# List of Macalester College people

This is a list of people associated with Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including notable alumni and faculty.

## Notable alumni
### Academia

* Laurence BonJour – philosopher at the University of Washington
* Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (1958) – rhetorician, activist
* William P. Gerberding (1951) – President Emeritus, University of Washington
* David C. Hodge (1970) – President, Miami University
* Patricia Ingraham – Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University
* Michael Jensen – Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
* Jane Larson (1980) – Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School
* Edward Everett Nourse – Congregational theologian
* Alexander Wendt – social constructivist scholar of international relations

### Art and architecture

* Siah Armajani – Iranian-born American sculptor
* Heba Amin – visual artist
* Chank Diesel – typographer and artist
* Cass Gilbert – architect, known for United States Supreme Court building, Woolworth Building, and Minnesota State Capitol
* Duane Hanson (1946) – sculptor, known for his photorealistic human figures
* Judith Lodge (born 1941) – painter, photographer
* Anna Min – photographer
* Yuko Nii (1965) – artist
* Colleen Randall (born 1952) – abstract painter
* Monica Rudquist – artist
* Flip Schulke — photographer of Muhammad Ali, Jacques Cousteau, Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

### Business

* Mehmet Abbasoğlu – CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Grubu
* Jeremy Allaire – Internet entrepreneur
* Joseph J. Allaire – software engineer and internet entrepreneur
* Steve Arnold – co-founder and Partner Emeritus of Polaris Partners, a venture capital firm
* Ari Emanuel – talent agent, basis for the character Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage
* Omar Al Futtaim – Emirati businessman
* Lois Quam – executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care
* Fred Swaniker – African entrepreneur and educator, co-founder of African Leadership Academy, named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2019
* DeWitt Wallace (non-degreed) – founder, Reader's Digest magazine

### Arts & Entertainment

* Roger Awsumb – television show host and radio broadcaster
* Bad Bad Hats – indie rock band with alumni Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge
* Lilly Contino - TikToker and video game culture writer
* Barbara R. Davis - author, flamenco guitarist
* Peggy H. Davis - Judaica calligrapher and artist
* Saul Davis Zlatkovski - concert harpist and composer
* Leo J. Enright – Irish radio broadcaster
* Danai Gurira – actress (The Walking Dead, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame), playwright (Eclipsed)
* Gary Hines – director of Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness
* Chris Kobin – producer (Hollywood Don't Surf!, Slasher: an IFC Original), writer (2001 Maniacs)
* John Koenig (2006) – creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
* Gaelynn Lea – winner of NPR's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest
* Carl Lumbly – actor, Men of Honor, Alias
* M.anifest – Ghanaian rapper, singer, songwriter; winner of Best Rapper and Hip Hop Song of the Year at 2017 Ghana Music Awards
* MNDR (real name Amanda Warner) – singer/songwriter
* Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü
* Will Sheff – singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River
* Steve Tibbetts – guitarist and composer
* Joey Waronker (1993) – drummer, known for his work with Beck, R.E.M. and Walt Mink
* Walt Mink – indie rock band named after Macalester professor
* Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning J.P. Patches Show

### Law

* Paul H. Anderson (1965) – Minnesota Supreme Court justice
* Leland Bush – Judge of the District Court of Minnesota; attorney
* Michael J. Davis (1969) – U.S. District Court judge
* Gordon Gallagher – U.S. District Court Judge
* B. Todd Jones (1979) – Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
* Leslie Stein – Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals
* Robert W. Warren (1950) – U.S. District Court judge

### Literature and journalism

* Gary Arndt (1991) – blogger and travel photographer
* Charles Baxter (1969) – author and National Book Award winner for The Feast of Love
* Jessica Blank – playwright, The Exonerated
* Eric Dregni – author of travel memoirs and books about Minnesota, Norway, Italy, food and popular culture
* Mary Karr – bestselling author, The Liars' Club (attended for one year)
* Jonathan Kauffman – food writer and James Beard Foundation Award winner and nominee
* Wade Keller – Pro Wrestling Torch editor
* Ismail Khalidi – playwright
* Walter Kirn – author of Up in the Air (attended for his freshman year)
* Corina Knoll – sports writer
* Alex Lemon (2000) – poet; writer; creative writing professor at Texas Christian University
* Tim O'Brien (1968) – bestselling author, The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato
* Paul Raushenbush – Religious Editor for The Huffington Post
* Mark Strauss – Editor of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
* Ursula Vernon – Hugo Award-winning author of Digger
* Dave Zirin – Sports Editor for The Nation magazine

### Politics

* Kristen J. Amundson – member of the Virginia General Assembly
* Kobina Annan – Ghana's Ambassador to Morocco
* Kofi Annan (1961) – Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner
* Sharon Sayles Belton (1973) – former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1994–2001); attorney
* Bobby Joe Champion – Minnesota House member since 2009
* Teresa Daly – Minnesota state politician
* Matt Entenza – former Minnesota House Minority Leader
* Juan Figueroa – foundation president and 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial candidate
* Frank Hornstein (1981) – Minnesota House member since 2003
* Carlos Mariani – Minnesota House member since 1991
* Scott McCallum – former Governor of Wisconsin (2001–2003)
* Doug McFarland – law professor, Hamline University; Minnesota state politician
* Joan Mondale (1952) – former Second Lady of the United States
* Walter Mondale (1951) – U.S. Senator (1964–1976); Vice President of the U.S. (1977–1981); 1984 U.S. presidential candidate
* James C. O'Brien (1982) – diplomat and attorney
* Julianne Ortman (1986) – Minnesota Senate member since 2003
* Rebecca Otto (1985) – Minnesota State Auditor; former Minnesota House member (2003–2004)
* Olli Rehn – European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society (2004), Enlargement (2004–2010), and Economic and Financial Affairs (2010–present)
* Christopher O. Ward (1976) – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
* Don I. Wortman (1951) – Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1977–1978); federal government executive

### Religion

* Donald M. Hultstrand – Bishop of Springfield

### Sports

* Liam Bowen – college baseball coach
* Conrad L. Eklund – college football coach
* Ron Groce – professional football player
* Marvin C. Helling – college football coach
* Ralph Micheli – college football coach

## Notable faculty

* Yahya Armajani
* David Bressoud – former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics
* Diane Glancy
* Duchess Harris
* Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate
* Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
* Hildegard Binder Johnson – geographer
* Alvin King – composer, professor of music
* Kiarina Kordela
* George Latimer – former mayor of St. Paul, 1976–1990
* Harold LeVander – former Minnesota governor
* William G. Moseley – geographer
* Edward Duffield Neill
* Peter Rachleff
* Kristina Curry Rogers
* Raymond R. Rogers
* Brian C. Rosenberg
* Tracy Silverman – electric violin player
* James Spradley
* Karen J. Warren
* Harry Waters Jr. – actor, known for Back to the Future and Angels in America
* Jack Weatherford
* James Wright

## Presidents of Macalester College

* Edward Duffield Neill, 1874–1884
* Thomas A. McCurdy, 1884–1890
* David James Burrell, 1890–1891
* Adam Weir Ringland, 1892–1894
* James Wallace, 1894–1906
* Thomas Morey Hodgman, 1907–1917
* Elmer Allen Bess, 1918–1923
* John Carey Acheson, 1924–1937
* Charles Joseph Turck, 1939–1958
* Harvey Mitchell Rice, 1958–1968
* Arthur S. Flemming, 1968–1971
* James A. Robinson, 1971–1975
* John B. Davis, Jr., 1975–1984
* Robert M. Gavin, Jr., 1984–1996
* Michael S. McPherson, 1996–2003
* Brian C. Rosenberg, 2003–2019
* Suzanne Rivera, 2020–present