32 Notable alumni of
Marietta College
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Marietta College is 2186th in the world, 754th in North America, and 710th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from Marietta 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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Charles G. Dawes
- Occupations
- politicianpianistwriterlawyerdiplomat
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Charles Gates Dawes was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations.
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Story Musgrave
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- astronaut
- Biography
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Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees. Musgrave is the only astronaut to have flown aboard all five Space Shuttles.
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Carte Goodwin
- Enrolled in Marietta College
- In 1996 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carte Patrick Goodwin is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed by Governor Joe Manchin on July 16, 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert Byrd. He chose not to seek election to finish Byrd’s unexpired term. Goodwin left office on November 15, 2010 when Joe Manchin was sworn in after being elected to the Senate.
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Doug La Follette
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- politician
- Biography
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Douglas J. La Follette is an American academic, environmental scientist, and politician who served as the 30th secretary of state of Wisconsin from 1983 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party. At the time of his retirement, La Follette was the longest-serving statewide elected official (excluding U.S. senators) in the United States; he was narrowly re-elected in 2022 to an unprecedented 12th term in office, but retired shortly after the start of the new term. He previously served as the 28th secretary of state from 1975 to 1979, and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1973 to 1975.
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Rufus Dawes
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- politicianmilitary officerlumberman
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Rufus R. Dawes was a military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He used the middle initial "R" but had no middle name. He was noted for his service in the famed Iron Brigade, particularly during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a post-war businessman, Congressman, and author, and the father of four nationally known sons, one of whom, Charles G. Dawes, won the Nobel Peace Prize and served as Vice President of the United States, and of two daughters. He was himself a great-grandson of William Dawes, who alerted colonial minutemen of the approach of the British Army prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution, and a maternal great-grandson of the Rev. Manasseh Cutler, who was instrumental in adoption of the Northwest ordinance of 1787, led the formation of the Ohio Company of Associates, and became "Father of Ohio University".
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Joel Pritchard
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- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Joel McFee Pritchard was an American businessman and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington as a member of the Republican Party, and is the most recent to have held that office as of 2024.
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Dean Hess
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- military officer
- Biography
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Dean Elmer Hess was an American minister and United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was involved in the so-called "Kiddy Car Airlift," the documented rescue of 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance during the Korean War on December 20, 1950. He is the subject of the autobiography Battle Hymn, published in 1956, which later served the basis for the 1957 film of the same name, where he was played by Rock Hudson.
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Theodore Earl Butler
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- painter
- Biography
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Theodore Earl Butler was an American impressionist painter. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he married her sister, Marthe Hoschedé. Butler was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists.
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Rich Galen
- Years
- 1946-2024 (aged 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard A. Galen was an American columnist, Republican Party strategist, and onetime press secretary to Vice President Dan Quayle and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
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Bernice Eddy
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- virologistepidemiologistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Bernice Eddy was an American virologist and epidemiologist. She and Sarah Elizabeth Stewart are known for their discoveries related to polyomavirus, particularly SV40 polyomavirus.
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William Irwin
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- politician
- Biography
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William Irwin was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 13th governor of California between 1875 and 1880. He previously served as acting lieutenant governor for nine months in 1875.
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C. William O'Neill
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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C. William O'Neill was an American judge and Republican politician, who served as the 59th governor of Ohio.
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Alva Rogers
- Enrolled in Marietta College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in history of the United States
- Occupations
- singeractorwriterpuppeteerperforming artist
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Alva Rogers is an American playwright, composer, actor, vocalist, and arts educator. She is known for the use of dolls and puppetry in interdisciplinary work. Rogers performed in the role of Eula Peazant in Julie Dash's 1991 film Daughters of the Dust. and was a vocalist in the New York City alternative rock band Band of Susans.
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Beman Gates Dawes
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- politician
- Biography
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Beman Gates Dawes was a politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio from 1905 to 1909.
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Ray Barnhart
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- politician
- Biography
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Ray Anderson Barnhart was an American businessman and politician who served as Federal Highway Administrator from 1981 to 1987. He started his career as City Councilman in Pasadena, Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives 100th district from and served from January 9, 1973 to January 14, 1975. He was an Eagle Scout. He also served as Chairman for the Texas State Republican Party
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Albert B. White
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- politicianjournalisteditor
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Albert Blakeslee White was the 11th governor of West Virginia from 1901 to 1905.
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Francis B. Loomis
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- editorpoliticianjournalistdiplomat
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Francis Butler Loomis served as the United States Ambassador to Venezuela from 1897 to 1901 and the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1901 to 1902. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1903 to 1905 when he was appointed as the acting United States Secretary of State. His son was Major general Francis B. Loomis Jr.
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Edmund Burke Fairfield
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- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Edmund Burke Fairfield was an American minister, educator and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Michigan and as the second Chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
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Kathy Brodsky
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- 1945-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
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Kathy Brodsky is an American author and poet. She has written seventeen books, sixteen of which are children's books, and one that is a collection of 65 poems reflecting her observations and insights about life. She was the writer-in-residence at the Pierce School in Bennington, New Hampshire, and at the Harold Martin School in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
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Edward H. Funston
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- politician
- Biography
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Edward Hogue Funston was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. He was the father of general Frederick Funston.
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Gregg Nibert
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- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Gregg Nibert is the former head men's basketball coach at Presbyterian College. He is the all-time winningest coach in Blue Hose history. He resigned April 12th, 2017 after 28 seasons as head coach.
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Henry M. Dawes
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Henry May Dawes was an American businessman and banker from a prominent Ohio family. He served as a United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1923 to 1924 and also worked as an executive in the oil industry.
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Edward Marsden
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- 1869-1932 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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The Rev. Edward Marsden was a Canadian-American missionary and member of the Tsimshian nation who became the first Alaska Native to be ordained in the ministry.
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Wilbur McKee White
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- politician
- Biography
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Wilbur McKee White was an American politician and World War I veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1933.
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Henry S. Neal
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- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Henry Safford Neal was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1877 to 1883.
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Bob Walsh
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- television director
- Biography
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Robert "Bob" Walsh was an American television producer, marketing executive, sports executive, business consultant, and humanitarian.
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Laban T. Moore
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- lawyerpolitician
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Laban Theodore Moore was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
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John F. Follett
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Fassett Follett was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1883 to 1885.
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W. D. Chadwick
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- basketball coach
- Biography
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William Dean Chadwick was an American college football, college baseball, and college basketball coach, and athletics administrator. Chadwick served as head football coach at Albion College, and the head football, basketball, baseball coach and athletic director at Mississippi A&M College (now known as Mississippi State University).
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Martin Dewey Follett
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- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Martin Dewey Follett was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1883–1887.
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Elsie Eaton Newton
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Elsie Eaton Newton was an American educator with the United States Indian Service, and the first Dean of Women at Marietta College in Ohio.
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John Poage Williamson
- Enrolled in Marietta College
- Studied in 1857
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianmissionary
- Biography
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John Poage Williamson was an American missionary, politician, and writer.
