List of Kalamazoo College people explained
This page lists notable alumni and former students, faculty, and administrators of Kalamazoo College.
Alumni
Arts and letters
- Selma Blair, actress (graduated from the University of Michigan, but studied at Kalamazoo from 1990 to 1992)
- Teju Cole, award-winning Nigerian American author[1]
- Mark Crilley, comic book creator and children's book author/illustrator
- David France, journalist and author
- Holly Hughes, performance artist
- Quincy Isaiah (2017), actor best known for portraying Magic Johnson in the HBO series
- Nagai Kafu, author
- Jordan Klepper (2001), comedian, The Daily Show[2]
- Lisa Kron, 2015 Tony Award-winning (Fun Home) playwright and actress
- Don Lane, singer, entertainer, TV host
- William Malatinsky, author
- Julie Mehretu, artist, winner of MacArthur "Genius" Award
- Fern Persons (1933), actress
- Diane Seuss (1978), poet and educator, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Dorothy B. Waage (1905–1997), numismatist
- Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic correspondent
- Steven Yeun (2005), actor best known for portraying Glenn in The Walking Dead[3]
Government
- Garry E. Brown, politician
- Darrin Q. Camilleri, Member, Michigan House of Representatives
- Amy Courter, former National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol
- Brandt Iden, Member, Michigan House of Representatives
- Alexander Lipsey, Michigan politician
- Chokwe Lumumba, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
- Gerald Ellis Rosen, United States District Court Judge
- Bradley A. Smith, former Chairman, Federal Election Commission
- Christopher P. Yates, Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals, Michigan Court of Claims and Michigan Circuit Court
Business
Academia
- Paula Arai, Buddhist studies scholar, researcher, and professor[5]
- George C. Baldwin, theoretical and experimental physicist and professor at General Electric Company, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Los Alamos National Laboratory
- William F. DeGrado, professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)[6]
- Kenneth G. Elzinga, economics professor at the University of Virginia
- Cassandra Fraser, chemistry professor at the University of Virginia, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[7]
- Thomas F. Gieryn, sociology professor at the University of Indiana known for developing the concept of "boundary work"
- David Heath, probabilist, known for developing the Heath–Jarrow–Morton framework to model the evolution of the interest rate curve
- Martin A. Larson, religion scholar
- Katheryn Edmonds Rajnak, theoretical physical chemist
- Tad Schmaltz, philosophy professor at the University of Michigan, early modern philosophy scholar
- Robert J. Shiller, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics[8]
- Floyd Wilcox, third president of Shimer College[9]
Other
Notes and References
- Web site: Bard College Faculty . 2014-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060004/http://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/faculty.php?action=details&id=3091 . 2013-09-21 . dead .
- Web site: 'The Daily Show' debut: Watch Jon Stewart tell Kalamazoo native Jordan Klepper to 'go back to Crimea' . John . Liberty . MLive.com . March 4, 2014 . March 7, 2014.
- News: John. Liberty. College grad vs. zombies: Michigan native stars in new AMC series 'The Walking Dead'. . 2010-10-30 . 2011-02-27.
- Book: Levering. Robert. Michael. Katz. Milton. Moskowitz. The Computer Entrepreneurs. New American Library. 1984. 0-453-00477-6. 36. registration.
- Web site: November 7, 2022 . Paula K. Arai . February 5, 2024 . Institute of Buddhist Studies . en-US . Berkeley, California.
- Web site: William Degrado UCSF Profiles. profiles.ucsf.edu. en. 2018-03-27.
- Web site: Accolades: Three UVA Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows . UVA Today . January 7, 2023 . en . 21 December 2015.
- Web site: Alumnus Wins Nobel Prize . Van Sweden . James . October 22, 2013 . Kalamazoo College . October 31, 2013.
- News: The Institution Bulletin. 274. Students: 1913. 4.
