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List of Allegheny College people

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This page lists notable alumni and former students, faculty, and administrators of Allegheny College.

Contents

Academia

  • John Aldrich – political scientist, leading scholar of American political parties, President-elect of American Political Science Association (2012–13)
  • Morris P. Fiorina – political scientist, leading scholar on voting behavior
  • Beth Gylys (1986) – professor at Georgia State University and award-winning poet
  • Specs Howard – founder of Specs Howard School of Media Arts
  • Carol Reardon – Civil War historian; winner of Helen Dortch Longstreet Prize, Victor Gondos Memorial Service Award, William Woods Hassler Award for Excellence in Civil War Education; 2015–2016 holder of George Winfree Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University

    • Government

  • William B. Allison – U.S. Senator from Iowa
  • Robert J. Corbett – U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1939–1941, 1945–1971)
  • Aylett R. Cotton – U.S. Representative for Iowa (1871–1875)
  • Clarence Darrow – lawyer
  • LtGen Jon M. Davis – USMC Deputy Commandant for Aviation
  • Budd Dwyer – former Pennsylvania State Treasurer
  • Daniel Brodhead Heiner – US Congressman for Pennsylvania (1893–1897)
  • Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. – 43rd Governor of Maryland (1896–1900); US Congressman (1873–1875)
  • Benjamin F. Martin (1854) – US Congressman (1877–1881)
  • William McKinley – 25th President of the United States of America
  • Francis Harrison Pierpont – Governor of West Virginia
  • Raymond P. Shafer (1938) – former Governor of Pennsylvania (1967–1971)
  • Thomas Tipton – United States Senator from Nebraska
  • Mike Veon – Pennsylvania State Representative (1985–2006)
  • Rob Wonderling – Pennsylvania State Senator (2003–2009)

    • Journalism

  • Anne Rumsey Gearan (1985) – Washington Post journalist
  • Alex Steffen (1990) – environmental journalist
  • Ida M. Tarbell (1880) – author, journalist, and muckraker; published famous exposé on the Standard Oil Company
  • Bradley Roland Will (1992) – anarchist and journalist (1970–2006)

    • Literature

  • Brooke McEldowney – cartoonist, 9 Chickweed Lane
  • Barbara Robinson – author, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994)
  • Chuck Rosenthal - author, Loop's Progress, My Mistress Humanity, Never Let Me Go

    • Performing arts

  • Ben Burtt – Academy Award-winning sound designer
  • Gene Hong – TV writer, actor and producer
  • Michelle Pawk – actress (attended 1980–1982)
  • Trent Reznor (1983) – musician (Nine Inch Nails) - (attended one year)
  • Lloyd Segan – TV and film producer

    • Religion

  • Robert Appleyard – Bishop of Pittsburgh
  • William Fitzjames Oldham – Methodist Episcopal Bishop; founder of Anglo-Chinese School
  • Barry E. B. Swain – Episcopal priest; opponent of women's ordination
  • Erastus Wentworth (1850) – Methodist Episcopal minister

    • Science

  • Valentino Achak Deng – "Lost Boy" of Darfur; subject of the book What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
  • Edward Shanbrom (1947) – pioneering hematologist and medical researcher
  • Paul Siple (1932) – Antarctic explorer and the originator of the wind chill factor

    • Sports

  • Ronnie Anderson (1997) – former National Football League player
  • Glenn Beckert – former Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
  • Stan Drayton (1993) – National Football League assistant coach
  • Russ McKelvy – former Major League Baseball player
  • Babe Parnell – National Football League player
  • Jeremy Scott (2003) – Olympic pole vaulter
  • Josh Sharpless (2003) – relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team
  • Nathan T. Smith (2001) – four-time USGA Mid-Amateur Champion, three-time US National Team Member, NCAA Runner-up

    • References

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