37 Notable alumni of
University of Mount Union

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The University of Mount Union is 1881st in the world, 658th in North America, and 620th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 37 notable alumni from the University of Mount Union sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. William McKinley

    William McKinley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1843-1901 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    statespersonpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    William McKinley was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898; gained control of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba; restored prosperity after a deep depression; rejected the inflationary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard; and raised protective tariffs.

  2. Carrie Coon

    Carrie Coon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    film actorstage actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Carrie Alexandra Coon is an American actress. In television, she has starred as grieving mother Nora Durst in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017) and as Gloria Burgle in the third season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2017). She won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress for The Leftovers and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for Fargo. She also starred in the second season of the anthology drama series The Sinner (2018), and has played aspiring socialite Bertha Russell in the HBO series The Gilded Age since 2022.

  3. Matt Campbell

    Matt Campbell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    American football coachhead coach
    Biography

    Matthew Allen Campbell is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Iowa State University, a position he has held since the 2016 season. Campbell was head football coach at the University of Toledo from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, Campbell had been an assistant at Toledo, Bowling Green, and Mount Union. Campbell grew up in Ohio and briefly attended the University of Pittsburgh before transferring to Mount Union, where he played defensive line.

  4. Pierre Garçon

    Pierre Garçon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Pierre Andre Garçon is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Norwich University and Mount Union College, and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He also played five seasons with the Washington Redskins and two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.

  5. Jason Candle

    Jason Candle
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    player of American footballAmerican football coach
    Biography

    Jason Tyler Candle is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Toledo, a position he had held since the 2016 season. Candle had been an assistant at Toledo since 2009, and at Mount Union before that. He played as a wide receiver at Mount Union and Geneva.

  6. Philander C. Knox

    Philander C. Knox
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1853-1921 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Philander Chase Knox was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.

  7. Susan McGalla

    Susan McGalla
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Susan McGalla is an American businesswoman and executive consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the former president of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and former chief executive officer of Wet Seal Inc. McGalla sits on the boards of HFF Inc., a publicly traded company that provides commercial real estate services, and the Magee-Womens Hospital Research Institute and Foundation. She is a former trustee of the University of Pittsburgh and director of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

  8. Ralph Regula

    Ralph Regula
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1924-2017 (aged 93)
    Enrolled in the University of Mount Union
    In 1948 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Ralph Straus Regula was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio State Senate and the United States House of Representatives. He represented Ohio's 16th congressional district for 18 terms from 1973 to 2009. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), he was the second longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives (after Bill Young of Florida).

  9. Will Lamartine Thompson

    Will Lamartine Thompson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1847-1909 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    William Lamartine Thompson was a noted American composer. He founded the W. L. Thompson Music Company and tried his hand with some success at secular compositions before finding his forte in hymns and gospel songs.

  10. Anthony Stewart

    Anthony Stewart
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-2020 (aged 50)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    Anthony W. Stewart was an American college basketball coach. His last position was as head coach of the UT Martin Skyhawks. Since Stewart joined the Skyhawk program as the associate head coach under Heath Schroyer in 2014, the team won 94 games, the most in a six-year time period since they became part of Division I. Stewart was responsible of the team's three straight 20-win campaigns from 2014–2017, a first for the UT team. Also in that span, the Skyhawks won five postseason games and was the only Ohio Valley Conference school to win at least one postseason game in each of the last three seasons. Coach Stewart had gone on to coach over 15 professional players during his coaching career.

  11. Brian L. Stafford

    Brian L. Stafford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    Secret Service agent
    Biography

    Brian L. Stafford was the 20th Director of the United States Secret Service. Preceded by Lewis C. Merletti, he was sworn in on March 4, 1999 by the then Secretary of the Treasury, Robert E. Rubin. He was succeeded by W. Ralph Basham.

  12. Charles Armstrong

    Charles Armstrong
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1886-1967 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    virologistepidemiologistmilitary officer
    Biography

    Charles Armstrong was an American physician in the U.S. Public Health Service. He coined the name Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in 1934 after isolating the hitherto completely unknown virus. He discovered in 1939 that poliovirus can be transmitted to cotton rats, and started self-tests with nasal spray vaccination.

  13. Christopher A. Boyko

    Christopher A. Boyko
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Christopher Allan Boyko is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

  14. Tim Schaffer

    Tim Schaffer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006, and of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014 and also previously represented the 77th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015 until 2019.

  15. Scott Oelslager

    Scott Oelslager
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Scott Oelslager is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019. He represents the 48th district. He previously held the same seat from 2003 to 2010 and also served in the Ohio Senate from 1985 to 2002 and again from 2011 to 2018. He is a Republican.

  16. Lyman Underwood Humphrey

    Lyman Underwood Humphrey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1844-1915 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Lyman Underwood Humphrey was the 11th governor of Kansas.

  17. W. Aubrey Thomas

    W. Aubrey Thomas
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1866-1951 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    politicianengineermetallurgist
    Biography

    William Aubrey Thomas was an American scientist and politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1911.

  18. David Hollingsworth

    David Hollingsworth
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1844-1929 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    David Adams Hollingsworth was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the early 20th century.

  19. Steve Gillespie

    Steve Gillespie
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Steve Gillespie is an American soccer player who most recently played on the Cleveland Freeze in the PASL. Gillespie has experience playing in the MLS, USL First Division, PASL Pro and the PDL.

  20. Thomas B. Fletcher

    Thomas B. Fletcher
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1879-1945 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Thomas Brooks Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

  21. William Miller Jenkins

    William Miller Jenkins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1856-1941 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    William Miller Jenkins was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was appointed by President William McKinley in 1901 as the fifth governor of Oklahoma Territory. However, he had only served for six months when President Theodore Roosevelt removed him from office, after receiving complaints of political malfeasance. Although Jenkins was exonerated by subsequent investigations, his removal could not be undone, forcing his early retirement.

  22. C. Ellis Moore

    C. Ellis Moore
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1884-1941 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Charles Ellis Moore was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1933.

  23. De Witt C. Badger

    De Witt C. Badger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1858-1926 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    De Witt Clinton Badger was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio and one term as the 36th mayor of Columbus, Ohio in the early 20th Century.

  24. John A. McDowell

    John A. McDowell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1853-1927 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    John Anderson McDowell was for two terms a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1897 to 1901.

  25. Charles Burleigh Galbreath

    Charles Burleigh Galbreath
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1858-1934 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    librarian
    Biography

    Charles Burleigh Galbreath (February 25, 1858 - February 23, 1934) was a writer, historian, educator, and librarian in Ohio. He was appointed as State Librarian at the State Library of Ohio from 1896–1911 and 1915-1918. He was the Secretary and Librarian at the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society (now known as Ohio History Connection) from 1920-1934.

  26. John William Hamilton

    John William Hamilton
    Years
    1845-1934 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    biographerpriest
    Biography

    John William Hamilton was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1900. He was the chancellor of American University from 1916 until 1922. He was the older brother of Franklin Elmer Ellsworth Hamilton, who was also both a Methodist Bishop and the Chancellor of American University.

  27. H. Ross Ake

    H. Ross Ake
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1878-1954 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Howard Ross Ake was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate, appointed as Ohio State Treasurer, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

  28. Miner G. Norton

    Miner G. Norton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1857-1926 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Miner Gibbs Norton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923

  29. Frederick L. Taft

    Frederick L. Taft
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1870-1913 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Frederick Lovett Taft was an American lawyer and judge in Ohio. A member of the Taft family and a distant relative of President William Howard Taft, he was one of the leading political and legal men of the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio from 1896 until his death in April 1913.

  30. DW (Dave) Drouillard

    DW (Dave) Drouillard
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    singersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    DW Drouillard is an American vocalist, songwriter and musician.

  31. Thomas H. Anderson

    Thomas H. Anderson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1848-1916 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    lawyerpoliticianjudgediplomat
    Biography

    Thomas Henry Anderson was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

  32. LeRoy Sprankle

    LeRoy Sprankle
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1894-1972 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    LeRoy Sprankle was an American high school sports coach and athletics advocate in Eastern Tennessee and South Florida. Often referred to as the "Father of East Tennessee Sports", he had several notable accomplishments during his tenured career including: helping to standardize high school officiating in the state of Tennessee, pioneering interstate and international high school sports competition, and most notably, coaching several would-be prominent figures in American and sports history.

  33. Joseph Amasa Munk

    Joseph Amasa Munk
    Years
    1847-1927 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    Joseph Amasa Munk was a Los Angeles, California physician who had an interest in a Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona ranch, who became greatly interested in the history and lore of Arizona. He accumulated a large and important collection of books about Arizona, which he donated to the University of Arizona in Tucson. (The collection was later acquired by the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles.) He also wrote a copiously illustrated guide, Arizona Sketches, to some of the more important landmarks in the state.

  34. William L. Hart

    William L. Hart
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1867-1962 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    William Lincoln Hart was a lawyer in the U.S. State of Ohio who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He taught law at university, and was president of the Ohio State Bar Association.

  35. Agnes Thomas Morris

    Agnes Thomas Morris
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1865-1949 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Agnes L. Thomas Morris, known professionally as Mrs. Robert Carlton Morris, was an American writer and clubwoman, the national president of the War Mothers of America in 1918. As president of the Ohio Shakespeare Association, she lectured and wrote about William Shakespeare.

  36. Samuel Austin Kendall

    Samuel Austin Kendall
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1859-1933 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Samuel Austin Kendall was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

  37. Gertrude Tressel Rider

    Gertrude Tressel Rider
    Years
    1876-1968 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    librarian
    Biography

    Gertrude Tressel Rider Harpham was an American librarian who specialized in building collections of braille materials, especially for blind disabled veterans, in the 1920s.