Talk:List of Grinnell College alumni

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Rosenfeld deserves to be in this list. He's not exactly a recent phenomonon, but if you look at the article regarding the endowment of the college is suggests he was more than a mild sucess Pdbailey 22:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

I agree. Go ahead and put him in! Jacobko 01:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

rosenfeld cite edit

Hi, I just added something regarding Rosenfeld that I know the college claims, but I would guess it's in the Wolf article/book too, is this only in the 2000 Vanity Fair "hooking up"? Does anyone know? Pdbailey (talk) 15:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Completeness edit

I re-added the Cannons. My impression was that this list was fair game for any Grinnell alumnus with an entry on Wikipedia, and perhaps even some others. Thus, we could always redirect listings beyond the six-person limit on Grinnell College here, since this list wasn't so limited. Personally, I'd rather leave the notability question up the WP in general, and not try to develop additional notability guidelines for this list in particular. So anyone with a page on WP would get a spot on the list. Thoughts? Avram (talk) 02:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Avram, I think you are right, that is an excellent standard. When I removed them I intended to propose the two for deletion at the same time, but I only added the notability tag to one because I am no expert on notability in the field, so I will just assume good faith on the part of the editors of those pages. PDBailey (talk) 03:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Updated External Link edit

I have updated the dead external link to the ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks program. I am the program coordinator of the ACS-NHCL program.KLindblom (talk) 23:49, 21 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Updating to include additional Grinnell Alumni edit

FYI: I work for Grinnell, and I'm trying to make a more complete list of the alumni that have Wikipedia pages, as well as adding a couple that don't but have no the less made major contributions to society. Please add those you approve of, and thank you for any help you can provide. Also, please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.


In Academia and Research edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Wallace Loh 1965 former president of the University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [1]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: John Frederick Schwaller 1969 historian, former president of State University of New York at Potsdam
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [2]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Irma McClaurin 1973 American author and first female president of Shaw University
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [3]

Arts edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Martha Cooper 1963 photojournalist
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [4]

Literature edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: May-lee Chai 1989 American author of fiction and nonfiction
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [5]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Curtis Harnack 1949 American author and president of Yaddo
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [6]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Sam Tanenhaus 1977 American historian, biographer, and journalist, and former New York Times book reviewer
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [7]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Michele Weiner-Davis class of 1973 psychotherapist and author
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [8]

Entertainment edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Thomas Meglioranza 1992 American operatic baritone
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [9]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: F. Hudson Miller 1980 Oscar-nominated sound editor and vice president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [10][11][12]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Ian Roberts (American actor) 1987 American actor, comedian, and writer, and co-founder of Upright Citizens Brigade
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [13][14]

Social Reforms edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Replace: Bruce Friedrich 1996 notability "Senior Policy Director for Farm Sanctuary"

With: "co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute"

  • Reason for the change: He is no longer the senior policy director of Farm Sanctuary. (this is reflected on his Wikipedia page)
  • References supporting change: [15]

Journalism and Media edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: David Heath (journalist) 1981 investigative journalist, Emmy and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [16]

Government, law, and public policy edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Paul H. Appleby 1913 deputy director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget, FDR administration
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [17]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Chester C. Davis 1911, president, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; director Agricultural Adjustment Administration, FDR administration
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni
  • References supporting change: [18]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Andrew Sacks 1981 environmental and complex litigation litigator
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [19][20]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Greg Thielmann 1972 former intelligence analyst, U.S. Department of State
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [21][22] (note: the first citation is from Grinnell College and refers to him as an alum and lists his class year. The second has a biography for him that says he went to Grinnell. Not sure which is best)

Medicine and surgery edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Randy Seeley 1989 Henry K. Ransom Endowed Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [23]


  • Specific text to be added or removed: Dennis Spencer 1967 Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor and former Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni
  • References supporting change:[24][25]


Science edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Henry Wilhelm 1968 American researcher, author, expert on archival properties of photographic printing process
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni
  • References supporting change: [26] [27]


Sports edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Morgan Taylor 1926 first athlete to win three Olympic medals in the 400 m hurdles
  • Reason for the change: Adding notable alumni with wiki pages
  • References supporting change: [28]


Sarah at Grinnell (talk) 22:18, 23 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

  Not done@Sarah at Grinnell: I did spot check on some of these and for some the sources do not support the person attended Grinnell (ex. F. Hudson Miller). Please go back through the list and either provide an appropriate source or remove them from the request. You are welcome to post a note my talk page when complete and I will review. S0091 (talk) 22:44, 10 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
I have run through these and added citations specific to their status as Grinnell alumni when missing. I left some citations that don't mention Grinnell because they are citations for their notability. Thanks! Sarah at Grinnell (talk) 19:58, 27 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  Approved @Sarah at Grinnell: thanks for the updates. You can proceed with making the changes to the article with an edit summary referring to this request. S0091 (talk) 18:18, 7 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

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