# List of Lake Forest College people
## Notable people

This list contains people associated with Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty members.

## Alumni
### Academia

* Richard J. Ablin, class of 1961, professor of pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine
* Sig Gissler, class of 1956, professor of journalism at Columbia University
* Philip Klinkner, class of 1985, James S. Sherman professor of government at Hamilton College
* William Mather Lewis, class of 1900, former president of George Washington University and Lafayette College
* Ralph J. Mills Jr., class of 1954, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago
* Edward Wingenbach, class of 1991, president of Hampshire College, former acting president and dean of faculty at Ripon College

### Arts and entertainment

* Richard Armstrong, class of 1971, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
* Blair Butler, stand-up comedian and television host
* Allan Carr, class of 1958, producer of the film Grease and Broadway's La Cage aux Folles, Tony Award winner
* Kahil El'Zabar, class of 1977, musician and composer
* Scott Goldstein, Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, and director (L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D., Today Show)
* Steve Goodman, class of 1970, Grammy Award-winning folk singer, writer of "Go, Cubs, Go"
* Kelly Leonard, class of 1988, producer at Second City
* Colin McComb, class of 1991, writer and game designer
* Natalia Nogulich, class of 1971, actress, writer, professor, and director
* Ian Punnett, class of 1982, broadcaster, author, and Episcopal deacon
* Penelope Rosemont, surrealist movement visual artist, writer, and publisher
* Richard Widmark, class of 1936, popular post-WWII era actor, "the face of film noir"

### Athletics

* Herb Alward, football player and football coach
* John Biolo, class of 1938, NFL player and football coach
* Mush Crawford, professional football, basketball, and baseball player, football coach
* Ernie Krueger, class of 1915, professional baseball player
* E. J. Mather, class of 1910, football and basketball player, football coach
* Diana Nyad, class of 1973, world-record distance swimmer, national squash player, author, journalist, and motivational speaker
* John H. Rice, class of 1895, football and baseball player, football coach, and athletic director
* Andy Russo, class of 1970, basketball player and coach
* Casey Urlacher, class of 2003, professional football player and mayor of Mettawa, Illinois
* Robbie Ventura, class of 1992, professional racing cyclist, hockey player
* Joe Zemaitis, class of 2002, professional triathlete

### Business

* Dave Beran, class of 2003, James Beard award-winning chef, owner of Dialogue in Santa Monica, California
* Nate Berkus, class of 1994, award-winning interior designer and decorator, New York Times bestselling author, movie producer, and host of The Nate Berkus Show
* Chester R. Davis, businessman, assistant secretary to the U.S. Army, Vice-President of the Association of the U.S. Army
* James C. Foster, class of 1972, chairman, CEO, and President of Charles River Laboratories, Inc., 2003 Forbes Entrepreneur of the Year
* Grace Groner, class of 1931, philanthropist and secretary at Abbott Laboratories
* Rob Mermin, class of 1971, author, founder of award-winning international touring company Circus Smirkus
* Nicholas J. Pritzker, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation, co-founder and co-chair of Clean Energy Trust

### Engineering and science

* Richard J. Ablin, class of 1961, notable for his work on tests for prostate cancer screening
* Walter A. Hill, agricultural scientist, notable for his work on sweet potato crops
* William Mather Lewis, class of 1900, American teacher, university president, local politician, and state and national government official
* William Duncan MacMillan, attended Lake Forest College in 1889, made notable contributions in astronomy and mathematics
* Aaron Swartz, computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist

### Government and politics

* Marsha E. Barnes, class of 1969, U.S. Ambassador to Suriname and U.S. State Department official
* Victor deGrazia, political strategist, former campaign manager and deputy to Illinois governor Dan Walker, successful jury consultant
* Edward J. FitzSimons, class of 1962, Mayor of Mettawa, Illinois and lawyer
* Homer Galpin, Illinois State Senator and lawyer
* Susan Garrett, class of 1994, former Illinois State Senator for the 29th District and 59th district in the House of Representatives
* George E.Q. Johnson, class of 1900, United States Attorney who successfully prosecuted Al Capone for tax evasion, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
* Otto Kerner Sr., class of 1905, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Attorney General of Illinois
* Rick Kolowski, class of 1966, Nebraska State Senator and educator
* Peg Lautenschlager, class of 1977, attorney, former Attorney General of Wisconsin, first woman elected to be Attorney General in Wisconsin
* Frank Richman, class of 1904, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, judge at the Nuremberg trials
* Adolph J. Sabath, class of 1891, attorney, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
* Edward J. Smejkal, class of 1895, Illinois State Representative and lawyer
* Trent Van Haaften, class of 1987, Indiana State Representative, 2010 Democratic nominee for Congress in Indiana's 8th district

### Religion

* John Wilbur Chapman, class of 1879, Presbyterian evangelist
* Lloyd John Ogilvie, class of 1952, Presbyterian minister, former United States Senate Chaplain

### Writers, journalists and publishers

* Herbert Block, political cartoonist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
* Jacqueline Carey, class of 1986, New York Times bestselling fantasy fiction author
* Carolyn Crimi, class of 1982, children's book writer
* Andrea Day, class of 1987, reporter at WNYW-FOX 5 New York City until 2011, winner of three Emmy Awards
* John Thomson Faris, author, editor, and clergyman
* Sig Gissler, class of 1956, professor, administrator of the Pulitzer Prize from 2002-2014, former editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
* Ed Janus, class of 1968, independent audio producer, interviewer, and journalist
* Ralph J. Mills, class of 1954, acclaimed American poet, scholar, and professor
* Bob Verdi, class of 1967, Chicago Blackhawks historian, Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award winner

## Coaches

* John W. Breen
* Ira T. Carrithers
* Sylvester Derby
* Ralph Glaze
* Clarence Herschberger
* Ed Hughes
* Ralph Jones
* Wally Lemm
* Ralph Thacker

## Faculty

* Warder Clyde Allee
* Robert Archambeau
* Alan Axelrod
* James Mark Baldwin
* Joseph Carens
* Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
* Elizabeth Teter Lunn
* Rebecca Makkai, writer and author of The Great Believers, which was shortlisted for the National Book Award
* Elizabeth Marquardt
* Janet McCracken
* Charles A. Miller
* Ronald Miller
* Ahmad Sadri
* Fernando Sanford
* Davis Schneiderman
* Lawrence M. Schoen
* Stephen D. Schutt
* Robert Pelton Sibley
* David Spadafora
* Holly Swyers, author of Wrigley Regulars: Finding Community in the Bleachers.
* Gerald Vizenor, Native American writer, activist, academic, and literary critic

## Presidents

Source:
* Robert Wilson Patterson Sr., 1857–1878
* Daniel Gregory, 1878–1886
* William C. Roberts, 1886–1892
* John M. Coulter, 1893–1896
* James Gore King McClure, 1897–1901
* Richard D. Harlan, 1901–1906
* John S. Nollen, 1907–1917
* Herbert M. Moore, 1920–1942
* Ernest A. Johnson, 1942–1959
* William Graham Cole, 1960–1970
* Eugene Hotchkiss III, 1970–1993
* David Spadafora, 1993–2001
* Stephen D. Schutt, 2001–2022
* Dr. Jill M. Baren, 2022–2024

## Fictional

* Bree Van de Kamp and her husband Rex in Desperate Housewives both attended Lake Forest College