List of Washington College alumni

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Notable Washington College alumni:

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[edit] Business

  • Colonel Hiram Staunton Brown, Class of 1900, New York banker, businessman, multimillionaire and president of the RKO Movie Corporation; Served as President of College's Board of Visitors and Governors.[citation needed]
  • George Avery Bunting, Class of 1891, entered Washington College at the age of 16, pursued a career in pharmacology and invented the facial cream known as Noxzema. He founded the company in 1917 and served as its president until 1948.[citation needed]
  • H. Lawrence Culp, Class of 1985, President and CEO of Danaher, a Fortune 500 company and a world leader in the development and manufacture of process and environmental instrumentation.[citation needed]
  • John D. Hall, Class of 1970, Former President of Time-Life International; Currently the Managing Director of U.S. CTJ, Inc., and Venture Partner in Plum Capital.[citation needed]
  • William B. Johnson, Class of 1940, captain of industry, CEO and chair of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, brought his company and his investors out of the “railroad blues” of the late 1960s through diversification and the creation of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate that included businesses such as the Abex Corporation, Pepsi bottlers, Midas Muffler, Pet Foods, Hussman refrigeration equipment, Pneumo Aircraft Systems and the Illinois center corporate office complex in downtown Chicago.[citation needed]
  • John A. Moag, Jr., Class of 1977, Chairman of Moag & Company LLC [1]; brought Ravens to Baltimore from Cleveland while Chairman of Maryland Stadium Authority.[citation needed]
  • David Ritz, Class of 1969, CEO of Ritz Camera Centers.
  • Alonzo G. Decker, co-founder of the tool and hardware company, Black and Decker.

[edit] Educators

[edit] Entertainment

  • Linda Hamilton, Class of 1978, actress. Did not graduate, but maintains close ties to the College. Received an alumni citation at the 1989 commencement ceremonies.
  • Laura San Giacomo, Class of 1983, actress.

[edit] Journalists & Writers

  • Gilbert Byron, Class of 1923, author, best known as the “Chesapeake Thoreau” or “Voice of the Chesapeake” for such regionally-flavored works as The Lord’s Oysters and Done Crabbin’.[citation needed]
  • James M. Cain, Class of 1910, journalist, screenwriter and novelist, best known for three novels: The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce—which firmly established the film noir genre.
  • John Dimsdale, Class of 1973, Reporter for NPR's Marketplace.[citation needed]
  • Chris Ely, Class of 1970, Former sports broadcaster for the WJZ and WBAL television stations in Baltimore, MD.
  • Michael Ludden, Class of 1973, journalist and editor, led The Orlando Sentinel to a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for an investigation of racial profiling and the abuse of no-arrest seizures laws by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.[citation needed]
  • Theodore Simonson, Class of 1949, scriptwriter of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, The Blob.[citation needed]

[edit] Military

  • Benjamin H. Vandervoort, Class of 1938, famed officer in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, portrayed by John Wayne in the 1962 movie, The Longest Day. Vandervoort was one of the few soldiers to be awarded three Distinguished Service Crosses for Bravery in combat, in addition to three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star with Valor. Renowned for his heroics during the Normandy Invasion.

[edit] Politicians

Governors

U.S. Senators

U.S. Congressmen

State Senators

State Delegates

Others

  • Charles T. Dean III, Class of 2000, elected delegate to 2004 Democratic National Convention and former member of State Central Committee -- youngest elected in state history at 19 years old. [2]

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

[edit] References

  1. ^ moag_index
  2. ^ Maryland Democratic Party - National Convention Delegates
  3. ^ National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
  4. ^ longislandlizards.com: Players