This is a list of Dickinson College alumni. This list covers alumni from the first graduating class in July 1787 to the present.
"DNG" indicates that the alumnus did not graduate. A "—" indicates that the information is unknown.
Business
Name Class year Notability Ref(s) Henry Clarke Built the Klondike brand and expanded it nationally Former CEO of Gannett News Corporation Head of the du Pont Company Cotton planter in the South prior to the Civil War, and second largest slave owner in the country David G. Sansing, Sim C. Callon, Carolyn Vance Smith, Natchez: An Illustrated History, Plantation Pub. Co., 1992, p. 88 Founder and CEO of Epic Systems Vice president and executive editor of HarperCollins publishers Plantation owner, medical doctor and horticulturalist William Kauffman Scarborough, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South, New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, pp. 128–129 Major League Baseball executive Founder and CEO of Archer Gray media production, finance, and venture capital company President of the New York Knicks
Arts and journalism
Name Class year Notability Ref(s) Editor-in-chief of Surface magazine Author Lighting designer, winner of 2009 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical for Billy Elliot the Musical Author Frontman, guitarist, and songwriter for the indie rock band The War on Drugs The New York Times best-selling author, winner of PEN/Hemingway Award Historical author, wrote three Newbery Honor books Beauty pageant winner, Miss Korea 2018George B. Murphy Jr.Newspaper editor, journalist, publicist, advertiser, and civil rights leader; editor-in-chief at The Washington Afro-American Actor, director, composer, and writer Stand-up comedian, actress, singer, and media personality Film and television actor Esther PopelFirst Black female graduate of Dickinson, African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance, activist, and educator Creator of JenniCam.org Time, Life journalist, later president of Time Inc., received honorary degree in 1959 Richard SherProducer, creator and host of Says You! Former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer Poet and literary critic, MacArthur Fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Associate managing editor at The New York Times
Academics and education
Name Class year Notability Ref(s) Professor of Physics at Bryn Mawr College, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College at DePauw University, and executive director of the Five College Consortium President of Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 2nd president of Centre College and the Centenary College of Louisiana Third president of Virginia Tech, then known as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Twentieth president of Dickinson College; bishop of the Methodist Church President of Dickinson College Founder, president, and namesake of Goucher College Chair of English at West Chester Normal School and headmaster of the Pennington School David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Austin Among the first women to receive a PhD in physics from a US institution Professor of International Law at Georgetown University Law Center Presbyterian professor at Princeton Theological Seminary George Rathmann Professor of Chemistry and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University, recipient of the Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, Wilhelm Exner Medal, William H. Nichols Medal, Dan David Prize, Linus Pauling Award, and American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal Second principal of the Maryland State Normal School, now Towson University President of Humboldt State University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Avalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Princeton University Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania Fourth president of Centre College
Government and public service
Name Class year Notability Ref(s) U.S. secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Ex-officio mayor of Baltimore Judge of the United States Court of International Trade Secretary of state of Delaware and US attorney for the district of Delaware U.S. representative U.S. representative Former state senator of New Jersey Associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Fifteenth president of the United States Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Lieutenant governor of Delaware (1901–1905) United States representative from Ohio; judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio United States senator, U.S. representative; U.S. Postmaster General, first member of Congress to propose a constitutional amendment banning slavery U.S. representative Maryland state delegate and state senator Third governor of Illinois, United States senator from Illinois United States senator from Mississippi; judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi Former commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command 10th Surgeon General of the United States Army United States representative from Delaware; judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia U.S. representative U.S. representative Pennsylvania supreme court justice and chief justice Former abortion doctor convicted of murder U.S. State Department Kremlinologist U.S. representative Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1846–1870 Member of the Maryland House of Delegates U.S. representative Fourth governor of West Virginia Former judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and 30th president of Dickinson College Former judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge advocate general for the New York National Guard, lawyer, and Civil War soldier, received the Medal of Honor U.S. representative, attorney general of Delaware, chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court U.S. representative Executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State U.S. Postmaster General Oregon Supreme Court associate justice and newspaper publisher U.S. representative, governor of Michigan, U.S. secretary of the interior United States senator from Maryland; United States representative from Maryland; judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit First Asian-American elected to the Philadelphia City Council U.S. representative Maryland state delegate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; chief judge, 1992–1999 Mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1982–2010 Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. representative U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1873–1885 U.S. Marine major general First woman to graduate from Dickinson, physician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, president of the New Hampshire Department of the American Legion Auxiliary, first woman to serve as president of the American Medical Society Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Fifth chief justice of the United States Governor of Maryland, U.S. secretary of the treasury U.S. representative from Pennsylvania Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania U.S. congressman, Pennsylvania state representative, Pennsylvania state senator Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan U.S. representative, U.S. senator, secretary of war, and judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania state senator Stanley Zeigler1971Maine state representative
Religion
Name Class year Notability Ref(s) Dutch Reformed minister and author U.S. Army chaplain, missionary and plant collector Minister, author, abolitionist Minister; editor of The Methodist; professor at Drew Theological Seminary Founder of Reformed Episcopal Church Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Twice chaplain of the United States Senate Minister, evangelist, president of the National Holiness Association Bishop of the Methodist Church, vice president of the National Council of Churches Missionary who made pioneer contributions to the Methodist Episcopal missions in China, Japan and Korea
Sports
Name Class year Notability Ref(s) NFL player with the Frankford Yellow Jackets and AFL player with the Philadelphia Quakers Hall of Fame baseball pitcher NFL player with the Frankford Yellow Jackets Head basketball coach of the Boston Celtics and the University of Duquesne Head football coach of the UCLA Bruins NFL coach with the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys AFL player with the New York Titans US Olympic track & field athlete, 1904 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics, first Native American to graduate from Dickinson Chess player, Grandmaster, streamer NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles
References
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