• Source: List of Wittenberg University alumni

Following is a list of notable Wittenberg University alumni.




Art and architecture


George Izenour (BA, 1934; MA 1936), theatre designer, author, and educator
Jennifer Vanderpool, visual artist
Helen Bosart Morgan Wagstaff, artist, first president of the Springfield Art Association




Business


Ronald Fook Shiu Li, founder of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
William C. Martin, founder, Bank of Ann Arbor; founder, First Martin Corp.; former president of the United States Olympic Committee, University of Michigan athletic director
Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the National Retail Federation
Adam Willis Wagnalls, Funk & Wagnalls Company co-founder




Clergy


Lloyd C. Douglas, minister and author
Robert J. Marshall, president of the Lutheran Church of America
ZeBarney Thorne Phillips, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, 1927–1942




Education


Mark A. Boyer, Ph.D. 1988, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Barry Burden, Ph.D. 1998, professor of political science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jonathan Howes (bachelor's degree 1959), Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
George Philip Krapp, professor of English at Columbia University
John Warwick Montgomery, Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, lawyer, theologian (M.Div., 1958)
Robert Bruce Raup, philosopher, writer, professor in the Philosophy of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
Karl Weick, organizational theorist at the University of Michigan




Entertainment


John Chowning, American musician, inventor, and professor
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, television writer
Thomas Hyland, professional blackjack player, Blackjack Hall of Fame inductee
Pierre Lhomme, French cinematographer
James Rebhorn, actor
Barbara Shearer, pianist
Brendan Wentworth, Actor.




Government and civil service


Fritz W. Ermarth, Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center
Robert C. Henry, first African-American mayor in Ohio
Douglas E. Lumpkin, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
John E. McLaughlin, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, senior fellow at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and Brookings Institution




Law


Gregory L. Frost, United States federal judge
Peter S. Grosscup, Judge U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1899–1911
James G. Johnson, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Mary Miller Johnston, judge, Superior Court of Delaware, 2003-2024
A. John Pelander, justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Augustus N. Summers, Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1904–1911
Shelice Tolbert, attorney in Indiana
Charles B. Zimmerman, Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1933 and 1934–1949




Military


James M. Bell, (1837–1919), U.S. Army brigadier general
Benjamin Thurman Hacker (1935–2003), U.S. Navy Officer, first Naval Flight Officer to achieve flag rank
Edward Vollrath (attended 1879–1881), U.S. Army brigadier general




Nonprofits


Sandra Postel, founder and director of the Global Water Policy Project, environmentalist and author.
Jere Ratcliffe, Chief Scout Executive of Boy Scouts of America, from 1993 to 2000.




Politics


Jennette Bradley, former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and Ohio State Treasurer
Albert Bryan, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Jonathan Howes (bachelor's degree 1959), mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas D. Shepard, Los Angeles City Council member, 1961–67
Sheila Simon, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Walter L. Weaver, U.S. Representative from Ohio




Sports


Brian Agler, basketball coach, formerly the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm and Los Angeles Sparks. He now serves as Wittenberg's Athletic Director
Al Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders NFL franchise, attended Wittenberg University but graduated from Syracuse University 1950
Sandy Dukat, athlete
Mark Henninger, football coach
Taver Johnson, football coach
Ron Lancaster, 4-time Grey Cup-winning CFL quarterback and coach, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
William C. Martin, University of Michigan athletic director, 2000–2009; founder, Bank of Ann Arbor; founder, First Martin Corp.; former president of the United States Olympic Committee
Eldon Miller – former men's college basketball coach at Wittenberg University, Western Michigan University, Ohio State University, and the University of Northern Iowa




Science and medicine


Paul Dressel (B.A. 1931), American educational psychologist
David W. Hertzog, scientist
Elwood V. Jensen, scientist
David Ward King, inventor of the King Road Drag
James Marcia, psychologist of identity development
Waldo Nelson, pediatrician and author of the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics
Hugh M. Raup, botanist and ecologist




Writing and journalism


Sherwood Anderson, writer
Isaac Kaufmann Funk, editor, lexicographer, publisher; founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company publishing firm
Minnie Willis Baines Miller (A.M.), author




References






External links


Official website

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