Hillsdale College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Bud Acton (c. 1964), former NBA player
• E. Ross Adair (1929), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
• Chester Hardy Aldrich, One-term Governor of Nebraska and former Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Bion J. Arnold (1884), expert in mass transportation, called the "Father of the Third Rail"
• Jared Maurice Arter (1885), slavery-born African-American pastor and educator
• Manuel Ayau (1973), Guatemalan-born politician, humanitarian, and founder of the "Universidad Francisco Marroquín"
• Clara Bayliss (1871), female social activist, author, teacher, headed the Education Committee in the Illinois Congress of Mothers, helped develop the PTA
• Lynn Bell (1906), professional baseball player, American college football coach
• Clarence Black (1999), contestant on CBS's Survivor: Africa
• Tyler Blanski (2006), author and musician
• Will Carleton (1869), American poet
• Chris Chocola (1984), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd congressional district and the current President of the Club for Growth
• Bob Clark (1963), filmmaker, most famous for directing A Christmas Story
• Cyrus Cline (1876), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
• Kirk Cordill (1992), CEO of BMW China
• David L. Cornwell (1964), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
• Dan Crane (1958), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 22nd and 19th congressional districts
• Phil Crane (1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th congressional district
• Edwin Wilber Cunningham (1866), former justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
• Robert William Davis (1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district
• Solomon Robert Dresser (1865), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and founder and president of S.R. Dresser Manufacturing Co., now Dresser Industries
• Spencer O. Fisher (c. 1865), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th congressional district
• Clinton B. Fisk (c. 1844), namesake of Fisk University and Prohibition Party candidate for president in 1888
• Walter M. French (1896), former justice on the Washington Supreme Court
• Elizebeth Friedman (1915), female pioneer of American cryptography
• Washington Gardner (1870), Civil War soldier and statesman
• Tom Heckert (1990), general manager for the Cleveland Browns
• Andre Holmes (2011), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
• Albert J. Hopkins (1870), former senator from Illinois
• Walter Howell III (1980), international director of Jones Lang LaSalle, the world's largest commercial real estate development firm
• Oscar A. Janes (1868), American Civil War veteran, lost left arm in battle, elected to Michigan Senate in 1895
• Calvin Jung (1969), actor, most famous for his role as "Mr. Lee" in the 1970s Calgon Water Softener commercial that coined the phrase, "Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?"
• Marcia Watkins Kazurinski (1972), Broadway dancer, actor, singer
• Henry M. Kimball (c. 1900), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd congressional district
• Fred Knorr (1937), radio executive and part-owner of the Detroit Tigers
• Jim Larkin (1961), American college football coach
• Peter Leeson (2001), economist
• Peter Leithart (1981), Reformed theologian
• Chuck Liebrock (1967), former Canadian football player
• Pamela Lowe (1980), vice president of Cintas Corporation
• Moses A. Luce (1866), lawyer and Medal of Honor recipient
• Mike Lude (1947), American college athletic director
• Verner Main (1907), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan
• Chester Marcol (1972), former placekicker for the Green Bay Packers
• Alton G. Marshall (1942), top aide to Nelson Rockefeller
• Bruce McLenna (1966), former halfback for the Detroit Lions
• Spencer G. Millard (1877), former Lieutenant Governor of California
• Joseph B. Moore (1879), former justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
• Thomas Morrison (1997), representative for the 54th District in the Illinois General Assembly
• Howard Mudd (1963), former offensive line coach for Indianapolis Colts
• Robert P. Murphy (1998), economist and author
• Aric Nesbitt (2001), member of Michigan House of Representatives, 80th district
• Walter R. Nickel (1929), dermatologist, a founder of the field of dermatopathology
• Walter H. North (1896), former justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
• Jasper Packard (c. 1853), newspaper editor and U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Keith Otterbein (1979), American college football coach
• Edward Peper (1984), general manager of Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
• T. R. Peters, Sr. (1953), author/poet, speech writer, first Hillsdale alumnus to be honored as a distinguished alumnus in the field of literature
• Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce (1891), Unitarian minister and Chaplain of the Senate from 1909 to 1913
• Erik Prince (1992), founder and owner of private military company Blackwater USA
• David Pringle (1965), president of Luminys Systems Corp., chief technology officer of Imagility, Inc., winner of two Academy Awards and one Emmy Award for technical achievement
• Wayne Schurr (1959), former Chicago Cubs relief pitcher
• Ruta Sepetys (1989), author
• Michael Sessions (2010), former mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, one of the youngest mayors ever elected in the U.S.
• James Seward (1964), noted cardiologist of the Mayo Clinic
• May Gorslin Preston Slosson (BS 1878, MS 1879), educator and suffragist, first woman Philosophy PhD in the U.S.
• Rose Hartwick Thorpe (c. 1872), poet
• Ron Tripp (c. 1975), expert in Sambo and Judo and current general secretary of USA Judo
• Steve Van Andel (1978), chairman of Amway
• Steve Vear (1980), member of Michigan House of Representatives, 58th district
• Jared Veldheer (2010), lineman for the Oakland Raiders
• Rube Vickers (1903), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Leroy Waterman (1898), archaeologist, scholar, and Biblical translator
• Hans Zeiger (2007), author and representative for the 25th Legislative District of Washington