Notable alumni of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania:
Alumni
Academia George O. Bierkoe, former president and co-founder, Endicott College Mahlon Hellerich, former historian and president, Pennsylvania German Society Amy B. Jordan, professor and chair of journalism and media studies, Rutgers University Herbert Needleman, former professor of pediatrics and child psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Leonard I. Zon, professor of pediatric medicine, Harvard Medical School, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the stem cell program at Boston Children's Hospital
Arts Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson, and consultant Frederick Busch, author Andrea Clearfield, composer Madison Ferris, actress Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality Matthew Hittinger, poet and printmaker Sarah Lampert, creator of the Netflix series, Ginny & Georgia Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter Nisha Sharma, novelist Brian Teta, executive producer, The View, and former supervising producer, Late Show with David Letterman Theodore Weiss, poet Emily Wickersham, actress known for NCIS, dropped out after two years
Business Michael Pocalyko, business executive and novelist
Government and law Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate scandal, Democratic counsel in the Whitewater hearings, and member of the 9/11 Commission Edward H. Bonekemper, federal government attorney, military historian, author, and lecturer Marcus C. L. Kline, U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district Fred Ewing Lewis, U.S. representative Edwin W. Martin Jr., assistant secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Related Services. 1979–80; associate and deputy commissioner 1969–1979; director of US House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Handicapped, 1966–67 Michael Schlossberg, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives John O. Sheatz (did not graduate), former Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer John Van Sant, former Pennsylvania state representative and state senator
Journalism Russ Choma, reporter and investigative journalist Barbara Crossette, journalist, Mother Jones magazine, and author David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone
Law Lee Solomon, justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Musicians Jack O'Brien, jazz musician
Religion and theology Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that rose to prominence in Europe and the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author
Science and medicine Henry David Abraham, psychiatrist and member of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW); the IPPNW collectively received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize Frank Baldino Jr., scientist and co-founder of Cephalon Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon Lois Curfman McInnes, applied mathematician Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital
Sports Sisto Averno (1925–2012), professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL) Jake Bornheimer, professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks Larry Friedman, basketball player Bill Kern, professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics Tony Zuzzio, professional football player, Detroit Lions Matt Yallof, MLB Network personality.
Faculty and administration
Faculty
Haps Benfer, theologian and athletic coach Cecilia Conrad, academic and foundation administrator Francesca Coppa, professor of English, Theatre, and Film Studies William Dunham, mathematician Margaret Garwood, music composer Peyton R. Helm, former Muhlenberg College president (2003–2015) Daniel Klem, ornithologist J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat, anthropologist Ludwig Lenel, composer and organist Robert J. Marshall, Lutheran church leader Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, former president, Muhlenberg College (1867–1876) Harry Hess Reichard, Pennsylvania German language scholar George Rickey, sculptor Len Roberts, poet Theodore Schick, philosopher Ben Schwartzwalder, former head football coach, Syracuse University Helen Walker-Hill, musicologist John Williams, former Muhlenberg College president (2015–2019)
Athletic administrators and coaches George Barclay, football coach (1907) Haps Benfer, football, basketball, and baseball coach (1925–1965) Sam Bishop, assistant men's soccer coach (2007–08) Bennie Borgmann, men's basketball coach (1949–1954) Alfred E. Bull, football coach (1903–07) Doggie Julian, football coach (1936–1944) and baseball coach (1942–1944) Thomas Kelley, football coach (1911–13) and men's basketball coach (1912–1914) Bob Macaluso, baseball coach (1999–2006) George McCaa, football coach (1914–1915), men's basketball coach (1914–1917), and baseball coach (1914–1915) Nate Milne, head football coach (2018–present) Steve Moore, men's basketball coach (1981–87) John B. Price, football and baseball coach (1916–1917) Larry Rosati, football coach (1945) Johnny Spiegel, football coach (1921–22) John Troxell, assistant football coach (1997–2000) John Utz, football coach (1934–35), men's basketball coach (1933–36), and baseball coach (1934–35) Walter W. Wood, football, men's basketball, and baseball coach (1923–24)
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