Following is a list of notable Wittenberg University alumni.
Art and architecture
George Izenour (BA, 1934; MA 1936), theatre designer, author, and educator 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 Jennifer Vanderpool, visual artist Adam Willis Wagnalls, Funk & Wagnalls Company co-founder Helen Bosart Morgan Wagstaff, artist, first president of the Springfield Art Association
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, 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
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. William Anderson, Vice President, Presbyterian Children's Services
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 Marietje Schaake, former member of the European Parliament and international policy director at Stanford University 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; 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 Andy Waddle, Wittenberg football secondary coach 2005; Wittenberg football defensive coordinator 2006–2012; Marietta College football head coach 2013–2024; Valparaiso University football head coach 2025–present
Science and medicine
Paul Dressel (B.A. 1931), 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 Brandy Schillace, writer
References
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