List of Muskingum University alumni

This is a list of Muskingum University alumni.

Government and politics

 * Annie Glenn (class of 1941), civic leader; wife of John Glenn
 * John Glenn (class of 1942), former astronaut, Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio (1975-1999), candidate for 1984 Democratic presidential nomination
 * President Warren G. Harding (via Muskingum's assumption of Ohio Central College)
 * Earl R. Lewis (class of 1911), former Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1939–40 and 1943–48
 * Sean Logan (class of 1988), current Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; former Columbiana County, Ohio Commissioner
 * Francis Scott McBride (class of 1895), leader of prohibition; longtime National Superintendent of the U.S. Anti-Saloon League
 * John Willis Menard (via Iberia College and Ohio Central College), first African-American to address the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1869
 * C. Ellis Moore (class of 1907), Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1919-1933
 * Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. (class of 1941), United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1986-1989
 * Robert T. Secrest (class of 1926), Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1933-1967
 * Wilbur F. Simlik (class of 1943), Major general in the Marine Corps
 * Robert M. Warner (class of 1949), sixth Archivist of the United States

Entertainment

 * Jack Hanna (class of 1969), former Columbus Zoo and Aquarium director; television personality
 * Agnes Moorehead (class of 1923), Emmy Award-winning actress (Bewitched); member of the Delta Gamma Theta Sorority

Arts

 * David Budbill (class of 1962), poet, author and playwright
 * Laurence Overmire (valedictorian, class of 1979), poet, author, actor, playwright
 * Helen Camille Stanley (class of 1961) composer, violist

Education

 * Dennis D. Berkey (class of 1969), President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 * William Rainey Harper (class of 1870), first President, University of Chicago
 * Richard Pipes (class of 1944), Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University
 * William Oxley Thompson (class of 1870), President of Ohio State University and Miami University

Business

 * Philip Caldwell (class of 1940), retired CEO of Ford Motor Company
 * Alfred S. Warren, Jr. (class of 1948), retired Vice President of Industrial Relations for General Motors Motors

Sports

 * Darrell Hazell (class of 1986), wide receivers coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL
 * Jim Heacock (class of 1970), defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Ohio State University
 * Jon Heacock, defensive coordinator at Iowa State University
 * Edgar "Ed" Sherman (class of 1936), legendary Muskingum head football coach for 22 years; College Football Hall of Fame inductee
 * Tim Timmons, Major League Baseball umpire
 * Brandon Todd, known as the 5'5" dunker, played for the 2001, 2002, and 2003 All-Ohio team with LeBron James; developed an athletic training program called "FlytRight"
 * Tyson Veidt, associate head coach and linebackers coach at Iowa State University

Science

 * John Glenn (class of 1942), first American to orbit the Earth, became oldest man in space and still is the oldest person to orbit the Earth
 * Charles E. Waring (class of 1931), chemistry professor at the University of Connecticut