List of Allegheny College alumni

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

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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 – 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 What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
• 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

References

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2. PennState, Department of History. "Carol Reardon". Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
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9. "HEINER, Daniel Brodhead, (1854–1944)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
10. "Member Biography: Robert F. Kent". Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
11. "Victoria A. Lipnic Becomes EEOC Commissioner | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission". www.eeoc.gov. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
12. Slater, Dan (November 5, 2008). "Barack Obama: The U.S.'s 44th President (and 25th Lawyer-President)". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
13. "West Virginia Governor Francis Harrison Pierpont". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
14. "TIPTON, Thomas Weston, (1817–1899)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
15. "Michael R. Veon (Democrat)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on September 29, 2006.
16. "Rob Wonderling". The Morning Call. August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
17. Paul E. Steiger and the creation of the Clayton Act (August 26, 2009). "Book review of Taking on the Trust By Steve Weinberg". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
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19. Rob Owen (July 6, 2009). "TV writer Gene Hong hangs with roomie from Maroon 5". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
20. Allegheny Magazine, Spring 2013 https://issuu.com/alleghenycoll/docs/alleghenymagazine-spring2013/20
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22. "Red Gold. Innovators and Pioneers". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
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