List of Franklin & Marshall College alumni
This is a list of alumni of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Arts
[edit]- Richard Altick, Class of 1936, literary scholar known for his pioneering contributions to Victorian Studies, as well as for championing both the joys and the rigorous methods of literary research
- Franklin Schaffner, Class of 1942, Oscar-winning film director (Patton, Planet of the Apes)
- Glen Tetley, Class of 1946, choreographer
- Ed Flesh, Class of 1953, art director, designed wheel for Wheel of Fortune[1]
- Roy Scheider, Class of 1955, Academy Award-nominated actor (Jaws and All That Jazz)
- Dick Orkin, Class of 1956, radio announcer and commercial producer
- James Lapine, Class of 1971, Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning playwright (Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods)
- Bruce Sussman. Class of 1971, Songwriter and librettist.
- Treat Williams, Class of 1973, actor (Hair, Prince of the City, TV's Everwood)
- Richard Plepler, Class of 1981, CEO of HBO
- Jennifer Gareis, Class of 1992, actress (TV's The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless)
- Spliff Star, Class of 1996, rapper and hypeman for MC Busta Rhymes
- Jason Narvy, Class of 2002, actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- Jennifer Stanley, cozy mystery author
- Dominic Akena, Class of 2016, xylophone player, subject of Emmy-winning documentary War/Dance[2] member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
- Mallika Dua, Indian comic
- Jeffrey Lord, Class of 1973, political analyst, most noted as a CNN surrogate for President Donald Trump
Government and law
[edit]- John Weinland Killinger, Class of 1843, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1859–1863, 1871–1875, 1877–1881)
- Thomas Bard McFarland (1828–1908), associate justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district (1881-1889), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district (1897-1899), Pennsylvania State Senator from the 1st district (1873-1887)
- J. Roland Kinzer, Class of 1896, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1930–1947)
- George Kunkel, Class of 1915, Pennsylvania State Senator (1937-1941)
- Guy K. Bard, Class of 1916, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- William I. Troutman, Class of 1927, Judge and U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1943–1945)
- John P. Saylor, Class of 1929, member of U.S. House of Representatives, environmental advocate
- Eugene Shirk, Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania (1964–1968, 1972–1976)[3]
- Edwin D. Eshleman, Class of 1942, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1967–1977)
- Clarence Newcomer (1923–2005), Class of 1944, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Ronald Buckwalter, Class of 1958, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- William H. Gray, Class of 1963, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1979–1991); House Majority Whip (1989–1991); President of United Negro College Fund (1991–2004)
- Robert J. Kafin, Class of 1963, civic leader and environmentalist
- Kenneth Duberstein, Class of 1965, White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan
- Liam O'Grady, Class of 1973, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- The Hon. D. Brooks Smith, Class of 1973, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2002–present); former Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1988–2002); Chief Judge (2001–2002)
- Jeffrey M. Lacker, Class of 1977, President of the Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia
- Mary Schapiro, Class of 1977, former Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Patricia Harris, Class of 1977, former First Deputy Mayor for the City of New York; current CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Paula Dow, Class of 1977, Attorney General of New Jersey (2010–2012)
- Tim Canova, Class of 1982, law professor and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives
- Edward George Smith, Class of 1983, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Ken Mehlman, Class of 1988, campaign manager for George H. W. Bush, former chairman of the United States Republican Party, 2005–2007
- Evelyn Farkas, Class of 1989, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
- Barry Finegold, Class of 1993, Massachusetts State Senator
- Daniel Ragsdale, former Acting Director of Immigration & Customs Enforcement
- Rob Teplitz, Pennsylvania State Senator
- Lloyd Smucker, Congressman from Pennsylvania's 11th district, did not graduate
Business
[edit]- George Frederick Baer, Class of 1861, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
- Wanda Austin, Class of 1975, president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation
- Rob Shepardson, Class of 1983, founding partner of advertising agency SS+K
- Jacob Clark Hennebberger, Class of 1913, co-founder of Weird Tales magazine (1923)[4]
- J. M. Lansinger, Class of 1914, co-founder of Weird Tales and publisher of College Humor
- Neil C. Krauter, commercial insurance industry executive
- Susan Wendy Parker, Class of 1987, professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
Science and medicine
[edit]- Stanley Dudrick, Class of 1957, surgeon, pioneered the use of TPN
- Charles M. Lieber, Class of 1981, chemist, pioneer in nanoscience; in 2021 guilty of federal charges related to Chinese research funding[5]
- Theodore E. Woodward, Class of 1934, Nobel Prize nominee; medical researcher
- David Simons, Class of 1943, NASA physician, established altitude record of 102,000 feet in a helium balloon in 1957, testing equipment that would be used by astronauts
- Michael J. Mumma, Class of 1963, NASA, Founding Director of the Goddard Center for Astrobiology and Senior Scientist, Solar System Exploration Division.[6]
- Alan I. Leshner, Class of 1965, Director National Institute of Drug Abuse 1994-2001
- David A. Ansell, Class of 1974, doctor and author
- Elizabeth Cascio, Class of 1997, economist studying the economic impact of policies affecting education
- Justin B. Ries, Class of 1998, geoscientist and inventor known for discoveries in the field of global oceanic change
- Anne Hultgren, Class of 1999, Physicist, Department of Homeland Security
- William Bevan, former president of the American Psychological Association
- Clifford Pickover, Class of 1979, author and IBM researcher
Athletics
[edit]- Frank Sprig Gardner, Class of 1930, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (1986); Franklin & Marshall College Athletic Hall of Fame (wrestling, 1992)
- Bowie Kuhn, Class of 1948, Commissioner of Baseball (1969–1984)
- Don Wert, attended in 1957, MLB player for 1968 World Series champion Detroit Tigers
- J. Andrew Noel, Class of 1972, wrestling coach and athletic director at Cornell University
- Jeff Rineer, attended 1974–75, former MLB pitcher
- Peter Schaffer, Class of 1984, sports agent; columnist for Washington Post; star of Esquire Network docuseries The Agent
- Michael T. Dee, Class of 1985, CEO, San Diego Padres (2009–2016)[7]
- Matt Steinmetz, Class of 1986, journalist and sportscaster
- Chris Finch, Class of 1992, Current NBA head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and former assistant coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors, and Denver Nuggets
- Rebecca Meyers, Class of 2021, Paralympic Games swimmer who won three gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Religion
[edit]- Willam R. Rathvon, CSB, Class of 1873, Christian Science practitioner, lecturer, church director and the only known eyewitness of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to leave an audio recording of his impressions[8]
- Rev. Earl Honaman, BA, Class of 1925, former Episcopal Bishop of Central New York; Army Chaplain in World War II during the Battle of the Bulge[9]
- Metropolitan Tikhon (Marc Raymond Mollard), class of 1988.
- Richard Druckenbrod, United Church of Christ pastor and Pennsylvania German linguist
Academia
[edit]- David Bowman Schneder, Class of 1880, second President of Tohoku Gakuin University (1857–1936)
- William Edwin Hoy, class of 1882, founder of Tohoku Gakuin University; missionary to Japan and China, (1888–1927)
- Andrew Truxal, Class of 1920, president of Hood College and Anne Arundel Community College
- Richard J. Stonesifer Class of 1944, fifth President of Monmouth University (1971–1979)
- James J. Whalen, Class of 1950, president of Ithaca College (1975–1992)
- Richard Kneedler, Class of 1965, President Emeritus of Franklin and Marshall College
- Keith Hamm, Class of 1969, Edwards Professor of Political Science at Rice University
- LeRoy Pernell (1971), former dean of Florida A&M University College of Law & Northern Illinois University College of Law
- Paul R. Brown, Class of 1972, eighth president of Monmouth University
- Louise Burkhart, Class of 1980, ethnohistorian and scholar of Mesoamerican literature; professor of anthropology at University at Albany, SUNY
- Henry Kulp Ober, former President of Elizabethtown College
- Roderic Grupen, Class of 1980, Computer Scientist, Roboticist, Professor Emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Military
[edit]- Henry Kyd Douglas (1838-1903), Class of 1858, studied law in Lexington, VA and admitted to bar in Charleston, VA; major in the Confederate States Army (1861-1865), youngest Civil War officer of Stonewall Jackson; later Adjutant General of the Maryland Army National Guard; author of published manuscript memoir, "I Rode with Stonewall" (1940).
- Richard Winters, Class of 1941, WWII officer and veteran of D Day, Operation Market Garden, Carentan and the Battle of The Bulge; main character in Band of Brothers; member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
- David R. Smith, Class of 1964, Major General, Commander of the United States Air Force Reserve Command and Commander of the 10th Air Force
- Richard P. Mills, Class of 1972, Lieutenant General, USMC Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Other
[edit]- Bruce Bechdel, Class of 1955, high school teacher, funeral director and subject of his daughter Alison's 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home and its 2013 musical adaptation
- Scott Ritter, former United Nations Weapons Inspector and convicted sex offender.
References
[edit]- ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (July 21, 2011). "Ed Flesh, Designed the Wheel of Fortune, Dies at 79". The New York Times.
- ^ KREIDER, K. SCOTT (May 7, 2016). "F&M Grad 2016". LancasterOnline. Retrieved November 14, 2023.;
- ^ "Shirk Beats Guldin's Bid For Mayor". Reading Eagle. November 6, 1963. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ "The Troubled History of 'Weird Tales' Magazine | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ Trager2021-12-22T17:49:00+00:00, Rebecca. "Harvard chemist Charles Lieber found guilty of all charges related to Chinese research funding". Chemistry World. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Science and Exploration Directorate". NASA GSFC. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ Center, Bill (July 17, 2013). "Mike Dee returns as Padres President, CEO". San Diego Union-Tribune.
- ^ Eyewitness at Gettysburg February 15, 1999, NPR
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). June 10, 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2022.Pgs 17-18