List of Hillsdale College alumni
This is a list of notable Hillsdale College alumni.
Bion J. Arnold
Jared Maurice Arter
Chris Chocola
Elizebeth Friedman
Washington Gardner
Moses A. Luce
- Will Carleton (1869), poet
- Cyrus Cline (1876), member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Solomon Robert Dresser (1865), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; founder and president of S.R. Dresser Manufacturing Co., now Dresser Industries
- Spencer O. Fisher (c. 1865), member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th congressional district
- Clinton B. Fisk (c. 1844), Civil War soldier and statesman; namesake of Fisk University; Prohibition Party candidate for president in 1888; first inductee into the Hillsdale County, Michigan Veteran's Hall of Fame in 2001
- Washington Gardner (1870), Civil War soldier and statesman
- Albert J. Hopkins (1870), senator from Illinois
- Moses A. Luce (1866), lawyer; Medal of Honor recipient for service in the Civil War
- Jasper Packard (c. 1853), newspaper editor and U.S. Representative from Indiana[1]
- LaMarcus Adna Thompson (1866), engineer and inventor, known as the "Father of the Gravity Ride" for his roller coaster patents
- Rose Hartwick Thorpe (c. 1872), poet
- Spencer G. Millard (1877), Lieutenant Governor of California
- Joseph B. Moore (1879), justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
- May Gorslin Preston Slosson (BS 1878, MS 1879), educator and suffragist, first woman Philosophy PhD in the U.S.
- Bion J. Arnold (1884), expert in mass transportation, called the "Father of the Third Rail"
- Jared Maurice Arter (1885), slavery-born African-American pastor and educator
- Chester Hardy Aldrich (1888), one-term governor of Nebraska; justice on the Nebraska Supreme Court[2]
- Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce (1891), Unitarian minister and Chaplain of the Senate from 1909 to 1913
- Leroy Waterman (1898), archaeologist, scholar, and Biblical translator
- Henry M. Kimball (c. 1900), member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd congressional district
- Lynn Bell (1906), minor-league professional baseball player, college football coach
- Verner Main (1907), member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan
- Harry Bidwell Ansted (1913), US Army chaplain; first president of the Seoul National University
- Elizebeth Friedman (1915), female pioneer of American cryptography
- E. Ross Adair (1929), member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Walter R. Nickel (1929), dermatologist, a founder of the field of dermatopathology
- Fred Knorr (1937), radio executive and former part-owner of the Detroit Tigers
- Phil Crane (1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th congressional district
- Robert William Davis (1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district
- Dan Crane (1958), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 22nd and 19th congressional districts
- Wayne Schurr (1959), relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs during the 1964 season
- Bob Clark (1963), filmmaker, most famous for directing A Christmas Story and Porky's
- Spanky McFarland (1976), college baseball coach at Northern Illinois and James Madison
- Howard Mudd (1963), offensive line coach for Philadelphia Eagles
- Bud Acton (c. 1964), NBA player with the San Diego Rockets in the 1967-68 season
- David L. Cornwell (1964), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- David Pringle (1965), president of Luminys Systems Corp., chief technology officer of Imagility, Inc., winner of two Academy Awards and one Emmy Award for technical achievement[3]
- Bruce McLenna (1966), former halfback for the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs
- Chuck Liebrock (1967), former offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Chester Marcol (1972), former placekicker for the Green Bay Packers and Houston Oilers
- Manuel Ayau (1973), Guatemalan-born politician, humanitarian, and founder of the "Universidad Francisco Marroquín"
- Ron Tripp (c. 1975), expert in Sambo and Judo and current general secretary of USA Judo
- Peter Leithart (1981), reformed theologian
- Chris Chocola (1984), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd congressional district and board member of the Club for Growth
- Beth Walker (1987), Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- Ruta Sepetys (1989), author of New York Times bestseller Between Shades of Gray
- Tom Heckert (1990), former general manager for the Cleveland Browns
- Erik Prince (1992), former U.S. Navy Seal, founder and former owner and CEO of private-security firm Blackwater, renamed Xe in 2009
- David Viviano (1994), justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
- Thomas Morrison (1997), representative for the 54th District in the Illinois General Assembly
- Robert P. Murphy (1998), economist and author
- Brent Weeks (2000), author of The Night Angel Trilogy and the Lightbringer series
- Peter Leeson (2001), economist
- Aric Nesbitt (2001), member of Michigan House of Representatives, 66th district
- Tyler Blanski (2006), author and musician
- Hans Zeiger (2007), author and representative for the 25th Legislative District of Washington
- Michael Sessions (2010), former mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, one of the youngest mayors ever elected in the U.S.
- Katherine Timpf (2010), journalist and comedian
- Jared Veldheer (2010), NFL offensive lineman for the Denver Broncos
- Andre Holmes (2011), wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills
- Trey Brock (2018), undrafted wide receiver, signed to the Kansas City Chiefs
References
- Michigan Historical Collections. Volume 6.
- "Nebraska Governor Chester Hardy Aldrich". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- "Forbes, America's Best Colleges, #82 Hillsdale College". 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
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