List of Lake Forest College people
Notable people
This list contains people associated with Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty members.
Alumni
Main category: Lake Forest College alumni
Arts and entertainment
- Allan Carr, producer of the movie Grease, Tony Award winner
- Steve Goodman, Grammy award-winning folk singer, writer of "Go, Cubs, Go"
- Scott Goldstein, Emmy award winning producer, writer and director ("LA Law", "Doogie Howser MD", "Today Show" )
- Colin McComb, game designer
- Penelope Rosemont, surrealist artist and writer
- Richard Widmark, class of 1936, popular post-WWII era actor, "the face of film noir"[1]
- Fictional characters in the ABC award winning show Desperate Housewives, Bree Van de Kamp and her husband Rex both attended Lake Forest College.
Athletics
- Herb Alward
- John Biolo, class of 1938, NFL player
- Mush Crawford
- E. J. Mather
- Diana Nyad, class of 1973, world-record distance swimmer and sports commentator
- John H. Rice, class of 1895
- Andy Russo
- Casey Urlacher, professional football player
- Robbie Ventura, class of 1992, professional racing cyclist
- Joe Zemaitis, class of 2002, professional triathlete
Business
- Dave Beran, class of 2003, chef
- Nate Berkus, class of 1994, interior designer and decorator
- Chester R. Davis, businessman
- James C. Foster, chairman and CEO of Charles River Laboratories, Inc., 2003 Forbes Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year
- Grace Groner
- Rob Mermin, class of 1971, founder of Circus Smirkus
- Nicholas J. Pritzker, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation
- Roy L. Pearson, Jr., D.C. administrative law judge
Engineering and science
- Richard J. Ablin, class of 1961, worked on tests for prostate cancer screening
- William Mather Lewis, class of 1900
- William Duncan MacMillan, astronomer & mathematician
Government and politics
- Marsha E. Barnes, class of 1969, U.S. Ambassador to Suriname
- Victor deGrazia
- Susan Garrett, class of 1994, Illinois State Senator 29th District
- Philip Klinkner, political scientist
- Peg Lautenschlager, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Lloyd John Ogilvie, former United States Senate Chaplain
- Adolph J. Sabath, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1907 to 1952
- Trent Van Haaften, Indiana State Representative 76th District, 2010 Democratic nominee for Congress in Indiana's 8th district
Religion
Writers, journalists and publishers
- Herbert Block, political cartoonist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner[2]
- Blair Butler, G4 host, comedy writer
- Jacqueline Carey, class of 1986, bestselling fantasy author
- Andrea Day, class of 1987, reporter at WNYW-FOX 5 New York, winner of three Emmy Awards
- John Thomson Faris, author & editor
- Sig Gissler
- Ed Janus, independent audio producer, interviewer, and journalist
- Ralph J. Mills, class of 1954
Faculty
Main category: Lake Forest College faculty
- Warder Clyde Allee
- Robert Archambeau
- Jerome Arkenberg
- Alan Axelrod
- James Mark Baldwin
- Joseph Carens
- Janet McCracken
- Charles A. Miller
- Ronald Miller
- Fernando Sanford
- Davis Schneiderman
- Lawrence M. Schoen
- Stephen D. Schutt
- Robert Pelton Sibley
- David Spadafora
- Gerald Vizenor, Native American writer, activist, academic and literary critic
Presidents
- Reverend Daniel Gregory, 1878-1886
- Reverend William C. Roberts, 1886-1892
- Dr. John M. Coulter, 1893-1896
- Reverend James Gore King McClure, 1897-1901
- Richard D. Harlan, 1901-1906
- John S. Nollen, 1907-1917
- Herbert M. Moore, 1920-1942
- Ernest Johnson, 1942-1959
- William Graham Cole, 1960-1970
- Eugene Hotchkiss III, 1970-1993
- David Spadafora, 1993-2001
- Stephen D. Schutt, 2001-present
