List of Lafayette College people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with Lafayette College.

Notable alumni and trustees

Academics and education

*Richard Alkire, class of 1963, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Darlyne Bailey, class of 1974, first African American dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.
*James McKeen Cattell, class of 1880, the first professor of psychology in the United States.
*John Anderson Fry, class of 1982, president of Franklin & Marshall College.
*Gerald Gill, class of 1970, associate professor of history at Tufts University.
*Frank Reed Horton, founder of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.
* Ralph Cooper Hutchison, class of 1918, President of Lafayette College 1945-1958.
*Leonard Jeffries, Professor of Black Studies at the City College in Harlem.
*Martin Jezer, class of 1961, progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement.
*James Cameron Mackenzie, class of 1878, educator.
* Arthur J. Rothkopf, class of 1955, President of Lafayette College 1993-2006.
*John J. Marchalonis, class of 1962, immunologist discoverer of T-cell receptors.
*Earl Gregg Swem, class of 1893, historian, bibliographer and librarian.
*Barry Wellman, class of 1963, captain undefeated College Bowl team, sociologist, founder of International Network for Social Network Analysis

Business

* Carl G. Anderson Jr., class of 1967, CEO of Arrow International.
*Charles Bergstresser, one of the three founders of Dow Jones & Company.
*Harrison Woodhull Crosby, commercialized the canned tomato.
* John Donleavy, class of 1978, CEO of Vermont Electric Power Company Inc. (VELCO).
* Charles Golden, CFO of Eli Lilly and Company 1996-2006.
* Jonathan D. Green, class of 1968, CEO of Rockefeller Group.
* Edward Jesser, class of 1939, former chairman and CEO of Summit Bancorp.
* Fred Morgan Kirby, trustee from 1916-1940, helped found the Woolworth's five and dime store chain.
* Neil Levin, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, vice president of Goldman Sachs.
* Angel L. Mendez, class of 1982, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Manufacturing at Cisco Systems.
* Ian Murray, class of 1997, co-founder of the Vineyard Vines clothing company.
* Michael H. Moskow, class of 1959, CEO and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
* Roger Newton, class of 1972, Senior Vice President & Director, Esperion Therapeutics, Pfizer Global Research and Development; co-discovered of Lipitor.
*Michael F. Weinstein, CEO of Snapple 1997-2000.

Engineering

*William F. Durand, mechanical engineer and first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
*Edgar Jadwin, class of 1888, General, Chief of Engineers.
*Don Lancaster, class of 1961, author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer.

Entertainment

* Glenn Orsher, class of 1973, general manager/vice president of Rogar Studios, and producer of Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works.
*Joel Silver, head of Hollywood's Silver Pictures and producer of films including the "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon", and "The Matrix" series.

Government

*Laird Howard Barber, class of 1871, US Representative from Pennsylvania 1899-1901, lawyer.
*Garrett E. Brown, Jr., class of 1965, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
*Marcia Bernicat, class of 1975, US Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
*William Bull, class of 1985, Peace Corps Director, Madagascar
*Bruce L. Castor, Jr., class of 1983, district attorney in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; lawyer.
*John D. Clarke, class of 1898, US Congressperson from New York.
*Isaiah D. Clawson (1820-1879), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000477 Isaiah Dunn Clawson] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 25, 2007.]
*Col. Howie Cohen, class of 1979, Commander of the White House Communications Agency until 2006.
*Joseph F. Crater, class of 1910, Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
*Arthur Granville Dewalt, class of 1874, US Representative from Pennsylvania 1915-1921.
*Wayne Dumont, former Acting Governor of New Jersey.
*John R. Farr, US Representative from Pennsylvania from 1911-1919, 1921.
*Horatio Gates Fisher, class of 1855, US Representative from Pennsylvania 1879-1883.
*Frank Gaziano, class of 1986, Associate Justice of Massachusetts Superior Court.
*Brent Glass, class of 1969, director of Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
*John W. Griggs, class of 1868, Governor of New Jersey 1896-1898, US Attorney General 1898-1901.
*James Morrison Harris, class of 1833, US Representative from Maryland 1855-1861, Lafayette College trustee 1865-1872.
*George Howell, US Representative from Pennsylvania 1903-1904.
*Philip Johnson (congressman), class of 1844, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1861-1863, 1863-1867.
*Benjamin Franklin Junkin, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859-1861.
*William Sebring Kirkpatrick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
*Isaac Clinton Kline, class of 1893, US Representative from Pennsylvania from 1921-1923, lawyer.
*Dennis Kux, US Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, 1986-1989.
*Thomas LaConte, class of 1970, superior court judge to the New Jersey Civil Court.
*Wesley Lance (c. 1909-2007), member of both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate, who was one of the drafters of the current, 1947 New Jersey State Constitution. [Hester Jr., Tom. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMiZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzE4NzI4Ng= "Wesley Lance, 98; in '47 helped craft N.J. Constitution"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", August 28, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2007.]
*Samuel McLean (congressman), former U.S, Representative from Montana.
*Robert B. Meyner, New Jersey Governor from 1954-1962. Ran in 1960 Democratic Party Primary against John F. Kennedy.
*Arch A. Moore, Jr., twice Governor of West Virginia.
*John T. Morrison, class of 1880, Governor of Idaho from 1903-1905.
*Robert Pastor, diplomat.
*Joel A. Pisano, class of 1971, Federal Judge for District Court of New Jersey.
*Winston L. Prouty, class of 1930, United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.
*Alexander Ramsey, class of 1836 (Honorary), Governor of Minnesota, US Senator, Congressman, Secretary of War.
*William E. Simon, class of 1952, 63rd Secretary of the Treasury, President of the United States Olympic Committee.
*Robert C. Smith, class of 1952, former Senator of New Hampshire.
*Nathaniel B. Smithers, class of 1836, US Representative from Delaware 1863-1865.
*Robert Spagnoletti, class of 1984, former Attorney General of the District of Columbia.
*Robin L. Wiessmann, class of 1975, current Pennsylvania State Treasurer.

Literature and poetry

*M. K. Asante, Jr., professor, author, and filmmaker.
*Stephen Crane, author of "The Red Badge of Courage", attended for one semester before leaving to focus exclusively on his writing.
*Ross Gay, class of 1996, poet.
*Martin Jezer, class of 1961, activist and author.
*Dominique Lapierre, class of 1952, author.
*Jay Parini, poet and Middlebury College professor.

Medicine

*Haldan K. Hartline, class of 1923, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967.
*Philip S. Hench, class of 1916, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950.
*Orvan Hess, physician noted for his early use of penicillin and development of the fetal heart monitor.

Military

*George H. Decker, class of 1924, Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1960 to 1962.
*Peyton C. March, Army Chief of Staff during World War I.
* Richard Roberts, class of 1875, personal assistant to General George Armstrong Custer
*Charles A. Wikoff, class of 1855, most senior ranking United States Army officer killed in the Spanish-American War.

Religion and theology

*James Isaac Good, class of 1872, clergyman.
*William Henry Green, class of 1840, President of The College of New Jersey, professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature in Princeton Theological Seminary.
*W.A.P. Martin, class of 1860, Presbyterian missionary and translator.

ciences

*William Harkness, astronomer.

ports

*George "Rose" Barclay, class of 1898, inventor of the football helmet
*George Barclay (baseball), Major League baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Beaneaters.
*Charlie Berry (second baseman), former Major League Baseball player
*Charlie Berry, class of 1925, College Football Hall of Fame, only man to officiate World Series, NFL Championship, and College All-Star game in same year [ [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=20018 College Football Hall of Fame ] ]
*Pete Carril, class of 1951, former Princeton University head-coach and assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings
*Ty Helfrich, second baseman for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.
*Joe Maddon, class of 1976, current (2005-2008-) manager of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays.
*Beth Mowins, class of 1989, ESPN announcer.
*Jeff Mutis, Major League baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and the Florida Marlins.
*Fritz Scheeren, Major League baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
*Charles Rinehart, class of 1898, College Football Hall of Fame member
*Frank Schwab, class of 1923, College Football Hall of Fame member
*George Wilson, class of 1929, College Football Hall of Fame member
*Dick Wright, Major League baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops
* Joe Fadule, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Notable faculty

*Guy Consolmagno, assistant professor, physics and astronomy.
*Tom Davis (basketball), college men's basketball coach 1971-1977.
*Clement Eaton, Chair of History Department from 1931-1942.
*Terry Jonathan Hart, visiting lecturer of engineering.
*George Junkin, first president of Lafayette College.
*Butch van Breda Kolff, college men's basketball coach 1952-1956.
*Francis March, first professor of English Literature at any American college or university.
*Herb McCracken, head football coach.
*Edward Mylin, head football coach.
*Theodore Roethke, poet, served on faculty prior to his publication and fame.
*Jock Sutherland, head football coach 1919-1923
*Lee Upton, poet, writer in residence, professor of English.
*Hal Wissel, college men's basketball coach 1967-1971.
*Joe Maddon, Manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, 2006-present.

Presidents of Lafayette College

*George Junkin, 1832-1840, 1848-1849.
* John William Yeomans, 1840-1848.
* Charles William Nassau, 1849-1850.
* Daniel V. McLean, 1850-1854.
* George Wilson McPhail, 1854-1861.
* William Cassady Cattell.
* James Hall Mason Knox.
* Ethelbert Dudley Warfield.
* John Henry MacCracken, son of Henry Mitchell MacCracken, 1915-1926.
* William Mather Lewis, 1926-1945.
* Ralph Cooper Hutchison, 1945-1958, class of 1918.
* K. Roald Bergethon, 1958-1978.
* David Ellis, 1978-1990.
*Robert I. Rotberg, 1990-1993.
* Arthur J. Rothkopf, 1993-2006, class of 1955.
*Daniel Weiss, 2006-present.

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