Lawrence University is a

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and

conservatory of music A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

Appleton, Wisconsin Appleton ( mez, Ahkōnemeh) is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. One of the Fox Cities, it is situated on the Fox River, southwest of Green Bay and north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the c ...

. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

institution. (The first was long-vanished

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History

Lawrence's first president, William Harkness Sampson, founded the school with Henry R. Colman, using $10,000 provided by

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Amos Adams Lawrence Amos Adams Lawrence (July 31, 1814August 22, 1886) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and social activist. He was a key figure in the United States abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War and the growth of the E ...

, and matched by the

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church. Both founders were ordained Methodist

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, but Lawrence was

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. The school was originally named Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin in its 1847 charter from the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, but the name was changed to Lawrence University before classes began in November 1849. Its oldest extant building, Main Hall, was built in 1853.Council of Independent Colleges,
Main Hall
, Historic Campus Architecture Project. Lawrence University was the second coeducational institution in the country. Lawrence's first period of major growth came during the thirty-year tenure (1894―1924) of

alumnus Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...

Samuel G. Plantz Samuel G. Plantz (1859–1924) was a Methodist minister and seventh president of Lawrence University. He was born in Gloversville, New York on June 13, 1859, second child of James and Elsie Ann (Stoller) Plantz. He was raised in Emerald Gr ...

as president, when the student body quadrupled, from 200 to 800. From 1913 until 1964, it was named Lawrence College, to emphasize its small size and

liberal arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...

education focus. The name returned to Lawrence University when it merged with

Milwaukee-Downer College Milwaukee-Downer College was a women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in operation from 1895 to 1964. History Milwaukee-Downer College was established in 1895 with the merger of two institutions: Milwaukee College and Downer College of Fox Lak ...

. The state of Wisconsin then purchased the Milwaukee-Downer property and buildings to expand the campus of the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscons ...

. Initially, the university designated two entities: Lawrence College for Men and Downer College for Women. This separation has not lasted in any material form, though degrees are still conferred "on the recommendation of the Faculty of Lawrence and Downer Colleges" and the university by-laws still make the distinction. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Lawrence College was one of 131 colleges and universities in the nation that took part in the

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, which offered students a path to a Navy commission. The Lawrence Conservatory of Music, usually referred to as "the Con", was founded in 1874. Lawrence offers two degrees: a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

and a

Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Music (BM or BMus) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree, and the majority of work consists of prescr ...

. It also offers a five-year dual degree program, where students can receive both B.A. and B.Mus. degrees. Freshman Studies at Lawrence is a mandatory two-term class, in which all students study the same selected 11 classic works of literature, art, and music, the list varying from year to year. President

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is credited with initiating the program in 1945, although Professor Waples chaired the Freshman Studies Committee and was responsible for implementing the program. The program continues to this day, despite being temporarily suspended in 1975. In 2005, LU initiated a capital campaign called "More Light!", which aimed at raising $150 million. By October 2011 the college had raised $160,272,839, with the conclusion event held on October 28, 2011. In January of 2014, LU embarked on a new capital campaign called "Be The Light!". Upon the conclusion of the campaign on December 31, 2020, more than $232,613,052 had been raised in total toward four campaign priorities: Lawrence Fund, Full Speed to Full Need, Student Journey, and Campus Renewal. Lawrence University is part of the

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, a consortium of liberal arts college libraries.

Milwaukee-Downer traditions

The

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and heritage of Milwaukee-Downer are woven into the Appleton campus, from the grove of

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trees (called Hawthornden) between Brokaw and Colman halls, to the

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on the back of Main Hall, to the bestowing upon each class a class color and banner. The Lawrence Dean of Women was referred to as the "Dean of Downer", but when the offices of Dean of Men and Dean of Women were merged to form the Dean of Students, the substantive duties of the "Dean of Downer" came to an end; the title is still borne by a senior female professor, but her only duty is to carry the Downer Mace in academic processions. For many years the women's choir was called the Downer Chorus. At one time the BA was conferred upon women in the name of "Downer College of Lawrence University" and upon men in the name of "Lawrence College of Lawrence University"; now all B.A. degrees are conferred in the name of "Lawrence & Downer Colleges of Lawrence University." (The B.Mus. degree is from "the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music.)

Presidents

University presidents

* 1849–1853 William Harkness Sampson, principal * 1853–1859 Edward Cooke, president * 1859–1865 Russell Zelotes Mason, president * 1865–1879 George McKendree Steele, president * 1879–1889

Elias DeWitt Huntley Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. Early life Elias Dewitt Huntley, was born April 19, 1840, in Elmira, New York, the son of Frances Tooker and Elia ...

, president * 1883–1889 Bradford Paul Raymond, president * 1889–1893 Charles Wesley Gallagher, president * 1893–1894 L. Wesley Underwood, acting president * 1894–1924

, president * 1925–1937

Henry Merritt Wriston Henry Merritt Wriston (July 4, 1889 – March 8, 1978) was an American educator, presidential advisor, and served as president at both Brown University and Lawrence University. Early life Henry Merritt Wriston was born in Laramie, Wyoming, the s ...

, president * 1937–1943

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, president * 1944–1953 Nathan Marsh Pusey, president * 1954–1963

Douglas Maitland Knight Douglas Maitland Knight (June 8, 1921 – January 23, 2005) was an American educator, businessman, and author. He was a former professor of literature at Yale University prior to his presidency at Lawrence College from 1954 to 1963. Stemming from h ...

, president * 1963–1969

Curtis William Tarr Curtis William Tarr (September 18, 1924 – June 21, 2013) was an American academic best known for his role in the reform of the Selective Service System—in particular, of the draft lottery, which had been criticized for being insufficiently r ...

, president * 1969–1979 Thomas S. Smith, president * 1979–2004

Richard Warch Richard Warch (–) was an American professor, ordained minister and academic. He served as the 14th president of Lawrence University. Early life Warch was raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Will ...

, president * 2004–2013

Jill Beck Jill Beck (born 1949) is an American dancer, scholar, administrator and educator. She served as the 15th president of Lawrence University from July 2004 to 2013. On February 2, 2012, Beck announced her intention to retire, and was succeeded by M ...

, president * 2013–2021 Mark Burstein, president * 2021–present () Laurie Carter, president

Presidents of Milwaukee-Downer College

* 1895–1921 Ellen Sabin * 1921–1951

Lucia Russell Briggs Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish c ...

* 1951–1964 John Johnson

Academics

Lawrence University operates on a trimester calendar. The academic year runs from mid-September to mid-June. The student/faculty ratio at Lawrence is 9:1. Lawrence grants Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees, with a

double degree A double degree program, sometimes called a dual degree, combined degree, conjoint degree, joint degree or double graduation program, involves a student's working for two university degrees in parallel—either at the same institution or at diffe ...

possible. Lawrence offers a number of cooperative degree programs in areas such as

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

health sciences The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences: Health sciences are those sciences which focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple acad ...

and

environmental studies Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, and social ...

. The college offers majors in most of the

. The school also offers the option of

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areas of study and allows students to design their own majors. All students are required to take First-Year Studies during their first two trimesters, which introduces students to broad areas of study and provides a common academic experience for the college. Known as Freshman Studies until 2021, the program was established in 1945, and aside from a brief interruption in the mid-1970s it has remained a consistent fixture of the school's liberal arts curriculum. Lawrence's First-Year Studies program focuses on a mixture of

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and more contemporary, influential works, which include non-fiction books, fiction books, and various other types of works, such as paintings, photographs, musical recordings, and even the

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. Readings are replaced every few years, with the exception of

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's ''

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'', which has been included on the list since 1945. The school has an independent study option that allows students to design their own courses. This allows students to explore academic interests not covered by Lawrence's classes or to explore topics more deeply. Over 90% of the students take advantage of the independent study program.

Conservatory of Music

The

Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Lawrence University Conservatory of Music is a conservatory on the campus of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1894, it is the one of the oldest operating conservatories in the United States. Attached to a liberal arts colleg ...

was founded in 1874 and has been a part of Lawrence University ever since. The Conservatory offers Bachelor of Music degrees in Performance, Theory/Composition, Music Education, and a five-year double degree option that grants both a BM degree from the Conservatory and a BA degree from the College. Approximately 25% of the Lawrence student body, or 350 students, is in the Conservatory. The Conservatory has three choirs, two bands, two jazz ensembles, a symphony orchestra, an improvisation collective, five world music ensembles, and numerous chamber music groups. Students take about 2/3 of their classes in Music and about 1/3 in other subjects for the B.Mus., and the reverse for B.A. in Music. The Conservatory offers also a Bachelor of Musical Arts, primarily—but not exclusively—for students whose interest is in other than Western Classical Music; students take 3/4 of their classes in Music, and 1/4 in other subjects.

Academic affiliation

Lawrence is a member of the

Associated Colleges of the Midwest Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges, primarily in the Midwestern United States. The 14 colleges are located in five states (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado). The ACM was es ...

, an academic

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of 14 liberal arts colleges in the Midwest and Colorado which coordinates several off-campus study programs in a large number of countries as its primary activity.

Campus

The campus is located in downtown Appleton, divided into two parts by the Fox River. The academic campus is on the north shore of the river, and the major athletic facilities (including the 5,000-seat

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Bowl) are on the southeast shore. Lawrence also has a northern estate called Björklunden (full name: Björklunden vid sjön), which serves as a site for retreats, seminars, concerts, and theatrical performances. It contains a chapel for weddings. Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park,

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, donated the property in Door County to Lawrence in 1963.

Campus development

In the mid-1980s, the Physics Department built a $330,000 small laser laboratory (known as the "laser palace"), which includes 800 5 mW small lasers and more than 500 mirrors. In 2009, Lawrence opened the Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center, a gathering place for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests from the Fox Cities community. The building is situated on the Fox River on the site of the former Hulburt House. The Warch Campus Center includes a cinema, campus dining services, campus mailboxes, and various meeting and event spaces. The building has earned a

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Gold certification for meeting sustainability goals in energy conservation, environmental friendliness, and green building. The college has a long history of razing buildings on its campus, because of the limited land available for constructing new buildings. Many buildings on campus are built on the site of former buildings. Some razed buildings include: * Peabody Hall of Music (20th century) * Hamar Union (1960) * Underwood Observatory (1962) * Alexander Gym I (1962) * Carnegie Library (1964) * Worcester Art Center (1987) * Stephenson Hall of Science (1998) * Hulbert House (2006) (new construction: Warch Campus Center, 2009)

Student body

Lawrence enrolls about 1,500 students who hail from nearly every U.S. state. The total enrollment in academic year 2010–11 was 1,566 students,As of Fall 2010. the largest student body in Lawrence University's history. Over 75% of the students identify as white, about 12% are

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s, and about 25% of students study in the conservatory of music. In the fall of 2014, a quarter of the incoming class were domestic students of color. Lawrence students have been named

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seven times. Since 1976, 57 students and nine faculty have received

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. Since 1969, 73 students have been named

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Student traditions

At the beginning of every academic year in September, incoming freshmen arrive a week before returning students to partake in Welcome Week. During Welcome Week, various activities are planned in order to help the incoming class get to know one another and to help them acclimate to college life. During the first night of Welcome Week, students and their parents attend the President's Welcome, which concludes with the traditional matriculation handshake, where every member of the incoming class shakes hands and exchanges words with the university's president. During the fall term, the on-campus

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Beta Theta Pi Beta Theta Pi (), commonly known as Beta, is a North American social fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. One of North America's oldest fraternities, as of 2022 it consists of 144 active chapters in the Unite ...

hosts the annual Beach Bash. For this event, the brothers of ΒθΠ shovel approximately 14 tons of sand into the fraternity house basement, and install a

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and a

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station that doubles as a DJ booth.This tradition was skipped in 2020, due to the

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. During spring term, Lawrence hosts a music festival, LU-aroo (a play on words on the popular music festival

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). Held on the quad, the festival features many talented student bands, both from the college and the conservatory. In 2016, the musician

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played at the festival. Also during spring term, many seniors participate in the Senior Streak, which typically happens during the eighth week of the term. The goal of the senior streak is to provide seniors with one last opportunity to let loose before finals, graduation, and post-college life. Although rumor says that the senior streak was created as a result of former president

's aversion to the activity, this has been proven to be false. Students, often coming from Lawrence's on-campus bar, the Viking Room, strip their clothes and run around the area of Main Hall, as one last hurrah before finals and graduation.

Media

The student newspaper, '' The Lawrentian'', has been published for over a century. Lawrence University hosts the ''

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'' webcast every January over the college radio station WLFM.

Athletics

Lawrence University's intercollegiate athletic teams, known as the

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since 1926, compete in the

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(NCAA)

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. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, ice hockey, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track & field; women's sports include basketball, cross country, fencing, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. In 2005–06, the men's basketball team was ranked first in Division III for much of the season, after starting the season unranked. The Vikings were the only undefeated team in all divisions of college basketball for the last six weeks of the season, ending with a record of 25–1. Star forward Chris Braier won the Josten's Award as the top player in the country for both playing ability and community service. Coach John Tharp was named Division III Midwest Coach of the Year. Beginning in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, Lawrence qualified for the Division III national tournament in five of the next six years (2004,

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

). Their best result was in 2004, advancing to the quarterfinals (Elite 8), but fell to eventual national champion Wisconsin–Stevens Point by a point in overtime at

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. In 2011, Lawrence's men's cross country team won the Midwest Conference championships for the first time since 1985, beating

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and ending its 14-year winning streak.

Recognition

Lawrence was ranked 56th on the 2013 U.S. News: List of Best U.S. National Liberal Arts Colleges.

Notable faculty

* Warren Beck, fiction writer and Faulkner scholar *

William Chaney William Albert Chaney (December 23, 1922 – March 13, 2013) was an American historian of Anglo-Saxon England. Chaney spent his career at Lawrence University, where he taught from 1952 until his death; he held the George McKendree Steele endowed ...

, historian *

Richard N. Current Richard Nelson Current (October 5, 1912 – October 26, 2012) was an American historian, called "the Dean of Lincoln Scholars", best known for ''The Lincoln Nobody Knows'' (1958), and ''Lincoln and the First Shot'' (1963). Life Born in Colorado ...

, historian *

William H. Riker William Harrison Riker (September 22, 1920 – June 26, 1993) was an American political scientist who is prominent for applying game theory and mathematics to political science. He helped to establish University of Rochester as a center of behav ...

, political scientist *

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, judge *

Fred Sturm Frederick I. Sturm (March 21, 1951 – August 24, 2014) was a jazz composer, arranger and teacher. Sturm studied at Lawrence University, the University of North Texas College of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. He played trombone and perfor ...

, jazz composer and musician *

Arthur Thrall Arthur Thrall (March 18, 1926 – March 11, 2015) was an American painter and printmaker. His works have been shown in more than 500 exhibits in the United States and abroad including England, Finland, Germany, and U.S. embassies. ''Milwaukee Jour ...

, artist *

Harry Dexter White Harry Dexter White (October 29, 1892 – August 16, 1948) was a senior U.S. Treasury department official. Working closely with the Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., he helped set American financial policy toward the Allies of World W ...

, economist, first U.S. Director of IMF (1946–47), and Soviet informant *

John Holiday John Thomas Holiday Jr. (born March 31, 1985) is an American operatic countertenor. His repertoire focuses on the Baroque and contemporary composers, including staged opera and opera in concert, works for voice and orchestra, and experimental mix ...

, opera singer, music professor, and finalist on season 19 of

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. *

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, renowned anthropologist and archaeologist

Notable alumni

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, Wisconsin State Representative *

Martha Bablitch Martha Bablitch (née Virtue; October 28, 1944 – April 4, 2007) was a judge on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Biography Martha Jean Virtue was born on October 28, 1944 in Lawrence, Kansas to John and Maxine (née Boord) Virtue. Martha grew up ...

, judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals *

John Miller Baer John Miller Baer (March 29, 1886 – February 18, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota. Early years and education Born at Black Creek, Wisconsin, Baer was the son of Capt. John M. Baer and Libbie Riley Baer. His ancestors on the ...

, 1909, Congressman from

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

* William Baer, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division *

Melvin Baldwin Melvin Riley Baldwin (April 12, 1838April 15, 1901) was an American railroad engineer and Democratic politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota in the Fifty-third Congress. Earlier, he s ...

, Congressman from

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 ...

* Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Representative *

Sam Barry Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry (December 17, 1892 – September 23, 1950) was an American collegiate coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports - football, baseball, and basketball. He remains one of only three coaches to ...

, college basketball and baseball coach (attended) * Myrt Basing,

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 ...

player *

Jennifer Baumgardner Jennifer Baumgardner (born 1970) is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer whose work explores abortion, sex, bisexuality, rape, single parenthood, and women's power. From 2013 to 2017, she served as the Executive Director/Publisher at The Fem ...

, 1992, feminist writer and activist *

Lisle Blackbourn Lisle William "Liz" Blackbourn (June 3, 1899 – June 14, 1983) was an American football coach in Wisconsin, most notably as the third head coach of the Green Bay Packers, from 1954 through 1957, and the final head coach at Marquette University i ...

, 1925,

head coach *

Champ Boettcher Raymond Edward Boettcher was a fullback in the National Football League. He played with the Racine Tornadoes during the 1926 NFL season The 1926 NFL season was the seventh regular season of the National Football League. The league grew to 2 ...

player * Thomas Boyd, Wisconsin State Representative * Alexander Brazeau, Wisconsin State Representative *

Webster E. Brown Webster Everett Brown (July 16, 1851 – December 14, 1929) was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin. Born near Peterboro, New York, in Madison County, Brown moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1857. Resided for a time in Newport, Colum ...

, Congressman from Wisconsin (attended) *

Bonnie Bryant Barbara B. Hiller (born in New York City, New York, New York (state), New York, in 1946) is an American author; as Bonnie Bryant she wrote many children's books, children's and young adult fiction, young adult books; she is best known for writing ...

, 1968, author of children's books * Louis B. Butler Jr., 1973, associate justice of the

Wisconsin Supreme Court The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin. Location The Wi ...

* Thomas Callaway, Actor and Interior Designer *

Robert A. Collins Robert A. Collins (November 4, 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – January 4, 2003) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He attended St. Anthony High School, Solomon Juneau Business High School, Lawrence University, Marquette University an ...

, Wisconsin State Representative *

Julia Colman Julia Colman ( pen name, Aunt Julia; February 16, 1828 – January 10, 1909) was an American temperance educator, activist, editor and writer of the long nineteenth century. She served as superintendent of literature in the Woman's Christian Tempe ...

(1828–1909), American temperance educator, activist, editor, writer *

Charles Rankin Deniston Charles Rankin Deniston (1835–?) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1874 and 1875. Deniston was born in 1835 in Green County, Wisconsin, the son of John W. Deniston and Elizabeth Van Sant. He attended Mount Morris College and Lawre ...

, Wisconsin State Representative * James Dinsdale, Wisconsin State Representative *

William Diver William Diver (July 20, 1921 – August 31, 1995) was an American linguist. He was the founder of the Columbia School of Linguistics, which is named after Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in comparative Indo-European linguistics. ...

, 1942,

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

and founder of the

Columbia School of Linguistics The Columbia School of Linguistics is a group of linguists with a radically functional and empirical conception of language. According to their school of thought, the main function of language is communication, and it is this fact that guides the ...

Pawo Choyning Dorji Pawo Choyning Dorji ( dz, དཔའ་བོ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྡོ་རྗི།; born 23 June 1983) is a Bhutanese filmmaker and photographer. His feature directorial debut '' Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom'' (2019) was n ...

, 2006, filmmaker and photographer * William Draheim, Wisconsin State Senator * Paul Driessen, 1970, author and lobbyist *

Dale Duesing Dale Duesing (born September 26, 1947) is an American baritone. As an opera singer, he has had an international career spanning five decades. Duesing grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied piano throughout childhood, and enrolled at Lawrence ...

, 1967, operatic

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

Siri Engberg Siri ( ) is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS, and audioOS operating systems. It uses voice queries, gesture based control, focus-tracking and a natural-language user interface to answer question ...

, curator,

Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, t ...

Cynthia Estlund Cynthia Estlund (born 1957) is the Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. Career Estlund teaches labor law, employment law, and property law and has published numerous articles on the subject of labor and em ...

, 1978, law professor and author *

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), ''Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Cim ...

, author and playwright (attended) *

James A. Frear James Archibald Frear (October 24, 1861 – May 28, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Biography Born in Hudson, Wisconsin, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Frear attended the public schools, and Lawrence University, Appleton, Wiscon ...

, Congressman from Wisconsin (attended) *

Earle W. Fricker Earle W. Fricker was a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Fricker was born on February 16, 1926. He attended Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before attending Lawrence University, Marquette University and Marqu ...

, Wisconsin State Representative * William Fuller, 1975, Poet and senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer of

Northern Trust Corporation Northern Trust Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in Chicago that caters to corporations, institutional investors, and ultra high net worth individuals. Northern Trust is one of the largest banking institutions in the Uni ...

Dominic Fumusa Dominic Fumusa (; born September 13, 1969) is an American stage and screen actor known for starring in the Showtime comedy-drama series ''Nurse Jackie''. Early life Fumusa was born and raised in Dane County, Wisconsin to a large family as one ...

, 1991, actor * John Rankin Gamble, 1872, Congressman from

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

Robert J. Gamble Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family. ...

, 1874, Congressman from South Dakota *

Ed Glick Edward Isadore Glick (April 23, 1900 – August 13, 1976) was a professional American football back in the National Football League. He played one season for the Green Bay Packers (1922). He played at the collegiate level at Lawrence Univer ...

player (attended) *

Walter Samuel Goodland Walter Samuel Goodland (December 22, 1862March 12, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Republican Party and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Biography Goodl ...

governor of Wisconsin The governor of Wisconsin is the head of government of Wisconsin and the commander-in-chief of the state's army and air forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Wiscons ...

(attended) *

Suzanne Graff Suzanne Graff is an American actress. Biography A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Graff performed onstage for several seasons at the American Folklore Theatre (AFT) in shows such as ''Lumberjacks in Love'' which became one of the company's big ...

, actress * Robert C. Greene, 1988, Founder of Starbobs Coffee * Michael P. Hammond, 1954, chairman of the

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...

Lorena Hickok Lorena Alice "Hick" Hickok (March 7, 1893 – May 1, 1968) was a pioneering American journalist and devoted friend and mentor to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success as a reporter for the ...

, confidante of

Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt () (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four ...

(attended) *

Earnest Hooton Earnest Albert Hooton (November 20, 1887 – May 3, 1954) was an American physical anthropologist known for his work on racial classification and his popular writings such as the book ''Up From The Ape''. Hooton sat on the Committee on the Negro, ...

, 1903, physical anthropologist * John D. Huber,

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

political scientist *

Thomas R. Hudd Thomas Richard Hudd (October 1, 1835 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer from Wisconsin who represented that state for two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as serving in both houses of that state's legislature a ...

, Congressman from Wisconsin (attended) * Frank W. Humphrey, 1881, Wisconsin State Representative *

Bruce Iglauer Bruce Iglauer (born July 10, 1947) is an American businessman and record producer who founded Alligator Records as an independent record label featuring blues music. Early life and career Iglauer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States ...

, founder of

Alligator Records Alligator Records is an American, Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer was also one of the founders of the ''Living Blues'' magazine in Chicago in 1970. History Iglauer started the label using hi ...

* Lester Johnson, Congressman from Wisconsin *

Zachary Scot Johnson Zachary Scot Johnson is an American singer-songwriter, born in 1982 in Racine, Wisconsin, Racine, Wisconsin, United States. He attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 2001 through 2006, where he was a triple major student in Musi ...

, 2001, singer-songwriter and creator of

Thesongadayproject Thesongadayproject was created by the American singer-songwriter, Zachary Scot Johnson, in September 2012. The first day (September 6, 2012), featured a cover version of Donovan's "Catch The Wind". Johnson set out with a goal to record a song a day, ...

Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor, best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in ''Amadeus'' (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), Charles Deetz in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) ...

, 1968, actor *

Kaja Kallas Kaja Kallas (; born 18 June 1977) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Estonia since 2021. The leader of the Reform Party since 2018, she was a Member of Parliament from 2019 to 2021, and previously between 2 ...

, 1999, Prime Minister of Estonia *

Scott Klug Scott Leo Klug (born January 16, 1953) is an American lobbyist, author, and businessman, as well as a former politician and television reporter. From 1991-1999, he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wiscon ...

, 1975 former congressman from

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

* Peter Kolkay, bassoonist *

Eddie Kotal Eddie or Eddy may refer to: Science and technology *Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle *Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Linu ...

National Football League 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 ...

player * Takakazu Kuriyama, Japanese ambassador to the United States (attended) *

Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton (born July 5, 1951) is an American businesswoman and politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin who is the President and CEO of Americans for Campaign Reform. A member of the Democratic Party, Lawton was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor ...

, 1987,

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin The lieutenant governor of Wisconsin is the first person in the Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Wisconsin, line of succession of Wisconsin's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, r ...

Fred Lerdahl Alfred Whitford (Fred) Lerdahl (born March 10, 1943, in Madison, Wisconsin) is the Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition at Columbia University, and a composer and music theorist best known for his work on musical grammar and cogn ...

, 1965,

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

music theorist Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

John A. Luke Jr. John A. Luke Jr. is an American businessman. He serves as chairman and CEO of the MeadWestvaco Corporation. Education Luke attended The Hotchkiss School and then Lawrence University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971. He attended the ...

, 1971, CEO of

MeadWestvaco MeadWestvaco Corporation was an American packaging company based in Richmond, Virginia. It had approximately 23,000 employees. In February 2006, it moved its corporate headquarters to Richmond. In March 2008, the company announced a change to sta ...

Harry N. MacLean Harry MacLean (born 1943) is a writer and lawyer living in Denver, Colorado, who writes true crime books and won an Edgar Award for his book '' In Broad Daylight'' (1988). Early life Maclean graduated in 1964 from Lawrence University with a B ...

, 1964, true crime author * Momodu Maligie, 2004, Minister of Water Resources for

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

William H. Markham William H. Markham was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Markham was born on December 13, 1888, in Independence, Wisconsin. He attended Lawrence College and the University of Minnesota and was later active in the preservation of ...

, Wisconsin State Senator * Gerry Max, author and Richard Halliburton scholar * John McDonald,

player *

James H. McGillan James H. McGillan (January 7, 1870 – March 7, 1935) was mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Biography McGillan was born on January 7, 1870, in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended Lawrence University and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Followi ...

, mayor of

Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...

* James Merrell, 1975, professor of history at Vassar College * John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force major general * Terry Moran, 1982, chief White House correspondent for ABC News * David Mulford, 1969, United States Ambassador to India * William F. Nash, Wisconsin State Senator * George Allen Neeves, Wisconsin State Representative * Tom Neff, 1975, CEO and founder of DOC: The Documentary Channel, The Documentary Channel * Justus Henry Nelson, missionary in the Amazon (attended) * Garth Neustadter, 2011 Emmy winner, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series * Angelia Thurston Newman, poet, author, lecturer * Roger Nicoll, 1963, neuroscientist at UCSF * Jessica Nelson North, 1917, author * Arnold C. Otto, Wisconsin State Representative * Rip Owens,

player (attended) * Alice Peacock, 1992 singer-songwriter
* Charles Pettibone, Wisconsin State Senator * Cindy Regal, 2001, experimental physicist * Scott Reppert, 1983, member of the College Football Hall of Fame * Eben Eugene Rexford, author of works on gardening (attended) * Carl W. Riddick, member of the U.S. United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana * Josh Sawyer, video game designer at Obsidian Entertainment * Melvin H. Schlytter, Wisconsin State Representative * Campbell Scott, 1983, actor * Michael Shurtleff, 1942, casting director, author * Eric Simonson, 1982, Oscar-winning writer–director * Red Smith (American football/baseball), Red Smith, 1926, MLB player,

player and assistant coach, head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas football team and Wisconsin Badgers football team, athletic director of Seton Hall University * Janet Steiger, 1961, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission * Thomas A. Steitz, 1962, Sterling Professor, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate * Heidi Stober, 2000, operatic soprano *

, 1973, jazz composer and arranger * William T. Sullivan, Wisconsin State Representative * Gladys Taber (1899–1980), author * Anton R. Valukas, 1965, U.S. attorney, author of the Valukas Report * Madhuri Vijay, 2009, novelist, author of ''The Far Field'' * James Franklin Ware, 1871, legislator * William Warner (Missouri), William Warner, U.S. Senator from Missouri (attended) * Iva Bigelow Weaver, soprano and music educator based in Milwaukee * Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator * George W. Wolff, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator * Tom Zoellner, 1991, author, journalist * Al Zupek, 1944,

player

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