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.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

[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 García 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.

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