Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. Following are some of its notable alumni.
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Roland Bainton | 1914 | Protestant church historian and professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale Divinity School | |||
Robert Clodius | 1942 | Educator and acting President of University of Wisconsin–Madison | [1] | ||
Paula England | 1971 | Sociology and psychology | Award-winning sociologist, professor at New York University | [2] | |
1955 | Development economist and academic | ||||
Torey Hayden | 1973 | Biology and chemistry | Child psychologist, special education teacher, university lecturer, and author | [3] | |
Stephen A. Hayner | 1970 | English literature | President of Columbia Theological Seminary | [4] | |
Dan Fenno Henderson | 1944 | Founder of the University of Washington Asian Law program | [5] | ||
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg | 2001 | Politics | Executive in Residence at Schmidt Futures | [6] | |
Ben Kerkvliet | 1965 | Author and educator in comparative politics, Southeast Asia, and Asian studies. | [7] | ||
Frances Penrose Owen | 1919 | Greek | First woman Regent of Washington State University | [8] | |
Gordon Wright | 1933 | BA | History professor at the University of Oregon and Stanford University, | ||
Robert W. Young | 1955 | Linguist known for his work on the Navajo language and professor at the University of New Mexico |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Marcus Amerman | 1981 | Art | Artist | ||
Douglas Cole | 1960 | Art history | Historian and professor specializing in art and Pacific Northwest cultural history | ||
David Crockett Graham | 1908 | BA | Curator of the Museum of Art, Archaeology, and Ethnology at the West China Union University and field collector for the Smithsonian |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Ralph Cordiner | 1922 | Economics and political science | CEO and chairman, General Electric, Corp.(1958–1963); President (1950–1958) | [9] | |
Stephanie Dorgan | 1977 | Economics | Founder and owner of Seattle music venue The Crocodile | ||
Ashifi Gogo | 2005 | Mathematics and physics | |||
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg | 2001 | Politics | Executive in Residence at Schmidt Futures | ||
John W. Stanton | 1977 | Political science | Founder and CEO, Western Wireless, majority owner of the Seattle Mariners | ||
Colleen Willoughby | 1955 | Founder of the Washington Women's Foundation and the director of Global Women Partners in Philanthropy | [10] |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Anomie Belle | 2002 | Sociology | Professional musician and artivist | ||
1967 | Dramatic art | Actor known for Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team. | |||
Chastity Belt (band) | 2010 | Indie-rock band formed by Whitman students | |||
Otto Harbach | MA | Lyricist and librettist of about fifty musical comedies, including The Desert Song | |||
Cullen Hoback | 2003 | Filmmaker, Monster Camp Terms and Conditions May Apply, Q Into the Storm | |||
Shane Johnson | 1998 | Actor, Saving Private Ryan, Black Cadillac | |||
Morten Lauridsen | 1965 | Composer and professor emeritus of composition at the USC Thornton School of Music | |||
Lela Loren | 2002 | Theatre | Television actress | ||
John Moe | 1990 | Dramatic art | NPR host and author | ||
Lance Norris | 1985 | Dramatic art | Actor known for Mystic River | ||
Patrick Page | 1985 | Actor and playwright | |||
Kathryn Shaw | 1971 | Dramatic art | Artistic director of Studio 58 at Langara College i | ||
Rick Stevenson | 1977 | History | Film writer, director, and producer | ||
Adam West | 1951 | English | Actor known for Batman and Family Guy |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Alan K. Campbell | 1947 | First director of the United States Office of Personnel Management | |||
Alan W. Jones | 1917 | non-degreed | U.S. Army Major general | [11] [12] | |
Neil Kornze | 2000 | Politics | former Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Kenneth Culp Davis | 1931 | Legal scholar remembered as "the father of administrative law." | |||
William O. Douglas | 1920 | English and economics | U.S. Supreme Court Justice | ||
James Alger Fee | 1910 | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |||
W. Michael Gillette | 1963 | BA | Oregon Supreme Court Justice | ||
Meda Chesney-Lind | 1969 | Criminologist and advocate for girls and women who come in contact with the criminal justice system in Hawaii. | |||
Lucile Lomen | 1941 | First woman to serve as a law clerk for a Supreme Court justice | |||
James L. Robart | 1969 | Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |||
Charles F. Stafford | 1940 |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Nate Cohn | 2010 | BA | Journalist for The New York Times | ||
Craig Lesley | 1967 | Novelist who has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize | |||
John Markoff | 1971 | Sociology | The New York Times journalist and co-author of Takedown | ||
Edward P. Morgan | 1932 | Journalist and writer who reported for newspapers, radio, and television media services including ABC, CBS, and PBS |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Jack Burtch | 1951 | Political science | Washington State Representative | ||
Ryan Crocker | 1971 | English | U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, and Pakistan | ||
Jena Griswold | 2006 | Politics | Secretary of State of Colorado | ||
Hal Holmes | 1923 | United States House of Representatives | |||
Walt Minnick | 1964 | former Idaho Congressman | |||
Pat Thibaudeau | 1960 | Psychology | former Washington State Senator | ||
Al Ullman | 1935 | United States House of Representatives for 24 years | |||
Ben Westlund | 1971 | Education and history | former Oregon State Treasurer |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Alexander Barnes | 2003 | Chemistry | chemist, professor, and recipient of the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award | ||
J. Bruce Beckwith | 1954 | Pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome | |||
Gerard van Belle | 1990 | Physics and astronomy | Astronomer. | ||
Bernard Berelson | 1934 | English | Behavioral scientist known for work on communication and mass media | ||
Walker Bleakney | 1924 | Physics | Inventor of mass spectrometer, chair of department of physics at Princeton University | ||
Robert Brattain | 1931 | Physics | Physicist | ||
Walter Brattain | 1924 | Physics | Nobel Prize winner, physicist, and co-inventor of the transistor | ||
Robert Brode | 1921 | ||||
Wallace R. Brode | 1921 | BA | Chemist, specializing in the absorption spectra of dyes | ||
William M. Fairbank | 1939 | Physicist known in particular for his work on liquid helium | |||
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger | 1997 | Geology | NASA astronaut | ||
Webb Miller | 1965 | BA | Computational biology pioneer | ||
David R. Nygren | 1960 | Particle physicist, inventor of the Time projection chamber. | |||
Edith Quimby | 1912 | Mathematics and physics | Medical researcher and physicist | ||
Vladimir Rojansky | 1924 | BS | Physicist, one of the earliest researchers of quantum mechanics | ||
E. J. Workman | 1924 | BS | Atmospheric physicist |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Mara Abbott | 2008 | Economics | Professional cyclist | [13] | |
Ingrid Backstrom | 2000 | Geology | Professional skier | [14] | |
Holly Brooks | 2004 | Sociology and environmental studies | Winter Olympian in Nordic skiing | [15] | |
Derrike Cope | 1980 | NASCAR driver, 1990 Daytona 500 winner | [16] | ||
Ben Eisenhardt | 2014 | Professional player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League | [17] | ||
Tommy Lloyd | 1998 | Biology | Head basketball coach at the University of Arizona | [18] |
Name | Class | Major | Notability | References | |
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Marlin Eller | 1974 | Mathematics | Programmer and software developer, co-author of Barbarians Led by Bill Gates | [19] | |
Steve McConnell | 1985 | Philosophy, mathematics, and computer science | Software engineer and author of Code Complete | [20] [21] |