List of Allegheny College alumni explained

This page lists notable alumni and former students, faculty, and administrators of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Alumni

Academia

• John Aldrich – Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Professor of Political Science at Duke University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Charles Craik -- Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco
• Morris P. Fiorina – Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
• Beth Gylys (1986) – professor at Georgia State University and award-winning poet
• Specs Howard – founder of Specs Howard School of Media Arts
• William C. Jason – longest-serving president of Delaware State University
• Jennifer S. Lawton – Richard Bennett Darnall Professor of Surgery and chief of the Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiac Surgery
• William H. Parker – Professor of Physics at the University of California, Irvine
• Victor Pickard – C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania^[1]
• Carol Reardon – George Winfree Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University; winner of the Helen Dortch Longstreet Prize, Victor Gondos Memorial Service Award, William Woods Hassler Award for Excellence in Civil War Education^[2]

Government

• William B. Allison – U.S. Senator from Iowa^[3]
• David W. Baine – Alabama lawyer and Confederate veteran^[4]
• Robert J. Corbett – U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1939–1941, 1945–1971)^[5]
• Aylett R. Cotton – U.S. Representative for Iowa (1871–1875)^[6]
• Clarence Darrow – lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union
• Lieutenant General Jon M. Davis – USMC Deputy Commandant for Aviation
• R. Budd Dwyer – former Pennsylvania State Treasurer
• John Wilson Farrelly – U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district from 1847 to 1849
• Cathi Forbes – Maryland legislator^[7]
• Henry Donnel Foster – U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1843-1847, 1871-1873) and 1860 Pennsylvania Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate
• W. Scott Hardy – Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Samuel Hays – U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1843-1845)^[8]
• Daniel Brodhead Heiner – U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1893–1897)^[9]
• Robert F. Kent – Pennsylvania State Representative (1947–1956) and Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1957–1961)^[10]
• Victoria Lipnic – former acting Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 2017 to 2019^[11]
• Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. – 43rd Governor of Maryland (1896–1900); U.S. Representative (1873–1875)
• Benjamin F. Martin (1854) – U.S. Representative (1877–1881)
• William McKinley – 25th President of the United States of America^[12]
• Francis Harrison Pierpont (1839) – the "Father of West Virginia," served as Governor of Virginia (1865-1868)^[13]
• Raymond P. Shafer (1938) – 39th Governor of Pennsylvania (1967–1971)
• Thomas Tipton – U.S. Senator from Nebraska^[14]
• Mike Veon – Pennsylvania State Representative (1985–2006)^[15]
• Sabra Wilbur Vought (1899) – librarian at the US Department of the Interior
• Rob Wonderling – Pennsylvania State Senator (2003–2009)^[16]

Journalism

• Alex Steffen (1990) – environmental journalist
• Ida M. Tarbell (1880) – pioneering investigative journalist, author of The History of the Standard Oil Company, which led to the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company^[17]
• Bradley Roland Will (1992) – anarchist and journalist (1970–2006)^[18]

Literature

• Valentino Achak Deng (attended) – "Lost Boy" of Darfur; subject of the book
• Janette Hill Knox (PhD.) – temperance reformer, suffragist, teacher, author
• Brooke McEldowney – cartoonist, 9 Chickweed Lane
• Barbara Robinson – author, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994)
• Chuck Rosenthal – author, Loop's Progress, My Mistress Humanity, Never Let Me Go

Performing arts

• Ben Burtt – Academy Award-winning sound designer
• Gene Hong – TV writer, actor and producer^[19]
• Michele Pawk (attended) – Tony Award-winning actress
• Trent Reznor (attended) – musician (Nine Inch Nails)
• Lloyd Segan – TV and film producer
• Flesh-N-Bone (attended on basketball scholarship)

Religion

• Robert Appleyard – Bishop of Pittsburgh
• Kathy Keller (1972) - Christian theological writer, church founder, wife of Tim Keller^[20]
• William Fitzjames Oldham – Methodist Episcopal Bishop; founder of Anglo-Chinese School
• Erastus Wentworth (1850) – Methodist Episcopal minister

Science

• Jennifer S. Lawton – cardiothoracic surgeon
• William H. Parker (1963) – physics professor^[21]
• Edward Shanbrom (1947) – pioneering hematologist and medical researcher^[22]
• Paul Siple (1932) – Antarctic explorer and the originator of the wind chill factor

Sports

• Ronnie Anderson (1997) – former National Football League player^[23]
• Glenn Beckert – former Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs^[24]
• Stan Drayton (1993) – head football coach at Temple University;^[25] former National Football League assistant coach; assistant coach for national championship teams at Florida and Ohio State^[26]
• Russ McKelvy – former Major League Baseball player
• Babe Parnell – National Football League player
• Jeremy Scott (2003) – Olympic pole vaulter
• Josh Sharpless (2003) – relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team
• Nathan T. Smith (2001) – four-time USGA Mid-Amateur Champion, three-time US National Team Member, NCAA Runner-up

Technology

• Marco Arment (2004) - iOS developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor

See also

• List of presidents of Allegheny College

Notes and References

1. News: Victor Pickard. asc.upenn.edu. 13 July 2021.
2. Web site: PennState. Department of History. Carol Reardon. Pennsylvania State University. June 3, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140526000625/http://history.psu.edu/directory/car9/. May 26, 2014. dead.
3. Web site: ALLISON, William Boyd, (1829–1908). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 21, 2012 .
4. Watson. Elbert L.. Lt. Colonel David W. Baine: A Confederate Hero from the North. Alabama Historical Quarterly. Summer 1968. 30. 27–38. May 22, 2017. Internet Archive.
5. Web site: CORBETT, Robert James, (1905–1971). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . December 21, 2012 .
6. Web site: COTTON, Aylett Rains, (1826–1912) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 21, 2012 .
7. News: Nobles III . Wilborn P. . Hogan appoints Forbes, Jackson to fill Baltimore County House of Delegates vacancies . January 27, 2020 . . October 9, 2019.
8. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Samuel Hays Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 26 May 2020.
9. Web site: HEINER, Daniel Brodhead, (1854–1944). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 21, 2012 .
10. Web site: Member Biography: Robert F. Kent . 2022-10-30 . Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives.
11. Web site: Victoria A. Lipnic Becomes EEOC Commissioner U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 2021-10-23. www.eeoc.gov.
12. News: Barack Obama: The U.S.'s 44th President (and 25th Lawyer-President). The Wall Street Journal. November 5, 2008. August 26, 2009 . Dan . Slater.
13. Web site: West Virginia Governor Francis Harrison Pierpont . National Governors Association . October 25, 2013.
14. Web site: TIPTON, Thomas Weston, (1817–1899). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 21, 2012 .
15. Web site: Michael R. Veon (Democrat) . Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile . Pennsylvania House of Representatives . https://web.archive.org/web/20060929010750/http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?districtnumber=14 . September 29, 2006 . dead .
16. News: Rob Wonderling. The Morning Call. August 26, 2009. August 26, 2009 .
17. News: Paul E. Steiger and the creation of the Clayton Act. Book review of Taking on the Trust By Steve Weinberg. Wall Street Journal. August 26, 2009. August 26, 2009 .
18. News: Trevor Jensen and Antonio Olivo. Bradley Roland Will: 1970–2006. Chicago Tribune. November 3, 2006. August 26, 2009.
19. News: Rob Owen. TV writer Gene Hong hangs with roomie from Maroon 5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 6, 2009. August 25, 2009.
20. Allegheny Magazine, Spring 2013 https://issuu.com/alleghenycoll/docs/alleghenymagazine-spring2013/20
21. Web site: UCI Stories: William Parker . UCI Libraries . October 3, 2020 .
22. News: Red Gold. Innovators and Pioneers. Public Broadcasting Service. December 25, 2010.
23. Web site: Ronnie Anderson . NFL Enterprises LLC. December 21, 2012.
24. Web site: Glenn Beckert Stats . Baseball Almanac. December 21, 2012.
25. Web site: Temple Hires Stan Drayton off Texas Staff as New Head Coach . .
26. Web site: Stan Drayton - Football Coach.