This page lists notable alumni and former students, faculty, and administrators of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Alumni Academia John Aldrich – Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Professor of Political Science at Duke University, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Charles Craik – professor of Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco Morris P. Fiorina – Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University Beth Gylys (1986) – professor at Georgia State University and award-winning poet Specs Howard – founder of Specs Howard School of Media Arts William C. Jason – longest-serving president of Delaware State University Jennifer S. Lawton – Richard Bennett Darnall Professor of Surgery and chief of the Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiac Surgery William H. Parker – Professor of Physics at the University of California, Irvine Victor Pickard – C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania Carol Reardon – George Winfree Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University; winner of the Helen Dortch Longstreet Prize, Victor Gondos Memorial Service Award, William Woods Hassler Award for Excellence in Civil War Education Khodr Zaarour – professor of international relations; founder of the Muslim American Public Affairs Council
Government William B. Allison – U.S. senator from Iowa David W. Baine – Alabama lawyer and Confederate veteran Robert J. Corbett – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania (1939–1941, 1945–1971) Aylett R. Cotton – U.S. representative for Iowa (1871–1875) Clarence Darrow – lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union Jon M. Davis – lieutenant general, USMC deputy commandant for aviation R. Budd Dwyer – Pennsylvania state treasurer John Wilson Farrelly – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1847–1849 Cathi Forbes – Maryland legislator Henry Donnel Foster – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania (1843–1847, 1871–1873) and 1860 Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate W. Scott Hardy – judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Samuel Hays – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania (1843-1845) Daniel Brodhead Heiner – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania (1893–1897) Robert F. Kent – Pennsylvania state representative (1947–1956) and Pennsylvania state treasurer (1957–1961) Victoria Lipnic – former acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2017–2019 Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. – 43rd governor of Maryland (1896–1900); U.S. representative (1873–1875) Benjamin F. Martin (1854) – U.S. representative (1877–1881) William McKinley – 25th president of the United States Francis Harrison Pierpont (1839) – "father of West Virginia," served as governor of Virginia (1865-1868) Raymond P. Shafer (1938) – 39th governor of Pennsylvania (1967–1971) Thomas Tipton – U.S. senator from Nebraska Mike Veon – Pennsylvania state representative (1985–2006) Sabra Wilbur Vought (1899) – librarian at the US Department of the Interior Rob Wonderling – Pennsylvania state senator (2003–2009)
Journalism Alex Steffen (1990) – environmental journalist Ida M. Tarbell (1880) – pioneering investigative journalist, author of The History of the Standard Oil Company, which led to the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company Bradley Roland Will (1992) – anarchist and journalist (1970–2006)
Literature Elmer Albert Apple – author of Mr. Chang and Rafferty stories for Detective Story Magazine, nationally syndicated columnist, business journalist Valentino Achak Deng (attended) – "Lost Boy" of Darfur; subject of the book What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng Janette Hill Knox (PhD.) – temperance reformer, suffragist, teacher, author Brooke McEldowney – cartoonist, 9 Chickweed Lane Barbara Robinson – author, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994) Chuck Rosenthal – author, Loop's Progress, My Mistress Humanity, Never Let Me Go
Performing arts Ben Burtt – Academy Award-winning sound designer Flesh-N-Bone (attended on basketball scholarship) Gene Hong – TV writer, actor and producer Michele Pawk (attended) – Tony Award-winning actress Trent Reznor (attended) – musician (Nine Inch Nails) Lloyd Segan – TV and film producer
Religion Robert Appleyard – bishop of Pittsburgh Kathy Keller (1972) – Christian theological writer, church founder, wife of Tim KellerAllegheny Magazine, Spring 2013 https://issuu.com/alleghenycoll/docs/alleghenymagazine-spring2013/20 William Fitzjames Oldham – Methodist Episcopal bishop; founder of Anglo-Chinese School Erastus Wentworth (1850) – Methodist Episcopal minister
Science Jennifer S. Lawton – cardiothoracic surgeon William H. Parker (1963) – physics professor Edward Shanbrom (1947) – pioneering hematologist and medical researcher Paul Siple (1932) – Antarctic explorer and the originator of the wind chill factor
Sports Ronnie Anderson (1997) – former National Football League player Glenn Beckert – former Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs Stan Drayton (1993) – head football coach at Temple University; former National Football League assistant coach; assistant coach for national championship teams at Florida and Ohio State Russ McKelvy – former Major League Baseball player Babe Parnell – National Football League player Jeremy Scott (2003) – Olympic pole vaulter Josh Sharpless (2003) – relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team Nathan T. Smith (2001) – four-time USGA Mid-Amateur Champion, three-time US National Team Member, NCAA runner-up
Technology Marco Arment (2004) – iOS developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor
See also List of presidents of Allegheny College
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