List of Albion College people

List of notable alumni and faculty, people who attended and graduated from Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and people who received honorary degrees.

Alumni

Academia

Ella H. Brockway Avann, 1871, educator
Robert Bartlett, surgeon
Bob Bemer, 1940, computer scientist
Bruce C. Berndt, 1961, mathematician
J Harlen Bretz, 1906, geologist
Mark W. Chase, 1973, botanist
Harriet Gertrude Eddy, 1890s, educator and librarian
Robert E. Horton, 1897, hydrology
Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer
John W. Porter, 1953, former president of Eastern Michigan University; first African-American State Superintendent since Reconstruction^[1]
Dwight B. Waldo, first president of Western Michigan University

Arts and entertainment

Philip Campbell Curtis, 1930, surrealist-inspired painter
Daniel Henney, 2000, Korean model and actor, most notably in My Name is Kim Sam Soon
Patrick Maher, 1989, author^[2]
Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots, 1882, missionary, temperance evangelist
Jon Scieszka, 1976, children's book author
John Sinclair, poet and '60s counterculture icon
F. Dudleigh Vernor, 1914, organist, composer^[3]

Business

William C. Ferguson, chairman (retired), NYNEX NKA Verizon Communications
Steve Grigorian, President and CEO, Detroit Economic Club
Joel Manby, 1981, CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment
Geoffery Merszei, CFO of Dow Chemical Company
Martin Nesbitt, 1985, businessman, Barack Obama friend and campaign treasurer
Doug Parker, 1984, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines
Moose Scheib, founder and CEO of LoanMod.com
Richard Mills Smith, 1968, chairman and editor-in-chief, Newsweek
Paul "Skip" Ungrodt, 1952, former chairman and president of Ideation, Inc.^[4]

Government and politics

Florence Riddick Boys, 1896, Indiana suffragist, journalist, state official^[5]
Prentiss M. Brown, 1911, U.S. Senator from Michigan^[6]
David L. Camp, 1975, U.S. Representative from Michigan^[7]
Barbara Ann Crancer, 1960, Missouri state circuit court judge and daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa
Homer Folks, 1887, a pioneer of mental and public health reform in New York^[8]
Bates Gill, Chinese foreign policy expert and director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Matthew Gillard, politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
George Heartwell, 1971, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Matt Heinz, politician, member of Arizona House of Representatives
Thomas Ludington, 1976, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Albion College trustee
Lyle H. Miller, 1914, brigadier general in the Marine Corps
Arnold R. Pinkney, 1952, campaign manager for Jesse Jackson 1984 Democratic presidential nomination^[9]
Carl W. Riddick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana^[10]
Mark Schauer, 1984, U.S. Representative from Michigan
Anna Howard Shaw, attended 1872–1875, civil rights leader, first female Methodist minister in the U.S.
Robert M. Teeter, 1961, Republican pollster
Edwin B. Winans, attended in 1840s, U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan
Jacob M. Collini, 2008, Chief Assistant to the Prosecuting Attorney for Roscommon County & graduate of the John James McCoy School of Law

Other

Josh A. Cassada, 1995, physicist, NASA astronaut
Chris Greenwood, 2012, former NFL player for Detroit Lions
Phyllis Harrison-Ross, 1956, psychiatrist working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill children^[11]
Mary Beecher Longyear, philanthropist and founder of Longyear Foundation
J. Fred “Pop” McKale, 1910, former University of Arizona basketball coach; 1998 Albion Hall of Fame inductee
Leonard F. "Fritz" Shurmur, 1956, former college and National Football League football coach
Hazen Graff Werner, 1920, bishop of the United Methodist Church

Honorary degrees

Barbara Bush, 2005, former First Lady of the United States^[12]

Presidents of Albion College

Mathew B. Johnson (2020- )^[13]
Mauri A. Ditzler (2014-2020)^[14]
Donna M. Randall (2007–2013)
Peter T. Mitchell(1997–2007)
Melvin L. Vulgamore (1983–1997)
Bernard T. Lomas (1970–1983)
Louis W. Norris (1960–1970)
William W. Whitehouse (1945–1960)
John Lawrence Seaton (1924–1945)
John Wesley Laird (1921–1924)
Samuel F. Dickie (1901–1921)
John Ashley (1898–1901)
Lewis R. Fiske (1877–1898)
William B. Silber (1870–1871)
J.L.G. McKown (1869–1870)
George Beiners Jocelyn (1864–1869 and 1871–1877)
Thomas H. Sinex (1854–1864)
Ira Mayhew (1853–1864)
Clark T. Hinman (1846–1853)
Rev. Charles Franklin Stockwell (1843–1845)

Notes: William C. Ferguson served as interim president for six months in 1997. Dr. Michael L. Frandsen served as interim president for the 2013–2014 academic year.

Athletics

See List of Albion Britons head football coaches

Morley Fraser, head football coach
Walter S. Kennedy, head football coach and all-American quarterback at for the University of Chicago Maroons
Dale R. Sprankle, head football coach at Albion and also at Adrian College

References

^ Marks, Alexis Braun. "Research Guides: University Presidents: 1974-2000". guides.emich.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ Glan, Latshering. "Interview with American Author Patrick Maher". Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^ "Dr. Vernor, Bay View Musician, Dies at 81; Composed 'Sweetheart of Sigma Chi'". Petoskey News Review. April 23, 1974. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
^ http://www.placepromo.com/aih/people/ungrodt_paul.htm
^ Ida Chipman (January 16, 2007). "A Passion for Writing: Florence Boys Spent Early Years as a Typical Housewife" ''The South Bend Tribune'' pages E1, E3. via Newspapers.com
^ "BROWN, Prentiss Marsh, (1889 - 1973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "CAMP, David Lee, (1953 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "Homer Folks (1867-1963)". NASW Social Work Pioneers. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ Martin, Douglas (18 January 2014). "Arnold R. Pinkney Dies at 83; Steered 1984 Jesse Jackson Run". Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
^ "RIDDICK, Carl Wood, (1872 - 1960)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). American women of science since 1900. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 490–491. ISBN 9781598841589.
^ Albion College (2018-04-18), Barbara Bush Convocation Speech at Albion College | August 25, 2005, retrieved 2018-04-19
^ "New president Mathew Johnson takes over Albion College during tough times". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ "Albion College President Mauri Ditzler to retire in June". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

[1] Marks, Alexis Braun. "Research Guides: University Presidents: 1974-2000". guides.emich.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[2] Glan, Latshering. "Interview with American Author Patrick Maher". Retrieved 1 March 2013.

[3] "Dr. Vernor, Bay View Musician, Dies at 81; Composed 'Sweetheart of Sigma Chi'". Petoskey News Review. April 23, 1974. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[4] ttp://www.placepromo.com/aih/people/ungrodt_paul.htm

[5] Ida Chipman (January 16, 2007). "A Passion for Writing: Florence Boys Spent Early Years as a Typical Housewife" ''The South Bend Tribune'' pages E1, E3. via Newspapers.com

[6] "BROWN, Prentiss Marsh, (1889 - 1973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[7] "CAMP, David Lee, (1953 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[8] "Homer Folks (1867-1963)". NASW Social Work Pioneers. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

[9] Martin, Douglas (18 January 2014). "Arnold R. Pinkney Dies at 83; Steered 1984 Jesse Jackson Run". Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via NYTimes.com.

[10] "RIDDICK, Carl Wood, (1872 - 1960)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[Wayne-11] Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). American women of science since 1900. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 490–491. ISBN 9781598841589.

[12] Albion College (2018-04-18), Barbara Bush Convocation Speech at Albion College | August 25, 2005, retrieved 2018-04-19

[13] "New president Mathew Johnson takes over Albion College during tough times". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

[14] "Albion College President Mauri Ditzler to retire in June". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

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