Franklin & Marshall College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Clifford Pickover, Author and IBM researcher
• David A. Ansell, Class of 1974, Notable Doctor and Author
• David Best, Class of 1975, President, Co-Founder of the The Doctor's Channel
• George Frederick Baer, Class of 1861, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
• Louise Burkhart, class of 1980, ethnohistorian and scholar of Mesoamerican literature, professor of anthropology at University at Albany, SUNY
• Denis A. Cortese, Class of 1966, CEO & President MAYO Clinic (2003–present)
• Michael T. Dee, Class of 1985, CEO Miami Dolphins (2009–present)
• Reid S. Derr, Class of 1976, Associate Professor of History at East Georgia College
• Paula Dow, Class of 1977, Attorney General of New Jersey (2010–present)
• Kenneth Duberstein, Class of 1965, White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan
• Edwin D. Eshleman, Class of 1942, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1967–1977)
• Barry Finegold, Class of 1993, Massachusetts State Senator
• Ed Flesh, Class of 1953, Art director, designed wheel for Wheel of Fortune
• Jennifer Gareis, Class of 1992, Actress (TV's The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless)
• William H. Gray, Class of 1963, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1979–1991), President of United Negro College Fund (1991–2004)
• Keith Hamm, Class of 1969, Edwards Professor of Political Science at Rice University
• William Edwin Hoy, Class of 1876?, Founder of Tohoku Gakuin and a pioneer of missionary to Japan and China, (1858–1927)
• John Weinland Killinger, Class of 1843, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1859–1863, 1871–1875, 1877–1881)*
• J. Roland Kinzer, Class of 1896, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1930–1947)
• Bowie Kuhn, Class of 1948, Commissioner of Baseball (1969–1984)
• Jeffrey M. Lacker, Class of 1977, President of the Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia.
• James Lapine, Class of 1971, Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning playwright (Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods)
• Ken Mehlman, Class of 1988, campaign manager for George H.W. Bush, former chairman of the United States Republican Party, 2005–2007
• Richard P. Mills, Class of 1972, Lieutenant General, U.S.M.C. Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
• Jason Narvy, Class of 2002, Actor (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Dick Orkin, Class of 1956, radio announcer and commercial producer
• Richard Lee Plepler, Class of 1981, Executive Vice President, HBO (Time Warner)
• Willam R. Rathvon, CSB, Class of 1873, Christian Science practitioner, lecturer, Church director and the only known eye-witness to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to leave an audio recording his impressions
• Jeff Rineer, attended 1974–75, former MLB pitcher
• Scott Ritter, Class of 1979, anti-war activist
• Franklin Schaffner, Class of 1942, Oscar-winning film director (Patton, Planet of the Apes)
• Mary Schapiro, Class of 1977, chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Roy Scheider, Class of 1955, actor (Jaws, All That Jazz)
• David Bowman Schneder, Class of 1876?, Second and most respected President of Tohoku Gakuin (Now Tohoku Gakuin University)(1857–1938)
• David Simons, Class of 1943, NASA physician, established altitude record, 102000 feet, in 1957 in helium balloon, testing equipment that would used by astronauts
• The Hon. D. Brooks Smith, Class of 1973, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2002–Present), Former Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1988-2002) (Chief Judge 2001-2002)
• Mark St. Amant, Class of 1990, Author of Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie and Just Kick It: Tales of an Underdog, Over-Age, Out-of-Place Semi-Pro Football Player, contributor to the New York Times and ESPN.
• Spliff Star, Class of 1996, rapper and hypeman for famous MC Busta Rhymes
• Matt Steinmetz, Class of 1986, journalist and sportscaster
• Glen Tetley, Class of 1946, choreographer
• William I. Troutman, Class of 1927, Judge and U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1943–1945)
• Andrew Truxal, Class of 1920, Hood College and Anne Arundel Community College presidents
• Don Wert, attended in 1957, MLB player
• James J. Whalen, Class of 1950, president of Ithaca College (1975–1992)
• Treat Williams, Class of 1973, actor (Hair, Prince of the City, TV's Everwood)
• Richard Winters, Class of 1941, Served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper during WWII. Achieved rank of Major and was recommended for the Medal of Honor.
• Piers Halley, Class of 1991, President of Pittsburgh Institution of Art and Culture also known as PIAC.
• Theodore E. Woodward, Nobel Prize Nominee, renowned researcher in the field of Medicine