List of Macalester College people

This is a list of people associated with Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including notable alumni and faculty.

Notable alumni

Academics

• Laurence BonJour – philosopher at the University of Washington
• Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (1958) – rhetorician, activist
• William P. Gerberding (1951) – President Emeritus, University of Washington
• David C. Hodge (1970) – President, Miami University
• Patricia Ingraham – Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University
• Michael Jensen – Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
• Edward Everett Nourse – Congregational theologian
• Alexander Wendt – social constructivist scholar of international relations

Actors, directors, playwrights

• Peter Berg (1984) – director, actor, and producer
• Jessica Blank – playwright, The Exonerated
• Danai Gurira – actress, playwright
• Chris Kobin – producer (Hollywood Don't Surf!, Slasher: an IFC Original), writer (2001 Maniacs)
• Carl Lumbly – actor, Men of Honor, Alias
• Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning J.P. Patches Show

Artists and architects

• Siah Armajani – Iranian-born American sculptor
• Cass Gilbert – architect, known for United States Supreme Court building, Woolworth Building, and Minnesota State Capitol
• Duane Hanson (1946) – sculptor, known for his photorealistic human figures
• Yuko Nii (1965) – Japanese-American artist

Business and finance

• Jeremy Allaire – Internet entrepreneur
• Ari Emanuel – talent agent, basis for the character Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage
• Fred Swaniker - African entrepreneur and educator
• DeWitt Wallace – founder, Readers' Digest magazine (did not graduate)

Musicians

• Walt Mink – indie rock band named after Macalester professor
• Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü
• Will Sheff – singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River
• Steve Tibbetts
• Joey Waronker (1993) – drummer, known for his work with Beck, R.E.M. and Walt Mink
• Amanda Warner – aka MNDR

Public servants

• Paul H. Anderson (1965) – Minnesota Supreme Court justice
• Kofi Annan (1961) – Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Sharon Sayles Belton (1973) – former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1994–2001); attorney
• Bobby Joe Champion – Minnesota House member since 2009
• Teresa Daly – Minnesota state politician
• Michael J. Davis (1969) – U.S. District Court judge
• Matt Entenza – former Minnesota House Minority Leader
• Juan Figueroa – foundation president and 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial candidate
• Frank Hornstein (1981) – Minnesota House member since 2003
• B. Todd Jones (1979) – Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
• Carlos Mariani – Minnesota House member since 1991
• Scott McCallum – former Governor of Wisconsin (2001–2003)
• Doug McFarland – law professor, Hamline University; Minnesota state politician
• Joan Mondale (1952) – Trustee Emeriti, former Second Lady of the United States
• Walter Mondale (1951) – U.S. Senator (1964–1976); Vice President of the U.S. (1977–1981); 1984 U.S. presidential candidate
• Julianne Ortman (1986) – Minnesota Senate member since 2003
• Rebecca Otto (1985) – Minnesota State Auditor; former Minnesota House member (2003–2004)
• Olli Rehn – European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society (2004), Enlargement (2004–2010), and Economic and Financial Affairs (2010–present)
• Christopher O. Ward (1976) – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Religion

• Donald M. Hultstrand – Bishop of Springfield

Writers and journalists

• Gary Arndt (1991) – travel photographer
• Charles Baxter (1969) – University of Minnesota professor; author and National Book Award Winner for The Feast of Love
• Leo J. Enright - World Press Institute Fellow; Irish broadcaster
• Mary Karr – bestselling author, The Liars' Club (attended for one year)
• Wade Keller – Pro Wrestling Torch editor
• Ismail Khalidi – playwright
• Walter Kirn – author of Up in the Air (attended for his freshman year)
• Joe Klein - The Mac Weekly editor in chief emeritus
• Corina Knoll – sports writer
• Chris Kobin – motion picture and television writer/producer
• Alex Lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor at Texas Christian University
• Tim O'Brien (1968) – bestselling author, The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato
• Paul Raushenbush - Religious Editor for The Huffington Post
• Mark Strauss – Editor of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Notable faculty

• David Bressoud - former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics
• Diane Glancy
• Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate
• Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
• Alvin King – composer, professor of music
• Kiarina Kordela
• George Latimer - former Mayor of St. Paul, 1976–1990.
• Harold LeVander – former Minnesota Governor
• William G. Moseley – geographer
• Edward Duffield Neill – founder
• Wang Ping
• Peter Rachleff
• Kristina Curry Rogers
• Raymond R. Rogers
• Brian C. Rosenberg
• Tracy Silverman – electric violin player
• James Spradley
• Karen J. Warren
• Harry Waters Jr.
• Jack Weatherford
• James Wright