Valparaiso University is a Lutheran college located in Valparaiso, Indiana. Following is a list of Valparaiso University alumni.
Academia
R. J. Q. Adams (born 1943; M.A. 1969), professor of European and British history at Texas A&M University Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University William P. Richardson (1864–1945), co-founder and first dean of Brooklyn Law School Henry P. Rusk (1884–1954), dean of the department of agriculture at the University of Illinois Thomas F. Schutte (1935–2025; B.A. degree 1957), president of Pratt Institute (1993–2017) and Rhode Island School of Design (1983–1992) James Monroe Smith, president of Louisiana State University (1930–1939) David J. Zersen, (born 1938, B.A. 1960), dean at Concordia University Wisconsin (1990–1996) and president at Concordia University Texas (1996–2002).
Business
Jay Christopher, co-founder of Pampered Chef Don Fites, chairman and CEO (retired) of Caterpillar Inc. Kathi Seifert, executive vice president of Kimberly-Clark 1991–2004 Lowell Yerex, founder of Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos (TACA), British West Indian Airways in Trinidad and Tobago, and Aerovias Brasil in Rio de Janeiro
Entertainment
Adam Amin, ESPN play-by-play broadcaster Beulah Bondi, actress Alys McKey Bryant, record-setting aviation pioneer and exhibition pilot JoBe Cerny, character actor and voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy Paul Chambers, CNN anchor and film critic Andre "Add-2" Daniels, rapper Michael Essany, television talk show host Brandon LaChappelle, social media influencer and technology content creator John Lutz, actor known for 30 Rock and writer for Saturday Night Live Jacki Lyden, senior correspondent at NPR David Ruprecht, host of Supermarket Sweep and Real People Judith Sherman, multi-Grammy Award-winning record producer Ginger Zee, meteorologist for Good Morning America and ABC News
Law
David W. Dugan, United States Federal District Court judge in the Southern District of Illinois Omer Stokes Jackson, 28th Indiana attorney general Keith Kizer, Nevada chief deputy attorney general and former executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission Moses Lairy, justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States federal judge Eugene E. Parker, sports attorney and agent of Larry Fitzgerald, Deion Sanders, Hines Ward, Greg Jennings, Ndamukong Suh, and Michael Crabtree Shelice Tolbert, attorney in Indiana
Literature and journalism
Fredrick Barton, novelist and film critic Anthony Bimba (1894–1982), newspaper editor, historian, and radical political activistWilliam Wolkovich, Bay State "Blue" Laws and Bimba: A Documentary Study of the Anthony Bimba Trial for Blasphemy and Sedition in Brockton, Massachusetts, 1926. Brockton, MA: Forum Press, n.d. ; pg. 33. Barbara Ann Kipfer, linguist, lexicographer, author, and editor Idael Makeever, poet William March, novelist, known for Company K and The Bad Seed Rene Steinke, novelist known for The Fires and Holy Skirts Lowell Thomas, author, war correspondent during World War I who made T. E. Lawrence internationally famous, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Politics
Roy E. Ayers, U.S. representative and 11th governor of Montana Frederick M. Bernthal, assistant secretary of state for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1988–1990) Mikhail Borodin, Soviet and Comintern representative to China LeRoy Earl Brophey Sr., Minnesota House of Representatives John E. Cashman, Wisconsin senator Stoyan Christowe, Vermont Senate (1959–1972) Thurman C. Crook, United States representative from Indiana Marcellus Dorwin, Wisconsin State Assembly Edward Grassman, Wisconsin State Assembly Margaret Keenan Harrais, United States commissioner at Valdez, Alaska and deputy magistrate Walter Hunt, Wisconsin Senate Samuel B. Huston, Oregon Legislative Assembly Andrieus A. Jones, United States Senate, supported New Mexico statehood Edgar E. Lien, Wisconsin State Assembly James F. McDowell, Wisconsin State Assembly H. Lane Mitchell (Engineering), public works commissioner in Shreveport, Louisiana (1934–1968)"H. Lane Mitchell dies, funeral Friday morning", Shreveport Times, November 9, 1978, p. 10-A George William Norris, United States senator from Nebraska; "father" of the Tennessee Valley Authority William Edmunds Plummer, Wisconsin State Assembly Caleb Powers, U.S. representative from Kentucky; secretary of state of Kentucky; convicted as an accessory to murder of the state governor Benjamin Shively, United States senator from Indiana (1909–1916) Len Small, 26th governor of Illinois Donald Edgar Tewes, U.S. representative from Wisconsin Jill Long Thompson, U.S. representative from Indiana 1989–1995 and under secretary of agriculture for Rural Development 1995–2001 Otis Wingo, U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district (1913–1930)
Science and medicine
Edward Thomas Abrams, doctor and legislator Blanche Evans Dean, naturalist, conservationist, and author Christine Essenberg (1876–1965), marine zoologist and women's education advocate Reuben Kahn, immunologist and inventor of a test for syphilis Carl Glennis Roberts (1886–1950), surgeon, gynecologist, and civil rights activist
Sports Ryan Broekhoff, former NBA player Bryce Drew, college basketball coach and former NBA player Scott Drew, college basketball coach and NCAA National Champion Keith Kizer, former executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and Nevada chief deputy attorney general Cal Luther, college basketball coach Lloyd McClendon, Major League Baseball player and manager Jon Steinbrecher, commissioner of the Mid America Conference Frederick "Fuzzy" Thurston, professional football player with the Green Bay Packers (1959–67) Jim Wacker, former football coach at the University of Minnesota Austin Walton, NBA agent and owner of Walton Sports Management Group
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