Ursinus College - Notable Alumni and Former Students

Notable Alumni and Former Students

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  • Barrie Ciliberti (Class of 1957): Maryland House of Delegates legislator and Reagan administration appointee
  • Larry Crabb (Class of 1965): Author and psychologist; founder and director of New Way Ministries
  • J. William Ditter Jr. is a judge on the United States District Court
  • Steve Donahue (Class of 1984): Head men's basketball coach at Boston College
  • Gerald Edelman (Class of 1950): Winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in medicine
  • Hermann Eilts (Class of 1943): Former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt who assisted Henry Kissinger's Mideast shuttle diplomacy effort, worked with Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat throughout the Camp David Accords, and dodged a Libyan hit team
  • Jacob G. Francis (Class of 1891): Author, historian, Church of the Brethren pastor, and founder of Elizabethtown College
  • Norman E. Gibbs (Class of 1964): was an American software engineer, scholar and educational leader.
  • Kim Guadagno (Class of 1980), Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
  • Russell Conwell Johnson (Class of 1916): Major League Baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Athletics, 1916–1928)
  • Sam Keen (Class of 1953): Author, professor of philosophy and religion, and former contributing editor of Psychology Today
  • Joseph Melrose (Class of 1966): Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone
  • Dan Mullen (Class of 1994): Head Coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
  • J.D. Salinger (attended 1937-38): Author of The Catcher in the Rye; he left the school after one semester and continued his studies at other institutions. Attended prep school at nearby Valley Forge Military Academy. A letter from Salinger hangs in Ursinus' Corson Hall
  • Ismar Schorsch (Class of 1957): Former Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
  • Michael Marcon (Class of 1986): Founder and CEO of Equity Risk Partners
  • Linda M. Springer (Class of 1979): Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management
  • Jeff Trinkle (Class of 1979): Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; known for his work in robotic manipulation, multibody dynamics, and automated manufacturing
  • Robert Yerkes (Class of 1897): Psychologist, ethologist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology; co-developer of the Yerkes-Dodson law relating arousal to performance
  • Joseph DeSimone (Class of 1986): American chemical engineer, 2008 recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize
  • Kristen Bone (Class of 2010 or 12): Television actor, BFA in communication arts

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