Editing Monmouth College

{{Short description|Private college in Monmouth, Illinois, US}}
{{About|the college in Illinois|the university in New Jersey|Monmouth University|the former Monmouth College in Oregon|Western Oregon University}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Monmouth College
 | former_names           = Monmouth Academy (1853–1856)
 | image                  = Monmouth College Seal.png
| image_size = 150
 | caption                =
 | latin_name             = Collegii Monmouthiensis
 | motto                  = ''Lux'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = Light
 | established            = {{start date and age|1853|4|18}}
 | type                   = [[Private college|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]]
 | accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]]
 | endowment              = $146&nbsp;million (2021)
 | president              = [[Patricia Draves]]
 | academic_staff         = 75 (full-time equivalent in 2021)
 | students               = 767 (autumn 2023)<ref>{{cite web | url =https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Monmouth&s=all&id=147341| title =Monmouth College| access-date =August 9, 2023}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Monmouth, Illinois|Monmouth]]
 | state                  = [[Illinois]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | campus                 = Small town<ref name="facts-stats">{{cite web|url = https://www.monmouthcollege.edu/welcome-home/facts-stats/|title = Facts & Stats|access-date = January 25, 2021|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|112|acre|2}}
 | language               = English
 | athletics_affiliations = {{hlist|[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] – [[Midwest Conference|MWC]]|[[Collegiate Water Polo Association|CWPA]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = Fighting Scots
 | mascot                 = Big Red
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.monmouthcollege.edu/|monmouthcollege.edu}}

 | coordinates            = {{coord|40|54|52|N|90|38|14|W|type:edu_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}
 | colors                 = {{color box|#a40c34}}{{color box|white}} Red and white
 | academic_affiliations  = [[Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities|APCU]] <br /> [[Annapolis Group]] <br /> [[Associated Colleges of the Midwest|ACM]]
 | logo                   = Monmouth College website logo.png 
 | logo_size              = 200
}}

'''Monmouth College''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Monmouth, Illinois]]. It enrolls 767<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Monmouth College Student Population |url=https://www.collegeevaluator.com/institute/monmouth-college/enrollment/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=CollegeEvaluator |language=en-US}}</ref> students in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Facts & Stats |url=https://www.monmouthcollege.edu/welcome-home/facts-stats/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www.monmouthcollege.edu |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Construction of Wallace Hall, Monmouth College, 1908.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Construction of Wallace Hall, 1908. Its entrance is modeled after the east portico of the ancient [[Erechtheion]] of the [[Acropolis of Athens|Athenian Acropolis]]. The building houses historic classrooms that played a part in educating all living alumni.]]

Monmouth College was founded on April 18, 1853, by the Second Presbytery of Illinois of the [[Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church]]. Founded as '''Monmouth Academy''', the school became Monmouth College after receiving a charter from the state legislature on September 3, 1856. The college remains affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a member of the [[Associated Colleges of the Midwest]], a consortium of small, private liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.acm.edu/about_us/index.html|title = About us|access-date = October 8, 2015|website = The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM)}}</ref> The college's motto "Lux" ("Light") appears on its seal.

The first president, David Wallace built two mission churches in [[Massachusetts]] before assuming the Monmouth presidency.

Founded on the eve of the [[American Civil War]], the college immediately faced a crisis. The college's campus was still under construction while virtually the entire male student body left for military service. Two hundred and thirty-two students, faculty members, and trustees served in the Civil War. A quarter of them were wounded and one in eight was killed.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://archive.org/details/monmouthcollegei00monm|title = Monmouth College in the War of the Rebellion|publisher = Monmouth College Oracle|date = May 30, 1911|page = 6|access-date = February 7, 2014}}</ref> Two were awarded the [[Medal of Honor]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/389/duncan-james-k-l.php|title = DUNCAN, JAMES K. L.|access-date = August 29, 2014|website = Congressional Medal of Honor Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=6eec3267-7d6d-4387-afff-90d148d85ec1|title = MC student hero remembered on 150th anniversary of Civil War battle|date = September 3, 2011|access-date = October 8, 2015|website = Monmouth College|last = Rankin|first = Jeff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/1025/palmer-george-h.php|title = PALMER, GEORGE H.|access-date = August 29, 2014|website = Congressional Medal of Honor Society}}</ref> and [[Abner C. Harding]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000188|title = Harding, Abner Clark – Biographical Information|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref> a college trustee who raised a regiment composed largely of Monmouth College students, was commissioned a brigadier general for his leadership in the defense of [[Fort Donelson]] in 1863.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000188|title = Harding, Abner Clark, (1807–1874)|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Biographical Directory of The United States Congress}}</ref> President Wallace, believing that the college "must educate, whether there be peace or war," kept classes in session for what was then a primarily female student body.

Monmouth was founded as a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] college where women and men had equal access to courses. When [[veteran]]s returning to the college decided to form [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternities]], a group of women was determined not to be outdone, and in 1867 established the first fraternity for women, known today as [[Pi Beta Phi]].<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://archive.org/details/bairdsmanualame00bairgoog|page = [https://archive.org/details/bairdsmanualame00bairgoog/page/n514 473]|title = Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|access-date = October 16, 2015|publisher = G. Banta Company, 1920|year = 1920}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/About_Us/History/History_of_Pi_Beta_Phi/|title = History of Pi Beta Phi|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Pi Beta Phi Fraternity For Women|publisher = Pi Beta Phi}}</ref> Three years later, another well-known women's fraternity, [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]], was founded at Monmouth.<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://archive.org/details/bairdsmanualame00bairgoog|page = [https://archive.org/details/bairdsmanualame00bairgoog/page/n505 464]|title = Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|access-date = October 16, 2015|via = books.google|publisher = G. Banta Company, 1920|year = 1920}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.kappakappagamma.org/Kappa/About_Us/In_the_Beginning/|title = In The Beginning|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Kappa Kappa Gamma}}</ref>

Monmouth College had gained national stature by 1911 as shown by its US government classification where 59 colleges and universities ranked higher and 244 ranked lower (out of a total of 345 top colleges).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/how-did-the-federal-government-rate-your-college-a-century-ago/83411|title = How Did the Federal Government Rate Your College a Century Ago?|date = August 6, 2014|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = The Chronicle Of Higher Education}}</ref>

[[World War II]] posed a crisis to the institution similar to that of the Civil War, as male students began enlisting in the service within a month of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and soon only a handful remained on campus. Through an arrangement with the U.S. Navy Department, the college survived by becoming a U.S. Naval Flight Preparatory School, and later offered a V-5 Navy Academic Refresher Unit program for officers. Courses were taught by Monmouth's liberal arts faculty. The Navy later adopted portions of Monmouth's curriculum for training programs nationwide. More than 2,000 Navy men went through Monmouth College, a number of whom would re-enroll at the college after the war funded by the [[G.I. Bill]].

Monmouth's chemistry department gained national prominence in the 1950s when longtime professor William S. Haldeman was recognized with a major award by the [[American Chemical Society]].<ref>{{cite journal|title = Midwest Award Winner Accents Importance of Graduate Work|journal = Chemical & Engineering News|volume = 28|issue = 47|pages = 4080–4081|date = November 20, 1950|doi = 10.1021/cen-v028n047.p4080}}</ref> The Steelman Report on Manpower for Research noted that Monmouth and four other small colleges—Hope, Juniata, St. Olaf and Oberlin—together had "produced more candidates for the doctor's degree in chemistry than Johns Hopkins, Fordham, Columbia, Tulane and Syracuse Universities combined."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104107070;view=1up;seq=32|title = Manpower for research, Vol. 4 of Science and Public Policy: A Report to the President|last = Steelman|first = John R.|date = 11 October 1947|publisher = The President's Scientific Research Board|access-date = October 16, 2015}}</ref>

Beginning in the 1960s, a secularization movement changed the nature of the college. Concurrent with dwindling financial support from the United Presbyterian Church, the college removed the Church Synod's role in nominating and confirming trustees, thus allowing for the cultivation of new trustees with stronger business acumen and financial resources than those during the college's earlier days. The college otherwise maintained its covenant relationship with the Presbyterian Church.

During the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Conscription|military draft]] (and the ability to avoid the draft by enrolling in college) contributed to increases in college attendance throughout the U.S. Attendance at the college increased but then fell when the draft ended in the 1970s causing financial strain not unlike the losing of students to the Civil War had done in the then distant past.

In 1983, a donation from an alumnus committed $5 million to the endowment and launched a $15 million capital campaign, the largest gift in college history to that point.<ref>Meyer, Daniel. (2002) A Thousand Hearts’ Devotion: A History of Monmouth College, Monmouth College. pp. 122–147. {{ISBN|0-9720303-0-1}}</ref>

During the 1990s, enrollment began a steady increase that would see it more than double over the next two decades, from less than 600 in 1993 to 1,379 in 2009<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pjstar.com/article/20090903/News/309039880|title = Monmouth College sees record enrollment|date = September 3, 2009|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Journalstar}}</ref> and then decrease to 753 by 2021.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |year=2024 |title=U.S. News Best Colleges |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/monmouth-college-1725 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=U.S. News and World Report |language=En-us |no-pp=y}}</ref> The endowment grew from $23.6 million in 1993 to $87.2 million in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO-Commonfund_Study_of_Endowments/Public_NCSE_Tables/Total_Market_Value_of_Endowments.html|title = Endowment market values and investment rates of return|access-date = October 16, 2015|publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906170041/http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO-Commonfund_Study_of_Endowments/Public_NCSE_Tables/Total_Market_Value_of_Endowments.html|archive-date = 2015-09-06|url-status = dead}}</ref> to over $115 million in 2020;<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Monmouth College {{!}} Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/monmouth-college/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=datausa.io |language=en}}</ref> $75 million higher than the average for similar colleges.<ref name=":8" /> In 2021, the endowment stood at $146 million; $93.6 million more than average Baccalaureate colleges.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Monmouth College {{!}} Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/monmouth-college/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=datausa.io |language=en}}</ref> Between 2002 and 2013, more than $120 million was invested in new construction and renovations to the campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/admissions/largest-freshman-class.aspx|title = Largest Freshman Class at 396|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123646/https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/admissions/largest-freshman-class.aspx|archive-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref>

==Affiliations==
Monmouth is a founding member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and a member of the [[Annapolis Group]] of independent liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annapolisgroup.org/members|title=Member Colleges|date=June 8, 2015|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Annapolis Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://liberalartssuccess.org/about-liberal-arts-colleges|title=About Liberal Arts|access-date=August 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917221422/http://liberalartssuccess.org/about-liberal-arts-colleges|archive-date=September 17, 2014}}</ref> Monmouth also continues its relationship with the Presbyterian Church (USA), although courses in religion are no longer required, and is a member of the [[Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities]], of which a Monmouth College president served as chair in 2011–2012. Chemistry at Monmouth is an approved baccalaureate program<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/coldfusionapp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=mapp_cptasl_page|title=ACS Approved Programs|publisher=American Chemical Society|access-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326220029/https://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/coldfusionapp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=mapp_cptasl_page|archive-date=March 26, 2015}}</ref> by the [[American Chemical Society]].

==Academics and resources==
Monmouth College offers 40 major fields of study and 17 pre-professional fields of study (with 851 different courses offered)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/academics#majors|title = Majors, Minors, and Pre-Professional Tracks|access-date = January 22, 2018|website = Monmouth College}}
</ref> in the sciences, arts, humanities, mathematics, computer sciences, social sciences, foreign languages, classics, and interdisciplinary fields including premedical and pre-engineering studies, and provides an integrated core curriculum. This curriculum includes four signature courses designed to aid students in making connections across disciplines and understanding their education as an integrated whole. The curriculum allows freshman students to take advanced classes, and senior students to take introductory courses.

For freshmen, the only course requirement is one of the first-year seminar courses called Introduction to [[Liberal arts education|Liberal Arts]] which are limited to 16 to 18 students and shares a common focus on critical analysis and development of written and oral argument.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/academics/intg-studies/ila/about.aspx|title = About the Introduction to Liberal Arts|access-date = July 26, 2014|website = Monmouth College}}</ref> The other 31 courses (usually four are taken per semester) required for graduation can be elected by the student.

Sixteen percent of Monmouth students in the class of 2013 were double majors. A small number of triple majors and interdisciplinary majors also exist. Within five years of graduation, more than 60 percent of Monmouth College alumni attend graduate school or another form of ongoing education.

A survey taken six months after the class of 2012 had graduated showed that 99% of Monmouth graduates were employed (or were in graduate school); the 2013<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=b1fa2e85-d894-4e35-b66f-067e60d47fdc|title = MC graduates again reach 99 percent placement rate|date = February 21, 2014|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref> and 2014 surveys also showed 99%. As of 2023, 98% were employed.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Facts & Stats |url=https://www.monmouthcollege.edu/welcome-home/facts-stats/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.monmouthcollege.edu |language=en}}</ref>

===Admission===
Admissions to Monmouth are [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] as "selective".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/lookup_listings/view_institution.php?unit_id=147341|title=Monmouth College|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=classifications carnegiefoundation|publisher=Carnegie Foundation}}</ref> For the Class of 2017 (enrolled fall 2013), Monmouth received 2972 applications and accepted 1914 (64.4%). In 2022, the acceptance rate was 66%.<ref name=":6" />

In 2023, 51% of students were female and 51% were male.<ref name=":6" /> Students come from 28 states and 21 countries.<ref name=":7" /> 27% were students of color and 1% were international students.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8" />

===Associated Colleges of the Midwest consortium===
Monmouth is a founding member of the fourteen-member Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) consortium. The colleges share resources and develop and operate common off-campus academic programs.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.acm.edu/about_us/college/16|title = Monmouth College – Associated College of The Midwest|access-date = October 16, 2015|publisher = ACM}}</ref> The members of the ACM include colleges in the middle west region of the United States and include [[Carleton College]] and [[Grinnell College]] among others.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.acm.edu/about_us/college/index.html|title = Colleges|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Associated Colleges of the Midwest|publisher = ACM}}</ref>

===Study abroad and off-campus===
Over seventy off-campus programs are available in over fifty countries and run for as little as ten days or as long as a year but generally last one semester. Programs provided through the Associated Colleges of the Midwest consortium take place usually for one semester at over a dozen locales around the globe and include cultural, scientific, economic, historical and other forms of study and research.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.acm.edu/off_campus_study/index.html|title = ACM Off-Campus Study Programs|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Associated Colleges of the Midwest|publisher = ACM}}</ref> These programs include scientific research at [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]], government interning in [[Washington, D.C.]], and cultural activities in [[Florence]], Italy. Monmouth College faculty frequently teach in these programs along with other members of the consortium including Carleton College, Grinnell College, and eleven other colleges. Other programs run exclusively by Monmouth College include a program in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www2.monm.edu/offcampus/|title = Monmouth College Off Campus Study|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College|publisher = Monmouth College Off Campus Study}}</ref>

In 2012, four Monmouth College students studied at the [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] International Summer Institute in [[Bulgaria]], accompanied by a Monmouth College Associate Dean who taught at the institute.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=d90ff3ae-eb0e-4593-9ae2-de5e2f7f05e9|title = Group of MC scholars preparing for Fulbright experience|date = July 19, 2012|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>

===Fellowships and internships===
[[File:3 men in Monmouth College Chemistry Lab.jpg|thumb|Incoming new students can participate in research projects with their professors and returning upper classmen during the summer prior to their enrollment.|alt=Incoming new students can participate in research projects with their professors and returning upper classmen during the summer prior to their enrollment]]

Hundreds of [[internship]]s are arranged annually for students through the Wackerle Career and Leadership Center. These include public service work around the United States. Students have also interned, beginning as early as the first year, at such businesses as [[Caterpillar Inc.]], [[John Deere|Deere & Co.]], [[Monsanto]], law offices, and medical offices. Summer internships are also available in such offices as Admission, Financial Aid, Student Life, Hewes Library, Marketing communication, and fundraising.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/wc|title = Wackerle Career and Leadership Center|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>

Summer research opportunities exist for students and also incoming freshmen and transfers in the sciences and other areas of study. This research is conducted with professors and students working in groups and have included such topics as lightning research, archaeology and music. Included are a stipend and room and board expenses.

==Campus==
[[File:Center for Science and Business - Spring 2013.png|left|thumb|Dedicated in 2013, Monmouth College's Center for Science and Business]]

Among the resources on the {{Convert|112|acre|km2|adj=on}}<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url = http://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/about/default.aspx|title = About the College|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref> campus are academic buildings, athletic fields and facilities, three wildlife sanctuaries for the study of ecology, and trails and other areas for hiking. Notable resources include the Shields Collection of antiquities, the largest privately held collection of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] artifacts in the region, the only direct copy of the [[Decree of Canopus|Canopus Stone]] outside of the [[Egyptian Museum|Cairo Museum]], an astronomical observatory, the Mellinger writing center, the Wackerle Career and Leadership center, and sporting facilities. The Kasch Performance Hall provides a traditional setting for musical performances with excellent acoustics and includes a refurbished three-manual [[pipe organ]]. The Wells Theater has been upgraded with high tech lighting and sound equipment. The "black box" experimental Fusion Theatre is located in downtown Monmouth and opened in 2013.

There are ten residence halls, an intercultural house, seven Greek houses, use.<br />The campus has been expanded between 2000 and 2007 with three new residence halls, an apartment complex, an athletic complex, tennis complex, baseball, and soccer fields. It reopened the renovated Dahl Chapel and Auditorium containing a 600-seat English Chapel style recital hall/auditorium as well as music rehearsal space in 2003. In 2008, the April Zorn Memorial Stadium was completed, enlarging the seating capacity for football, lacrosse and track events to 2,600 and adding a new press box.

The largest building on campus is the {{Convert|154000|ft2|adj=on}} Huff Athletic Center. It encompasses the college's existing Glennie Gymnasium and includes a field house with indoor tennis courts and track, natatorium, fitness complex, wellness suite, locker and training rooms, classrooms and offices.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hastingschivetta.com/projects/huff-athletic-center/|title = Huff Athletic Center|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = hastings chivetta}}</ref>

Opened in 2013 is the $42 million, {{Convert|138000|ft2|adj=on}} Center for Science and Business,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Center for Science and Business {{!}} Monmouth College|url = http://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/alumni/building.aspx|website = ou.monmouthcollege.edu|access-date = October 16, 2015|archive-date = March 27, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134538/http://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/alumni/building.aspx|url-status = dead}}</ref> which houses the departments of accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, mathematics & computer science, physics, psychology and political economy & commerce. The facility introduces a cadaver lab, the [[Adolphson Observatory]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=a37e1a7c-e0e4-4599-badd-2c173f9935b2|title = Gift from Adolphsons funds observatory atop CSB|date = March 20, 2014|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College|archive-date = June 14, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180614132119/http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=a37e1a7c-e0e4-4599-badd-2c173f9935b2|url-status = dead}}</ref> with research-grade 20-inch [[reflecting telescope]], nuclear physics lab, two [[parallel computing]] facilities, a moot boardroom, tax preparation facilities, one-way observation labs, and an FDA-approved nutrition lab in addition to other laboratories.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://wqad.com/2013/02/13/monmouths-new-science-and-business-center-attracts-more-students/|title = Monmouth's New Science and Business Center Attracts More Students|date = February 13, 2013|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = wqad|publisher = W Quad cities news 8|last = Morton|first = Jenna}}</ref>

The college maintains a digital television studio and media (computer) lab, a web-based radio station, digital classrooms, and three art galleries. The college also maintains the LeSuer [[Nature reserve|Nature Preserve]], a {{Convert|16.5|acre|adj=on}} nature preserve, the Hamilton Research Pond, a prairie grass laboratory and a riparian property on the banks of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi river]] for the purposes of wetland biological research.

The [[Ivory Quinby House]],<ref>William, Urban.''Ivory Quinby, The Burlington Railroad, and Monmouth College''</ref> built by a [[Ivory Quinby|founder of Monmouth College]], is now the home of the President of the college and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Students attend functions at the home, including dinners and discussion groups.

===Hewes Library===
[[File:Monmouth College Hewes Library.jpg|thumb|Housing about a half million items, the Hewes Library also contains ancient antiquities and thousands of Native American artifacts.]]
With over a half-million items catalogued, the Hewes Library houses collections of antiquities, rare books, art, and archaeology. It also provides computer laboratories and tech support. A major remodeling in 2000 resulted in a modern open-stack facility.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://librarytechnology.org/libraries/library.pl?id=29747|title = Hewes Library|date = August 10, 2014|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = library technology|last = Breeding|first = Marshall}}</ref>

===Sustainability===
Monmouth College has reduced its energy consumption and has increased its recycling contributions in recent years. These efforts include energy reduction through the installation of new heating boilers throughout campus, the use of energy-efficient lighting, low-flow water systems and the replacement of windows in nearly all older buildings. The Center for Science and Business includes energy efficient heating/cooling systems and heat recapture exhaust systems among other features.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/alumni/building|title = Center for Science and Business|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814221159/http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/alumni/building|archive-date = August 14, 2014}}</ref> Recycling efforts extend into every student residence and office building.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Campus%20Wide&WorkflowItemID=8a70c0d1-984c-40bc-a385-2570659c7e0c|title = MC exceeding its recycling projections|date = March 21, 2013|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College|last = McNamara|first = Barry}}</ref> Some students have also committed themselves to sustainability of food production by opting to live in the college's Garden theme housing which grows its own organic food and harvests its own honey using college facilities including seven acres set aside for such use. The college provides scholarships for students who have demonstrated leadership in sustainability prior to enrolling.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships/sustainability.aspx|title = Sustainability Scholarship|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>

The college provides free access to bicycles for student use,<ref name=":1"/> and an electric vehicle recharging station is located on campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.plugshare.com/?location=18064|title = Charging locations|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Plug Share}}</ref>

==Students' life==
Students represent about 28 states and about nine countries. Ninety-three percent of students live on campus in dormitories, theme houses, Greek housing, or apartment buildings. 

There are over 120 student groups funded by the student government or the college, including cultural, religious, publications, professional, honors, fine and performing arts, political advocacy, service groups, housing, and athletic organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/wc/leadership/involvement/orgs|title = Organizations|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151114081213/http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/wc/leadership/involvement/orgs|archive-date = November 14, 2015}}</ref>

===Traditions===
[[File:Monmouth College civil war cannon.jpg|alt=Procured by the senior class of 1903 as its graduation gift to the institution, Monmouth College's Civil War-era cannon spent 50 years at the bottom of a creek after having been stolen by the rival junior class. Today the restored weapon, which is technically an artillery rifle, signals Monmouth College touchdowns in the annual Homecoming football game.|thumb|Procured by the senior class of 1903 as its graduation gift to the institution, this Civil War-era cannon spent 50 years at the bottom of a creek after having been stolen by the rival junior class]]
The college's Scottish heritage is reflected in its bagpipes and drums band that have won national titles.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url = https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/admissions/about/tradition.aspx|title = Traditions|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>

The freshmen walkout is an autumn event that acquaints new students with the town.

Scholars' day held in conjunction with founders' day celebrates academic achievements with a variety of events.<ref name=":2"/> The college also cancels classes for a day and holds an honors convocation.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 April 2012 |title=Scholars Day returns on Scots Day; Honors Convo also on tap |url=http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=d1bb5630-21ed-4f5c-b636-45c06ad6a1f8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915225515/http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/information/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FCampus+Wide&WorkflowItemID=d1bb5630-21ed-4f5c-b636-45c06ad6a1f8 |archive-date=15 September 2018 |access-date=October 8, 2015 |website=Monmouth College }}</ref>

The college owns a restored civil war cannon (technically called an artillery rifle).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://warrencountyvirtualmuseum.com/index.php/main/exhibit_home/12|title = The Monmouth College Cannon|access-date = February 19, 2015|website = Warren County Virtual Museum}}</ref> It was once used to signal touchdowns the Fighting Scots made at homecoming football games.

===Safety===
The college is located in a residential neighborhood of Victorian homes, removing it from the safety concerns of many urban campuses. The college provides security patrols, an emergency broadcasting system and emergency text messaging system, plus extensive security lighting and the use of security cameras.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/life/health-safety|title = Health, Safety & Security|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>

==Athletics==
[[file:Monmouth-il logo from NCAA.svg|thumb|170px|Monmouth athletics logo]]
Monmouth College is a member of the [[Midwest Conference]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://midwestconference.org/sports/2010/7/20/GEN_0720102356.aspx|title=Midwest Conference Member Information|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Midwest Conference}}</ref> and the [[NCAA Division III]].<ref name=":5">[[List of NCAA Division III institutions]]</ref> The college offers eleven [[Varsity team|varsity]] sports for men and eleven for women. The college has won the Midwest Conference men's all-sports trophy each of the last two years. The college also offers intramural sports.<ref name=":4">Monmouth College Wellness Office. [http://www2.monm.edu/wellness/rec-sports/sports2.htm "Intramural Sports"]. Retrieved on October 16, 2015.</ref>

The athletic teams' nickname, Fighting Scots, was coined in 1928 to reflect the Scotch-Irish heritage of the college's founders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouthscots.com/sports/2012/5/25/gen_0525124055.aspx?id=19|title=Fighting Scots Nickname and Famous Athletes|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Monmouth Scots}}</ref> "Fighting Scots" is a registered trademark of Monmouth College.

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| Golf ||  Softball
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| Soccer || Swimming
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| Swimming ||  Tennis
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| Track and field || Volleyball
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The Monmouth College men's track and field team placed third in the [[NCAA]] Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26, 2007. It was the first national team trophy that a Monmouth College sports team has won. The following year, the men's track and field team took second place in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. Monmouth's track program has produced nine individual national champions, the most recent of which was James Wilson, who won the NCAA Division III indoor long jump national title in 2013.

In 2014, the college's sports teams and student-athletes won awards for academic achievement including national academic honors from seven different organizations. Volleyball and Men's Golf earned team academic accolades from their respective national coaches' organizations for their high team GPA. Eleven team members also earned individual national honors for their academic excellence including one student who became Monmouth's first winner of the NCAA's Elite 89 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA participating in one of the NCAA's 89 sponsored championships. Four softball players, three track student-athletes, two women's golfers and a men's tennis player also received national academic honors for the 2013–14 academic year.

[[File:Monmouth-College-varsity-football.jpg|thumb|Monmouth (in red jersey) football game in 2009 vs. St. Thomas Tommies]]
Monmouth began its college football rivalry with [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]] in Galesburg, Illinois in 1888, making it the sixth-oldest college football rivalry in the country.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouthscots.com/sports/2012/5/25/FB_0525125232.aspx?id=10|title=Bronze Turkey|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Monmouth Scots}}</ref> The two schools play annually for the Bronze Turkey trophy in November (originally on Thanksgiving). [[ESPN]]'s Jeff Merron has classified the trophy as the fifth-most-unusual in college football.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN.com: Page 2 : These really stand out in the case |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/strangestrivalrytrophies |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.espn.com}}</ref> The Bronze Turkey has been stolen several times and was at one time buried under the old MC indoor track for five years.<ref name=":0"/> Monmouth leads the series with 71 wins, 50 losses and 10 ties.

The Monmouth College football team has appeared in the NCAA Division III Playoffs in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazette |first=Tim Wester Special to The |title=UW-Whitewater knocks out Monmouth in NCAA Division III football playoff opener |url=https://www.gazettextra.com/sports/college/uw-whitewater-knocks-out-monmouth-in-ncaa-division-iii-football-playoff-opener/article_3a3ee00b-d41c-50f3-9a63-99f8d77f6112.html |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=GazetteXtra |date=23 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and 2020.<ref>JM</ref> Monmouth's recent varsity football alumni include two former quarterbacks who went on to the [[National Football League]]. Through 2013, [[Alex Tanney]] '11 has played for Kansas City,<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/jay-ratliff-on-cowboys-pup-list-demetress-bell-signs-0ap1000000219303|title=Jay Ratliff on Cowboys' PUP list; Demetress Bell signs|date=July 21, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|work=NFL.com |agency=AP}}</ref> Dallas, Cleveland, Tampa, and the [[New York Giants]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/cleveland-browns-sign-qb-alex-tanney-from-the-dallas-cowboys-practice-squad.html/|title=Source: Cleveland Browns sign QB Alex Tanney from the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Dallas Morning News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepewterplank.com/2014/05/20/tampa-bay-buccaneers-sign-alex-tanney-cameron-brate/|title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sign Alex Tanney and Cameron Brate|date=May 20, 2014|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=thepewterplank}}</ref> Mitch Tanney '06 is director of analytics for the [[Chicago Bears]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-hire-Mitch-Tanney-to-fill-new-analytics-position/6d67f315-df45-4b39-94a0-aed99d552f3f|title=Bears hire Mitch Tanney to fill new analytics position|date=June 19, 2014|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Chicago Bears|last=Mayer|first=Larry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225415/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-hire-Mitch-Tanney-to-fill-new-analytics-position/6d67f315-df45-4b39-94a0-aed99d552f3f|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The men's [[water polo]] team won the CWPA Division III Club National Championship in 2012.

Monmouth College was a member of the Illinois [[Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] from 1921 to 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slacey19690.jimdo.com/members/|title=Members – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|access-date=October 16, 2015 |publisher=Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=78|title=Conference Champions|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse}}</ref>

===Club and intramural athletics===
Monmouth College fields over twenty club athletic teams for men and women spanning about a dozen indoor and outdoor sports.<ref name=":4"/> These include sand volleyball, [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate frisbee]], [[badminton]], [[floor hockey]], [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] and [[table tennis]] in addition to the more traditional [[flag football]], [[basketball]], and [[softball]]. Some teams are co-educational.

==Music==
[[File:Monmouth College The Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.jpg|thumb|The Dahl Chapel and Auditorium is the oldest academic building on the Monmouth College campus. It was built in 1896 and renovated in 2003]]
In the Monmouth College music department, majors and non-majors perform in ensembles including chorales, male and female [[A cappella|a capella]], [[Marching band|marching band]], [[concert band]]s, and an [[orchestra]]. The college also has a [[Gospel music|gospel choir]] and provides opportunities for [[musical theatre]]. The chorale has toured nationally, visiting nearly half the states in the US, and internationally, including trips to [[Scotland]]. The group has performed in [[Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://department.monm.edu/music/choral-ensembles/chorale.htm|title = The Monmouth Chorale.|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Music department at Monmouth College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/alumni/pipeline/april2013.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FAlumni&WorkflowItemID=c59d2022-a7af-43e3-b2ea-ec734bb00f81|title = Campus news|date = April 1, 2013|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref> The music department subsidizes some vocal ensembles.

All classes, ensembles, and lessons are taught by members of the faculty who are also active performers.

The Kasch Performance Hall, a 600-seat concert hall and stage which is inside the Dahl Chapel, received a $3 million restoration in 2003. Faculty offices, most lessons and classes, practice rooms, and a piano lab are located in Austin Hall, which is two blocks away.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/academics/music|title = Music|access-date = October 16, 2015|website = Monmouth College}}</ref>

==Rankings==
In 2024, US News ranked Monmouth College as 129th among National Liberal Arts Colleges and 34th in Top Performers on Social Mobility.<ref name=":6" /> The college received an "A" from Forbes in 2023 for financial strength putting it in the top 20% of colleges and universities nationwide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitford |first=Emma |title=Forbes 2023 College Financial Grades: The Nation’s Strongest And Weakest Schools |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2023/04/26/forbes-2023-college-financial-grades-the-strongest-and-weakest-colleges/?sh=6e5e9d601097 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

== 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>

There are about 12,600 living [[alumni]].

==See also==
* [[Associated Colleges of the Midwest]]
* [[List of astronomical observatories|List of Astronomical Observatories]]
* [[List of concert halls|List of Concert Halls]] (in Illinois)
* [[List of undergraduate research journals|List of Undergraduate Research Journals]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://monmouthscots.com/ Athletics website]

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