List of St. Olaf College people

This list of St. Olaf College people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and other people connected to St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota.

Notable alumni

Composers and conductors

Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950
Dale Warland, class of 1954
David Boe, class of 1958
René Clausen, class of 1974
Anton Armstrong, class of 1978
Timothy Mahr, class of 1978
Bradley Ellingboe, class of 1980, composer, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of New Mexico

Politicians, Statesmen and Judges

Andrew Volstead, class of 1881, US house of representatives for Minnesota, introduced National Prohibition Act
August H. Andresen, class of 1912
Joan Ericksen, class of 1977, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Mary Forsythe, class of 1922, member of Minnesota House of Representatives
Karl F. Rolvaag, class of 1941
Al Quie, class of 1950
Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953
David Minge, class of 1963
Russell A. Anderson, class of 1964, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Kim Elton, class of 1968, former member of the Alaska Senate
David Bly, class of 1974?, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Arnie Arnesen, class of 1975, fellow of Harvard Institute of Politics and member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
Ian C. Kelly, class of 1977
Tom Fiebiger, class of 1978, member of the North Dakota Senate
John Marty, class of 1978
Steve Sviggum, class of 1979
Satveer Chaudhary, class of 1991, former member of the Minnesota State legislature
Raymond Cox, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Erik Paulsen, class of 1987, U.S. Representative from Minnesota

Writers

William Andrews, author, class of 1976
Robert Bly, class of 1950 (transferred out), leader of the Mythopoetic men's movement
Kristina Halvorson, class of 1993
Siri Hustvedt, class of 1977
Peg Kerr, class of 1982
Timothy Mason, class of 1972, playwright
Emily Rapp, class of 1996
Mark Rein•Hagen, author of Vampire: The Masquerade class of 1988
Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author of Giants in the Earth
Subhash Ghimire, class of 2010, Editor in Chief of [[Republica national daily, Nepal ]]

Religion

Johan Arnd Aasgaard, class of 1898, American Lutheran church leader
Alan M. Olson, class of 1961, philosopher, Boston University, 1974-2013
Stuart E. Barstad, class of 1951?, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1988

Other

Edward Sövik, class of 1939, architect and later St. Olaf faculty member
Roger Grimsby, class of 1950, television news anchor
Willis H. Flygare, class of 1958, chemist credited with "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure"
Barry Morrow, class of 1970, Oscar-winning screenwriter
Gretchen Morgenson, class of 1976, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Joan N. Ericksen, class of 1977, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
David L. Rose, class of 1989, tech entrepreneur and inventor
Ward Sutton, class of 1989, cartoonist and illustrator, 2018 Herblock Award winner
Dean Buntrock, founder and former chairman and CEO of Waste Management, Inc. and largest school benefactor
Nicholas Epley, class of 1996, University of Chicago Professor of Behavioral Science and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow
Jason DeRose, class of 1997, Western Bureau Chief for National Public Radio News
Amanda Cox, class of 2001, Editor of The Upshot section of the New York Times

Notable faculty

Anton Armstrong, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth O. Bjork, historian and educator
F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Choir
John Ferguson, organist and composer
Howard Hong, philosopher, translator, and founder of the Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library
Kenneth Jennings, composer and former conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
Robert Jenson, theologian
Chris Meidt, head football coach (2002–2007), assistant coach with Washington Redskins
Anantanand Rambachan, Hindu scholar
Ole Rolvaag, author
Edward Sövik, class of 1939, architect and later St. Olaf faculty member
Lynn Steen, mathematician
Charles Taliaferro, philosopher

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