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This is a list of notable individuals associated with the American
Goshen College, a
private
liberal arts college located in
Goshen, Indiana. The list includes students, alumni, and faculty.
Academia and theology
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Stephen Ainlay, 18th president of
Union College (since 2006)
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Harold S. Bender (class of 1918), former president,
American Society of Church History and author of The Anabaptist Vision (1944)
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Denise Konan (class of 1988) - Professor of Economics and Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Alan Kreider (class of 1962), professor, writer and speaker
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John W. Meyer (class of 1955), professor, sociologist
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John Mark Ramseyer (class of 1976), Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at the
Harvard Law School
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Emma Richards, first ordained female
Mennonite minister
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Said Sheikh Samatar (class of 1973),
Somali scholar, historian and writer
- Rebecca Stoltzfus ( B.A. 1984 Chemistry), professor & vice provost at
Cornell University
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John Howard Yoder, Christian theologian, ethicist, and Biblical scholar best known for his radical
Christian pacifism
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Howard Zehr, "The Father of Restorative Justice"; assisted with the founding of a victim-offender reconciliation program
The arts
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Abbie Adams, contemporary artist and illustrator
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Ellah Wakatama Allfrey,
OBE (class of 2008), editor and literary critic
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Howard Dyck, Canadian conductor and radio broadcaster
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Vance George,
Grammy Award–winning
choral director of the
San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1982–2006)
- Luke and Jesse Miller, members of the
electronic
jam band
Lotus
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Royce Salzman (class of 1950), co-founder of the
Oregon Bach Festival
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Sofia Samatar, professor, editor and writer
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James C. Strouse, independent filmmaker, writer and director who wrote the comedy-drama film
Lonesome Jim (2005) and directed the drama film
Grace Is Gone (2007)
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Rudy Wiebe, taught at Goshen College from 1963 to 1967
Politics
Popular culture
Science, technology and medicine
Sports
Past presidents of the college
- Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, 2017–Present
- Kenneth Newbold (Interim President), 2017
- James E. Brenneman, 2006–17
- John D. Yordy (Interim President), 2004–06
- Shirley H. Showalter, 1997–2004
- Henry D. Weaver (Interim President), 1996
- Victor S. Stoltzfus, 1984–96
- J. Lawrence Burkholder, 1971–84
- Paul E. Mininger, 1954–70
- Carl Kreider (Acting President), 1950–51, 1970–71
- Ernest E. Miller, 1940–54
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Sanford C. Yoder, 1923–40
- Daniel Kauffman, 1922–23
- Irvin R. Detweiler (Acting President), 1920–22
- Henry Frank Reist, 1919–20
- George J. Lapp, 1918–19
- John E. Hartzler, 1913–18
- Noah E. Byers, 1901–13
Principals of the Elkhart Institute
(Elkhart Institute was the former name of Goshen College)
- Noah E. Byers, 1898–1903
- Willis E. Tower, 1895–98
- Reverend F. A. Hosmer, 1894–95
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See also
References
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"Denise Konan · UHERO".
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"Human Ecology Bio Page". www.human.cornell.edu. Archived from
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^ Josephson, Harold (1985).
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607–8.
ISBN
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^ Verbeek, Ann Gilliom (December 2011).
"The League and the Law: Arthur L. Gilliom and the Problem of Due Process in Prohibition-Era Indiana". Indiana Magazine of History. 107 (4): 289–326.
doi:
10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0289.
JSTOR
10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0289.
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"Orie J. Eigsti".
Mennonite Weekly Review. May 19, 2003. p. 11. Archived from
the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
… develop[ed] the American Seedless Watermelon variety known as 313.
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dead link]
"Jason Booth". Oakville Royals. Archived from
the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
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"Past Presidents of Goshen College".
Goshen College. 2006. Archived from
the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2008.