# List of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania alumni

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It was previously known as Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown State Teacher's College, and Kutztown State College. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Art

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Bill Beckley | | BFA | Conceptual artist |
| David Biedrzycki | | | Illustrator and writer of children's books |
| Paul Frederick Berdanier | 1898 | | Illustrator and cartoonist |
| Susan Daigle-Leach | 1983 | BFA | Comic book artist |
| Vicki DaSilva | 1983 | BFA | Light painter and graffiti artist |
| Don Everhart | 1972 | BFA painting | Sculptor and coin engraver-medalist for United States Mint |
| Michael Kessler | | BFA | Artist |
| Ruth Mountaingrove | | | Documentary photographer, poet, and musician |
| Don Reitz | 1957 | Art Education | Ceramic artist and teacher of ceramic art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Mark Ruwedel | 1978 | BFA | Landscape photographer |
| Karen TenEyck | | Non-degreed | Scenic and graphic designer |
| John N. Wenrich | 1939 | Art Education | Pennsylvania impressionist artist |

## Education

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| John F. Annoni | 1989 | Elementary Education | Educator, gun rights advocate, and founder of the Camp Compass Academy |
| John J. Kennedy | 1984, 1988 | BA and MA in Public Administration | Political scientist and professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
| Gary G. Lash | | Geology | Geologist and professor emeritus at SUNY Fredonia |
| Edwin E. Miller | 1897 | Bachelor of Engineering | Attorney, instructor at the John Marshall Law School, and deputy clerk of court in the Probate Court of Cuyahoga County |
| Don Reitz | 1957 | Art Education | Ceramic artist and teacher of ceramic art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison |

## Entertainment

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Jeremy Culver | 1999 | | Film director, screenwriter, and producer |
| Joe DeRosa | | | Comedian and actor |
| Tyler Lepley | 2010 | Criminal justice | Actor |
| Matthew McGurk | | | Talent manager and music producer |
| Scott Menzel | | | Flm critic and chairperson of Hollywood Critics Association |
| Ryat (Christina McGeehan) | | Jazz studies | Musician |
| Eric D. Schaeffer | 1984 | BFA | Theater director, and producer |
| Rick Vito | | | Guitarist and singer, formerly with Fleetwood Mac |
| Tom Warburton | | Graphic design | Creator of the animated television series, Codename: Kids Next Door |
| Paul R. Wieand | 1940 | | Folklorist, Pennsylvania German playwright, and radio broadcaster |

## Government

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Don Everhart | 1972 | BFA painting | Coin engraver-medalist for United States Mint and sculptor | |
| John J. Forbes | 1905 | Teaching | Mining engineer and 9th director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines | |

## Law and crime

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Edwin E. Miller | 1897 | Bachelor of Engineering | Deputy clerk of court in the Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, attorney, and instructor at the John Marshall Law School |
| Brian Nichols | | | Criminal notable for his escape and killing spree in the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta |
| Arenda Wright Allen | 1982 | | United States District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |

## Literature and journalism

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Bob Cesca | | | Columnist for Salon |
| Shannon Delany | | Secondary social studies education | Novelist |
| Robert Gibb | | BA | Winner of National Poetry Series Award |
| Thomas J. Hylton | 1970 | | Winner of 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing |
| Craig Rivera | | Communication and media studies | Journalist, producer and correspondent for Fox News Channel |
| Mark Schultz | 1977 | BFA Painting | Writer and illustrator of books and comics |
| Thomas John Shillea | | Arts Education | Artist, who specializes in painting and photography |
| Linda Grace Hoyer Updike | 1918 | | Author and mother of John Updike |

## Politics

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Roy Afflerbach | 1989 | MA political science | Former mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Dave Arnold | | Criminal justice | Member of the Pennsylvania Senate and District Attorney of Lebanon County |
| William Martin Croll | | | Former United States House of Representatives |
| Thomas D. Danner | | | Former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate |
| James Delgrosso | | | Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Arthur Granville Dewalt | | | Former United States House of Representatives |
| Robert Donchez | | | Former mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Isaac Hoffer Doutrich | | | Former United States House of Representatives |
| Joe Emrick | 1999 | MEd Education | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Mark M. Gillen | 2008 | MEd Education | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Manny Guzman Jr. | | Non-degreed | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Harry D. Kutz | | | Former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate |
| John Linder | | MEd higher education and counseling | Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania (2012–2016) |
| George S. Messersmith | 1900 | | United States Ambassador to Austria, Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina and United States Assistant Secretary of State |
| Guy L. Moser | | | Former United States House of Representative |
| Salvatore J. Panto Jr. | | | Mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania |
| José Lorenzo Pesquera | | | Former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico |
| Mark Rozzi | 1996 | Political Science | Former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Wilson G. Sarig | 1894 | | Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| John A. Schlegel | 1977 | Social Studies | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Gus Yatron | 1950 | Education | Former United States House of Representatives |
| Peter Zug | 1980 | Business Administration | Former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |

## Sports

| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
| Bill DeMott | | | Professional wrestler |
| Stephen Dennis | 2010 | | Professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League |
| Doug Dennison | 1973 | | Former professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys |
| Robert DeStefano | | | Sports chiropractor and ateam doctor for the New York Giants, |
| Robert DiRico | | | Former professional football player |
| John Gabriel | 1978 | | Executive in the NBA |
| Davonn Harp | | | Professional basketball player with the Philippine Basketball Association |
| Bruce Harper | 1976 | | Former professional football players with the New York Jets |
| Harry Hoch | 1905 | | Former Major League baseball pitcher |
| Jerome Kapp | 2022 | | College football player |
| Mike Kullman | 1987 | | Professional football player |
| John Mobley | 1996 | | Former professional football player with the Denver Broncos. |
| Jordan Morgan | 2017 | | Professional football player |
| A. J. Petrucci | | Criminal justice | Former professional wrestler |
| Andre Reed | 2005 | | Former professional football player with the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins |
| Craig Reynolds | 2019 | | Professional football player |
| Abraham J. Sharadin | | | College football coach |
| Dave Steckel | 1982 | | Head football coach at Missouri State University |
| Matt Swarmer | 2016 | | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| Ryan Vogelsong | | | Major League and Japanese league baseball pitcher |
| Terry Williams | | | Professional gridiron football running back |