List of Kenyon College alumni
This is a list of some of Kenyon College's notable alumni, organized by their fields of endeavor.
Distinguished graduates
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Academics
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Amos N. Guiora | Professor of law at University of Utah and Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lt. Col. Ret.) | |
| John Allen Gable | Executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association from 1974 through to his death in February 2005. He was widely considered the world's leading authority on Theodore Roosevelt. |
Activism
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Ron Link | Former fire fighter and actor (patient advocate) |
Law
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Kathleen M. O'Malley | United States federal judge | |
| Augustus J. Ricks | United States federal judge |
Literature and Journalism
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Bellows | Journalist and newspaper editor | |
| Caleb Carr | Novelist and military historian | |
| Jay Cocks | Film critic and screenwriter | |
| E. L. Doctorow | Novelist and cultural critic | |
| William Gass | Writer, winner of the American Book Award | |
| John Green | Author; Winner Michael L. Printz Award for Looking for Alaska | |
| John Hattendorf | Maritime historian | |
| Anthony Hecht | Poet | |
| Laura Hillenbrand | Writer, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Was forced to withdraw after contracting chronic fatigue syndrome |
| Scott Kenemore | Writer | |
| P. F. Kluge | Writer | |
| Robert Lowell | Poet,Two time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Poet Laureate 1947-1948 | |
| Robie Macauley | Writer, editor of Playboy | Transferred from Olivet College in 1939; Later editor of the Kenyon Review |
| Robert Mezey | Writer | |
| Constantinos Patrides | Professor of English Literature, University of Michigan | Student of John Crowe Ransom; earned Rhodes Scholarship |
| Fred Waitzkin | Writer | |
| Matthew Winkler | Editor in chief, Bloomberg News | |
| James Wright | Poet, Winner of Pulitzer Prize |
Military
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Ralph P. Buckland | Brigadier General, Union Army, during the Civil War | |
| John G. Mitchell | Brigadier General, Union Army, during the Civil War |
Performing arts
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Bakay | Actor, Comedian | |
| Adam Davidson | Academy award winning Director | |
| Frank Dicopoulos | Actor | |
| Chris Eigeman | Actor | |
| Allison Janney | Actress, four-time Emmy Award winner | |
| Paul Newman | Actor, Emmy Award and Academy Award winner | |
| Wendy MacLeod | Playwright, screenwriter | |
| Kris Osborn | CNN anchor | |
| Amy Malkoff | Recording Artist | |
| Alfred Humphreys Pease | Composer | |
| Josh Radnor | Actor | |
| Jonathan Winters | Actor and comedian | |
| Nicholas Petricca | Recording Artist |
Philanthropy
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin O'Donnell | Director of the U.S. Peace Corps |
Politics
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Rutherford B. Hayes | President of the United States | |
| Olof Palme | Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| William Rehnquist | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Attended for 1 year |
| Edwin Stanton | Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration | |
| John Snow | Secretary of the Treasury | Attended for 1 year |
| Bill Harsha | US Representative for Ohio | |
| David Davis | Senator, Supreme Court Justice | |
| Thomas Stanley Matthews | Senator, Supreme Court justice | |
| Henry Winter Davis | US Congressman for Maryland's 3rd and 4th district | |
| Zack Space | Congressman, Ohio Congressional District 18 | |
| Peter Stautberg | member of Ohio House of Representatives | |
| Barry Goode | California judge, former legal officer for California Gov. Gray Davis | |
| Diana Schaub | President's Council on Bioethics, Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland |
Religion
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Joseph Schereschewsky | Bishop of Shanghai, China, 1877-1883 | |
| William Crane Gray | First Bishop of Southern Florida, 1893-1913 | |
| S. Arthur Huston | Episcopal Bishop of Olympia, 1925-1944 | |
| William E. Swing | Bishop, Diocese of California, 1979-2006 | |
| Charles D. Williams | Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, 1906-1915 |
Sciences
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
|---|---|---|
| James Cox | Physician, researcher, educator | |
| Rolla Dyer | Developer of the typhus vaccine and director of the National Institutes of Health | |
| Carl Djerassi | Creator of the birth control pill, winner of the National Medal of Science | |
| Harvey Lodish | Professor, co-founder of Genzyme Corporation |
Sports
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Dr. Keith F. Bell | Sports Psychologist, Masters Swimmer | |
| Don McNeill | Tennis player | |
| John Rinka | Basketball player and coach | |
| Shaka Smart | Men's basketball head coach, Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| Bill Veeck | MLB owner and baseball player | |
| Jed Hoyer | Executive Vice President and General Manager, Chicago Cubs | Coached the Baseball team before he moved to the Boston Red Sox |
Visual arts
| Name | Occupation | Notes on Kenyon Experience |
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| Carl Andre | Artist | Attended for one year |
| Jim Borgman | Cartoonist, best known for Zits | |
| Meg Cranston | Artist | |
| Eric Gaskins | Fashion Designer | |
| Graham Gund | Architect | |
| C. Cameron Macauley | Photographer and Film Producer | Graduated in 1949 with a B.A. in English |
| Jonathan Mannion | Photographer and Director | |
| Coles Phillips | Artist | |
| Bill Watterson | Cartoonist, best known for Calvin and Hobbes | |
| Victoria Wyatt | Art historian |