List of Drew University people

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The following is a list of notable people associated with Drew University:

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Alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Drew University, listing the school of Drew University that they attended, the highest degree obtained, the year of graduation or last year of attendance, and a brief description of the person. [1] The following abbreviations are utilized for schools and degrees.

CLA = College of Liberal Arts
Grad = Graduate School
Theo = Theological School/Seminary
BA = Bachelor of Arts
BD = Bachelor of Divinity
DMin = Doctor of Ministry
DLitt = Doctor of Letters
MA = Master of Arts
MDiv = Master of Divinity
MFA = Master of Fine Arts
MLitt = Master of Letters
PhD = Doctor of Philosophy
ThD = Doctor of Theology

NameSchoolDegreeYearDescription
William F. Anderson TheoBD1887 Methodist bishop
Henry Appenzeller TheoBD1885Missionary who helped introduce Christianity in Korea
Thomas J. Aquilino CLABA1962Federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade
Raymond LeRoy Archer TheoMA1923Methodist bishop
David B. Audretsch CLABA1976German and American economist
Albert Baez CLABA1933Mexican-American physicist, and father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña
Holly Bakke [2] CLABA1973 New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
Joseph Blotner [3] CLABA1947Biographer of William Faulkner
Clint Bolick [4] CLABA1979Founder of the Institute for Justice
Jared Sutton CLABA2018Two-term student government president and public policy analyst
Calvin O. Butts TheoDMin1982Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church and president of State University of New York at Old Westbury
Charles I. Carpenter TheoBD1931First Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
Kathy Chan CLABASilicon Valley entrepreneur and investor
James E. Cheek GradPhD1962Theology professor and president of Howard University
Emerson Stephen Colaw TheoBD1947Methodist bishop
Deedee Corradini CLABA1965Mayor of Salt Lake City; president of the US Conference of Mayors, the International Women's Forum, and Women's Ski Jumping USA.
Fred Pierce Corson TheoBD1920Methodist bishop and president of Dickinson College
John T. Cunningham [5] CLABA1938Journalist and historian
Peter Deunov TheoBD1892Bulgarian spiritual leader and founder of the Universal White Brotherhood
Damon DiMarco CLABA1993Author and oral historian
Joseph DiSarro GradMA1972Political analyst and professor at Washington & Jefferson College
Ernest T. Dixon TheoBD1945Methodist bishop and president of Philander Smith College
Ed Ferrara CLABA1989Television writer, actor, and professional wrestling personality
James Fiorentino CLABA1999Sports artist
Maria Mazziotti Gillan GradNo degree1980American poet
Marshall Gilmore TheoMDiv1960Methodist bishop
William H. Gray TheoMDiv1966 Congressman from Pennsylvania, and president of the United Negro College Fund
Robert E. Hayes TheoDMin1997Methodist bishop
Leroy Charles Hodapp TheoBD1947Methodist bishop
Dennis Hollinger GradPhD1981President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Fred Garrigus Holloway TheoBD1921Methodist bishop and president of Drew University
Karen Hunter CLABA1987Journalist and publisher
Hae Jong Kim TheoDMin1984Methodist bishop
John Lowden Knight CLABA1939President of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and Wesley Theological Seminary
Peter Leone CLABA1984 United States Equestrian Team member, and 1996 Olympic silver medalist
John Wesley Lord TheoBD1930Methodist bishop
Roger H. Martin CLABA1965History professor and president of Randolph-Macon College
J.B. Matthews [6] TheoBD1923Educator, political activist, and anti-Communism expert
Malcolm Maxwell GradPhD1968President of Pacific Union College
Jackie McCullough TheoDMinPresident of Beth Rapha Christian College and Theological Seminary
Kevin Murphy CLABA1989Television writer and producer
John Gardner Murray TheoNo degree1881 Episcopal bishop
Floyd W. Nease TheoNo degree1930Minister and the president of Eastern Nazarene College
Debra L. Ness CLABA1977Health and public policy advocate
Dale Peck CLABA1989Author and literary critic
Harold L. Peterson CLABA1945Historian of arms and armor, curator of National Park Service
Soon-Yi Previn CLABA1995Daughter of composer André Previn and wife of director Woody Allen
Robert M. Price GradPhD1981/1993 Jesus myth theologian, author, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Higher Criticism
Sarah Price (aka S.Nice)CLABA1990Author and inspirational speaker
Aileen Quinn CLABA1994Actress who played Annie in the 1982 motion picture
Nathaniel Raymond CLABA1999Human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate
John Edward Robinson TheoBD1874Methodist bishop
Noah Rothman CLABA2004writer, author, editor, former MSNBC commentator, senior writer for National Review
Teresa Ruiz CLABA1998 New Jersey state legislator
David Seamands TheoBD1945Methodist pastor and self-help author
George Selgin CLABA1979 Libertarian economist
James Simester TheoBD1896Methodist missionary and president of S.L. Baldwin School of Theology
Jeff Smith TheoMDiv1965Minister, cookbook author, host of The Frugal Gourmet
Craig Stanford CLABA1978Professor and director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California
Stephen Stetler TheoMDiv1974Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Manuel Sykes TheoMDivPresident of the St. Petersburg chapter of the NAACP
Bertrand M. Tipple TheoBD1897Founder and president of Methodist International College
Arturo Valenzuela CLABA1971 United States Assistant Secretary of State
James Van Der Beek [7] CLANo degree1995Actor (star of Dawson's Creek )
Peter Veniero CLABA1981 New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court justice
Herbert George Welch TheoBD1890Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University
Woodrow Whidden GradPhD1989 Seventh-Day Adventist theologian and author
Olive Winchester TheoThD1925 Nazarene theologian and first female ordained minister in Great Britain
Philip Chase GradPhD2001 Professor of English, Author of The Edan Trilogy academic and author

Faculty and staff

This is a list of notable faculty and staff members, the years that they were employed by Drew University, and a brief description of the person.

NameFirst YearLast YearDescription
William Campbell 1990PresentAwarded Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015
Bernhard Anderson 19541963 Old Testament theologian and dean of the Drew University Theological School
Robert L. Chapman 19661986Lexicographer, editor of Roget's Thesaurus, and English professor
Robert S. Corrington 1991PresentFounder of the philosophy of estatic naturalism, and professor of philosophical theology
Will Herberg 19551976Jewish theologian, conservative columnist, and professor of philosophy and culture
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz 19912012Founder of mujerista theology, and professor of ethics and theology
Catherine Keller 1986Present Process theologian, theopoetic scholar, and professor of constructive theology
George Kelsey [8] 19501976 Baptist minister, teacher of Martin Luther King Jr., and professor of Christian ethics
Anne Marie Macari 2007PresentPoet and founder of Drew University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry program
John Miley 18731895Scholar of Christian atonement, and professor of systematic theology
Dika Newlin 19521965Musicologist, child music prodigy, and founder of the music department
Thomas C. Oden 19802004Founder of paleo-orthodoxy religious movement, and professor of ethics and theology
Ira Progoff 19591971 Psychotherapist, developer of the Intensive Journal Method, and researcher of depth psychology
Richard Stonesifer 19651971Dean of the DU College of Liberal Arts, president of Monmouth University, and Woodrow Wilson professor of humanities and social science
James Strong 18681893Author of Strong's Concordance and professor of exegetical theology
Leonard Sweet 1995PresentA leader of emerging church movement, professor of evangelism, and vice-president of Drew University
Andrea Talentino 20092011Ninth president of Augustana College

University presidents

The following is a list of the presidents of Drew University from its founding in 1867 to the present, including the years that they served as president, and a brief description of the person. [9]

#NameFirst YearLast YearDescription
1 John McClintock 18671870Professor of practical theology, editor of Methodist Quarterly Review, and co-founder of the Theological Seminary
2 Randolph Sinks Foster 18701873Professor of systematic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Cincinnati, Ohio
3 John Fletcher Hurst 18731880Professor of historic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Des Moines, Iowa
4 Henry Anson Buttz 18801912Professor of Greek and New Testament exegesis for 50 years, and led Drew through a major expansion.
5 Ezra Squier Tipple [10] 19121929Professor of practical theology, admitted women to Drew on a limited basis, and oversaw founding of the CLA
6 Arlo Ayres Brown 19291948Led Drew through World War II, and oversaw major changes in degree programs, student body, and campus design
7 Fred Garrigus Holloway 19481960Oversaw the founding of the Graduate School, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in West Virginia
8 Robert Fisher Oxnam 19611974Led Drew through a major expansion of the student body and the turbulent social changes of the 1960s
9 Paul Hardin 19751988Oversaw the founding of the Methodist Archives Center, the RISE program and Drew's computer initiative
10 Thomas H. Kean 19902005Former Governor of New Jersey who oversaw a major expansion of the Drew's endowment, and chaired the 9/11 Commission
11 Robert Weisbuch 20052012Former president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation who made admission to Drew SAT-optional
12 Vivian Bull 20122014Former president of Linfield College in Oregon, economics professor and dean at Drew for 32 years, oversaw financial restructuring of Drew University.
13 MaryAnn Baenninger 20142020Former president of the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota, and psychology professor, was first full-term female president of Drew University.
14 Thomas Schwarz 20202023Former president of Drew University.
15 Hilary L. Link 2023currentCurrent president of Drew University.

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