List of Macalester College people
This is a list of people associated with Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including notable alumni and faculty.
Notable alumni
[edit]Academia
[edit]- Laurence BonJour – philosopher at the University of Washington
- Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (1958) – rhetorician, activist
- William P. Gerberding (1951) – President Emeritus, University of Washington
- David C. Hodge (1970) – President, Miami University
- Patricia Ingraham – Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University
- Michael Jensen – Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
- Jane Larson (1980) – Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School
- Edward Everett Nourse – Congregational theologian
- Alexander Wendt – social constructivist scholar of international relations
Art and architecture
[edit]- Siah Armajani – Iranian-born American sculptor
- Heba Amin – visual artist
- Chank Diesel – typographer and artist
- Cass Gilbert – architect, known for United States Supreme Court building, Woolworth Building, and Minnesota State Capitol
- Duane Hanson (1946) – sculptor, known for his photorealistic human figures
- Judith Lodge (born 1941) – painter, photographer
- Anna Min – photographer
- Yuko Nii (1965) – artist
- Colleen Randall (born 1952) – abstract painter
- Monica Rudquist – artist
- Flip Schulke — photographer of Muhammad Ali, Jacques Cousteau, Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Business
[edit]- Mehmet Abbasoğlu – CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Grubu
- Jeremy Allaire – Internet entrepreneur
- Joseph J. Allaire – software engineer and internet entrepreneur
- Steve Arnold – co-founder and Partner Emeritus of Polaris Partners, a venture capital firm
- Ari Emanuel – talent agent, basis for the character Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage
- Omar Al Futtaim – Emirati businessman
- Lois Quam – executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care
- Fred Swaniker – African entrepreneur and educator, co-founder of African Leadership Academy, named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2019[1]
- DeWitt Wallace (non-degreed) – founder, Reader's Digest magazine
Arts & Entertainment
[edit]- Roger Awsumb – television show host and radio broadcaster
- Bad Bad Hats – indie rock band with alumni Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge
- Lilly Contino - TikToker and video game culture writer
- Barbara R. Davis - author, flamenco guitarist
- Peggy H. Davis - Judaica calligrapher and artist
- Saul Davis Zlatkovski - concert harpist and composer
- Leo J. Enright – Irish radio broadcaster
- Danai Gurira – actress (The Walking Dead, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame), playwright (Eclipsed)
- Gary Hines – director of Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness
- Chris Kobin – producer (Hollywood Don't Surf!, Slasher: an IFC Original), writer (2001 Maniacs)
- John Koenig (2006) – creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
- Gaelynn Lea – winner of NPR's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest
- Carl Lumbly – actor, Men of Honor, Alias
- M.anifest – Ghanaian rapper, singer, songwriter; winner of Best Rapper and Hip Hop Song of the Year at 2017 Ghana Music Awards
- MNDR (real name Amanda Warner) – singer/songwriter
- Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü
- Will Sheff – singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River
- Steve Tibbetts – guitarist and composer
- Joey Waronker (1993) – drummer, known for his work with Beck, R.E.M. and Walt Mink
- Walt Mink – indie rock band named after Macalester professor
- Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning J.P. Patches Show
Law
[edit]- Paul H. Anderson (1965) – Minnesota Supreme Court justice
- Leland Bush – Judge of the District Court of Minnesota; attorney
- Michael J. Davis (1969) – U.S. District Court judge
- Gordon Gallagher – U.S. District Court Judge
- B. Todd Jones (1979) – Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
- Leslie Stein – Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals
- Robert W. Warren (1950) – U.S. District Court judge
Literature and journalism
[edit]- Gary Arndt (1991) – blogger and travel photographer
- Charles Baxter (1969) – author and National Book Award winner for The Feast of Love
- Jessica Blank – playwright, The Exonerated
- Eric Dregni – author of travel memoirs and books about Minnesota, Norway, Italy, food and popular culture
- Mary Karr – bestselling author, The Liars' Club (attended for one year)
- Jonathan Kauffman – food writer and James Beard Foundation Award winner and nominee
- Wade Keller – Pro Wrestling Torch editor
- Ismail Khalidi – playwright
- Walter Kirn – author of Up in the Air (attended for his freshman year)
- Corina Knoll – sports writer
- Alex Lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor at Texas Christian University
- Tim O'Brien (1968) – bestselling author, The Things They Carried[2] and Going After Cacciato
- Paul Raushenbush – Religious Editor for The Huffington Post
- Mark Strauss – Editor of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Ursula Vernon – Hugo Award-winning author of Digger
- Dave Zirin – Sports Editor for The Nation magazine
Politics
[edit]- Kristen J. Amundson – member of the Virginia General Assembly
- Kobina Annan – Ghana's Ambassador to Morocco
- Kofi Annan (1961) – Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Sharon Sayles Belton (1973) – former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1994–2001); attorney
- Bobby Joe Champion – Minnesota House member since 2009
- Teresa Daly – Minnesota state politician
- Matt Entenza – former Minnesota House Minority Leader
- Juan Figueroa – foundation president and 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial candidate
- Frank Hornstein (1981) – Minnesota House member since 2003
- Carlos Mariani – Minnesota House member since 1991
- Scott McCallum – former Governor of Wisconsin (2001–2003)
- Doug McFarland – law professor, Hamline University; Minnesota state politician
- Joan Mondale (1952) – former Second Lady of the United States
- Walter Mondale (1951) – U.S. Senator (1964–1976); Vice President of the U.S. (1977–1981); 1984 U.S. presidential candidate
- James C. O'Brien (1982) – diplomat and attorney
- Julianne Ortman (1986) – Minnesota Senate member since 2003
- Rebecca Otto (1985) – Minnesota State Auditor; former Minnesota House member (2003–2004)
- Olli Rehn – European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society (2004), Enlargement (2004–2010), and Economic and Financial Affairs (2010–present)
- Christopher O. Ward (1976) – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Don I. Wortman (1951) – Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1977–1978); federal government executive
Religion
[edit]- Donald M. Hultstrand – Bishop of Springfield
Sports
[edit]- Liam Bowen – college baseball coach
- Conrad L. Eklund – college football coach
- Ron Groce – professional football player
- Marvin C. Helling – college football coach
- Ralph Micheli – college football coach
Notable faculty
[edit]- Yahya Armajani
- David Bressoud – former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics
- Diane Glancy
- Duchess Harris
- Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate
- Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
- Hildegard Binder Johnson – geographer
- Alvin King – composer, professor of music
- Kiarina Kordela
- George Latimer – former mayor of St. Paul, 1976–1990
- Harold LeVander – former Minnesota governor
- William G. Moseley – geographer
- Edward Duffield Neill
- Peter Rachleff
- Kristina Curry Rogers
- Raymond R. Rogers
- Brian C. Rosenberg
- Tracy Silverman – electric violin player
- James Spradley
- Karen J. Warren
- Harry Waters Jr. – actor, known for Back to the Future and Angels in America
- Jack Weatherford
- James Wright
Presidents of Macalester College
[edit]- Edward Duffield Neill, 1874–1884
- Thomas A. McCurdy, 1884–1890
- David James Burrell, 1890–1891
- Adam Weir Ringland, 1892–1894
- James Wallace, 1894–1906
- Thomas Morey Hodgman, 1907–1917
- Elmer Allen Bess, 1918–1923
- John Carey Acheson, 1924–1937
- Charles Joseph Turck, 1939–1958
- Harvey Mitchell Rice, 1958–1968
- Arthur S. Flemming, 1968–1971
- James A. Robinson, 1971–1975
- John B. Davis, Jr., 1975–1984
- Robert M. Gavin, Jr., 1984–1996
- Michael S. McPherson, 1996–2003
- Brian C. Rosenberg, 2003–2019
- Suzanne Rivera, 2020–present
References
[edit]- ^ "Fred Swaniker: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019". TIME. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ Macalester College – Alumni Relations – Alumni Awards – 2007 Recipients Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine