33 Notable alumni of
Gettysburg College
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Gettysburg College is 1945th in the world, 674th in North America, and 634th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 33 notable alumni from Gettysburg College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ron Paul
- Enrolled in Gettysburg College
- In 1957 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in biology
- Occupations
- surgeonair force officergynaecologistYouTuberjournalist
- Biography
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Ronald Ernest Paul is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.
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Carson Kressley
- Occupations
- personal stylistfilm actorwriterfashion designeractor
- Biography
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Carson Kressley is an American television personality, actor, and designer. Beginning in 2003, he appeared in the Bravo series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He was also the motivational host of the TV show How to Look Good Naked and OWN's Carson Nation and a contestant on season 13 of Dancing with the Stars.
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Puru Raaj Kumar
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Puru Raaj Kumar is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He is the son of actor Raaj Kumar and is married to Croatian model Koraljika Grdak.
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Jerry Spinelli
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writercowboy
- Biography
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Jerry Spinelli is an American writer of children's novels that feature adolescence and early adulthood. His novels include Maniac Magee, Stargirl, and Wringer.
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Jon Anik
- Occupations
- sports commentatortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jon Anik is an American mixed martial arts commentator. He began his career as an anchor with ESPN for over five years before moving to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as a play-by-play commentator in 2012. Anik's expertise in MMA has made him a highly sought-after commentator for high-profile events, and his passion for sports commentary has earned him a loyal following among sports fans worldwide.
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Charles A. Willoughby
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Charles Andrew Willoughby was a major general in the U.S. Army who was General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's chief of intelligence during World War II and the Korean War.
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J. Michael Bishop
- Occupations
- university teachermicrobiologistchemistvirologistphysician
- Biography
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John Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus and was co-winner of 1984 Alfred P. Sloan Prize. He serves as an active faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009.
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Carol Bellamy
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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Carol Bellamy is an American nonprofit executive and former politician. She is chair of the board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF). Previously, she was director of the Peace Corps, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and president and CEO of World Learning. She is also the chair of children's rights advocacy organization ECPAT International, working to end the sexual exploitation of children. After three terms in the New York State Senate, she was the first woman to be elected to any citywide office in NYC as President of the New York City Council, a position she held until her unsuccessful bid for Mayor of New York in 1985; she was the second to last person to hold this position.
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Fred F. Fielding
- Occupations
- juristlawyer
- Biography
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Fred Fisher Fielding is an American lawyer. He held the office of White House Counsel for US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush in addition to serving as an Associate and Deputy White House Counsel for Richard Nixon under John Dean. Fielding was also of counsel to the presidential transition of Donald Trump and a member of the 9/11 Commission. An alumnus of Gettysburg College, he is the namesake of that school's Fielding Center for Presidential Leadership Study.
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George M. Leader
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George Michael Leader was an American politician. He served as the 36th governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 1955, until January 20, 1959. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and a native of York County, Pennsylvania. He was the only person from that county ever to be elected governor of the state until the election of Tom Wolf in 2014.
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Alan Fuerstman
- Years
- 20th Century
- Biography
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Alan Fuerstman is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is best known as the founder of Montage Hotels & Resorts where he serves as the company's CEO. He is listed on the Haute 100 and has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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Pavlina R. Tcherneva
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Pavlina R. Tcherneva is an American economist, of Bulgarian descent, working as associate professor of economics at Bard College. She is also a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute and expert at the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
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Pam Iovino
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Enrolled in Gettysburg College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in political science
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Pamela Marie Iovino is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, she was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 37th district and served from 2019 to 2020.
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Charles Porterfield Krauth
- Occupations
- theologiantranslatoreducator
- Biography
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Charles Porterfield Krauth was a pastor, theologian and educator in the Lutheran branch of Christianity. He is a leading figure in the revival of the Lutheran Confessions connected to Neo-Lutheranism in the United States.
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Luther P. Eisenhart
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Luther Pfahler Eisenhart was an American mathematician, best known today for his contributions to semi-Riemannian geometry.
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Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
- Enrolled in Gettysburg College
- In 1908 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- politicianarchitect
- Biography
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Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg II was a leading architect, an American military and political leader who served as a US Congressman from Pennsylvania, and a member of the Muhlenberg political dynasty.
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Norman Rasmussen
- Occupations
- physicistengineernuclear physicistprofessor
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Norman C. Rasmussen was an American physicist.
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David R. Brinkley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David R. Brinkley is an American politician who served as the Secretary of Budget and Management for the U.S. state of Maryland from 2015 to 2023.
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Jeffrey Piccola
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeffrey E. Piccola is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 15th District from 1995 to 2012 including as Republican Whip from 2001 to 2006. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 104th District from 1977 to 1995.
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Henry Eyster Jacobs
- Occupations
- theologiantranslator
- Biography
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Henry Eyster Jacobs was an American religious educator, Biblical commentator and Lutheran theologian.
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J. Glenn Beall
- Occupations
- politicianreal estate agentinsurance broker
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James Glenn Beall was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland.
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Peter A French
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- philosopheruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Peter A. French is an American philosopher and writer. He is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Arizona State University where he taught from 2000 until 2016. He previously was a professor at Northern Arizona University, University of Minnesota, Dalhousie University, Trinity University, and the University of South Florida.
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George Winter
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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George Lovington Winter, nicknamed "Sassafrass", was a professional baseball pitcher. Winter played eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1901 through 1908, for the Boston Americans/Red Sox (1901–08) and the Detroit Tigers (1908). Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) and 155 pounds, Winter batted and threw right-handed.
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Arthur Byron Coble
- Enrolled in Gettysburg College
- Studied in 1893-1899
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Arthur Byron Coble was an American mathematician. He did research on finite geometries and the group theory related to them, Cremona transformations associated with the Galois theory of equations, and the relations between hyperelliptic theta functions, irrational binary invariants, the Weddle surface and the Kummer surface. He was President of the American Mathematical Society from 1933 to 1934.
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John S. Rice
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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John Stanley Rice was an American Democratic politician, farmer and businessman from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Rice served in a variety of appointed and elected political roles over the course of a three-decade political career.
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Joseph H. Himes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Hendrix Himes was an American politician and one-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923.
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Franklin Menges
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Franklin Menges was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Constantine Jacob Erdman
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Constantine Jacob Erdman was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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J. Hay Brown
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Jacob Hay Brown was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1915 and chief justice from 1915 to 1921.
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Barry Robert Howe
- Biography
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Barry Robert Howe was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, serving from 1999 to 2011.
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Samuel Feiser Glatfelter
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Samuel Feiser Glatfelter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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John Andrew Hiestand
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Andrew Hiestand was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Cornelius L. Keedy
- Occupations
- physicianpastoracademic administrator
- Biography
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Cornelius Luther Keedy was an American pastor, physician, and academic administrator. He served as owner and president of Kee Mar College for 25 years.
