List of DePauw University alumni

This list of DePauw University alumni includes notable alumni of DePauw University, an American institution of higher education located in Greencastle, Indiana.

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Academia and science

• Joseph P. Allen – NASA Space Shuttle astronaut
• Charles A. Beard – author; one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century; husband of Mary Ritter Beard
• Mary Ritter Beard – archivist; historian; leader in the women's suffrage movement; wife of Charles A. Beard
• David Crocker – philosopher; senior research scholar, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
• Paul S. Dunkin – writer; professor of library science
• George W. Hoss – president, Kansas State Normal (now Emporia State University) in Kansas
• Paul Rowland Julian – meteorologist; discovered, with Roland A. Madden, the atmospheric phenomena known as the Madden–Julian oscillation
• Percy L. Julian – research chemist; pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs
• Major Reuben Webster Millsaps – founder, Millsaps College in Mississippi
• Ferid Murad – recipient, 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Hakkı Ögelman – Turkish physicist; astrophysicist
• William H. Riker – political scientist

Business

• Timothy Collins – financier; founder, Ripplewood Holdings; director, Citigroup
• Angie Hicks – founder, Angie's List
• Charles T. Hinde – railroad executive; founder, Hotel del Coronado; shipping executive
• Eli Lilly – founder, Eli Lilly and Company; philanthropist
• Mary Meeker – Internet equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley, dubbed "Queen of the Net"
• Steven M. Rales – chairman, Danaher Corporation
• Bill Rasmussen – co-founder, ESPN
• Scott Rasmussen – co-founder, ESPN; founder, Rasmussen Reports
• Al Ries – author, marketing expert
• Steve Sanger – former president and chief executive officer, General Mills
• Howard C. Sheperd, Sr. – former president, National City Bank of New York (now Citibank)
• Fred C. Tucker, American businessperson and real estate broker.
• James D. Weddle – managing partner, Edward Jones

Entertainment

• Scott Adsit – actor, known for role as Pete Hornberger on the television sitcom 30 Rock
• Shibani Bathija – screenwriter
• Alicia Berneche – operatic soprano
• Annie Corley – film and television actress
• David Cryer - singer and Broadway actor, Phantom of the Opera
• Gretchen Cryer – co-creator, I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
• Bill Hayes – actor, television soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Jimmy Ibbotson – singer-songwriter and musician, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Sue Keller – ragtime pianist, composer and arranger
• David McMillin – singer-songwriter
• Julie McWhirter – voice actress, known for her work in Hanna-Barbera cartoons, such as Jeannie, Drak Pack and The Smurfs
• Drew Powell – actor
• Alice Ripley – actress, singer, known for her role as Diana in Next to Normal
• Pharez Whitted – jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer

Government and politics

• Karen Koning AbuZayd – Commissioner-General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2005–2010)
• Joseph W. Barr – U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1968–1969); chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Thomas W. Benett – Governor of Idaho Territory (1871–1875); served in the Indiana State Senate^[1]
• Albert Beveridge – U.S. Senator from Indiana
• Andrew H. Burke – second Governor of North Dakota (1891–1892)^[2]
• David L. Carden – U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• Sutemi Chinda – former Japanese Ambassador to the United States
• Tom Colten – Mayor of Minden, Louisiana; Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
• Anna Elizabeth Dickinson – abolitionist, suffragist, first woman to speak before the U.S. Congress
• Samuel H. Elrod – former Governor of South Dakota
• Bob Franks – former U.S. Congressman
• James P. Goodrich – Governor of Indiana (1917–1921)
• Lee H. Hamilton – co-chair, Iraq Study Group; vice chair, 9/11 Commission; retired United States Representative
• Thomas H. Hamilton – former president, State University of New York and the University of Hawaii
• Patricia Ireland – former president, National Organization for Women
• John A. Johnson – General Counsel of the Air Force; General Counsel of NASA; chief executive officer, COMSAT
• Vernon Jordan Jr. – broker and executive; former president, National Urban League; personal friend and advisor to former U.S. President Bill Clinton
• David E. Lilienthal – public official; writer; businessman; chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority (1941–1946); known as "Mr. TVA"
• John McNaughton – U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense and U.S. Navy Secretary-designate (at the time of his death)
• Jay Holcomb Neff – publisher; Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
• Howard C. Petersen – U.S. Assistant Secretary of War
• Dan Quayle – 44th U.S. Vice President (under U.S. President George H. W. Bush)
• John William Elmer Thomas – U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
• George R. Throop – Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1927–1944)
• James E. Watson – U.S. Senator from Indiana; Senate Majority Leader (1929–1933)
• Guilford M. Wiley – former Wisconsin State Assemblyman

Journalism

• Bret Baier – host, Special Report with Bret Baier (Fox News Channel)
• Tracey Chang – correspondent, CNBC Asia; 2009 Miss New York USA
• Stephen F. Hayes – author; columnist, Weekly Standard
• John McWethy – former correspondent, ABC News
• William N. Oatis – American journalist detained 1951–1953 by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia
• Eugene C. Pulliam – newspaper publisher, The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic
• Eugene S. Pulliam – newspaper publisher, The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic
• James C. Quayle – newspaper publisher
• Ben C. Solomon – Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times video journalist
• Jeri Kehn Thompson – radio talk show host; columnist, The American Spectator; wife of Fred Thompson (actor; former U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003); 2008 U.S. Presidential candidate)

Literature

• Angus Cameron (1980-2002) – book editor and publisher
• Gretchen Cryer – actress, lyricist, writer
• Matt Dellinger – writer, journalist, wrote the book Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
• Stephen F. Hayes – senior writer, Weekly Standard; wrote the book Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President
• John Jakes – novelist
• Adam Kennedy – actor, novelist, screenwriter, painter
• Bernard Kilgore – former editor, The Wall Street Journal; turned the publication into one of national significance
• Barbara Kingsolver – contemporary fiction writer; founder, Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change"^[3]
• Richard Peck – Newbery Medal-winning author
• Loren Pope – authority on colleges; wrote books Looking Beyond the Ivy League and Colleges That Change Lives
• James B. Stewart – recipient, 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism; wrote books including Blood Sport and DisneyWar

Military

• Harvey Weir Cook – fighter ace in World War I; leading figure in the development of aviation in the United States
• Nathan Kimball - Union General during American Civil War.
• Sergeant Henry Nash – member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
• General David M. Shoup – Commandant of the Marine Corps; recipient, Medal of Honor (World War II)
• Alexander Vraciu – flying ace in World War II

Religion

• Albertus T. Briggs – Methodist minister

Sports

• Buzzie Bavasi – former general manager, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels and San Diego Padres
• Rob Boras – tight end coach, Jacksonville Jaguars
• Brad Brownell – head men's basketball coach, Clemson Tigers men's basketball at Clemson University
• Dave Finzer – punter, Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks
• Ford Frick – Major League Baseball Commissioner (1951–1965)
• Wilfred Smith – National Football League player
• Brad Stevens – head coach, Boston Celtics
• Dick Tomey – college football coach

See also

• List of people from Indiana

References

1. "Bennett, Thomas Warren, (1831–1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
2. "Andrew H. Burke". State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
3. Press release (May 20, 2008). "Barbara Kingsolver (DePauw '77) Is Finalist for Gold Nautilus Book Award". DePauw University.