List of Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni

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This list of Wheaton College alumni includes notable individuals who studied as undergraduates or graduate students at Wheaton College (Illinois).

Academia

• William Lane Craig - philosopher
• Bart D. Ehrman - Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Nathan O. Hatch, summa cum laude, 1968 - president of Wake Forest University; provost of Notre Dame
• Arthur F. Holmes - philosopher
• Walter Kaiser, Jr. - Old Testament scholar
• Robert A. Kraft - historian of early Judaism and Christianity, University of Pennsylvania
• Niel B. Nielson, BA philosophy, 1976 - former president of Covenant College
• Mark Noll, BA English - professor of history at The University of Notre Dame
• John H. Walton - Old Testament scholar^[1]
• Marvin R. Wilson, BA History - Professor of Biblical Studies, Gordon College

Business

• Robert W. Lane, former CEO of John Deere
• Robert Van Kampen, 1960, founder of the investment banking firm Van Kampen

Media, arts and entertainment

• Jim Abel - singer-songwriter
• Nuala Archer - Irish American poet
• Scott Baker - journalist, Editor in Chief of theblaze.com
• Wes Craven, writing and psychology - horror film director^[2]
• Ian Eskelin, BA Communications - singer-songwriter, All Star United
• Cathleen Falsani, 1992 - journalist; columnist for Chicago Sun-Times
• Colyn Fischer, Bachelor of Music Performance, 1999 - violinist
• Jason Harrod - singer-songwriter, Harrod and Funck
• Carol Huston - actress, Matlock
• Camille and Kennerly Kitt - twin harpists and actresses
• Margaret Landon, 1925 - author of the novel Anna and the King of Siam
• Kurt Lightner - artist
• Adam McCune, BA, 2006 - co-author of the novel The Rats of Hamelin
• Sylvia McNair, Bachelor of Music, 1978 - soprano
• John Nelson, Bachelor of Music, 1963, DMUS 1989 - conductor
• Martin O'Donnell, Bachelor of Music, 1977 composer - Halo video game series
• Kate Pierson - singer with the B-52s
• 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, Bachelor of Music, 1975 - mezzo-soprano

Politics

• David J. Barram - Administrator of the GSA (1996–2001)^[3]
• Torrey C. Brown - Secretary, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Dan Coats - U.S. Senator (R-IN) (1989-99, 2011-2017)
• 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 nonfiction
• Jim McDermott - U.S. Representative (D-WA) (1989-2017)
• 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

Religion

• Rob Bell - founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church and featured speaker in NOOMA films.
• 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
• David Otis Fuller
• Bill Gothard - minister and author, former president of the Institute in Basic Life Principles
• Billy Graham - evangelist
• Ruth Graham - author and poet, wife of Billy Graham
• Carl F. H. Henry - first editor-in-chief of the magazine Christianity Today
• Daniel C. Juster - leader in the Messianic Judaism movement
• Ed McCully - martyred missionary
• Josh McDowell - Christian apologist
• Alvera Mickelsen (1942) - writer, journalism professor, advocate of Christian feminism and co-founder of Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE)^[4]
• John Ortberg - pastor and author
• John Piper - pastor and author
• Nate Saint - martyred missionary
• Steve Saint - author, missionary; son of Nate Saint
• Burton Smith - minister and community organizer
• Jon M. Sweeney - author, editor, book publisher
• Kenneth N. Taylor - paraphraser of The Living Bible and founder of Tyndale Publishers
• A. W. Tozer - minister and author
• John Walvoord - author and former president of Dallas Theological Seminary
• Gary Wilde - minister and author
• Philip Yancey - author and editor
• Edmund Clowney - theologian and pastor Westminster Theological Seminary

Science

• James S. Albus (born 1935), B.S. 1957 - retired engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Harold Alden (1890–1964), 1912 - astronomer
• Paul Werner Gast (1930–1973), 1952 - geochemist and geologist^[5]
• J. Laurence Kulp (1921–2006), 1942 - geochemist; pioneer in radiometric dating methods
• Ronald C. Phillips (1932–2005), 1954 - marine botanist; pioneer in seagrass science
• John Wesley Powell (1834–1902) - 19th-century geologist and explorer of the American West^[6]

Sports

• Pete Ittersagen, 2009 - NFL cornerback, Tennessee Titans
• Donnie Nelson, 1986 - General Manager, Dallas Mavericks^[7]
• Mel Peterson, 1960 - former NBA player^[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
• Edward Breathitte Sellers, 1866 - first Wheaton College graduate of color
• Timothy Stoen, 1960 - member of Peoples Temple; Jonestown defector^[10]
• Dave Theurer - game designer; created Missile Command and Tempest for Atari

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