Distinguished Faculty, Officers, Donors and Staff
- Benjamin E. Bates, trustee, founder, donor 1855-1878 industrialist, philanthropist
- Ebenezer Knowlton, co-founder of Maine State Seminary, drew charter, fellow from 1855–1874, Congresman 1855-57, Free Will Baptist clergyman
- James Blaine, trustee 1863-1893, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine (1876–1881) and U.S. Secretary of State (1881), Republican candidate for President of the United States (1884)
- Nelson Dingley, Jr., trustee 1863-1899, Governor of Maine, 1874, U.S. Congressman from Maine (1881–1899)
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, ex officio trustee 1866-1870, Governor of Maine, Civil War General
- William P. Frye, trustee, U.S. Congressman (1871–1881), U.S. Senator from Maine (1881–1911)
- John Jay Butler, professor, Free Will Baptist theologian
- Person C. Cheney, trustee, New Hampshire governor (1875–1877), U.S. Senator (1886–1887), Envoy to Switzerland (1892–1893).
- Alonzo Garcelon, founder, instructor and trustee, Governor of Maine (1879–1880)
- William Trufant Foster, professor and debate coach, first president of Reed College (1910–1919), economist
- Porter H. Dale, professor, U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Vermont (1923–1933)
- Andrew Carnegie, donor-1913, philanthropist, industrialist, steel magnate
- Natasha Soloveitchik Chances, adjunct music professor, musician, keyboardist
- Brooks Quimby, faculty 1935-1966, internationally known debate coach
- Douglas Hodgkin, professor of political science (1968–2000)
- David Kolb, 1977–present, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy
- Steve Hochstadt, 1979–2005, Professor of History, Holocaust expert
- Margaret Creighton, 1989–present, Professor of History, author
- William Pope.L, lecturer, conceptual artist
- Carolyn Gage, lecturer, playwright, feminist (1998–1999)
- Fred D'Aguiar, assistant professor of English (1994–95), author of poetry, novels, and drama.
- Jody Diamond, lecturer in music, composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor,
- Thomas Snow, lecturer, pianist, bandleader, composer
- Thomas Moser, faculty, debate coach, 1967-1973. Designer and founder, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers.
- Loring Danforth, professor, anthropologist, "Macedonia naming dispute" expert
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