List of Macalester College people

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

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
 * 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

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