List of Washington College alumni

Notable Washington College alumni:

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• A "?" indicates that the year of graduation is unknown.
• A "†" indicates final year attended.
• A "M" indicates a Master's alumni.

Arts and entertainment

Name	Class year(s)	Notability	Reference
Hamilton, LindaLinda Hamilton	1978†	Actress who portrayed Sarah Connor in The Terminator	[1]
Giacomo, Laura SanLaura San Giacomo	1983	Actress	[2]
Cain, James M.James M. Cain	1910	Writer of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce	[3]

Military

Name	Class year(s)	Notability	Reference
Vandervoort, Benjamin H.Benjamin H. Vandervoort	1938	US Army Colonel who was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross	[4]
Adkins, James A.James A. Adkins	M 1991	28th Adjutant General of Maryland	[5]

Politicians

Governors

• Thomas Veazey, Class of 1795, Governor of Maryland (1836–1839)
• William T. Watson, Class of 1935, Governor of Delaware (1895–1897)

U.S. Senators

• Ezekiel F. Chambers, Class of 1805, Captain in the War of 1812; served in MD Senate (1822–25) and US Senate (1826–34); member of MD Court of Appeals
• Charles H. Gibson, U.S. Senator for Maryland, 1891–1897; Congressman for Maryland 1st District, 1885–1891
• George Vickers, US Senator; the deciding vote that saved Andrew Johnson from being impeached

U.S. Congressmen

• Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Class of 1787, Congressman, judge, political ally of Thomas Jefferson; commanded a unit in the defense of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812; set the poem known as "The Star-Spangled Banner", written by his brother-in-law Francis Scott Key, to music shortly after the battle, thus creating the National Anthem
• Robert Franklin Bratton, Class of 1864, Congressman for Maryland's 1st District 1893–1894
• John W. Crisfield, Congressman for Maryland's 6th congressional district, 1847–1849; Congressman for Maryland's 1st congressional district, 1861–1863; namesake of Crisfield, Maryland
• Thomas Alan Goldsborough, Class of 1899, Congressman and jurist
• James Barroll Ricaud, Class of 1828, Maryland Congressman
• Robert Wright, Maryland Congressman

State Senators

• Steve Amick, Class of 1969, state legislator in Delaware
• Walter M. Baker, Class of 1960, Maryland State Senator
• Robert P. Dean, Class of 1931, Maryland State Senator, 1955-71
• Louis L. Goldstein, Class of 1935, Maryland's longest-serving elected official; member of the MD House of Delegates (1939–42); MD Senate (1947–58); the state's Comptroller (1959–1998)
• Dean Skelos, Class of 1970, State Senator from New York and advocate for legislation including Amber Alerts and Megan's Law

State Delegates

• Joseph M. Getty, Class of 1974, author; historian; former elected official in Maryland House of Delegates; served as the Policy and Legislative Director to former Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich
• Barry Glassman, Class of 1980, member of Maryland House of Delegates
• Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, Class of 1955, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Thomas Hunter Lowe, Esq., Class of 1952, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and Member of the Maryland Court of Appeals

Others

• Charles T. Dean III, Class of 2000, elected delegate to 2004 Democratic National Convention and former member of State Central Committee; youngest elected in state history at 19 years old^[6]

Scientists

• William O. Baker, Class of 1935, former head of Bell Labs who advised five Presidents on scientific matters; later did research for Bell Labs that helped lead to synthetic rubber; held 11 patents
• Robert K. Crane, Class of 1942, biochemist who discovered sodium-glucose cotransport, the first evidence of flux-coupling in biology; this discovery is the basis for oral rehydration therapy, which has saved lives of millions of cholera patients since the 1980s, and the basis for numerous pharmaceutical classes, including treatments for depression and diabetes

Sports

• John Howard professor and lacrosse coach^[7]
• "Swish" Nicholson, Class of 1936, star in Major League Baseball as a two-time National League home run and RBI champion with Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs
• Homer Smoot, major league baseball player with St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, 1902–1906
• Betsy Beard Stillings, Class of 1985, Olympic gold medalist in rowing in 1984

Religion

Name	Class year(s)	Notability	Reference
Emory, JohnJohn Emory	1805	Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church; helped found New York University, Wesleyan University and Dickinson College	[8]

• William Murray Stone, Class of 1799, Episcopal clergyman

References

1. King, Larry. "Interview With Linda Hamilton". CNN. Time Warner. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
2. Hanks, Douglas (1999). "To Tell the Truth". Washington College Magazine 47 (2): 25.
3. Zinsser, David (1978). "James M. Cain, The Art of Fiction No. 69". Paris Review (73).
4. "Lt. Col. Benjamin Hays Vandervoort ’38". Washington College. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
5. "Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. Maryland Democratic Party - National Convention Delegates
7. National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
8. Robert Emory (1841). The Life of the Rev. John Emory, D. D.: One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. G. Lane. p. 14.