List of Denison University people

Since Denison University in Granville, Ohio, was founded in 1831, there have been many individuals associated with Denison who are worthy of note including presidents of the university and alumni who have gone on to work in academia, business, arts and entertainment, government, literature, religion, science, and sports. In total, Denison has about 37,000 living alumni throughout the world.

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, class of 1954
Actor Steve Carell, class of 1984
CEO of Disney Michael Eisner, class of 1964
Hall of Fame football coach Woody Hayes, class of 1935
Actress Jennifer Garner, class of 1994
45th Governor of Ohio and 41st U.S. Attorney General Judson Harmon, class of 1866
Best-selling author James Clear, class of 2008
Congressman Bob Dold, class of 1991
Comedian Kyle Gordon, class of 2014
CEO of Burger King Brad Blum, class of 1976
Ambassador and Congressman Tony P. Hall, class of 1964

Notable alumni include actors Steve Carell, Hal Holbrook, and Jennifer Garner; SNL comedian Alex Moffat; entertainer John Davidson; Hall of Fame college football coach Woody Hayes; ESPN president George Bodenheimer; Turner Broadcasting System Senior Vice President James Anderson;[1] drag queen and LGBT activist Nina West, former member of Turkish Parliament and current consultant to The Coca-Cola Company Mehmet Cem Kozluformer;[2] United States Senator Richard Lugar; Indy car racer Bobby Rahal; playwright Jeffrey Hatcher; artist Ned Bittinger; author Pam Houston, James Frey; former Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner; American criminologist and father of "evidence-based policing" Lawrence Sherman; former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro; former Princeton University President William Bowen; folklorist, oral historian, author, and podcast host Douglas A. Boyd; professor of religion at Goucher College and theologian at the Washington National Cathedral[3] Kelly Brown Douglas;[4] Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Dean of the Washington National Cathedral;[5] and George Stibitz, one of the fathers of modern digital computing.


Presidents

  1. John Pratt (1831–1837)
  2. Jonathan Going (1837–1844)
  3. Silas Bailey (1846–1852)
  4. Jeremiah Hall (1853–1863)
  5. Samson Talbot (1863–1873)
  6. Elisha Andrews (1875–1879)
  7. Alfred Owen (1879–1886)
  8. Galusha Anderson (1887–1889)
  9. Daniel B. Purinton (1890–1901)
  10. Emory W. Hunt (1901–1912)
  11. Clark W. Chamberlain (1913–1925)
  12. Avery A. Shaw (1927–1940)
  13. Kenneth I. Brown (1940–1950)
  14. A. Blair Knapp (1951–1968)
  15. Joel P. Smith (1969–1976)
  16. Robert C. Good (1976–1984)
  17. Andrew G. De Rocco (1984–1988)
  18. Michele Tolela Myers (1989–1998)
  19. Dale T. Knobel (1998–2013)
  20. Adam S. Weinberg (2013–)[6]

Academia

Business

Arts and entertainment

Government

Literature

Religion

Science

Sports

References

  1. ^ "Dialed In: James L. Anderson of Turner Broadcasting on Arts and Entertainment". PRSA. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. ^ "People". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. ^ "The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas - Washington National Cathedral". Washington National Cathedral. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  4. ^ "The Deep Roots of American Racism". Denison Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. ^ "The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith". Washington National Cathedral. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  6. ^ "Denison's next president". TheDEN. Denison University. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  7. ^ "Ruth S. Benedict". The Star-Democrat. Easton, Maryland. September 8, 1996. p. 12. Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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