The following is a categorized list of alumni, as well as honorary degree recipients, of Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
Alumni Academia Elizabeth Altmaier (1973), Professor of Counseling Psychology and Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa Mary Ellen Avery (1948), Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Joan Copjec (1968), Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University Faye Crosby (1969), Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz Lydia Folger Fowler (1842), first female medical professor in the United States at the Rochester Eclectic Medical College Caroline Haven Ober (1884), founder of the Department of Romance Languages, University of Washington Patricia A. King (1964), Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy, Georgetown University E. Frances White (1971), Professor of Individualized Study and Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
Arts Carolyn Brown (1950), choreographer Nick Fradiani (2008), winner of the fourteenth season of American Idol Nancy Hemenway Barton (1941), artist Mary Fickett, actress Lauren Henderson (2009), singer Catherine Keener (1983), Academy Award-nominated actress Molly Luce (1916), painter Bruce Marks (1986), director of the Boston Ballet Eleanor Norcross (1872), painter and founder of the Fitchburg Art Museum Anne-Imelda Radice (1969), art historian Ann Ronell (1923), composer Jessica Sonneborn, actress Callie Thorne (1991), actress Clenet Verdi-Rose (2004), film director Rose Weaver (1973), actress
Athletics Dan Antoniuk (2003), Major Arena Soccer League player Connie Carberg (1971–1972), National Football League scout Chris Denorfia (2002), Major League Baseball player Jim Manganello (1999), Major League Soccer player
Business Ken Babby (2002), businessman Ligia Bonetti (1989), businesswoman Evelyn Danzig Haas (1939), philanthropist Diane Farrell (1977), board member of the Export–Import Bank of the United States Janet Hanson, founder of Ellevate Network Denise Jefferson (1965), dancer Trish Karter (1977), founder of Dancing Deer Baking Co. Sandra Ohrn Moose (1963), advisor to the Boston Consulting Group Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (1969), philanthropist Catherine Filene Shouse (1918), philanthropist
Literature Lori Baker (1984), novelist Lesley Bannatyne (1975), author Linda Barlow (1970), author Gwenda Blair (1960–1961), author Harriet Connor Brown, author Kay Chorao (1958), children's writer Jean Fritz (1937), children's writer Robie Harris (1962), children's writer Allen J. Hubin, literary critic Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. (2005), author Nancy Mairs (1964), essayist Susan Meddaugh (1966), children's writer Estelle M. H. Merrill (1877), journalist Marion Naifeh (1950), author Esther Newberg (1963), literary agent Margaret Colby Getchell Parsons (1914), author Jean Pedrick (1943), author Sally Bedell Smith (1970), journalist Lesley Stahl (1963), journalist Mari Tomasi, novelist Amanda Urban (1968), literary agent
Politics Mimi Alford (1965), White House intern, who had an affair with United States President John F. Kennedy Gabe Amo (2010), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island Anne Canby, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Giovinella Gonthier (1972), Seychelles Ambassador to the United States Shad Al-Sherif Pasha (2001), Sharif of Hijaz Ellen Moran (1988), former White House Communications Director under United States President Barack Obama Barbara Richardson (1971), First Lady of New Mexico and wife of Bill Richardson Gale Rossides, acting director of the Transportation Security Administration Margaret Joy Tibbetts (1941), United States Ambassador to Norway Candy Waites (1965), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1999–2001), King of Bhutan Christine Todd Whitman (1968), Governor of New Jersey
Religion Sarah B. Capron (1824-1918), evangelical missionary Emily Susan Hartwell (1883), missionary Nedi Rivera (1968), Episcopal bishop
Other Louise Bates Ames (1926–1928), psychologist Mark Baumer (2006), adventurer Ron Corning (1993), television news reporter Barbara Damrosch (1963), horticulturalist Dennis Leary, chef Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (1864), chef Fanny E. Minot (1867), president of the Woman's Relief Corps Ann Peoples (1979), anthropologist Sybil Ward, attorney
Honorary Hattie Alexander (1967), pediatrician Lawrence S. Bacow (2024), former president of Harvard University and Tufts University Margaret Clapp (1960), president of Wellesley College Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1997), associate justice, US Supreme Court Emerson Greenaway (1973), president of the American Library Association Vartan Gregorian (1989), president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York Matina Horner (1979), president of Radcliffe College Alice S. Huang (1982), president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Wolf Kahn (2000), painter Phyllis McGinley (1956), children's writer Agnes Mongan (1953), director of the Harvard Art Museums Seiji Ozawa (1984), director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Helenka Pantaleoni (1966), actress Richard Stengel (2011), chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center Rosemond Tuve (1957), Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania Emily Vermeule (1973), Professor of Classical Philology and Archaeology, Harvard University Kathryn Wasserman Davis (2009), philanthropist
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