81 Notable alumni of
Beloit College

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Beloit College is 1030th in the world, 376th in North America, and 354th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 81 notable alumni from Beloit College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. James Arness

    James Arness
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1923-2011 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    television produceractorfilm actortelevision actorproducer
    Biography

    James Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-television Gunsmoke films in the 1990s. In Europe, Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the Western series How the West Was Won. He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves.

  2. Jameson Parker

    Jameson Parker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actorfilm produceractor
    Biography

    Francis Jameson Parker Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as the first Brad Vernon in the soap opera One Life to Live, and as A.J. Simon on the 1980s television series Simon & Simon.

  3. Kerwin Mathews

    Kerwin Mathews
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1926-2007 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
    Biography

    Kerwin Mathews was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960), and Jack the Giant Killer (1962).

  4. Matt Tolmach

    Matt Tolmach
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    film producer
    Biography

    Matthew Tolmach is an American film producer and former co-president of production at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

  5. Charles Eastman

    Charles Eastman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1858-1939 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    folkloristphysicianombudsmanwriterautobiographer
    Biography

    Charles Alexander Eastman was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was among the first Native Americans to be certified in Western medicine and was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs" in the early 20th century.

  6. Roy Chapman Andrews

    Roy Chapman Andrews
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1884-1960 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    zoologistpaleontologistwriterexplorer
    Biography

    Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He led a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. Chapman's popular writing about his adventures made him famous.

  7. Todd Blanche

    Todd Blanche
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Todd Wallace Blanche is an American lawyer and former prosecutor. Blanche is best known for representing U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2024 criminal trial in New York. Blanche worked at Wall Street's oldest law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, serving as a partner at the firm for nearly six years—and represented clients such as Rudy Guiliani, associate Igor Fruman and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

  8. Don Bolles

    Don Bolles
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1928-1976 (aged 48)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Donald Fifield Bolles was an American investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic newspaper who was known for his coverage of organized crime in and around Phoenix, Arizona, especially by the Chicago Outfit. His murder in a car bombing was suspected to be mob-related but was later found to be connected to his reporting on real estate fraud by local contractors.

  9. Red Grammer

    Red Grammer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritersinger
    Biography

    Robert Crane "Red" Grammer is an American singer and songwriter.

  10. Derek Carrier

    Derek Carrier
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Derek Carrier is a former American football tight end. Carrier played college football at Beloit College.

  11. Larry MacPhail

    Larry MacPhail
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1890-1975 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    lawyersports executive
    Biography

    Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail Sr. was an American lawyer and an executive in Major League Baseball. He served as a high-ranking executive, including club president and general manager, with the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, and was a one-third owner of the Yankees from 1945 through 1947. MacPhail's sons and grandsons were also sports executives. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.

  12. Ellsworth Huntington

    Ellsworth Huntington
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1876-1947 (aged 71)
    Enrolled in Beloit College
    In 1897 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    university teachergeographereconomistgeopolitical analyst
    Biography

    Ellsworth Huntington was a professor of geography at Yale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies on environmental determinism/climatic determinism, economic growth, and economic geography. He served as president of the Ecological Society of America in 1917, the Association of American Geographers in 1923 and president of the board of directors of the American Eugenics Society from 1934 to 1938.

  13. Frank M. Robinson

    Frank M. Robinson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1926-2014 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    writernovelistscience fiction writer
    Biography

    Frank Malcolm Robinson was an American science fiction and techno-thriller writer. He was a speechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk and Milk's designated successor in the event of his death but declined to be appointed to or run for office.

  14. Stanley Nelson Jr

    Stanley Nelson Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Stanley Earl Nelson Jr. is an American documentary filmmaker and a MacArthur Fellow known as a director, writer and producer of documentaries examining African-American history and experiences. He is a recipient of the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Obama. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards.

  15. Troy Denning

    Troy Denning
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    role-playing game designerwriterscience fiction writernovelist
    Biography

    Troy Denning is an American fantasy and science fiction author and game designer who has written more than two dozen novels.

  16. David Davis Walker

    David Davis Walker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1840-1918 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    David Davis Walker was an American businessman. He started his career as a dry goods wholesaler in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the co-founder of Ely & Walker, which remains a clothing brand to this day.

  17. John Sall

    John Sall
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    John P. Sall is an American billionaire businessman and computer software developer, who co-founded SAS Institute, an analytics software company, and created the JMP statistical software.

  18. W. Willard Wirtz

    W. Willard Wirtz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1912-2010 (aged 98)
    Occupations
    jurist
    Biography

    William Willard Wirtz was a U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor. He served as the Secretary of Labor between 1962 and 1969 under the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Wirtz was the last living member of Kennedy's cabinet.

  19. William Ambrose Hulbert

    William Ambrose Hulbert
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1832-1882 (aged 50)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    William Ambrose Hulbert was an American professional baseball executive who was one of the founders of the National League, considered by many to be baseball's first major league, and was also the president of the Chicago White Stockings franchise.

  20. Madeleine Roux

    Madeleine Roux
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Madeleine Roux is an American fiction author. She has written several young adult paranormal and horror fiction series, including the Asylum series. She has also written two standalone adult science fiction novels along with several novels for licensed properties such as World of Warcraft and Dungeons & Dragons.

  21. Arthur Henderson Smith

    Arthur Henderson Smith
    Years
    1845-1932 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    missionary
    Biography

    Arthur Henderson Smith was a Christian missionary and a member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, noted for spending 54 years as a missionary in China and writing books which presented China to foreign readers. These books include Chinese Characteristics, Village Life in China, The Uplift of China and China in Convulsion (1901), which describes his time under siege in Beijing (Peking) in the Boxer Rebellion. In the 1920s, Chinese Characteristics was still the most widely read book on China among foreign residents there.

  22. Emma Bull

    Emma Bull
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    writerbloggerscience fiction writernovelist
    Biography

    Emma Bull is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her novels include the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated Bone Dance and the urban fantasy War for the Oaks. She is also known for a series of anthologies set in Liavek, a shared universe that she created with her husband, Will Shetterly. As a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, she has been a member of the Minneapolis-based folk/rock bands Cats Laughing and The Flash Girls.

  23. Raj Fernando

    Raj Fernando
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Rajiv K. "Raj" Fernando is an American businessman, political fundraiser and donor, and philanthropist. He is the current Chairman and CEO of Workstorm.com and the former CEO of Chopper Trading.

  24. Jay Norwood Darling

    Jay Norwood Darling
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1876-1962 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    conservationistjournalisteditorial cartoonist
    Biography

    Jay Norwood Darling, better known as Ding Darling, was an American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was an important figure in the 20th century conservation movement and founded the National Wildlife Federation. In addition, he was known to be close friends with Walt Disney.

  25. Roberta Cordano

    Roberta Cordano
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    medical administratoracademic administratorlawyer
    Biography

    Roberta "Bobbi" Cordano is the 11th president of Gallaudet University. Cordano is the first deaf woman and the first openly LGBT person to become president of Gallaudet University; she is openly lesbian.

  26. Chris Fleming

    Chris Fleming
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Christopher Fleming is an American medium, paranormal researcher, television personality, and public speaker. He has written numerous articles and produced various print and online publications on the topics of paranormal activity and psychic phenomena.

  27. John Thorn

    John Thorn
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    journalistauthor
    Biography

    John Abraham Thorn is a German-born American sports historian, author, and publisher. Since 2011, he has served as the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball.

  28. Zainab al-Khawaja

    Zainab al-Khawaja
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    human rights activist
    Biography

    Zainab Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is a Bahraini human rights activist, and a participant in the Bahraini uprising. She rose to prominence after posting tweets online about the protests under the name AngryArabiya as well as for protesting her father Abdulhadi al-Khawaja's detention during his hunger strike.

  29. William Wohlforth

    William Wohlforth
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    political scientist
    Biography

    William Curti Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor of Government in the Dartmouth College Department of Government, of which he was chair for three academic years (2006-2009). Wohlforth was Editor-in-chief of Security Studies from 2008 to 2011. He is linked to the Neoclassical realism school and known for his work on American unipolarity.

  30. Greg Stafford

    Greg Stafford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-2018 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    writershamanrole-playing game designer
    Biography

    Francis Gregory Stafford was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism.

  31. Al Gerhardstein

    Al Gerhardstein
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Alphonse A. Gerhardstein is a civil rights attorney in Ohio who has been litigating since 1976. While he is best known nationally as lead counsel for James Obergefell in the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision Obergefell v. Hodges, he has been an advocate on behalf of prisoners, victims of police misconduct and women seeking reproductive freedom throughout his career, in addition to LGBTQ causes like same-sex marriage. He has recovered millions of dollars and secured substantial reforms for victims of official misconduct. He is also the founder of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a nonprofit agency that advocates and litigates for criminal justice reform.

  32. Ginger Beaumont

    Ginger Beaumont
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1876-1956 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1906) and Boston Braves (1907–1909).

  33. David Johnson

    David Johnson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    David Johnson was the Iowa State Senator from the 1st District and served as assistant minority leader. A former Republican and currently independent, he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2019 and served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. He received his B.A. in History from Beloit College.

  34. Marca Bristo

    Marca Bristo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-2019 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    nursingactivist
    Biography

    Marca Bristo was an American disability rights activist.

  35. Cerridwen Fallingstar

    Cerridwen Fallingstar
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    writernovelistpoetjournalist
    Biography

    Cerridwen Fallingstar, is an American Wiccan priestess, shamanic witch, and author. Since the late 1970s she has written, taught, and lectured about magic, ritual, and metaphysics, and is considered a leading authority on pagan witchcraft.

  36. William H. McMaster

    William H. McMaster
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1877-1968 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    William Henry McMaster was an American politician who served as the tenth Governor of South Dakota from 1921 until 1925. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to serve as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1925 to 1931.

  37. Robyn Gabel

    Robyn Gabel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Robyn Gabel is the Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Democrat, she has represented the 18th District since April 19, 2010. The district includes the suburbs of Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Northbrook, Northfield, Winnetka and Glencoe.

  38. Edward R. Burke

    Edward R. Burke
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1880-1968 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Edward Raymond Burke was an American Democratic Party politician. Burke moved to Sparta, Wisconsin with his parents and then Beloit, Wisconsin, where he went to Beloit College. Burke graduated in 1906, moved to Chadron, Nebraska, where he taught school until 1908. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1911. Afterwards, he set up shop in Omaha, Nebraska.

  39. Walter V. Bingham

    Walter V. Bingham
    Years
    1880-1952 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    psychologist
    Biography

    Walter Van Dyke Bingham was an applied and industrial psychologist who made significant contributions to intelligence testing. A pioneer in applied psychology, Bingham got his start in experimental psychology, receiving his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago under James R. Angell. Bingham went from Dartmouth in 1915 to organize the Division of Applied Psychology at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. When war came to the United States, Bingham was recruited by Robert Yerkes as a member of a small group that developed the Army Alpha and Beta tests. During World War I Bingham served as executive secretary of the committee on classification of personnel in the U.S. Army, and later in the war served as lieutenant colonel in the Personnel Branch of the Army General Staff. From 1940 to 1947 Bingham was chief psychologist of the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department, serving as consultant or advisor to the Surgeon General, the Army General Staff, and the Secretary of Defense. Walter Bingham's contribution on the army classification methods paved the development of the field of industrial psychology. Bingham carried out editorial responsibilities for several journals and was the author of over 200 articles and books. His "Aptitude and Aptitude Testing" (1937/1942) is a classic in the field.

  40. Fred Ascani

    Fred Ascani
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1917-2010 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    engineermilitary officer
    Biography

    Fred J. Ascani was an American major general and test pilot of the United States Air Force. He was one of the "Men of Mach 1" and was considered the father of systems engineering at Wright Field.

  41. Horace White

    Horace White
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1834-1916 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    businesspersonjournalistwriter
    Biography

    Horace White was a United States journalist and financial expert, noted for his connection with the Chicago Tribune, the New York Evening Post, and The Nation.

  42. John Anson Ford

    John Anson Ford
    Years
    1883-1983 (aged 100)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    John Anson Ford was an American journalist, advertising executive and Democratic Party politician. He was a long-serving member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

  43. James A. Blaisdell

    James A. Blaisdell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1867-1957 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    academicuniversity president
    Biography

    James Arnold Blaisdell was an American minister, theologian, and academic administrator. He was the fourth president of Pomona College (1910–1927) and founder and "head fellow" of the Claremont Colleges (1927–1935).

  44. John Hailer

    John Hailer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    John Thomas Hailer is an American financial services executive. He is the Chairman of F/m Managers Group and President of 1251 Asset Management of 1251 Capital Group.

  45. John Lorenzo Griffith

    John Lorenzo Griffith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1877-1944 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    athletics competitorbaseball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    John Lorenzo Griffith was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the first commissioner of the Big Ten Conference from 1922 until his death in 1944.

  46. Judith A. Miller

    Judith A. Miller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Enrolled in Beloit College
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history and French
    Occupations
    legal scholar
    Biography

    Judith Ann Miller is an American attorney and government official who served as General Counsel of the United States Department of Defense from 1994 to 1999, and in the private sector as general counsel for Bechtel Group.

  47. Rollin D. Salisbury

    Rollin D. Salisbury
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1858-1922 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    geologist
    Biography

    Rollin Daniel Salisbury was an American geologist and educator.

  48. Heidi Bigknife

    Heidi Bigknife
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Heidi BigKnife is a Native American artist living in Oklahoma. She is well known for her unique jewelry, a talent she developed at the Institute of American Indian Art.

  49. Tommy Mills

    Tommy Mills
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1883-1944 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    basketball coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    Thomas Emmet Mills was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Creighton University (1915–1919), Beloit College (1920–1925), Georgetown University (1930–1932), and Arkansas State College (1934–1935), compiling a career college football record of 63–45–12. Mills was the head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1927 to 1929, during which time he was also an assistant football coach at the school under Knute Rockne. In addition, Mills was the head basketball coach at Creighton (1916–1920), Beloit (1920–1926), and Arkansas State (1935–1936), amassing a career college basketball record of 119–41. Mills died at the age of 60 on February 25, 1944, of a heart attack at the Rockne Memorial Field House in Notre Dame, Indiana. He served as the director of the field house for the four years before his death.

  50. Amby McConnell

    Amby McConnell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1883-1942 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Ambrose Moses McConnell was an American baseball second baseman who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Midget" due to his 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) stature, he played for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox from 1908 to 1911. He batted left-handed but threw right-handed.

  51. Alden Sanborn

    Alden Sanborn
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1899-1991 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    rowermilitary officer
    Biography

    Alden Ream "Zeke" Sanborn was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won a gold medal in men's eight. He also served as a United States Naval Aviator.

  52. Jacob Falconer

    Jacob Falconer
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1869-1928 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jacob Alexander Falconer was a one-term congressman from the state of Washington, elected at-large in 1912.

  53. Lucien B. Caswell

    Lucien B. Caswell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1827-1919 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Lucien Bonaparte Caswell was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served 14 years in the United States House of Representatives between 1875 and 1891, representing parts of southeast Wisconsin.

  54. Peter Tufo

    Peter Tufo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    diplomatlawyer
    Biography

    Peter Francis Tufo is an American former diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary from 1997 to 2001 and helped found the law firm Tufo, Johnston & Zuccotti in 1970.

  55. Joseph A. Pipal

    Joseph A. Pipal
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1874-1955 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    Joseph Amos Pipal was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Huron University in 1905, Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon State University (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–35–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes and in 1934 wrote a book titled The lateral pass technique and strategy.

  56. John Strange

    John Strange
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1852-1923 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    John Strange was an American politician and businessman and served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

  57. Walter Knox

    Walter Knox
    Born in
    Ireland Flag Ireland
    Years
    1878-1951 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    athletics competitor
    Biography

    Walter Renwick Knox was a Canadian track and field athlete.

  58. Doc Adkins

    Doc Adkins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1872-1934 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Merle Theron Adkins was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Americans (1902) and New York Highlanders (1903). Adkins batted and threw right-handed.

  59. Robert A. Buethe

    Robert A. Buethe
    Years
    1939-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    obstetricianmilitary officergynecologist
    Biography

    Robert A. Buethe is a retired major general and former Acting Surgeon General of the United States Air Force.

  60. Otto T. Bannard

    Otto T. Bannard
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1854-1929 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Otto Tremont Bannard was an American attorney, banker, businessman and philanthropist who donated to Yale University, his alma mater. He stood for mayor of New York in 1909 but lost. He died at sea while on a cruise to the Philippines.

  61. John S. Samuel

    John S. Samuel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1913-2002 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    John S. Samuel was a major general in the United States Air Force. Samuel was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Beloit College from 1932 to 1935.

  62. Charles W. Woodford

    Charles W. Woodford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-2009 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Charles W. Woodford was an American businessman and Illinois Treasurer from 1970 to 1971.

  63. H. W. Wilson

    H. W. Wilson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1868-1954 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpublisher
    Biography

    Halsey William Wilson was the creator of the Readers' Guide, the Cumulative Book Index, and the Book Review Digest and founder of the H. W. Wilson Company, a publisher. In 1999, American Libraries named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century".

  64. Jean Trounstine

    Jean Trounstine
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    activist
    Biography

    Jean Trounstine is an activist, author and professor emerita at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.

  65. Tully Sparks

    Tully Sparks
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1874-1937 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Thomas Frank "Tully" Sparks, was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1897 to 1910. Sparks played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Giants, and Boston Americans. He was an alumnus of Beloit College.

  66. Lyle Gramley

    Lyle Gramley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1927-2015 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Lyle Elden Gramley was an American economist who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1980 to 1985. He previously served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1977 to 1980.

  67. Suzanna W. Miles

    Suzanna W. Miles
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1922-1966 (aged 44)
    Occupations
    anthropologistarchaeologist
    Biography

    Suzanna Whitelaw Miles (June 7, 1922 in Mount Carroll, Illinois – April 10, 1966 in Boston) was an American ethnohistorian, anthropologist and archaeologist. Miles was known for her work among the Maya peoples of the North-western Guatemalan highlands, her analyses of early-colonial sources on Pre-Hispanic Maya culture and society (particularly her study of 16th-century Poqom social structure), and her pioneering studies of pre-Columbian Maya civilization urban environments and settlement patterns.

  68. George Perring

    George Perring
    Born in
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    Years
    1884-1960 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    George Wilson Perring was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps from 1908 to 1910 and the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League from 1914 to 1915.

  69. Bob Blewett

    Bob Blewett
    Born in
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    Years
    1877-1958 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Bob Blewett was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Giants in 1902 as a pitcher.

  70. Robert Hall Baker

    Robert Hall Baker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1839-1882 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Robert Hall Baker Sr. was an American businessman and Republican politician from Racine, Wisconsin. He was the 21st mayor of Racine, Wisconsin, and represented Racine County for three years in the Wisconsin Senate (1873, 1875, 1876). He also served as chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in 1880 and 1881. In business, he was one of the four principal owners of the J. I. Case Company, an important business in the growth and development of the city of Racine.

  71. Walker M. Curtiss

    Walker M. Curtiss
    Born in
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    Years
    1852-1917 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    farmerpolitician
    Biography

    Walker M. Curtiss was an American farmer and politician.

  72. Leverett S. Lyon

    Leverett S. Lyon
    Years
    1885-1959 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    university teachereconomistmanagerjurist
    Biography

    Leverett Samuel Lyon was an American economist, lawyer and business executive, known for his works on education, government, marketing, and economic life, and particularly on the National Recovery Administration.

  73. Charles Winter Wood

    Charles Winter Wood
    Born in
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    Years
    1869-1953 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    head coachactor
    Biography

    Charles Winter Wood was an American educator and actor who graduated from Beloit College in Beloit, WI. He was the second head football coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for four seasons, from 1897 until 1901. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 1–3. Wood spent 30 years at the Tuskegee Institute in the English and Drama departments. He was also an actor.

  74. Frank A. Hutchins

    Frank A. Hutchins
    Born in
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    Years
    1851-1914 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    librarian
    Biography

    Frank Avery Hutchins was an American educator and librarian. He was one of the founders of the Wisconsin Library Association and the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.

  75. Samuel James Campbell

    Samuel James Campbell
    Years
    1892-1981 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Samuel James Campbell was a prominent banker, businessman and civic leader in Mount Carroll, Illinois, in the first half of the 20th century. He operated several farms that raised Angus cattle and owned the Kable News Company of Mount Morris, Illinois, a national distributor of magazines. He headed the boards of trustees of Shimer College for more than 20 years, and was also chairman of the board at Beloit College.

  76. William Eich

    William Eich
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    William Eich is an American lawyer and retired judge. He was Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals from 1989 to 1998. Earlier in his career, he served as a county judge and Wisconsin circuit judge in Dane County, Wisconsin.

  77. Henry Barnard Kümmel

    Henry Barnard Kümmel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1867-1945 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    geologist
    Biography

    Henry Barnard Kümmel was a State Geologist for the State of New Jersey during the 20th century who worked extensively in the management of the Morris Canal after its acquisition by New Jersey.

  78. Philo A. Orton

    Philo A. Orton
    Born in
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    Years
    1837-1919 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    judgepolitician
    Biography

    Philo Atwood Orton, Jr., was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and banker. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and held several local and county offices in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

  79. Edwin R. Heath

    Edwin R. Heath
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1839-1932 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    explorerphysician
    Biography

    Edwin Ruthven Heath was an American physician and explorer. He is best known for his exploration and mapping of the rivers of the Madre de Dios region in Peru and Bolivia. The Heath River on the Peru/Bolivia border and Puerto Heath, Bolivia bear his name.

  80. John D. Wickhem

    John D. Wickhem
    Years
    1888-1949 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    John Dunne Wickhem was an American lawyer and jurist from Beloit, Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1930 until his death in 1949. Prior to joining the court, he worked as a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

  81. Walter S. Greene

    Walter S. Greene
    Born in
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    Years
    1834-1891 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Walter S. Greene was an American businessman, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served six years in the Wisconsin State Senate and one year in the State Assembly, representing Jefferson County.