List of Valparaiso University alumni
Valparaiso University is a Lutheran college located in Valparaiso, Indiana. Following is a list of Valparaiso University alumni.
Academia
- R. J. Q. Adams (born 1943; M.A. 1969), professor of European and British history at Texas A&M University
- Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University[1]
- William P. Richardson (1864–1945), co-founder and first dean of Brooklyn Law School
- Henry P. Rusk (1884–1954), dean of the department of agriculture at the University of Illinois
- Thomas F. Schutte (1935–2025; B.A. degree 1957), president of Pratt Institute (1993–2017) and Rhode Island School of Design (1983–1992)[2]
- James Monroe Smith, president of Louisiana State University (1930–1939)
- David J. Zersen, (born 1938, B.A. 1960), dean at Concordia University Wisconsin (1990–1996) and president at Concordia University Texas (1996–2002).
Business
- Jay Christopher, co-founder of Pampered Chef
- Don Fites, chairman and CEO (retired) of Caterpillar Inc.
- Kathi Seifert, executive vice president of Kimberly-Clark 1991–2004
- Lowell Yerex, founder of Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos (TACA), British West Indian Airways in Trinidad and Tobago, and Aerovias Brasil in Rio de Janeiro
Entertainment
- Adam Amin, ESPN play-by-play broadcaster
- Beulah Bondi, actress
- Alys McKey Bryant, record-setting aviation pioneer and exhibition pilot
- JoBe Cerny, character actor and voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy
- Paul Chambers, CNN anchor and film critic
- Andre "Add-2" Daniels, rapper
- Michael Essany, television talk show host
- John Lutz, actor known for 30 Rock and writer for Saturday Night Live
- Jacki Lyden, senior correspondent at NPR[3]
- David Ruprecht, host of Supermarket Sweep and Real People
- Judith Sherman, multi-Grammy Award-winning record producer
- Ginger Zee, meteorologist for Good Morning America and ABC News
Law
- David W. Dugan, United States Federal District Court judge in the Southern District of Illinois
- Omer Stokes Jackson, 28th Indiana attorney general[4]
- Keith Kizer, Nevada chief deputy attorney general and former executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission[5]
- Moses Lairy, justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States federal judge
- Eugene E. Parker, sports attorney and agent of Larry Fitzgerald, Deion Sanders, Hines Ward, Greg Jennings, Ndamukong Suh, and Michael Crabtree
- Shelice Tolbert, attorney in Indiana
Literature and journalism
- Fredrick Barton, novelist and film critic[6]
- Anthony Bimba (1894–1982), newspaper editor, historian, and radical political activist[7]
- Barbara Ann Kipfer, linguist, lexicographer, author, and editor
- Idael Makeever, poet
- William March, novelist, known for Company K and The Bad Seed
- Rene Steinke, novelist known for The Fires and Holy Skirts
- Lowell Thomas, author, war correspondent during World War I who made T. E. Lawrence internationally famous, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Politics
- Roy E. Ayers, U.S. representative and 11th governor of Montana[8]
- Frederick M. Bernthal, assistant secretary of state for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1988–1990)
- Mikhail Borodin, Soviet and Comintern representative to China
- LeRoy Earl Brophey Sr., Minnesota House of Representatives
- John E. Cashman, Wisconsin senator
- Stoyan Christowe, Vermont Senate (1959–1972)
- Thurman C. Crook, United States representative from Indiana[9]
- Marcellus Dorwin, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Edward Grassman, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Margaret Keenan Harrais, United States commissioner at Valdez, Alaska and deputy magistrate
- Walter Hunt, Wisconsin Senate
- Samuel B. Huston, Oregon Legislative Assembly
- Andrieus A. Jones, United States Senate, supported New Mexico statehood
- Edgar E. Lien, Wisconsin State Assembly
- James F. McDowell, Wisconsin State Assembly
- H. Lane Mitchell (Engineering), public works commissioner in Shreveport, Louisiana (1934–1968)[10]
- George William Norris, United States senator from Nebraska; "father" of the Tennessee Valley Authority[11]
- William Edmunds Plummer, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Caleb Powers, U.S. representative from Kentucky; secretary of state of Kentucky; convicted as an accessory to murder of the state governor[12]
- Benjamin Shively, United States senator from Indiana (1909–1916)[13]
- Len Small, 26th governor of Illinois[14]
- Donald Edgar Tewes, U.S. representative from Wisconsin[15]
- Jill Long Thompson, U.S. representative from Indiana 1989–1995 and under secretary of agriculture for Rural Development 1995–2001[16]
- Otis Wingo, U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district (1913–1930)[17]
Science and medicine
- Edward Thomas Abrams, doctor and legislator
- Blanche Evans Dean, naturalist, conservationist, and author
- Christine Essenberg (1876–1965), marine zoologist and women's education advocate
- Reuben Kahn, immunologist and inventor of a test for syphilis[18]
- Carl Glennis Roberts (1886–1950), surgeon, gynecologist, and civil rights activist[19]
Sports
- Ryan Broekhoff, former NBA player
- Bryce Drew, college basketball coach and former NBA player[20]
- Scott Drew, college basketball coach and NCAA National Champion
- Keith Kizer, former executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and Nevada chief deputy attorney general[5]
- Cal Luther, college basketball coach
- Lloyd McClendon, Major League Baseball player and manager
- Jon Steinbrecher, commissioner of the Mid America Conference
- Frederick "Fuzzy" Thurston, professional football player with the Green Bay Packers (1959–67)
- Jim Wacker, former football coach at the University of Minnesota
- Austin Walton, NBA agent and owner of Walton Sports Management Group
References
- ↑ "Patrick Roger (P.R.) Cleary | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ↑ "C of C Sets Symposium". The Tribune. April 13, 1974. p. 9. Retrieved April 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Book Explores Intellectual Power of William James". NPR.org: All Things Considered. November 12, 2006.
- ↑ "Heart Attack is Fatal to O. S. Jackson". Valparaiso Vidette Newspaper. June 3, 1940.
- 1 2 Feour, Royce (February 27, 2008). "Running the NAC is no easy task, but Kizer makes the best of it".
- ↑ "Fredrick Barton Amazon Author Page". Amazon.
- ↑ William Wolkovich, Bay State "Blue" Laws and Bimba: A Documentary Study of the Anthony Bimba Trial for Blasphemy and Sedition in Brockton, Massachusetts, 1926. Brockton, MA: Forum Press, n.d. [1973]; pg. 33.
- ↑ "Montana Governor Roy Elmer Ayers". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Thurman C. Crook". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "H. Lane Mitchell dies, funeral Friday morning", Shreveport Times, November 9, 1978, p. 10-A
- ↑ "George William Norris". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Caleb Powers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Ralston Praises Work of Shively For Public". The Indianapolis News. March 15, 1916.
- ↑ "Illinois Governor Lennington Small". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Donald Edgar Tewes". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Jill Long Thompson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Otis Wingo". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "From the Archives". Valpo Magazine. 31 (1): 7. Fall 2014.
- ↑ "Roberts, Carl Glenn". Who's Who in Colored America. Vol. 1. Who's Who in Colored America Corporation. 1927. pp. 169–170 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Bryce Homer Drew". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.