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This list of DePauw University alumni includes notable alumni of
DePauw University , an American institution of higher education located in
Greencastle ,
Indiana .
Academia and science
Joseph P. Allen –
NASA
Space Shuttle
astronaut
[1]
Charles A. Beard – author; one of the most influential historians of early 20th century; husband of Mary Ritter Beard
Mary Ritter Beard –
archivist ;
historian ; leader in
women's suffrage movement ; wife of Charles A. Beard
Olivia Castellini – physicist
Oscar T. Brookins - Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at Northeastern University
David Crocker – philosopher; senior research scholar, School of Public Policy at
University of Maryland
Paul S. Dunkin – writer; professor of
library science
David B. Feldman – psychologist
Thomas H. Hamilton – former president,
State University of New York and
University of Hawaii
Laurin L. Henry – academic
[2]
George W. Hoss – president, Kansas State Normal (now
Emporia State University ) in Kansas
Barbara Ibrahim – prominent sociologist of the
Arab world ; founding director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the
American University in Cairo
Paul Rowland Julian –
meteorologist ; discovered, with Roland A. Madden, atmospheric phenomena known as
Madden–Julian oscillation
Percy L. Julian – research chemist; pioneer in
chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs
Daniel Trembly MacDougal - botanist, plant biologist
Margaret Mead – cultural anthropologist, two years, completed B.A. degree at Barnard College.
Major
Reuben Webster Millsaps – founder of
Millsaps College in
Mississippi
Ferid Murad – recipient of 1998
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
J. Robert Nelson (1920–2004), B.A. 1941 – dean of the
Vanderbilt University Divinity School , 1957–1960; dean of the
Boston University School of Theology , 1965–1985
[3]
Hakkı Ögelman –
Turkish
physicist ;
astrophysicist
William H. Riker –
political scientist
Phillips Robbins – member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine; has had continuous funding from NIH for over 47 years
Michael Stuart , B.A. 1979 – Sports physician and orthopedic surgeon at the
Mayo Clinic
[4]
Winona Hazel Welch – (1919–1923) president of the
Indiana Academy of Science , head of botany and bacteriology at DePauw.
[5]
Arts and entertainment
Scott Adsit – actor, played
Pete Hornberger on television
sitcom
30 Rock
Shibani Bathija – screenwriter
Alicia Berneche – operatic soprano
Joseph Brent –
mandolinist ,
composer , and founder of
9 Horses
Gary Hugh Brown , artist, painter, draftsman, and Professor
Emeritus of Art at the
University of California, Santa Barbara
Pamela Coburn – operatic soprano
Annie Corley – film and television actress
David Cryer – singer and Broadway actor,
Phantom of the Opera
Gretchen Cryer – co-creator,
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
Bill Hayes – stage and television actor,
Days of Our Lives
Jimmy Ibbotson – singer-songwriter and musician,
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Sue Keller – ragtime pianist, composer and arranger
David McMillin – singer-songwriter
Julie McWhirter –
voice actress , known for
Hanna-Barbera cartoons , such as
Drak Pack and
The Smurfs
Larry D. Nichols – puzzle enthusiast; inventor of
Pocket Cube
Drew Powell – actor
Kid Quill – recording artist
Jane Randolph – film actress, known for 1940s films such as
Cat People and
Jealousy
Alice Ripley – actress, singer, played Diana in
Next to Normal
Lee Orean Smith (1874–1942) – composer, arranger, music editor, publisher, music teacher, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor
[6]
Pharez Whitted – jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer
Margaret Jones Wiles – composer, violinist
Business
Government and politics
Karen Koning AbuZayd –
Commissioner-General for U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East (2005–10)
[18]
Joseph W. Barr –
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1968–1969); chairman,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Thomas W. Benett –
Governor of Idaho Territory (1871–1875); served in
Indiana State Senate
[19]
Albert Beveridge –
U.S. Senator from Indiana (1899–1911)
John Berkshire – Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court
Andrew H. Burke –
second
Governor of
North Dakota (1891–1892)
[20]
David L. Carden –
U.S. Ambassador to Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Sutemi Chinda – former
Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson –
abolitionist ,
suffragist , first woman to speak before
U.S. Congress
Samuel H. Elrod –
Governor of South Dakota (1905–07)
Bob Franks – former
U.S. Congressman
Willard Gemmill – Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court
James P. Goodrich –
Governor of Indiana (1917–21)
Lee H. Hamilton – co-chair,
Iraq Study Group ; vice chair,
9/11 Commission ; retired
United States Representative
Edwin Hammond - Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
George Howk - Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Wayne Hsiung - co-founder,
Direct Action Everywhere
Patricia Ireland – former president,
National Organization for Women
John A. Johnson –
General Counsel of the Air Force ;
General Counsel of NASA ; chief executive officer,
COMSAT
Vernon Jordan Jr. – broker and executive; former president,
National Urban League ; personal friend and advisor to former
U.S. President
Bill Clinton
[21]
David E. Lilienthal – public official; writer; businessman; chairman,
Tennessee Valley Authority (1941–1946); known as "Mr. TVA"
John McNaughton –
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense and
U.S. Navy Secretary -designate (at time of death)
Douglas J. Morris – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Jay Holcomb Neff – publisher; 1904–05
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
James M. Ogden – 26th
Indiana Attorney General 1929-33
[22]
Howard C. Petersen –
U.S. Assistant Secretary of War
Josh Pitcock – Former chief of staff to Vice President
Mike Pence
Dan Quayle – 44th
Vice President of the United States (under
U.S. President
George H. W. Bush )
[23]
Halsted Ritter – Judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (1929–1936)
Ross Thompson Roberts – Judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (1982–1987)
William Morris Sparks – Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1929–1950)
Hardress Swaim – Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1950–1957)
Elmer Thomas –
U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1927–51)
George R. Throop –
Chancellor of Washington University (1927–44)
James E. Watson –
U.S. Senator from Indiana ;
Senate Majority Leader (1929–33)
Guilford M. Wiley – former
Wisconsin State Assemblyman
James Wilkerson – Judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1922–1948)
[24]
Journalism
Literature
Angus Cameron (1908–2002) – book editor and publisher
Gretchen Cryer – actress, lyricist, writer
Patricia Coombs – children's book author and illustrator, Dorrie the Little Witch series
Matt Dellinger – writer, journalist, wrote the book Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
Stephen F. Hayes – senior writer,
Weekly Standard ; wrote the book Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President
John Jakes – novelist,
North and South
Adam Kennedy – actor, novelist, screenwriter, painter
Bernard Kilgore – former editor,
The Wall Street Journal ; turned the publication into one of national significance
Barbara Kingsolver – contemporary fiction writer; founder of
Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change"
[26]
Richard Peck –
Newbery Medal -winning author
Loren Pope – authority on colleges; wrote books Looking Beyond the Ivy League and
Colleges That Change Lives
James B. Stewart – recipient of 1988
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism ; wrote books including
Blood Sport and
DisneyWar
Blanche Stillson – author and artist
Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860-1911) – wrote the lyrics to the National Suffrage Anthem
Military
Religion
Sports
See also
References
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"Joe Allen '59 Enters US Astronaut Hall of Fame"
Archived September 20, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine , DePauw University News, 2005-05-01
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"HENRY, LAURIN L.: Papers re Presidential Transitions, 1952-1961" (PDF) . www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov . Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. November 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2021 .
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"Rev. John Robert Nelson, 84 Methodist theologian, college dean" . The Chicago Tribune . July 13, 2004. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
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"Michael J. Stuart, M.D."
Mayo Clinic . 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023 .
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"Winona H. Welch Papers (PP)" . nybg.org . Retrieved January 21, 2020 .
^ Rehrig, William H.; Bierley, Paul E. (1991). "Lee Orean Smith". The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music, Volume II . Integrity Press.
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"Timothy Collins Named Chairman of Yale School of Management Advisory Board" . Yale School of Management . January 25, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
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"Angie Hicks, MBA 2000 - Alumni - Harvard Business School" . www.alumni.hbs.edu . Retrieved April 10, 2018 .
^ Busbey, T. Addison, ed. (1906).
The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America - Edition of 1906 . Chicago, Illinois: Railway Age Company. p. 688. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
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"Mary Meeker Profile" . Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Archived from
the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
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"Steven Rales" .
Forbes . Retrieved May 1, 2019 .
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"ESPN Founder & 1954 Graduate Bill Rasmussen Returns to DePauw for Ubben Lecture, Nov. 8, During Monon Bell Week" . Archived from
the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
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Pollster Scott Rasmussen '86 Has Yet to See Convention Bounce for Barack Obama DePauw University News, August 28, 2008
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"Business Week List of 'Books That Matter' Includes Work Co-Authored by Al Ries '50" . DePauw University . August 7, 2006.
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"Stephen W. Sanger" . Wells Fargo. Archived from
the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
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"Fred C. "Bud" Tucker Jr. '40 Elected President of National Realtors Organization" .
Depauw University . November 30, 1971. Retrieved August 25, 2015 .
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"Edward Jones Managing Partner Jim Weddle '75 Discusses His Successful Journey in On Wall Street" . DePauw University . Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
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"Secretary-General Appoints Karen AbuZayd of United States Special Adviser" .
United Nations . January 5, 2016.
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"Bennett, Thomas Warren, (1831–1893)" .
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved September 6, 2012 .
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"Andrew H. Burke" .
State Historical Society of North Dakota . Retrieved September 6, 2012 .
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Vernon Jordan: More than a "First Friend" , The Harbus Online, 12/03/2001
^ Cottman, George S.
"Centennial history and handbook of Indiana" . Indiana University .
^ Lawrence, Jill (August 4, 1999).
"Quayle on a quest to get the last laugh" .
USA Today . Retrieved August 6, 2015 .
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James Herbert Wilkerson at the
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the
Federal Judicial Center .
^ Venteicher, Wes (December 4, 2018).
"Gil Durán named to new post as California opinion editor" . The Sacramento Bee . Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
^ Press release (May 20, 2008).
"Barbara Kingsolver (DePauw '77) Is Finalist for Gold Nautilus Book Award"
Archived June 14, 2010, at the
Wayback Machine .
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^ Goldstein, Richard. – Baseball:
"Buzzie Bavasi, a Dodgers Innovator, Dies at 93" . –
The New York Times . – May 3, 2008.
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"Rob Boras" (PDF) . NFL.
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"Brad Brownell" . clemsontigers.com . Clemson University. May 2018.
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"FOOTBALL CARD OF DAVE FINZER '82 IS ISSUED" . DePauw University. August 8, 1985.
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"Baseball Hall of Famer Ford Frick '15 to be honored tomorrow night" .
DePauw University .
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"DePauw Athletic Profiles: Brad Stevens" . DePauw University. Archived from
the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010 .
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"Richard H. Tomey" . DePauw Athletics .
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