List of DePauw University alumni

This list of DePauw University alumni includes notable alumni of DePauw University, an American institution of higher education located in Greencastle, Indiana.

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## Academia and science

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* 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

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* 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

## Business

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* Timothy Collins – financier; founder of Ripplewood Holdings; director, Citigroup[8]
* Angie Hicks – founder of Angie's List[9]
* Charles T. Hinde – railroad executive; founder of Hotel del Coronado; shipping executive
* Eli Lilly – founder of Eli Lilly and Company; philanthropist
* John S. McMillin – lawyer and businessman; former president of the Tacoma and Roche Harbor Lime Company[10]
* Mary Meeker – Internet equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley, dubbed "Queen of the Net"[11]
* Jeffrey T. Mezger – president and chief executive officer of KB Home
* Steven Rales – founder of Danaher Corporation and Indian Paintbrush[12]
* Bill Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN[13]
* Scott Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN; founder of Rasmussen Reports[14]
* Al Ries – author, marketing expert[15]
* Steve Sanger – former president and chief executive officer of General Mills[16]
* Howard C. Sheperd, Sr. – former president of National City Bank of New York (now Citibank)
* Tommy Ryan – Sales Development Representative at Sentinel Technologies
* Fred C. Tucker – businessperson, real estate broker[17]
* James D. Weddle – managing partner of Edward Jones[18]

## Government and politics

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* 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]

## Journalism

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* Bret Baier – host of Special Report with Bret Baier (Fox News Channel)
* Tracey Chang – correspondent, CNBC Asia; 2009 Miss New York USA
* Gil Duran – California opinion editor for The Sacramento Bee[26]
* Stephen F. Hayes – author; columnist, Weekly Standard
* Dave Jorgenson – journalist and TikToker, The Washington Post
* Bernard Kilgore – managing editor of the Wall Street Journal 1941–1965; head of the Dow Jones company
* John McWethy – former correspondent, ABC News
* William N. Oatis – journalist detained 1951–1953 by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia
* Eugene C. Pulliam – newspaper publisher, The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic
* James C. Quayle – newspaper publisher
* Ben C. Solomon – Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times video journalist
* Jeri Kehn Thompson – radio talk show host; columnist, The American Spectator; wife of Fred Thompson (actor; former U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003); 2008 U.S. presidential candidate)

## Literature

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* 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

## Military

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* Harvey Weir Cook – fighter ace in World War I; leading figure in the development of aviation in the United States
* Nathan Kimball – Union General during Civil War
* Sergeant Henry Nash – member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
* General David M. Shoup – Commandant of the Marine Corps; recipient of Medal of Honor (World War II)
* William F. Spurgin – U.S. Army brigadier general, attended DePauw from 1854 to 1857, received honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1890[28][29]
* Alexander Vraciu – flying ace in World War II

## Religion

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* Albertus T. Briggs – Methodist minister
* Luella F. McWhirter – president, Indiana State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
* Eunice Blanchard Poethig – Presbyterian minister
* Walter J. Lowe – Episcopal priest, theologian, and religious studies educator.

## Sports

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* Buzzie Bavasi – former general manager, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels and San Diego Padres[30]
* Rob Boras – NFL assistant coach[31]
* Brad Brownell – head men's basketball coach, Clemson University[32]
* Noah Droddy – distance runner
* Dave Finzer – punter, Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks[33]
* Ford C. Frick – Major League Baseball Commissioner (1951–1965)[34]
* Bill Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN[13]
* Scott Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN; founder of Rasmussen Reports[14]
* Joe Schoen – NFL executive, general manager of the New York Giants
* Wilfred Smith – National Football League player
* Brad Stevens – general manager, Boston Celtics[35]
* Dick Tomey – college football coach[36]

## See also

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* Biography portal
* Indiana portal
* Lists portal

* List of people from Indiana

## References

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1. ^ "Joe Allen '59 Enters US Astronaut Hall of Fame" Archived September 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, DePauw University News, 2005-05-01
2. ^ "HENRY, LAURIN L.: Papers re Presidential Transitions, 1952-1961" (PDF). www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. November 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Michael J. Stuart, M.D." Mayo Clinic. 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
5. ^ "Winona H. Welch Papers (PP)". nybg.org. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ "Al Stewart to receive honor from DePauw". Lafayette Journal & Courier. April 20, 1960. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
8. ^ "Timothy Collins Named Chairman of Yale School of Management Advisory Board". Yale School of Management. January 25, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
9. ^ "Angie Hicks, MBA 2000 - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. May 24, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ "Mary Meeker Profile". Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
12. ^ "Steven Rales". Forbes. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ a b Pollster Scott Rasmussen '86 Has Yet to See Convention Bounce for Barack Obama DePauw University News, August 28, 2008
15. ^ "Business Week List of 'Books That Matter' Includes Work Co-Authored by Al Ries '50". DePauw University. August 7, 2006.
16. ^ "Stephen W. Sanger". Wells Fargo. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
17. ^ "Fred C. "Bud" Tucker Jr. '40 Elected President of National Realtors Organization". Depauw University. November 30, 1971. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
18. ^ "Edward Jones Managing Partner Jim Weddle '75 Discusses His Successful Journey in On Wall Street". DePauw University. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
19. ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Karen AbuZayd of United States Special Adviser". United Nations. January 5, 2016.
20. ^ "Bennett, Thomas Warren (1831–1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
21. ^ "Andrew H. Burke". State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
22. ^ Vernon Jordan: More than a "First Friend", The Harbus Online, 12/03/2001
23. ^ Cottman, George S. "Centennial history and handbook of Indiana". Indiana University.
24. ^ Lawrence, Jill (August 4, 1999). "Quayle on a quest to get the last laugh". USA Today. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
25. ^ James Herbert Wilkerson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
26. ^ Venteicher, Wes (December 4, 2018). "Gil Durán named to new post as California opinion editor". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
27. ^ 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.
28. ^ Leonard, John W., ed. (1903). Who's Who In America. Vol. III. Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company. pp. 1402–1403 - via Google Books.
29. ^ Ridpath, Martha J., ed. (1920). Alumnal Record, DePauw University. Greencastle, Indiana: DePauw University. pp. 352, 541 - via Google Books.
30. ^ Goldstein, Richard. – Baseball: "Buzzie Bavasi, a Dodgers Innovator, Dies at 93". – The New York Times. – May 3, 2008.
31. ^ "Rob Boras" (PDF). NFL.
32. ^ "Brad Brownell". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. May 2018.
33. ^ "FOOTBALL CARD OF DAVE FINZER '82 IS ISSUED". DePauw University. August 8, 1985.
34. ^ "Baseball Hall of Famer Ford Frick '15 to be honored tomorrow night". DePauw University.
35. ^ "DePauw Athletic Profiles: Brad Stevens". DePauw University. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
36. ^ "Richard H. Tomey". DePauw Athletics.

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