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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

, including notable alumni and faculty.

Notable alumni

Academia

Laurence BonJour Laurence BonJour (born August 31, 1943) is an American philosopher and Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Washington. Education and career He received his bachelor's degrees in Philosophy and Political Science from Macalester College a ...

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philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Karlyn Kohrs Campbell is an American academic specializing in rhetorical criticism at the University of Minnesota. Background Campbell was born on April 16, 1937, near Blomkest, Minnesota. She attended Willmar High School and graduated with a Ba ...

(1958) – rhetorician, activist *

William P. Gerberding William Passavant Gerberding (September 9, 1929December 27, 2014) was an American educator. He served as president of the University of Washington, and as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Biography Gerberding was bor ...

(1951) – President Emeritus,

* David C. Hodge (1970) – President,

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...

Patricia Ingraham Patricia Wallace Ingraham is founding dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University and a former Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Education She received he ...

– Professor of Public Administration,

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

* Michael Jensen – Professor Emeritus,

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

* Jane Larson (1980) – Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School *

Edward Everett Nourse Edward Everett Nourse, D.D. (December 24, 1863 – April 30, 1929) was an American Congregational theologian. Nourse was born at Bayfield, Wisconsin. He studied at the Lake Forest College, College and the Lake Forest Academy, Academy at Lake F ...

– Congregational theologian * Alexander Wendt –

social constructivist Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others. Like social constructionism, social constructivism states th ...

scholar of international relations

Art and architecture

Siah Armajani Siavash "Siah" Armajani ( fa, سیاوش ارمجانی; 10 July 1939 – 27 August 2020) was an Iranian-born American sculptor and architect known for his public art. Family and education Siavash Armajani was born into a wealthy, educated fam ...

– Iranian-born American sculptor *

Heba Amin Heba Y. Amin (born 1980) is a visual artist, researcher and educator. Early life and education Amin was born and raised in Cairo. She was educated at Cairo American College in Maadi. Amin moved to the United States in 1998 and studied Mathematics ...

– visual artist *

Chank Diesel Chank Diesel, also known as Charles R. Andermack (née Anderson), is a contemporary type designer. He was born in Canada and raised in the U.S. state of Florida. Biography Chank was born Charles Anderson, but neighbors called him "Chanky," after S ...

– typographer and artist * Cass Gilbert – architect, known for United States Supreme Court building,

Woolworth Building The Woolworth Building is an early skyscraper, early American skyscraper designed by architect Cass Gilbert located at 233 Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was the tallest building in ...

, and Minnesota State Capitol *

Duane Hanson Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996) was an American artist and sculptor born in Minnesota. He spent most of his career in South Florida. He was known for his life-sized realistic sculptures of people. He cast the works based o ...

(1946) – sculptor, known for his photorealistic human figures *

Judith Lodge Judith Lodge (born July 25, 1941) is an American Canadian painter and photographer who often explores how the two mediums play off of and inform one another. Her abstract portraits of memories, situations, events, and people are inspired by the un ...

(born 1941) – painter, photographer * Anna Min – photographer *

Yuko Nii Yuko Nii (born 1942) is a Japanese artist and philanthropist. Her work has included painting, printmaking, graphic design, stage set, costume and fashion design. She has written journalism, poetry, fiction, essays and philosophy, and published tw ...

(1965) – artist *

Colleen Randall Colleen Randall (born 1952) is an American Abstract art, abstract painter and art educator.Donohoe, Victoria. "Young Abstract Painter at Swarthmore," ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', September 13, 1992, p. 22-M.Kane, Debbie"Colleen Randall,"''Art ...

(born 1952) – abstract painter * Monica Rudquist – artist *

Flip Schulke Flip Schulke (born Graeme Phillips Schulke, June 24, 1930–May 15, 2008) was an American photographer. Early life and education Flip Schulke was born Graeme Phillips Schulke, and grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota. His nickname "Flip" came about fro ...

— photographer of

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

Jacques Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful Aqua-Lung, open-circuit SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus). T ...

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...

, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Business

* Mehmet Abbasoğlu – CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Grubu * Jeremy Allaire – Internet entrepreneur *

Joseph J. Allaire Joseph J. Allaire (born 1969), better known professionally as J. J. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web application server and founded Allaire Corporatio ...

– software engineer and internet entrepreneur * Steve Arnold – co-founder and Partner Emeritus of

Polaris Partners Polaris Partners is a venture capital firm active in the field of healthcare and biotechnology companies. The company has offices in Boston, Massachusetts, New York, NY and San Francisco, California. History Polaris Partners was founded in 1996 ...

, a venture capital firm * Ari Emanuel – talent agent, basis for the character Ari Gold on HBO's '' Entourage'' * Omar Al Futtaim – Emirati businessman *

Lois Quam Lois Elaine Quam (born 1961) is an American executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care. She was named three times to FORTUNE's list of the most influential women leaders in business, She has also ...

– executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care *

Fred Swaniker Fred Swaniker (born 1976) is a Ghanaian serial entrepreneur and leadership development expert on a mission to help the world's most extraordinary talent fulfil its potential. Swaniker recognized the importance of leadership and education while s ...

– African entrepreneur and educator, co-founder of

African Leadership Academy The African Leadership Academy (ALA) is an educational institution located in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, for students between the ages of 16 to 19 years old, with current alumni coming from 46 countries. Founded in 2004 by ...

, named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2019 *

DeWitt Wallace William Roy DeWitt Wallace; (November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1981), publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher. Wallace co-founded ''Reader's Digest'' with his wife Lila Bell Wallace, publishing the first issue in 1922. Lif ...

(non-degreed) – founder, ''Reader's Digest'' magazine

Arts & Entertainment

* Roger Awsumb – television show host and radio broadcaster *

Bad Bad Hats Bad Bad Hats is an indie pop band formed in 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is composed of Kerry Alexander (born July 1990), Chris Hoge, and Connor Davison. The band is named after a trouble-making character in ''Madeline''. The band has toured ...

– indie rock band with alumni Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge * Barbara R. Davis - author, flamenco guitarist * Peggy H. Davis - Judaica calligrapher and artist * Saul Davis Zlatkovski - concert harpist and composer * Leo J. Enright – Irish radio broadcaster *

Danai Gurira Danai Jekesai Gurira (; born February 14, 1978) is an American-Zimbabwean actress and playwright. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series '' The Walking Dead'' (2012–2020, 2022) and as Okoye in the ...

– actress ('' The Walking Dead,

Black Panther A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical rosettes are also present. They have been d ...

, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame''), playwright (''

Eclipsed In chemistry an eclipsed conformation is a conformation in which two substituents X and Y on adjacent atoms A, B are in closest proximity, implying that the torsion angle X–A–B–Y is 0°. Such a conformation can exist in any open chain, ...

'') * Gary Hines – director of Grammy-winning '' Sounds of Blackness'' * Chris Kobin – producer (''

Hollywood Don't Surf! ''Hollywood Don't Surf!'' is a 2011 documentary film that premiered in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival while a work in progress and held its North American premiere at the 2011 Telluride Film Festival, where it was presented to a packed park at the A ...

'', '' Slasher: an IFC Original''), writer (''

2001 Maniacs ''2001 Maniacs'' is a 2005 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, and Matthew Carey. It is a remake of the 1964 film ''Two Thousand Maniacs!'' written and dire ...

'') * John Koenig (2006) – creator of ''

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows ''The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows'' is a website and YouTube channel, created by John Koenig, that coins and defines neologisms for emotions that do not have a descriptive term. The dictionary includes verbal entries on the website with paragrap ...

'' * Gaelynn Lea – winner of NPR's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest * Carl Lumbly – actor, ''

Men of Honor ''Men of Honor'' (released in the UK and Ireland as ''Men of Honour'') is a 2000 American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty O ...

'', ''

Alias Alias may refer to: * Pseudonym * Pen name * Nickname Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006 * ''Alias the ...

'' *

M.anifest Kwame Ametepee Tsikata (born 20 November 1982), known professionally as M.anifest is a Ghanaian musician, rapper and record producer. He won Best Rapper and Hip-Hop song of the year at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards. He has worked with Damon Albarn ...

– Ghanaian rapper, singer, songwriter; winner of Best Rapper and Hip Hop Song of the Year at 2017 Ghana Music Awards *

MNDR Amanda Lucille Warner (born September 12, 1982), known professionally as MNDR, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. She rose to prominence after being featured on Mark Ronson & The Business Intl's 2010 single " Bang Bang Bang" ...

(real name Amanda Warner) – singer/songwriter * Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü *

Will Sheff Will Sheff (born July 7, 1976) is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from Meriden, New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter (along with former Okkervil bandmate Jo ...

– singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River *

Steve Tibbetts Steve Tibbetts (born 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. He views the recording studio as a tool for creating sounds. Most of his albums include percussionist Marc Anderson. Style Tibbetts plays acoustic and electric guitar and exoti ...

– guitarist and composer *

Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Background Waronker w ...

(1993) – drummer, known for his work with

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative ...

and

Walt Mink Walt Mink were an American alternative rock power trio formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1989 by guitarist/singer/songwriter John Kimbrough, drummer Joey Waronker and bassist Candice Belanoff. The band released four studio a ...

– indie rock band named after Macalester professor * Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning ''J.P. Patches Show''

Law

Paul H. Anderson Paul Holden Anderson (born May 14, 1943) is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1994. Education Anderson was bo ...

(1965) – Minnesota Supreme Court justice * Leland Bush – Judge of the District Court of Minnesota; attorney *

Michael J. Davis Michael James Davis (born July 21, 1947) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Early life, education, and career Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Davis grew up in Aurora, Illinois. H ...

(1969) – U.S. District Court judge * Gordon Gallagher – U.S. District Court Judge * B. Todd Jones (1979) – Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota *

Leslie Stein Leslie E. Stein (born 1956) is a former judge on New York State's Court of Appeals. Stein was appointed to the court by Governor Andrew Cuomo in late 2014, and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on February 9, 2015. Early life The daught ...

– Judge of the

New York State Court of Appeals The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the Unified Court System of the State of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six Associate Judges who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by t ...

Robert W. Warren Robert Willis Warren (August 30, 1925 – August 20, 1998) was a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He had previously served as attorney general of Wisconsin and represented Brown and Calumet Counties in the ...

(1950) – U.S. District Court judge

Literature and journalism

Gary Arndt Gary Arndt (born 1969) is an American blogger and photographer. He is the author of the travel blog ''Everything Everywhere'' and a former Minneapolis entrepreneur. Early life Arndt was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Appleton, Wisconsin. He atten ...

(1991) – blogger and travel photographer * Charles Baxter (1969) – author and National Book Award winner for '' The Feast of Love'' *

Jessica Blank Jessica Blank (born in New Haven, Connecticut), is an American actress, writer, and director who works in film, television, and theater. She is also a consultant and public speaker on story and social change. Early life and education Blank grew u ...

– playwright,

The Exonerated ''The Exonerated'' is a made-for-cable television film that dramatizes the stories of six people, some of whom, were wrongfully convicted of murder and other offenses, placed on death row, and later exonerated and freed after serving varying yea ...

Eric Dregni Eric Dregni is an American author. He is an associate professor of English and Journalism at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches writing. He has written or cowritten travel memoirs and essays about Minnesota, Norway, ...

– author of travel memoirs and books about Minnesota, Norway, Italy, food and popular culture * Mary Karr – bestselling author, ''

The Liars' Club ''The Liars' Club'' is a memoir by the American author Mary Karr. Published in 1995 by Viking Adult, the book tells the story of Karr's childhood in the 1960s in a small industrial town in Southeast Texas. The title refers to her father and his ...

'' (attended for one year) *

Jonathan Kauffman Jonathan Kauffman (born 1971) is an American food writer who has written for Bon Appétit, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Hazlitt, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco (magazine), Eater, Men's Health, Wine & Spirits, and Lucky Peac ...

– food writer and James Beard Foundation Award winner and nominee *

Wade Keller Wade Keller (born May 22, 1971) is an American professional wrestling journalist who runs the ''Pro Wrestling Torch'' newsletter. Keller has hosted ''The Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast'' on PodcastOne since 2017. ''Pro Wrestling Torch'' Kel ...

– '' Pro Wrestling Torch'' editor *

Ismail Khalidi Ismail Ragib Khalidi ( ar, إسماعيل راغب الخالدي; November 13, 1916 – September 2, 1968) was a senior political affairs officer for the United Nations Department of Political Affairs. Khalidi was born in Jerusalem, then still ...

– playwright *

Walter Kirn Walter Norris Kirn (born August 3, 1962) is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, most notably '' Up in the Air'', which was made into a film of the same name starring George Clooney. Overview As ...

– author of '' Up in the Air'' (attended for his freshman year) *

Corina Knoll Corina Knoll is an American editor and journalist who writes for California and Sports sections for the Los Angeles Times. Career Knoll has also covered US Soccer for ESPN Soccernet.com, with her first article about Dax McCarty titled "McCarty pu ...

– sports writer * Alex Lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor at

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples ...

* Tim O'Brien (1968) – bestselling author, '' The Things They Carried''Macalester College – Alumni Relations – Alumni Awards – 2007 Recipients
and '' Going After Cacciato'' * Paul Raushenbush – Religious Editor for ''

The Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...

'' * Mark Strauss – Editor of '' Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists'' * Ursula Vernon – Hugo Award-winning author of '' Digger'' *

Dave Zirin Dave Zirin, born 1974, is an American political sportswriter. He is the sports editor for ''The Nation'', a weekly progressive magazine dedicated to politics and culture, and writes a blog named ''Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Da ...

– Sports Editor for ''The Nation'' magazine

Politics

Kristen J. Amundson Kristen J. "Kris" Amundson (born December 3, 1949) is an American politician and former delegate to the Virginia General Assembly. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in November 1999. ...

– member of the

Virginia General Assembly The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, and was established on July 30, 161 ...

Kobina Annan Kobina Annan (born 1944) is a retired Ghanaian diplomat, economist and business consultant. He was Ghana's Ambassador to Morocco from 2002 to 2009. He is the brother of Kofi Annan and the uncle of Kojo Annan. Prior to serving as Ghana's Ambassado ...

– Ghana's Ambassador to Morocco * Kofi Annan (1961) – Secretary-General of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

(1997–2006), 2001

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

winner * Sharon Sayles Belton (1973) – former mayor of

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

(1994–2001); attorney *

Bobby Joe Champion Bobby Joe Champion (born December 17, 1963) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents the 59th district, which includes port ...

– Minnesota House member since 2009 *

Teresa Daly Teresa Daly (born February 22, 1956, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American politician. She is a city councilwoman, and former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. She graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School and Macalester ...

– Minnesota state politician *

Matt Entenza Matthew "Matt" Keating Entenza (born October 4, 1961) is a Minnesota lawyer and former politician who served six terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He served as House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2006. After leaving the legislature, ...

– former Minnesota House Minority Leader * Juan Figueroa – foundation president and 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial candidate *

Frank Hornstein Frank Hornstein (born September 27, 1959) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2003. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Hornstein represents District 61A, which includes ...

(1981) – Minnesota House member since 2003 * Carlos Mariani – Minnesota House member since 1991 *

Scott McCallum James Scott McCallum (born May 2, 1950) is an American businessman and former politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 43rd governor of Wisconsin, ascending from the Lieutenant Governorship when Tommy Thompson resigned in 2001 t ...

– former Governor of Wisconsin (2001–2003) * Doug McFarland – law professor, Hamline University; Minnesota state politician * Joan Mondale (1952) – former Second Lady of the United States *

Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...

(1951) – U.S. Senator (1964–1976); Vice President of the U.S. (1977–1981); 1984 U.S. presidential candidate * James C. O'Brien (1982) – diplomat and attorney *

Julianne Ortman Julianne E. Ortman (born August 29, 1962) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 47, which included portions of Carver County in the southwester ...

(1986) – Minnesota Senate member since 2003 * Rebecca Otto (1985) – Minnesota State Auditor; former Minnesota House member (2003–2004) *

Olli Rehn Olli Ilmari Rehn (; born 31 March 1962) is a Finnish economist and public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargem ...

–

European Commissioner A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each member within the Commission holds a specific portfolio. The commission is led by the President of the European Commission. In simple terms they are the equivalent ...

for Enterprise and Information Society (2004), Enlargement (2004–2010), and Economic and Financial Affairs (2010–present) *

Christopher O. Ward Christopher Owen Ward (born 1954) is an American civil servant who served as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from May 22, 2008, until November 1, 2011, and as New York City Department of Environmental Protecti ...

(1976) – Executive Director of the

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, PANYNJ; stylized, in logo since 2020, as Port Authority NY NJ, is a joint venture between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate compact authorized ...

* Don I. Wortman (1951) – Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1977–1978); federal government executive

Religion

* Donald M. Hultstrand – Bishop of Springfield

Sports

Liam Bowen Liam Bowen is an American college baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the UMBC Retrievers. Playing career Bowen attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. Upon graduation, Bowen enrol ...

–

college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional pl ...

coach * Conrad L. Eklund – college football coach * Ron Groce – professional football player *

Marvin C. Helling Marvin C. "Whitey" Helling (May 16, 1923 – November 30, 2014) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Dakota from 1957 to 1967, compiling a record of 60–35–3. Helling led the ...

– college football coach * Ralph Micheli – college football coach

Notable faculty

Yahya Armajani Yahya Armajani (November 3, 1908 – December 28, 1991) was a professor of history and soccer coach at Macalester College. Among his students were Kofi Annan and Walter Mondale. He was born in Siyahkal, Iran and raised as a Muslim in a peasant fam ...

David Bressoud David Marius Bressoud (born March 27, 1950 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American mathematician who works in number theory, combinatorics, and special functions. As of 2019 he is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College, ...

– former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics *

Diane Glancy (Helen) Diane Glancy (March 18, 1941) is an American poet, author, and playwright. Life and career Glancy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to a Cherokee descent (non-enrolled) father, Lewis H. Hall, and an English-German-American mother. At a ...

* Duchess Harris *

Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...

– U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate * Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015

Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...

Hildegard Binder Johnson Hildegard Binder Johnson (August 20, 1908 – January 18, 1993) was a German-American geographer known for her research into the German diaspora and for her work in historical geography on the midwestern United States. She founded the geography d ...

– geographer *

Alvin King Alvin Olin King (June 21, 1890 – February 21, 1958) was an American politician allied with the Democratic faction of Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr. A state senator, he was President Pro Tempore in 1931, after Long had been elected in 1930 as ...

– composer, professor of music * Kiarina Kordela * George Latimer – former mayor of St. Paul, 1976–1990 *

Harold LeVander Karl Harold Phillip LeVander (October 10, 1910March 30, 1992) was an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he served as the 32nd governor of Minnesota from January 2, 1967 to January 4, 1971, after defeating incumbent governor Karl Ro ...

– former Minnesota governor *

William G. Moseley William G. Moseley is an American academic. He is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, and director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His research interests include tropical agricultur ...

– geographer *

Edward Duffield Neill Edward Duffield Neill (1823 – 1893) was an American author and educator. Neill was born in Philadelphia. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania for some time, he enrolled at Amherst College and graduated from Amherst in 1842, then stu ...

Peter Rachleff Peter J. Rachleff is Co-Executive Director of the East Side Freedom Library, and a retired professor of history at Macalester College in the St. Paul, Minnesota specializing in United States labor, immigration and African American history. Rac ...

* Kristina Curry Rogers * Raymond R. Rogers * Brian C. Rosenberg *

Tracy Silverman Tracy Silverman (born April 7, 1960) is an American violinist, composer, and producer. Biography Born in Peekskill, New York and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, he attended Beloit Memorial High School but left after two years when he was sixteen ...

– electric violin player *

James Spradley James P. Spradley (1933–1982) was a professor of Anthropology at Macalester College from 1969. Spradley wrote or edited 20 books on ethnography and qualitative research including ''Participant Observation'' and ''The Ethnographic Interview'' ( ...

Karen J. Warren Karen J. Warren (September 10, 1947 – August 21, 2020) was an author, scholar, and former Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Macalester College. Biography Karen Warren received her B.A. in philosophy from the University of Minnesota (1970) a ...

* Harry Waters Jr. – actor, known for '' Back to the Future'' and '' Angels in America'' *

Jack Weatherford Jack McIver Weatherford is the former DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. He is best known for his 2004 book, ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World''. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the ...

* James Wright

Presidents of Macalester College

, 1874–1884 # Thomas A. McCurdy, 1884–1890 # David James Burrell, 1890–1891 # Adam Weir Ringland, 1892–1894 # James Wallace, 1894–1906 # Thomas Morey Hodgman, 1907–1917 # Elmer Allen Bess, 1918–1923 # John Carey Acheson, 1924–1937 # Charles Joseph Turck, 1939–1958 # Harvey Mitchell Rice, 1958–1968 # Arthur S. Flemming, 1968–1971 #

James A. Robinson James Alan Robinson (born 1960) is a British economist and political scientist. He is currently the Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University ...

, 1971–1975 # John B. Davis, Jr., 1975–1984 # Robert M. Gavin, Jr., 1984–1996 # Michael S. McPherson, 1996–2003 # Brian C. Rosenberg, 2003–2019 #

Suzanne Rivera Suzanne M. Rivera (born 1969) is an American bioethicist, science policy expert, and president of Macalester College. She is the first female and first Latina president in the college’s history. Rivera’s presidential Inauguration ceremony was ...

, 2020–present

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