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This list of Grinnell College alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Grinnell College , Iowa, US.
Academia and research
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Barber, Benjamin
1960
Political theorist, author of Jihad vs. McWorld
[ 1]
Buckley, Oliver
1909
President and director of Bell Labs , namesake of the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize .
[ 2]
Cech, Thomas
1970
Co-winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
[ 3] [ 4]
Coleman, Mary Sue
1965
President of the University of Iowa (1995–2002) and the first female President of the University of Michigan (2002–2014)
[ 5]
Evrigenis, Ioannis D.
1993
Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Classics at Tufts University
[ 6]
Golbeck, Amanda L.
1974
Lead editor of Leadership and Women in Statistics , winner of 2016 Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Elizabeth L. Scott Award
[ 7] [ 8]
Grinker, Roy Richard
1983
Anthropologist, editor of Anthropological Quarterly
[ 9]
Harshbarger, Frances
1923
one of the first female American mathematicians to receive a doctorate
[ 10]
Herriott, Frank Irving
1890 (BS)
1893 (MS)
acting professor of political science (1895-1898)
Hughes-Schrader, Sally
1917
Zoologist, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
[ 11]
Koenker, Roger
1969
Economist
[ 12]
Manlove, Jennifer
Sociological research scientist at Child Trends
[ 13]
Maxwell, David
1966
President of Drake University
[ 14]
Myers-Scotton, Carol
1955
Linguist
[ 15]
Noyes, William
1879
Analytical and organic chemist; determined atomic weights
[ 16]
Patterson, Clair
1943
Geochemist, first person to accurately date the age of the earth, responsible for the removal of lead from gasoline
[ 17] [ 18]
Risser, Paul
1961
President of Miami University and Oregon State University
[ 19]
Arts
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Cannon, Kevin
2002
Comics writer and artist
[ 20]
Cannon, Zander
1995
Comics writer and artist
[ 21]
Irwin, Pat
1977
Composer, musician, and guitarist
[ 22]
Hancock, Herbie
1960
Jazz musician and composer
[ 23]
Manuel, Philip
1913
Pianist, harpsichordist, teacher
[ 24]
Macy, Jesse
1870
Political scientist and historian
[ 25]
Mura, David
1974
Writer, memoirist and poet
Business and finance
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Todd S. Young
1994
Executive Vice-President and CFO of Elanco Animal Health (NYSE: ELAN)
Chambers, John B.
1977
Chairman of the Sovereign Debt Committee at Standard and Poor's
[ 26]
Brue, Nordahl
1967
Founder of Bruegger's Bagels
[ 27]
Little, Caroline
1981
North America CEO of Guardian News & Media
[ 28]
McCulley, Paul
1979
Economist, managing director at PIMCO
[ 29]
Moujaled, Maijid
2014
co-founder (with Ham Serunjogi ’16) of Chipper Cash, one of the most successful fintech companies in Africa
[ 30] [ 31]
Rosenfield, Joseph
1925
Successful businessman, made initial contribution to Intel and donated it to Grinnell College; called the "Patriarch of Iowa Business" by Des Moines Register
[ 32]
Michael (Mickey) Schulhof
1964
former president of Sony America, first American asked to serve on the board of directors for Sony, patent holder
[ 33]
Serunjogi, Ham
2016
co-founder (with Maijid Moujaled ’14) of Chipper Cash, one of the most successful fintech companies in Africa
[ 34] [ 35]
Vanderpoel, Waid
1943
Economist and former Chief Investment Officer of the First National Bank of Chicago
[ 36]
Entertainment
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Atherton, Matthew
1995
Winner of the reality show Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
[ 37]
Bergl, Emily
1997
Actress, best known for Men in Trees
[ 38]
Cooper, Gary
1926 (did not graduate)
Actor, best known for High Noon , received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor
[ 39]
Coyote, Peter
1964
Actor, author, narrated the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Oscar telecasts
[ 40]
Koenig, Walter
1958 (transferred)
Actor, best known as Chekov in Star Trek
[ 41]
McCallie, Ellen
1992
Scientist on BBC 's Rough Science series
[ 42]
Nanjiani, Kumail
2001
Stand-up comedian, Academy Award-nominated writer, actor and comedian, best known for role on TV series Silicon Valley and co-authorship and performance in film The Big Sick
[ 43]
Rissien, Edward L.
1949
Film producer
[ 44]
Roberts, Ian
1987
Actor, founder of Upright Citizens Brigade
[ 45]
Rosenfeld, Win
2000
American screenwriter and producer, president of Monkeypaw Productions
[ 46]
Government, law, and public policy
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Adams, Henry Carter
1874
Economist, promoter of the American Economic Association, led movement to regulate "natural monopolies" in economic life
[ 47]
Adelman, Kenneth
1967
Deputy ambassador to the United Nations , Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency , National Editor of Washingtonian magazine
[ 48] [ 49]
Blake, Charles
2005
Democratic African-American member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Little Rock , Arkansas
[ 50]
Cîțu, Florin
1996
Prime Minister of Romania
[ 51]
Cole, Tom
1971
Representative from Oklahoma , Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee
[ 52]
Flanagan, Hallie
1911
Director of the Federal Theater Project ; first woman to win a Guggenheim
[ 53]
Garang, John
1969
Vice president of Sudan , leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army
[ 54]
Hall, Chris
2007
Iowa State Representative
[ 55]
Hopkins, Harry
1912
WPA administrator and architect of the New Deal
[ 56]
Kenyon, William
1890
Senator from Iowa and Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
[ 57]
Lucero, Rebecca
2003
Minnesota human rights commissioner, led state civil rights investigation of Minneapolis Police Department following the murder of George Floyd
[ 58] [ 59]
Moose, George
1966
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs , Ambassador to Benin and Senegal
[ 60]
Railsback, Tom
1954
Representative from Illinois
[ 61]
Rawson, Charles
Senator from Iowa
[ 62]
Savage, Ezra P.
Twelfth Governor of Nebraska and tenth Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
[ 63]
Katayama, Sen
1892
Co-founder of the Japan Communist Party
[ 64] [ 65]
Wearin, Otha
1924
Representative from Iowa
[ 66]
Welch, Joseph
1914
Head attorney for the United States Army during the Army-McCarthy Hearings
[ 67]
Wheat, Alan
1972
Representative from Missouri
[ 68]
Wilson, George
1904
Senator from Iowa , Governor of Iowa
[ 69]
Wingate, Henry
1969
Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
[ 70]
Wu, K. C.
1923
Governor of Taiwan Province , Mayor of Shanghai
[ 71]
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Giddins, Gary
1970
Jazz columnist for The Village Voice
[ 72]
Hodierne, Robert
1968
Editor of the Army Times and Pulitzer Prize winner
[ 73]
Ho, Soleil
2009
Food writer and restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle
Jacobs, Ben
2006
Political reporter for The Guardian
[ 74]
Jacobson, Walter
1959
Chicago news personality
[ 75]
Kaltenbach, Frederick Wilhelm
c1918 (did not graduate)
English-language Nazi propagandist during World War II
[ 76]
Kempenaar, Adam
1997
Host of podcast and public radio show Filmspotting
[ 77]
Montaño, Armando
2012
Associated Press
[ 78]
Mirk, Sarah
2008
Bitch Media , Portland Mercury
Shaw, Albert
1879
Co-owner of the Grinnell Herald , journalist, and editor of the American edition of The Review of Reviews
[ 79]
Smith, Roberta
1969
Art critic for The New York Times
[ 80]
Literature, writing, and translation
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Clampitt, Amy
1941
Poet and author
[ 81]
Feldman, David
1971
Author of the Imponderables series of books
[ 82]
Lord, Sterling
1942
literary agent, founder of Sterling Lord Literistic
Hall, James Norman
1910
Author, best known for Mutiny on the Bounty
[ 83]
Hirsch, Edward
1972
Poet, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
[ 84]
Poe, Marshall
1984
Historian, author, founder of MemoryArchive
[ 85]
Swanson, Harold Norling
1922
First editor of College Humor , well-known Hollywood literary agent
[ 86]
Wade Benjamin, Ali
1992
Author and finalist for the 2015 National Book Award
[ 87]
Nagamatsu, Sequoia
2004
Author of How High We Go in the Dark
[ 88]
Tanenhaus, Sam
1977
Historian, journalist and biographer of Whittaker Chambers
[ 89]
Medicine and surgery
Military
Name
Class year
Notability
Reference
Bartlett, Dana
1882
Congregationalist minister, author
[ 96]
Friedrich, Bruce
1996
Senior Policy Director for Farm Sanctuary
[ 97]
Giwa, Latoya
2009
doula, nurse, lactation consultant, and advocate; co-founder of Birthmark Doula Collective and the New Orleans Breastfeeding Center
[ 98] [ 99]
King, Bernice
1985
Minister, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. (transferred to Spelman College )
[ 100]
Noun, Louise
1929
Feminist activist, civil libertarian, author
[ 101]
George Edward White
1882
American Congregationalist missionary, president of Anatolia College , witness to the Armenian genocide
White-Means, Shelley
1977
Health Economist who works to reduce health disparities in Memphis, TN
[ 102]
Sports
Technology
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