Notable alumni List of Macalester College people

1 notable alumni

1.1 academics
1.2 actors, directors, playwrights
1.3 artists , architects
1.4 business , finance
1.5 musicians
1.6 public servants
1.7 religion
1.8 writers , journalists

notable alumni
academics

laurence bonjour – philosopher @ 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
edward everett nourse – congregational theologian
alexander wendt – social constructivist scholar of international relations

actors, directors, playwrights

peter berg (1984) – director, actor, , producer
jessica blank – playwright, exonerated
danai gurira – actress (the walking dead), playwright (eclipsed)
chris kobin – producer (hollywood don t surf!, slasher: ifc original), writer (2001 maniacs)
carl lumbly – actor, men of honor, alias
chris wedes (1949) – portrayed clown j.p. patches on emmy-winning j.p. patches show

artists , architects

siah armajani – iranian-born american sculptor
cass gilbert – architect, known united states supreme court building, woolworth building, , minnesota state capitol
duane hanson (1946) – sculptor, known photorealistic human figures
yuko nii (1965) – japanese-american artist

business , finance

jeremy allaire – internet entrepreneur
ari emanuel – talent agent, basis character ari gold on hbo s entourage
fred swaniker - african entrepreneur , educator
dewitt wallace – founder, readers digest magazine (did not graduate)

musicians

walt mink – indie rock band named after macalester professor
bob mould – musician, member of hüsker dü
will sheff – singer , guitarist of indie band okkervil river
steve tibbetts
joey waronker (1993) – drummer, known work beck, r.e.m. , walt mink
amanda warner – aka mndr

public servants

paul h. anderson (1965) – minnesota supreme court justice
kofi annan (1961) – secretary-general of united nations (1997–2006), 2001 nobel peace prize winner
sharon sayles belton (1973) – former mayor of minneapolis, minnesota (1994–2001); 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 , 2010 connecticut gubernatorial candidate
frank hornstein (1981) – minnesota house member since 2003
b. todd jones (1979) – acting director of bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms , explosives; u.s. attorney 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 united states
walter mondale (1951) – u.s. senator (1964–1976); vice president of 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 enterprise , information society (2004), enlargement (2004–2010), , economic , financial affairs (2010–present)
jeanne sorg, (1994) mayor of ambler, pa
christopher o. ward (1976) – executive director of port authority of new york , new jersey
don i. wortman (1951) - acting commissioner of social security administration (1977-1978); federal government executive

religion

donald m. hultstrand – bishop of springfield

writers , journalists

gary arndt (1991) – travel photographer
charles baxter (1969) – university of minnesota professor; author , national book award winner feast of love
leo j. enright - world press institute fellow; irish broadcaster
mary karr – bestselling author, liars club (attended 1 year)
wade keller – pro wrestling torch editor
ismail khalidi – playwright
walter kirn – author of in air (attended freshman year)
corina knoll – sports writer
chris kobin – motion picture , television writer/producer
alex lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor @ texas christian university
tim o brien (1968) – bestselling author, things carried , going after cacciato
paul raushenbush - religious editor huffington post
mark strauss – editor of bulletin of atomic scientists
ursula vernon – hugo award winning author of digger
dave zirin - sports editor nation magazine




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