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Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842 by methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium ...

, including graduates, former students, and former professors. Some noted current faculty are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

Academics

*Janet Frost, Class of 1971 –

Professor emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

, and

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

at the Capital Community College *

William Hsiao William C. Hsiao (; born January 17, 1936), an American economist, is the K.T. Li Research Professor of Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. He is internationally recognized for his work on health car ...

, Class of 1963 – Professor of Economics,

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

School of Public Health *

Alexander Brown Mackie Alexander Brown Mackie (May 1, 1894 – June 5, 1966) was an American football and basketball, coach, college athletics administrator, professor, and college founder and president. He served as the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University ...

, 1916 – founder of Brown Mackie College *

Judith McCulloh Judith McCulloh (August 16, 1935 – July 13, 2014) was an American folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor. Early life and education McCulloh was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on August 16, 1935 to Henry and Edna Bink ...

, B.A. – Folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor * Edward D. Miller, MD 1964 – Chief Executive Officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, 1997–2012 * Shriram Krishnamurthi, BS 1993 - Computer science professor, programmer, creator of various languages,

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

* James B. Preston, M.D. - Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology at

SUNY Upstate Medical University The State University of New York Upstate Medical University (SUNY Upstate) is a public medical school in Syracuse, New York. Founded in 1834, Upstate is the 15th oldest medical school in the United States and is the only medical school in Centra ...

Ram Samudrala Ram Samudrala is a professor of computational biology and bioinformatics at the University at Buffalo, United States. He researches protein folding, structure, function, interaction, design, and evolution. Education and career Samudrala received ...

, 1993, PhD – Professor and Chief, Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University at Buffalo * Robert M. Stein – Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, Dean of Rice University School of Social Sciences, 1995–2006 * Ezra Vogel, Class of 1950 – professor emeritus,

; author of ''Japan's New Middle Class'' (1963), ''

Japan as Number One ''Japan as Number One: Lessons for America'' is a book by Ezra Vogel published in 1979 by Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, a ...

'' (1979), '' e Four Little Dragons'' (1991) and ''Is Japan Still Number One?'' (2000)

Nobel Prize">e Four Little Dragons'' (1991) and ''Is Japan Still Number One?'' (2000)

Nobel Prize winners

*Frank Sherwood Rowland, Class of 1948–1995 Chemistry Nobel

Science

*Helen Blair Barlett">Helen Blair Bartlett, class of 1927 - geologist and mineralogist *Hü King Eng, Class of 1888 - physician and second Chinese woman to attend university in the USA. *Hazel Marie Losh, class of 1920 – astronomer and first woman to be a tenured astronomy professor at the [ niversity of Michigan; well-known for her love of U-M sports * Gerald Gordon May, 1962 – psychiatrist and theologian *

, Class of 1993 – pioneering researcher in protein and proteome structure, function, interaction, and evolution; recipient of 2010 NIH Director's Pioneer Award, 2005

NSF NSF may stand for: Political organizations *National Socialist Front, a Swedish National Socialist party *NS-Frauenschaft, the women's wing of the former German Nazi party *National Students Federation, a leftist Pakistani students' political gr ...

CAREER Award, and 2002 Searle Scholar Award; named to MIT ''Technology Review''s 2003 list of Top Young Innovators in the World (

TR100 The Innovators Under 35 is a peer-reviewed annual award and listicle published by ''MIT Technology Review'' magazine, naming the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35. at ''Technology Review'' with lists of winners at technologyreview.com ...

)

Education

Guy Potter Benton Guy Potter Benton (May 26, 1865 – June 29, 1927) was an American educator who served as president of the following universities: Upper Iowa University from 1899-1902, Miami University from 1902–1911, the University of Vermont from 1911–1920, ...

– president of

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 ...

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

and

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 200 ...

* Isaac Crook, Class of 1856 – president of

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

, Ohio, 1896–1898 *

George Richmond Grose George Richmond Grose (1869–1953) was an American academic administrator and a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1924, serving as a missionary bishop in China. Family Grose was born on 14 July 1869 in Nicholas County, West ...

– president of

Depauw University DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the G ...

, Indiana, 1912–1924 * Edwin Holt Hughes – president of

, Indiana, 1903–1909 *

Francis John McConnell Francis John McConnell (August 18, 1871 – August 18, 1953) was an American social reformer and a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1912. Born on August 18, 1871, in Trinway, Ohio, he died on August 18, 1953, in Lucasville, ...

– president of

, Indiana, 1909–1912 *

Benjamin T. Spencer Benjamin T. (Townley) Spencer (1904–1996) was a scholar of American literature and a professor at Ohio Wesleyan University. He graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cincinnati. ...

– author of ''The Quest for Nationality: An American Literary Campaign '' *

Thomas R. Tritton Thomas R. Tritton was the twelfth president of Haverford College, serving from 1997 to 2007. After his presidency, he served as president in residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From 2008 to 2013, he served as president and CEO o ...

– president of

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...

, Pennsylvania, 1997–2007

Sports

* John Barry Clemens – former professional basketball player; attended Ohio Wesleyan before being drafted by the NBA's New York Knicks in 1965; had 11-year career with five teams: the Knicks, the Chicago Bulls, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Portland Trail Blazers; retired in 1976 with career totals of 5,316 points and 2,526 rebounds * Tim Corbin, Class of 1984 – college baseball coach for Vanderbilt Commodores baseball, coached 2014 and 2019

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebr ...

teams; 3x SEC Coach of the year *

Scott Googins Scott Googins is an American college baseball coach who was most recently the head coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball Team. Googins was hired at Cincinnati on June 6, 2017 and resigned in May of 2023 following the conclusion o ...

, Class of 1992 – college baseball coach for Xavier * George Little, Class of 1912 –

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach for

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

, niversity of Michigan and University of Wisconsin–Madison">niversity of Michigan and University of Wisconsin–Madison; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955 *Branch Rickey, Class of 1904 – general manager of the Saint Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates; pioneered the farm system and racially integrated [ ajor League Baseball by signing

Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line ...

for the Dodgers * Keith Rucker, Class of 1993 – nose guard; five-plus seasons in the NFL; played for Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and Kansas City Chiefs * Phil "Lefty" Saylor, Class of 1890 – pitcher; first quarterback in OWU football history * Olin Smith – former professional football player; played in eight games in the early

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

; played for the

Cleveland Bulldogs The Cleveland Bulldogs were a team that played in Cleveland, Ohio in the National Football League. They were originally called the Indians in 1923, not to be confused with the Cleveland Indians NFL franchise in 1922. However, after team owner S ...

in 1924 *

Ed Westfall Edwin Vernon Westfall (born September 19, 1940) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders from 1961 until 1978–79. Notable as a d ...

– former

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...

and

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...

in the NFL; played for the Boston Braves/Redskins and the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

Politics

* Horace Newton Allen, Class of 1878 – diplomat *

Kathryn Barger Kathryn Ann Barger-Leibrich is an American politician, serving as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 5th District since 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Barger served as Chair of Los Angeles County from 2019 ...

, Class of 1983 - Los Angeles County’s Fifth District Supervisor *

William G. Batchelder William G. Batchelder III (December 19, 1942 – February 12, 2022) was an American politician who was the 101st Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 2011 to 2014. He also represented the 69th District of the Ohio House o ...

, Class of 1966 – member of Ohio House of Representatives *

Hiram Pitt Bennet Hiram Pitt Bennet (September 2, 1826 – November 11, 1914) was a Congressional delegate from the Territory of Colorado and Colorado Secretary of State Biography Bennet was born in Carthage, Maine, and moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled ...

– Congressional delegate from the

Territory of Colorado The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado. The territory was organized in the w ...

; Colorado Secretary of State *

Samuel G. Cosgrove Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove (April 10, 1847March 28, 1909) was an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Washington from January to March 1909. He was a U.S. Civil War veteran and a Republican. Biography Cosgrove was born in Tusca ...

– sixth Governor of the state of

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

Charles Vernon Culver Charles Vernon Culver (September 6, 1830 – January 10, 1909) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Culver was born in Logan, Ohio. He received a liberal preparatory schooling and attended the ...

– U.S. Congressman from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Samuel Hitt Elbert Samuel Hitt Elbert (April 3, 1833 – November 27, 1899) was an attorney in the Nebraska Territory before settling in the Colorado Territory. He served as the Secretary of the territory and from 1873 to 1874, he was the Governor of the Colorado ...

, Class of 1854 – sixth governor of the Territory of Colorado, 1873–1874 * Jo Ann Emerson – US Representative, Missouri, 8th District * Charles Fairbanks, Class of 1872 –

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...

under

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

* Arthur Flemming, Class of 1927 – former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; served under presidents

Franklin Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

through

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

; served as president of

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Macalester College *

Joseph B. Foraker Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909. Foraker was ...

– 37th Governor of

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

; U.S.

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

* George Benson Fox, 1861; honorary degree 1909 -

Ohio General Assembly The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus ...

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

officer *

Paul Gillmor Paul Eugene Gillmor (February 1, 1939 – September 5, 2007) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death in 2007. Early life, ...

- U.S. Representative from

, 5th District; President of the

Ohio Senate The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the se ...

* Nehemiah Green – 4th Governor of

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

John Marshall Hamilton John Marshall Hamilton (May 28, 1847 – September 22, 1905) was the 18th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1883 to 1885. Born in Union County, Ohio, Hamilton became interested in politics at a young age, joining the Wide Awakes when he ...

– 18th

Governor of Illinois The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by p ...

Lucy Webb Hayes Lucy Ware Hayes ( née Webb; August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and served as first lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881. Hayes was the first First Lady to have a college degree. She was a ...

, Class of 1850 – wife of Rutherford B. Hayes,

U.S. President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...

, 1877–1881 *

Myron T. Herrick Myron Timothy Herrick (October 9, 1854March 31, 1929) was an American banker, diplomat and Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd governor of Ohio and United States Ambassador to France on two occasions. Biography Herrick was bor ...

– 42nd governor of

* John W. Hoyt – third Governor of Wyoming Territory * John W. McCormick – U.S. Representative from Ohio *

Masa Nakayama was a Japanese politician and educator who was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of Japan when she became Minister of Health and Welfare in 1960. Early life and education Nakayama was born Masa Iida-Powers in Nagasaki, the daughter of ...

, Class of 1916 – first female cabinet minister in Japan * Rudolph Schlabach – Wisconsin lawyer and legislator *

William E. Stanley William Eugene Stanley Sr. (December 28, 1844 – October 13, 1910) was an American lawyer and the 15th Governor of Kansas. Biography Born in Danville, Ohio, Stanley was the son of a physician, reared on a farm, and educated in the common scho ...

– fifteenth Governor of

George Washington Steele George Washington Steele (December 13, 1839July 12, 1922) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Representative for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903. Steele was also the first governor of Okl ...

– first

Governor of Oklahoma Territory The governor of Oklahoma is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor serves as the head of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma. The governor is the ''ex officio ...

* Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Class of 1961 – Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council *

Michael van der Veen Michael Thomas van der Veen (born September 16, 1963) is an American attorney who specializes in personal injury law. He represented former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in the United States Senate, which resulted in ...

, attorney for former President Donald Trump *

James A. Boucher James A. Boucher (March 27, 1937 – September 20, 2020) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives. Life and career Boucher was raised in Wauseon, Ohio, the son of Marion and Harold Boucher. He ...

, US Representative representing Albany County, Wyoming.

Social activists

Mabel Cratty Mabel Cratty (June 30, 1868 - February 27, 1928) was an American educator and served as the General Secretary of the National Board of the YWCA from 1906 until her death in 1928. Early life and education Cratty was born to Harold and Mary Cratty ...

, Class of 1890 – leader of

Young Women's Christian Association The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

in its early days * Mary King, Class of 1962 – civil rights activist *

Kim Ransa Kim Ransa ( ko, 김란사; 1872–1919), was a Korean independence activist. She was also a teacher of Yu Gwan-sun, who organized the March 1st Movement against Japanese rule. Early life Kim Ransa was born in 1872 in Pyongyang. Despite the school ...

Korean independence The Korean independence movement was a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve the independence of Korea from Japan. After the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance peaked in the March 1st Movement of 1919, which ...

activist and feminist *

Mildred Gillars Mildred Elizabeth Gillars ( Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, she became the first woman t ...

, Class of 1918 and 1973. Broadcaster of Nazi propaganda under the name "Axis Sally" during World War II. Convicted of treason and incarcerated.

Literature

Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (January 31, 1868 – March 18, 1942) was an early 20th-century American author. She published at least 10 novels, mostly written for young women. Childhood Eleanor was born at Plum Grove Historic House in Iowa City, Iow ...

– novelist and editor of the early 20th century * Mary Bigelow Ingham, writer, educator, social reformer *

Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...

, Class of 1939 – playwright and lyricist *

James Oberg James Edward Oberg (born November 7, 1944) is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian and Chinese space programs. He had a 22-year career as a space engineer in NASA specializing in orbital rendezvous. Ob ...

, Class of 1966 – expert on space; author; TV personality *

Richard North Patterson Richard North Patterson (born February 22, 1947, in Berkeley, California) is an American fiction writer, attorney and political commentator. Education and law career Patterson graduated in 1968 from Ohio Wesleyan University and has been awarde ...

, Class of 1968 – author *

Imad Rahman Imad Rahman is a Pakistani American fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004. Biography A native of Karachi, Pakistan who immigrated to the United States at age 18 to attend college, Rahman was an assistant profess ...

– Pakistani-American fiction writer, author of ''I Dream of Microwaves'' *

Maggie Smith Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. With an extensive career on screen and stage beginning in the mid-1950s, Smith has appeared in more than sixty films and seventy plays. She is one of the few performer ...

, Class of 1999 - poet, freelance writer, and editor, born in Columbus * Jane Speed, mystery writer and radio dramatist *

May Alden Ward May Alden Ward (March 1, 1853 - January 14, 1918) was an American author known for her biographies of such writers as Petrarch and Dante. Biography She was born May Alden in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, one of three children of Prince William Alden (a mer ...

- Class of 1872 – author * Martha Wintermute (1842–1918) – author and poet

Arts and entertainment

* Fred Baron, Class of 1976 – producer of ''Moulin Rouge''; executive producer for the BBS ''According to Bex'' * Jim Berry, Class of 1955 – national newspaper cartoonist *

Matt Furie Pepe the Frog () is an Internet meme consisting of a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body. Pepe originated in a 2005 comic by Matt Furie called ''Boy's Club''. It became an Internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across Myspa ...

, Class of 2001 - creator of Pepe the Frog *

Jim Graner James R. Graner (February 21, 1919 – January 15, 1976) was the weeknight sports anchor for Cleveland NBC affiliate KYW-TV (later WKYC) beginning in 1957. He also served as color commentator for the Cleveland Browns Radio Network, most notabl ...

, attended 1937–39 – weeknight TV sports anchor for WKYC TV-3; radio color commentator for the

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

* Clark Gregg,Class of 1984 – actor,

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Di ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, ''

The New Adventures of Old Christine ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (often shortened to simply ''Old Christine'') is an American sitcom television series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell, a divorced mother doing her best to keep pace with those around her ...

'',"Marvel's Agents of SHIELD"''

What Lies Beneath ''What Lies Beneath'' is a 2000 American supernatural horror thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as a couple who live in a haunted house. It was the first film by Zemeckis' production company ...

'', '' The West Wing'', ''

The Avengers Avenger, Avengers, The Avenger, or The Avengers may refer to: Arts and entertainment In the Marvel Comics universe * Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes ** Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes o ...

'' * George Kirgo, attended 1944–45 – screenwriter, author, humorist, former WGAW president (1987 -1991), and founding member of the National Film Preservation Board of the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...

* Ron Leibman, Class of 1958 – Emmy and Tony-winning actor, ''Angels in America'', ''Norma Rae'', ''Slaughterhouse Five'', ''Friends'' * Wendie Malick, Class of 1972 – film, TV actor, ''Just Shoot Me'', ''Dream On'', ''The American President'', ''Hot in Cleveland'' * Robert Pine, Class of 1963 – TV, film actor, ''CHiPs'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Hoover vs. the Kennedys'', ''Six Feet Under''; father of actor Chris Pine *

Art Sansom Arthur Baldwin Sansom Jr. (September 16, 1920 – July 4, 1991), better known as Art Sansom, was an American comic strip cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip ''The Born Loser''. He was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. After gradu ...

, Class of 1942 – creator of the daily comic strip ''

The Born Loser ''The Born Loser'' is a newspaper comic strip created by Art Sansom in 1965. His son, Chip Sansom, who started assisting on the strip in 1989, is the current artist. The strip is distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association. The Sansoms won ...

'' *

Salman Toor Salman Toor (born 1983) is a Pakistani-born American painter. His works depict the imagined lives of young men of South Asian-birth, displayed in close range in either South Asia and New York City fantasized settings. Toor lives and works in New ...

, Class of 2006 - painter *

Trish Van Devere Trish Van Devere (born Patricia Louise Dressel; March 9, 1941) is a retired American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the film ''One Is a Lonely Number'' (1972), and won a Genie Award for the film '' The Changeling'' (1980 ...

– actress, ''Curacao'', ''Messenger of Death'', ''Hollywood Vice Squad'', ''Haunted'' * Melvin Van Peebles, Class of 1953 – actor and director, ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' (1971) *

JoAnn Verburg JoAnn Verburg is an American photographer. Verburg is married to poet Jim Moore, who is frequently portrayed as reading the newspaper or napping in her photographs. She lives and works in St. Paul, Minnesota and Spoleto, Italy. Early life and ed ...

, Class of 1972 – photographer

News

* Mariana Gosnell, science journalist and book author * Byron Pitts, Class of 1982 – CBS News correspondent *Kenyon Farrow, Class of 1997 - Senior Editor at TheBody and TheBodyPro; healthcare journalist and equal rights activist

Religion/Ministry

*Nathan Sites, graduated in 1859 - Methodist Episcopal missionary stationed at Fuzhou, China from 1861 to 1895. *Charles Wesley Brashares, 1914 – a bishop of The Methodist Church (USA), the Methodist Church *Orville Nave – author of ''Nave's Topical Bible'' *Norman Vincent Peale, class of 1920 – author of ''The Power of Positive Thinking'' (which sold over 20 million copies in 41 languages); founder of ''Guideposts'' magazine; host of the weekly NBC radio program ''The Art of Living'' for 54 years; also wrote ''The Art of Living'' (1937), ''Confident Living'' (1948), and ''This Incredible Century'' (1991) *Ralph Washington Sockman – author; host of NBC's National Radio Pulpit, 1928–1962; minister of Christ Church, Methodist, New York City, 1916–1961

Corporate leaders

*Daniel Glaser, Class of 1982 – CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies *Ira A. Lipman, founder and chairman of Guardsmark, later vice chairman of AlliedBarton. *Orra E. Monnette, Class of 1897 – author; banker; co-founder and co-chairman of Bank of America, Los Angeles *James J. Nance, Class of 1923 – industrialist; CEO of Hotpoint, Zenith and Packard Motors; Vice President of Ford Motor Company's Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division; Chairman of Central National Bank of Cleveland; first Chairman of the board of trustees of Cleveland State University; member of the board of trustees of Ohio Wesleyan University *Frank Stanton (executive), Frank Stanton, Class of 1930 – CEO of CBS, 1945–1973 *

References

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