List of Ohio Wesleyan University people

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This is a table of notable people affiliated with Ohio Wesleyan University, including graduates, former students, and former professors. Some noted current faculty are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

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

Contents

[edit] Academics

  • Dennis R. Appleyard, Class of 1961; Co-author International Economics, 4th Edition.
  • Matthew W. Finkin, the author, editor, or co-editor of eight books, including the leading single volume treatise on labor law, Basic Text on Labor Law (2d ed. 2004)
  • Raymond F. Hopkins, Political scientist and author of The Global Political Economy of Food (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979) and Food in the Global Arena, Currently a professor at Swarthmore College
  • Joseph Glatthaar, Class of 1978, notable expert in American military history in the United States and a professor at the University of Houston.
  • William Hsiao, Class of 1963; Professor of Economics, Harvard University School of Public Health.
  • Frederick Henry Koch, Class of 1900; Considered the founder of American folk drama.
  • Bob Michael, Dean of the Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.
  • D. Quinn Mills, Professor at the Harvard Business School and author of Master of Illusions: Presidential Leadership, Strategic Independence and America’s Public Culture(2005).
  • Ezra Vogel, Class of 1950; Former Professor at Harvard University. Author of Japan's New Middle Class(1963), Japan as Number One(1979), The Four Little Dragons (1991) and Is Japan Still Number One?(2000).
  • James R. Walker, Class of 1974; chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Robert D. Wells, Director of Center for Genome Research at Texas A&M University.
  • Kamal Saggi, (1990) Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Southern Methodist University
  • Shriram Krishnamurthi (1993), Associate Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
  • Ram Samudrala (1993), Associate Professor of Computational Biology, University of Washington

[edit] Nobel Prize winners

[edit] Rhodes Scholars

  • William McCulloh, Class of 1953, Classicist. Professor Emeritus of Classics at Kenyon College

[edit] Science

  • Bruce Buchanan, Class of 1961, a pioneer research on project DENDRAL, a prototype for expert systems and the first use of artificial intelligence in biomedical research, at Stanford University.
  • James F. Huhn, Class of 1937; pioneer in the research of synthetic fibers and plastics.
  • John C. Morris, Class of 1968; Pioneering research in the Alzheimer Disease; Director of the National Alzheimer's Association.

[edit] Education

[edit] Sports

[edit] Politics

[edit] Social activists

  • Mabel Cratty, Class of 1890, Leader of Young Women's Christian Association in its early days.
  • Mary King, Class of 1962; civil rights activist.
  • William M. Brooks, Class of 1976; Director of the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic.
  • Winston Franklin, led efforts to promote interracial understanding with Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
  • Arthur H. Sapp, Rotary International's 17th President.

[edit] Literature

  • Phyllis Battelle, National columnist; Author of a book on Karen Ann Quinlan
  • Richard North Patterson, Class of 1968; contemporary author.
  • Robert Edwin Lee, Class of 1939; playwright and lyricist.

James Oberg, class of 1966, noted expert on space, author and TV personality.

[edit] Law

  • Judge Richard Hodge, Class of 1960; Judge at California Superior Court.
  • Susan H. Nycum, Chairman of American Bar Association for Science and Technology.
  • Judge Charles Richey, Class of 1945; late Federal US District Judge, appointed by Richard Nixon and involved in Watergate trial.

[edit] Entertainment

  • Fred Baron, Class of 1976; producer of Moulin Rouge; current executive producer for the BBS According to Bex.
  • Jim Berry, Class of 1955; National Newspaper Cartoonist.
  • Amelia Bigham, Class of 1890; Broadway actress in The Power of Gold, The Shaughraun, The Colleen Bawn, The Village Postmaster, Captain Impudence; inducted into the Ohio Hall of Fame.
  • John Callaway, Class of 1958, Emmy award winning broadcast and print journalist.
  • Frank Corrado, Class of 1968; actor (American Conservatory Theatre, Denver Center, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Long Wharf).
  • Trish Van Devere, actress, Curacao, Messenger of Death, Hollywood Vice Squad, Haunted, etc.
  • Anne Flanagan, Class of 1987; film, TV actor/writer (The Comedy Store, Disclosure, Tracey Ullman Show, 7th Heaven).
  • Clark Gregg, Class of 1984; actor, director, screenwriter (A Few Good Men, Spanish Prisoner, What Lies Beneath, West Wing).
  • Perry Joslin, Class of 1983, Jazz Pianist, Musician.
  • Gerald Kline, Class of 1966; TV, film, stage actor (Law and Order, All My Children,) Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) Board member.
  • Ron Leibman, Class of 1958; Emmy, Tony-winning actor (Angels in America, "Norma Rae", "Slaughterhouse Five", "Friends").
  • Wendie Malick, Class of 1972; film, TV actor (Just Shoot Me (NBC), Dream On (HBO)).
  • Melvin Van Peebles, Class of 1953; actor and director,Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
  • Robert Pine, Class of 1963; TV, film actor (CHiPs, Murder, She Wrote, Hoover vs. the Kennedys, Six Feet Under).
  • Wayne Turney, Class of 1968; Emmy-winning Actor (Hickory Hideout, Cleveland Play House, Actors' Theatre Louisville).
  • Patricia Wettig, Class of 1974; Emmy-winning actor (thirty something, The Langoliers, City Slickers, Boomtown).
  • Eric Winzenried, Class of 1988; film, TV actor (ER, The Untouchables, Zoolander, Austin Powers).

[edit] News

  • Bruce Burkhardt, national anchor for CNN.
  • John Callaway, Talk Show Host of Chicago Tonight, WTTW-TV.
  • Cynthia Davidson, Class of 1974; editor of architecture magazine ANY.
  • Mildred Gillars, Class of 1922, Radio Berlin announcer and actress during World War II.
  • Betty Anne Bowser, Class of 1966, Public Broadcasting Service, the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, correspondent.
  • Susan Headden, Class of 1977; Pulitzer Prize reporter.
  • Colin McMahon, Class of 1985; Foreign Editor, Chicago Tribune.
  • Gregory L. Moore, Class of 1976; managing editor of The Boston Globe.
  • Byron Pitts, Class of 1982; CBS News correspondent.
  • Gordon Witkin, Sr., editor, U.S. News and World Report.
  • Mark A. Phillips, Class of 1995; former editor-in-chief of Boston Metro newspaper; contributor to the Daily Mirror newspaper, London

[edit] Religion/Ministry

  • Charles Wesley Brashares (1914), a Bishop of The Methodist Church
  • Norman Vincent Peale, class of 1920, author of The Power of Positive Thinking (which sold over 20 million copies in 41 languages), founder of Guideposts magazine, and host of the weekly NBC radio program The Art of Living for 54 years. He wrote many other books including The Art of Living (1937), Confident Living (1948), and This Incredible Century (1991).

[edit] Corporate leaders

  • Bob Bauman, chairman and CEO, Beecham Group.
  • Robert M. Best, Class of 1944; chairman and CEO, Security Mutual Life.
  • Brian Byrnes, Director of San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
  • Nicholas E. Calio, Class of 1975; Citigroup's Senior Vice President for Global Government Affairs.
  • George Conrades, Class of 1961; Chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies.
  • Robert Dellinger, Class of 1982; CFO of Sprint Corporation, a global communications company and currently a CFO of Delphi Corp.
  • Julie S. Henahan, a CEO of the Ohio Arts Council.
  • Orra E. Monnette, Class of 1897; author and banker, co-founder and co-chairman, Bank of America, Los Angeles.
  • James J. Nance, Class of 1923; Industrialist, CEO of Hotpoint, Zenith and Packard Motors, Vice President, Ford Motor CompanyMercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division, Chairman of Central National Bank of Cleveland, First Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cleveland State University. Also a member of Board of Trustees, Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • Louis A. Simpson, Class of 1958; President and CEO of GEICO Corporation.
  • Clay G. Small, Class of 1972; CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group.
  • Martha Rooney Webb, Class of 1991; director at the Seed Foundation, a foundation designed to benefit urban children.
  • Frank Stanton, Class of 1930; former CBS CEO between 1945-1973.
  • Gregory Wilson, Class of 1974; principal at McKinsey & Company in Washington, DC.
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