List of Lafayette College people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with Lafayette College.

Notable alumni, faculty, and trustees

William C. Cattell, President of Lafayette College from 1863–83

Ralph Cooper Hutchison, President of Lafayette College from 1945 to 1958

William E. Simon, class of 1952, served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1974–77.

Fred Morgan Kirby, trustee from 1916–40, provided funds to establish a Professorship of Civil Rights.

Academics and education

• George C. Heckman, class of 1845, President Hanover College 1870–79
• Thomas Craig, class of 1875, early professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University
• James Cameron Mackenzie, class of 1878, educator
• James McKeen Cattell, class of 1880, the first professor of psychology in the United States
• Robert L. Slagle, class of 1887, President South Dakota Agricultural College 1906-14; University of South Dakota 1914-28
• Earl Gregg Swem, class of 1893, historian, bibliographer and librarian
• Joseph S. Illick, class of 1907, Dean of the New York State College of Forestry, 1944–51
• Ralph Cooper Hutchison, class of 1918, President of Washington & Jefferson College, 1931–45, and Lafayette College, 1945–57
• Frank Reed Horton, class of 1926, founder of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity
• Nils Yngve Wessell, class of 1934, president of Tufts University, 1953–66
• Frank Franz, class of 1959, provost at West Virginia University and fourth president of The University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Leonard Jeffries, class of 1959, Professor of Black Studies at the City College of New York (City)
• Martin Jezer, class of 1961, progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement
• Richard Alkire, class of 1963, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Barry Wellman, class of 1963, Professor of Sociology,. University of Toronto, 1967-2013; Co-Director, NetLab Network
• Joseph Rallo, class of 1971, Commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Louisiana.
• Darlyne Bailey, class of 1974, first African American dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota
• John Anderson Fry, class of 1982, former president of Franklin & Marshall College and current president of Drexel University

Business

• James Gayley, class of 1876, Managing Director Carnegie Steel Company and first Vice President U.S. Steel, 1901–09
• Torrence Huffman, class of 1878, Banker; loaned the Huffman Prairie to the Wright Brothers
• Charles Bergstresser, class of 1881, one of the three founders of Dow Jones & Company
• Harrison Woodhull Crosby, commercialized the canned tomato
• Leslie Freeman Gates, class of 1897, President Chicago Board of Trade, 1919–20
• George B. Walbridge, class of 1898, co-founder and Chairman of Walbridge Aldinger (now known as simply Walbridge)
• T. Frank Soles, class of 1904, Chairman of the Board of Talon, Inc., zipper manufacturer; trustee and donor of Soles Hall
• Robert L. Warren, class of 1910, Chairman of the Board and former President of Brockway Glass; trustee
• Fred Morgan Kirby, trustee from 1916–40, helped found the Woolworth's five and dime store chain
• Thomas J. Watson, trustee; donor; first Chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914–56; computing pioneer; namesake of the Watson Computer
• Edward Jesser, class of 1939, former President of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce & New Jersey Bankers Association, Chairman and CEO of Summit Bancorp
• Walter E. Hanson, class of 1949, Chairman of KPMG.
• Sarkis Acopian, class of 1951, founded Acopian Technical Company, makers of the first solar radios.
• Arthur J. Rothkopf, class of 1955, retired Senior Vice President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce; President Emeritus, Lafayette College
• Michael H. Moskow, class of 1959, CEO and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Thomas J Neff, class of 1959, Chairman of Spencer Stuart; former Lafayette College trustee
• E. Wayne Nordberg, class of 1960, CIO of Hollow Brook Wealth Management; former Lafayette College trustee
• William F. Buechler, class of 1961, Vice Chairman of Xerox, 1999–2001
• Steven Kent Rockwell, class of 1966, CEO of ExOne and Rockwell Venture Capital
• Carl G. Anderson Jr., class of 1967, CEO of Arrow International
• Charles Golden, class of 1968, CFO of Eli Lilly and Company, 1996–2006
• Jonathan D. Green, class of 1968, CEO of Rockefeller Group
• Alfred A. Piergallini, class of 1968, former CEO of Gerber Products and Novartis
• Frederick Haddad, class of 1970, founding partner of GoldenTree Asset Management, former Managing Director of Royal Bank of Canada
• Michael F. Weinstein, class of 1970, CEO of Snapple, 1997–2000
• Stephen D. Pryor, class of 1971, President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company
• Roger Newton, class of 1972, co-discoverer of Lipitor; Senior Vice President and Director at Esperion Therapeutics, Pfizer Global Research and Development
• Neil Levin, class of 1976, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Vice President of Goldman Sachs
• James H. Kaplan, class of 1977, CEO of Tai Ping Carpets International
• John Donleavy, class of 1978, CEO of Vermont Electric Power Company Inc.
• Chip Bergh, Class of 1979, CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.
• Samuel R. Chapin, class of 1979, Executive Vice Chairman Global Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Judson C. Linville, class of 1979, CEO, Citi Cards, Citigroup
• Donald Morel Jr., Ph.D., class of 1979, Former CEO West Pharmaceutical; Director Fox Chase Cancer Center; Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Franklin Institute; has served on several NASA advisory committees
• Douglas Burcin, class of 1980, Global CEO of Havas Health
• Don Rehill, class of 1980, Director of Election Tabulations and Research for the Associated Press
• Peter G. Jacoby, class of 1981, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs UnitedHealth Group
• Elisabeth H. MacDonald, class of 1981, former Managing Director, Global Investment Banking, Chase
• Angel L. Mendez, class of 1982, COO of HERE
• Vicki O. Ebner, class of 1982, former Senior Vice President, Customer & Government Relations, UGI Corporation
• Michael P. Whitman, class of 1982, CEO Micro Interventional Devices, former VP Sales & Marketing Johnson & Johnson
• Phil Hosbach, class of 1984, Vice President New Products and Immunization Policy at Sanofi Pasteur
• Fran Horowitz, class of 1985, President & Chief Merchandising Officer, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
• Thomas M. Moriarty, class of 1985, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of CVS Caremark
• Michael C. Heaney, class of 1986, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
• Jamie Mattikow, class of 1986, Chief Commercial Officer at Ferrara Candy Company
• Susan L. Fox, class of 1988, Vice President, Government Relations, The Walt Disney Company
• Alan Hoffman, class of 1988, Senior Vice President, PepsiCo.; former Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden; Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President
• Andrew Lapkin, class of 1988, CEO HedgeMark International
• Kris Lovejoy, class of 1988, former Global CISO IBM, current President Acuity Solutions
• Hendrik J. Hartong III, class of 1989, CEO of Brynwood Partners
• Chris McCumber, class of 1989, President, Entertainment Networks (USA, Syfy, Chiller, Cloo), NBC Universal
• Chris Pucillo, class of 1989, CEO/CIO Solus Alternative Asset Management
• William R. Wagner, class of 1989, CEO of LogMeIn
• Mihrir P. Worah, class of 1990, CIO Asset Allocation and Real Return for PIMCO
• Kevin Mandia, class of 1992, CEO of FireEye
• Jed Plafker, class of 1992, President of Franklin Templeton International
• Stephen Messer, class of 1993, founder of Rakuten Linkshare and angel investor
• Keith Style, class of 1995, CFO Asbury Automotive Group
• Ian Murray, class of 1997, co-founder and CEO of the Vineyard Vines clothing company
• Carson Conant, class of 1998, founder and CEO of Mediafly

Engineering

• William Edgar Baker, class of 1877, engineer and pioneer of reliable third rail system for urban transportation as demonstrated at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893
• William Ashburner Cattell, class of 1884, civil engineer and railroad company president
• James Madison Porter III, class of 1886, professor of civil engineering and designer of Northampton Street Bridge
• William F. Durand, class of 1888, mechanical engineer and first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• Edgar Jadwin, class of 1888, General, Chief of Engineers
• Don Lancaster, class of 1961, author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer

Entertainment

• Burr McIntosh, class of 1884, actor, author, and photographer.
• Glenn Orsher, class of 1973, executive at S2BN Entertainment; executive producer of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark; director/producer of Yo Gabba Gabba Live!
• Joel Silver, head of Hollywood's Silver Pictures and producer of films including the Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and The Matrix series
• Lorene Scafaria, screenwriter, playwright, actress and singer best known for her work on the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
• Jim Rosenhaus, class of 1986, broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians
• Beth Mowins, class of 1989, ESPN announcer and one of the first women color analysts on the network
• Michael S. Schmidt, class of 2005, Washington correspondent for The New York Times

Government

• Isaiah D. Clawson, class of 1833, represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, 1855-59
• James Morrison Harris, class of 1833, U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1855–1861; Lafayette College trustee, 1865–72
• Alexander Ramsey, class of 1836, Governor of Minnesota, US Senator, Congressman, Secretary of War
• Nathaniel B. Smithers, class of 1836, U.S. Representative from Delaware, 1863–65
• William Miller Francis, class of 1837, honorary degree in 1865, Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate 1857-59
• William Augustus Porter, class of 1838, District Attorney of Philadelphia 1843, Judge of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1858
• Augustus G. Richey, class of 1840, New Jersey State Senator 1866-68
• John Cresswell Jr., class of 1841, Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate 1853-59
• Philip Johnson, class of 1844, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1861–63, 1863–67
• Henry Clay Longnecker, class of 1845 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1851, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1859-61
• Henry Green, class of 1846, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Henry Martyn Hoyt, attended 1845–48, honorary law degree conferred in 1882, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879–83
• Robert Bruce Petriken, class of 1849 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1866, Pennsylvania State Senator 1871 - 73
• William Henry Woodring, class of 1852, Pennsylvania State Representative, 1892–97
• Horatio Gates Fisher, class of 1855, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1879–83
• Samuel McLean (congressman), non-graduate, received honorary degree in 1857, member of first Montana State Legislature, 1865–67
• Benjamin Franklin Junkin, entered 1837, A.M. in 1865, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–1861
• Mahlon Yardley, class of 1843, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1858–61
• Oliver Horatio Meyers, class of 1847, Pennsylvania State Representative, 1866–67
• James H. Neighbour, class of 1848, New Jersey State representative 1882-83
• Robert Porter Allen, class of 1855, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1875–78
• Allen Craig, class of 1855, Pennsylvania State Representative and Senator, 1865–67, 1879–82
• Abraham D. Hazen, class of 1863, 3rd Assistant Postmaster General and Chief of Stamps Division 1877-93; namesake of Hazen, North Dakota
• John W. Griggs, class of 1868, Governor of New Jersey, 1896–1898; US Attorney General, 1898–1901
• Silas W. DeWitt, class of 1869, New Jersey State Representative, 1877–79
• Frank J. Washabaugh, class of 1870, South Dakota jurist and legislator
• Laird Howard Barber, class of 1871, US Representative from Pennsylvania 1899–1901, lawyer
• Edmund S. Doty, class of 1872, Pennsylvania State Representative 1898-1904
• William Sebring Kirkpatrick, classes of 1862 (A.B.) and 1872 (A.M.), Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania 1888–91; member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1897–99
• Louis F. Springer (Lewis Frank Sprenger), class of 1873, Iowa State Representative 1902-09
• Arthur Granville Dewalt, class of 1874, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915–21
• Isaac Barber, class of 1876, New Jersey State Senator 1896–99, 1902–05
• William Thomas Fee, class of 1876, U.S. Consul-general at Guatemala City, Bremen, Bombay, and Cienfuegos
• Frank G. Harris, class of 1876, Pennsylvania State Representative 1897-1902
• Cyrus Lee Stevens, class of 1876, Pennsylvania State Representative 1907-08
• Russell Benjamin Harrison, class of 1877, Indiana legislator; consul to Portugal and Mexico; son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison
• Benjamin Silver Jr., class of 1877 Maryland State Representative and later Senator 1889-90
• Edward F. Blewitt, class of 1879, Pennsylvania State Senator 1907-10; Great-grandfather Vice President Joe Biden
• George Howell, class of 1880, US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1903–1904
• Frederic James Grant, class of 1883, Washington State Speaker of the House, 1888–89; Envoy to Bolivia, 1893; editor-in-chief of Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Grant Stanley Herring, class of 1883, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1890–94
• John R. Farr, class of 1885, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1911–19, and 1921
• John Edgar Fox, class of 1885, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1900–1912
• Robert McNamee, class of 1885 (non-graduate), Florida State Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1899
• George W. W. Porter, class of 1885, member New Jersey State Representative 1897-98.
• Cyrus E. Woods, class of 1886, President pro tempore Pennsylvania State Senate 1901-07; U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Japan, 1921–24
• Wallace McCamant, class of 1888, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1925–26
• Marshall Lee Phipps, class of 1888, Pennsylvania State Senator 1915-25
• Frederick Theodore Dumont, class of 1889, U.S. Consul at Guadeloupe, Madrid, Florence, and others, 1903–15
• Frederick Watts Culbertson, class of 1890 (non-graduate), Pennsylvania State senator 1921-27
• Fred Taylor Ikeler, class of 1890, Minority Floor Leader Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1901-04
• Harry Arista Mackey, class of 1890, Mayor of Philadelphia 1928 - 31
• Wilbur P. Graff, class of 1891, Pennsylvania State Senator 1917-19
• John H. Patchin, class of 1892, Pennsylvania State Representative 1895-96 and 1925–26
• Frederic Antes Godcharles, class of 1893, Pennsylvania State Representative and Senator, 1900–08
• Isaac Clinton Kline, class of 1893, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1921–23, lawyer
• A. Mitchell Palmer, attended briefly and honorary degree conferred in 1919, 50th Attorney General of the United States, overseer of the Palmer Raids
• William H Earnest, class of 1897, Pennsylvania State Senator 1925-31
• John D. Clarke, class of 1898, U.S. Congressman from New York
• Edward Griswold Bray, class of 1900, Pennsylvania State Representative 1925-26
• William Huntington Kirkpatrick, class of 1905, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1921-23
• Joseph F. Crater, class of 1910, Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court
• Robert Elliot Haas, class of 1913, Pennsylvania State Representative 1923-28
• Robert Leon Rankin, class of 1914, U.S. Consul Warsaw, Frontera, Newcastle, and Brisbane 1920-29.
• H. Stanley Welty, class of 1917, Pennsylvania State Representative 1925-30
• E. Arnold Forrest, class of 1918, Pennsylvania State Representative 1933-36
• John H. Longaker, class of 1923, Pennsylvania State Representative 1935-38
• Oscar J. Tallman, class of 1924, Pennsylvania State Senator 1939-49
• Henry Van Sickle, class of 1924, Pennsylvania State Representative 1935-38
• William E. Hays, class of 1926, Massachusetts State Representative and Senator 1944-65
• H. Franklin Kehler, class of 1926, Pennsylvania State Representative 1955-58
• Wesley Lance, class of 1928, member of New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Senate; one of the drafters of the current, 1947 New Jersey State Constitution
• Robert B. Meyner, class of 1930, Governor of New Jersey 1954–62; competed against John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Democratic Party primary
• Winston L. Prouty, class of 1930, United States Representative and Senator from Vermont
• Albert S. Readinger, class of 1930, Majority Floor Leader Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1937-58
• William H. Woodin, Trustee, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1933
• Wayne Dumont, class of 1935, former Acting Governor of New Jersey
• Wendell Good, class of 1935, Pennsylvania State Representative 1967-72
• Charles Timothy Slack, class of 1935, Pennsylvania State Representative 1961-70
• Arch A. Moore, Jr., attended in 1943, twice Governor of West Virginia
• Arthur Sohmer, class of 1948, Chief of Staff to former Vice President Spiro Agnew
• William A. Wyatt, class of 1950, Pennsylvania State Representative 1957-58
• D. Bennett Mazur (c. 1925–1994), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Fred Ashton, class of 1952, Mayor of Easton from 1967–75.
• Dennis Kux, class of 1952, U.S. Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, 1986–89
• William E. Simon, class of 1952, 63rd Secretary of the Treasury, President of the United States Olympic Committee
• Bob Smith, class of 1952, former Senator of New Hampshire
• Garrett E. Brown, Jr., class of 1965, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• George F. Pott, Jr., class of 1965, Pennsylvania State Representative 1977-86
• Robert Pastor, class of 1969, former member of the United States National Security Council
• Thomas LaConte, class of 1970, superior court judge to the New Jersey Civil Court
• James Pooley, class of 1970, former Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization
• Joel A. Pisano, class of 1971, Federal Judge for District Court of New Jersey
• Marcia Bernicat, class of 1975, United States Ambassador to Bangladesh
• Robin L. Wiessmann, class of 1975, former Pennsylvania State Treasurer
• Fred S. Carns, class of 1978, Director of International Affairs, FDIC
• Craig Dally, class of 1978, Pennsylvania State Representative, 1997–2010
• Col. Howie Cohen, class of 1979, Commander of the White House Communications Agency until 2006
• Bruce L. Castor, Jr., class of 1983, Attorney General (interim) and first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, former district attorney and county commissioner in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; lawyer
• Doug Reichley, class of 1983, Pennsylvania State Representative 2003-12
• Robert Spagnoletti, class of 1984, former Attorney General of the District of Columbia
• Michael A. Raynor, class of 1984, former United States Ambassador to Benin
• William Bull, class of 1985, Peace Corps Director, Madagascar
• Frank Gaziano, class of 1986, Associate Justice of Massachusetts Superior Court
• Paula A. Roscioli, class of 1987, Judge of Northampton County Court of Common Pleas
• Anthony Palumbo, class of 1994, member New York State Assembly, 2013–present
• Matthew Rutherford, class of 2001, former Acting Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Treasury
• Aaron Kaufer, class of 2011, Pennsylvania State Representative, 2015–present
• Travis Hutson, class of 2007, Florida State Senator 2012-present

Arts and Humanities

• J. Elfreth Watkins Sr., class of 1874, Curator United States National Museum
• Frederick Starr, class of 1882, anthropologist
• Edwin Atlee Barber, classes of 1887 and 1893, Director Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
• Snowden Ashford, class of 1888, Washington D.C.'s first municipal architect
• Harold H. Bender, class of 1903, professor of philology at Princeton University
• Barry Wellman, class of 1963, sociologist; founder of International Network for Social Network Analysis
• Brent Glass, class of 1969, director of Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Literature and poetry

• John Martin Crawford, class of 1871, translated the Finnish epic Kalevala into English; Consul-general of the United States to Russia under President Benjamin Harrison
• Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage; attended for one semester before leaving to focus exclusively on his writing
• Dominique Lapierre, class of 1952, author
• D. Herbert Lipson, class of 1952, publisher and executive chairman of Philadelphia Magazine
• Martin Jezer, class of 1961, activist and author
• Jay Parini, class of 1970, poet and Middlebury College professor
• Ross Gay, class of 1996, poet
• M. K. Asante, Jr., class of 2004, professor, author, and filmmaker

Medicine

• Philip S. Hench, class of 1916, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950
• Haldan K. Hartline, class of 1923, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967
• Orvan Hess, class of 1927, physician noted for his early use of penicillin and development of the fetal heart monitor
• C. Harmon Brown, class of 1952, pioneer in women's sports medicine; Olympic track and field coach
• Mitchell S. Rosenthal - class of 1956, psychiatrist; founder of Phoenix House

Military

• Andrew Porter, class of 1838 (non-graduate), honorary degree in 1865, Brigadier General U.S. Army
• Nathaniel Michler, class of 1845, Brigadier General Army Corps of Engineers
• J.L. Selfridge, class of 1846, Brigadier General U.S. Army
• George P. Ihrie, class of 1847, Brigadier General U.S. Army
• Theophilus Francis Rodenbough, class of 1854 (non-graduate), Brigadier General U.S. Army; Medal of Honor recipient
• Edward L. Campbell, class of 1855, Brigadier General U.S. Army
• Charles A. Wikoff, class of 1855, most senior ranking United States Army officer killed in the Spanish–American War
• Stephen Wilson Pomeroy, class of 1861, "The Unknown Scout" who alerted Governor Curtin of General Lee's amassing army at Gettysburg
• Duncan Stephen Walker, class of 1862 (non-graduate), Brigadier General U.S. Army, great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin
• Richard Roberts, class of 1875, personal assistant to General George Armstrong Custer
• Peyton C. March, class of 1884, Army Chief of Staff during World War I
• Samuel Grant Shartle, class of 1891, U.S. Military attaché to Berlin, 1909–15
• General George H. Decker, class of 1924, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1960–62
• David Showell, class of 1951, member of the Tuskegee Airmen; a football player while at Lafayette; his exclusion led to the 1949 Sun Bowl controversy
• Col. Alfred H. Elliott, III, class of 1969, former Army Chief of Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Division, member of Military Intelligence Hall of Fame

Religion and theology

• William Henry Green, class of 1840, President of The College of New Jersey, professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature in Princeton Theological Seminary
• John Douglas Bemo (Husti-Coluc-Chee, later Tal-a-Mas-Mico), non-graduate 1843–46, nephew of Osceola Chief of the Seminoles; responsible for baptizing over 5,000 Native Americans in the Oklahoma Territory
• W.A.P. Martin, class of 1860, Presbyterian missionary and translator
• James Isaac Good, class of 1872, clergyman

Sciences

• Rev. Thomas Conrad Porter, class of 1840, discoverer and namesake of several species of plants, among them Desmatodon Porteri, discovered on College Hill
• James H. Coffin, Lafayette College Vice President and Treasurer 1846–73, pioneer in meteorology
• William Harkness, attended 1854–56, astronomer
• Abram Paschal Garber, class of 1868, discoverer of the rare plant Garberia Fruticosa
• Richard William Dickinson Bryan – class of 1869, astronomer and chaplain on the Polaris Expeditions' attempt to reach the North Pole in 1871
• William McMurtrie, class of 1871 and first Ph.D. in chemistry awarded at Lafayette (1875); Chief Chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture, 1873–78; President of American Chemical Society in 1900
• Maynard Bixby, class of 1876, discoverer of bixbyite and explorer
• William Porter Shimer, classes of 1878 and 1899, discoverer of titanium carbide
• Eugene C. Bingham, Chemistry Professor 1916–39, pioneer in rheology; namesake of Bingham plastic, fluid, and stress, and the Bingham Medal
• S. Donald Stookey, class of 1938, inventor of Corningware earned his master's degree in chemistry in the 1930s
• John J. Marchalonis, class of 1962, immunologist discoverer of T-cell receptors
• Jay Weiss, class of 1962, professor of psychiatry Emory University School of Medicine, MacArthur Fellow

Sports

• Harry Hempstead, class of 1891, Owner of the New York Giants, National League baseball team.
• George Barclay, class of 1898, inventor of the football helmet, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Beaneaters
• Charles Rinehart, class of 1898, College Football Hall of Fame member
• Dick Wright, catcher for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops
• Fritz Scheeren, class of 1914, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Ty Helfrich, class of 1915, second baseman for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops
• Al Bedner, class of 1921, NFL player
• George Seasholtz, class of 1922, NFL player for the Milwaukee Badgers and the Kenosha Maroons
• Frank Schwab, class of 1923, College Football Hall of Fame member
• Al LeConey, class of 1923, 1924 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the 4 × 100 meter relay, later featured on a U.S. postal stamp
• Charlie Berry, Jr., class of 1924, College Football Hall of Fame member; the only man to officiate World Series, NFL Championship, and College All-Star game in the same year; catcher for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox; NFL leading scorer in 1925 for the Pottsville Maroons
• Joe Marhefka, class of 1924, NFL player for Pottsville Maroons
• Matt Brennan, class of 1925, NFL player
• Frank Grube, class of 1926, catcher for the White Sox and St.Louis Browns
• Frank Kirkleski, class of 1927, NFL player for the Pottsville Maroons
• George Wilson, class of 1929, College Football Hall of Fame member and previous NCAA scoring record holder
• Adam J. Cirillo, class of 1933, head football coach of Brooklyn Technical High School, won 10 New York City Public School Athletic League championships
• Frank Hiller, class of 1942, pitcher for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
• Pete Carril, class of 1951, former Princeton University men's basketball head coach and Sacramento Kings assistant coach
• Alexander K. 'Whip' Buck, class of 1952, co-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1981 until his death in 2010
• Pete Carril, Class of 1952, head coach of Princeton University; enshrined in both the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
• Tracy Tripucka, class of 1972, three-time men's basketball All-American, New York Knicks draft selection, collegiate assistant coach
• Howard Benedict, class of 1973, legendary "founding father of Connecticut lacrosse", head coach of New Cannan High School
• Peter Simon, class of 1975, co-owner of the NHL's New Jersey Devils, name inscribed on the Stanley Cup
• Joe Maddon, class of 1976, two-time World Series Champion (2002, 2016); current manager of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs.
• George Tiger, class of 1981, midfielder for Pittsburgh Spirit, 1984–1985
• Jeff Mutis, class of 1988, first-round draft pick in the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians; played for the Florida Marlins, pitcher
• Frank Baur, class of 1990, college football All-American, quarterback, appeared on the cover of the college football preview issue of Sports Illustrated,1989
• Nate Delong, class of 2004, former Lafayette Swimming & Diving Team Captain, current Marathoner and ESPN affiliate writer
• Blake Costanzo, class of 2006, linebacker and special teams specialist for the NFL's Chicago Bears and formerly the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and Buffalo Bills
• Walt Zirinsky, American football player

Notable faculty

• Guy Consolmagno, assistant professor, physics and astronomy
• Tom Davis, college men's basketball coach, 1971–77
• Clement Eaton, Chair of History Department, 1931–1942
• Gladstone Hutchinson, professor of economics and business, Director-General of Jamaica's Planning Institute, 2010–2012, awarded Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Service to Jamaica, 2013
• Terry Jonathan Hart, visiting lecturer of engineering
• George Junkin, first president of Lafayette College
• Butch van Breda Kolff, college men's basketball coach 1952–56
• Francis March, first professor of English Literature at any American college or university
• Herb McCracken, head football coach
• Edward Mylin, head football coach
• Bruce Allen Murphy, Supreme Court Scholar
• Theodore Roethke, poet, served on faculty prior to his publication and fame
• Steve Spagnuolo, football coach, defensive line/special teams 1984–86
• Jock Sutherland, head football coach 1919–23
• Lee Upton, poet, writer in residence, professor of English
• Hal Wissel, college men's basketball coach, 1967–71
• Tim Lenahan, Men's Soccer Coach, 1998–2001
• Gary Williams, Men's Head Soccer Coach and Assistant Basketball Coach, 1972–77

Presidents of Lafayette College

• George Junkin, 1832–1840, 1848–1849
• John William Yeomans, 1840–1848
• Charles William Nassau, 1849–1850
• Daniel V. McLean, 1850–1854
• George Wilson McPhail, 1854–1861
• William Cassady Cattell, 1863–1883
• James Hall Mason Knox, 1883–1890
• Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, 1891–1914
• John Henry MacCracken, 1915–1926
• William Mather Lewis, 1926–1945
• Ralph Cooper Hutchison, 1945–1957, class of 1918
• Guy Everett Snavely, 1957–1958 (interim)
• K. Roald Bergethon, 1958–1978
• David Ellis, 1978–1990
• Robert I. Rotberg, 1990–1993
• Arthur J. Rothkopf, 1993–2006, class of 1955
• Daniel Weiss, 2006–2013
• Allison Byerly 2013–present