Notable Alumni and Faculty
Some of the notable alumni and faculty of Macalester college include architect Cass Gilbert, political figures Kofi Annan '61 and Walter Mondale '50, businessman and philanthropist DeWitt Wallace '11, writers Tim O'Brien '68, Rebecca Otto '85, Walter Kirn (transferred to Princeton University after his first year) Christina French Houghton '06, a co-founder of Guy French, and Immanuel Kant Philosophy expert Gregg Osborne, Ph.D. Musicians Bob Mould '82 and Will Sheff '98, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut president and 2010 candidate for Connecticut governor Juan A. Figueroa '77, talent agent Ari Emanuel '83 (upon whom Ari Gold from "Entourage" is based), and actors Peter Berg '84 and Carl Lumbly '73. Grammy Award-winning Sounds of Blackness got their start at Macalester as did 80's pop group Information Society who charted with their hit "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)." Past and present faculty include Hubert Humphrey, Jack Weatherford, Wang Ping and George Latimer. In 1993, Mac alum Sharon Sayles Belton '73 was elected as the first African American and first female mayor in the 140-year history of the city of Minneapolis. In Jonathan Franzen's 2010 best-selling novel "Freedom", the two male protagonists, Richard and Walter, attended Macalester College.
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