List of Juniata College people

This is a list of noted Juniata College alumni, in order of graduation year

Jack E. Myers, Ph.D., 1934, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas; one of six Juniata alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences; and 1998 recipient of the Society's highest honor - The Founders Award
Erwin L. Hahn, Ph.D., 1943, Professor Emeritus, University of California - Berkeley; one of six Juniata alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences; winner of the WOLF Foundation Prize in Physics; inventor of the "spin echo" method of nuclear paramagnetic resonance
Leland W. Miles, Jr., Ph.D, 1946, president Emeritus of two universities; author of the recent book Provoking Thought
Wayne M. Meyers, M.D., Ph.D., 1947, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Mycobacteriology Branch Chief; recognized leader in the fight against leprosy
Gerald N. Wogan, Ph.D., 1951, Professor of Toxicology, MIT; one of six Juniata alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology winner of the 2005 Charles M. Mott Prize for his contribution to the prevention of cancer.
Gene E. Sease, Ph.D., 1952, Chairman, Sease Gerig & Associates, Indianapolis, Ind. President Emeritus, Indianapolis University
Miriam Smith Wetzel, Ph.D., 1952, Harvard Medical School faculty and member of the team that developed the new medical school curriculum; Miss Pennsylvania 1952
Thomas M. Hoover, 1953, designer of the Chrysler 426 Hemi engine
David M. Hercules, Ph.D., 1954, Centennial Professor of Chemistry & Chair, Vanderbilt University; recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Prize
Chuck Knox, 1954, former National Football League head coach, Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks, also the NFL's fifth winningest coach
Robert W. Godshall, 1955, State Representative (R-Montgomery County), Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1983-present)
Klare S. Sunderland, 1956, President, Sun Enterprises, Inc.
John T. Yates, Jr., Ph.D., 1956, R. K. Mellon Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Director of Surface Science Center, University of Pittsburgh; one of six Juniata alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences; winner of the American Chemical Society Arthur Adamson Award for contributions to surface chemistry
Henry H. Gibbel, 1957, CEO and President of Lititz Mutual Insurance Company; received the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) Chairman's Award
Stanley L. Davis, Jr., 1959, Executive Director, The National Conference of Community and Justice, Chicago Region
Ronald W. Wertz, 1959, President, The Hillman Foundation
Robert J. Solomon, 1960, Vice Chair, Marsh USA, Inc.
Robert E. Rose, 1961, Chief Justice, Nevada Supreme Court
Harriet Nichols Windsor, 1962, Delaware Secretary of State; received the 2001 "Order of the First State," the highest honor a governor can bestow upon a citizen; 1999 Delaware Mother of the Year
Peggy Howsare Young, 1962, Founder, President and CEO, NOVA Research Corporation
Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., 1963, Retired President, University of North Texas Health Science Center; and retired Surgeon General of the Army
William K. Hershberger, Ph.D., 1963, Director, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture
Donald L. Detwiler, 1964, President, New Enterprise Stone & Lime, the 49th largest road construction firm in U.S.
Fred E. Lytle, Ph.D, 1964, Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University; Founding Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy; 1996 "Indiana Professor of the Year"
Ronald M. Smelser, Ph.D., 1964, Noted historian and president of the Conference Group for Central European History
Thomas C. Werner, Ph.D, 1964, Chemistry Professor, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; 2002 American Chemical Society Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
Bruce Davis, 1965, executive director, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Barry J. Halbritter, 1965, President, Midstate Tool & Supply, Inc.
Peter C. Marzio, Ph.D, 1965, Executive Director, Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Harriet Richardson Michel, 1965, President, National Minority Supplier Development Council
Chumpol Phornprapha, 1965, H.1996 Chairman, S.P. International Company, Ltd., Thailand
Thomas C. Creighton, 1967, State Representative (R-Lancaster County), Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2001-present)
Janet L. Kauffman, Ph.D., 1967, author of eight books including her latest, Rot
David J. McKean, 1967, Chair, Department of Immunology, Mayo Graduate School; research specialty - Molecular Immunochemistry
Maxine E. Phillips, 1967, Managing Editor, Dissent Magazine
Gary R. Rowe, 1967, President/Owner of Rowe, Inc., recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award for his work with CNN and the Gold Award of the National Association for Interpretation for his work with the National Park Service
David Pysnik, 1968, 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, Sidney High School, Sidney, N.Y.
John D. Irvin, M.D., Ph.D., 1968, Vice President, Global Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson+Merck Consumer Division, and President, American Academy of Pharaceutical Physicians
Peggy D. McCardle, 1969, Associate Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, National Institue of Child Health and Human Development
James P. Reber, 1969, President & CEO, St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, OH
Philip J. Sipling, 1969, Executive Vice President, Martin Marietta Materials
William Phillips, 1970, atomic physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, jointly awarded Nobel Prize in 1997 for advancing basic knowledge and new techniques to chill atoms to extremely low temperatures.
Robert M. Wood, M.D., 1970, Orthopedic Surgeon, included in the 2003 Guide to American Top Surgeons
James L. Madara, M.D., 1971, Vice President for Health Affairs, Dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine and Director of Biological Science, University of Chicago
Thomas W. Mears, Jr., 1971, Director of Management, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Raymond C. Grabiak, Ph.D., 1972, President of Gateway Chemical Technology, Inc.; developed "Roundup" for Monsanto, Inc.
Timothy D. Statton, 1972, President, Bechtel Energy and member of the Bechtel Corporation Board
Maurice C. Taylor, Ph.D., 1972, Dean, Graduate School, Morgan State University, and President, Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools
Sammy K. Buo, 1973, Deputy Director, Africa II Division for the United Nations
John S. Long, Ph.D., 1973, Chancellor's Professor of Sociology, Indiana University. Elected to the Sociological Research Association
Patrick E. Fleagle, 1973, State Representative (R-Franklin County), Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1989-present)
Fred C. Mason, Jr., 1973, Director of Strategy and Planning for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Caterpillar Corporation
Michael J. Klag, M.D., M.P.H., 1974, Dean of The Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Mary M. White, 1973, President and CEO of Swedish MedicalCenter, Denver, Colo.
Kerry R. Metzger, 1974, Representative, Ohio Legislature
H. Christopher Peterson, Ph.D., 1974, Agribusiness Economist at Michigan State University; First holder of the Nowlin Chair in Consumer-Responsive Agriculture
Walter C. Prozialeck, Ph.D., 1974, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology - Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine; first recipient of the Irvin M. Korr Award presented by the American Osteopathic Association for Excellence in Basic Biomedical Research
Myron L. Zimmerman, Ph.D., 1974, Chief Technology Officer, Certeon, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
Carol A. McFate, 1975, Executive Vice President and Global Treasurer, XL Capital
Howard M. Nathan, 1975, Directs the nation's largest organ donor program, Delaware Valley, Pa.
Friedhelm H. Wulczyn, Ph.D, 1975, Chapin Hall Research Fellow - University of Chicago. Internationally recognized expert on child welfare policy he received the 2005 National Association of Public Child Welfare Administration's Peter Forsythe Award. The award is given annually to a person showing leadership in public child welfare.
Ann M. Hardy, 1976, Epidemiologist; Chief, Illness and Disability Statistics Branch - National Center for Health Statistics
Michael A. Trim, 1976, Director of Photography, Winner of the 1995 Best Cinematography MTV Awards for the Rolling Stones Video, Screen credits include videos for Janet Jackson to commercials for Nike and Coca-Cola
Cynthia Hill Valko, 1976, Chief Operating Officer, New York Life
Karen Stone Fritz, 1977, Vice President Program Development and Syndication WETA TV; Creator of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and Washington Week
Carl D. Glaeser, 1977, Senior Operating Executive with Palladcon Advisors
Eric C. Jensen, Ph.D., 1977, Director, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company
Thomas E. Terndrup, M.D., 1977, Chairman of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Janet Edgar Walbert, Ph.D., 1978, President of the National Association of Student Personnel
Robert S. McMinn, II, 1979, Executive VP and General Council, Kish Bancorp
David K. Ward, Sr., 1979, President, Ward Trucking
Heinz Kreft, 1980, Deputy Head of the Policy Planning Staff, German Foreign Ministry, Berlin
C. Todd Kulp, 1980, Vice President & Treasurer, Transocean, Sedco Forex, Inc.
Dewayne E. Rideout, 1980, served as a Senior Executive Officer at Lucent Technologies, Sprint, and Gateway
John Kuriyan, Ph.D., 1981, The Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator; one of six Juniata alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences
Milan P. Tweardy, 1982, Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group, Switzerland
William H. Boswell, 1983, Chief Technology Officer for E-markets Inc.
Robert E. Lee, 1983, President/CEO W.S. Lee & Sons, Inc., Altoona, Pa.
David J. Molchany, 1983, Chief Information Officer, Fairfax Co. Va. and named one of Governing Magazine's, 2003 Public Officials of the Year
P. Andrew Pearson, M.D., 1983, Opthamologist, University of Kentucky; co-inventor of the delivery device for drugs implanted in the eye
Christoph Schwemmlein, 1984, Managing Director, Klocker Brothers, Germany
Gregory L. Stahl, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., 1984, Professor of Anesthesia (Physiology); Principal Investigator, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Thorn 705 Harvard Medical School
Linda Ramsay Casey, 1985, Editor Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon
Christopher P. Palmer, Ph.D., 1985, winner 1999 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
Patricia M. Ryan, 1985, Senior Vice President of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital and Rehab Affiliates
Timothy L. Achor-Hoch, 1986, Art Director for Orvis Catalog
Peter E. Hauer, 1986, Senior Administrative Lab Manager, Johns Hopkins University
Steven A. Camarota, Ph.D., 1987, Director of The Research Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, D.C.
Danielle Rupp Gladfelter, 1987, winner of the Sallie Mae Award, given to the 100 best teachers in the nation
Mary Weir Lipton, Ph.D., 1988, Received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from the University of South Carolina for her work in proteomics research.
Tonya McClucas Grimes, 1990, winner of the Sallie Mae Award, given to the 100 best teachers in the nation
Alexander M. Jones, III, 1990, Executive Managing Editor, New York Daily News
Scott M. Beatty, 1991, writer for Batman, Batgirl, and Green Lantern of DC Comics
Robert M. Biter, M.D., 1992, playwright; one of the 50 winners of the 2000 American Medical Association Outstanding Young Medical Professional Award
Jason M. Heyd, 1994, Chief Operations Architect for Lycos, Inc.
Craig R. Faczan, 1995, Director of Business Development, Micro Solutions Enterprises
Casey R. Craig, 1997, Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Tricia B. Cypher, 1997, Vice Consul U.S. Consulate - Czech Republic
Erik P. Du Mont, 1997, National Field Director of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Wilderness League
Kristen C. Holloway, 1997, Founder (2004) of the nonprofit organization Operation Troop Appreciation, which sends packages and letters to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was named to Redbook magazine's 2005 list of 'Mothers & Shakers', honoring women for grassroots activism. Recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President Bush
Martin A. Ewi, 1999, Consultant on Terrorism and Security at the African Union in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia; winner of the Joan Kroc Scholarship for Peace and International Conflict Studies, University of Notre Dame
Christopher W. Thomas, 1999, outstanding new graduate student fellowship - College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Sharon Simpson Yohn, Ph.D., 1999, 1999 USA Today Academic All American Team; Goldwater Scholar; one of 300 national EPA Star Fellows
Amber L. Zahorchak, 1999, Team Leader and the only American in the Nestle International Audit Group
Kristin N. Hershey, 2000, three-time women's Division III Volleyball First Team All-American; winner of a 2000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Rebecca J. McClaine, M.D., 2000, member 2000 USA Today Academic All-American Team; Duke Medical School graduate
Lauren Dee Bierly, 2001, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
William C. Koeppen, 2001, McDonal Douglas Fellowship for graduate study in planetary sciences
Wossenyelesh Mazengia, 2001, Fulbright Scholar and one of 14 Juniata students to have won the St. Andrew's Society Scholarship - one fully paid year of study in a Scottish university, Pickering Fellow
Justin M. Samra, 2001, Corporate Services Coordinator, Philadelphia Eagles
Brandy M. Workinger, 2002, 2002 NCAA Women of the Year - Pennsylvania and recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Scott E. Kofmehl, 2003, Pickering Fellow from the U.S. State Department and one of four recent National Security Education Scholarship winners
Carli K. Dale, 2005, 2004 American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Player of the Year. ESPN The Magazine Women's Volleyball College Division Academic All-American (2004)
Leslie A. Vogt, 2005, 2005 Fulbright Scholar, 2004 Goldwater Scholar
Jeremy G. Weber, 2005, 2005 Fullbright Scholar and Academic All American