1963) was an American ornithologist and environmentalist. He achieved worldwide attention for his rescue operations of the whooping crane (''Grus Americana'') in th ...
, class of 1855, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1875–78
* Allen Craig, class of 1855, Pennsylvania State Representative and Senator, 1865–67, 1879–82
* John W. Griggs, class of 1868, Governor of New Jersey, 1896–1898; US Attorney General, 1898–1901
*
Frank J. Washabaugh
Frank J. Washabaugh (July 2, 1849 – May 29, 1902) was an American politician and jurist.
Career
Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Lafayette College. His father Daniel Washabaugh served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. He ...
, class of 1870, South Dakota jurist and legislator
*
Laird Howard Barber
Laird Howard Barber (October 25, 1848 – February 16, 1928) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving one term from 1899 to 1901.
Life and career
...
, class of 1871, US Representative from Pennsylvania 1899–1901, lawyer
*
Arthur Granville Dewalt
Arthur Granville Dewalt (October 11, 1854 – October 26, 1931) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1915 to 1921. ...
, class of 1874, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915–21
* Isaac Barber, class of 1876, New Jersey State Senator 1896–99, 1902–05
*
Russell Benjamin Harrison
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Edward Francis Blewitt
Edward Francis Blewitt (January 2, 1859 May 26, 1926) was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district from 1907 to 1910. He was a maternal grea ...
, class of 1879, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1907-1910; great-grandfather to Joe Biden
* George Howell, class of 1880, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1903–1904
*
John R. Farr
John Richard Farr (July 18, 1857 – December 11, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John R. Farr was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended Scranton's School of the Lackawa ...
, class of 1885, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–19, and 1921
* Cyrus E. Woods, class of 1886, president pro tempore Pennsylvania State Senate 1901-07; U.S. Ambassador to Spain and
Japan
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, 1921–24
*
Wallace McCamant
Wallace McCamant (September 22, 1867 – December 17, 1944) was an American jurist in Oregon. A Pennsylvania native, he served as the 46th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1917 to 1918. Later he served briefly as a United States circuit ju ...
, class of 1888, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1925–26
* Harry Arista Mackey, class of 1890, Mayor of Philadelphia 1928 - 31
* Frederic Antes Godcharles, class of 1893, Pennsylvania State Representative and Senator, 1900–08
* Isaac Clinton Kline, class of 1893, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1921–23, lawyer
* A. Mitchell Palmer, attended briefly and honorary degree conferred in 1919, 50th
Attorney General of the United States
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, overseer of the
Palmer Raids
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*
John D. Clarke
John Davenport Clarke (January 15, 1873 – November 5, 1933) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Clarke was born in Hobart, New York. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1898 and B ...
, class of 1898, U.S. Congressman from
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
*
William Huntington Kirkpatrick
William Huntington Kirkpatrick (October 2, 1885 – November 28, 1970) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Educati ...
, class of 1905, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1921-23
*
Joseph F. Crater
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New York Supreme Court
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*
Haydn Proctor
Haydn Proctor (June 16, 1903 – October 2, 1996) was an American politician and judge who served as President of the New Jersey Senate and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Biography
Proctor was born in 1903 in the Ocea ...
Wesley Lance
Wesley Leonard Lance (November 21, 1908 – August 25, 2007) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.
Life and career
Lance was born and raised in G ...
New Jersey Senate
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; one of the drafters of the current, 1947
New Jersey State Constitution
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Winston L. Prouty
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, class of 1930, United States Representative and Senator from Vermont
*
William H. Woodin
William Hartman Woodin (May 27, 1868 – May 3, 1934) was a U.S. industrialist. He served as the Secretary of Treasury under Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
Biography
Woodin was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania. He was closely involved in Jackso ...
, Trustee, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1933
* Wayne Dumont, class of 1935, former Acting Governor of New Jersey
* Wendell Good, class of 1935, Pennsylvania State Representative 1967-72
* Charles Timothy Slack, class of 1935, Pennsylvania State Representative 1961-70
* Arch A. Moore, Jr., attended in 1943, twice Governor of West Virginia
*
Arthur Sohmer
Arthur J. Sohmer (February 16, 1926 – August 25, 1991) was an American attorney and government official who served as Chief of Staff to the Vice President from 1969 to 1973.
Early life and education
Sohmer was born in Wilkes-Barre, Penn ...
, class of 1948,
Chief of Staff
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D. Bennett Mazur
David Bennett Mazur (December 14, 1924 – October 11, 1994) was an American politician and academic who served six terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 37th Legislative District from 1982 to 1992. Mazur also sp ...
Fred Ashton
Fred L. Ashton, Jr. (March 7, 1931 – May 9, 2013) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania, from 1968 to 1976. Ashton also served as the first strong mayor of Easton, beginning with his inauguration for a seco ...
, class of 1952, Mayor of Easton from 1967–75.
* Dennis Kux, class of 1952, U.S. Ambassador to
Côte d'Ivoire
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Senator
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Joel A. Pisano
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Pennsylvania State Treasurer
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The Pennsylva ...
*
Craig Dally
Craig Dally was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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, class of 1978, Pennsylvania State Representative, 1997–2010
*
Bruce L. Castor, Jr.
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, class of 1983, Attorney General (interim) and first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, former district attorney and county commissioner in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Presidential Impeachment Counsel; Lawyer.
*
Doug Reichley
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, class of 1983, Pennsylvania State Representative 2003-12
* Robert Spagnoletti, class of 1984, former
Attorney General
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In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
Travis Hutson
Travis Hutson (born October 3, 1984) is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 7th district, which includes Flagler, St. Johns, and northern Volusia County, since 2016. He previously represented the 6th district from 2015 ...
, class of 2007, Florida State Senator 2012-present
Snowden Ashford
Snowden Ashford (1866–1927) was an American architect who worked in Washington, D.C., his native city. Born on January 1, 1866, Ashford was educated at Rittenhouse Academy and at the Christian Brothers Roman Catholic school. He studied archit ...
, class of 1888, Washington D.C.'s first municipal architect
*
Harold H. Bender
Harold Herman Bender (April 20, 1882 – August 16, 1951) was an American philologist who taught for more than forty years at Princeton University, where he served as chair of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature. He was the chief et ...
, class of 1903, professor of philology at Princeton University
* Barry Wellman, class of 1963, sociologist; founder of International Network for Social Network Analysis
*
Brent Glass
Brent D. Glass is a public historian who pioneered influential oral history and material culture studies and was Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History from 2002-2011. He is an author and internationa ...
National Museum of American History
The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is t ...
Literature and poetry
*
John Martin Crawford
John Martin Crawford (March 29, 1962 – December 16, 2020) was a Canadian serial killer. Crawford was convicted of killing four women in Saskatchewan and Alberta, between 1981 and 1992.
Crimes
Crawford was sentenced in 1981 to ten years' impri ...
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...
professor
*
Ross Gay
Ross Gay (born August 1, 1974) is an American poet, essayist, and professor who won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his 2014 book ''Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude'', which was also a finali ...
, class of 1996, poet
*
M. K. Asante, Jr.
M. K. Asante (born November 3, 1982) is an American author, filmmaker, recording artist, and professor. He is the author of the 2013 best-selling memoir Buck: A Memoir, ''Buck''.
, class of 2004, professor, author, and filmmaker
*
Michael S. Schmidt
Michael S. Schmidt (born September 1983) is a two time Pulitzer prize winning American journalist, author, and correspondent for ''The New York Times'' in Washington, D.C. He covers national security and federal law enforcement, has broken sev ...
, class of 2005, author and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington correspondent for ''The New York Times''
Medicine
*
Philip S. Hench
Philip Showalter Hench (February 28, 1896 – March 30, 1965) was an American physician. Hench, along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine ...
Haldan K. Hartline
Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 – March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a co-recipient (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiolog ...
, class of 1923, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967
*
Orvan Hess
Orvan Walter Hess (June 18, 1906 – September 6, 2002) was an American physician noted for his early use of penicillin and the development of the fetal heart monitor.
Hess was born in Lackawaxen Township, Pennsylvania, Baoba, Pennsylvania. At ...
, class of 1927, physician noted for his early use of
penicillin
Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from ''Penicillium'' moulds, principally '' P. chrysogenum'' and '' P. rubens''. Most penicillins in clinical use are synthesised by P. chrysogenum using ...
and development of the fetal heart monitor
*
C. Harmon Brown
C. Harmon Brown (c. 1930 – November 11, 2008) was an American endocrinologist who was a pioneer in the field of sports medicine. Brown's research studied the effects of rigorous exercise on women.
Brown graduated from Lafayette College in 195 ...
, class of 1952, pioneer in women's sports medicine; Olympic track and field coach
Military
* Andrew Porter, class of 1838 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1865, Brigadier General U.S. Army
*
Theophilus Francis Rodenbough
Theophilus Francis Rodenbough (November 5, 1838 – December 19, 1912) was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his a ...
, class of 1854 (non-graduate), Brigadier General U.S. Army; Medal of Honor recipient
*
Duncan Stephen Walker
Duncan Stephen Walker (November 11, 1841 – June 3, 1912) was a Union Army lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general during the American Civil War. He resigned his commission on May 12, 1865. In 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for ...
, class of 1862 (non-graduate), Brigadier General U.S. Army, great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin
*
Peyton C. March
General Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864April 13, 1955) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He served in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, and World War I. March was the ninth Chief of Staff from 1918 to 1921, accomplish ...
David Showell
David Anthony Showell (October 14, 1924 – December 23, 1955) was an American fighter pilot during the Second World War in one of the all-black Tuskegee Airmen squadrons. After the war he was a prominent player for Lafayette College during the ...
, class of 1951, member of the Tuskegee Airmen; a football player while at Lafayette; his exclusion led to the
1949 Sun Bowl controversy
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John Douglas Bemo
John Douglas Bemo (1824?–1890) was a Seminole Presbyterian and Baptist missionary. He was the son of a chief and nephew of Osceola
Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Muscogee language, Creek), named Billy Powell at birt ...
(Husti-Coluc-Chee, later Tal-a-Mas-Mico), non-graduate 1843–46, nephew of Osceola Chief of the Seminoles; responsible for baptizing over 5,000 Native Americans in the
Oklahoma Territory
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James Isaac Good
James Isaac Good (1850–1924) was an American Reformed church clergyman and historian.
Life
He was born at York, Pennsylvania on December 31, 1850. He graduated at Lafayette College in 1872 and at Union Theological Seminary in 1875. For thirty ...
, class of 1872, clergyman
* Kenneth Wapnick, class of 1963, co-founder of A Course in Miracles
Maynard Bixby Maynard Bixby (June 28, 1853 – February 18, 1935) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector.
Early life
Bixby was born in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania and graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1876. He worked for a time ...
, class of 1876, discoverer of bixbyite and explorer
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Eugene C. Bingham
Eugene Cook Bingham (8 December 1878 – 6 November 1945) was a professor and head of the department of chemistry at Lafayette College. Bingham made many contributions to rheology, a term he is credited (along with Markus Reiner) with introducing. ...
, Chemistry Professor 1916–39, pioneer in rheology; namesake of Bingham plastic, fluid, and stress, and the Bingham Medal
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S. Donald Stookey
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, class of 1938, inventor of Corningware earned his master's degree in chemistry in the 1930s
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Jay Weiss Jay Michael Weiss is an American psychologist.
He graduated from Lafayette College with a B.A. in Psychology in 1962, and Yale University with a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1967.
Awards
*1984 MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program, ...
New York Giants
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Boston Beaneaters
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Fritz Scheeren
Frederick "Fritz" Scheeren (July 1, 1891 – June 17, 1973), nicknamed "Dutch", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates
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, class of 1914, pitcher for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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*
Ty Helfrich
Emory Wilbur "Ty" Helfrich (born October 9, 1890, in Pleasantville, New Jersey; died March 18, 1955, in Pleasantville, New Jersey) played second base for the 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League. That season was the only season he played ...
, class of 1915, second baseman for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops
* Al Bedner, class of 1921, NFL player
*
George Seasholtz
George Donald Seasholtz (November 14, 1900 – April 11, 1945) was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He first played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1922 NFL season. After a year away from the NFL, he played with the Kenos ...
Frank Schwab
Frank "Dutch" Schwab (1898 – December 12, 1965) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.
Lafayette
Schwab graduated from high school in 1912 and worked in coal mines until World War I, when ...
, class of 1923, College Football Hall of Fame member
*
Al LeConey
Jeremiah Alfred Le Coney (November 3, 1901 – November 11, 1959) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay race at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Le Coney was raised in Moorestown, New Jersey, where he first star ...
, class of 1923,
1924 Summer Olympics
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gold medalist in the
4 × 100 meter relay
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In mathematics
Four is the smallest c ...
, later featured on a U.S. postal stamp
* Charlie Berry, Jr., class of 1924, College Football Hall of Fame member; the only man to officiate World Series, NFL Championship, and College All-Star game in the same year; catcher for the Boston Red Sox,
Philadelphia Athletics
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NFL
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leading scorer in 1925 for the Pottsville Maroons
* Joe Marhefka, class of 1924, NFL player for Pottsville Maroons
* Matt Brennan, class of 1925, NFL player
* Frank Grube, class of 1926, catcher for the White Sox and St. Louis Browns
*
Frank Kirkleski
Frank William Kirkleski (May 19, 1904 – May 6, 1980) was a professional American football player from Nutley, New Jersey. He played during the early years of the National Football League (NFL) for the Pottsville Maroons, Orange Tornadoes, Newark ...
George Wilson George Wilson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Balch Wilson (born 1927), American composer, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan
* George Washington Wilson (1823–1893), Scottish photographer
* George Christopher (actor) ...
, class of 1929, College Football Hall of Fame member and previous NCAA scoring record holder
* Adam J. Cirillo, class of 1933, head football coach of Brooklyn Technical High School, won 10 New York City Public School Athletic League championships
* Frank Hiller, class of 1942, pitcher for the New York Yankees,
Chicago Cubs
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,
Cincinnati Reds
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Philadelphia Phillies
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
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Tracy Tripucka
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People and fictional characters
* Tracy (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname, also encompassing spelling variations
Places United States
* Tracy, ...
, class of 1972, three-time men's basketball All-American,
New York Knicks
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draft selection, collegiate assistant coach
* Peter Simon, class of 1975, co-owner of the NHL's
New Jersey Devils
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, name inscribed on the
Stanley Cup
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* Joe Maddon, class of 1976, two-time World Series Champion (
2002
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,
2016
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Chicago Cubs
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George Tiger
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Tiger attended Lafayette College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1980. He was the 1981 Charles ...
, class of 1981, midfielder for Pittsburgh Spirit, 1984–1985
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Jeff Mutis
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Mutis was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 34th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. He was subsequently drafted by the I ...
Chicago Bears
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Buffalo Bills
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Walt Zirinsky
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Biography Early years
Walter John Zirinsky, known by the nickname "Wal ...
Guy Consolmagno
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, assistant professor, physics and astronomy
* Tom Davis, college men's basketball coach, 1971–77
* Clement Eaton, chair of history department, 1931–42
*
Terry Jonathan Hart
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Education
Hart was born on October 27, 1946, in Pi ...
, visiting lecturer of engineering
*
George Junkin
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, first president of Lafayette College
*
Chawne Kimber
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, mathematician and
quilter
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* John Kincaid, Robert B. & Helen S. Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service and Director of the Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, 1994–presentJohn Kincaid /ref>
* Butch van Breda Kolff, college men's basketball coach, 1952–56
*
Francis March
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Also known as the "G ...
, first professor of English Literature at any American college or university
* Herb McCracken, head football coach
* Edward Mylin, head football coach
*
Bruce Allen Murphy
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, Supreme Court Scholar
* Theodore Roethke, poet, served on faculty prior to his publication and fame
*
Steve Spagnuolo
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, football coach, defensive line/special teams 1984–86
* Jock Sutherland, head football coach 1919–23
*
Lee Upton Lee Upton (born June 2, 1953, St. Johns, Michigan) is an American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic. She earned a BA in journalism at Michigan State Universitybr>a Master of Fine Arts, master of fine arts (MFA) at the University of Massa ...
, poet, writer in residence, professor of English
* Hal Wissel, college men's basketball coach, 1967–71
* Tim Lenahan, Men's Soccer Coach, 1998–2001
* Gary Williams, Men's Head Soccer Coach and Assistant Basketball Coach, 1972–77
Presidents of Lafayette College
*
George Junkin
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, 1832–1841, 1844–1848
*
John William Yeomans
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, 1841–1844
*
Charles William Nassau
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Early life
Charles Nassau was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in ...
, 1849–1850
*
Daniel V. McLean
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Early life and education
McLean was born November 24, 1901, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He spent most of ...
, 1850–1857
*
George Wilson McPhail
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James Hall Mason Knox
Reverend James Hall Mason Knox D.D., LL.D (June 10, 1824 – January 21, 1903) was a Presbyterian divine and educator, serving as the 8th president of Lafayette College.
Early life
Knox was born in New York City in 1824. His father, Rev. John Kn ...
, 1883–1890
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Traill Green
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Guy Everett Snavely
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* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
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* Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...
Robert I. Rotberg
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William Sebring Kirkpatrick
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William S. Kirkpatrick (father of William Huntington Kirkpatrick) was born in Easton, Pennsylvan ...
served as acting president from 1902 to 1903 during the tenure of Warfield, who remained as president. Warfield had suffered a nervous breakdown before commencement in 1902, and was granted one years absence to recuperate.