Notable Kenyon Alumni
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This is a list of some of Kenyon College's notable alumni.
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[edit] Politics
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Rutherford B. Hayes | President of the United States | |
| Olof Palme | Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| William Rehnquist | Chief justice of the Supreme Court | Attended for 1 year |
| Edwin Stanton | Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration | |
| John Snow | Secretary of the Treasury | Attended for 1 year |
| Bill Harsha | US Representative for Ohio | |
| Christian Brose | Speechwriter for Condoleezza Rice | |
| David Davis | Senator, Supreme Court justice | |
| Thomas Stanley Matthews | Senator, Supreme Court justice | |
| Henry Winter Davis | US Congressman for Maryland's 3rd and 4th district | |
| Joe Hagin | Deputy White House Chief of Staff | |
| Zack Space | Congressman, Ohio Congressional District 18 |
[edit] Literature
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Bellows | Journalist and newspaper editor | |
| Caleb Carr | Novelist and military historian | |
| Jay Cocks | Film critic and screenwriter | |
| E. L. Doctorow | Novelist and cultural critic | |
| William Gass | Writer, winner of the National Book Award | |
| John Hattendorf | Maritime historian | |
| Anthony Hecht | Poet | |
| Laura Hillenbrand | Writer, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legent | Was forced to withdraw after contracting chronic fatigue syndrome |
| Robert Lowell | Poet | |
| Robie Macauley | Writer, editor of Playboy| | |
| Thomas Stanley Matthews | Senator, Supreme Court justice | |
| Robert Mezey | Writer | |
| Fred Waitzkin | Writer | |
| Matthew Winkler | Editor in chief, Bloomberg News | |
| James Wright | Poet |
[edit] The Performing Arts
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Bakay | Actor, writer, and producer | |
| Ken Burgomaster | Composer | |
| Adam Davidson | Academy award winning Director | |
| Frank Dicopoulos | Actor | |
| Allison Janney | Actress, four-time Emmy Award winner | |
| Murray Horowitz | NPR commentator | |
| Paul Newman | Actor, Emmy Award and Academy Award winner | |
| Wendy MacLeod | Playwright, screenwriter | |
| Kris Osborn | CNN anchor | |
| Alfred Humphreys Pease | Composer | |
| Josh Radnor | Actor | |
| Mark Rosenthal | MTV president | |
| Jonathan Winters | Actor and comedian |
[edit] The Sciences
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| James Cox | Physician, researcher, educator | |
| Edwin Hamilton Davis | Archaeologist | |
| Rolla Dyer | Developer of the typhus vaccine and director of the National Institutes of Health | |
| Carl Djerassi | Creator of the birth control pill, winner of the National Medal of Science | |
| Byers Shaw | Developer of the liver transplant | |
| John Celivergos Zachos | Inventor of the stenotype |
[edit] The Visual Arts
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Borgman | Political cartoonist | |
| Meg Cranston | Artist | |
| Eric Gaskins | Fashion Designer | |
| Graham Gund | Architect | |
| Coles Phillips | Artist | |
| Ned Smyth | Sculptor | |
| Bill Watterson | Cartoonist, best known for Calvin and Hobbes | |
| Victoria Wyatt | Art Historian |
[edit] Sports
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Don McNeill | U.S. Open tennis champion | |
| Bill Veeck | MLB owner and baseball hall of famer |
[edit] Philanthropy
| Name | Occupation | Kenyon Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| William Lowry | Vice President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | |
| Kevin O'Donnell | Director of the U.S. Peace Corps |
