List of Muskingum University alumni

This is a list of Muskingum University alumni.

Government and politics

C. William Fischer, Jr. (class of 1953), former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education; former Deputy Associate Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget; former Deputy Administrator U.S. Department of Energy; former Vice President of Finance for the University of Colorado
Annie Glenn (class of 1941), civic leader; wife of John Glenn
John Glenn (class of 1942), former astronaut, Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio (1975-1999), 1984 Democratic presidential nominee
President Warren G. Harding (via Muskingum's assumption of Ohio Central College)
Earl R. Lewis (class of 1911), former Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1939-40 and 1943-48
Sean Logan (class of 1988), current Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; former Columbiana County, Ohio Commissioner
Donald L. Mason (class of 1979), Mayor of Zanesville 1984-1991; Ohio Dept. Of Natural Resources 1991-1998; Ohio Public Utilities Commissioner 1998-2008
Francis Scott McBride (class of 1895), leader of prohibition; longtime National Superintendent of the U.S. Anti-Saloon League
John Willis Menard (via Iberia College and Ohio Central College), first African-American to address the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1869
C. Ellis Moore (class of 1907), Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1919-1933
Martha C. Moore (class of 1940), former Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party; Vice Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party for 44 years; longest serving member of the Republican National Committee in its history (35 years); inductee to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. (class of 1941), United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1986-1989
Joe Secrest (class of 1970), current President of the Ohio Controlling Board in the State Office of Management and Budget; Guernsey County, Ohio Commissioner
Robert T. Secrest (class of 1926), Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1933-1967
Samuel Speck (class of 1959), Harvard Ph.D., Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the Reagan administration; 20th President of Muskingum College
Robert M. Warner (class of 1949), sixth Archivist of the United States
Dennis D-Money Goodwill {class of 2010}, Assistant Coach for the Flint Michigan Tropics

Entertainment

Jack Hanna (class of 1969), former Columbus Zoo and Aquarium director; television personality; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
Agnes Moorehead (class of 1923), Emmy Award-winning actress (Bewitched); member of the Delta Gamma Theta Sorority
Robert W. Patin, Jr. (class of 1964), President and COO of Big Idea Productions, the makers of Veggie Tales; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club

Arts

David Budbill (class of 1962), poet, author and playwright
Laurence Overmire (valedictorian, class of 1979), poet, author, actor, playwright

Education

Dennis Berkey (class of 1969), President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
William Rainey Harper (class of 1870), first President, University of Chicago
Charles Hiram Mattoon (class of 184?), pioneer minister, author of The Baptist Annals of Oregon
Richard Pipes (class of 1944), Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University
William Oxley Thompson (class of 1870), President of The Ohio State University and Miami University

Business

Muskingum's Caldwell Hall was named after alumnus Philip Caldwell and his wife Betsey

Hal Burlingame (class of 1962), former president of human resources for AT&T; senior executive advisor for AT&T Wireless
Philip Caldwell (class of 1940), retired CEO of Ford Motor Company
William Dentzer (class of 1951), founding Chairman and CEO of the Depository Trust Corporation; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
William W. Goetz (class of 1986), president and COO of Cintas
Robert W. Patin, Jr. (class of 1964), former president of Puritan Life Insurance Company and former president and CEO of CNA Financial Corporation; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
J. Stark Thompson (class of 1963), former President and CEO of Life Technologies, Inc.
Jacqueline Dudek Woods (class of 1969), first woman president of a major utility company, Ameritech Ohio
Walter Young (class of 1966), retired CEO of Champion Enterprises, Inc.

Sports

Jim Burson (class of 1963), legendary Muskingum head basketball coach for 39 years; Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame inductee; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
Mandy Carnes (class of 2004), NCAA Division III softball leader in home runs in a career (59) as well as home runs in a season (24 in 2002)
Tom Carr (Class of 2004), assistant wrestling coach, George Mason University
Bill "Cannonball" Cooper (class of 1961), former running back for the San Francisco 49ers; inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame
Darrell Hazell (class of 1986), head football coach at Purdue University
Jim Heacock (class of 1970), defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Ohio State University; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
Erica Hoyt (class of 2006), pitcher for the Muskingum softball team; winningest pitcher (120) in NCAA Division III history; holds the second and third spots for most pitching victories in a single season (38 in 2004 and 37 in 2005)
Jen Segner-Filtz (class of 2000), pitcher for the Muskies; finished her career with several NCAA Division III records including wins in a single season (40 in 2000); currently second in career pitching wins (117)
Edgar "Ed" Sherman (class of 1936), legendary Muskingum head football coach for 22 years; College Football Hall of Fame inductee
Tim Timmons, Major League Baseball umpire
Brandon Todd, known as the 5'5 dunker, played for the 2001, 2002, and 2003 All-Ohio team with LeBron James; developed an athletic training program called "FlytRight"

Journalism

Nikhil Deogun (class of 1991), Deputy Chief of the Washington Bureau of the Wall Street Journal
Beverly Schuch (class of 1971), former Emmy and Peabody Award-winning host of CNN's show Pinnacle for 14 years

Science

John Glenn (class of 1942), first American to orbit the earth, oldest man ever in space