This is a list of notable individuals who have or had an association with Baldwin Wallace University, located in Berea, Ohio. Baldwin Wallace University is a private college that enjoys a long and rich affiliation with the United Methodist Church. This includes faculty, alumni and staff. The college is located in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area in the United States. The college and town of Berea were founded by Methodist settlers from Connecticut.

The list includes faculty, alumni, staff, and former university presidents. It includes people affiliated with the university under its past names such as Baldwin–Wallace College, Baldwin University, Baldwin Institute and German Wallace College. This list also includes alumni of the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music.

Alumni

Academia Clinton E. Adams, former medical school dean at Western University of Health Sciences; president of Rocky Vista University Wayne G. Hammond, J.R.R. Tolkien scholar Willis N. Holcombe, chancellor of Florida Community Colleges System; president of Broward College William Kelso, archeologist, discoverer of the original Jamestown colony in Virginia Drew Meyer, John Teagle Professorial Fellow in Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University Larry Shinn, president of Berea College, Kentucky Philip L. White, nationality scholar and political activist in Austin, Texas

Leadership and politics

Nan Baker, member of Ohio House of Representatives Henderson H. Carson, U.S. representative from Ohio Genevieve R. Cline, first female United States federal judge Mike Dovilla, member of Ohio House of Representatives William L. Fiesinger, U.S. representative from Ohio George L. Forbes, Cleveland City Council president, member of Baldwin-Wallace Board of Trustees Chester K. Gillespie, civil rights lawyer and Ohio state representative from Cleveland Jane Edna Hunter, L.B. 1925, founder of the Phyllis Wheatley Center for the poor in Cleveland, Ohio Jay Ford Laning, U.S. representative from Ohio James Lawson, civil rights leader and minister, worked alongside Martin Luther King in the Southern Baptist Leadership Conference Charles O. Lobeck, U.S. representative from Nebraska Myra McDaniel, first African-American secretary of state of TexasMyra McDaniel (The HistoryMakers A2007.048), interviewed by Denise Gines, February 6, 2007, The HistoryMakers Digital Archive. Session 1, tape 3, story 1, Myra McDaniel recalls her experiences at Baldwin-Wallace College Eugene Miller, former member of Ohio House of Representatives Peter Neffenger, nominated by President Barack Obama in 2015 to lead the Transportation Security Administration George Norris, U.S. senator from Nebraska, creator of the Tennessee Valley Authority, creator of the Nebraska unicameral legislature, and author of the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Miner Norton, U.S. representative from Ohio William Skiles, U.S. representative from Ohio Martin Sweeney, U.S. representative from Ohio Robert E. Sweeney, U.S. representative from Ohio Stanley Tolliver, Sr., legal counsel for Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Congress of Racial Equality, and survivor and activist of the Kent State shooting Harriet G. Walker, vice president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union Hazel Mountain Walker, L.B. 1919, among the first African-American lawyers in the state of Ohio Amos Webber, judge; biographer of college founder John Baldwin; U.S. representative from Ohio

Media and entertainment Steven Caple Jr., film director, producer, screenwriter, most known for The Land and Creed II Claudia Jordan, model, actress, on CBS game show The Price is Right from 2001 to 2003, and "model #1" on the US version of Deal or No Deal

Music and arts

Rich Brenner, sportscaster Khashyar Darvich, film director and producer, Dalai Lama Renaissance Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Broadway actor Nancy McArthur, children's author best known for The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Chris McCarrell, Broadway actor James Meena, conductor and opera administratorMacron, Mary Haddad (1979). Arab-Americans & Their Communities of Cleveland, p. 217. Cleveland State UniversityApone, Carl (12 August 1982). "Concert Winds Up Opera Workshop". The Pittsburgh Press Bill Moffit, marching band director, composer, inventor of the "Moffit Squares" band drill James Montgomery, composer and arts administrator Jill Paice, Broadway actress Rebecca Pitcher, musical theatre actress, Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera Ciara Renée, Broadway actress, singer, and musician Albert Riemenschneider (1878–1950), founder of the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of MusicOutstanding Alumni Kate Rockwell, Broadway actress, singer, and musician Colton Ryan, Broadway and television actor and singer

Sports

Hank Allen, Major League Baseball player Bud Collins, veteran CBS Sports tennis announcer Harrison Dillard, 1947, U.S. Olympic gold medalist in 100 meter dash and hurdles; charter member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Tim Graham, sports journalist for ESPN.com Wynn Hawkins, Major League Baseball pitcher Norb Hecker, first coach of the Atlanta Falcons; won 8 NFL championships as a coach of the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Giants Ryan Hulings, NCAA Division 1 soccer coach Donna Kelce, mother of Jason and Travis Kelce Tonia Kwiatkowski, bronze and silver medalist in US Figure Skating Championships; finished 6th at the 1998 World Championships Scott Medvin, Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Shafer, former head coach of the Syracuse Orange football team Jim Tressel, 2002 National Championship-winning former Coach of the Ohio State University football team; former president of Youngstown State University; current Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Matt Underwood, play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Indians on SportsTime Ohio

Other

David Ferrie, allegedly involved in John F. Kennedy's assassinationDavid Ferrie, House Select Committee on Assassinations – Appendix to Hearings, Volume 10, 12, p. 106. R. Hardy Juchli, physician and chief medical officer at the Nuremberg Military Tribunal Robert F. Overmyer, NASA astronaut T. B. Walker, businessman, lumberman, art collector

Faculty Roger Bacon, physics professor 1959–71; inventor of carbon fiber in 1958 Robert Crosser, U.S. representative from Ohio; taught law for two years Jane Eaglen, soprano with Metropolitan opera, professor of voice Eric Fingerhut, director of economic development education and entrepreneurship, state chancellor of Higher Education John Louis Nuelsen, first (1899) to hold the Nast Theological Professorship, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Thomas Sutton, political analyst for Cleveland's News Channel 5 Katharine Mulky Warne, music professor, composer, founder of Darius Milhaud Society

Staff and administration

Presidents

Baldwin Wallace University has had over 20 people serve as president under the school's various names of Baldwin Wallace University, Baldwin–Wallace College, Baldwin University, German Wallace College and Baldwin Institute.

Coaches Lee Tressel, football coach and athletic director at BW, 1925–1981; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996; father of alum and former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel

BW football coaches Name TermReferencesNo coach1893No team1894Percy C. Cole1895No team1896F. Smith1896–1897Dave W. Jones 1898–1899No team1900–1902E. J. Pfieffer1903No team1904E. J. Pfieffer1905No team1906E. J. Pfieffer 1907–1908No team1909–1911F. J. Norton]1912No team1913–1915W. E. Ruetchey1916R. S. Honaker1917V. E. Whitney1918F. Hendershot1919C. E. Cartwright1920–1921R. W. Bechtel1922–1923A. W. Collins1924–1927Ray Watts1928–1948Eddie L. Finnigan1949–1950Louis B. Juillerat 1951–1953Paul Adams 1954–1957Lee Tressel1958–1980Bob Packard1981–2001John Snell 2002–2016Jim Hilvert2017–present

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