List of Muhlenberg College people
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania:
Academia
- George O. Bierkoe, president and co-founder of Endicott College
- Mahlon Hellerich, historian
- Amy B. Jordan, Professor and Chair of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University
- Herbert Needleman, professor of pediatrics and child psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the Stem Cell program at Boston Children's Hospital
Arts
- Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson and consultant in the craft and DIY (do-it-yourself) community
- Frederick Busch, author
- Andrea Clearfield, composer
- Madison Ferris, actress
- Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality
- Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter
- Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair[1]
- Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter
- Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter
- Brian Teta, executive producer, The View and supervising producer, Late Show with David Letterman
- Theodore Weiss, poet
Business
- Michael Pocalyko, business executive and novelist
- Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Brewery co-founder
Government and law
- Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater hearings, member of the 9/11 Commission
- Edward H. Bonekemper, former federal government attorney; military historian, author and lecturer
- Marcus C. L. Kline, former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
- Fred Ewing Lewis, former U.S. Representative
- Edwin W. Martin Jr., Assistant Secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Related Services. 1979-80; Associate and Deputy Commissioner 1969-1979. Director US House of. Representatives Subcommittee on the Handicapped, 1966–67
- Michael Schlossberg, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- John O. Sheatz (did not graduate), Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer (1908–11)
- Lee Solomon, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese Jurist and last Minister of Education of the Empire of Japan
- John Van Sant, Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator from 1951-1970.
Journalism
- Russ Choma, reporter and investigative journalist
- Barbara Crossette, journalist and author, former chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and South Asia and United Nations bureau chief at The New York Times, United Nations correspondent for The Nation, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee of the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs
- David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone
Musicians
- Jack O'Brien, jazz musician
Religion and theology
- Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that rose to prominence in Europe and the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s
- Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian
- Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author
Science and medicine
- Henry David Abraham, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his work with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Frank Baldino Jr., scientist and co-founder of Cephalon
- Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon
- Lois Curfman McInnes, applied mathematician
- Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning
- Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital
Sports
- Sisto Averno, former professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL)
- Jake Bornheimer, former professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors
- Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks[2]
- Bill Kern, former professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics
- Tim Murray, Host at VSiN. Former Muhlenberg men's basketball team member
- Tony Zuzzio, former professional football player, Detroit Lions
Notable faculty
- Haps Benfer, theologian and athletic coach
- Cecilia Conrad, academic and foundation administrator
- Francesca Coppa, professor of women's and gender studies
- William Dunham, mathematician
- Margaret Garwood, music composer
- Peyton R. Helm, former Muhlenberg College president (2003-2015)
- Daniel Klem, ornithologist
- J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat, anthropologist
- Ludwig Lenel, composer and organist
- Robert J. Marshall, Lutheran church leader
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, former president, Muhlenberg College (1867-1876)
- Harry Hess Reichard, Pennsylvania German language scholar
- George Rickey, sculptor
- Len Roberts, poet
- Theodore Schick, philosopher
- Ben Schwartzwalder, former head football coach, Syracuse University
- Helen Walker-Hill, musicologist
- John Williams, former Muhlenberg College president (2015-2019)
Athletic administrators and coaches
- George Barclay, football coach (1907)
- Haps Benfer, football, basketball, and baseball coach (1925-1965)
- Sam Bishop, men's soccer coach (2007-08)
- Bennie Borgmann, men's basketball coach (1949-1954)
- Alfred E. Bull, football coach (1903-07)
- Doggie Julian, football coach (1936-1944) and baseball coach (1942-1944)
- Thomas Kelley, football coach (1911-13) and men's basketball coach (1912-1914)
- Bob Macaluso, baseball coach (1999-2006)
- George McCaa, football coach (1914-1915), men's basketball coach (1914-1917), and baseball coach (1914-1915)
- Nate Milne, football coach (2015 to present)
- Steve Moore, men's basketball coach (1981-87)
- John B. Price, football and baseball coach (1916-1917)
- Larry Rosati, football coach (1945)
- Johnny Spiegel, football coach (1921-22)
- John Troxell, football coach (1997-2000)
- John Utz, football coach (1934-35), men's basketball coach (1933-36), and baseball coach (1934-35)
- Walter W. Wood, football, men's basketball, and baseball coach (1923-24)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Muhlenberg College.
- ^ Lauer-Williams, Kathy (June 7, 2009). "Designs on a Tony: Allentown Native Michael McDonald is Nominated for Broadway's Top Honor for Costumes for 'Hair'". The Morning Call.
- ^ Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks: A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played on or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team. 2007-09-27. ISBN 9781461734789.