Beloit College - Prominent Alumni

Prominent Alumni

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• Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist, explorer, and director of the American Museum of Natural History
• James Arness, actor
• Fred Ascani, U.S. Air Force Major General
• Ginger Beaumont, MLB player, the first player to bat in the World Series
• James Arnold Blaisdell, 1899, the third president of Pomona College (1910–1927), founder and “Head Fellow” of the Claremont Colleges (1927–1935).
• Don Bolles, investigative journalist
• Ron Bontemps, Olympic gold medalist
• Robert A. Buethe, Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force
• Lucien B. Caswell, U.S. Representative
• Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, geologist, professor, University of Wisconsin president, museum director
• Mush Crawford, NFL player
• Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, editorial cartoonist and conservationist
• Mike Davis, anthropologist, archeologist, and boat builder.
• Adolph Dubs, American Ambassador murdered in Afghanistan (1978–1979)
• William Eich, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Clarence Ellis, computer scientist (first African-American Ph.D. in the field)
• John E. Erickson, basketball coach, general manager, U.S. Senate candidate
• Chris Fleming, TV host, paranormal investigator
• Robyn Gabel, member of Illinois House of Representatives
• Henry Garfield, Author of Room 13, Moondog, Tatabull's Throw and other novels
• Janine P. Geske, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Suzanne K. Hale, American Ambassador (2004–Present)
• Pat Kilbane, comedic actor
• Christina Kramer, professor of Slavic and Balkan languages
• Kerwin Mathews, actor
• Jack McAuliffe, NFL player
• Amby McConnell, MLB player
• Walt McGaw, NFL player
• William H. McMaster, Governor of South Dakota (1921–1925), and U.S. Senator
• Tommy Mills, head coach of the Creighton Bluejays, Georgetown Hoyas and Arkansas State Indians football teams; Creighton Bluejays and Arkansas State Indians men's basketball teams and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team
• Mark Moffett, entomologist
• Robert Lee Morris, jewelry designer
• Gordon Myse, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Lorine Niedecker, poet
• Barbara Notestein, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
• Jameson Parker, actor
• Arthur H. Parmelee, football coach and physician
• Walter Robinson Parr, Chicago pastor
• John Pasquin, Emmy-nominated television and film director
• George Perring, MLB player
• Pid Purdy, NFL player
• Elmer Rhenstrom, NFL player
• John Sall, one of the four founders of SAS Institute
• John S. Samuel, U.S. Air Force Major General
• Zeke Sanborn, Olympic gold medalist
• Lew Sarett, poet and Northwestern University professor
• Arthur Henderson Smith, missionary and advocate for Chinese higher education
• Rex Smith, NFL player
• Tully Sparks, MLB player
• James Woodward Strong, first president of Carleton College
• Robert C. Strong, U.S. diplomat
• Julia Suits, cartoonist
• John Thorn, sports historian
• Peter Tufo, American Ambassador (1997–2001)
• John D. Wickhem, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Willard Wirtz, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1962–1969)
• Charles Winter Wood, actor, orator, Professor at Tuskegee Institute
• Amy Wright, actress