List of Ohio Wesleyan University people

This is a table of notable people affiliated with Ohio Wesleyan University, including graduates, former students, and former professors. Some noted current faculty are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

Academics

*Dennis R. Appleyard, Class of 1961; Co-author "International Economics", 4th Edition.
*Matthew W. Finkin, the author, editor, or co-editor of eight books, including the leading single volume treatise on labor law, Basic Text on Labor Law (2d ed. 2004)
*Raymond F. Hopkins, Political scientist and author of "The Global Political Economy of Food" (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979) and "Food in the Global Arena", Currently a professor at Swarthmore College
*Joseph Glatthaar, Class of 1978, notable expert in American military history in the United States and a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
*William Hsiao, Class of 1963; Professor of Economics, Harvard University School of Public Health.
*Frederick Henry Koch, Class of 1900; Considered the founder of American folk drama.
*Bob Michael, Dean of the Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.
*D. Quinn Mills, Professor at the Harvard Business School and author of "Master of Illusions: Presidential Leadership, Strategic Independence and America’s Public Culture"(2005).
*Ezra Vogel, Class of 1950; Former Professor at Harvard University. Author of "Japan's New Middle Class"(1963), "Japan as Number One"(1979), "The Four Little Dragons" (1991) and "Is Japan Still Number One?"(2000).
*James R. Walker, Class of 1974; chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
*Robert D. Wells, Director of Center for Genome Research at Texas A&M University.
*Kamal Saggi, (1990) Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Southern Methodist University
*Shriram Krishnamurthi (1993), Associate Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
*Ram Samudrala (1993), Associate Professor of Computational Biology, University of Washington

Nobel Prize winners

*Frank Sherwood Rowland, Class of 1948; (1995 Chemistry Nobel)
*Woodrow “Woody” Clark II, Class of 1967; (2007 Peace Nobel for work with the IPCC)

Rhodes Scholars

*William McCulloh, Class of 1953, Classicist. Professor Emeritus of Classics at Kenyon College

cience

*Bruce Buchanan, Class of 1961, a pioneer research on project DENDRAL, a prototype for expert systems and the first use of artificial intelligence in biomedical research, at Stanford University.Fact|date=June 2007
*James F. Huhn, Class of 1937; pioneer in the research of synthetic fibers and plastics.Fact|date=June 2007
*John C. Morris, Class of 1968; Pioneering research in the Alzheimer Disease; Director of the National Alzheimer's Association.Fact|date=June 2007

Education

*Guy Potter Benton, president Miami University, University of Vermont and University of the Philippines
*Ernst Benjamin, general secretary American Association of University Professors
*Laird Cermak, Class of 1964, Author of "Improving Your Memory" and "Psychology of Learning: Research and Theory".
*Thomas R. Tritton, Class of 1969; President of Haverford College, PA, 1997-present.
*Karl Tinsley Waugh, Class of 1900; President of Dickinson College, PA, 1931-1933.
*Edwin Holt Hughes, President of Depauw University, IN, 1903-1909.
*Barbara MacPhee, President of New Orleans Center for Science/Math.
*Ernest McCormick, A founder of the field of Human Factors Engineering. Author of "Industrial and Organizational Psychology".
*Francis John McConnell, President of Depauw University, IN, 1909-1912.
*George Richmond Grose, President of Depauw University, IN, 1912-1924.
*Richard Franklin Rosser, Class of 1951; President of Depauw University, IN, 1977-1986.
*Isaac Crook, Class of 1856; President of Ohio University, OH, 1896-1898.
*Robert V Kail, Class of 1971, Editor, "Psychological Science", Author of "Children and Their Development" (4th ed) and "Human Development: Life-Span Development".
*Edward D. Miller, MD, Class of 1964; 13th Dean of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
*Charles M. Austing, Class of 1903; first President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
*Alan S. Wilson, president, Hillyer College (now part of the University of Hartford)

ports

*Phil "Lefty" Saylor, Class of 1890; dominating pitcher and the first quarterback in OWU football history.
*Branch Rickey, Class of 1904; general manager of the Saint Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates who pioneered the farm system and racially integrated Major League Baseball by signing Jackie Robinson for the Dodgers.
*Keith Rucker, Class of 1993; Nose guard Keith Rucker '93, who spearheaded the football team's defense, becomes the first NCAA Division III player invited to compete in the Hula Bowl all-star game and goes on to win a starting berth with the NFL's Phoenix Cardinals. Rucker would play five-plus seasons in the NFL, also suiting up for the Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs.
*George Little Class of 1912; American football coach for University of Cincinnati, Miami University, University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

Politics

*Horace Newton Allen, Class of 1878; diplomat.
*Steven Cooper, Department of Homeland Security First CIO officer.
*Robert F. Coverdale, Class of 1952, Department of Defense.
*Charles Vernon Culver, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
*Samuel Hitt Elbert, Class of 1854; Sixth governor of the Territory of Colorado between 1873-1874.
*Jo Ann Emerson, US Representative, Missouri, 8th District.
*Charles Fairbanks, Class of 1872; Vice President of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt.
*Arthur Flemming, Class of 1927 former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Served under presidents Franklin Roosevelt through Ronald Reagan.
*Joseph B. Foraker, 37th Governor of Ohio and U.S. Senator.
*Nehemiah Green, 4th Governor of Kansas.
* Lucy Webb Hayes, Class of 1850; wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, who served as U.S. President from 1877 to 1881.
*Myron T. Herrick, 42nd governor of Ohio.
*John W. Hoyt, 3rd Governor of Wyoming
*Shirin Tahir-Kheli|, Class of 1961; Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council.
*William Stanley, Fifteenth Governor of Kansas.
*G.W. Steele, First Governor of Oklahoma.

ocial activists

*Mabel Cratty, Class of 1890, Leader of Young Women's Christian Association in its early days.Fact|date=June 2007
*Mary King, Class of 1962; civil rights activist.
*William M. Brooks, Class of 1976; Director of the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic.Fact|date=June 2007
*Winston Franklin, led efforts to promote interracial understanding with Charles F. Kettering Foundation.Fact|date=June 2007
*Arthur H. Sapp, Rotary International's 17th President.Fact|date=June 2007
*Samuel David Salk, "The Great White Hope" Known for his kindred spirit, dedication to philanthropy, and giving back to the community.

Literature

*Phyllis Battelle, National columnist; Author of a book on Karen Ann Quinlan
*Richard North Patterson, Class of 1968; contemporary author.
*Robert Edwin Lee, Class of 1939; playwright and lyricist.
*James Oberg, class of 1966, noted expert on space, author and TV personality.
*Imad Rahman, Pakistani-American fiction writer, author of "I Dream of Microwaves"

Law

*Judge Richard Hodge, Class of 1960; Judge at California Superior Court.
*Susan H. Nycum, Chairman of American Bar Association for Science and Technology.
*Judge Charles Richey, Class of 1945; late Federal US District Judge, appointed by Richard Nixon and involved in Watergate trial.

Entertainment

*Fred Baron, Class of 1976; producer of "Moulin Rouge"; current executive producer for the BBS "According to Bex".
*Jim Berry, Class of 1955; National Newspaper Cartoonist.
*Amelia Bigham, Class of 1890; Broadway actress in "The Power of Gold", "The Shaughraun", "The Colleen Bawn", "The Village Postmaster", "Captain Impudence"; inducted into the Ohio Hall of Fame.
*Emerson Burkhart, Class of 1927; National Painter.
*John Callaway, Class of 1958, Emmy award winning broadcast and print journalist.
*Frank Corrado, Class of 1968; actor (American Conservatory Theatre, Denver Center, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Long Wharf).
*Trish Van Devere, actress, "Curacao", "Messenger of Death", "Hollywood Vice Squad", "Haunted", etc.
*Anne Flanagan, Class of 1987; film, TV actor/writer ("The Comedy Store", "Disclosure", "Tracey Ullman Show", "7th Heaven").
*Clark Gregg, Class of 1984; actor, director, screenwriter ("Spanish Prisoner", "What Lies Beneath", "West Wing").
*Perry Joslin, Class of 1983, Jazz Pianist, Musician.
*Gerald Kline, Class of 1966; TV, film, stage actor ("Law and Order", "All My Children",) Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) Board member.
*Ron Leibman, Class of 1958; Emmy, Tony-winning actor (Angels in America, "Norma Rae", "Slaughterhouse Five", "Friends").
*Wendie Malick, Class of 1972; film, TV actor ("Just Shoot Me" (NBC), "Dream On" (HBO), "The American President").
*Melvin Van Peebles, Class of 1953; actor and director,"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971)
*Robert Pine, Class of 1963; TV, film actor ("CHiPs", "Murder, She Wrote", "Hoover vs. the Kennedys", "Six Feet Under").
*Art Sansom, Class of 1965; Creator of the daily comic strip "The Born Loser".
*Wayne Turney, Class of 1968; Emmy-winning Actor ("Hickory Hideout", "Cleveland Play House", Actors' Theatre Louisville).
*Patricia Wettig, Class of 1974; Emmy-winning actor ("thirty something", "The Langoliers", "City Slickers", "Boomtown", "Brothers & Sisters").
*Eric Winzenried, Class of 1988; film, TV actor ("ER", "The Untouchables", "Zoolander", "Austin Powers").

News

*Bruce Burkhardt, national anchor for CNN.
*John Callaway, Talk Show Host of "Chicago Tonight", WTTW-TV.
*Cynthia Davidson, Class of 1974; editor of architecture magazine "ANY".
*Mildred Gillars, Class of 1922, Radio Berlin announcer and actress during World War II.
*Betty Anne Bowser, Class of 1966, Public Broadcasting Service, the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, correspondent.
*Susan Headden, Class of 1977; Pulitzer Prize reporter.
*Colin McMahon, Class of 1985; Foreign Editor, Chicago Tribune.
*Gregory L. Moore, Class of 1976; managing editor of "The Boston Globe".
*Byron Pitts, Class of 1982; CBS News correspondent.
*Gordon Witkin, Sr., editor, U.S. News and World Report.
*Mark A. Phillips, Class of 1995; former editor-in-chief of Boston Metro newspaper; contributor to the Daily Mirror newspaper, London

Religion/Ministry

*Charles Wesley Brashares (1914), a Bishop of The Methodist Church
*Norman Vincent Peale, class of 1920, author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" (which sold over 20 million copies in 41 languages), founder of "Guideposts" magazine, and host of the weekly NBC radio program "The Art of Living" for 54 years. He wrote many other books including "The Art of Living" (1937), "Confident Living" (1948), and "This Incredible Century" (1991).

Corporate leaders

*Bob Bauman, chairman and CEO, Beecham Group.
*Robert M. Best, Class of 1944; chairman and CEO, Security Mutual Life.
*Brian Byrnes, Director of San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
*Nicholas E. Calio, Class of 1975; Citigroup's Senior Vice President for Global Government Affairs.
*George Conrades, Class of 1961; Chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies.
*Robert Dellinger, Class of 1982; CFO of Sprint Corporation, a global communications company and currently a CFO of Delphi Corp.
*Julie S. Henahan, a CEO of the Ohio Arts Council.
*Orra E. Monnette, Class of 1897; author and banker, co-founder and co-chairman, Bank of America, Los Angeles.
*James J. Nance, Class of 1923; Industrialist, CEO of Hotpoint, Zenith and Packard Motors, Vice President, Ford Motor CompanyMercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division, Chairman of Central National Bank of Cleveland, First Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cleveland State University. Also a member of Board of Trustees, Ohio Wesleyan University.
*Louis A. Simpson, Class of 1958; President and CEO of GEICO Corporation.
*Clay G. Small, Class of 1972; CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group.
*Martha Rooney Webb, Class of 1991; director at the Seed Foundation, a foundation designed to benefit urban children.
*Frank Stanton, Class of 1930; former CBS CEO between 1945-1973.
*Gregory Wilson, Class of 1974; principal at McKinsey & Company in Washington, DC.