List of Albion College people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty, people who attended and graduated from Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and people who received honorary degrees.

Academia

 * Ella H. Brockway Avann, 1871, educator (1853–1899)
 * Robert Bartlett, surgeon (1939–)
 * Bob Bemer, 1940, computer scientist (1920–2004)
 * Bruce C. Berndt, 1961, mathematician (1939–)
 * J Harlen Bretz, 1906, geologist (1882–1981)
 * Mark W. Chase, 1973, botanist (1951–)
 * Harriet Gertrude Eddy, 1890s, educator and librarian (1876–1966)
 * Britt Halvorson, professor, writer, anthropologist
 * Robert E. Horton, 1897, hydrology (1875–1945)
 * Melvin H. Knisely, 1927, anatomist specializing in microcirculation (1904–1975)
 * Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer (1872–1952)
 * John W. Porter, 1953, former president of Eastern Michigan University; first African-American State Superintendent since Reconstruction
 * Dwight B. Waldo, first president of Western Michigan University (1864–1939)
 * Mary Chawner Woody, minister, teacher, and temperance leader (1846–1928)

Arts and entertainment

 * Philip Campbell Curtis, 1930, surrealist-inspired painter (1907–2000)
 * Allie Luse Dick, music teacher
 * Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots, 1882, missionary, temperance evangelist (1843–1929)
 * Jon Scieszka, 1976, children's book author (1954–)
 * John Sinclair, poet and '60s counterculture icon (1941–)
 * F. Dudleigh Vernor, 1914, organist, composer

Business

 * William C. Ferguson, 1952, chairman of NYNEX NKA Verizon Communications (1930–2015)
 * Steve Grigorian, President and CEO, Detroit Economic Club
 * Joel Manby, 1981, former CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment
 * Geoffery Merszei, CFO of Dow Chemical Company (1951–)
 * Martin Nesbitt, 1985, businessman, Barack Obama friend and campaign treasurer (1962–)
 * Doug Parker, 1984, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines (1962–)
 * Moose Scheib, founder and CEO of LoanMod.com (1980–)
 * Richard Mills Smith, 1968, chairman and editor-in-chief, Newsweek (1946–)
 * Paul "Skip" Ungrodt, 1952, former chairman and president of Ideation, Inc.

Government and politics

 * Florence Riddick Boys, 1896, Indiana suffragist, journalist, state official
 * Prentiss M. Brown, 1911, U.S. Senator from Michigan
 * David L. Camp, 1975, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * Barbara Ann Crancer, 1960, Missouri state circuit court judge and daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa
 * Homer Folks, 1887, a pioneer of mental and public health reform in New York
 * Bates Gill, Chinese foreign policy expert and director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
 * Matthew Gillard, politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
 * George Heartwell, 1971, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
 * Matt Heinz, politician, member of Arizona House of Representatives
 * Charles Tisdale Howard, 1880, Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
 * Thomas Ludington, 1976, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Albion College trustee
 * Lyle H. Miller, 1914, brigadier general in the Marine Corps
 * Arnold R. Pinkney, 1952, campaign manager for Jesse Jackson 1984 Democratic presidential nomination
 * Carl W. Riddick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana
 * Mark Schauer, 1984, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * Anna Howard Shaw, attended 1872–1875, civil rights leader, first female Methodist minister in the U.S.
 * Robert M. Teeter, 1961, Republican pollster
 * Edwin B. Winans, attended in 1840s, U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan

Other

 * Josh A. Cassada, 1995, physicist, NASA astronaut
 * Cedric Dempsey, 1954, former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
 * Chris Greenwood, 2012, former National Football League player for Detroit Lions
 * Phyllis Harrison-Ross, 1956, psychiatrist working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill children
 * Mary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s), educator, author, and peace activist
 * Mary Beecher Longyear, philanthropist and founder of Longyear Foundation
 * J. Fred “Pop” McKale, 1910, former University of Arizona basketball coach; 1998 Albion Hall of Fame inductee
 * Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer
 * Will Carl Rufus, 1902, astronomer, mathematician
 * Leonard F. "Fritz" Shurmur, 1956, former college and National Football League football coach
 * Madelon Stockwell, first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan
 * Hazen Graff Werner, 1920, bishop of the United Methodist Church
 * Nicolle Zellner, 2007, astronomer, planetary scientist, astrobiologist, professor, public outreach in space science and racial and gender minority recognition in STEM

Honorary degrees

 * Barbara Bush, 2005, former First Lady of the United States

Presidents of Albion College

 * Wayne P. Webster (2024–)
 * Mathew B. Johnson (2020–2021)
 * Mauri A. Ditzler (2014–2020)
 * Donna M. Randall (2007–2013)
 * Peter T. Mitchell (1997–2007)
 * Melvin L. Vulgamore (1983–1997)
 * Bernard T. Lomas (1970–1983)
 * Louis W. Norris (1960–1970)
 * William W. Whitehouse (1945–1960)
 * John Lawrence Seaton (1924–1945)
 * John Wesley Laird (1921–1924)
 * Samuel F. Dickie (1901–1921)
 * John Ashley (1898–1901)
 * Lewis R. Fiske (1877–1898)
 * William B. Silber (1870–1871)
 * J.L.G. McKown (1869–1870)
 * George Beiners Jocelyn (1864–1869 and 1871–1877)
 * Thomas H. Sinex (1854–1864)
 * Ira Mayhew (1853–1864)
 * Clark T. Hinman (1846–1853)
 * Rev. Charles Franklin Stockwell (1843–1845)

Notes: William C. Ferguson served as interim president for six months in 1997. Dr. Michael L. Frandsen served as interim president for the 2013–2014 academic year.

Athletics

 * See List of Albion Britons head football coaches


 * Dustin Beurer, 2005, head football coach for Albion
 * Morley Fraser, head football coach
 * Walter S. Kennedy, head football coach and all-American quarterback at for the University of Chicago Maroons
 * Dale R. Sprankle, head football coach at Albion and also at Adrian College