List of Colby College people

This is a list of notable individuals affiliated with Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

*Tara Allain, Miss Maine 2007, expected graduation 2008
*Jennifer Boylan, professor of English, author of "She's Not There"
*Gerry Boyle 1978, novelist and Colby employee
*James Brooks 1831, New York Congressman (1849-53; 1863-66; 1867-73)
*Billy Bush 1994, TV personality and nephew of President George H. W. Bush
*Benjamin F. Butler 1838, Civil War general, Congressman, Governor of Massachusetts, candidate for President
*Noah Charney 2002, art historian, author of "The Art Thief"
*Stephen Coburn 1839, Maine Congressman (1860-61)
*Jack Coombs 1906, Major League Baseball Player, Manager (Philadelphia Phillies and Duke University)
*Adam Cote 1995, Attorney and Candidate for US Congress, ME-1 (2008)
*Steve Cummings 1977, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Wachovia
*Randall Cutler 1991, Entertainment Lawyer and Producer
*Mike Daisey 1996, Monologuist, solo performer and author.
*Eric Decosta 1993 Director of College Scouting, Baltimore Ravens
*Robert Diamond 1973, CEO of Barclays Capital, and Chairman of Barclays Global Investors
*Patrick Duddy 1972, US Ambassador to Venezuela (pending Senate confirmation)
*Dave Epstein 1986, Columnist, Television Meteorologist
*Robert Gelbard 1964, US Ambassador to Indonesia (1999-2001) and Bolivia (1988-1991)
*Jeff Gottesfeld 1977, novelist Anne Frank and Me and screen/TV writer The Young and the Restless
*Dan Harris 1993, ABC News Anchor & Reporter
*Doris Kearns Goodwin 1964, presidential scholar and historian, notable works include the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time (1995) and Team of Rivals (2005)
*Linda Greenlaw, 1983, author of Hungry Ocean (captain of the Hannah Boden, sister ship to the Andrea Gail which went down in "The Perfect Storm" 1991)
*Peter Hart 1964, founder of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, a political polling organization
*Gregg Jackson 1991, radio host and author of Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies
*Daniel T. Jewett Republican US Senator (Missouri) 1870-71, Missouri State Representative
*Isaac Smith Kalloch 1852, Baptist minister, founder and first president of Ottawa University, mayor of San Francisco, California
*Courtney Kennedy, 2001, Olympic Medalist, U.S. Women's Hockey Team, 2002 & 2006
*David Barr Kirtley 2000, Author
*Sarah Lee (reporter), Washington DC news reporter
*Sharon Lee, novelist, Colby staff
*Elijah P. Lovejoy 1826, abolitionist
*Mary Caffrey Low 1875, Founder, Sigma Kappa Sorority
*Sean McCormack 1986, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and U.S. State Department Spokesman
*Alan Mirken 1951, President, Aaron Publishing Group, founder of Crown Publishing Group
*Lot M. Morrill U.S. Senator (1861-69), Governor of Maine (1857-1861), Treasury Secretary (1876-77)
*Harold Calvin Marston Morse 1914, mathematician
*Robert B. Parker 1954, author of the Spenser detective novels
*Ed Phillips (b. 1944), Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1970 Boston Red Sox
*Jean Michel-Picher 1996, Political Image Consultant
*Lincoln Pierce 1985, cartoonist
*E. Annie Proulx 1957, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain
*Stuart Rothenberg 1970, editor and publisher of The Rothenberg Political Report, CNN Political Analyst, and syndicated columnist
*Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author and former professor of English at Colby. His works include Empire Falls, Nobody's Fool and Straight Man.
*Ira Sadoff, Professor of English and poet
*Tom Silverman 1975, founder of influential hip-hop record label Tommy Boy Records
*Margaret Chase Smith 1943, American politician who served as U.S. Congresswoman (1940–1949) and Senator (1949–1973) from Maine
*Marcellus L. Sterns, former Florida governor, soldier in American Civil War
*Leonard Swett c. 1840-45, close friend of President Lincoln and an organizer for the 1860 Chicago Republican National Convention
*Alan Taylor 1977, noted scholar in early Colonial America history and Pulitzer Prize winner
*Jan Volk, 1967, former General Manager of the Boston Celtics.
*Cecily von Ziegesar novelist, creator of "Gossip Girl" series.
*Frank R. Wallace (pen name for Wallace Ward) 1954, entrepreneur, publisher, writer, and developer of the Neo-Tech philosophy
*Amy Walter 1990, former House editor for the Cook Political Report, and current Editor in Chief of The Hotline