List of Dartmouth College people
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The following is a list of notable alumni from Dartmouth College. See also those in the Wikipedia category Category:Dartmouth College alumni.
[edit] Nobel laureates
- Owen Chamberlain class of 1941, co-winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics
- K. Barry Sharpless class of 1963, winner of 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- George Davis Snell class of 1926, co-winner of 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
[edit] Pulitzer Prize winners
- Thomas Burton class of 1971, Wall Street Journal reporter, winner of Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for explanatory journalism
- Richard Eberhart class of 1926, US Poet Laureate; winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 and the National Book Award in 1977
- Robert Frost class of 1896, US Poet Laureate, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes
- Paul Gigot class of 1977, Wall Street Journal Editorial page editor
- Frank Gilroy class of 1950, playwright, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1965 for The Subject Was Roses
- Nigel Jaquiss class of 1984, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
- Nick Kotz class of 1955, journalist, winner of a 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
- Martin Sherwin, class of 1959, co-winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography for American Prometheus, about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- David Shipler class of 1964, former correspondent for the New York Times who received Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction in 1987; New York Times Op-Ed page editor
- David Shribman class of 1976, journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1995
[edit] MacArthur ("Genius Grant") Fellows
- Stuart Kauffman class of 1961, theoretical biologist, 1987 MacArthur Fellow
- John A. Rich class of 1980, physician and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
- Anna Schuleit M.A. 2005, artist, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
- Jeffrey Weeks class of 1978, mathematician, 1999 MacArthur Fellow
[edit] Government, law, and public policy
[edit] Governors
- Sherman Adams class of 1920, Governor of New Hampshire and Congressman
- Lemuel Arnold class of 1811, Governor of Rhode Island
- John Bartlett clas of 1894, Governor of New Hampshire
- Charles Henry Bell class of 1844, Governor of New Hampshire and Senator
- Samuel Bell class of 1793, Governor of New Hampshire and Senator
- Frank S. Black class of 1875, Congressman (R-New York), Governor of New York
- Robert Blood MD 1913, Governor of New Hampshire
- Albert Brown class of 1878, Governor of New Hampshire
- Fred H. Brown class of 1903, Governor of New Hampshire
- John C. Carney class of 1978, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Salmon P. Chase class of 1826, Governor of Ohio
- Martin Chittenden class of 1789, Congressman, Governor of Vermont
- Channing H. Cox class of 1901, Governor of Massachusetts
- Moody Currier class of 1834, Governor of New Hampshire
- Nelson Dingley, Jr. class of 1955, Governor of Maine, eight-term Congressman
- Samuel Dinsmoor class of 1789, Governor of New Hampshire and Congressman
- Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. class of 1814, Governor of New Hampshire
- Lane Dwinell class of 1928, Governor of New Hampshire
- Samuel Felker class of 1882, Governor of New Hampshire
- James W. Grimes class of 1836, Governor of Iowa, Senator
- Winfield Scott Hammond class of 1884, Governor of Minnesota, Congressman
- Matthew Harvey class of 1806, Governor of New Hampshire and Congressman
- John Hoeven class of 1979, Governor of North Dakota
- Henry Hubbard class of 1803, Governor of New Hampshire, Senator and Congressman
- Angus King class of 1966, Governor of Maine
- John Kitzhaber class of 1969, Governor of Oregon
- Samuel W. McCall class of 1874, Governor of Massachusetts
- John R. McKernan, Jr. class of 1970, Governor of Maine
- Noah Martin MD 1824, Governor of New Hampshire
- Ralph Metcalf class of 1823, Governor of New Hampshire
- Albion K. Parris class of 1806, state legislator, Senator, Governor of Maine, state Supreme Court judge, and mayor
- Walter Peterson class of 1947, Governor of New Hampshire
- Benjamin Prescott class of 1856, Governor of New Hampshire
- Redfield Proctor class of 1851, Governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and United States Senator for Vermont from 1891 to 1908
- Nelson Rockefeller class of 1930, Vice President, Governor of New York
- Robert W. Straub class of 1943, Governor of Oregon
- Frank Weber class of 1947, Governor of New Hampshire
- Levi Woodbury class of 1809, justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Senator, Governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy
[edit] Federal legislators
At least 135 Representatives and 28 senators have attended Dartmouth.
[edit] Class of 1774-1799
- Heman Allen class of 1795, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Samuel Allen class of 1794, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; chairman, Committee on Accounts (Seventeenth through Twentieth Congresses)
- Sylvanus Backus class of 1788, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Silas Betton class of 1787, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Abijah Bigelow class of 1795, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Elijah Brigham class of 1778, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Dudley Chase class of 1791, Senator from Vermont; Anti-Jacksonian, uncle of Salmon P. Chase
- Daniel Chipman class of 1788, U.S. Representative from Vermont; professor of law at Middlebury College 1806-1818
- Martin Chittenden class of 1789, U.S. Representative from Vermont and Governor 1814-1815
- Judah Dana class of 1795, Senator from Maine
- Daniel Durell class of 1794, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Sylvester Gilbert class of 1775, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Calvin Goddard class of 1786, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Luther Jewett class of 1795, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- John Locke class of 1792, Senator Massachusetts
- Asa Lyon class of 1790, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Charles Marsh class of 1786, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Ebenezer Mattoon class of 1776, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Jeremiah Nelson class of 1790, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- John Noyes class of 1795, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Benjamin Orr class of 1798, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Erastus Root class of 1793, U.S. Representative from New York; member of the New York state constitutional convention of 1821; lieutenant governor of New York State, 1822-1824
- John Sherburne class of 1776, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Peleg Sprague class of 1783, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Samuel Taggart class of 1774, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Nathaniel Terry class of 1786, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Phineas White class of 1797, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- John Wilson class of 1799, U.S. Representative from Maine
- William Wilson class of 1797, U.S. Representative from Ohio
[edit] Classes of 1800-1899
- James Alvord class of 1827, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Lemuel Arnold class of 1811, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- Henry Baker class of 1863, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- William Emerson Barrett class of 1880, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; editor in chief of Boston Daily Advertiser
- Ichabod Bartlett class of 1808, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Charles Henry Bell class of 1844, Senator from New Hampshire and Governor
- Samuel Bell class of 1847, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Frank Swett Black class of 1875, U.S. Representative from New York and Governor, editor of the Johnstown (N.Y.) Journal
- John Blanchard class of 1812, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Daniel Breck class of 1812, U.S. Representative from Kentucky; associate judge of the supreme court of Kentucky
- Francis Brewer class of 1843, U.S. Representative from New York
- David Bronson class of 1819, U.S. Representative from Maine
- Daniel Buck class of 1807, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Joseph Buffum, Jr. class of 1807, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Robert Burns class of 1811, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Henry Burnham class of 1865, Senator from New Hampshire
- Sherman Burroughs class of 1894, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Salmon P. Chase class of 1826, Senator from Ohio, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Secretary of Treasury (on $10,000 bill)
- Rufus Choate class of 1819, Senator and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Daniel Clark class of 1834, Senator from New Hampshire, served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Thirty-eighth Congress
- Frank Clarke class of 1873, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- James Hodge Codding class of 1871, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- William Cogswell class of 1859, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Edward Curtis class of 1821, U.S. Representative from New York
- Benjamin Dean class of 1845, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Nelson Dingley class of 1855, U.S. Representative from Maine
- Fred Douglas class of 1895, U.S. Representative from New York
- Irving Drew class of 1870, Senator from New Hampshire
- Ira Eastman class of 1829, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, served as speaker in 1837 and 1838
- Thomas McKey Edwards class of 1813, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Evarts Farr class of 1863, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Thomas Fessenden class of 1845, U.S. Representative from Maine
- Walbridge Field class of 1855, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Isaac Fletcher class of 1808, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Richard Fletcher class of 1806, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Benjamin Flanders class of 1842, U.S. Representative from Louisiana; first president of the First National Bank of New Orleans in 1864
- George Fogg class of 1839, Senator from New Hampshire
- David Johnson Foster class of 1880, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch class of 1843, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- John Noble Goodwin class of 1844, U.S. Representative from Maine, delegate from Arizona
- George Grennell Jr. class of 1808, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- James Grimes class of 1836, Senator from Iowa
- Joshua Hall class of 1851, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Winfield Hammond class of 1884, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- Harry Hibbard class of 1835, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Jonathan Hunt class of 1807, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Thomas Kyle class of 1881, U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Joseph Stebbins Lyman class of 1805, U.S. Representative from New York
- Samuel W. McCall class of 1874, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Rufus McIntire class of 1809, U.S. Representative from Maine
- George Perkins Marsh class of 1820, U.S. Representative from Vermont, Minister to Turkey and Italy
- Gilman Marston class of 1837, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, appointed to the United States Senate in 1889
- Richard Molony class of 1832, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- George Moses class of 1890, Senator, Minister to Greece & Montenegro
- Moses Norris class of 1828, Senator and U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Albion Parris class of 1806, Senator, U.S. Representative from Maine
- James W. Patterson class of 1848, Senator and U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Charles Peaslee class of 1824, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Henry Pollard class of 1857, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Samuel Powers class of 1874, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Redfield Proctor class of 1851, Senator from Vermont
- Ambrose Ranney class of 1844, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Edward Cambrdige Reed class of 1812, U.S. Representative from New York
- Joseph Richardson class of 1802, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley class of 1800, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
- Jonathan Ross class of 1851, Senator from Vermont
- Samuel Locke Sawyer class of 1833, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Ether Shepley class of 1811, Senator from Maine
- George Simmons class of 1816, U.S. Representative from New York
- Bradford Stevens class of 1835, IL U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Moses Stevens class of 1846, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Thaddeus Stevens class of 1814, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; Drafted 14th Amendment; leader of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction
- Samuel Thurston class of 1843, first delegate from the Oregon Territory to the United States Congress and was instrumental in the passage of the Donation Land Claim Act
- Charles Tirrell class of 1866, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Andrew Tracy class of 1821, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Phineas Tracey class of 1806, U.S. Representative from New York
- Amos Tuck class of 1835, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, cofounder of GOP
- Daniel Webster class of 1801, Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts and U.S. Representative from New Hampshire; Along with Clay and Calhoun, one of the most important Senators of the 1800s
- John Wentworth class of 1836, U.S. Representative from Illinois, editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, Illinois
- Thomas Whipple, Jr. class of 1814, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Leonard Wilcox class of 1817, Senator from New Hampshire
- Charles Willard class of 1851, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- George Fred Williams class of 1872, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Hezekiah Williams class of 1820, U.S. Representative from Maine
[edit] Classes of 1900 - present
- Perkins Bass class of 1934, four term U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Charles F. Bass class of 1974, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Ellsworth Buck class of 1914, U.S. Representative from New York
- Mike Capuano class of 1973, U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts)
- Thomas Bradford Curtis class of 1932, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Edwin Dooley class of 1926, U.S. Representative from New York
- Allen Ertel class of 1958, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Peter Fitzgerald class of 1982, Senator (R-Illinois)
- William Frenzel class of 1950, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- Kirsten Gillibrand class of 1988, U.S. Representative-elect from New York (2006)
- Slade Gorton class of 1950, Senator (R-Washington)
- Frank Guarini class of 1946, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
- Arthur Healey class of 1913, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Fletcher Hale class of 1905, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Edgar Hiestand class of 1910, U.S. Representative from California
- Paul Hodes class of 1972, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Robert Leach class of 1902, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Jay Le Fevre class of 1918, U.S. Representative from New York
- Clark MacGregor class of 1944, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- John Andrews McGuire class of 1928, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Thomas James McIntyre class of 1937, Senator from New Hampshire
- Robert McClory class of 1930, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Richard Walker Mallary class of 1949, U.S. Representative from Vermont
- David Thomas Martin class of 1929, U.S. Representative from Nebraska
- William Minshall class of 1935, U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Hugh Mitchell class of 1930, Senator and U.S. Representative from Washington
- John S. Monagan class of 1933, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Harold Mosier class of 1912, U.S. Representative from Ohio, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 1934-1936
- Rob Portman class of 1979, U.S. Representative from Ohio, US Trade Representative, Chief Office of Management and Budget
- William Nathaniel Rogers class of 1915, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
- Herman Schneebeli class of 1930, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Don Sherwood class of 1963, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Henry P. Smith III class of 1933, U.S. Representative from New York
- Joseph Edward Talbot class of 1922, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Paul Tsongas class of 1962, Senator, U.S. Representative
- Douglas Walgren class of 1962, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Rick Alan White class of 1975, U.S. Representative from Washington
[edit] Other government officials
- Alex M. Azar II class of 1988
- Joel Barlow class of 1778
- Robert L. Barry class of 1956, ambassador to Bulgaria, Indonesia
- Reginald Bartholemew class of 1958, ambassador to Italy, Lebanon
- Rand Beers class of 1964
- Paul Boeker class of 1960, Ambassador to Bolivia, Jordan
- Parker Borg class of 1961, ambassador to Malaysia, Iceland
- Stephen Bosworth class of 1961, ambassador to Republic of Korea, Philippines, Tunisia
- Peter Bridges class of 1953, ambassador to Somalia
- Ellis Briggs class of 1921, ambassador to Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia, Korea, Peru, Brazil, Greeze, Spain
- Everett Ellis "Ted" Briggs class of 1956, ambassador to Panama, Honduras, Portugal
- Gordon Campbell class of 1970, 34th Premier of British Columbia
- John Carney class of 1978, Lt. Governor, Delaware
- James Cason class of 1966
- Elaine Chao (exchange student)
- Salmon P. Chase class of 1826, Chief Justice of the United States, presiding at the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson; also U.S. Treasury Secretary under Abraham Lincoln
- John Sloan Dickey class of 1929
- General William Eaton class of 1790, consul to Tunis, hero of the First Barbary War
- James V. Forrestal class of 1915, Secretary of Defense
- Hillary Goodridge class of 1979
- David Crane Halstead class of 1963, ambassador to Chad
- Peter Hart class of 1933, ambassador to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
- Robert C. Hill class of 1942, ambassador to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina, Spain
- Thomas Penfield Jackson class of 1958, U.S. District Judge in the Microsoft anti-trust case
- Kunio Katakura class of 1961, Japanese ambassador to Egypt
- Frank A. Kaufman class of 1937, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court
- Amos Kendall class of 1812, U.S. Postmaster General, influential member of the Jackson administration
- C. Everett Koop class of 1937, Surgeon General of the U.S. (1982-1989)
- Arthur Lewis class of 1966, Ambassador to Sierra Leone
- Paavo Lipponen Never graduated, former Prime Minister of Finland.
- Lester Knox Little, class of 1914, last foreign Inspector General of the Chinese Maritime Customs
- George Perkins Marsh class of 1820, an American diplomat and philologist, he is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist.
- Carl McCall class of 1958, NY State Comptroller, Deputy Representative to the U.N. 1979-82
- Alan Reel McKee class of 1964, ambassador to Swaziland
- James Moriarty class of 1975, ambassador to Nepal
- Alfred Moses class of 1951, ambassador to Romania
- Juan Carlos Navarro class of 1983, Mayor of Panama City
- Rob Portman class of 1979, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (acting, pending U.S. Senate confirmation)
- Henry Paulson class of 1968, Secretary of Treasury
- Robert Reich class of 1968, President Clinton's Secretary of Labor
- William Remington class of 1939, Soviet spy
- Edward Rhetts class of 1931, ambassador to Liberia
- Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. class of 1973, Ambassador to Egypt, Philippines
- Peter Robinson class of 1979, wrote "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech
- Beth Robinson class of 1986
- Terry Schumaker class of 1970, Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago
- Laurence Silberman class of 1957
- Ronald I. Spiers class of 1948, American ambassador to Pakistan, Turkey, Bahamas
- Andrew Winter class of 1968, Ambassador to Gambia
[edit] Business and finance
- Sandy Alderson class of 1969, CEO of Padres baseball team
- George Bissell class of 1845, industrialist
- Leon Black class of 1972; founder and general partner of Apollo Advisors
- George Champion class of 1926; Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank
- Jeffrey Citrin class of 1980; President of Square Mile Capital
- James Coulter class of 1982; general partner of Texas Pacific Group
- Tench Coxe class of 1980; general partner of Summit Ventures
- Peter R. Dolan class of 1980 (Tuck), Chairman & CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Louis Gerstner class of 1963, Former CEO of IBM, CEO of Carlyle Group
- Charles E. Haldeman, Jr., class of 1970; President and Chief Executive Office of Putnam Investments
- Donald J. Hall Sr., class of 1952; Chairman of the Board and former President and CEO of Hallmark Cards
- Jeffrey Immelt class of 1978, CEO of General Electric
- David T. McLaughlin class of 1954, President of Dartmouth College (1981-1987), Chairman of American Red Cross (2001-2004), non-executive Chairman of CBS/Viacom (?-2004)
- Paul Mott class of 1980
- George B. Munroe class of 1943, CEO & Chairman of the Dodge Corporation; Rhodes scholar
- Jonathan Newcomb class of 1968, former CEO Simon and Schuster
- William H. Neukom class of 1964, Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft; Member of Aspen Group; Chairman of Dartmouth Board of Trustees
- Hank Paulson class of 1968, CEO of Goldman Sachs, United States Treasury Secretary
- T.J. Rodgers class of 1970, Cypress Semiconductor founder and CEO
- Steven Roth class of 1962
- Jack Ryan class of 1981
- Tim Schaaff class of 1982; vice-president of software at Sony; former head of QuickTime engineering group at Apple Computer
- L. William Seidman class of 1943
[edit] Academia
- Ebenezer Adams class of 1791, later noted professor of mathetmatics and natural philosophy at Phillips Exeter Academy and professor of languages at Dartmouth[1]
- Jesse Appleton class of 1792, second president of Bowdoin College
- Kanichi Asakawa class of 1899; the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States
- Lou Benezet class of 1936, president of Colorado College
- Stephen Bosworth class of 1961, dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy since 2001
- George Bush class of 1818; Biblical scholar
- Francis Brown class of 1870, American Semitic scholar
- Joseph Campbell class of 1926 (didn't graduate), author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which inspired Star Wars and The Matrix
- Philander Chase class of 1795, founder and first president of Kenyon College; helped found Jubilee College
- Oren Burbank Cheney class of 1839, Baptist preacher, abolitionist, founder and first president of Bates College
- Marye Anne Fox PhD 1974, chancellor of UCSD, former chancellor of North Carolina State University
- Jeffrey Garten class of 1968, dean of the Yale School of Management, 1995-2005
- Michael Gazzaniga class of 1961, neuroscientist, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Dick Gilman class of 1945, president of Occidental College
- Ira Michael Heyman class of 1951, chancellor of University of California at Berkeley (1980-1990), Secretary of Smithsonian Institution
- Ernest Martin Hopkins class of 1901, 11th president of Dartmouth College
- Roger Hull class of 1964, president of Union College, Beloit College
- Ernest Everett Just class of 1907, biologist, first recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1915
- Neal Katyal class of 1991, Georgetown Law professor, lawyer in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
- Samuel L. Katz class of 1948, developer of measles vaccine
- Amos Kendall class of 1812, founder of Gallaudet College for the deaf
- William C. Kirby class of 1972, dean of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
- David M. Kreps class of 1972, Economics professor at Stanford, winner of John Bates Clark Medal
- Edward Lorenz class of 1938, professor at MIT, founder of chaos theory, winner of Kyoto Prize in 1993.
- Zephaniah Moore class of 1793, president of Williams and Amherst colleges
- Alden Partridge class of 1806, founder of Norwich University
- Walt Peterson class of 1947, president of Franklin Pierce College
- Greg Prince class of 1963, President of Hampshire College
- Sylvanus Thayer class of 1807, namesake of the Thayer School of Engineering, reorganizer and president of West Point
- George Ticknor class of 1807, expert on Spanish literature
- William Jewett Tucker class of 1861, 9th president of Dartmouth College
- Ken Warner class of 1968, dean of University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Frank Weber class of 1947, president of University of New Hampshire
- John Wheelock class of 1771, 2nd president of Dartmouth College, son of Dartmouth College's founder Eleazar Wheelock
- Charles Augustus Young class of 1853, notable astronomer, made first observations of the flash spectrum of the sun during solar eclipses of 1869-70.
[edit] Religion
- The Rev. Dr. James P. Breeden class of 1956, former Dean of the Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth College, educator and civil rights leader
- Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs class of 1852
- Rabbi Marshall Meyer class of 1952
- The Rev. George William Rutler class of 1965
- Dr. Bob Smith (Robert Holbrook Smith) class of 1902, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Rabbi David H. Stern class of 1983, head of largest Reform congregation in American southwest Temple Emanu-El in Dallas
[edit] Journalists and media personalities
- C. Richard Allen class of 1965, President and CEO of The Sporting News
- Bill Beutel class of 1953, first anchor of what became Good Morning America
- Ty Burr, class of 1980, film critic for Boston Globe
- Keith Boykin class of 1987, co-host of the BET TV talk show "My Two Cents"
- Vincent Canby, critic for the New York Times
- Susan Dentzer class of 1977, NewsHour correspondent
- Dinesh D'Souza class of 1983; political analyst, fellow at the Hoover Institution.
- Nathaniel Fick class of 1999; author of "One Bullet Away" and Officer in the United States Marine Corps
- Paul Gambaccini class of 1970; radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom, especially for the America's Greatest Hits show on BBC Radio 2
- George Herman class of 1941; journalist for CBS long standing moderator for Face the Nation
- Laura Ingraham class of 1986, political analyst, host of radio show The Laura Ingraham Show
- Steve Kelley class of 1981
- Mort Kondracke class of 1960, executive editor of Roll Call; political commentator and journalist, author of Saving Millie: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease which was made into a movie for CBS
- A.J. Liebling class of 1924, journalist, long-time contributor to The New Yorker
- Charles Miller class of 1872, editor-in-chief New York Times
- James Nachtwey class of 1970, photojournalist, five time recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, seven time recipient of the Magazine Photographer of the Year, three time recipient of the International Center of Photography Infinity Award, twice received the Leica Award, twice recipient of the Bayeaux Award for War Correspondent
- David Rosenbaum class of 1963, journnalist for the New York Times, winner of the 1991 Polk Award
- Jake Tapper class of 1991
- Jay Kumar class of 1988, author of Dark Woods, moderator of ESPN2's "Loudmouth Bass"
[edit] Bloggers
- John Hinderaker class of 1971 of Power Line
- Scott W. Johnson class of 1971 of Power Line
- Paul Mirengoff class of 1971 of Power Line
- Melissa Lafsky class of 2000 of Opinionistas
[edit] Social reformers
- John Humphrey Noyes class of 1830, founded Oneida (Utopian) Community
- Charles A. Eastman class of 1887
- John C. Topping, Jr. class of 1964, founded the Climate Institute
[edit] Writers and translators
- Philip Booth class of 1947, poet, winner of Guggenheim grant
- William Bronk class of 1938, poet, winner of American Book Award
- Louise Erdrich class of 1976; novelist, poet, winner of the O. Henry Award in 1987, Guggenheim Fellow, National Book Critics Circle Award
- Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss class of 1925
- Richard Hovey class of 1885
- Edward Connery Lathem class of 1951—editor of Robert Frost class of 1896
- Richmond Lattimore class of 1926, translator of Iliad and other classics
- Norman Maclean class of 1924, author of A River Runs Through It and Young Men and Fire, winner of the National Book Award
- Samuel French Morse class of 1936, poet
- Gregory Rabassa class of 1944, acclaimed translator of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and other Latin American literary giants
- Tara Bray Smith class of 1992, writer, memoirist
- Ben Ames Williams class of 1910, novelist
[edit] Architecture
- Charles Alonzo Rich class of 1875, designer of Sagamore Hill (T. Roosevelt House), Barnard College, and a variety of buildings in Manhattan and elsewhere on the East Coast
- Fred Wesley Wentworth class of 1887, designer of numerous buildings in Paterson, N.J.
- Bremer Whidden Pond class of 1907, landscape architect and long-time head of Harvard's landscape architecture program
- Michael Arad class of 1991, designer of the World Trade Center Memorial
- William McDonough class of 1973, dean University of Virginia School of Architecture, 1994-1999
[edit] Entertainment
- Harry Ackerman class of 1935, television producer
- David Benioff class of 1992, screenwriter, known for novel and film 25th Hour and Troy
- Walter Bernstein class of 1940, writer and screenwriter
- Paul Binder class of 1963, juggler, co-creator of the Big Apple Circus
- David Birney class of 1961, actor
- Connie Britton, class of 1989, actress; best known for Spin City
- Sarah Wayne Callies, class of 1999, actress; best known for Prison Break
- Rachel Dratch class of 1988, actress, cast member of Saturday Night Live
- Cameron Delany class of 2006, member of Disney Channel reality series "Bug Juice"; nicknamed "Cammie"
- Barry Grove class of 1973, executive producer at the Manhattan Theatre Club
- Skylor Haagensen attended Dartmouth/Brown M.D. program, actor and producer, DreamScape Motion Pictures
- David Hamlin Emmy Award winning producer for National Geographic
- John Hart class of 1975
- Buck Henry class of 1951, actor, writer, director; shared Oscar nomination for screenplay for The Graduate
- Mindy Kaling class of 2001, actress, writer on The Office
- Paul Lazarus class of 1976, TV director and producer (Mad About You, Friends, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210
- Gonzalo Lira class of 1995, author of Acrobat and Tomáh Errázurih, writer/director of Catalina's Kidnapping
- Sam Means class of 2003, Emmy-winning staff writer for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
- Chris Miller class of 1963, writer for the National Lampoon, co-writer of the screenplay for Animal House (based loosely on a series of fictional stories he wrote in 1974 about his fraternity days at Dartmouth, including "The Night of the Seven Fires." In a CNN interview, John Landis said the movie was "based on Chris Miller's real fraternity at Dartmouth," Alpha Delta Phi)
- Michael Moriarty class of 1963, actor, winner of three Emmy Awards, known for playing Benjamin Stone on Law & Order
- Peter Parnell class of 1974, playwright and screenwriter
- Michael Phillips class of 1965, producer of Taxi Driver (Academy Award nomination) and The Sting (Academy Award)
- Maurice Rapf class of 1935
- Shonda Rhimes class of 1991, screenwriter, director, and producer; best known for producing Grey's Anatomy
- Fred Rogers creater of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, transferred to Rollins College class of 1951
- Stephen Rotter class of 1962, film editor, Academy Award winner for The Right Stuff
- Budd Schulberg class of 1936, screenwriter, winner of the Academy Award for On the Waterfront (best original screenplay)
- Andrew Shue class of 1989, actor, best known for Melrose Place
- Roger L. Simon class of 1964, novelist, screenwriter, nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for Enemies, a Love Story
- Scott Smith class of 1987, screenwriter for A Simple Plan (Academy Award nomination, 1998)
- Meryl Streep, Vassar College class of 1971 (exchange student)
- Herb Solow class of 1953, co-creator of Star Trek, former head of MGM-TV, Desliu Productions
- Aisha Tyler class of 1992, actress, winner of the NAACP Image Award, portrayed Charlie Wheeler on Friends
- Bob Varsha class of 1973, auto racing commentator, SPEED Channel
- Pat Weaver class of 1930, pioneering television executive, creator of The Today Show and The Tonight Show, Emmy Award winner
- Mark Stitham class of 1972, actor, Hawaii TV series (Jake & the Fatman, Raven, Unsolved Mysteries, Lost)
[edit] Sports
- Gillian Apps class of 2006, gold medal, hockey (Canada), 2006 Olympics
- Brad Ausmus class of 1991, baseball player, 1999 All-Star
- Jim Beattie class of 1976, pitcher for Yankees and Mariners
- Walter Bush class of 1951
- Jay Fiedler class of 1994, NFL quarterback for Dolphins
- Andrew Goldstein class of 2005, professional lacrosse goalie; first pro male team-sport athlete to be openly gay during career
- Chiharu Igaya class of 1957, silver medal, alpine skiing, 1956 Olympics; Chair of Nagano Olympic Committee
- Rudy LaRusso class of 1959, 5-time NBA all-star
- Nick Lowery class of 1978, NFL placekicker, 3-time Pro Bowler
- Liz McIntyre class of 1987, silver medal, freestyle skiing, 1994 Olympics
- Ted Murphy class of 1994, silver medal, pairs rowing, 2000 Olympics
- Adam Nelson class of 1997, silver medal, shotput, 2000 Olympics
- Cherie Piper class of 2006, 2 gold medals, hockey (Canada), 2002 and 2006 Olympics
- Mike Remlinger class of 1988, pitcher, 2002 All-Star
- Red Rolfe class of 1931, Yankee third baseman
- David Shula class of 1981
- Michael Slive class of 1962
- Buddy Teevens class of 1979
- Sarah Teuting class of 1998, gold medal, hockey, 1998 Olympics, silver medal, 2002 Olympics
- Earl Thomson class of 1917
- Gretchen Ulion class of 1994, gold medal, hockey, 1998 Olympics
- Katie Weatherston class of 2006, gold medal, hockey (Canada), 2006 Olympics
- Reggie Williams class of 1976, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker
[edit] Arts
- Maxwell L. Anderson Class of 1977, former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Robby Barnett class of 1972, cofounder Pilobolus Dance Theatre
- Bruce Beasley class of 1961 (didn't graduate), sculptor, in permanent collections of MOMA, the Met, and other museums
- Stan Brakhage Never graduated, Avant-garde filmmaker
- Richard Hovey class of 1885, artist and writer of lyrics of Men of Dartmouth
- Erich Kunzel class of 1957; conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra for its Memorial Day and Independence Day concerts.
- Moses Pendleton class of 1971, founder of Momix dance company, Guggenheim fellow 1977
- Jan Ramirez class of 1973, executive director of Paul Taylor Dance Company; former head of American Ballet Theatre
- Paul Sample class of 1920, painter, American Regionalist
- Michael Tracy class of 1973, cofounder Pilobolus Dance Theatre
- Jonathan Wolken class of 1971, cofounder of Pilobolus Dance Theatre
- Jerry Zaks class of 1967, Broadway director
[edit] Fictional
- President Josiah Bartlet (Professor of Economics, Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters) of The West Wing
- Michael Corleone (class of 1949) of The Godfather
- Delta Tau Chi and Omega House fraternities of Faber College from the film Animal House, modeled on Dartmouth
- Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy
- Dan Rydell of Sports Night
- Elliot Sherman and Caroline Swann of The Baxter
- Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford) of Working Girl
- Thomas Crown of Thomas Crown Affair
- Capt. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper John' McIntyre of M*A*S*H novels, film, and television, and Trapper John, M.D. (television)
- Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report (real Colbert did not attend Dartmouth; the fictional bio on colbertnation.com, however, lists Dartmouth as his alma mater)
- Leslie, the part-time maid in the first season of Newhart (which was set in Norwich, Vermont, across the Connecticut River from Hanover), played by Jennifer Holmes
- Hawkeye and Uncas of the film Last of the Mohicans (attended Dartmouth's precursor, Moor's Charity School, apparently a detail original to the film and not present in Cooper's novel; see the real-life Samson Occum or Joseph Brant)
- Fergus in Jarhead (majored in Classics at Dartmouth)
- Dr. Kim Reggis of the book Toxin, by Robin Cook
- Preston Meyers in Can't Hardly Wait
[edit] References
- ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who.