Kevin M. Brown '83, (History) Chief Operating Officer, American Red Cross
Michael N. Castle '61, (Economics) U.S. Representative; former Governor of Delaware
Michael Fleischer '88, (Government) Executive Director, New York State Thruway Authority
Carl Hayden '63, (Asian Studies) Chairman, State University of New York Board of Trustees; former Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents
John R. Leopold '64, (English Literature) Delegate, State of Maryland; former Member, National Council on Disability
Tom Vilsack '72
Christina H. Pearson '95, (English Literature) Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
William P. Purcell III '76, (Government) Director, The Harvard Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; former Mayor, City of Nashville; former Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; 2006 "Public Official of the Year" by Governing Magazine
*James S. Sherman 1878, Vice President of the United States
Tom Vilsack '72, (History) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; former Governor of Iowa; Democratic Candidate for President in 2008
W. Robert Connor '56, (Greek and Latin) President and CEO, The Teagle Foundation; former President and Director, National Humanities Center; appointed by President Clinton to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Drew S. Days III '63, (English Literature) Professor of Law, Yale University; former U.S. Solicitor General
John B. Emerson '75, (Government and Philosophy) President, Personal Investment Management for the Capital Group Companies; former Deputy Assistant to President Clinton
Stephen R. Foley '84, (Creative Writing) Commander, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)
Ralph Oman '62, (History) former Register of Copyrights of the United States
Elihu Root 1864
*Elihu Root 1864, U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State and Winner of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize
Alicia Davis '97, (Government and Spanish) Director of Marketing and Senior Project Manager, Target Point Consulting; former Regional Political Director, Republican National Committee; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Communications, U.S. Department of Commerce
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, DEANS, PROVOSTS AND LIBRARIANS
Martha Denney '82, (French) Dean of the College, Haverford College (effective July 1, 2009)
John W. Dwinelle 1834, Founder of the University of California (authored the "Organic Act that in 1868 created the Univ. of California).
Charles L. Flynn, Jr. '74, (History) President, College of Mount St. Vincent
Michael A. Keller '67, (Music) University Librarian, Stanford University
Brian Levin-Stankevich '72 (History) Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Joseph S. Lewis III '75, (Art History) Dean, School of Art and Design at Alfred University
Joe Morone '74, (Government) former President, Bentley College; CEO Albany International Corp
Richard Pfau '64, (History) President, Averett University
G. Jeremiah Ryan '72, (Government and Speech) President, Bergen Community College
Thomas J. Schwarz '66, (Economics) SUNY Purchase
*Edward J. Wickson 1869, Horticulturalist and Founder of the California State Horticultural Society and Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of California.
Scott Wood '80, (Chemistry and Geology) Dean, University of Idaho College of Science
Michael Klosson '71, (History and Public Policy) former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus; former U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
*Sol M. Linowitz '35, (German and Philosophy) Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Chairman of the Board of Xerox; Co-Negotiator of the Panama Canal Treaties; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Edward Walker, Jr. '62
William H. Luers '51, (Chemistry and Mathematics) Chairman and President, United Nations Association of the USA; former President, Metropolitan Museum of Art; former U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Venezuela
*Arnold L. Raphel '64, (Government) U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
Edward S. Walker, Jr. '62, (Philosophy) Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor in Global Political Theory at Hamilton College; former President and CEO, Middle East Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates
*J. Carter Bacot '55, (Public Policy) Chairman, The Bank of New York
Robert Bernstock '72, (History) President, Mailing and Shipping Services, U.S. Postal Service; former President, Campbell Soup Company
David W. Blood '81, (Economics and Psychology) Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Generation Investment Management; former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Wayland F. Blood '53, (English Literature and Public Policy) Retired Vice President/Treasurer, Ford Motor Credit Co.
*William M. Bristol 1882, Co-Founder, Bristol-Myers Co.
Thomas R. Crane, Jr. '61, (Economics and Spanish) former President/CEO, Castrol
Johannes Burlin '87, (Economics) President and CEO, Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (working on AIDS vaccine)
Paul Greengard '48
David P. Faxon '67, M.D. (Biology) Chief of Cardiology, University of Chicago; former President, American Heart Association
Paul Greengard '48, (Mathematics and Physics) Professor, Rockefeller University; 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Martin S. Hirsch '60, (Biology) Physician and Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School; former Director of AIDS Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Margaret Keller O'Bryon K'75, (Public Policy) President/CEO, Consumer Health Foundation
Hugh A. Sampson Jr., M.D., '71, (Biology) President, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York; Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences
Kevin Burns '77, (English Literature and History) President, Prometheus Entertainment; Emmy Award-Winning Television Producer and Filmmaker
David Grubin '65, (English Literature) Independent Film Producer, Director and Writer (FDR, LBJ, Napoleon); recipient of three George Foster Peabody awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards, and nine Emmys
John Hadity '83, (Sociology) Independent Producer and Financier; former Senior Vice President, Miramax
John Hester '69, (Government) Attorney, MGM; former Senior Executive Vice President, Orion Pictures
Paul Lieberstein '89, (Economics) Writer, Producer and Actor, The Office (2006 Emmy for Best Comedy Series)
Thomas Tull '92
Jane Mason '89, (Creative Writing) Writer/Editor of Children's Books; former Senior Editor, LucasFilm
Thomas Tull '92, (Government) Founder, Chairman and CEO, Legendary Pictures
Gillian Zucker '90, (Creative Writing and Religion) President, Auto Club Speedway of Southern California
Terry Brooks '66, (English Literature) Fantasy Author, Shannara series, also Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Kamila Shamsie '94
Peter Cameron '82, (English Literature) Andorra, The Weekend and The City of Your Final Destination
Carl Carmer '14, Stars Fell on Alabama
Jane Mason '89, (Creative Writing) Writer/Editor, Flashlight Books; former Senior Editor, LucasFilm Ltd.
Peter Meinke '55, (English Literature) Poet and Fiction Writer; past Director of the Eckerd College Writing Workshop; recipient of the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award
John Nichols '62, (English Literature) Author, The Sterile Cuckoo
*Ezra Pound 1905, Poet
Preeta Samarasan '98, (History and Music) Author, Evening is the Whole Day
Kamila Shamsie '94, (Creative Writing) Author, Salt and Saffron, Kartography
Lisa Reifenberg
Daniels '94
Christopher Whitcomb '81, (History and English Literature) Author, Cold Zero and Black; former Special Agent, FBI
Stephanie Abarbanel '73, (Literature) former Senior Articles Editor, Woman's Day
Henry Allen '63, (English Literature) Writer, The Washington Post; recipient of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize
Lisa Reifenberg Daniels '94, (Mathematics and History) former Reporter, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show
Deborah Forte
Stone K'75
Marjory Abrams Edelston '85, (English Literature and Psychology) Publisher, Boardroom Inc.
Fabio Freyre '83, (Psychology) Group Vice President, Corporate Sales and Marketing, Time Inc.; former Publisher, Sports Illustrated
Peter C. Haeffner '88, (Government) Publisher, TV Guide
Joanna Langfield K'76, (Communications) Syndicated Radio Personality, Film Critic, Author and Television Commentator
Christine Laine '83 MD, MPH, FACP, (Biology and Creative Writing) Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (youngest editor in the Journal's 82-year history)
Stryker J. McGuire '69, (Spanish) Editor, International Quarterly and Contributing Editor for Newsweek; former London Bureau Chief, Newsweek
Christine Laine '83
Sara Noble '76, (Asian Studies) Publishing Consultant, Noble & Associates; former Managing Editor, Inc. Magazine
Neal Pilson '60, (History) former Senior Vice President, CBS Broadcast Group; former President, CBS Sports
Barry Seaman '67, (Literature) former Special Projects Editor and former White House Correspondent, TIME Magazine
Evan Smith '87, (Public Policy) CEO, Texas Tribune
Richard W. Stanton '61, (French) Chief Operations Officer, Los Angeles Times
Deborah Forte Stone K'75, (English Literature and Sociology) President,
Scholastic Media
Steve Wulf '72
James P. Willse '67, (English Literature) Editor, Newark Star-Ledger (Star-Ledger won 2005 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting of breaking news)
*Alexander Woollcott, 1909, Drama Critic, The New York Times
Linda Woolley K'75, (Government) Executive Vice President, Direct Marketing Association
James Caraher '73, (Music) Artistic Director/Conductor, Indianapolis Opera
William S Gaden '84, (Mathematics) Senior Vice President and General Manager, Rogers and Hammerstein Organization
Bill Harley '77, (Religion) Singer/Songwriter (children's songs); 2007 Grammy for "Best Spoken Word for Children"
*Harry Kondoleon '77 (English Literature) Obie Award-Winning Playwright and Novelist
Thomas E. Meehan '51, (English Literature) Playwright, Ain't Broadway Grand, Annie, Space Balls; 2001 Tony Award, The Producers, and 2003 Tony for Hairspray
Richard J. Nelson '72, (Religion) Playwright, Some Americans Abroad
Melinda Wagner '79
Cameron "Kip" Paine '94, (History) Vocalist with Chanticleer; recipient of 2000 Best Small Ensemble Grammy for the CD titled Colors of Love
Michael Shapiro '72, (Art and History) Director, High Museum of Art
Michael G. Sundell '56, (English Literature) former President, Yaddo Artists' Community
Melinda Wagner '79, (Music) Composer; 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition
*Richard W. Couper '44, (History) former President, The New York Public Library; former President, The Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation
B.F. Skinner '26
*Laurentine Hamilton 1850, Minister and Educator; Mount Hamilton in California's Diablo Range, the tallest mountain overlooking Silicon Valley, is named for him
Sir David Hayes '81, (French) Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by decree of the President of France
