Wabash College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Business

• Robert Allen, former AT&T CEO (after whom the athletics and recreation center is named)
• John Bachmann, former CEO of Edward Jones
• Robert Charles, inventor of the Happy Meal
• James Bert Garner (Head of Chemistry department, 1901–14); inventor of the gas mask used in World War I
• James A. Davlin V, current Treasurer General Motors.
• Thomas Hays, former Chairman of The May Department Stores Company

Politics

• Bayless W. Hanna, Indiana Attorney General, United States Ambassador to Iran and United States Ambassador to Argentina
• John C. Black, US Representative and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Coburn (Indiana), United States Representative from Indiana
• Hiram Orlando Fairchild, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Stephen Goldsmith, former Mayor of Indianapolis, former Deputy Mayor of New York City
• Dwight Green, Governor of Illinois and Capone prosecutor
• M. Ashraf Haidari, Deputy Chief of Mission & Political Counselor of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington-DC
• Randy Head, Indiana State Senator, District 18
• Andrew Hamilton, US Representative
• Will Hays, postmaster general and morality czar
• Thomas Riley Marshall, twenty-eighth Vice-President of the United States (under Woodrow Wilson)
• Joseph E. McDonald, US Representative and Senator
• Thomas MacDonald Patterson, US Representative and Senator
• Reginald Meeks, Kentucky State Representative
• Luke Messer, Indiana House of Representatives
• William Pittenger, US Representative
• John Pope, Chicago alderman (10th ward)
• Richard O. Ristine, Lt. Governor of Indiana, Exec. Vice-President Lilly Endowment
• Todd Rokita, United States Congressman
• Reginald H. Sullivan, Mayor of Indianapolis
• Brent Waltz, Indiana State Senator, District 36
• Charles P. White, former Indiana Secretary of State
• Raymond E. Willis, US Senator
• James Wilson (Indiana), United States Representative
• John L. Wilson, US Representative and Senator

Media and the arts

• Eric Daman, Emmy-winning costumer and fashion designer
• Dean Jagger, Oscar-winning motion picture actor
• Andrea James, LGBT rights activist and film producer
• Kenyon Nicholson, playwright, film
• Tim Padgett, Miami Bureau Chief, Time Magazine
• Byron Price, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism (1944); Director of the Office of Censorship
• Dean Reynolds, ABC News correspondent and son of ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds
• Lawrence Sanders, American novelist
• Allen Saunders, cartoonist
• Dan Simmons, science-fiction author (who dedicated his novel Ilium to the college)
• Sheldon Vanauken, author and C. S. Lewis confidante
• Ryan Smith, CBS News, 48 Hours

Military

• General Charles Cruft, Civil War officer
• Brigadier General Speed S. Fry, Civil War officer
• Major General Lew Wallace, Civil War officer, statesman, and author of Ben-Hur.
• Brigadier General John Coburn, Civil War officer

Law

• Albert Baker, co- founder Baker & Daniels (now Faegre Baker Daniels)
• Edward Daniels, co-founder Baker & Daniels (now Faegre Baker Daniels)
• Robert T. Grand, managing partner Barnes & Thornburg
• David E. Kendall, President Clinton's attorney, known for a number of anti-death penalty cases

Sports

• Ward Lambert, college basketball coach
• Don Leppert, Major League Baseball homered in first at-bat, first position player named to the All-Star game in Washington-Texas franchise history
• Ward Meese, National Football League player
• Pete Metzelaars, National Football League all-time leader in games played by a tight end and four time AFC Champion
• Century Milstead, college football Hall of Famer
• Lee N. "Pete" Thorn, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Lettered all four years at Wabash College in football, basketball, baseball & track & field

Medicine

• Goethe Link, innovative surgeon, accomplished aeronaut, co-founder of the Indiana University School of Medicine
• Emery Andrew Rovenstine, co-founder of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Robert G. Roeder, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University.

Academia

• George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
• John S. Hougham, natural scientist and President, Purdue University, 1876
• Tom Ostrom, social psychologist
• Dr. Mauri Ditzler, President, Monmouth College