List of Macalester College people
This is a list of people associated with Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including notable alumni and faculty.
Notable alumni
Academics
- Laurence BonJour – philosopher at the University of Washington
- Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (1958) – rhetorician, activist
- William P. Gerberding (1951) – President Emeritus, University of Washington
- David C. Hodge (1970) – President, Miami University
- Patricia Ingraham – Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University
- Michael Jensen – Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
- Jane Larson (1980) – Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School
- Edward Everett Nourse – Congregational theologian
- Alexander Wendt – social constructivist scholar of international relations
Actors, directors, playwrights
- Peter Berg (1984) – director, actor, and producer
- Jessica Blank – playwright, The Exonerated
- Danai Gurira – actress (The Walking Dead), playwright (Eclipsed)
- Chris Kobin – producer (Hollywood Don't Surf!, Slasher: an IFC Original), writer (2001 Maniacs)
- Carl Lumbly – actor, Men of Honor, Alias
- Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning J.P. Patches Show
Artists and architects
- Siah Armajani – Iranian-born American sculptor
- Cass Gilbert – architect, known for United States Supreme Court building, Woolworth Building, and Minnesota State Capitol
- Duane Hanson (1946) – sculptor, known for his photorealistic human figures
- Judith Lodge (born 1941) – painter, photographer
- Anna Min – photographer
- Yuko Nii (1965) – Japanese-American artist
- Monica Rudquist – artist
Business and finance
- Jeremy Allaire – Internet entrepreneur
- Ari Emanuel – talent agent, basis for the character Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage
- Omar Al Futtaim – Emirati businessman
- Lois Quam – executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care
- Fred Swaniker – African entrepreneur and educator
- DeWitt Wallace – founder, Readers' Digest magazine (did not graduate)
Musicians
- Walt Mink – indie rock band named after Macalester professor
- Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü
- Will Sheff – singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River
- Steve Tibbetts
- Joey Waronker (1993) – drummer, known for his work with Beck, R.E.M. and Walt Mink
- Amanda Warner – aka MNDR
Public servants
- Paul H. Anderson (1965) – Minnesota Supreme Court justice
- Kofi Annan (1961) – Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Sharon Sayles Belton (1973) – former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1994–2001); attorney
- Leland Bush – Judge of the District Court of Minnesota; attorney
- Bobby Joe Champion – Minnesota House member since 2009
- Teresa Daly – Minnesota state politician
- Michael J. Davis (1969) – U.S. District Court judge
- Matt Entenza – former Minnesota House Minority Leader
- Juan Figueroa – foundation president and 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial candidate
- Frank Hornstein (1981) – Minnesota House member since 2003
- B. Todd Jones (1979) – Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
- Carlos Mariani – Minnesota House member since 1991
- Scott McCallum – former Governor of Wisconsin (2001–2003)
- Doug McFarland – law professor, Hamline University; Minnesota state politician
- Joan Mondale (1952) – Trustee Emeriti, former Second Lady of the United States
- Walter Mondale (1951) – U.S. Senator (1964–1976); Vice President of the U.S. (1977–1981); 1984 U.S. presidential candidate
- Julianne Ortman (1986) – Minnesota Senate member since 2003
- Rebecca Otto (1985) – Minnesota State Auditor; former Minnesota House member (2003–2004)
- Olli Rehn – European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society (2004), Enlargement (2004–2010), and Economic and Financial Affairs (2010–present)
- Christopher O. Ward (1976) – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Robert W. Warren (1950) – U.S. District Court judge
- Don I. Wortman (1951) – Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1977–1978); federal government executive
Religion
- Donald M. Hultstrand – Bishop of Springfield
Writers and journalists
- Gary Arndt (1991) – travel photographer
- Charles Baxter (1969) – University of Minnesota professor; author and National Book Award Winner for The Feast of Love
- Eric Dregni - author of travel memoirs and books about Minnesota, Norway, Italy, food and popular culture
- Leo J. Enright – World Press Institute Fellow; Irish broadcaster
- Mary Karr – bestselling author, The Liars' Club (attended for one year)
- Wade Keller – Pro Wrestling Torch editor
- Ismail Khalidi – playwright
- Walter Kirn – author of Up in the Air (attended for his freshman year)
- Corina Knoll – sports writer
- Chris Kobin – motion picture and television writer/producer
- Alex Lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor at Texas Christian University
- Tim O'Brien (1968) – bestselling author, The Things They Carried[1] and Going After Cacciato
- Paul Raushenbush – Religious Editor for The Huffington Post
- Mark Strauss – Editor of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Ursula Vernon – Hugo Award winning author of Digger
- Dave Zirin – Sports Editor for The Nation magazine
Notable faculty
- Yahya Armajani
- David Bressoud – former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics
- Diane Glancy
- Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate
- Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
- Alvin King – composer, professor of music
- Kiarina Kordela
- George Latimer – former Mayor of St. Paul, 1976–1990.
- Harold LeVander – former Minnesota Governor
- William G. Moseley – geographer
- Edward Duffield Neill – founder
- Wang Ping
- Peter Rachleff
- Kristina Curry Rogers
- Raymond R. Rogers
- Brian C. Rosenberg
- Tracy Silverman – electric violin player
- James Spradley
- Karen J. Warren
- Harry Waters Jr. – actor, known for Back to the Future and Angels in America
- Jack Weatherford
- James Wright
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