List of Muhlenberg College people explained

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania:

Academia

• George O. Bierkoe, president and co-founder of Endicott College
• Mahlon Hellerich, historian
• Amy B. Jordan, Professor and Chair of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University
• Sidney Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia^[1]
• Herbert Needleman, professor of pediatrics and child psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the Stem Cell program at Boston Children's Hospital

Arts

• Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson and consultant in the craft and DIY (do-it-yourself) community
• Frederick Busch, author
• Andrea Clearfield, composer
• Madison Ferris, actress
• Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality
• Sarah Lampert - Creator of the Netflix series, Ginny & Georgia
• Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter
• Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair^[2]
• Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter
• Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter
• Brian Teta, executive producer, The View and former supervising producer, Late Show with David Letterman
• Theodore Weiss, poet

Business

• Michael Pocalyko, business executive and novelist

Government and law

• Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater hearings, member of the 9/11 Commission
• Edward H. Bonekemper, federal government attorney; military historian, author and lecturer
• Marcus C. L. Kline, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
• Fred Ewing Lewis, U.S. Representative
• Edwin W. Martin Jr., Assistant Secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Related Services. 1979-80; Associate and Deputy Commissioner 1969-1979. Director US House of. Representatives Subcommittee on the Handicapped, 1966–67
• Michael Schlossberg, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• John O. Sheatz (did not graduate), Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer (1908–11)
• Lee Solomon, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
• John Van Sant, Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator from 1951-1970.

Journalism

• Russ Choma, reporter and investigative journalist
• Barbara Crossette, journalist and author, former chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and South Asia and United Nations bureau chief at The New York Times, United Nations correspondent for The Nation, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee of the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs
• David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone

Musicians

• Jack O'Brien, jazz musician

Religion and theology

• Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that rose to prominence in Europe and the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s
• Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian
• Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author

Science and medicine

• Henry David Abraham, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his work with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
• Frank Baldino Jr., scientist and co-founder of Cephalon
• Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon
• Lois Curfman McInnes, applied mathematician
• Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning
• Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital

Sports

• Sisto Averno (1925–2012), professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL)
• Jake Bornheimer, professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors
• Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks^[3]
• Bill Kern, professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics
• Tim Murray, Host at VSiN. Former Muhlenberg men's basketball team member
• Tony Zuzzio, professional football player, Detroit Lions

Notable faculty

• Haps Benfer, theologian and athletic coach
• Cecilia Conrad, academic and foundation administrator
• Francesca Coppa, professor of women's and gender studies
• William Dunham, mathematician
• Margaret Garwood, music composer
• Peyton R. Helm, former Muhlenberg College president (2003-2015)
• Daniel Klem, ornithologist
• J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat, anthropologist
• Ludwig Lenel, composer and organist
• Robert J. Marshall, Lutheran church leader
• Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, former president, Muhlenberg College (1867-1876)
• Harry Hess Reichard, Pennsylvania German language scholar
• George Rickey, sculptor
• Len Roberts, poet
• Theodore Schick, philosopher
• Ben Schwartzwalder, former head football coach, Syracuse University
• Helen Walker-Hill, musicologist
• John Williams, former Muhlenberg College president (2015-2019)

Athletic administrators and coaches

• George Barclay, football coach (1907)
• Haps Benfer, football, basketball, and baseball coach (1925-1965)
• Sam Bishop, assistant men's soccer coach (2007-08)
• Bennie Borgmann, men's basketball coach (1949-1954)
• Alfred E. Bull, football coach (1903-07)
• Doggie Julian, football coach (1936-1944) and baseball coach (1942-1944)
• Thomas Kelley, football coach (1911-13) and men's basketball coach (1912-1914)
• Bob Macaluso, baseball coach (1999-2006)
• George McCaa, football coach (1914-1915), men's basketball coach (1914-1917), and baseball coach (1914-1915)
• Nate Milne, head football coach (2018 to present)
• Steve Moore, men's basketball coach (1981-87)
• John B. Price, football and baseball coach (1916-1917)
• Larry Rosati, football coach (1945)
• Johnny Spiegel, football coach (1921-22)
• John Troxell, assistant football coach (1997-2000)
• John Utz, football coach (1934-35), men's basketball coach (1933-36), and baseball coach (1934-35)
• Walter W. Wood, football, men's basketball, and baseball coach (1923-24)

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Notes and References

1. News: Sidney Milkis. politics.virginia.edu. 14 December 2022.
2. News: Lauer-Williams. Kathy . Designs on a Tony: Allentown Native Michael McDonald is Nominated for Broadway's Top Honor for Costumes for 'Hair' . . June 7, 2009 .
3. Book: Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks: A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played on or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team. 9781461734789. 2007-09-27.