List of Ripon College (Wisconsin) alumni

Ripon College is a private liberal arts college in Ripon, Wisconsin. Following is a list of its notable alumni.

Business

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Darell Hammond	1996		Founder and CEO of KaBOOM!	[1]
Alan Klapmeier	1980	Physics and economics	Co-founder of Cirrus Design Corporation and former CEO of One Aviation Corporation	[1] [2]
Stephen Ng		Mathematics	Chairman and managing director of the Wharf (Holdings) Limited and chairman and CEO of i-Cable Communications	[3]

Clergy

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Harry Graham			Anglican priest
Richard Kraft	1958		South African Anglican Bishop	[4]

Education and academics

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Ryan C. Amacher	1966		President of the University of Texas at Arlington	[5]
Theodore Brameld	1926	English	Philosopher, professor of educational theory, and a leading proponent of reconstructionism	[6]
James Danky	1970	History and philosophy	Historian, bibliographer, culture critic, and faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison	[7]
W. R. Davies	1915	Mathematics and philosophy	President of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire 1941–1959
Mark A. Greene		History and politics	Archivist and director of the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming	[8]
Clifton F. Hodge	1882	BA	Professor of physiology at Clark University	[9]
Bruno E. Jacob	1922	Economics	Professor at Ripon College in Wisconsin and a founder of National Forensic League	[1]
William Chester Jordan	1969		Medievalist and professor of history at Princeton University	[1]
Mabel Johnson Leland	1894	Music	Lecturer on Scandinavian literature and translator from Norwegian to English	[10]
John L. Locke	1963	Speech communications	Biolinguist and professor of Language Science at Lehman College, the City University of New York	[11]
Joseph Howard Mathews	non-degreed		Physical chemist, an expert on firearm identification, and chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joan Raymond	1957	History and psychology	Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District	[4] [12]
Michael Tinkham	1951		Physicist and Rumford Professor of Physics and Gordon McKay Research Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University	[13]
Oliver Williamson	1954	Economics	Economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences	[1] [14]

Entertainment

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Tom Bellfort	1967		Film sound editor and winner of an Academy Award and an Emmy Award	[1]
Allen Cohen		BA	Composer	[15]
Harrison Ford	1964	Philosophy	Academy Award-nominated actor and star of franchise film series such as Indiana Jones , Star Wars , Blade Runner and Jack Ryan	[1] [16]
Al Jarreau	1962	Psychology	Grammy Award-winning singer	[1] [17]
Frances Lee McCain	1966	Philosophy	Actress	[1] [18]
Laura Ramsey			Film and television actress
John Stephenson			Actor who worked primarily in voice-over roles
McKey Sullivan			Fashion model most notable as the winner of the eleventh cycle of America's Next Top Model	[19]
Richard Threlkeld	1959	History and political science	Correspondent with CBS News and ABC News	[1]
Spencer Tracy	1924		Academy Award-winning actor	[1]

Law

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Douglas R. Cole	1986		United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio	[20]
Michael Gableman	1988		Wisconsin Supreme Court	[21]
David F. Simpson	non-degreed		Minnesota Supreme Court Justice	[22]
Harry G. Snyder	1960	History	Wisconsin State Assembly and Court of Appeals Judge	[23]
George Eaton Sutherland	1870		Wisconsin Senate and a judge of the Milwaukee Superior Court	[24]
Jon P. Wilcox	1958		Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice from 1992 to 2007	[1]

Military

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Frank L. Anders	1906		Medal of Honor recipient	[1]
Ernest J. Dawley	1908		United States Army general	[4]
Harley Sanford Jones	1926	Philosophy	United States. Air Force general	[25]
Oscar Hugh La Grange			United States Army general	[26]
James Megellas	1942		One of the most decorated combat officers in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division	[1]
Ferdinand Louis Reichmuth	1905		Vice Admiral of the United States Navy	[4]

Politics

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Sheryl Albers	1976	Art	Wisconsin State Assembly	[27]
José Miguel Alemán	1978		Director of Multibank Inc. and politician in Panama: national undersecretary of government and justice (1991) and secretary of state (1999 to 2003)	[1]
Clem Balanoff			Illinois House of Representatives and national political director for the Amalgamated Transit Union	[28]
Whitman A. Barber	non-degreed		Wisconsin State Assembly
Joseph H. Bottum	1877		South Dakota Senate	[29]
Halbert W. Brooks			Wisconsin State Assembly	[30]
Bill B. Bruhy	1936		Wisconsin State Assembly and mayor of Plymouth, Wisconsin	[31]
Fremont C. Chamberlain			Michigan House of Representatives	[32]
Dennis Conta	1962	BA	Politician and consultant	[33]
Raymond Cox	non-degreed		Minnesota House of Representatives	[34]
Willis E. Donley			Wisconsin State Assembly
William F. Double			Wisconsin State Assembly
Roderick Esquivel	1949		Former Vice President of the Republic of Panama	[1] [35]
John A. Fridd			Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin Senate
Robb Kahl			Wisconsin State Assembly
Lewis G. Kellogg			Wisconsin Senate
Frederick W. Krez			Wisconsin State Assembly
George Paul Miller			Wisconsin Senate
Elmer A. Morse			United States House of Representatives
Orville W. Mosher			Wisconsin Senate
Maynard T. Parker			Wisconsin State Assembly
Ingolf E. Rasmus			Wisconsin State Assembly
Harry G. Snyder			Wisconsin State Assembly and Court of Appeals judge
George Eaton Sutherland	1870		Wisconsin Senate and a judge of the Milwaukee Superior Court
Samuel R. Webster			Wisconsin State Assembly
Albert Clark Wedge			Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota Senate
Robert Welch			Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
Lloyd Wescott			Chairman of the New Jersey State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies

Science and technology

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Arthur John Ahearn	1923		Physicist and mass spectrometry researcher at Bell Labs
Elda Emma Anderson	1922		Physicist and researcher	[1]
Wells Cooke	1879	AB	Ornithologist	[36]
William Frederick Meggers	1910		Physicist specialising in spectroscopy	[4]
Cheryl Rofer	1963	Chemistry	Nuclear researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory	[1]
Michael Tinkham	1951		Superconductivity physicist	[37]
Mary Curtis Wheeler	1890		Nursing educator	[38]
Otto Julius Zobel	1918		Inventor of m-derived filter and Zobel network	[4]

Sports

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Jack Ankerson			Professional football player
John Barth			American football and basketball player and coach
Dick Bennett	1965		Head coach of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix, Wisconsin Badgers, and Washington State Cougars men's basketball teams	[1]
Tiny Croft			Professional football player
Boob Darling			Professional football player
Lon Darling			Professional basketball player
Casey Finnegan			Head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University)
George Glennie			Professional football player
Tubby Howard			Professional football player
Charlie Mathys			Professional football player with the Hammond Pros and the Green Bay Packers
Madeo Molinari			Football, baseball, and golf coach at the Winona State University
Billy Reed			Professional baseball player
Dick Rehbein			NFL assistant coach
Charles Rutkowski			Professional football player
Ty Sabin			Professional basketball player
Ted Scalissi			Professional football player
Webb Schultz			Professional baseball player
Champ Seibold			Professional football player for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Cardinals
Wally Sieb			Professional football player
Dave Smith			Professional football player
John Swallen			Professional soccer player
Joe Swetland			College football player and coach
Cowboy Wheeler			Professional football player

Writing and journalism

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Emma Helen Blair	1872		Editor and translator most remembered for, the translation and editing of the 55-volume series The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898	[39]
Sarah Powers Bradish			Writer best known for her textbook Old Norse Stories
Scott Strazzante	1986		Photojournalist for the Chicago Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle	[40]
Gary G. Yerkey	1966	Philosophy	Journalist	[41]

References

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34. "Raymond R. Cox". Northfield News. November 9, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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40. "Scott Strazzante '86 referenced in feature about new photography service". Ripon College. March 2, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
41. "Gary Yerkey '66 reflects on how historic march led to Voting Rights Act of 1965". Ripon College. August 2, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

External links

• Official website