List of Albion College people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Albion College.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Alumni

Academia

• Robert Bartlett, surgeon
• Bob Bemer, 1940, computer scientist
• Bruce C. Berndt, 1961, mathematician
• J Harlen Bretz, 1906, geologist
• Mark W. Chase, 1973, botanist
• Robert E. Horton, 1897, hydrology
• Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer
• Dwight B. Waldo, first president of Western Michigan University

Arts and entertainment

• Philip Campbell Curtis, 1930, surrealist-inspired painter
• Daniel Henney, 2000, Korean model and actor, most notably in My Name is Kim Sam Soon
• Ian Kesler, 1999, actor
• Patrick Maher, 1989, author^[1]
• Jon Scieszka, 1976, children's book author
• John Sinclair, poet and '60s counterculture icon
• Christoph Tallerico, producer in West Hollywood

Business

• William C. Ferguson, chairman (retired), NYNEX NKA Verizon Communications
• Joel Manby, 1981, CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment
• Geoffery Merszei, CFO of Dow Chemical Company
• Martin Nesbitt, 1985, businessman, Barack Obama friend and campaign treasurer
• Doug Parker, 1984, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US Airways
• Moose Scheib, founder and CEO of LoanMod.com
• Richard Mills Smith, 1968, chairman and editor-in-chief, Newsweek

Government and politics

• Cassius McDonald Barnes, Civil War soldier, lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory
• Prentiss M. Brown, 1911, U.S. Senator from Michigan^[2]
• David L. Camp, 1975, U.S. Representative from Michigan^[3]
• Barbara Ann Crancer, 1960, Missouri state circuit court judge and daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa
• Bates Gill, Chinese foreign policy expert and Director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• Matthew Gillard, politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• George Heartwell, 1971, Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Matt Heinz, politician, member of Arizona House of Representatives
• Thomas Ludington, 1976, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Albion College trustee
• Carl W. Riddick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana^[4]
• Mark Schauer, 1984, U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Anna Howard Shaw, attended 1872–1875, civil rights leader, first female Methodist minister in the U.S.
• Robert M. Teeter, 1961, Republican pollster
• Edwin B. Winans, attended in 1840s, U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan

Other

• Josh A. Cassada, 1995, physicist, NASA astronaut candidate
• Chris Greenwood, 2012, NFL player for Detroit Lions
• Mary Beecher Longyear, philanthropist and founder of Longyear Foundation
• J. Fred “Pop” McKale, 1910, former University of Arizona basketball coach; 1998 Albion Hall of Fame inductee
• Adam Pringle, 2000 former Muskegon Thunder owner and player
• Leonard F. "Fritz" Shurmur, 1956, former college and National Football League football coach
• Hazen Graff Werner, 1920, bishop of the United Methodist Church

Presidents of Albion College

• Dr. Mauri A. Ditzler (2014- )
• Dr. Donna M. Randall (2007–2013)
• Dr. Peter T. Mitchell(1997–2007)
• Dr. Melvin L. Vulgamore (1983–1997)
• Dr. Bernard T. Lomas (1970–1983)
• Dr. Louis W. Norris (1960–1970)
• Dr. William W. Whitehouse (1945–1960)
• Dr. John Lawrence Seaton (1924–1945)
• John Wesley Laird (1921–1924)
• Dr. Samuel F. Dickie (1901–1921)
• John Ashley (1898–1901)
• Lewis R. Fiske (1877–1898)
• William B. Silber (1870–1871)
• J.L.G. McKown (1869–1870)
• George Beiners Jocelyn (1864–1869 and 1871–1877)
• Thomas H. Sinex (1854–1864)
• Ira Mayhew (1853–1864)
• Clark T. Hinman (1846–1853)
• Rev. Charles Franklin Stockwell (1843–1845)

Notes: William C. Ferguson served as interim president for six months in 1997. Dr. Michael L. Frandsen served as interim president for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Athletics

See List of Albion Britons head football coaches

• Morley Fraser, head football coach
• Walter S. Kennedy, head football coach and all-American quarterback at for the University of Chicago Maroons
• Dale R. Sprankle, head football coach at Albion and also at Adrian College

References

1. Glan, Latshering. "Interview with American Author Patrick Maher". Retrieved 1 March 2013.
2. "BROWN, Prentiss Marsh, (1889 - 1973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
3. "CAMP, David Lee, (1953 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
4. "RIDDICK, Carl Wood, (1872 - 1960)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.