List of Grinnell College alumni

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This list of Grinnell College alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Grinnell College.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

1 Academia and research
2 Arts
3 Business and finance
4 Entertainment
5 Government, law, and public policy
6 Journalists and media personalities
7 Literature, writing, and translation
8 Social reforms
9 Sports
10 Technology
11 References

[edit] Academia and research

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Barber, Benjamin	1960	Political theorist, author of Jihad vs. McWorld	^[1]
Buckley, Oliver	1909	President and director of Bell Labs, namesake of the Buckley Prize.	^[2]
Cech, Thomas	1970	Co-winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute	^[3] ^[4]
Coleman, Mary Sue	1965	President of the University of Michigan	^[5]
Maxwell, David	1966	President of Drake University	^[6]
Myers-Scotten, Carol	1955	Linguist	^[7]
Noyes, William	1879	Chemist	^[8]
Patterson, Clair	1943	Geochemist	^[9]^[10]

[edit] Arts

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Cannon, Zander	1995	Comics writer and artist	^[11]
Hancock, Herbie	1960	Jazz musician and composer	^[12]

[edit] Business and finance

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Brue, Nordahl	1967	Founder of Bruegger's Bagels	^[13]
Little, Caroline	1981	CEO and publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive	^[14]
Rosenfield, Joseph	1925	Patriarch of Iowa Business (according to the Des Moines Register)	^[15]

[edit] Entertainment

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Atherton, Matthew	1995	Winner of the reality show Who Wants to Be a Superhero?	^[16]
Bergl, Emily	1997	Actress, best known for Men in Trees	^[17]
Cooper, Gary	1926	Actor, best known for High Noon, received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor	^[18]
Coyote, Peter	1964	Actor, author, narrated the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Oscar telecasts	^[19]
Koenig, Walter	(transferred)	Actor, best known as Chekov in Star Trek	^[20]
McCallie, Ellen	1992	Scientist on BBC's Rough Science series	^[21]
Roberts, Ian	1987	Actor, founder of Upright Citizens Brigade	^[22]

[edit] Government, law, and public policy

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Adelman, Kenneth	1967	Deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, National Editor of Washingtonian magazine	^[23]^[24]
Cole, Tom	1971	Representative from Oklahoma	^[25]
Flanagan, Hallie	1911	Director of the Federal Theater Project	^[26]
Garang, John	1969	Vice president of Sudan, leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army	^[27]
Hopkins, Harry	1912	WPA administrator and architect of the New Deal	^[28]
Kenyon, William	1890	Senator from Iowa	^[29]
Moose, George	1966	Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador to Benin and Senegal	^[30]
Railsback, Tom	1954	Representative from Illinois	^[31]
Rawson, Charles		Senator from Iowa	^[32]
Katayama, Sen	1892	Co-founder of the Japan Communist Party	^[33]^[34]
Wearin, Otha	1924	Representative from Iowa	^[35]
Welch, Joseph	1914	Head attorney for the United States Army during the Army-McCarthy Hearings	^[36]
Wheat, Alan	1972	Representative from Missouri	^[37]
Wilson, George	1904	Senator from Iowa, Governor of Iowa	^[38]
Wingate, Henry	1969	Chief Judge of Federal Circuit Courts	^[39]
Wu, K. C.	1923	Governor of Taiwan Province, Mayor of Shanghai	^[40]

[edit] Journalists and media personalities

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Giddins, Gary	1970	Jazz columnist for The Village Voice	^[41]
Hodierne, Robert	1968	Editor of the Army Times and Pulitzer Prize winner	^[42]
Jacobson, Walter	1959	Chicago news personality	^[43]
Kempenaar, Adam	1997	Host of podcast and public radio show Filmspotting	^[44]
Smith, Roberta	1969	Art critic for The New York Times	^[45]

[edit] Literature, writing, and translation

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Clampitt, Amy	1941	Poet and author	^[46]
Hall, James Norman	1910	Author, best known for Mutiny on the Bounty	^[47]
Hirsch, Edward	1972	Poet, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation	^[48]
Poe, Marshall	1984	Historian, author, founder of MemoryArchive	^[49]

[edit] Social reforms

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Bartlett, Dana	1882	Congregationalist minister, author	^[50]
Friedrich, Bruce	19	Director of Vegan Campaigns for PETA	^[51]

[edit] Sports

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Coggeshall, Harris	1929	Tennis player, runner-up in doubles in the 1930 National Clay Court Championships and the 1929 National Indoor Championship, runner-up in the 1928 Cincinnati Masters	^[52]
Moran, Hap	1926	All-Pro Football halfback for the New York Giants	^[53]
Taylor, Morgan	1926	Track and field hurdler, gold medalist for the U.S. in the 1924 Summer Olympics	^[54]

[edit] Technology

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Borenstein, Nathaniel	19	Designer of the MIME protocol for sending multimedia e-mail	^[55]
Noyce, Robert	1949	Co-founder of Intel, co-inventor of integrated circuit, recipient of National Medal of Science.	^[56]

[edit] References

^ Biography of Benjamin R. Barber, political theorist and author of Jihad vs. McWorld (English). The Democracy Collaborative. Retrieved on 24 January 2007.
^ Oliver E. Buckley, 1887 - 1959 (English). IEEE. Retrieved on 26 February 2007.
^ Chemistry 1989 (English). Nobel Foundation. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ Thomas R. Cech (English). Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved on 26 January 2007.
^ WISE Archives: Oral History Collection--Mary Sue Coleman Biography (English). Iowa State University Library. Retrieved on 26 January 2007.
^ Drake University - President - Short Bio (English). Drake University. Retrieved on 26 January 2007.
^ Carol Myers-Scotten (English). University of South Carolina. Retrieved on 26 January 2007.
^ William Albert Noyes: The Department Comes of Age (English). American Chemical Society. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Tilton, George R.. Clair Cameron Patterson (English). United States National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Danforth Lectureship (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Comic creator: Zander Cannon (English). Lambiek. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Herbie Hancock (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Nordahl L. Brue ’67 1996 (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Caroline H. Little ’81 1996 (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ Grinnell College trustee, Joseph Frankel Rosenfield, dies, 2000 (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 28 February 2007.
^ About Matthew (English). Atherton Creative. Retrieved on 20 January 2007.
^ Emily Bergl (English). TV Guide. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Famous Iowans (English). Des Moines Register. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Coyote's Biography (English). Coymoon Creations. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Walter Koenig's Biography (English). Star Traveler Publications. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Rough Science - Ellen McCallie (English). BBC. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Theatre Alumni : Where are they Now (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Kenneth L. Adelman (English). International Crisis Group. Retrieved on 20 January 2007.
^ Ex-Reagan advisor and ‘Shakespeare in Charge’ author to speak at entrepreneurial showcase (English). Chips, the student newspaper of Luther College. Retrieved on 20 January 2007.
^ Representative Tom Cole (R-OK 4th) (English). Capitol Advantage. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Finding aid for Hallie Flanagan Davis Papers at Smith College (English). Smith College. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Biography of the Late Dr. John Garang de-Mabior (English). Gurtong Peace Project. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Harry Hopkins (English). U-S-History.com. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Kenyon, William Squire (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ George E. Moose (English). Missouri State University. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Railsback, Thomas Fisher (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Rawson, Charles Augustus (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Yabuki, Sugataro (English). Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Tokyo Life, New York Dreams:Urban Japanese Visions of America, 1890-1924 (English). University of California Press. Retrieved on 04 February 2007.
^ Wearin, Otha Donner (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Joseph Nye Welch Biography (English). The Biography Channel. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Wheat, Alan Dupree (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Wilson, George Allison (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ [citation needed citation needed] (English). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Monday, Nov. 12, 1956 (English). Time Magazine. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Critic Gary Giddins Lectures in Iowa (English). JazzTimes. Retrieved on 01 March 2007.
^ The Rosenfield Program (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation vs. Walter Jacobson and CBS, Inc., Deposition of Walter Jacobson (English). Tobacco Documents Online. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ Adam Kempenaar (English). Filmspotting. Retrieved on 23 March 2007.
^ Clarice Smith Lectures (English). Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved on 27 February 2007.
^ Amy Clampitt (English). The Literary Dictionary Company. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ James Norman Hall, The Man (English). James Norman Hall Home. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ Poet's Winding Path Leads to a Job as a Foundation President (English). The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ Editorial Board (English). Data36. Retrieved on 11 March 2007.
^ The California Birthday Book (English). FullBooks.com. Retrieved on 18 March 2007.
^ Speaker Bios (English). Liberation Now!. Retrieved on 18 March 2007.
^ Coggeshall joins Sports Hall of Fame (English). Des Moines Register. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Hap Moran (English). Databasefootball.com. Retrieved on 24 February 2007.
^ Frederick Morgan Taylor (English). USA Track and Field. Retrieved on 02 February 2007.
^ Robert N. Noyce '49 Visiting Professorship (English). Grinnell College. Retrieved on 19 March 2007.
^ IEEEVM: Robert Noyce (English). IEEE. Retrieved on 26 February 2007.

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