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This is a list of notable alumni and faculty, people who attended and graduated from
Albion College in
Albion, Michigan , and people who received
honorary degrees .
Alumni
Academia
Ella H. Brockway Avann , 1871, educator (1853–1899)
Robert Bartlett , surgeon (1939–)
Bob Bemer , 1940, computer scientist (1920–2004)
Bruce C. Berndt , 1961, mathematician (1939–)
J Harlen Bretz , 1906, geologist (1882–1981)
Mark W. Chase , 1973, botanist (1951–)
Harriet Gertrude Eddy , 1890s, educator and librarian (1876–1966)
Britt Halvorson , professor, writer, anthropologist
[1]
Robert E. Horton , 1897,
hydrology (1875–1945)
Melvin H. Knisely , 1927, anatomist specializing in microcirculation (1904–1975)
Forest Ray Moulton , 1894, astronomer (1872–1952)
John W. Porter, 1953, former president of
Eastern Michigan University ; first African-American State Superintendent since
Reconstruction
[2]
Dwight B. Waldo , first president of Western Michigan University (1864–1939)
Mary Chawner Woody , minister, teacher, and temperance leader (1846–1928)
Arts and entertainment
Philip Campbell Curtis , 1930, surrealist-inspired painter (1907–2000)
Allie Luse Dick , music teacher
Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots , 1882, missionary, temperance evangelist (1843–1929)
Jon Scieszka , 1976, children's book author (1954–)
John Sinclair , poet and '60s counterculture icon (1941–)
F. Dudleigh Vernor , 1914, organist, composer
[3]
Business
William C. Ferguson , 1952, chairman of
NYNEX NKA
Verizon Communications (1930–2015)
Steve Grigorian, President and CEO, Detroit Economic Club
Joel Manby , 1981, former CEO of
SeaWorld Entertainment
Geoffery Merszei ,
CFO of
Dow Chemical Company (1951–)
Martin Nesbitt , 1985, businessman,
Barack Obama friend and campaign treasurer (1962–)
Doug Parker , 1984, chairman and chief executive officer of
American Airlines (1962–)
Moose Scheib , founder and
CEO of LoanMod.com (1980–)
Richard Mills Smith , 1968, chairman and editor-in-chief,
Newsweek (1946–)
Paul "Skip" Ungrodt , 1952, former chairman and president of Ideation, Inc.
[4]
Government and politics
Florence Riddick Boys , 1896, Indiana suffragist, journalist, state official
[5]
Prentiss M. Brown , 1911,
U.S. Senator from Michigan
[6]
David L. Camp , 1975,
U.S. Representative from Michigan
[7]
Barbara Ann Crancer , 1960, Missouri state circuit court judge and daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa
Homer Folks , 1887, a pioneer of mental and public health reform in New York
[8]
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
Charles Tisdale Howard , 1880, Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Thomas Ludington , 1976, judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Albion College trustee
Lyle H. Miller , 1914, brigadier general in the Marine Corps
Arnold R. Pinkney , 1952, campaign manager for Jesse Jackson 1984 Democratic presidential nomination
[9]
Carl W. Riddick , member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from the Second District of
Montana
[10]
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
Cedric Dempsey , 1954, former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Chris Greenwood , 2012, former
National Football League player for
Detroit Lions
Phyllis Harrison-Ross , 1956, psychiatrist working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill children
[11]
Mary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s), educator, author, and peace activist
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
Forest Ray Moulton , 1894, astronomer
Martha O'Kennon , 1985, mathematician, computer scientist,
machine translation of
natural languages
Will Carl Rufus , 1902, astronomer, mathematician
Leonard F. "Fritz" Shurmur , 1956, former college and National Football League football coach
Madelon Stockwell , first woman to graduate from the
University of Michigan
Hazen Graff Werner , 1920, bishop of the
United Methodist Church
Nicolle Zellner , 2007, astronomer,
planetary scientist ,
astrobiologist , professor, public outreach in space science and racial and gender minority recognition in
STEM
Honorary degrees
Presidents of Albion College
Wayne P. Webster (2024–)
[13]
Mathew B. Johnson (2020–2021)
[14]
Mauri A. Ditzler (2014–2020)
[15]
Donna M. Randall (2007–2013)
Peter T. Mitchell (1997–2007)
Melvin L. Vulgamore (1983–1997)
Bernard T. Lomas (1970–1983)
Louis W. Norris (1960–1970)
William W. Whitehouse (1945–1960)
John Lawrence Seaton (1924–1945)
John Wesley Laird (1921–1924)
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
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