Gettysburg College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• J. Michael Bishop, 1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for cancer research
• Rev. David Bittle, first president of Roanoke College, the nation's second oldest Lutheran college after Gettysburg
• Janet Morgan Riggs, President of Gettysburg College (2009–present)
• Ruth J. Person, Chancellor of the University of Michigan (Flint Campus).
• Herman Haupt, American Civil War general who ran the Union military railroad system
• Carson Kressley, fashion consultant, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• George M. Leader, former Governor of Pennsylvania (1955–1959)
• John S. Rice, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1961-1964) and President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate (1939-1940)
• William N. McNair, former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1934–1936)
• Ron Paul, M.D., U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1988 Libertarian Party Presidential nominee, as well as 2008 and 2012 Candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination
• James Glenn Beall, former Maryland U.S. Senator.
• Carol Bellamy, former New York City Council President and former executive director, UNICEF
• Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr., former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1965–1967)
• Fred F. Fielding, former (1981–1986, 2007–2009) Counsel to the President, former deputy to the White House counsel (1970–1972), member of 9/11 Commission
• Bruce S. Gordon, former head of the NAACP (2005–2007)
• Jeffrey Piccola, Pennsylvania State Senator, former State Senate Majority Whip (2001–2007)
• Keller E. Rockey, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps, commander of the Fifth Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Owen Roizman, five-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer for films such as The Exorcist, The French Connection and Network
• Karen Sosnoski, author, radio contributor and filmmaker
• Edgar Fahs Smith American scientist and provost of the University of Pennsylvania
• Jerry Spinelli, author, winner of the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee
• F. William Sunderman, Physician, Editor, Musician, and Inventor. Medical Director for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, N.M. [
• Charles A. Willoughby, Chief of Intelligence on General Douglas MacArthur's staff during World War II, member of Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
• George Winter, former Major League Baseball player
• John Bosley Ziegler who discovered Dianabol and pioneered the use of steroids in sport.
• John Yovicsin, NFL football player, coach at Gettysburg, and coach at Harvard
• David Hartman, first blind person to graduate from medical school in the United States
• Ron Warner, class of 1962, two-time All-American (1961, 1962) basketball player
• Stephanie Sellars, writer, actor, and filmmaker
• Eddie Plank, MLB Hall of Fame pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. (Plank was not technically an alumnus since he was not a student, but he pitched for his local college's baseball team.)