Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. Following are some of its notable alumni.
Academia NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesRoland Bainton1914Protestant church historian and professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale Divinity SchoolRobert Clodius1942Educator and acting president of University of Wisconsin–MadisonPaula England1971Sociology and psychologySociologist, professor at New York UniversityReginald Green1955Development economist and academicTorey Hayden1973Biology and chemistryChild psychologist, special education teacher, university lecturer, and authorStephen A. Hayner1970English literaturePresident of Columbia Theological SeminaryDan Fenno Henderson1944Founder of the University of Washington Asian Law programSanders, Eli. "Dan Henderson, UW program founder, dies." Seattle Times. March 18, 2001. Retrieved on May 5, 2012.Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg2001PoliticsExecutive in residence at Schmidt Futures, former professor at the University of San FranciscoBen Kerkvliet1965Author and educator in comparative politics, Southeast Asia, and Asian studiesFrances Penrose Owen1919GreekFirst female regent of Washington State UniversityGordon Wright1933BAHistory professor at the University of Oregon and Stanford UniversityRobert W. Young1955Linguist known for his work on the Navajo language, professor at the University of New Mexico
Art NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesMarcus Amerman1981ArtArtistDouglas Cole1960Art historyHistorian and professor specializing in art and Pacific Northwest cultural historyDavid Crockett Graham1908BACurator of the Museum of Art, Archaeology, and Ethnology at the West China Union University and field collector for the Smithsonian
Business NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesRalph Cordiner1922Economics and political scienceCEO and chairman, General Electric, Corp. (1958–1963); president (1950–1958)"Biography: Ralph J. Cordiner". GE Past leaders, GE websiteStephanie Dorgan1977EconomicsFounder and owner of Seattle music venue The CrocodileAshifi Gogo2005Mathematics and physicsCo-founder of SproxilWanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg2001PoliticsExecutive in residence at Schmidt FuturesJohn W. Stanton1977Political scienceFounder and CEO, Western Wireless, majority owner of the Seattle MarinersColleen Willoughby1955Founder of the Washington Women's Foundation and the director of Global Women Partners in Philanthropy
Entertainment NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesAnomie Belle2002SociologyProfessional musician and artivistDirk Benedict1967Dramatic artActor known for Battlestar Galactica and The A-TeamChastity Belt2010Indie-rock band formed by Whitman studentsOtto HarbachMALyricist and librettist of about fifty musical comedies, including The Desert SongCullen Hoback2003Filmmaker, Monster Camp Terms and Conditions May Apply, What Lies Upstream, Q Into the Storm, Money Electric: The Bitcoin MysteryShane Johnson1998Actor, Saving Private Ryan, Black CadillacMorten Lauridsen1965Composer and professor emeritus of composition at the USC Thornton School of MusicLela Loren2002TheatreTelevision actressJohn Moe1990Dramatic artNPR host and authorLance Norris1985Dramatic artActor known for Mystic RiverPatrick Page1985Actor and playwrightKathryn Shaw1971Dramatic artArtistic director of Studio 58 at Langara CollegeRick Stevenson1977HistoryFilm writer, director, and producerAdam West1951EnglishActor known for Batman and Family Guy
Government and military NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesAlan K. Campbell1947First director of the United States Office of Personnel ManagementAlan W. Jones1917non-degreedU.S. Army major generalNeil Kornze2000PoliticsFormer director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Law NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesMeda Chesney-Lind1969Criminologist and advocate for girls and women in the criminal justice system in HawaiiKenneth Culp Davis1931Legal scholar remembered as "the father of administrative law"William O. Douglas1920English and economicsU.S. Supreme Court justiceJames Alger Fee1910Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitW. Michael Gillette1963BAOregon Supreme Court justiceLucile Lomen1941First woman to serve as a law clerk for a Supreme Court justiceJames L. Robart1969Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of WashingtonCharles F. Stafford1940Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Literature and journalism NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesNate Cohn2010BAJournalist for The New York TimesCraig Lesley1967Novelist who has been nominated for the Pulitzer PrizeJohn Markoff1971SociologyThe New York Times journalist and co-author of TakedownEdward P. Morgan1932Journalist and writer who reported for newspapers, radio, and television media services including ABC, CBS, and PBSAnne Helen Petersen2003Rhetoric and Film StudiesJournalist for BuzzFeed News, writes the newsletter Culture Study
Politics NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesJack Burtch1951Political scienceWashington state representativeRyan Crocker1971EnglishU.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, and PakistanJena Griswold2006PoliticsSecretary of state of ColoradoHal Holmes1923United States House of RepresentativesWalt Minnick1964Former Idaho congressmanPat Thibaudeau1960PsychologyFormer Washington state senatorAl Ullman1935United States House of Representatives for 24 yearsBen Westlund1971Education and historyFormer Oregon state treasurer
Science and medicine NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesAlexander Barnes2003ChemistryChemist, professor, and recipient of the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar AwardJ. Bruce Beckwith1954Pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromeGerard van Belle1990Physics and astronomyAstronomerBernard Berelson1934EnglishBehavioral scientist known for work on communication and mass mediaWalker Bleakney1924PhysicsInventor of mass spectrometer, chair of department of physics at Princeton UniversityRobert Brattain1931PhysicsPhysicistWalter Brattain1924PhysicsNobel Prize winner, physicist, and co-inventor of the transistorRobert Brode1921Physicist and leader at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos LaboratoryWallace R. Brode1921BAChemist, specializing in the absorption spectra of dyesWilliam M. Fairbank1939Physicist known for his work on liquid heliumDorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger1997GeologyNASA astronautWebb Miller1965BAComputational biology pioneerDavid R. Nygren1960Particle physicist, inventor of the time projection chamberEdith Quimby1912Mathematics and physicsMedical researcher and physicistVladimir Rojansky1924BSPhysicist, one of the earliest researchers of quantum mechanicsE. J. Workman1924BSAtmospheric physicist
Sports NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesMara Abbott2008EconomicsProfessional cyclistIngrid Backstrom2000GeologyProfessional skierHolly Brooks2004Sociology and environmental studiesWinter Olympian in Nordic skiingDerrike Cope1980NASCAR driver, 1990 Daytona 500 winnerBen Eisenhardt2014Professional player in the Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueTommy Lloyd1998BiologyHead basketball coach at the University of Arizona
Technology NameClassMajorNotabilityReferencesMarlin Eller1974MathematicsProgrammer and software developer, co-author of Barbarians Led by Bill GatesSteve McConnell1985Philosophy, mathematics, and computer scienceSoftware engineer and author of Code Complete
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