100 Notable alumni of
Lafayette College

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Lafayette College is 911th in the world, 335th in North America, and 313th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Lafayette College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Lorene Scafaria

    Lorene Scafaria
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    film actorplaywrightwriterscreenwritersinger
    Biography

    Lorene Scafaria is an American filmmaker, playwright, musician, and actress. She wrote and directed the films Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012), The Meddler (2015), and Hustlers (2019), as well as writing the film Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).

  2. Joe Maddon

    Joe Maddon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    baseball coachbaseball managerbaseball player
    Biography

    Joseph John Maddon is an American former professional baseball manager and coach. He has managed the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).

  3. Joel Silver

    Joel Silver
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    film producerproducer
    Biography

    Joel Silver is an American film producer.

  4. Michael S. Schmidt

    Michael S. Schmidt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    journalistsportswriterwriter
    Biography

    Michael S. Schmidt is an American journalist, author, and correspondent for The New York Times in Washington, D.C. He covers national security and federal law enforcement, and has broken several high-profile stories. He is also a national security contributor for MSNBC and NBC News.

  5. Beth Mowins

    Beth Mowins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    sports commentatorbasketball player
    Biography

    Elizabeth Mowins is an American play-by-play announcer and sports journalist for ESPN, CBS, and Marquee Sports Network. She typically calls women's college sports, and became the second woman to call nationally televised college football games for ESPN in 2005. She began doing play-by-play for NFL games in 2017 and became the first woman to call a nationally televised NFL game. In 2021, she became the first woman to call play-by-play for an NBA game on network TV.

  6. Edward Francis Blewitt

    Edward Francis Blewitt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1859-1926 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    politicianengineercivil engineer
    Biography

    Edward Francis Blewitt was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district from 1907 to 1910. He was a maternal great-grandfather of Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States.

  7. Joseph Force Crater

    Joseph Force Crater
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1889-..
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Joseph Force Crater was an American lawyer who served as a New York State Supreme Court Justice and mysteriously vanished shortly after the state began an investigation into corruption in New York City. Despite massive publicity, the missing person case was never solved and was officially closed forty years after Crater was declared dead.

  8. Dominique Lapierre

    Dominique Lapierre
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1931-2022 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    historianwriterphilanthropistwar correspondentjournalist
    Biography

    Dominique Lapierre was a French author.

  9. Bruce Castor

    Bruce Castor
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Bruce Lee Castor Jr. is an American lawyer and retired Republican politician from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.

  10. James McKeen Cattell

    James McKeen Cattell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1860-1944 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    psychologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    James McKeen Cattell was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was a long-time editor and publisher of scientific journals and publications, including Science, and served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public from 1921 to 1944.

  11. Leonard Jeffries

    Leonard Jeffries
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Leonard Jeffries Jr. is an American political scientist and academic. He was the departmental chair of Black Studies at the City College of New York, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). He was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the uncle of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Ohio State University historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

  12. Brian Hutchison

    Brian Hutchison
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    actorstage actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Brian Hutchison is an American actor based in New York City. He has appeared on such network shows as Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Chicago Med, Jessica Jones, Elementary, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Godfather of Harlem, The Sinner, FBI: Most Wanted and Lisey's Story.

  13. William E. Simon

    William E. Simon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1927-2000 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    William Edward Simon was an American businessman and philanthropist who served as the 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He became the Secretary of the Treasury on May 9, 1974, during the Nixon administration. After Nixon resigned, Simon was reappointed by President Gerald Ford and served until 1977 when President Jimmy Carter took office. Outside of government, he was a successful businessman and philanthropist. The William E. Simon Foundation carries on this legacy. He styled himself as a strong advocate of laissez-faire capitalism. He wrote, "There is only one social system that reflects the sovereignty of the individual: the free-market, or capitalist, system".

  14. Fielding H. Yost

    Fielding H. Yost
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1871-1946 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    head coach
    Biography

    Fielding Harris Yost was an American college football player, coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at: Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska, the University of Kansas, Stanford University, San Jose State University, and the University of Michigan, compiling a coaching career record of 198–35–12. During his 25 seasons as the head football coach at Ann Arbor, Yost's Michigan Wolverines won six national championships, captured ten Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 165–29–10.

  15. Arch A. Moore

    Arch A. Moore
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1923-2015 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Arch Alfred Moore Jr. was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia, serving from 1969 until 1977 and again from 1985 until 1989, he is the longest-serving West Virginia Governor in state history with 12 years of service. He is the father of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito.

  16. Ross Gay

    Ross Gay
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Ross Gay is an American poet, essayist, and professor who won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his 2014 book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which was also a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry.

  17. Russell Benjamin Harrison

    Russell Benjamin Harrison
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1854-1936 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Russell Benjamin Harrison, also known as Russell Lord Harrison, was a businessman, lawyer, diplomat, and politician. Harrison was the son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison, and a great-grandson of U.S. President William Henry Harrison.

  18. Philip Showalter Hench

    Philip Showalter Hench
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1896-1965 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    physiologistendocrinologistresearcherphysician
    Biography

    Philip Showalter Hench was an American physician. Hench, along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for the discovery of the hormone cortisone, and its application for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The Nobel Committee bestowed the award for the trio's "discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects."

  19. Alexander Ramsey

    Alexander Ramsey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1815-1903 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Alexander Ramsey was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor.

  20. Peyton C. March

    Peyton C. March
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1864-1955 (aged 91)
    Enrolled in Lafayette College
    Graduated with Master of Arts
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    General Peyton Conway March was a senior officer of the United States Army. He served in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, and World War I. March was the ninth Chief of Staff from 1918 to 1921, accomplishing centralized control over supply, the creation of the Air Service, Tank Corps, and Chemical Warfare Service.

  21. Larry Fast

    Larry Fast
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Lawrence Roger Fast is an American synthesizer player and composer. He is best known for his 1975–1987 series of synthesizer music albums (Synergy) and for his contributions to a number of popular music acts, including Peter Gabriel, Foreigner, Nektar, Bonnie Tyler, and Hall & Oates.

  22. M. K. Asante

    M. K. Asante
    Born in
    Zimbabwe Flag Zimbabwe
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterfilm producerrapper
    Biography

    M. K. Asante is an American author, filmmaker, recording artist, and professor. He is the author of the 2013 best-selling memoir Buck: A Memoir.

  23. Haldan Keffer Hartline

    Haldan Keffer Hartline
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1903-1983 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    biologistneuroscientistphysicianphysiologistneurologist
    Biography

    Haldan Keffer Hartline was an American physiologist who was a co-recipient (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.

  24. Jay Parini

    Jay Parini
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    literary criticpoetwriteruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Jay Parini is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels, poetry, biography, screenplays and criticism. He has published novels about Leo Tolstoy, Walter Benjamin, Paul the Apostle, and Herman Melville.

  25. Bob Smith

    Bob Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Enrolled in Lafayette College
    Studied in 1965
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneurteacher
    Biography

    Robert Clinton Smith is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district from 1985 to 1990 and the state of New Hampshire in the United States Senate from 1990 to 2003.

  26. Barry Wellman

    Barry Wellman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Enrolled in Lafayette College
    In 1963 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in social history
    Occupations
    sociologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Barry Wellman is an American-Canadian sociologist and is the co-director of the Toronto-based international NetLab Network. His areas of research are community sociology, the Internet, human-computer interaction and social structure, as manifested in social networks in communities and organizations. His overarching interest is in the paradigm shift from group-centered relations to networked individualism. He has written or co-authored more than 300 articles, chapters, reports and books. Wellman was a professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto for 46 years, from 1967 to 2013, including a five-year stint as S.D. Clark Professor.

  27. Marcia Bernicat

    Marcia Bernicat
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat is an American diplomat who is the current Director General of the Foreign Service. She is a former United States Ambassador to Bangladesh. She served as Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from 2008 to 2011. From January 1, 2019, to April 3, 2020, she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the Department of State.

  28. Robert Baumle Meyner

    Robert Baumle Meyner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1908-1990 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyermilitary officer
    Biography

    Robert Baumle Meyner was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1948 to 1951.

  29. John Anderson Fry

    John Anderson Fry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Biography

    John Anderson Fry is an American academic administrator, currently serving as the president of Drexel University. Fry formerly served as president of Franklin & Marshall College.

  30. William Alexander Parsons Martin

    William Alexander Parsons Martin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1827-1916 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    translatorwritermissionary
    Biography

    William Alexander Parsons Martin, also known as Dīng Wěiliáng (Chinese: 丁韙良), was an American Presbyterian missionary to China and translator, famous for having translated a number of important Western treatises into Chinese, such as Henry Wheaton's Elements of International Law.

  31. George Decker

    George Decker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1902-1980 (aged 78)
    Enrolled in Lafayette College
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science in economics
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    George Henry Decker was a general in the United States Army, who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1960 to 1962.

  32. John W. Griggs

    John W. Griggs
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1849-1927 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    John William Griggs was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as the 29th Governor of New Jersey from 1896 to 1898 and the 43rd United States Attorney General from 1898 to 1901.

  33. John W. Garrett

    John W. Garrett
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1820-1884 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    bankercollectorrailway executive
    Biography

    John Work Garrett was an American merchant turned banker who became president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1858 and led the railroad for nearly three decades. The B&O became one of the most important American railroads by the time Garrett died, and Garret would also become a noted philanthropist. He provided crucial support for the Union cause during the Civil War, expanded the railroad to reach Chicago, Illinois, and competed with the Pennsylvania Railroad for access to New York City.

  34. Winston L. Prouty

    Winston L. Prouty
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1906-1971 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Winston Lewis Prouty was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Vermont from 1959 until his death. He was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Vermont's At-large congressional district, from 1951 to 1959.

  35. Anthony Palumbo

    Anthony Palumbo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Anthony Howard Palumbo is an American Republican Party politician who currently represents the 1st district of the New York State Senate. He previously served as a member of the New York State Assembly.

  36. Blake Costanzo

    Blake Costanzo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Blake Costanzo is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Lafayette.

  37. William Henry Green

    William Henry Green
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1825-1900 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacheracademic
    Biography

    William Henry Green, was an American scholar of the Hebrew language. He was born in Groveville, near Bordentown, New Jersey.

  38. Justin Jaworski

    Justin Jaworski
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Justin Jaworski is an American professional basketball player for Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Lafayette Leopards.

  39. Jim Rosenhaus

    Jim Rosenhaus
    Occupations
    sports commentator
    Biography

    Jim Rosenhaus is a radio broadcaster for the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team. Rosenhaus also hosts Guardians Warm Up and Guardians Weekly on WTAM.

  40. Michael A. Raynor

    Michael A. Raynor
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Michael Arthur Raynor is an American Foreign Service Officer specializing in relations with Africa who has served as the United States ambassador to Senegal and the United States ambassador to Guinea-Bissau since 2022. He was the United States ambassador to Ethiopia until January 2021. He previously served as the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources of the United States Department of State. Raynor served as United States Ambassador to Benin from 2012 to 2015 after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his post in Benin, he was deputy executive director and then executive director of the Bureau of African Affairs.

  41. Travis Hutson

    Travis Hutson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Travis Hutson is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 7th district, which includes Flagler, St. Johns, and northern Volusia County, since 2016. He previously represented the 6th district from 2015 to 2016. Hutson also served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 until he was elected to the Senate.

  42. William Frederick Durand

    William Frederick Durand
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1859-1958 (aged 99)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    William Frederick Durand was a United States naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer. He contributed significantly to the development of aircraft propellers. He was the first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA.

  43. Charlie Berry

    Charlie Berry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1902-1972 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    player of American footballbaseball player
    Biography

    Charles Francis Berry was an American athlete and sports official who enjoyed careers as a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as an end and official in the National Football League. His father, Charlie Sr., was a second baseman who played in the Union Association in 1884.

  44. William Harkness

    William Harkness
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1837-1903 (aged 66)
    Enrolled in Lafayette College
    Studied in 1856
    Occupations
    astronomersurgeon
    Biography

    William Harkness was an astronomer. He was born at Ecclefechan, Scotland, a son of James (1803–78) and Jane (née Wield) Harkness. His father was a pastor and moved the family to the United States. Harkness served in the military, traveled extensively, and headed research missions developing techniques and equipment for astronomical study.

  45. William Edgar Geil

    William Edgar Geil
    Years
    1865-1925 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    explorer
    Biography

    Dr. William Edgar Geil was an unordained evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author of 10 books related to his travels. He lectured all over the world, illustrating his talks with lantern slides. He is believed to be the first American to have traveled the entire length of the 2,500-kilometer-long Ming section of the Great Wall of China. He visited the Five Sacred Mountains of China, about which he wrote in The Sacred 5 of China. He came to be considered an expert in Chinese culture and religion.

  46. Joel A. Pisano

    Joel A. Pisano
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-2021 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Joel A. Pisano was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2000 to 2015. He served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 1991 to 2000.

  47. Burr McIntosh

    Burr McIntosh
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1862-1942 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    stage actorphotographeractorpublisher
    Biography

    William Burr McIntosh was an American lecturer, photographer, film studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher of The Burr McIntosh Monthly, reporter and a pioneer in the early film and radio business.

  48. Robin Wiessmann

    Robin Wiessmann
    Occupations
    official
    Biography

    Robin L. Wiessmann is an American attorney and government official serving as the executive director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. Wiessmann previously served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities from 2015 to 2020 and treasurer of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2009.

  49. Mike Gazella

    Mike Gazella
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1895-1978 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    player of American footballbaseball player
    Biography

    Michael Gazella was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s.

  50. Edgar Jadwin

    Edgar Jadwin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1865-1931 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    soldierengineer
    Biography

    Edgar Jadwin, C.E. was a U.S. Army officer who fought in the Spanish–American War and World War I, before serving as Chief of Engineers from 1926 to 1929.

  51. Ralph Becker

    Ralph Becker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    urban plannerpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Ralph Elihu Becker Jr. is an American politician, planner, and attorney who served as the Minority Leader of the Utah State House of Representatives and the 34th mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah.

  52. David Cornstein

    David Cornstein
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    David Bernard Cornstein is an American businessman and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Hungary between 2018 and 2020. Cornstein made a career in the gambling, jewelry, and telemarketing industries. Cornstein was nominated to the ambassadorship by President Donald Trump. As Ambassador, Cornstein vocally defended the government of Viktor Orbán.

  53. William McAvoy

    William McAvoy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1884-1956 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    player of American footballbasketball coach
    Biography

    William James McAvoy was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware (1908–1916, 1922–1924), Drexel University (1920–1921), and the University of Vermont (1925–1927), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 52–70–14.

  54. Julie Ahringer

    Julie Ahringer
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    geneticist
    Biography

    Julie Ann Ahringer is an American/British Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Director of the Gurdon Institute and a member of the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge. She leads a research lab investigating the control of gene expression.

  55. Scott Vincent

    Scott Vincent
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1922-1979 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    actorvoice actorradio personality
    Biography

    Scott Vincent was an American radio and television announcer and newscaster.

  56. Alan L. Hoffman

    Alan L. Hoffman
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Biography

    Alan Lawrence Hoffman is an American lawyer, government official, and corporate executive who serves as Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs at PepsiCo. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Hoffman served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States Joe Biden and Deputy Assistant to the President. While in the Vice President's office, Hoffman worked on a variety of issues including crime, drugs and protecting intellectual property, marking the third time Hoffman had worked for Joe Biden. Previously, Hoffman served as chief of staff to Senator Biden from 1998–2003 and from 2006-2008 while Biden was running for president.

  57. Michael H. Moskow

    Michael H. Moskow
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Michael H. Moskow is currently vice chairman and distinguished fellow on the global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. From 1994 to 2007, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that capacity, he was a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System's most important monetary policy-making body.

  58. Stuart Risch

    Stuart Risch
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Enrolled in Lafayette College
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in government, history, and law
    Occupations
    military officerlawyer
    Biography

    Stuart W. Risch is a United States Army lieutenant general who is currently the 41st Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. He was previously the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army and before that the commanding general of the United States Army Legal Services Agency.

  59. Frank M. Gaziano

    Frank M. Gaziano
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Frank M. Gaziano is an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

  60. William L. Alden

    William L. Alden
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1837-1908 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    authorwriterhumoristjournalistlawyer
    Biography

    William Livingston Alden was an American journalist, fiction writer, humorist and canoe enthusiast. He was a US diplomat in Rome from 1885 to 1890 and thereafter lived in Europe until shortly before his death.

  61. Denny McKnight

    Denny McKnight
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1848-1900 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    athlete
    Biography

    Harmar Denny McKnight was an early baseball manager and executive. On October 15, 1881 he founded the Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh in anticipation of playing in the new American Association. The club then became known as the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (now known as the Pittsburgh Pirates).

  62. Joseph Berg Esenwein

    Joseph Berg Esenwein
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1867-1946 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    lecturerjournalistwriter
    Biography

    Joseph Berg Esenwein was an American editor, lecturer and writer. He was noted for contributions to the Library of the World's Best Literature.

  63. Cyrus Woods

    Cyrus Woods
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1861-1938 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    lawyerdiplomat
    Biography

    Cyrus E. Woods was an American attorney, diplomat and politician.

  64. Eby Friedman

    Eby Friedman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    electrical engineer
    Biography

    Eby G. Friedman is an electrical engineer, and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester. Friedman is also a visiting professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and a Fellow of the IEEE.

  65. Gerald Bordman

    Gerald Bordman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-2011 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    non-fiction writertheatre historianbiographertheatrologistjournalist
    Biography

    Gerald Martin Bordman was an American theatre historian, best known for authoring the reference volume The American Musical Theatre, first published in 1978. In reviewing an updated version of American Musical Theatre in 2011, Playbill wrote that the book had "altered the scope of American musical theatre history" and "remained the only book of its kind, and an invaluable one."

  66. Wallace McCamant

    Wallace McCamant
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1867-1944 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Wallace McCamant was an American jurist in Oregon. A Pennsylvania native, he served as the 46th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1917 to 1918. Later he served briefly as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920, McCamant surprised the GOP leadership by placing the name of Calvin Coolidge into nomination for Vice-President. Coolidge would become the 30th President of the United States upon the death of President Harding in 1923.

  67. James Bright

    James Bright
    Years
    1852-1926 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    religious studies scholaruniversity teachergermanistlinguistscholar of English
    Biography

    James Wilson Bright was an American philologist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He was a Professor of English Philology at Johns Hopkins University, and specialized in early Germanic languages and Old and Middle English specifically.

  68. Harry Arista Mackey

    Harry Arista Mackey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1869-1938 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    lawyerpoliticianbaseball playerplayer of American football
    Biography

    Harry Arista Mackey was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, and politician. He served as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932.

  69. John R. Farr

    John R. Farr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1857-1933 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    John Richard Farr was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

  70. Frank Hiller

    Frank Hiller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1920-1987 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Frank Walter Hiller was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1946 to 1953 for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds.

  71. Snowden Ashford

    Snowden Ashford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1866-1927 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Snowden Ashford was an American architect who worked in Washington, D.C., his native city. Born on January 1, 1866, Ashford was educated at Rittenhouse Academy and at the Christian Brothers Roman Catholic school. He studied architecture at Lafayette College and, upon graduation, entered the office of Alfred B. Mullett, who had formerly been supervising architect of the United States Treasury. Ashford entered the District service in 1895 and became Washington's first municipal architect. The Washington Post characterized him as "Architect of the Everyday", and noted: "Ashford designed or supervised everything the District built between 1895 and 1921, including the North Hall at the Eastern Market. But he was most proud of his schools."

  72. Yolanda Wisher

    Yolanda Wisher
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Yolanda Wisher is an American poet, educator and spoken word artist who focuses on the experience of being African-American. She is a graduate of Temple University and was selected as the third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in 2016.

  73. John D. Clarke

    John D. Clarke
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1873-1933 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    John Davenport Clarke was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

  74. Samuel McLean

    Samuel McLean
    Years
    1826-1877 (aged 51)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Samuel McLean was an American politician who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867.

  75. Al Bedner

    Al Bedner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1898-1988 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Albert Leon Bedner was an American football player who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Frankford Yellow Jackets and New York Giants. He played college football at Lafayette College and attended Wilkes-Barre High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

  76. Sam Thorne

    Sam Thorne
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1873-1930 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Samuel Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Thorne was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University as halfback from 1893 to 1894. As a senior and team captain in 1895, Thorn was named an All-American. He returned to Yale in 1896 to serve as head football coach for a season, during which he guided the Bulldogs to a 13–1 record. Thorne was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.

  77. James Gayley

    James Gayley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1855-1920 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    metallurgist
    Biography

    James Gayley was an American chemist and steel metallurgist who served as managing director of the Carnegie Steel Company, and as the first vice president of U.S. Steel from 1901 to 1908. He is credited with many inventions which greatly improved the fields of steel and iron making. For his contributions in the field of metallurgy, he was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1909, and the Perkin Medal in 1913.

  78. John A. Shaud

    John A. Shaud
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1933-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    General John Albert Shaud is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE) from 1988 to 1991.

  79. Ross J. S. Hoffman

    Ross J. S. Hoffman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1902-1979 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Ross John Swartz Hoffman was an American historian, writer, educator, and conservative intellectual who specialized in Modern European History and International Affairs.

  80. Harry Hempstead

    Harry Hempstead
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1868-1938 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    baseball playerbusinessperson
    Biography

    Harry Newton Hempstead was the owner of the New York Giants of the National League from 1912 through 1919.

  81. William McMurtrie

    William McMurtrie
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1851-1913 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    William McMurtrie was an American chemist. His work helped launch the sugar beet industry in the United States.

  82. Paul A. Brodeur

    Paul A. Brodeur
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Paul A. Brodeur is the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. Previously, he was a state legislator in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 32nd Middlesex district.

  83. Frank Grube

    Frank Grube
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1905-1945 (aged 40)
    Occupations
    player of American footballbaseball player
    Biography

    Franklin Thomas Grube was an American professional baseball and professional football player. In baseball, he was a catcher whose career lasted for 14 seasons (1928–1941), including 394 games in Major League Baseball as a member of the Chicago White Sox (1931–1933 and 1935–1936) and St. Louis Browns (1934–1935 and 1941). In football, he played left end for the New York football Yankees of the NFL, appearing in 11 games in 1928. Grove was listed as 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg); he threw and batted right-handed.

  84. Garrett Brown, Jr

    Garrett Brown, Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Garrett E. Brown Jr. is a former United States District Judge and later the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

  85. Doug Reichley

    Doug Reichley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Douglas Reichley is a politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2002, representing the 134th district. He sat on the House Appropriations, Consumer Affairs, Health and Human Services and Professional Licensure Committees and was also a member of the House Republican Policy Committee. In 2011, he was elected Judge on the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.

  86. Stephen D. Pryor

    Stephen D. Pryor
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Stephen D. Pryor was president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company from April 1, 2008 to January 1, 2015, and was vice-president of Exxon Mobil Corporation from December 1, 2004 to January 1, 2015. Pryor joined Mobil Corporation in 1971, and from then on held various national and international positions. He retired as of January 1, 2015. He is one of the top three shareholders of ExxonMobil stock.

  87. Nathaniel B. Smithers

    Nathaniel B. Smithers
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1818-1896 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    lawyerUnited States representativepoliticianbanker
    Biography

    Nathaniel Barratt Smithers was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware.

  88. Charles Bunstein Stover

    Charles Bunstein Stover
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1861-1929 (aged 68)
    Biography

    Charles Bunstein Stover was a social activist and the Parks Commissioner for New York City from 1910 to 1913.

  89. Ralph Cooper Hutchison

    Ralph Cooper Hutchison
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1898-1966 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    missionary
    Biography

    Ralph Cooper Hutchison was president of Washington & Jefferson College and Lafayette College.

  90. Billy Wasmund

    Billy Wasmund
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1887-1911 (aged 24)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    William Stephen Wasmund was an American football player and coach.

  91. John L. Withrow

    John L. Withrow
    Years
    1837-1909 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    theologian
    Biography

    John Lindsay Withrow was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian.

  92. Kameisha Jerae Hodge

    Kameisha Jerae Hodge
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Kameisha Jerae Hodge is an American writer, publisher, poet, and spoken word artist from Washington, D.C. She is the founder and CEO of Sovereign Noir Publications, a publishing company established in 2019 that elevates Black women's voices.

  93. Edwin Atlee Barber

    Edwin Atlee Barber
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1851-1916 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    archaeologistdirectorcuratorbotanistanthropologist
    Biography

    Edwin Atlee Barber was an American archaeologist and author.

  94. Isaiah D. Clawson

    Isaiah D. Clawson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1822-1879 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Isaiah Dunn Clawson was an American Opposition Party / Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859.

  95. Thomas A. Ferguson

    Thomas A. Ferguson
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Biography

    Thomas A. Ferguson is an American government official who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1998 to 2005.

  96. James Cameron Mackenzie

    James Cameron Mackenzie
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1852-1931 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    James Cameron Mackenzie was an American educator and Presbyterian minister, born in Aberdeen, Scotland.

  97. Grosvenor P. Lowery

    Grosvenor P. Lowery
    Years
    1831-1893 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Grosvenor P. Lowrey was a 19th-century American corporate lawyer who served as counsel to numerous powerful interests such as Thomas Edison, Western Union, Wells Fargo and the New York Metropolitan Railway Company.

  98. Laird Howard Barber

    Laird Howard Barber
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1848-1928 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Laird Howard Barber was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving one term from 1899 to 1901.

  99. William Ashburner Cattell

    William Ashburner Cattell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1863-1920 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    civil engineerengineer
    Biography

    William Ashburner Cattell was a U.S. civil engineer. He served as President of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad.

  100. Benjamin Franklin Junkin

    Benjamin Franklin Junkin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1822-1908 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Benjamin Franklin Junkin was an American politician, lawyer, and judge who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives, representing the 16th congressional district of Pennsylvania from 1859 to 1861 as a Republican in the 36th United States Congress.