List of Grinnell College alumni

This list of Grinnell College alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Grinnell College, Iowa, USA.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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 Michigan [5]
Grinker, Roy Richard 1983 Anthropologist, editor of Anthropological Quarterly [6]
Maxwell, David 1966 President of Drake University [7]
Myers-Scotton, Carol 1955 Linguist [8]
Noyes, William 1879 Chemist [9]
Patterson, Clair 1943 Geochemist, first person to accurately date the age of the earth, responsible for the removal of lead from gasoline [10][11]
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Arts

Name Class year Notability Reference
Cannon, Kevin 2002 Comics writer and artist [12]
Cannon, Zander 1995 Comics writer and artist [13]
Wilhem, Henry 1968 Pioneered techniques on maintaining color in color photographs. [14]
Hancock, Herbie 1960 Jazz musician and composer [15]

Gary Cooper, the famous American actor (1901-1961) studied for two years at Grinnell, but did not graduate there.

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Business and finance

Name Class year Notability Reference
John B. Chambers 1977 Chairman of the Sovereign Debt Committee at Standard and Poor's. [16]
Brue, Nordahl 1967 Founder of Bruegger's Bagels [17]
Little, Caroline 1981 North America CEO of Guardian News & Media [18]
McCulley, Paul 1979 notable economist, managing director at PIMCO. [19]
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)" [20]
Vanderpoel, Waid 1943 Notable economist and former Chief Investment Officer of the First National Bank of Chicago [21]
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Entertainment

Name Class year Notability Reference
Atherton, Matthew 1995 Winner of the reality show Who Wants to Be a Superhero? [22]
Bergl, Emily 1997 Actress, best known for Men in Trees [23]
Cooper, Gary Did not graduate Actor, best known for High Noon, received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor [24]
Coyote, Peter 1964 Actor, author, narrated the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Oscar telecasts [25]
Koenig, Walter (transferred) Actor, best known as Chekov in Star Trek [26]
McCallie, Ellen 1992 Scientist on BBC's Rough Science series [27]
Nanjiani, Kumail 2001 Stand-up comedian [28]
Roberts, Ian 1987 Actor, founder of Upright Citizens Brigade [29]
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Government, law, and public policy

Name Class year Notability Reference
Adams, Henry Carter 1874 U.S. Economist, Promoter of the American Economic Association, Led Movement to Regulate "Natural Monopolies" in Economic Life [30]
Adelman, Kenneth 1967 Deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, National Editor of Washingtonian magazine [31][32]
Cole, Tom 1971 Representative from Oklahoma, Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee [33]
Flanagan, Hallie 1911 Director of the Federal Theater Project [34]
Garang, John 1969 Vice president of Sudan, leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army [35]
Hopkins, Harry 1912 WPA administrator and architect of the New Deal [36]
Kenyon, William 1890 Senator from Iowa [37]
Moose, George 1966 Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador to Benin and Senegal [38]
Moss, Dennis C. 1974 Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, Miami-Dade County, Florida [39]
Railsback, Tom 1954 Representative from Illinois [40]
Rawson, Charles Senator from Iowa [41]
Savage, Ezra P. Twelfth Governor of Nebraska and tenth Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska [42]
Katayama, Sen 1892 Co-founder of the Japan Communist Party [43][44]
Wearin, Otha 1924 Representative from Iowa [45]
Welch, Joseph 1914 Head attorney for the United States Army during the Army-McCarthy Hearings [46]
Wheat, Alan 1972 Representative from Missouri [47]
Wilson, George 1904 Senator from Iowa, Governor of Iowa [48]
Wingate, Henry 1969 Chief Judge, U. S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi [49]
Wu, K. C. 1923 Governor of Taiwan Province, Mayor of Shanghai [50]
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Journalists and media personalities

Name Class year Notability Reference
Giddins, Gary 1970 Jazz columnist for The Village Voice [51]
Hodierne, Robert 1968 Editor of the Army Times and Pulitzer Prize winner [52]
Jacobson, Walter 1959 Chicago news personality [53]
Kempenaar, Adam 1997 Host of podcast and public radio show Filmspotting [54]
Montaño, Armando 2012 Associated Press [55]
Rosenfeld, Win 2000 National PBS correspondent for Need to Know (PBS) [56]
Shaw, Albert 1879 Co-owner of the Grinnell Herald, journalist, and editor of the American edition of The Review of Reviews [57]
Smith, Roberta 1969 Art critic for The New York Times [58]
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Literature, writing, and translation

Name Class year Notability Reference
Clampitt, Amy 1941 Poet and author [59]
Feldman, David 1971 Author of the Imponderables series of books [60]
Hall, James Norman 1910 Author, best known for Mutiny on the Bounty [61]
Hirsch, Edward 1972 Poet, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation [62]
Poe, Marshall 1984 Historian, author, founder of MemoryArchive [63]
Norman, Liane Ellison 1959 Author and recipient of Grinnell's Distinguished Alumni Award [64]
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Medicine and Surgery

Name Class year Notability Reference
Rubin, J. Peter 1988 Academic plastic surgeon, University of Pittsburgh; tissue engineering researcher [65][66]
Whitaker, Eric E. 1987 Executive Vice President, Strategic Affiliations and Associate Dean, Community-Based Research, University of Chicago; internal medicine physician [67][68]
Wolf, James S. 1957 Kidney transplantation pioneer; academic organ transplant surgeon; Associate Dean of Medical Education, Northwestern University Medical School; President (1990-91) and Co-founder United Network for Organ Sharing [69][70]
Bower, Robert H. ca. 1971 University General Surgeon, expert in surgical nutrition, surgical education, program director for General Surgery Residency University of Cincinnati Medical School Department of Surgery [71]
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Social reforms

Name Class year Notability Reference
Bartlett, Dana 1882 Congregationalist minister, author [72]
Friedrich, Bruce 1996 Director of Vegan Campaigns for PETA [73]
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Sports

Name Class year Notability Reference
Coggeshall, Harris 1929 Tennis player, runner-up in doubles in the 1930 National Clay Court Championships and the 1929 National Indoor Championship, runner-up in the 1928 Cincinnati Masters [74]
Moran, Hap 1926 All-Pro Football halfback for the New York Giants [75]
Taylor, Morgan 1926 Track and field hurdler, gold medalist for the U.S. in the 1924 Summer Olympics [76]
Thorburn, Christine 1992 Cyclist, two-time Olympian for the U.S. [77]
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Technology

Name Class year Notability Reference
Borenstein, Nathaniel 1980 Designer of the MIME protocol for sending multimedia e-mail [78]
Noyce, Robert 1949 Co-founder of Intel, co-inventor of integrated circuit, recipient of National Medal of Science. [79]
Ulery, Dana 1959 Chief Scientist for the Army Research Laboratory computing sciences [80]
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