List of Macalester College people

This is a list of people associated with Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including notable alumni and faculty.

Notable alumni

Academics

• Laurence BonJour – philosopher at the University of Washington
• Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (1958) – rhetorician, activist
• William P. Gerberding (1951) – President Emeritus, University of Washington
• David C. Hodge (1970) – President, Miami University
• Patricia Ingraham – Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University
• Michael Jensen – Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
• Jane Larson (1980) – Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School
• Edward Everett Nourse – Congregational theologian
• Alexander Wendt – social constructivist scholar of international relations

Actors, directors, playwrights

• Peter Berg (1984) – director, actor, and producer
• Jessica Blank – playwright, The Exonerated
• Danai Gurira – actress (The Walking Dead, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame), playwright (Eclipsed)
• Chris Kobin – producer (Hollywood Don't Surf!, Slasher: an IFC Original), writer (2001 Maniacs)
• Carl Lumbly – actor, Men of Honor, Alias
• Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning J.P. Patches Show

Artists and architects

• Siah Armajani – Iranian-born American sculptor
• Cass Gilbert – architect, known for United States Supreme Court building, Woolworth Building, and Minnesota State Capitol
• Duane Hanson (1946) – sculptor, known for his photorealistic human figures
• Judith Lodge (born 1941) – painter, photographer
• Anna Min – photographer
• Yuko Nii (1965) – Japanese-American artist
• Monica Rudquist – artist

Business and finance

• Jeremy Allaire – Internet entrepreneur
• Ari Emanuel – talent agent, basis for the character Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage
• Omar Al Futtaim – Emirati businessman
• Lois Quam – executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care
• Fred Swaniker – African entrepreneur and educator, co-founder of African Leadership Academy, named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2019^[1]
• DeWitt Wallace – founder, Readers' Digest magazine (did not graduate)

Musicians

• Bad Bad Hats -- American indie rock band with alumni Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge
• M.anifest -- Ghanaian rapper, singer, songwriter; winner of Best Rapper and Hip Hop Song of the Year at 2107 Ghana Music Awards
• Gaelynn Lea -- winner of NPR's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest
• Gary Hines -- director of Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness
• Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü
• Will Sheff – singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River
• Steve Tibbetts
• Joey Waronker (1993) – drummer, known for his work with Beck, R.E.M. and Walt Mink
• Walt Mink – indie rock band named after Macalester professor
• Amanda Warner – aka MNDR

Public servants

• Paul H. Anderson (1965) – Minnesota Supreme Court justice
• Kofi Annan (1961) – Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Sharon Sayles Belton (1973) – former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1994–2001); attorney
• Leland Bush – Judge of the District Court of Minnesota; attorney
• Bobby Joe Champion – Minnesota House member since 2009
• Teresa Daly – Minnesota state politician
• Michael J. Davis (1969) – U.S. District Court judge
• Matt Entenza – former Minnesota House Minority Leader
• Juan Figueroa – foundation president and 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial candidate
• Frank Hornstein (1981) – Minnesota House member since 2003
• B. Todd Jones (1979) – Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
• Carlos Mariani – Minnesota House member since 1991
• Scott McCallum – former Governor of Wisconsin (2001–2003)
• Doug McFarland – law professor, Hamline University; Minnesota state politician
• Joan Mondale (1952) – Trustee Emeriti, former Second Lady of the United States
• Walter Mondale (1951) – U.S. Senator (1964–1976); Vice President of the U.S. (1977–1981); 1984 U.S. presidential candidate
• Julianne Ortman (1986) – Minnesota Senate member since 2003
• Rebecca Otto (1985) – Minnesota State Auditor; former Minnesota House member (2003–2004)
• Olli Rehn – European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society (2004), Enlargement (2004–2010), and Economic and Financial Affairs (2010–present)
• Leslie Stein – Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals
• Christopher O. Ward (1976) – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Robert W. Warren (1950) – U.S. District Court judge
• Don I. Wortman (1951) – Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1977–1978); federal government executive

Religion

• Donald M. Hultstrand – Bishop of Springfield

Writers and journalists

• Gary Arndt (1991) – travel photographer
• Charles Baxter (1969) – University of Minnesota professor; author and National Book Award Winner for The Feast of Love
• Eric Dregni - author of travel memoirs and books about Minnesota, Norway, Italy, food and popular culture
• Leo J. Enright – World Press Institute Fellow; Irish broadcaster
• Mary Karr – bestselling author, The Liars' Club (attended for one year)
• Wade Keller – Pro Wrestling Torch editor
• Ismail Khalidi – playwright
• Walter Kirn – author of Up in the Air (attended for his freshman year)
• Corina Knoll – sports writer
• Chris Kobin – motion picture and television writer/producer
• Alex Lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor at Texas Christian University
• Tim O'Brien (1968) – bestselling author, The Things They Carried^[2] and Going After Cacciato
• Paul Raushenbush – Religious Editor for The Huffington Post
• Mark Strauss – Editor of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• Ursula Vernon – Hugo Award winning author of Digger
• Dave Zirin – Sports Editor for The Nation magazine

Notable faculty

• Yahya Armajani
• David Bressoud – former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics
• Diane Glancy
• Duchess Harris
• Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate
• Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
• Alvin King – composer, professor of music
• Kiarina Kordela
• George Latimer – former Mayor of St. Paul, 1976–1990.
• Harold LeVander – former Minnesota Governor
• William G. Moseley – geographer
• Edward Duffield Neill – founder
• Peter Rachleff
• Kristina Curry Rogers
• Raymond R. Rogers
• Brian C. Rosenberg
• Tracy Silverman – electric violin player
• James Spradley
• Karen J. Warren
• Harry Waters Jr. – actor, known for Back to the Future and Angels in America
• Jack Weatherford
• James Wright

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