List of Dickinson College alumni

This is a list of Dickinson College alumni. This list covers alumni from the first graduating class in July of 1787 [cite news|date=October 15, 1933 |title=Dickinson Has Many Ties With the Early History Of the Country |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60916FF395B137A93C7A8178BD95F478385F9 |first=Gilbert |last=Malcolm |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-12] to the present.

Business

Alum
name=John Curley
year=1960
nota=Former CEO of Gannett News Corporation
ref= [cite web|date=May 2, 2000 |title=John Curley Announces Retirement |url=http://www.gannett.com/news/pressrelease/2000/pr050200c.htm |publisher=Gannett |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Alfred V. du Pont
year=1818
nota=Head of the du Pont Company
ref= [cite web|title=Alfred V. du Pont |url=http://heritage.dupont.com/floater/fl_alfredvdupont/floater.shtml |publisher=DuPont |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=David Hirshey
year=1971
nota=Vice President and Executive Editor at "HarperCollins" publishers
ref= [cite news|title=A Passion for Publishing |newspaper=Dickinson Magazine |volume=81 |issue=1 |date=Summer 2003 |url=http://www.dickinson.edu/magazine/fall03/feature1h.html |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Stephen Giannetti
year=1973
nota=Vice President and Publisher, "National Geographic" magazine
ref= [cite news|date=February 11, 2005 |title=Alumnus Profile: Stephen Giannetti '73 |url=http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?842 |first=Ellen |last=Ramsden |publisher=The Dickinsonian |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Andy MacPhail
year=1976
nota=Major League Baseball Executive
ref= [cite news|date=July 7, 1987 |title=Sports of the Times; The Latest MacPhail |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D71038F934A35754C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |first=Dave |last=Anderson |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-09]

Humanities

Arts and entertainment

Alum
name=Jennifer Haigh
year=1990
nota="New York Times" best-selling author, winner of PEN/Hemingway Award
ref= [cite web|title=Jennifer Haigh |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/24800/Jennifer_Haigh/index.aspx |publisher=HarperCollins |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Jennifer L. Holm
year=1990
nota=Historical author, wrote Newbery Honor Book
ref= [cite web|date=June 28, 1999 |title=Flying Starts |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA167014.html |publisher=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=Stuart Pankin
year=1968
nota=Television actor
ref= [cite web|title=Stuart Pankin |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/54907/Stuart-Pankin/biography |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=Jennifer Ringley
year=1997
nota=Creator of JenniCam.org
ref= [cite web|date=December 10, 2003 |title=Voyeur Web site JenniCam to go dark |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/12/10/jenni.cam.reut/ |publisher=CNN |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=Rick Smolan
year=1972
nota=Former "Time", "Life" and "National Geographic" photographer
ref= [cite news|title=America, Moment by Moment |newspaper=Dickinson Magazine |volume=81 |issue=3 |date=Winter 2004 |url=http://www.dickinson.edu/magazine/winter04/feature4.html |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=Susan Stewart
year=1973
nota=American Poet and literary critic
ref= [cite web|title=Pew Fellows - Susan Stewart |url=http://www.pewarts.org/95/Stewart/ |publisher=Pew Fellowship |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=Charles Strum
year=1970
nota=Associate Managing Editor at the "New York Times"
ref= [cite web|date=January 6, 2006 |title=The New York Times Names Charles Strum Associate Managing Editor and Paul Winfield News Editor |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Jan_6/ai_n15987783 |publisher=BusinessWire |accessdate=2008-03-09]

Education

Alum
name=Fred Pierce Corson
year=1917
nota=Bishop of The Methodist Church and the twentieth president of Dickinson College
ref=cite web|date=February 18, 1985 |title=Fred Corson, Retired Bishop |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A16F83E5D0C7B8DDDAB0894DD484D81 |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-12] Alum
name=William Durden
year=1971
nota=President of Dickinson College
ref= [cite news|date=March 7, 2008 |title=Sentinel Focus On: William Durden goes green with a bow tie |url=http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/03/07/news/news666.txt |first=Alex |last=Roarty |publisher=The Sentinel |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Elijah Barrett Prettyman
year=1848
nota=Second principal of Maryland State Normal School (Towson University)
ref= [cite web|date=March 14, 2007 |title=Principals and Presidents of Towson University |url=http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/archives/presidentsBios.cfm |publisher=Towson University |accessdate=2008-03-10] [cite book|title =Addresses Proceedings - National Education Association United States | publisher = University of Chicago Press |date=1901 |pages = pp. 962 ]

Politics and public service

Alum
name=Spencer Fullerton Baird
year=1840
nota=U.S. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
ref= [cite web|date=August 20, 1887 |title=Spencer F. Baird Dead; His Life Work Brought To a Close At Wood's Holl. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9805EED61430E633A25753C2A96E9C94669FD7CF |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Richard L. T. Beale
year=
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=Richard Lee Turberville Beale |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000268 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-12] Alum
name=Joseph M. Belford
year=1871
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=Joseph McCrum Belford |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000327 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-12] Alum
name=John O. Bennett
year=
nota=Former State Senator of New Jersey
ref=Alum
name=James Buchanan
year=1809
nota=U.S. President
ref= [cite web|title=James Buchanan |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jb15.html |publisher=The White House |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=John Creswell
year=1848
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=John Angel James Creswell |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000904 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-12] Alum
name=Harmar Denny
year=1813
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=Harmar Denny |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000248 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Richard H. Ellis
year=1941
nota=Former commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command
ref=Alum
name=George Gekas
year=1952
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|date=November 4, 1996|title=Pennsylvania |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985482-13,00.html |publisher=Time |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Jim Gerlach
year=1977
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|date=2004 |title=Jim Gerlach |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22263/ |publisher=The Washington Post |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=James C. Greenwood
year=1973
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=James C. Greenwood Biography |url=http://www.bio.org/aboutbio/biography.asp?sp=00078503 |publisher=Biotechnology Industry Organization |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Robert Grier
year=1812
nota=Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ref= [cite web|title=Robert C. Grier |url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/robert_c_grier/ |publisher=U.S. Supreme Court Media |accessdate=2008-03-10] Alum
name=Peter Ihrie, Jr.
year=1815
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=Peter Ihrie, Jr. |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000006 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=John E. Jones III
year=1977
nota=U.S. District Judge who presided over the Dover Intelligent Design Case
ref= [cite web|title=Biography of Judge John E. Jones III |url=http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/jonesbio.htm |publisher=U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |accessdate=2008-03-10] Alum
name=James A. Kenney, III
year=1959
nota=Former Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals
ref= [cite web|date=March 26, 2007 |title=Court of Special Appeals: Former Judges: James A. Kenney |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/former/html/msa02636.html |publisher=Maryland Special Appeals Court |accessdate=2008-03-12] Alum
name=Horatio Collins King
year=1858
nota=Judge advocate general for the New York National Guard, lawyer, and Civil War soldier
ref=Alum
name=Edward Lucas
year=1809
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=Edward Lucas |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=L000490 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-25] Alum
name=Robert McClelland
year=1829
nota=U.S. Representative, Governor of Michigan, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
ref= [cite web|title=Robert McClelland |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=M000334 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-10] Alum
name=Lewis Linn McArthur
year=Did Not Graduate
nota=
ref=Alum
name=Charles O'Neill
year=1840
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|title=Charles O'Neill |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=O000093 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-25] Alum
name=Bill Shuster
year=1983
nota=U.S. Representative
ref= [cite web|date=2007 |title=About Bill |url=http://www.house.gov/shuster/content/about_bill/bio.htm |publisher=House or Representatives |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Roger Brooke Taney
year=1795
nota=Chief Justice of the United States
ref= [cite web|title=The Taney Court |url=http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c05.html |publisher=The Supreme Court Historical Society |accessdate=2008-03-10] Alum
name=Philip Francis Thomas
year=1830
nota=Governor of Maryland, Secretary of Treasury
ref= [cite web|date=October 3, 1890 |title=Philip Francis Thomas Obituary |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9902E5D6103BE533A25750C0A9669D94619ED7CF&scp=1&sq=october+3%2C+1890+obituary&st=p |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-11] Alum
name=Ross Wilkins
year=1816
nota=Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan, U.S. District Judge for the District of Michigan
ref= [cite web|title=Ross Wilkins |url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2584 |publisher=Federal Judicial Center |accessdate=2008-03-10] Alum
name=William Wilkins
year=1892
nota=U.S. Representative, Senator, and Secretary of War
ref= [cite web|title=William Wilkins |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000475 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate=2008-03-11]

Religion

Alum
name=Joseph Clemens
year=1894
nota=U.S. Army chaplain, missionary and plant collector
ref= [cite web|title=Archives and Special Collections: Personal Papers |url=http://lis.dickinson.edu/library/Archives%20and%20Special%20Collections/Papers/papers_C.htm |publisher=Dickinson College Library |accessdate=2008-03-09] Alum
name=Fred Pierce Corson
year=1917
nota=Bishop of The Methodist Church and the twentieth president of Dickinson College
ref=Alum
name=William Perry Eveland
year=1892
nota=Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
ref= [cite web|date=July 26, 1916 |title=Bishop Eveland Killed |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9504E3D8173BE633A25755C2A9619C946796D6CF |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-10] Alum
name=John Wesley Lord
year=1927
nota=Bishop of The Methodist Church, Vice president of the National Council of Churches
ref=Alum
name=Barry W. Lynn
year=1970
nota=Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State
ref=

References

External links

* [http://www.dickinson.edu/alumni Dickinson College Alumni]