List of Lake Forest College people

Notable people

This list contains people associated with Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty members.

Alumni

Arts and entertainment

  • Richard Armstrong, class of 1971, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
  • Blair Butler, standup comedian, TV host known for her work on the "Fresh Ink" and other segments on the G4 program, Attack of the Show!.
  • Allan Carr, class of 1958, producer of the film Grease and Broadway's La Cage aux Folles, Tony Award winner
  • Kahil El'Zabar, class of 1977, internationally renown musician and composer
  • Scott Goldstein, Emmy award-winning producer, writer and director (LA Law, Doogie Howser MD, Today Show)
  • Steve Goodman, class of 1970, Grammy award-winning folk singer, writer of "Go, Cubs, Go"
  • Kelly Leonard, class of 1988, producer at Second City
  • Colin McComb, Writer & game designer who is best known for his work in designing the Planescape setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Natalia Nogulich, class of 1971, Actress, writer, professor and director.
  • Ian Punnett, class of 1982, Broadcaster, author and Episcopal deacon. Since 1998, has intermittently hosted Coast to Coast AM.
  • Penelope Rosemont, surrealist movement visual artist, writer and publisher.
  • Richard Widmark, class of 1936, popular post-WWII era actor, "the face of film noir"[1]

Athletics

  • Herb Alward, football player & Football Coach
  • John Biolo, class of 1938, NFL player & Football Coach
  • Mush Crawford, Professional football player, Professional basketball player, Professional baseball player & Football Coach
  • Ernie Krueger, class of 1915, Professional baseball player
  • E. J. Mather, class of 1910, football player, basketball player, Football Coach
  • Diana Nyad, class of 1973, world-record distance swimmer, National squash player, Author, Journalist & Motivational speaker
  • John H. Rice, class of 1895, Football player, Baseball player, Football coach & Athletic Director
  • Andy Russo, class of 1970, Basketball player & Basketball coach
  • Casey Urlacher, class of 2003, professional football player & Mayor of Mettawa
  • Robbie Ventura, class of 1992, professional racing cyclist, Hockey player
  • Joe Zemaitis, class of 2002, professional triathlete

Business

  • Dave Beran, class of 2003, James Beard award winning chef, Owner of Dialogue in Santa Monica, CA.
  • Nate Berkus, class of 1994, Award winning interior designer and decorator, NY Times best selling author, Movie producer & Syndicated TV show
  • Chester R. Davis, businessman, Assistant secretary to the Army, Vice-President of the Association of the United States Army.
  • James C. Foster, class of 1972, chairman, CEO & President of Charles River Laboratories, Inc., 2003 Forbes Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Grace Groner, philanthropist & Secretary at Abbott Laboratories
  • Rob Mermin, class of 1971, Author, founder of award winning international touring company Circus Smirkus
  • Nicholas J. Pritzker, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation, co-founder and co-chair of Clean Energy Trust

Engineering and science

  • Richard J. Ablin, class of 1961, Notable for his work on tests for prostate cancer screening
  • William Mather Lewis, class ofOwens, Eric. America's best value colleges (2006 ed.). Random House, New York. OCLC 59282820. 1900, was an American teacher, university president, local politician, and a state and national government official.
  • William Duncan MacMillan, Noted contributions as an astronomer and in mathematics,

Government and politics

Religion

  • John Wilbur Chapman, Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th Century, generally traveling with gospel singer Charles Alexander.

Writers, journalists and publishers

Coaches

Faculty

Presidents

  • Daniel Gregory, 1878-1886
  • William C. Roberts, 1886-1892
  • John M. Coulter, 1893-1896
  • James Gore King McClure, 1897-1901
  • Richard D. Harlan, 1901-1906
  • John S. Nollen, 1907-1917
  • Herbert M. Moore, 1920-1942
  • Ernest Johnson, 1942-1959
  • William Graham Cole, 1960-1970
  • Eugene Hotchkiss III, 1970-1993
  • David Spadafora, 1993-2001
  • Stephen D. Schutt, 2001-present

Fictional

References

  1. 1 2 Owens, p. 219.
  • Owens, Eric. America's best value colleges (2006 ed.). Random House, New York. OCLC 59282820.
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