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 [ edit ]
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
Oscar T. Brookins – Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at Northeastern University
Olivia Castellini – physicist
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 [ edit ]
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]
Albert Pearson Stewart – founder of Purdue Musical Organizations, received honorary doctorate in music from DePauw in 1960[ 7]
Pharez Whitted – jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer
Margaret Jones Wiles – composer, violinist
Government and politics [ edit ]
Karen Koning AbuZayd – Commissioner-General for U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East (2005–10)[ 19]
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 [ 20]
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)[ 21]
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 [ 22]
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[ 23]
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 ) [ 24]
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)[ 25]
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"[ 27]
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
^ "Joe Allen '59 Enters US Astronaut Hall of Fame" Archived September 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , DePauw University News, 2005-05-01
^ "HENRY, LAURIN L.: Papers re Presidential Transitions, 1952-1961" (PDF) . www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov . Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. November 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2021 .
^ "Rev. John Robert Nelson, 84 Methodist theologian, college dean" . The Chicago Tribune . July 13, 2004. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
^ "Michael J. Stuart, M.D." Mayo Clinic . 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023 .
^ "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. ISBN 9780918048080 .
^ "Al Stewart to receive honor from DePauw" . Lafayette Journal & Courier . April 20, 1960. Retrieved March 30, 2024 .
^ "Timothy Collins Named Chairman of Yale School of Management Advisory Board" . Yale School of Management . January 25, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
^ "Angie Hicks, MBA 2000 - Alumni - Harvard Business School" . www.alumni.hbs.edu . May 24, 2017. 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 .
^ "Mary Meeker Profile" . Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
^ "Steven Rales" . Forbes . Retrieved May 1, 2019 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b Pollster Scott Rasmussen '86 Has Yet to See Convention Bounce for Barack Obama DePauw University News, August 28, 2008
^ "Business Week List of 'Books That Matter' Includes Work Co-Authored by Al Ries '50" . DePauw University . August 7, 2006.
^ "Stephen W. Sanger" . Wells Fargo. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
^ "Fred C. "Bud" Tucker Jr. '40 Elected President of National Realtors Organization" . Depauw University . November 30, 1971. Retrieved August 25, 2015 .
^ "Edward Jones Managing Partner Jim Weddle '75 Discusses His Successful Journey in On Wall Street" . DePauw University . Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
^ "Secretary-General Appoints Karen AbuZayd of United States Special Adviser" . United Nations . January 5, 2016.
^ "Bennett, Thomas Warren (1831–1893)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved September 6, 2012 .
^ "Andrew H. Burke" . State Historical Society of North Dakota . Retrieved September 6, 2012 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 . DePauw University .
^ Goldstein, Richard. – Baseball: "Buzzie Bavasi, a Dodgers Innovator, Dies at 93" . – The New York Times . – May 3, 2008.
^ "Rob Boras" (PDF) . NFL.
^ "Brad Brownell" . clemsontigers.com . Clemson University. May 2018.
^ "FOOTBALL CARD OF DAVE FINZER '82 IS ISSUED" . DePauw University. August 8, 1985.
^ "Baseball Hall of Famer Ford Frick '15 to be honored tomorrow night" . DePauw University .
^ "DePauw Athletic Profiles: Brad Stevens" . DePauw University. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010 .
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