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Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...

Notable alumni and trustees

Academics and education

* George C. Heckman, class of 1845, president of

Hanover College Hanover College is a private college in Hanover, Indiana, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Founded in 1827 by Reverend John Finley Crowe, it is Indiana's oldest private college. The Hanover athletic teams participate in the H ...

1870–79 * Thomas Craig, class of 1875, early professor of mathematics at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

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 ...

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 James is a common English language surname and given name: *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 ...

, class of 1880, the first professor of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

in the United States * Robert L. Slagle, class of 1887, President South Dakota Agricultural College 1906-14;

University of South Dakota The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship univ ...

1914-28 *

Earl Gregg Swem Earl Gregg Swem (December 29, 1870 – April 14, 1965) was an American historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodica ...

, class of 1893, historian, bibliographer and librarian *

Joseph S. Illick Joseph S. Illick (September 16, 1884 - August 31, 1967) was Dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, from 1944 to 1951. He was a graduate of Lafayette College (1907), and the Biltmore Forest School (1913); he studied at ...

, class of 1907, Dean of the

New York State College of Forestry The New York State College of Forestry, the first professional school of forestry in North America, opened its doors at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, in the autumn of 1898., It was advocated for by Governor Frank S. Black, but after jus ...

, 1944–51 *

Ralph Cooper Hutchison Ralph Cooper Hutchison (February 27, 1898 – March 15, 1966) was president of Washington & Jefferson College and Lafayette College. Personal Hutchison was born in Colorado on February 27, 1898. He attended Lafayette College, graduating in 19 ...

, class of 1918, president of

Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries to ...

, 1931–45, and Lafayette College, 1945–57 *

Frank Reed Horton Frank Reed Horton (July 17, 1896 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania – August 28, 1966 in Easton, Pennsylvania), was a United States educator. He is best known as the founder and first national president of Alpha Phi Omega, an international service frater ...

, class of 1926, founder of the

Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega (), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a coeducational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25,0 ...

fraternity *

Frank Franz Frank Franz (born 21 November 1978) is a German politician who has been the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) since 2014. He was formerly the national chairman of the NPD in the German state of Saarland from 200 ...

, class of 1959, provost at

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College ...

and fourth president of

The University of Alabama in Huntsville The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public research university in Huntsville, Alabama. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and comprises nine colleges: arts, humanities & social science ...

Nils Yngve Wessell Nils Yngve Wessell (April 14, 1914 – March 4, 2007) was an American psychologist and the eighth president of Tufts University from 1953 to 1966, overseeing its transformation from a small liberal arts college to an internationally known resear ...

, class of 1934, president of

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

, 1953–66 *

Leonard Jeffries Leonard Jeffries Jr. (born January 19, 1937) is former departmental chair of Black Studies at the City College of New York, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). Jeffries is a political scientist, historian, educator, master-teacher/adm ...

, class of 1959, Professor of Black Studies at the

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...

(City) *

Martin Jezer Marty Jezer (November 21, 1940 – June 11, 2005) was a well-known activist and author. Born Martin Jezer and raised in the Bronx, he earned a history degree from Lafayette College. He was a co-founding member of the Working Group on Electoral ...

, class of 1961, progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement *

Barry Wellman Barry Wellman (born 1942) is a Canadian-American sociologist and is the co-director of the Toronto-based international NetLab Network. His areas of research are community sociology, the Internet, human-computer interaction and social structur ...

, class of 1963, Professor of Sociology,.

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, 1967-2013; Co-Director, NetLab Network * Joseph Rallo, class of 1971, Commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Louisiana. * Darlyne Bailey, class of 1974, first African American dean of the

College of Education and Human Development The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is one of seventeen colleges and professional schools at the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the ...

at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

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 ...

, class of 1982, former president of

Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Fran ...

and current president of

Drexel University Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...

Business

Ario Pardee Ariovistus Pardee (November 19, 1810 – March 26, 1892) was an American engineer, coal baron, philanthropist, and director of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. In the 1840s he began purchasing land in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, suspecting it to contain ...

, 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 The Lafayette College campus is a 110-acre suburban area located on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Lafayette College also owns and maintains a 230-acre athletic complex, the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex. The school is rou ...

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 ...

, class of 1876, Managing Director

Carnegie Steel Company Carnegie Steel Company was a steel-producing company primarily created by Andrew Carnegie and several close associates to manage businesses at steel mills in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area in the late 19th century. The company was forme ...

and first vice president of

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 Huffman Prairie, also known as Huffman Prairie Flying Field or Huffman Field is part of Ohio's Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. The 84-acre (34-hectare) patch of rough pasture, near Fairborn, northeast of Dayton, is the place w ...

to the Wright Brothers *

Charles Bergstresser Charles Milford Bergstresser (June 25, 1858 – September 20, 1923) was an American journalist and, with Charles Dow and Edward Jones, one of the founders of Dow Jones & Company at 15 Wall Street in 1882. Early life A native of Berrysburg, Pennsyl ...

, class of 1881, one of the three founders of

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, 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 Woolworth, Woolworth's, or Woolworths may refer to: Businesses * F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores * Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shops ...

five and dime A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, automotive parts, dry goods, toys, hardware, home furnishings, and a selection of groceries. It us ...

store chain *

Thomas J. Watson Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM's managemen ...

, trustee; donor; first chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914–56; computing pioneer; namesake of the

Watson Computer IBM Watson is a question-answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named after IBM's founde ...

* 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 ...

* Walter E. Hanson, class of 1949, chairman of

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 ...

, class of 1951, founded Acopian Technical Company, makers of the first solar radios. * Arthur J. Rothkopf, class of 1955, retired senior vice president of

U.S. Chamber of Commerce The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the largest lobbying group in the United States, representing over three million businesses and organizations. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging ...

; president emeritus of Lafayette College *

Michael H. Moskow Michael H. Moskow (born January 7, 1938) is currently vice chairman and distinguished fellow on the global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. From 1994 to 2007, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Rese ...

, class of 1959, CEO and president of the

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (informally the Chicago Fed) is one of twelve regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, make up the United States' central bank. The Chicago Reserve Bank serves the Sevent ...

* Stephen D. Pryor, class of 1971, president of

ExxonMobil ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, ...

Chemical Company * Neil Levin, class of 1976, former 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 ...

, vice president of

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

* Chip Bergh, Class of 1979, CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. * Angel L. Mendez, class of 1982, COO of

HERE Here is an adverb that means "in, on, or at this place". It may also refer to: Software * Here Technologies, a mapping company * Here WeGo (formerly Here Maps), a mobile app and map website by Here Television * Here TV (formerly "here!"), a TV ...

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 h ...

, 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 ...

* William R. Wagner, class of 1989, CEO of

LogMeIn GoTo, formerly LogMeIn Inc., is a flexible-work provider of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based remote work tools for collaboration and IT management, with products including GoTo Connect, GoTo Resolve, Rescue, Central, and more, built ...

* Stephen Messer, class of 1993, founder of

Rakuten Linkshare Rakuten Advertising, formerly known as Rakuten Marketing, is an affiliate marketing service provider. The company, in 2005, claimed it was the largest pay-for-performance affiliate marketing network on the Internet.Derek Vaughan (July 12, 2005Make ...

and angel investor * Ian Murray, class of 1997, cofounder of

Vineyard Vines Vineyard Vines is an American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, by brothers Shep and Ian Murray. The brand markets high-end ties, hats, belts, shirts, shorts, swimwear, bags for men, women, and ...

* Carson Conant, class of 1998, founder and CEO of

Mediafly Mediafly is a privately held technology company based in Chicago, Illinois that provides Mobile sales enablement, mobile enablement software. History Mediafly was founded by Carson Conant in 2006 as a podcatcher. In addition to its mobile apps, in ...

Engineering

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 ...

, class of 1886, professor of

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

and designer of

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 ...

William F. Durand William Frederick Durand (March 5, 1859 – August 9, 1958) was a United States naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer. He contributed significantly to the development of aircraft propellers. He was the first civilian chair of the National ...

, class of 1888, mechanical engineer and first civilian chair of the

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958, the agency was dissolved and its assets ...

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 Donald E. Lancaster is an American author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer. Background Lancaster is a writer and engineer, who authored multiple articles for computer and electronics magazines of the 1970s, including ''Popular Electronics' ...

, class of 1961, author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer

Entertainment

Burr McIntosh William Burr McIntosh (August 21, 1862 – April 28, 1942) was an American lecturer, photographer, film studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher of ''The'' ''Burr McIntosh Monthly'',Joel Silver Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American film producer. Life and career Silver was born and raised in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of a writer and a public relations executive. His family is Jewish. He attended Columbia High School i ...

, head of

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * 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, ...

Silver Pictures Silver Pictures is an American film production company founded by Hollywood producer Joel Silver in 1980. The Silver Pictures logo, also called The Chip, is modeled on a block pattern that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the exteriors of the Sto ...

and producer of films including the ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever'', by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Ale ...

'', ''

Lethal Weapon ''Lethal Weapon'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darle ...

'', and ''

The Matrix ''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in ''The Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantolia ...

'' series *

Lorene Scafaria Lorene Scafaria (born 1978) is an American filmmaker, playwright, musician, and former actress. She wrote and directed the films ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' (2012), ''The Meddler'' (2015), and '' Hustlers'' (2019), in addition ...

, screenwriter, playwright, actress and singer best known for her work on the 2008 film ''

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist ''Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and Davi ...

'' *

Jim Rosenhaus Jim Rosenhaus is a radio broadcaster for the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team. Rosenhaus also hosts ''Guardians Warm Up'' and ''Guardians Weekly'' on WTAM. Rosenhaus joined the Guardians (known as the Indians at the time of joining) i ...

, class of 1986, broadcaster for the

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...

Beth Mowins Elizabeth Mowins (born May 26, 1967) is an American play-by-play announcer and sports journalist for ESPN, CBS, and Marquee Sports Network. She typically calls women's college sports, and became the second woman to call nationally televised col ...

, class of 1989,

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

announcer and one of the first women color analysts on the network

Government

Charles F. Chidsey Charles Francis Chidsey (1843-1933) was an American politician who served as the first mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1890 and a Pennsylvania State Representative from 1896 to 1898. Early life and education Chidsey graduated Lafayet ...

, class of 1864, first mayor of Easton, member of the

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 New Jersey's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district, which includes Camden and South Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia, has been represented by Democrat Donald Norcross since November 2 ...

in the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

, 1855-59 *

James Morrison Harris James Morrison Harris (November 20, 1817 – July 16, 1898) was a Representative from the third district of Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Harris was educated at private institutions in the city. He then entered Lafayette College in ...

, class of 1833, U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1855–1861; Lafayette College trustee, 1865–72 *

Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor. Early years and fam ...

, class of 1836, Governor of

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 ...

, US Senator, Congressman, Secretary of War * Nathaniel B. Smithers, class of 1836, U.S. Representative from Delaware, 1863–65 *

Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the pos ...

, class of 1844, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1861–63, 1863–67 * Henry Clay Longnecker, class of 1845 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1851, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1859-61 *

Henry Green Henry Green was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke (29 October 1905 – 13 December 1973), an English writer best remembered for the novels ''Party Going'', ''Living'' and '' Loving''. He published a total of nine novels between 1926 and 1952 ...

, 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 Allen Thomas Craig (born July 18, 1984) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. The Cardinals drafted Craig from the Uni ...

, class of 1855, Pennsylvania State Representative and Senator, 1865–67, 1879–82 *

John W. Griggs John William Griggs (July 10, 1849 – November 28, 1927) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician, who served as the 29th governor of New Jersey, from 1896 to 1898. As Governor of New Jersey Griggs gained a reputation for siding w ...

, 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, class of 1871, US Representative 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, ...

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 Russell Benjamin Harrison (August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936), also known as Russell Lord Harrison, was a businessman, lawyer, diplomat, and politician. Harrison was the son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison, and the g ...

, class of 1877, Indiana legislator; consul to

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

; son of U.S. President

Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...

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

, 1911–19, and 1921 * Cyrus E. Woods, class of 1886, president pro tempore

State Senate 1901-07; U.S. Ambassador to

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and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, 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 Harry Arista Mackey (June 26, 1869 – October 17, 1938) was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, and politician. He served as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932. Early life and career Born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, ...

, class of 1890, Mayor of Philadelphia 1928 - 31 * Frederic Antes Godcharles, class of 1893,

State Representative and Senator, 1900–08 * Isaac Clinton Kline, class of 1893, U.S. Representative from

from 1921–23, lawyer *

A. Mitchell Palmer Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare ...

, attended briefly and honorary degree conferred in 1919, 50th

Attorney General of the United States The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...

, overseer of the

Palmer Raids The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists ...

* John D. Clarke, class of 1898, U.S. Congressman from

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* William Huntington Kirkpatrick, class of 1905, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1921-23 *

Joseph F. Crater Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice who mysteriously vanished amid a political scandal. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West ...

, class of 1910,

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of the

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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 ...

, class of 1926,

of the

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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 ...

, class of 1928, member of

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and

New Jersey Senate The New Jersey Senate was established as the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts, representing districts with an average population of 232, ...

; one of the drafters of the current, 1947

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Robert B. Meyner Robert Baumle Meyner (July 3, 1908 – May 27, 1990) was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner represented Warren County in t ...

, class of 1930, Governor of

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

1954–62; competed against

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 ...

in the 1960

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primary *

Winston L. Prouty Winston Lewis Prouty (September 1, 1906September 10, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Vermont from 1959 until his death. He was previously a member of the United State ...

, 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 Wayne Dumont, Jr. (June 25, 1914 – March 19, 1992) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey. He represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1952 to 1966 and northwestern New Jersey more broadly from 1968 unt ...

, 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. Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virgi ...

, attended in 1943, twice Governor of

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

* Arthur Sohmer, class of 1948,

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to former Vice President

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(c. 1925–1994), member of the

* Fred Ashton, class of 1952, Mayor of Easton from 1967–75. *

Dennis Kux Dennis H. Kux (born August 11, 1931, in London, England) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire (1986–89). He is the author of ''India and the United States: Estranged Democracies 1941-1991'' (the book has an introduct ...

, class of 1952, U.S. Ambassador to

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, 1986–89 *

William E. Simon William Edward Simon (November 27, 1927 – June 3, 2000) was an American businessman and philanthropist who served as the 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He became the Secretary of the Treasury on May 9, 1974, during the Nixon admi ...

, class of 1952, 63rd

Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

, president of the

United States Olympic Committee The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Col ...

* Bob Smith, class of 1952, former

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

* Garrett E. Brown, Jr., class of 1965, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey * George F. Pott, Jr., class of 1965, Pennsylvania State Representative 1977-86 *

Robert Pastor Robert Alan Pastor (April 10, 1947 – January 8, 2014) was a member of the United States National Security Council, National Security Council staff and a writer on foreign affairs. Education Pastor earned his bachelor's degree in history from L ...

, class of 1969, former member of the

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Joel A. Pisano Joel A. Pisano (March 3, 1949 – February 26, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2000 to 2015. He served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 19 ...

, class of 1971, Federal Judge for District Court of New Jersey *

Marcia Bernicat Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (born 1953) is an American diplomat who is the current Director General of the Foreign Service. She is a former United States Ambassador to Bangladesh. She served as Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from 2008 ...

, class of 1975,

United States Ambassador to Bangladesh The United States ambassador to Bangladesh is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Bangladesh. President Joe Biden nominated career diplomat and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic ...

* Robin L. Wiessmann, class of 1975, former

Pennsylvania State Treasurer The Pennsylvania State Treasurer is the head of the Pennsylvania Treasury Department, an independent department of state government. The state treasurer is elected every four years. Treasurers are limited to two consecutive terms. The Pennsylva ...

Craig Dally Craig Dally was a Republican member of the 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. ...

, class of 1978, Pennsylvania State Representative, 1997–2010 * Bruce L. Castor, Jr., 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. *

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, class of 1983, Pennsylvania State Representative 2003-12 *

Robert Spagnoletti Robert James Spagnoletti is the former Attorney General of the District of Columbia, United States, appointed 2004. He previously served as Council of the District of Columbia, District of Columbia Corporation Counsel, and as an Assistant United ...

, class of 1984, former

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of the

District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

* Michael A. Raynor, class of 1984, former

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Anthony Palumbo Anthony Howard Palumbo (born September 14, 1970) is an American Republican Party politician who currently represents the 1st district of the New York State Senate. He previously served as a member of the New York State Assembly. Palumbo atten ...

, class of 1994, member New York State Assembly, 2013–present *

Aaron Kaufer Aaron D. Kaufer (born July 11, 1988) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 120th district. Early life and education Kaufer was born on July 11, 1988, in Kingston, Pennsylv ...

, class of 2011, Pennsylvania State Representative, 2015–present *

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

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

* J. Elfreth Watkins Sr., class of 1874, Curator United States National Museum *

Frederick Starr Frederick Starr (September 2, 1858 – August 14, 1933) was an American academic, Anthropology, anthropologist, and "populist educator"Parezo, Nancy J. and Don D. Fowler. (2007) "Taking Ethnological Training Outside the Classroom: the 1904 Lou ...

, class of 1882, anthropologist *

Edwin Atlee Barber Edwin Atlee Barber (August 13, 1851 – December 12, 1916) was an American archaeologist and author. Biography Edwin Atlee Barber was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William Edwin Barber and Anne Eliza Townsend. He entered Lafayette College in ...

, classes of 1887 and 1893, Director

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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 *

, 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 ...

, class of 1969, director of Smithsonian

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 ...

, class of 1871, translated the Finnish epic ''

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'' into English; Consul-general of the

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under President

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...

, author of ''

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''; attended for one semester before leaving to focus exclusively on his writing *

Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre (30 July 1931 – 2 December 2022) was a French author. Life Dominique Lapierre was born in Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime, France. At the age of thirteen, he travelled to the U.S. with his father who was a diplomat ...

, class of 1952, author *

, class of 1961, activist and author *

Jay Parini Jay Parini (born April 2, 1948) is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels, poetry, biography, screenplays and criticism. He has published novels about Leo Tolstoy, Walter Benjamin, Paul the Apostle, and Herman Melville. Early l ...

, class of 1970, poet and

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 ...

, class of 1916, winner of

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in 1950 *

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, class of 1952, pioneer in women's sports medicine; Olympic track and field coach

Military

* Andrew Porter (Civil War general), Andrew Porter, class of 1838 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1865, Brigadier General U.S. Army * Theophilus Francis Rodenbough, class of 1854 (non-graduate), Brigadier General U.S. Army; Medal of Honor recipient * Charles A. Wikoff, class of 1855, most senior ranking United States Army officer killed in the Spanish–American War * Stephen Wilson Pomeroy, class of 1861, "The Unknown Scout" who alerted Andrew Gregg Curtin, Governor Curtin of Robert E. Lee, General Lee's amassing army at Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg * Duncan Stephen Walker, class of 1862 (non-graduate), Brigadier General U.S. Army, great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin * Peyton C. March, class of 1884, Army Chief of Staff during World War I * General George H. Decker, class of 1924, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1960–62 * David Showell, class of 1951, member of the Tuskegee Airmen; a football player while at Lafayette; his exclusion led to the 1949 Sun Bowl controversy

Religion and theology

* William Henry Green, class of 1840, president of The College of New Jersey, professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature in Princeton Theological Seminary * John Douglas Bemo (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 * William Alexander Parsons Martin, W.A.P. Martin, class of 1860, Presbyterian missionary and translator * James Isaac Good, class of 1872, clergyman * Kenneth Wapnick, class of 1963, co-founder of A Course in Miracles

Sciences

* James H. Coffin, Lafayette College vice president and treasurer 1846–73, pioneer in meteorology * William Harkness, attended 1854–56, astronomer * William McMurtrie, class of 1871 and first Ph.D. in chemistry awarded at Lafayette (1875); Chief Chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture, 1873–78; president of American Chemical Society in 1900 * Maynard Bixby, class of 1876, discoverer of bixbyite and explorer * Eugene C. Bingham, Chemistry Professor 1916–39, pioneer in rheology; namesake of Bingham plastic, fluid, and stress, and the Bingham Medal * S. Donald Stookey, class of 1938, inventor of Corningware earned his master's degree in chemistry in the 1930s * Jay Weiss, class of 1962, professor of psychiatry Emory University School of Medicine, MacArthur Fellow

Sports

* Harry Hempstead, class of 1891, Owner of the History of the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants, National League baseball team. * George Barclay (baseball), George Barclay, class of 1898, inventor of the football helmet, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Beaneaters * Charles Rinehart, class of 1898, College Football Hall of Fame member * Dick Wright (baseball), Dick Wright, catcher for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops * Fritz Scheeren, class of 1914, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates * Ty Helfrich, class of 1915, second baseman for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops * Al Bedner, class of 1921, NFL player * George Seasholtz, class of 1922, NFL player for the Milwaukee Badgers and the Kenosha Maroons * Frank Schwab, class of 1923, College Football Hall of Fame member * Al LeConey, class of 1923, 1924 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 100 meter relay, 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, Chicago White Sox; NFL leading scorer in 1925 for the Pottsville Maroons * Joe Marhefka, class of 1924, NFL player for Pottsville Maroons * Matt Brennan (American football), Matt Brennan, class of 1925, NFL player * Frank Grube, class of 1926, catcher for the White Sox and St. Louis Browns * Frank Kirkleski, class of 1927, NFL player for the Pottsville Maroons * George Wilson (American football halfback), George Wilson, 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, Cincinnati Reds * Pete Carril, class of 1951, former Princeton University men's basketball head coach and Sacramento Kings assistant coach * Alexander K. 'Whip' Buck, class of 1952, co-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1981 until his death in 2010 * Pete Carril, Class of 1952, head coach of Princeton University; enshrined in both the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and the Basketball Hall of Fame, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame * Tracy Tripucka, class of 1972, three-time men's basketball All-American, New York Knicks draft selection, collegiate assistant coach * Peter Simon (ice hockey), Peter Simon, class of 1975, co-owner of the NHL's New Jersey Devils, name inscribed on the Stanley Cup * Joe Maddon, class of 1976, two-time World Series Champion (2002 World Series, 2002, 2016 World Series, 2016); former manager of Major League Baseball's Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, and Tampa Bay Rays. * George Tiger, class of 1981, midfielder for Pittsburgh Spirit, 1984–1985 * Jeff Mutis, class of 1988, first-round draft pick in the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft by the

; played for the Florida Marlins, pitcher * Blake Costanzo, class of 2006, linebacker and special teams specialist for the NFL's Chicago Bears and formerly the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and Buffalo Bills * David Bednar (baseball), David Bednar, class of 2017, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and formerly San Diego Padres; named an All-Star in 2022 * Walt Zirinsky, American football player

Notable faculty

* Jacob E. Cooke, Henry McCracken Professor of History, 1962–90, and editor of ''The Federalist'' * Guy Consolmagno, assistant professor, physics and astronomy * Tom Davis (basketball, born 1938), Tom Davis, college men's basketball coach, 1971–77 * Clement Eaton, chair of history department, 1931–42 * Terry Jonathan Hart, visiting lecturer of engineering * George Junkin, first president of Lafayette College * Chawne Kimber, mathematician and quilter * John Kincaid (academic), 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, first professor of English Literature at any American college or university * Herb McCracken, head football coach * Edward Mylin, head football coach * Bruce Allen Murphy, Supreme Court Scholar * Theodore Roethke, poet, served on faculty prior to his publication and fame * Steve Spagnuolo, football coach, defensive line/special teams 1984–86 * Jock Sutherland, head football coach 1919–23 * Lee Upton, 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, 1832–1841, 1844–1848 * John William Yeomans, 1841–1844 * Charles William Nassau, 1849–1850 * Daniel V. McLean, 1850–1857 * George Wilson McPhail, 1857–1863 * William Cassady Cattell, 1863–1883 * James Hall Mason Knox, 1883–1890 * Traill Green, 1890–1891 (acting) * Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, 1891–1914 * John Henry MacCracken, 1915–1926 * Donald B. Prentice, 1926–1927 (acting) * William Mather Lewis, 1927–1945 *

, 1945–1957, class of 1918 * Guy Everett Snavely, 1957–1958 (interim) * K. Roald Bergethon, 1958–1978 * David Ellis (consultant), David Ellis, 1978–1990 * Robert I. Rotberg, 1990–1993 * Arthur J. Rothkopf, 1993–2005, class of 1955 * Daniel Weiss (Lafayette College), Daniel Weiss, 2005–2013 * Alison Byerly, 2013–2021 * Nicole Hurd, 2021–Present William Sebring Kirkpatrick 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.

References

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