List of Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni
This list of Wheaton College alumni includes notable individuals who studied as undergraduates or graduate students at Wheaton College (Illinois).
Academia
- Philip W. Butin, BA philosophy, 1977 (past president, San Francisco Theological Seminary; author; theologian; pastor)
- William Lane Craig (philosopher)
- G. Blair Dowden, BA political science, 1974 (president, Huntington University (United States))
- Donald Drake, MA biblical literature (NT) (president, Piedmont Baptist College; president, Association for Biblical Higher Education; author)
- Bart Ehrman (New Testament scholar)
- Nathan O. Hatch, summa cum laude, 1968 (president, Wake Forest University; provost, Notre Dame)
- Arthur F. Holmes (philosopher)
- Thomas Howard, author and professor emeritus of English, St John's Seminary (Boston)
- David Lyle Jeffrey, BA, 1965 (former provost and current professor of literature and humanities, Baylor University; author)[1][2]
- Walter Kaiser, Jr. (Old Testament scholar)
- Robert A. Kraft (historian of early Judaism and Christianity, University of Pennsylvania)
- Niel B. Nielson, BA philosophy, 1976 (president, Covenant College)
- Mark Noll, BA English, (professor, history, The University of Notre Dame)
- Ronald R. Thomas, BA literature, magna cum laude, 1971 (president, University of Puget Sound; vice president, Trinity College)
- John H. Walton (Old Testament scholar)[3]
- Marvin R. Wilson, BA History, Professor of Biblical Studies, Gordon College
Media, arts and entertainment
- Jim Abel (born 1947), singer-songwriter
- Nuala Archer (born 1955), Irish American poet
- Scott Baker (journalist)
- Bryce Bell, Bachelor of Music, 1996 (musician)
- Wes Craven,[4] writing and psychology (horror film director)
- Ian Eskelin, BA Communications (singer-songwriter, All Star United)
- Cathleen Falsani, 1992 (journalist; columnist, Chicago Sun-Times)
- Colyn Fischer, Bachelor of Music Performance (violinist)
- Jason Harrod (singer-songwriter, Harrod and Funck)
- Camille and Kennerly Kitt, twin harpists and actresses
- Margaret Landon, 1925 (writer of the novel, Anna and the King of Siam)
- Kurt Lightner (artist)
- Adam McCune (co-author of the novel, The Rats of Hamelin)
- Sylvia McNair, Bachelor of Music, 1978 (soprano)
- John Nelson (conductor)
- Martin O'Donnell; Bachelor of Music; composer, Halo series (video game)
- Walter Ratliff, MA Communications (journalist)
- Luci Shaw, BA English Literature/New Testament Greek, magna cum laude, 1953 (poet)
- Robert H. Siegel, BA, 1961 (poet, novelist)
- Wendy White (mezzo-soprano)
Politics
- David J. Barram, Administrator of the GSA (1996–2001)[5]
- Dan Coats, U.S. Senator (R-IN) (1989-99, 2011-present)
- Michael Gerson, senior advisor to President George W. Bush (2000-2006)
- Richard C. Halverson, chaplain, U.S. Senate (1981-1994)
- Dennis Hastert, U.S. Representative (R-IL) (1987-2007), former Speaker of the House
- Paul B. Henry, U.S. Representative (R-MI) (1985-1993)
- David Iglesias, U.S. Attorney, District of New Mexico (2001-2006)
- Bill P. Keith, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1980–1984); author of fiction and non-fiction
- Gretchen Klotz, leader among the Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund
- Jim McDermott, U.S. Representative (D-WA) (1989-present)
- Tim Walberg, U.S. Representative (R-MI) (2007-2009, 2011-present)
- Timothy Weeden, Wisconsin State Legislature (1987-1997)
- David Young, Nixon Administration (1970-1973); co-founder of the Nixon Administration's White House Plumbers
- Jonathan F. Mitchell, U.S. Supreme Court clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia (2002-2003); Solicitor General of Texas (2010-present)
Religion
- Billy Graham, evangelist
- Carl F. H. Henry, first editor-in-chief of the magazine Christianity Today
- Rob Bell, founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church and featured speaker in NOOMA films.
- John Piper, pastor and author
- John Ortberg (pastor and author)
- Paul-Gordon Chandler, Episcopal priest, author and interfaith advocate
- Mal Couch, founder and president of the Tyndale Theological Seminary
- William Lane Craig, apologist, professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, author of The Kalam Cosmological Argument
- Jim Elliot, martyred missionary
- Elisabeth Elliot, author, noted missionary, (widow of Jim Elliot, above)
- David Otis Fuller
- Daniel C. Juster, leader in the "Messianic Judaism" movement
- Ed McCully, martyred missionary
- Josh McDowell, Christian apologist
- Nate Saint, martyred missionary
- Steve Saint, author, missionary (the son of Nate Saint, above)
- Burton Smith, minister and community organizer
- Kenneth N. Taylor, paraphraser of The Living Bible and founder of Tyndale Publishers
- Philip Yancey, author and editor
- Gary Wilde, minister and author
- John Walvoord, author and former president of Dallas Theological Seminary
Science
- James S. Albus (born 1935), B.S. 1957, retired engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Harold Alden (1890–1964), 1912, astronomer
- Paul Werner Gast (1930–1973), 1952, geochemist and geologist[6]
- Randall D. Isaac, B.S. 1972, physicist; former VP of Research at IBM; Executive Director of the American Scientific Affiliation
- J. Laurence Kulp (1921–2006), 1942, geochemist; pioneer in radiometric dating methods
- John Wesley Powell (1834–1902), famed 19th-century geologist and explorer of the American West[7]
Sports
- Pete Ittersagen, 2009, (NFL Cornerback, Tennessee Titans)
- Donnie Nelson, 1986, (General Manager, Dallas Mavericks)[8]
- Randy Pfund, 1974, (General Manager, Miami Heat)[9]
- Andy Studebaker, 2008, (NFL linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs)
Other
- Todd Beamer, 1991, passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93
- Violet Bergquist Redding, 1939, linguist[10][11]
- J. Michael Bontrager, 1982, founder & managing partner of Chatham Financial Corporation[12]
- Robert Van Kampen, 1960, founder of the investment banking firm Van Kampen Merrit, author
- Robert W. Lane, 1972, chairman & CEO of John Deere[13]
- Donald Soderquist, 1955, former chief operating officer and senior vice chairman of Wal-Mart, Inc.[14][15]
- Lawrence A. Jacobson, executive director, National Society of Professional Engineers[16]
- Mark Snyder, 1982, executive vice-president of State Street Global Markets and former chairman of NYSE Foreign Exchange Committee[17][18]
- Bonnie Pruett Wurzbacher, 1977, senior vice-president of Coca-Cola[19]
- Timothy Stoen, 1960, (member of Peoples Temple, Jonestown defector)[20]
- Steven Bass, 2005, Ohio State Fair Hog Calling Contest Champion
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