Paul Ching Wu Chu is a Taiwanese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity,magnetism,and dielectrics. He is a professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the Physics Department at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He was the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2009. In 1987,he was one of the first scientists to demonstrate high-temperature superconductivity.
Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr,and Hillary Clinton.
Jonathan Clark Rogers was President of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens from 1949 until 1950.
William Heard Kilpatrick was an American pedagogue and a pupil,a colleague and a successor of John Dewey. Kilpatrick was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.
William McCormick "Bill" Blair Jr. was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Denmark from 1961 to 1964 and as United States Ambassador to the Philippines from 1964 until 1967. A lawyer,he also was a close associate of Adlai Stevenson II. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Whittier College in 1964.
Milton Bennion was an American educator and a university and educational administrator.
James Kip Finch was an American engineer and educator.
Barry Allen Munitz has been a senior administrator at the University of Illinois and the University of Houston,a business executive at Maxxam,Inc.,chancellor of the California State University system,and chief executive officer of the world's wealthiest art institution,the J. Paul Getty Trust. He is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service.
Clifford Cook Furnas was an American author,Olympic athlete,scientist,expert on guided missiles,university president,and public servant. He was first cousin of the author Evangeline Walton. Furnas participated in the 5,000-meter event at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp,Belgium.
Dorothy Wright Nelson is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
William John Cooper was an American educator who served as US Commissioner of Education from February 1929 to July 1933.
Ernest LeRoy Boyer was an American educator who most notably served as Chancellor of the State University of New York,United States Commissioner of Education,and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Boyer was recipient of numerous awards,including over 140 honorary doctorates.
Harry Austin Pardue was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. He served as diocesan bishop from 1944 to 1968. Although the Bishop never used the name during the many years of his ministry,his first name was actually "Harry".
Landrum Rymer Bolling was an American journalist,diplomat,and a noted pacifist who was a leading expert and activist for peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He first worked as a war correspondent during and after World War II. He taught at Beloit College and Brown University before serving as president of Earlham College from 1958 to 1973. He was actively involved in the foreign policies of several presidential administrations,serving as an unofficial communication channel between the U.S. and the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jimmy Carter's administration. He was honored with many awards for his work to promote peace,and in the fall of 2002,Earlham College named its new social sciences building after him.
Carl McClellan Hill was an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1962 to 1975,and as the 11th president of Hampton University from 1976 to 1978.
Eugene Sumner Mills was an American academic. He was the thirteenth President of the University of New Hampshire from 1974 to 1979. Mills attended Earlham College and Claremont Graduate University,earning a Ph.D. in psychology at the latter. He taught at Whittier College before coming to the University of New Hampshire. Mills was a member of the UNH faculty for 17 years starting in 1962 as professor and chairman for the Department of Psychology,finishing up with his presidency. Mills then went on to serve as the president of Whittier College from 1979 to 1989,and interim president of Earlham College from 1996 to 1997.
Malcolm Glenn Wyer was an American librarian and the president of the American Library Association from 1936 to 1937. Wyer was born in Concordia,Kansas and moved with his family to Minnesota because of health problems caused by malarial fever. He graduated from Minneapolis Central High School and went to the University of Minnesota where he received his B. A. in 1899 and M. A. in 1901. In 1903,Wyer received a Library Science degree from New York State Library School.
Peter H. Dailey was an American advertising executive,who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland (1982–1984).
Garfield Vestal Cox was a leading authority on business fluctuations and forecasting. He was one of the first people to study the performance of experts versus novices in forecasting stock prices. He was also the Dean of the University of Chicago School of Business.
Martha Doan was an American chemist whose contributions include research in compounds of thallium,three published work,and tenure as a professor and dean at various institutions in the US. Throughout her lifetime she received four degrees,a B.S. and master's from Purdue,a B.L. from Earlham College,and a Sc.D. from Cornell. She was a dean of women for two colleges,Earlham College and Iowa Wesleyan College. In addition to her involvement in higher education,she was involved with several national organizations that involved chemistry and science. She was awarded a certificate for Outstanding Service to Science in 1951. There is now a garden dedicated to her in her hometown of Westfield,Indiana,in honor of her interests in science,nature,and horticulture.
