Asbury University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

More than 20,000 living alumni of the College surround the globe, leading and serving in all 50 states and at least 80 nations.

Notable alumni include:

• Frederick Bohn Fisher (Class of 1902) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in India
• Andrew N. Johnson (Class of 1903) - Methodist minister, U.S. vice presidential candidate from the Prohibition Party (1944)
• Luther B. Bridgers (Class of 1906 - did not graduate, Honorary Doctorate 1921) - pastor, evangelist, hymnwriter ("He Keeps Me Singing")
• E. Stanley Jones (A.B., 1907) - Missionary, Evangelist, Author, and Theologian
• J. Waskom Pickett (Class of 1907) - Missionary to India
• Lela G. McConnell (Class of 1924) - founder of the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association
• Z.T. Johnson (Class of 1925) - Methodist minister, Asbury College President (1940–1966)
• Edward L.R. Elson (Class of 1928) - pastor of National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.; Chaplain of the United States Senate (1969–1981)
• Anna Talbott McPherson (Class of 1929) - author of more than 22 biographies, book illustrator and artist
• James B. Pritchard (Class of 1930) - Biblical archaeologist
• Mack B. Stokes (Class of 1932) - retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Cornelius R. Hager (Class of 1934) - three-time President of Asbury College (1967–1968; 1981–1983; 1992–1993)
• Laton E. Holmgren (Class of 1936) - General Secretary of the American Bible Society (1963–1978)
• Wayne K. Clymer (A.B., 1939) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Dennis F. Kinlaw (Class of 1943) - Author, Theologian, Evangelist, Asbury College President (1968–81; 1986–91)
• Rosalind Rinker (Class of 1945) - Author of Prayer: Conversing with God, selected by Christianity Today magazine as the #1 most influential evangelical book
• Ford Philpot (Class of 1951) - Evangelist, Producer of first religious TV program in color, The Story
• Dean Jones (Class of 1953 - did not graduate, Honorary Degree 2002) - actor
• Ernie Steury (Class of 1953) - Missionary Doctor, Tenwek Hospital, Kenya
• Paul Rader (Class of 1956) - General of Salvation Army (1994–1999), Asbury College President (2000–2006)
• Joe Frank Harris (Class of 1958) - former Governor of Georgia
• Gilbert Crouse (Class of 1960) - Economist DHHS
• W. Todd Bassett (Class of 1961) - National Commander of Salvation Army (2002–2006), Executive Director of National Association of Evangelicals (2007- )
• Janice Shaw Crouse (Class of 1961) - Senior Fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute of Concerned Women for America
• Joseph R. Pitts (Class of 1961) - United States Representative from Pennsylvania\
• Robert Pappas, USMC
• Ted Strickland (A.B., 1963) - former Democratic Governor of Ohio and former U.S. Representative
• Leopold Frade (Class of 1965 - did not graduate) - Third Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and former Bishop of Honduras
• David Hager (Class of 1968) - Physician, Author, etc.
• Sammlung von Bildern - Collector of Images
• Stephen W. Wood (Class of 1973) - past member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• Steve Smith (Class of 1977) - Head Basketball Coach at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, VA
• Sue Bell Cobb (Class of 1978) - current Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (first woman to hold this position)
• Joe Hilley (Class of 1978) - New York Times best-selling author
• Gregory Van Tatenhove (Class of 1982) - Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
• Shelley Hundley - Director of the Forerunner School of Ministry at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Andy Merrill (Class of 1990) - Voice artist, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Planet, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The Brak Show
• Chris and Phileena Heuertz (Class of 1995) - Directors of Word Made Flesh ministries, noted authors and speakers.