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Following is a list of notable alumni from Ripon College (Wisconsin).
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Following is a list of notable alumni from Ripon College (Wisconsin).
| 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 | [2] [3] [1] |
| Stephen Ng | Mathematics | Chairman and managing director of the Wharf (Holdings) Limited and chairman and CEO of i-Cable Communications | [4] |
| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Graham | Anglican priest | |||
| Richard Kraft | 1958 | South African Anglican Bishop | [5] |
| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan C. Amacher | 1966 | President of the University of Texas at Arlington | [6] | |
| Theodore Brameld | 1926 | Englsih | Philosopher, professor of educational theory, and a leading proponent of reconstructionism | [7] |
| James Danky | 1970 | History and philosophy | Historian, bibliographer, culture critic, and faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison | [8] |
| 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 | [9] | |
| Clifton F. Hodge | 1882 | BA | Professor of physiology at Clark University | [10] |
| 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 | [11] |
| John L. Locke | 1963 | Speech communications | Biolinguist and professor of Language Science at Lehman College, the City University of New York | [12] |
| 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 | [13] [14] [5] |
| Michael Tinkham | 1951 | Physicist and Rumford Professor of Physics and Gordon McKay Research Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University | [15] | |
| 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] [16] |
| 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 | [17] | |
| 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 | [18] [1] |
| Al Jarreau | 1962 | Psychology | Grammy Award-winning singer | [19] [1] |
| Frances Lee McCain | 1966 | Philosophy | Actress | [20] [1] |
| Justin Niebank | 1978 | Music producer and engineer who has won three Grammy Awards and Country Music Awards | [1] [21] [22] | |
| Laura Ramsey | Film and television actress | [ citation needed ] | ||
| 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 | [23] | ||
| Richard Threlkeld | 1959 | History and political science | Correspondent with CBS News and ABC News | [1] |
| Spencer Tracy | 1924 | Academy Award-winning actor | [1] |
| 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 | [24] | |
| Michael Gableman | 1988 | Wisconsin Supreme Court | [25] | |
| David F. Simpson | non-degreed | Minnesota Supreme Court Justice | [26] | |
| Harry G. Snyder | 1960 | History | Wisconsin State Assembly and Court of Appeals Judge | [27] |
| George Eaton Sutherland | 1870 | Wisconsin Senate and a judge of the Milwaukee Superior Court | [28] | |
| Jon P. Wilcox | 1958 | Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice from 1992 to 2007 | [1] |
| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank L. Anders | 1906 | Medal of Honor recipient | [1] | |
| Ernest J. Dawley | 1908 | United States Army general | [5] | |
| Harley Sanford Jones | 1926 | Philosophy | United States. Air Force general | [29] |
| Oscar Hugh La Grange | United States Army general | [30] | ||
| 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 | [5] |
| 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 | [41] |
| William Frederick Meggers | 1910 | Physicist specialising in spectroscopy | [5] | |
| Cheryl Rofer | 1963 | Chemistry | Nuclear researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory | [1] |
| Michael Tinkham | 1951 | Superconductivity physicist | [42] | |
| Otto Julius Zobel | 1918 | Inventor of m-derived filter and Zobel network | [5] |
| 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 |
| 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 | [43] | |
| 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 | [44] | |
| Gary G. Yerkey | 1966 | Philosophy | Journalist | [45] |
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