List of DePauw University alumni explained

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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Scott Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN; founder of Rasmussen Reports
• Al Ries – author, marketing expert^[13]
• Steve Sanger – former president and chief executive officer of General Mills^[14]
• Howard C. Sheperd, Sr. – former president of National City Bank of New York (now Citibank)
• Fred C. Tucker – businessperson, real estate broker^[15]
• James D. Weddle – managing partner of Edward Jones^[16]

Government and politics

• Karen Koning AbuZayd – Commissioner-General for U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East (2005–10)^[17]
• 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^[18]
• 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)^[19]
• 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^[20]
• 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^[21]
• 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) ^[22]
• 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)

Journalism

• 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^[23]
• 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

• 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"^[24]
• 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

• 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)
• Alexander Vraciu – flying ace in World War II

Religion

• Albertus T. Briggs – Methodist minister
• Luella F. McWhirter – president, Indiana State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
• Eunice Blanchard Poethig – Presbyterian minister

Sports

• Buzzie Bavasi – former general manager, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels and San Diego Padres^[25]
• Rob Boras – NFL assistant coach^[26]
• Brad Brownell – head men's basketball coach, Clemson University^[27]
• Dave Finzer – punter, Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks^[28]
• Ford C. Frick – Major League Baseball Commissioner (1951–1965)^[29]
• Bill Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN^[30]
• Scott Rasmussen – co-founder of ESPN; founder of Rasmussen Reports^[31]
• Joe Schoen – NFL executive, general manager of the New York Giants
• Wilfred Smith – National Football League player
• Brad Stevens – general manager, Boston Celtics^[32]
• Dick Tomey – college football coach^[33]

See also

• List of people from Indiana

Notes and References

1. http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=15786 "Joe Allen '59 Enters US Astronaut Hall of Fame"
2. Web site: HENRY, LAURIN L.: Papers re Presidential Transitions, 1952-1961 . www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov . Dwight D. Eisenhower Library . 8 June 2021 . November 2002.
3. News: Rev. John Robert Nelson, 84 Methodist theologian, college dean. December 17, 2017. The Chicago Tribune. July 13, 2004.
4. Web site: Michael J. Stuart, M.D.. 2022. Mayo Clinic. March 15, 2023.
5. Web site: Winona H. Welch Papers (PP) . nybg.org . January 21, 2020.
6. Book: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music, Volume II. William H.. Rehrig. Paul E.. Bierley. 1991. Integrity Press. 9780918048080. Lee Orean Smith.
7. Web site: Al Stewart to receive honor from DePauw. 1960-04-20. Lafayette Journal & Courier. 2024-03-30.
8. Web site: Timothy Collins Named Chairman of Yale School of Management Advisory Board. 2012-01-25. Yale School of Management. 2016-05-16.
9. Web site: Angie Hicks, MBA 2000 - Alumni - Harvard Business School. www.alumni.hbs.edu. May 24, 2017 . en. 2018-04-10.
10. Book: Busbey. T. Addison. 1906. The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America - Edition of 1906. Chicago, Illinois. Railway Age Company. 688. May 19, 2020.
11. Web site: Mary Meeker Profile. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. 2015-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140232/http://www.kpcb.com/partner/mary-meeker. 2018-06-12. dead.
12. Steven Rales. Forbes. 2019-05-01.
13. Web site: Business Week List of 'Books That Matter' Includes Work Co-Authored by Al Ries '50 . DePauw University . en . 7 August 2006.
14. Web site: Stephen W. Sanger. 15 August 2017. Wells Fargo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816062136/https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate/governance/sanger/. 16 August 2017.
15. News: Fred C. "Bud" Tucker Jr. '40 Elected President of National Realtors Organization. Depauw University. November 30, 1971 . August 25, 2015.
16. Web site: Edward Jones Managing Partner Jim Weddle '75 Discusses His Successful Journey in On Wall Street. DePauw University. en. 2019-03-27.
17. Web site: Secretary-General Appoints Karen AbuZayd of United States Special Adviser . . 5 January 2016.
18. Web site: Bennett, Thomas Warren (1831–1893). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. September 6, 2012.
19. Web site: Andrew H. Burke . State Historical Society of North Dakota. September 6, 2012.
20. http://www.harbus.org/2001/Vernon-Jordan-More-than-895/ Vernon Jordan: More than a "First Friend"
21. Web site: Cottman . George S. . Centennial history and handbook of Indiana. . Indiana University.
22. News: Jill . Lawrence . Quayle on a quest to get the last laugh . . August 4, 1999 . August 6, 2015.
23. Web site: 2016-05-20 . Gil Durán named to new post as California opinion editor . The Sacramento Bee . Venteicher, Wes . 2018-12-04.
24. Press release (May 20, 2008). "Barbara Kingsolver (DePauw '77) Is Finalist for Gold Nautilus Book Award" . DePauw University.
25. Goldstein, Richard. – Baseball: "Buzzie Bavasi, a Dodgers Innovator, Dies at 93". – The New York Times. – May 3, 2008.
26. Web site: Rob Boras. NFL.
27. Web site: Brad Brownell. clemsontigers.com. May 2018. Clemson University.
28. Web site: FOOTBALL CARD OF DAVE FINZER '82 IS ISSUED. DePauw University. August 8, 1985.
29. Web site: Baseball Hall of Famer Ford Frick '15 to be honored tomorrow night. DePauw University.
30. Web site: ESPN Founder & 1954 Graduate Bill Rasmussen Returns to DePauw for Ubben Lecture, Nov. 8, During Monon Bell Week. 27 March 2018. August 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180812150544/https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/33249/. dead.
31. http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=22006 Pollster Scott Rasmussen '86 Has Yet to See Convention Bounce for Barack Obama
32. Web site: DePauw Athletic Profiles: Brad Stevens. DePauw University. April 3, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100624150718/http://www.depauw.edu/ath/profile_detail.asp?id=632. June 24, 2010.
33. Web site: Richard H. Tomey. DePauw Athletics.