Editing Monmouth College (section)

== Notable alumni ==
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[[File:US Navy 050706-N-0000X-001 Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Vice Adm. James Stockdale, Class of 1946]]
* [[Fletcher S. Bassett|Fletcher S. Basset]] 1869, author; founder of the Chicago Folk-Lore Society; American naval officer<ref>{{Citation |title=Sketch of Lieutenant Fletcher S. Bassett |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_International_Folk-Lore_Congress_of_the_World's_Columbian_Exposition,_Chicago,_July,_1893/Sketch_of_Lieutenant_Fletcher_S._Bassett |work=The International Folk-Lore Congress of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, July, 1893 |pages=15–16 |access-date=2023-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Zumwalt |first=Rosemary Levy|author-link=Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Qqd9SBTu6YC&q=Fletcher+S.+Bassett+1847&pg=PA22 |title=American Folklore Scholarship: A Dialogue of Dissent |date=1988-06-22 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-20472-1 |pages=22 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Reid K. Beveridge]] 1964, [[Brigadier General|Brig. Gen.]] (ret.), [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard, U.S.]]; functionary, Presbyterian Church; journalist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-24 |title=Brigadier General Reid K. Beveridge |url=http://www.ng.mil/ngbgomo/library/bio/620.htm |access-date=2023-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524183450/http://www.ng.mil/ngbgomo/library/bio/620.htm |archive-date=2012-05-24 }}</ref>
* [[Robert H. Brink|Robert Hendricks Brink]] 1968, representative, [[Virginia House of Delegates]]; attorney<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/11/01/robert-h-brink-d-age-54/5e1f572a-fac6-4fb0-8327-dbf446dcf799/|title=Robert H. Brink (D) * Age: 54 ...|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-02-01|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* [[Alfred L. Buchan]] 1869, member, Wisconsin State Assembly; physician<ref>{{Cite book |title=Wisconsin Blue Book 1889, 'Biographical Sketch of Alfred L. Buchan' |publisher=State of Wisconsin |year=1889 |location=Wisconsin, United States |pages=516 |language=En}}</ref>
* [[Clarence F. Buck]] 1892, senator, Illinois State Senate; newspaper editor<ref>{{Cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book 1923-1924, Biographical Sketch of Clarence F. Buck |publisher=State of Illinois |year=1924 |location=Springfield, Illinois |pages=200–201 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-09-02 |title=Clarence F. Buck Dies at Home in Monmouth |pages=7 |work=Freeport Journal-Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54746125/clarence-f-buck-dies-at-home-in/ |access-date=2023-04-11}}</ref>
* [[Karen Bush]] 1965, award-winning American biochemist; editor of peer-reviewed scientific journal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bush receives international award for contributions to antimicrobial chemotherapy |url=https://biology.indiana.edu/news-events/news/2017/bush-hamao-umezawa-memorial-award.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Department of Biology |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karen Bush honored for contributions to antimicrobial drug development |url=https://news.iu.edu/live/news/24117-karen-bush-honored-for-contributions-to |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=news.iu.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karen Bush, Ph.D. |url=https://asm.org:443/Biographies/Karen-Bush,-Ph-D |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=ASM.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Herschel L. Carnahan]] 1901, [[List of lieutenant governors of California|30th Lieutenant Governor of California]]; attorney<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-23 |title=In 1928, ex-Riverside man became California's lieutenant governor — but he died tragically 13 years later |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/in-1928-ex-riverside-man-became-californias-lieutenant-governor-but-he-died-tragically-13-years-later |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Press Enterprise |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Holmes |first=Elmer Wallace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wm8UAAAAYAAJ&q=hattie+helmer+carnahan&pg=PA589 |title=History of Riverside County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present |date=1912 |publisher=Historic Record Company |pages=588–589 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[James R. Carpenter]] 1889, Wyoming state senator; inventor<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CENOAAAAYAAJ |title=Men of Wyoming: The National Newspaper Reference Book of Wyoming Containing Photographs and Biographies of Over Three Hundred Men Residents |date=1915 |publisher=C.S. Peterson |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite patent|number=US617278A|title=J ross carpenter|gdate=1899-01-03|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US617278/en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=United States Patent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmydWBmKpLUC&q=2%2C135%2C047+METHOD+FOR+CUTTING+AGATIZED+PETRIFIED+WOOD+J.+Ross+Carpenter&pg=PA266-IA15 |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office |date=1938 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce. |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mary G. Charlton Edholm]] 1876, noted reformer, journalist, editor<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John William |title=Who's Who in America |last2=Marquis |first2=Albert Nelson |publisher=Marquis Who's Who. |year=1906 |pages=439 |language=En}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Waddell Douglass]] 1920, award-winning artist; author, Calligraphic Lettering style; coauthor & illustrator, Mesaland Series of children's books<ref>{{cite web|title=ArchiveGrid : Ralph Douglass papers, 1954–1964.|url=http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/878077023|website=World Cat|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>
* [[James K. L. Duncan]] 1866, Medal of Honor recipient, physician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1592|title=James K. L. Duncan|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Military Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814081206/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=1592|archive-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_af.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130926065037/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_af.html#BOQUET|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2013|title=Civil War (A-L) Medal of Honor Recipients|date=August 13, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=U.S. Army Center Of Military History}}</ref>
* [[Robert Hugo Dunlap]] 1942, major in [[the United States Marine Corps]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sar.org/History/Compatriot_Medal_Of_Honor_Recipients/Dunlap|title=Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap|date=October 22, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=National Society, Sons of the American Revolution}}</ref> Medal of Honor recipient<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eaglepublications.com/article.php?&ID=954543479_20679|title=Robert Dunlap Medal of Honor recipient dies|date=March 30, 2000|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Eagle Publications}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_living/ii_mc_dunlap.html|title=DUNLAP, ROBERT HUGO|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Home of Heroes}}</ref>
* [[Jug Earp|Francis Louis "Jug" Earp]] 1921, [[National Football League|N. F. L.]] player, [[Green Bay Packers]]; inductee, [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]; player, [[New York Yankees (NFL)|N. Y. Yankees]] football<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/earp00200.html|title=Jug Earp|date=1969-01-08|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=The Pro Football Archives|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120104/http://www.profootballarchives.com/earp00200.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Dean E. Fischer]] 1958, [[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs|Assistant Secretary of State, Public Affairs]]; spokesman, [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]]; [[journalist]], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-dean-e-fischer-be-assistant-secretary-state|title=Nomination of Dean E. Fischer To Be an Assistant Secretary of State &#124; The American Presidency Project|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
* [[Roger J. Fritz]] 1950, [[management consultant]], [[columnist]], international speaker, author of 63 management development and motivational books; 17th president of [[Willamette University]], Oregon, 1969–1972<ref>{{cite web|title=DR. ROGER J. FRITZ's Obituary on|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=roger-j-fritz&pid=149734766&fhid=4161|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher= Legacy.com|date=March 27, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Ann Garry]] 1965, founding director, Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities; chair of the Department of Philosophy, [[California State University, Los Angeles]];<ref name=":02">{{cite web|url=http://www.apaonlinecsw.org/home/woman_philosopher/annegarrynovember2013|title=Ann Garry: November 2013|date=October 30, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Highlighted Philosophers|publisher=American Philosophical Association|last=DesAutels|first=Peggy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.calstatela.edu/univ/emeriti/biographies/Garry_Ann.pdf|title=CSULA Emeriti Faculty Biography|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=California State University of Los Angeles|last=Garry|first=Ann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812204516/http://web.calstatela.edu/univ/emeriti/biographies/Garry_Ann.pdf|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> Humphrey Chair of [[Feminist philosophy|Feminist Philosophy]], [[University of Waterloo]];<ref name=":02"/> [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] lecturer, [[University of Tokyo]] and [[Eötvös Loránd University]], [[Budapest]]
* [[Jorge Guillermo]] 1968, royal spouse to [[Princess Christina of the Netherlands]] and brother-in-law to [[List of monarchs of the Netherlands|Queen]] [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]]; noted art collector<ref>{{Cite web |date=1996-11-10 |title=A POSSESSING PRINCESS |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-possessing-princess-1351744.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Denise |date=2007-02-14 |title=De sinaasappels blijven in de familie |url=https://www.vn.nl/de-sinaasappels-blijven-in-de-familie/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Vrij Nederland |language=nl}}</ref>[[File:Harold Arthur Poling (1925-2012) in 1986.png|thumb|Harold Arthur Poling in 1986, chairman of Ford Motor Company.]]
* [[Sarah Bond Hanley]] 1887, [[Illinois House of Representatives|Illinois State Representative]]; one of the first two women in the Illinois State Assembly; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1924; a founding member of Democratic Women's Club in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Ashley M. |last2=Dawson |first2=Alexis |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Research Response: ILLINOIS WOMEN IN CONGRESS AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY |url=https://ilga.gov/commission/lru/FemaleLegislators.pdf |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=Illinois Government Accountability Commission |language=English |publication-place=Springfield, Illinois, US |postscript=Sourced by: [Illinois] Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability from House and Senate Journals, Handbook of the Illinois Legislature, Illinois Blue Book for various years, and General Assembly Internet site.}}</ref>
* [[Robert S. Hamilton]] 1892, Illinois State Senator, attorney<ref>{{Cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book 1909–1910, Biographical Sketch of Robert S. Hamilton |year=1910 |location=Illinois, United States |pages=244–245 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Marissa Its People and History 1867 100 Years 1967 (Biographical Sketch of Robert Sherman Hamilton) |publisher=Marissa Centennial, Incorporated, Everett Vollert, president |year=1967 |pages=18 |language=English}}</ref>
* [[Mohd Nasir Hashim]] 1969, member, [[Selangor State Assembly]], [[Kota Damansara (state constituency)|Kota Damansara]], Malaysia; president, [[Socialist Party of Malaysia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assemblyman reaches out to the poor |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2008/04/24/assemblyman-reaches-out-to-the-poor |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Calvin Bryce Hoover]] 1922, founder of the field of [[comparative economic systems]]; noted economist and professor, [[Duke University]]; author, ''The Economic Life of Soviet Russia'' in 1931<ref>The Economic Life of Soviet Russia. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1931.</ref>
* [[Mattie Hunter]] 1976, senator, Illinois State Senate; Senate Majority Caucus Whip<ref>{{Cite web |title=Illinois General Assembly - Senator Committees |url=https://ilga.gov/senate/SenCommittees.asp?MemberID=2808 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=ilga.gov}}</ref>
* [[Stephen T. Johnson|Stephan T. Johnson]] 1972, [[Major general (United States)|Major general]], [[United States Marine Corps]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen Johnson – Recipient |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/44834 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=valor.militarytimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KtkK__Xd_n0C&dq=General+Stephen+t+Johnson&pg=PA101 |title=Al-Anbar Awakening, V. 1, American Perspectives: U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2004-2009 |publisher=Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-084292-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Personnel |first=United States Congress House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5rymPixqGsC&q=General+Stephen+t+Johnson+monmouth |title=Examination of the Force Requirements Determination Process: Hearing Before the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held, January 30, 2007 |date=2008 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-082200-1 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Philip G. Killey]] 1963, [[United States Air Force]] [[Major General]] (ret.); [[Adjutant General]], [[South Dakota National Guard]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=5548|title=Guard recognizes Killey for lifelong service|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=South Dakota State News}}</ref> director, [[Air National Guard]]; Commander, [[First Air Force]]
* [[William Medcalf Kinsey]] 1869, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Missouri]]; circuit court judge; attorney<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000229|title=KINSEY, William Medcalf, (1846–1931)|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
* [[Jane Kurtz]] 1973, author of over 30 children's books; [[Golden Kite Award]] (best picture book text); Year's Best Children's Books award (''[[The Washington Post]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hertzel |first=Laurie |title=Author Jane Kurtz to receive this year's Kerlan Award |url=https://www.startribune.com/author-jane-kurtz-to-receive-this-year-s-kerlan-award/118994879/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Star Tribune|date=31 March 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Martha Lena Morrow Lewis]] 1892, national lecturer, Women's Christian Temperance Union; organizer, [[United States|women's suffrage]]; first woman member, National Executive Committee, Socialist Party of America<ref name="martha1">Mari Jo Buhle, ''Women and American Socialism, 1870–1920''. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1981; pg. 162.</ref><ref name="ALWW">Solon DeLeon with Irma C. Hayssen and Grace Poole (eds.), ''The American Labor Who's Who''. New York: Hanford Press, 1925; pg. 138.</ref>
* [[John F. Main]] 1885, Justice, Washington Supreme Court 1912–1942<ref name="Stock">{{cite news |last=Stock |first=Eric |date=December 20, 2018 |title=Logan County State's Attorney Named Circuit Judge |url=https://www.wglt.org/post/logan-county-states-attorney-named-circuit-judge#stream/0 |accessdate=September 6, 2019 |newspaper=WGLT 89.1 FM NPR from Illinois State University}}</ref>
* [[Edgar Martin|Edgar Everett Martin]] 1921, cartoonist, ''[[Boots and Her Buddies]]'', reached an audience of 700 newspapers and 60 million readers<ref>[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ Lynn, Ernest. "Edgar Martin: Fathered the 'Sweetheart of the Comics'".''Altoona Mirror'', September 2, 1960.]</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news|date=9 March 2020|title=Guardian cartoon of cow in relation to Priti Patel sparks outrage amongst diaspora in Britain|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/guardian-cartoon-of-cow-in-relation-to-priti-patel-sparks-outrage-amongst-diaspora-in-britain/articleshow/74557770.cms|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911224645/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/guardian-cartoon-of-cow-in-relation-to-priti-patel-sparks-outrage-amongst-diaspora-in-britain/articleshow/74557770.cms|archive-date=11 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[Robert Wilson McClaughry]] 1860, Warden, [[United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth|United States Penitentiary]], [[Leavenworth, Kansas]]; early leader in modern penal reform; General Superintendent of Police, [[Chicago|City of Chicago]]<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society|volume=13|issue=4|pages=598–610|jstor=40186803|last1=McMichael|first1=T. H.|title=Robert Wilson McClaughry: 1839–1920|year=1921}}</ref>
* [[Charles C. McCracken]] 1908, president, University of Connecticut (1930–1935); Ph.D., Harvard University<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ballestrini |first=Christine |date=2019-05-24 |title=University of Connecticut Office of the President {{!}} History |url=https://president.uconn.edu/history/ |access-date=2020-07-02 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=1957-08-04 |title=Dr. C. C. McCracken Dies; Former State College Head |work=The Hartford Courant |page=18A1 |id={{ProQuest|564356528}}}}</ref>
* [[Robert T. McLoskey|Robert Thaddeus McLoskey]] 1928, [[U.S. Representative]] from Illinois; member, [[Illinois House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000558|title=McLOSKEY, Robert Thaddeus, (1907–1990)|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Hanna McMichael|Thomas H. McMichael]] 1886, M.A. 1889, President, Monmouth College (1903–1936); moderator, Presbyterian Church of N. America (1915)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical and Biographical Record of Monmouth and Warren County Illinois|last=Robinson|first=Luther Emerson|publisher=Munsell Publishing Company|year=1927|location=Chicago|pages=455}}</ref>
* [[Robert H. Meneilly]] 1945, founding pastor, 7000-member Village Presbyterian Church; author<ref name=":GlennRice">{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Glenn |date=July 22, 2021 |title=Bob Meneilly, courageous Johnson County pastor who took on racism, extremism, dies |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article252950383.html |accessdate=October 3, 2023 |publisher=Kansas City Star |location=Kansas City, Kansas |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | isbn=978-0-8362-2170-1 | title=Pray as You Go: On Living Your Faith in the Nineties | last1=Meneilly | first1=Robert | date=1996 | publisher=Andrews and McMeel }}</ref>
* [[Keith Molesworth|Keith Frank Molesworth]] 1928, Chicago Bears football player; backfield coach, [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]; head coach, [[Baltimore Colts]]; vice president and director of personnel, [[Baltimore Colts]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoleKe20.htm|title=Keith Molesworth NFL Football Statistics|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Rachel Nicol (physician)|Rachel J. Nicol]] 1868, co-founder, Pi Beta Phi, first secret collegiate society for women patterned after men's fraternities; physician (M.D.)<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Century of Higher Education for American Women|last=Newcomer|first=Mabel|publisher=Zenger Publishing Company|year=1959|isbn=978-0-89201-002-8|location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Doctors Who Wore Badges: Fraternity Women in Medicine 1867–1902|url=http://www.franbecque.com/2012/11/17/doctors-who-wore-badges-fraternity-women-in-medicine-1867-1902/|website=Focus on Fraternity History & More|access-date=October 16, 2015|first=Fran|last=Becque|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015120/http://www.franbecque.com/2012/11/17/doctors-who-wore-badges-fraternity-women-in-medicine-1867-1902/|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>[[File:Charles A. Sprague.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Charles A. Sprague, Governor of Oregon in 1940]]
* [[Danielle Nierenberg]] 1995, activist;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/danielle-nierenberg|title=<nowiki>Danielle Nierenberg | Global Development</nowiki>|date=December 28, 2010|access-date=October 16, 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-31/a-new-year-s-recipe-for-fixing-the-food-system|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102161212/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-31/a-new-year-s-recipe-for-fixing-the-food-system|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2013|title=A New Year's Recipe for Fixing the Food System|date=December 31, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Businessweek.com|publisher= Businessweek|last1=Nierenberg|first1=Danielle|last2=Gustafson|first2=Ellen}}</ref> author; journalist; co-founder/president, Food Tank: The Food Think Tank<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnn.com/leaderboard/stories/foodtank-planting-the-seeds-of-activism|title=FoodTank: Planting the seeds of activism|date=January 19, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Mother Nature Network|last=Shreeves|first=Robin}}</ref>
* [[George Henry Palmer|George H. Palmer]] 1861, Medal of Honor recipient<ref>{{cite web|title=Valor awards for George Henry Palmer|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=1102|work=Military Times|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>
* [[James Leonard Pate|James L. Pate]] 1963, chairman, chief executive, [[Pennzoil]]-Quaker State Co.; Assist. Secr. of Commerce, spokesman, U.S. [[Gerald Ford|President Gerald Ford]];<ref>Pate, Joel (February 17, 2003). "[PATE] Texas Obit – James Leonard Pate". ''rootsweb''. rootsweb. Retrieved June 8, 2015.</ref> chairman, [[Devon Energy Corporation|Devon Energy Corp.]];<ref>"List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter". ''Businessweek''. Retrieved June 8, 2015.</ref> chief economist, [[Goodrich Corporation|B.F. Goodrich Co.]]<ref>Abram, Lynwood (January 21, 2003). "Deaths: James Pate, former Pennzoil CEO". ''Houston Chronicle''. Retrieved June 8, 2015.</ref>
* [[Harold Arthur Poling|Harold "Red" Poling]] 1949, chairman, CEO, [[Ford Motor Company]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gWAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1306,743373&dq=harold-poling+ford&hl=en|title=Ford chairman Harold Poling retiring, replacement named|date=October 5, 1993|access-date=October 16, 2015|newspaper=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]]}}</ref>
* [[Robert William Porter]] 1949, [[United States federal judge|United States chief federal judge]]; attorney; mayor, Richardson, Texas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1920|title=History of the Federal Judiciary |access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Federal Judicial Center}}</ref>
* [[Silas Wright Porter]] 1879, justice, Kansas Supreme Court (1905–1923); chairman, Republican State Convention<ref name="kscourts">{{cite web |title=KS Courts - Historical Listing of Supreme Court Justices |url=https://www.kscourts.org/About-the-Courts/Supreme-Court/Historical-Listing-of-Supreme-Court-Justices |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=www.kscourts.org}}</ref>
* [[James Montgomery Rice]] 1864, American army colonel; lawyer; member, Illinois House of Representatives; contributed to the founding of the [[United States National Guard|U. S. National Guard]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Department |first=Illinois Military and Naval |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=949LAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22national+blues%22+++%22james+m+rice%22&pg=PA1 |title=Biennial Report of the Adjutant General |date=1877 |publisher=State of Illinois, Military and Naval Department |location=Illinois, United States |pages=14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois on August 1, 1901 · Page 4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/7376295/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Newspapers.com |date=August 1901 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kennedy J. Reed]] 1967, [[theoretical physicist]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory|Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab.]]; founder, [[National Physical Science Consortium|Nat. Physical Science Consortium]] (NPSC);<ref>Distinguished African American Scientists of the Twentieth Century, James H. Kessler, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996.{{ISBN|0897749553}}</ref> Presidential Award, Excellence in Science, Math. and Engineering Mentoring;<ref>"Obama: U.S. 'outpaced' by other nations in math and science" by David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2010-01-06</ref> Fellow, [[American Physical Society]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icsu.org/about-icsu/structure/executive-board/?icsudocid=ordinary-members-scientific-unions |title=ICSU Executive board |access-date=2014-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027141707/http://www.icsu.org/about-icsu/structure/executive-board/?icsudocid=ordinary-members-scientific-unions |archive-date=2013-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, July 9, 2009</ref> Fellow, [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|American Assn. for the Advancement of Science]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2011/Jan/NR-11-01-02.html |title=Lawrence Livermore's Kennedy Reed elected AAAS fellow |access-date=2014-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308102003/https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2011/Jan/NR-11-01-02.html |archive-date=2013-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Maurice H. Rees]] 1904, medical educator, Dean, [[University of Colorado School of Medicine|U. of Colorado School of Medicine]], 1925 to 1945<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1945 |title=Maurice H. Rees |url=https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Citation/1945/07000/Maurice_H__Rees.9.aspx |journal=Academic Medicine |language=en-US |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=261 |doi=10.1097/00001888-194507000-00009 |issn=1040-2446|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[James H. Rupp]] 1940, Illinois state senator; mayor, [[Decatur, Illinois]], and businessman<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1985–1986,' Biographical Sketch of James H. Rupp, pg. 114</ref>
* [[Harriet Shetler]] 1938, co-founder, (American) [[National Alliance on Mental Illness]]; editor<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=2010-04-03 |title=Harriet Shetler, Who Helped to Found Mental Illness Group, Dies at 92 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/us/04shetler.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-04-10 |title=Harriet Shetler (1917-2010) |pages=B10 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46386735/harriet-shetler-1917-2010/ |access-date=2023-04-10}}</ref>
* [[Theodore P. Shonts]] 1876, American lawyer; industrialist; chairman, [[Panama Canal Commission]]; railroad president<ref>{{Cite book |last=Matthew |first=Parker |title=Hell's Gorge: The Battle to Build the Panama Canal (1st ed.). Arrow. pp. 251–252. |publisher=Arrow |year=2008 |edition=1st |pages=251–252 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1907-05-05 |title=How Theodore P. Shonts Works |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1907/05/05/archives/how-theodore-p-shonts-works.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=York |first=Pennsylvania Society of New |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7Y-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Margaret+Nevin+Marshall+Shonts&pg=PA99 |title=Yearbook |date=1920 |publisher=The Society |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chad Simpson (author)|Chad Simpson]] 1998, Micro Award, [[short story|short]] and [[flash fiction]] author; Teresa A. White Award, Quiddity International Literary Journal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quidditylit.com/?page_id=91|title=Teresa A. White Literary Award: "Buck-a-Word" Contest|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radion Program}}</ref>
* [[Richard Elihu Sloan]] 1877, [[Governor of Arizona Territory|Governor, Arizona Territory]]; Assoc. Justice, [[Arizona Supreme Court|Arizona Territorial Supreme Court]]; judge, [[United States District Court|U. S. District Court]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Arizona Territorial Officials Volume II: The Governors 1863–1912|last=Goff|first=John S.|publisher=Black Mountain Press|year=1978|location=Cave Creek, Arizona|oclc=5100411}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Arizona Territorial Officials Volume I: The Supreme Court Justices 1863–1912|last=Goff|first=John S.|publisher=Black Mountain Press|year=1975|location=Cave Creek, Arizona|oclc=1622668}}</ref>
* [[Charles A. Sprague]] 1910, [[Governor of Oregon|Governor, Oregon]] (1939–1943);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:sprague+And+recNumber:APD%2a&sortBy=recCreatedOn-|title=Governor Charles A. Sprague's Administration|date=1939|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Oregon Secretary of State}}</ref> editor, publisher, ''[[Oregon Statesman]]''
* [[James Stockdale]] 1946, Vice Admiral, [[U.S. Navy]]; U. S. [[Vice-President]]ial [[candidate]]; Medal of Honor; President, [[Naval War College]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-16 |title=Stockdale, James Bond - National Aviation Hall of Fame : National Aviation Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/stockdale-james-bond/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216103822/http://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/stockdale-james-bond/ |archive-date=2017-02-16 }}</ref>
* [[Lyman B. Sutter]] 1928, mayor, Long Beach, California; municipal court judge<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-04 |title=History of Longbeach, Office of Mayor |url=https://www.longbeach.gov/mayor/about/office-of-the-mayor/history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204225926/https://www.longbeach.gov/mayor/about/office-of-the-mayor/history/ |archive-date=2022-12-04 |access-date=2023-04-10}}</ref>
* [[Joe Tait]] 1959, longtime radio voice, [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/joetait.htm|title=Joe Tait Wham! The Voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Cleveland Seniors}}</ref>
* [[Alex Tanney]] 2011, [[National Football League|N. F. L.]] quarterback; assistant coach, [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-4/Titans-Place-TE-Brett-Brackett-on-IR-Sign-TE-Matthew-Mulligan-to-Active-Roster/8084a35f-ace3-42b6-a949-4d92e60bf7b6/|title=Titans Place TE Brett Brackett on IR; Sign TE Matthew Mulligan to Active Roster|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Tennessee Titans}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Martin Thompson|Samuel M. Thompson]] 1924, [[philosopher]], author of three bestselling textbooks of Philosophy; co-author, Confession of 1967, a major statement of faith of the Presbyterian Church (USA)<ref>Monmouth Moves magazine, Monmouth College, August 1983, pp. 6–7.</ref>
* [[David Turnbull (materials scientist)|David Turnbull]] 1936, chemist, major contributor to solidification theory and glass formation; elected to [[National Academy of Sciences]]; Fellow, [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], awarded the [[Japan Prize]] and the [[Franklin Medal]]<ref>''Science'' 6 July 2007: Vol. 317. no. 5834, pp. 56–57;{{doi|10.1126/science.1145490}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Vellenga]], 1959, [[Peace Corps]] volunteer; sociologist
* [[Jim Verraros]] 2004, [[Dance (music)|dance musician]]; actor<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rushfield |first=Richard |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701724804 |title=American idol : the untold story |date=2011 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=978-1-4013-9652-7 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=701724804}}</ref>
* [[Earl W. Vincent]] 1909, Republican [[U.S. Representative]], [[Iowa's 9th congressional district|Iowa 9th congressional district]]; federal judge; fifth judicial district of Iowa judge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000102|title=VINCENT, Earl W., (1886–1953)|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
* [[Helen Wagner]] 1938, actress, star of ''[[As the World Turns]];'' 2004 Lifetime Achievement award, [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/arts/04wagner.html?_r=0|title=Helen Wagner, Longtime Actress on 'As the World Turns,' Dies at 91|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=August 13, 2014|work=New York Times|last=HEVESI|first=DENNIS}}</ref>
* [[Dan Everett Waid]], 1887, chief architect, [[MetLife|Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.]] of New York; President, New York State Board of Examiners and Registration of Architects (1915–1923);<ref>{{cite book|title=The National Cyclopædia of American Biography|last=White|first=James Terry|publisher=New York : J. T. White & company|year=1893|isbn=978-0-88371-040-1|location=New York|pages=348}}</ref> president, [[American Institute of Architects]] (1924–1926);<ref>{{cite book|title=The National cyclopædia of American biography|last=White|first=James Terry|publisher=New York: J. T. White & company|year=1893|isbn=978-0-88371-040-1|location=New York|pages=347}}</ref> [[Fellow of the American Institute of Architects|Fellow, American Institute of Architects]][[File:John Findley Wallace.png|thumb|upright=0.8|Portrait of John Findley Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama Canal.]]
* [[Ilo Browne Wallace]] 1911, [[Second Lady of the United States]]; co-founder, [[Pioneer Hi-Bred International]];<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=1981-02-25 |title=ILO BROWNE WALLACE, 92, WIDOW OF A VICE PRESIDENT TO ROOSEVELT |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/25/obituaries/ilo-browne-wallace-92-widow-of-a-vice-president-to-roosevelt.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Sponsor (military)|sponsor]], {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}}
* [[John Findley Wallace]] 1872, chief engineer, [[Panama Canal]] project and [[Illinois Central Railroad]]<ref>Matthew Parker. ''Hell's Gorge: The Battle to Build the Panama Canal''. p.214–216</ref>
* [[William J. Winslade]] 1963, author, research principal of [[philosophy]], [[medicine]], and [[ethics]]; professor, [[philosophy of medicine]], [[University of Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|title=William J Winslade, PhD, JD|url=http://imh.utmb.edu/about-us/faculty/william-j-winslade|publisher=imh.utmb.edu|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906215129/http://imh.utmb.edu/about-us/faculty/william-j-winslade|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Charles F. Wishart]] 1894, president, [[College of Wooster]] 1921–1944; Moderator, [[Presbyterian]] General Assembly 1924<ref>Charles Frederick Wishart, Jean Snyder Felt, ''Memoirs of Charles Frederick Wishart, 1870–1960 ''(S.l.: s.n., 1982).</ref>
* [[John M. Work]] 1891, founding member, executive secretary, [[Socialist Party of America]]; author.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1956 |title=David A. Shannon. The Socialist Party of America: A History. New York: Macmillan Company. 1955; pp. xi, 320. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr/61.3.665 |journal=The American Historical Review |doi=10.1086/ahr/61.3.665 |issn=1937-5239 |s2cid=257874286}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan C. Wright]] 1987, judge, Ill. Circuit Court; member, Ill. House of Rep.; Logan County States Attorney<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 15, 2002 |editor1-last=Miller |editor1-first=David R. |title=Biographies of New Senate Members |url=http://ilga.gov/commission/lru/December2002FirstReading.pdf |magazine=First Reading |publisher=Illinois Legislative Research Unit |pages=8–16 |volume=16 |issue=3 |accessdate=July 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Wright Man">{{cite news |last=Woodside |first=Nathan |date=November 28, 2012 |title=The 'Wright' Man |url=http://www.lincolncourier.com/x1156347543/The-Wright-Man |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |newspaper=[[Lincoln Courier]] |publisher=[[GateHouse Media]] |location=Lincoln, Illinois}}</ref><ref name="Stock"/>
* [[Melissa Scholes Young]] 1997, noted writer; author; professor of literature<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melissa Scholes Young |url=https://fictionwritersreview.com/contributor/melissa-scholes-young-2/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Fiction Writers Review}}</ref>
* [[William Young (playwright)|William Young]] 1863, playwright, writer, actor, known for his play adaptation of the novel ''[[Ben-Hur (play)|Ben-Hur]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Alfred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ihQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144 |title=The Drama: Its History; Literature and Influence on Civilization |last2=Boyd |first2=James Penny |last3=Lamberton |first3=John Porter |date=1903 |publisher=Athenian Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Burt |first=Daniel S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ0fgo5v6e0C&pg=PA264 |title=The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times |date=2004 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-0-618-16821-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KVXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA402 |title=Current Literature |date=1899 |publisher=Current Literature Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref>

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