List of Muhlenberg College people

The campus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Notable alumni of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania:

Alumni

Main category: Muhlenberg College alumni

Academia

• George O. Bierkoe, president and co-founder, Endicott College
• Mahlon Hellerich, historian
• Amy B. Jordan, professor and chair of journalism and media studies, Rutgers University
• Herbert Needleman, professor of pediatrics and child psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Leonard I. Zon, professor of pediatric medicine, Harvard Medical School, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the stem cell program at Boston Children's Hospital

Arts

• Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson, and consultant
• Frederick Busch, author
• Andrea Clearfield, composer
• Madison Ferris, actress
• Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality
• Sarah Lampert - Creator of the Netflix series, Ginny & Georgia
• Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter
• Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair ^[1]
• Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter
• Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter
• Nisha Sharma, novelist ^[2]
• Brian Teta, executive producer, The View , and former supervising producer, Late Show with David Letterman
• Theodore Weiss, poet

Business

• Michael Pocalyko, business executive and novelist

Government and law

• Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater hearings, and member of the 9/11 Commission
• Edward H. Bonekemper, federal government attorney, military historian, author, and lecturer
• Marcus C. L. Kline, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
• Fred Ewing Lewis, U.S. Representative
• Edwin W. Martin Jr., Assistant Secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Related Services. 1979-80; Associate and Deputy Commissioner 1969-1979. Director US House of. Representatives Subcommittee on the Handicapped, 1966–67
• Michael Schlossberg, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• John O. Sheatz (did not graduate), former Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer
• John Van Sant, former Pennsylvania state representative and state senator

Journalism

• Russ Choma, reporter and investigative journalist
• Barbara Crossette, journalist and author, former chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and South Asia and United Nations bureau chief at The New York Times , United Nations correspondent for The Nation , member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee of the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs
• David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone

Law

• Lee Solomon, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey

Musicians

• Jack O'Brien, jazz musician

Religion and theology

• Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that rose to prominence in Europe and the U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s
• Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian
• Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author

Science and medicine

• Henry David Abraham, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his work with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
• Frank Baldino Jr., scientist and co-founder of Cephalon
• Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon
• Lois Curfman McInnes, applied mathematician
• Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning
• Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital

Sports

• Sisto Averno (1925–2012), professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL)
• Jake Bornheimer, professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors
• Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks ^[3]
• Bill Kern, professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics
• Tim Murray, Host at VSiN. Former Muhlenberg men's basketball team member
• Tony Zuzzio, professional football player, Detroit Lions

Faculty

Main category: Muhlenberg College faculty

• Haps Benfer, theologian and athletic coach
• Cecilia Conrad, academic and foundation administrator
• Francesca Coppa, professor of English, Theatre, and Film Studies
• William Dunham, mathematician
• Margaret Garwood, music composer
• Peyton R. Helm, former Muhlenberg College president (2003-2015)
• Daniel Klem, ornithologist
• J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat, anthropologist
• Ludwig Lenel, composer and organist
• Robert J. Marshall, Lutheran church leader
• Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, former president, Muhlenberg College (1867-1876)
• Harry Hess Reichard, Pennsylvania German language scholar
• George Rickey, sculptor
• Len Roberts, poet
• Theodore Schick, philosopher
• Ben Schwartzwalder, former head football coach, Syracuse University
• Helen Walker-Hill, musicologist
• John Williams, former Muhlenberg College president (2015-2019)

Athletic administrators and coaches

• George Barclay, football coach (1907)
• Haps Benfer, football, basketball, and baseball coach (1925-1965)
• Sam Bishop, assistant men's soccer coach (2007–08)
• Bennie Borgmann, men's basketball coach (1949-1954)
• Alfred E. Bull, football coach (1903–07)
• Doggie Julian, football coach (1936-1944) and baseball coach (1942-1944)
• Thomas Kelley, football coach (1911–13) and men's basketball coach (1912-1914)
• Bob Macaluso, baseball coach (1999-2006)
• George McCaa, football coach (1914-1915), men's basketball coach (1914-1917), and baseball coach (1914-1915)
• Nate Milne, head football coach (2018 to present)
• Steve Moore, men's basketball coach (1981–87)
• John B. Price, football and baseball coach (1916-1917)
• Larry Rosati, football coach (1945)
• Johnny Spiegel, football coach (1921–22)
• John Troxell, assistant football coach (1997-2000)
• John Utz, football coach (1934–35), men's basketball coach (1933–36), and baseball coach (1934–35)
• Walter W. Wood, football, men's basketball, and baseball coach (1923–24)

References

1. Lauer-Williams, Kathy (June 7, 2009). "Designs on a Tony: Allentown Native Michael McDonald is Nominated for Broadway's Top Honor for Costumes for 'Hair'". The Morning Call .
2. Kita, Meghan (March 15, 2022). "Happily Ever After". Muhlenberg College. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
3. Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks: A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played on or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team. September 27, 2007. ISBN   9781461734789.