20 Notable alumni of
Ripon College
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Ripon College is 2251st in the world, 771st in North America, and 727th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Ripon 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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Harrison Ford
- Occupations
- actoraircraft pilotvoice actorcarpenterenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Harrison Ford is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in many films over seven decades, and is one of the highest-grossing actors in the world. Ford's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He is the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary César, and Honorary Palme d'Or, and he was honored as a Disney Legend in 2024.
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Spencer Tracy
- Occupations
- film actoractorstage actor
- Biography
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Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, from nine nominations. During his career, he appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the ninth greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
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Al Jarreau
- Enrolled in Ripon College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in psychology
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwritersocial workerjazz musicianpercussionist
- Biography
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Alwin Lopez Jarreau was an American singer. His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In all, he won ten Grammy Awards and was nominated 19 other times during his career.
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Laura Ramsey
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Laura Ramsey is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in films such as She's the Man and The Covenant (both 2006), The Ruins (2008), Middle Men (2009), Kill the Irishman (2011), and Are You Here (2013).
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Frances Lee McCain
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Frances Lee McCain is an American actress.
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McKey Sullivan
- Occupations
- model
- Biography
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Brittany "McKey" Alvey is an American fashion model most notable as the winner of the eleventh cycle of America's Next Top Model.
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James Megellas
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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James "Maggie" Megellas was a United States Army lieutenant colonel. During World War II, he was a rifle company platoon leader and is considered to be one of the most decorated combat officers in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism and three other decorations for valor. On May 2, 1945, at the close of the war in Europe, Megellas and his platoon were the first to liberate Wobbelin Concentration Camp.
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Michael Gableman
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Michael J. Gableman is an American lawyer and former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (2008–2018). A Republican, he has been described as a hard-line conservative.
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Elda Emma Anderson
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Elda Emma Anderson was an American physicist and health researcher. During World War II, she worked on the Manhattan Project at Princeton University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she prepared the first sample of pure uranium-235 at the laboratory. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, she became professor of physics at Milwaukee-Downer College in 1929. After the war, she became interested in health physics. She worked in the Health Physics Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and established the professional certification agency known as the American Board of Health Physics.
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Otto Julius Zobel
- Occupations
- inventorscientist
- Biography
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Otto Julius Zobel was an electrical engineer who worked for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) in the early part of the 20th century. Zobel's work on filter design was revolutionary and led, in conjunction with the work of John R. Carson, to significant commercial advances for AT&T in the field of frequency-division multiplex (FDM) telephone transmissions.
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Orland Steen Loomis
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- lawyerpolitician
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Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. He was elected to be the 31st governor of Wisconsin in 1942, but died before taking office. He previously served as the 28th Attorney General of Wisconsin. He was elected as Attorney General and Governor running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket, but had previously served in the State Senate and Assembly as a Republican.
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Frank L. Anders
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Frank LaFayette Anders was a United States Army soldier who received the congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War (a.k.a. Filipino Insurrection), 1899-1902. He went on to become a noteworthy engineer, businessman, amateur military historian and politician.
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Dave Smith
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Dave Smith is a former American collegiate and professional football player. A fullback, he attended Greendale High School in Greendale, Wisconsin, before playing collegiately for Ripon College and professionally from 1960 through 1964 for the American Football League (AFL)'s Houston Oilers, where he was a member of the AFL's first two championship teams, in 1960 and 1961. He was selected by Sporting News as the first All-AFL fullback in 1960. The league did not play an All-Star game that first year, but Smith's 154 carries for 643 yards and 5 touchdowns earned him a berth on the All-League Team. Smith later became a scout for the Buffalo Bills.
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W. R. Davies
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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William Robert Davies was a Wisconsin educator who was named the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College in December 1940. Major accomplishments during his tenure (1941–1959) include the establishment of the faculty senate, student government and the University Foundation; creation of The Forum, one of the oldest continuous lecture series in the country; the first addition of academic buildings since the founding of the school in 1916; building of the first residence halls, student center and library; acquisition of the 230-acre Putnam Park; purchase of 48 acres of land for an upper campus; the first accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; and the first bachelor and liberal arts degrees.
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Richard Kraft
- Years
- 1936-2001 (aged 65)
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Richard Austin Kraft was an American-born South African Anglican Bishop.
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Robb Kahl
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Robb Kahl is an American lawyer and politician.
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Elmer A. Morse
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- lawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
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Elmer Addison Morse was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Wells Cooke
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- teacherornithologistzoologist
- Biography
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Wells Woodbridge Cooke, was an American ornithologist who was called the “father of cooperative study of bird migration in America”.
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Orville W. Mosher
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
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Orville Watson Mosher was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
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John A. Fridd
- Occupations
- politician
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John A. Fridd was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate.
