List of Lafayette College people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Notable alumni and trustees

Academics and education George C. Heckman, class of 1845, president of Hanover College, 1870–79 Thomas Craig, class of 1875, early professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University James Bright, class of 1877, philologist, first person to receive a Ph.D. in English from Johns Hopkins James Cameron Mackenzie, class of 1878, educator James McKeen Cattell, class of 1880, first professor of psychology in the United States Earl Gregg Swem, class of 1893, historian, bibliographer and librarian Joseph S. Illick, class of 1907, dean of the New York State College of Forestry, 1944–51 Ralph Cooper Hutchison, class of 1918, president of Washington & Jefferson College, 1931–45, and Lafayette College, 1945–57 Frank Reed Horton, class of 1926, founder of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity Nils Yngve Wessell, class of 1934, president of Tufts University, 1953–66 Leonard Jeffries, class of 1959, professor of Black Studies at the City College of New York (City) Martin Jezer, class of 1961, progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement Barry Wellman, class of 1963, professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, 1967–2013; co-director, NetLab Network Joseph Rallo, class of 1971, commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Louisiana John Anderson Fry, class of 1982, former president of Drexel University and current president of Temple University James J. Winebrake, class of 1989, president of Coastal Carolina University, 2025–present

Business Ario Pardee, trustee from 1865 to 1892, president of the trustees, 1881–92; coal magnate and philanthropist who donated the funds to create the engineering and science departments at Lafayette, namesake of Pardee Hall, which he also funded James Gayley, class of 1876, managing director of Carnegie Steel Company and first vice president of U.S. Steel, 1901–09 Torrence Huffman, class of 1878, banker; loaned the Huffman Prairie to the Wright Brothers Charles Bergstresser, class of 1881, one of the three founders of Dow Jones & Company Harrison Woodhull Crosby, commercialized the canned tomato Leslie Freeman Gates, class of 1897, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, 1919–20 George B. Walbridge, class of 1898, co-founder and chairman of Walbridge Aldinger (now known as simply Walbridge) Fred Morgan Kirby, trustee from 1916 to 1940, helped found the Woolworth's five and dime store chain Thomas J. Watson, trustee; donor; first chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914–56; computing pioneer; namesake of the Watson Computer Sarkis Acopian, class of 1951, founded Acopian Technical Company, makers of the first solar radios Michael H. Moskow, class of 1959, CEO and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Stephen D. Pryor, class of 1971, president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company Neil Levin, class of 1976, former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, vice president of Goldman Sachs Fran Horowitz, class of 1985, president and chief merchandising officer of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Alan Hoffman, class of 1988, senior vice president, PepsiCo.; former deputy chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden; deputy assistant to the U.S. president Stephen Messer, class of 1993, founder of Rakuten Linkshare and angel investor Will Johnson, class of 2002, business executive

Engineering William Ashburner Cattell, class of 1884, civil engineer and railroad company president James Madison Porter III, class of 1886, professor of civil engineering and designer of Northampton Street Bridge William F. Durand, class of 1888, 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 Burr McIntosh, class of 1884, actor, author, and photographer Joel Silver, head of Hollywood's Silver Pictures and producer of films including the Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and The Matrix series Lorene Scafaria, screenwriter, playwright, actress and singer best known for her work on the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Jim Rosenhaus, class of 1986, broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians Beth Mowins, class of 1989, ESPN announcer and one of the first women color analysts on the network

Government Charles F. Chidsey, class of 1864, first mayor of Easton, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Isaiah D. Clawson, class of 1833, represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, 1855–59Isaiah Dunn Clawson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007. James Morrison Harris, class of 1833, U.S. representative from Maryland, 1855–61; Lafayette College trustee, 1865–72 Alexander Ramsey, class of 1836, governor of Minnesota, U.S. senator, congressman, secretary of war Nathaniel B. Smithers, class of 1836, U.S. representative from Delaware, 1863–65 Philip Johnson, class of 1844, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1861–63, 1863–67 Henry Clay Longnecker, class of 1845 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1851, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–61 Henry Green, class of 1846, chief justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Henry Martyn Hoyt, attended 1845–48, honorary law degree conferred in 1882, governor of Pennsylvania, 1879–83 Horatio Gates Fisher, class of 1855, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1879–83 Samuel McLean, non-graduate, received honorary degree in 1857, member of first Montana State Legislature, 1865–67 Benjamin Franklin Junkin, entered 1837, A.M. in 1865, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–61 Robert Porter Allen, class of 1855, Pennsylvania state senator, 1875–78 Allen Craig, class of 1855, Pennsylvania state representative and senator, 1865–67, 1879–82 John W. Griggs, class of 1868, governor of New Jersey, 1896–1898; U.S. attorney general, 1898–1901 Frank J. Washabaugh, class of 1870, South Dakota jurist and legislator Laird Howard Barber, class of 1871, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania 1899–1901, lawyer Arthur Granville Dewalt, class of 1874, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1915–21 Isaac Barber, class of 1876, New Jersey state senator 1896–99, 1902–05 Russell Benjamin Harrison, class of 1877, Indiana legislator; consul to Portugal and Mexico; son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison Edward Francis Blewitt, class of 1879, Pennsylvania state senator, 1907–10; great-grandfather to Joe Biden George Howell, class of 1880, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1903–1904 John R. Farr, class of 1885, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–19 and 1921 Cyrus E. Woods, class of 1886, president pro tempore Pennsylvania State Senate 1901–07; U.S. ambassador to Spain and Japan, 1921–24 Wallace McCamant, class of 1888, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1925–26 Harry Arista Mackey, class of 1890, mayor of Philadelphia 1928–31 Frederic Antes Godcharles, class of 1893, Pennsylvania state representative and senator, 1900–08 Isaac Clinton Kline, class of 1893, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1921–23, lawyer A. Mitchell Palmer, attended briefly and honorary degree conferred in 1919, 50th U.S. attorney general, overseer of the Palmer Raids John D. Clarke, class of 1898, U.S. congressman from New York William Huntington Kirkpatrick, class of 1905, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania 1921–23 Joseph F. Crater, class of 1910, associate justice of the New York Supreme Court Haydn Proctor, class of 1926, associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Wesley Lance, class of 1928, member of New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Senate; one of the drafters of the current, 1947 New Jersey State ConstitutionHester Jr., Tom. "Wesley Lance, 98; in '47 helped craft N.J. Constitution", The Record (Bergen County), August 28, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2007. Robert B. Meyner, class of 1930, governor of New Jersey 1954–62; competed against John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Democratic Party primary Winston L. Prouty, class of 1930, U.S. representative and senator from Vermont William H. Woodin, Trustee, U.S. secretary of the treasury, 1933 Wayne Dumont, class of 1935, former acting governor of New Jersey Wendell Good, class of 1935, Pennsylvania state representative 1967–72 Charles Timothy Slack, class of 1935, Pennsylvania state representative 1961–70 Arch A. Moore Jr., attended in 1943, twice governor of West Virginia Arthur Sohmer, class of 1948, chief of staff to former Vice President Spiro Agnew D. Bennett Mazur (c. 1925–1994), member of the New Jersey General AssemblySullivan, Joseph F. "D. Bennett Mazur, a Professor And New Jersey Legislator, 69", The New York Times, October 13, 1994. Accessed June 15, 2010. Fred Ashton, class of 1952, mayor of Easton 1967–1975 Dennis Kux, class of 1952, U.S. ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, 1986–89 William E. Simon, class of 1952, 63rd secretary of the treasury, president of the United States Olympic Committee Bob Smith, class of 1952, former senator of New Hampshire Garrett E. Brown Jr., class of 1965, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey George F. Pott Jr., class of 1965, Pennsylvania state representative 1977–86 Robert Pastor, class of 1969, former member of the United States National Security Council Joel A. Pisano, class of 1971, U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 2000–2015; U.S. magistrate judge of the same court 1991–2000 Marcia Bernicat, class of 1975, U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh Robin L. Wiessmann, class of 1975, former Pennsylvania state treasurer Craig Dally, class of 1978, Pennsylvania state representative, 1997–2010 Bruce L. Castor Jr., class of 1983, attorney general (interim) and first solicitor general of Pennsylvania, former district attorney and county commissioner in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; presidential impeachment counsel; lawyer Doug Reichley, class of 1983, Pennsylvania state representative 2003–12 Robert Spagnoletti, class of 1984, former Attorney General for the District of Columbia Michael A. Raynor, class of 1984, former U.S. ambassador to Benin Frank Gaziano, class of 1986, associate justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2016–present Anthony Palumbo, class of 1994, member New York State Assembly, 2013–present Aaron Kaufer, class of 2011, Pennsylvania state representative, 2015–present Travis Hutson, class of 2007, Florida state senator 2012–present

Arts, humanities, and social sciences J. Elfreth Watkins Sr., class of 1874, curator of United States National Museum Frederick Starr, class of 1882, anthropologist Edwin Atlee Barber, classes of 1887 and 1893, director of Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art Snowden Ashford, class of 1888, Washington D.C.'s first municipal architect Harold H. Bender, class of 1903, professor of philology at Princeton University Jules Prown, class of 1951, professor of art history at Yale University Barry Wellman, class of 1963, sociologist; founder of International Network for Social Network Analysis Brent Glass, class of 1969, director of Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Literature and poetry John Martin Crawford, class of 1871, translated the Finnish epic Kalevala into English; consul-general of the United States to Russia under President Benjamin Harrison Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage; attended for one semester before leaving to focus exclusively on his writing Dominique Lapierre, class of 1952, author Martin Jezer, class of 1961, activist and author Jay Parini, class of 1970, poet and Middlebury College professor Ross Gay, class of 1996, poet M. K. Asante Jr., class of 2004, professor, author, and filmmaker