List of St. Olaf College people
This list of St. Olaf College people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and other people connected to St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota.
Notable alumni
Composers and conductors
- Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950
- Dale Warland, class of 1954
- David Boe, class of 1958
- René Clausen, class of 1974
- Anton Armstrong, class of 1978
- Timothy Mahr, class of 1978
- Bradley Ellingboe, class of 1980, composer, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of New Mexico
Politicians and statesmen
- Andrew Volstead, class of 1881, US house of representatives for Minnesota, introduced National Prohibition Act
- August H. Andresen, class of 1912
- Mary Forsythe, class of 1922, member of Minnesota House of Representatives
- Karl F. Rolvaag, class of 1941
- Al Quie, class of 1950
- Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953
- David Minge, class of 1963
- Russell A. Anderson, class of 1964, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
- Kim Elton, class of 1968, former member of the Alaska Senate
- David Bly, class of 1974?, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Arnie Arnesen, class of 1975, fellow of Harvard Institute of Politics and member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Ian C. Kelly, class of 1977
- Tom Fiebiger, class of 1978, member of the North Dakota Senate
- John Marty, class of 1978
- Steve Sviggum, class of 1979
- Satveer Chaudhary, class of 1991, former member of the Minnesota State legislature
- Raymond Cox, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Writers
- Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author of Giants in the Earth
- William Andrews, author, class of 1976
- Siri Hustvedt, class of 1977
- Emily Rapp, class of 1996
- Peg Kerr, class of 1982
- Robert Bly, class of 1950 (transferred out), leader of the Mythopoetic men's movement
- Timothy Mason, class of 1972, playwright
Religion
- Johan Arnd Aasgaard, class of 1898, American Lutheran church leader
- Stuart E. Barstad, class of 1951?, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1988
Other
- Roger Grimsby, class of 1950, television news anchor
- Willis H. Flygare, class of 1958, chemist credited with "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure"
- Barry Morrow, class of 1970, Oscar-winning screenwriter
- Gretchen Morgenson, class of 1976, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Joan N. Ericksen, class of 1977, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- David L. Rose, class of 1989, tech entrepreneur and inventor
- Dean Buntrock, founder and former chairman and CEO of Waste Management, Inc. and largest school benefactor
- Jason DeRose, class of 1997, Western Bureau Chief for National Public Radio News
Notable faculty
- Anton Armstrong, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
- Kenneth O. Bjork, historian and educator
- F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Choir
- John Ferguson, organist and composer
- Howard Hong, philosopher, translator, and founder of the Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library
- Kenneth Jennings, composer and former conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
- Robert Jenson, theologian
- Chris Meidt, head football coach (2002–2007), assistant coach with Washington Redskins
- Anantanand Rambachan, Hindu scholar
- Ole Rolvaag, author
- Lynn Steen, mathematician
- Charles Taliaferro, philosopher
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