List of Albion College people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Albion College.

Alumni

Academia

Robert Bartlett, surgeon
Bob Bemer, 1940, computer scientist
Bruce C. Berndt, 1961, mathematician
J Harlen Bretz, 1906, geologist
Mark W. Chase, 1973, botanist
Robert E. Horton, 1897, hydrology
Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer
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
Ian Kesler, 1999, actor
Patrick Maher, 1989, author^[1]
Jon Scieszka, 1976, children's book author
John Sinclair, poet and '60s counterculture icon

Business

William C. Ferguson, chairman (retired), NYNEX NKA Verizon Communications
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 US Airways
Moose Scheib, founder and CEO of LoanMod.com
Richard Mills Smith, 1968, chairman and editor-in-chief, Newsweek

Government and politics

Cassius McDonald Barnes, Civil War soldier, lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory
Prentiss M. Brown, 1911, U.S. Senator from Michigan^[2]
David L. Camp, 1975, U.S. Representative from Michigan^[3]
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 ^[4]
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
Carl W. Riddick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana^[5]
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

Other

Josh A. Cassada, 1995, physicist, NASA astronaut candidate
Chris Greenwood, 2012, NFL player for Detroit Lions
Phyllis Harrison-Ross, 1956, psychiatrist working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill children ^[6]
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
Adam Pringle, 2000 former Muskegon Thunder owner and player
Leonard F. "Fritz" Shurmur, 1956, former college and National Football League football coach
Hazen Graff Werner, 1920, bishop of the United Methodist Church

Presidents of Albion College

Dr. Mauri A. Ditzler (2014- )
Dr. Donna M. Randall (2007–2013)
Dr. Peter T. Mitchell(1997–2007)
Dr. Melvin L. Vulgamore (1983–1997)
Dr. Bernard T. Lomas (1970–1983)
Dr. Louis W. Norris (1960–1970)
Dr. William W. Whitehouse (1945–1960)
Dr. John Lawrence Seaton (1924–1945)
John Wesley Laird (1921–1924)
Dr. 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

^ Glan, Latshering. "Interview with American Author Patrick Maher". Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^ "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.
^ "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.

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

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

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

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

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

[Wayne-6] Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). American women of science since 1900. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 490–491. ISBN 9781598841589.

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