List of Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni

The following is a categorized list of alumni, as well as honorary degree recipients, of Wheaton College in Massachusetts.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Alumni

Academia

• Elizabeth Altmaier (1973), Professor of Counseling Psychology and Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa ^[1]
• Mary Ellen Avery (1948), Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
• Joan Copjec (1968), Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University
• Faye Crosby (1969), Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Lydia Folger Fowler (1842), first female medical professor in the United States at the Rochester Eclectic Medical College
• Caroline Haven Ober (1884), founder of the Department of Romance Languages, University of Washington
• Patricia A. King (1964), Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy, Georgetown University ^[2]
• E. Frances White (1971), Professor of Individualized Study and Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University

Arts

• Carolyn Brown (1950), choreographer
• Nick Fradiani (2008), winner of the fourteenth season of American Idol
• Nancy Hemenway Barton (1941), artist
• Mary Fickett, actress
• Lauren Henderson (2009), singer
• Catherine Keener (1983), Academy Award-nominated actress ^[3]
• Molly Luce (1916), painter
• Bruce Marks (1986), director of the Boston Ballet
• Eleanor Norcross (1872), painter and founder of the Fitchburg Art Museum
• Anne-Imelda Radice (1969), art historian
• Ann Ronell (1923), composer
• Jessica Sonneborn, actress
• Callie Thorne (1991), actress
• Clenet Verdi-Rose (2004), film director
• Rose Weaver (1973), actress

Athletics

• Dan Antoniuk (2003), Major Arena Soccer League player
• Connie Carberg (1971–1972), National Football League scout
• Chris Denorfia (2002), Major League Baseball player ^[4]
• Jim Manganello (1999), Major League Soccer player

Business

• Ken Babby (2002), businessman
• Ligia Bonetti (1989), businesswoman
• Evelyn Danzig Haas (1939), philanthropist
• Diane Farrell (1977), board member of the Export–Import Bank of the United States
• Janet Hanson, founder of Ellevate Network
• Denise Jefferson (1965), dancer
• Trish Karter (1977), founder of Dancing Deer Baking Co.
• Sandra Ohrn Moose (1963), advisor to the Boston Consulting Group
• Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (1969), philanthropist
• Catherine Filene Shouse (1918), philanthropist

Literature

• Lori Baker (1984), novelist
• Lesley Bannatyne (1975), author
• Linda Barlow, author
• Gwenda Blair (1960–1961), author
• Harriet Connor Brown, author
• Kay Chorao (1958), children's writer
• Jean Fritz (1937), children's writer
• Robie Harris (1962), children's writer ^[5]
• Allen J. Hubin, literary critic
• Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. (2005), author
• Nancy Mairs (1964), essayist ^[6]
• Susan Meddaugh (1966), children's writer
• Estelle M. H. Merrill (1877), journalist
• Marion Naifeh (1950), author
• Esther Newberg (1963), literary agent
• Margaret Colby Getchell Parsons (1914), author
• Jean Pedrick (1943), author
• Sally Bedell Smith (1970), journalist
• Lesley Stahl (1963), journalist ^[7]
• Mari Tomasi, novelist
• Amanda Urban (1968), literary agent

Politics

• Mimi Alford (1965), White House intern, who had an affair with United States President John F. Kennedy
• Gabe Amo (2010), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island
• Anne Canby, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
• Giovinella Gonthier (1972), Seychelles Ambassador to the United States
• Shad Al-Sherif Pasha (2001), Sharif of Hijaz ^[8]
• Ellen Moran (1988), former White House Communications Director under United States President Barack Obama
• Barbara Richardson (1971), First Lady of New Mexico and wife of Bill Richardson
• Gale Rossides, acting director of the Transportation Security Administration
• Margaret Joy Tibbetts (1941), United States Ambassador to Norway
• Candy Waites (1965), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
• Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1999–2001), King of Bhutan
• Christine Todd Whitman (1968), Governor of New Jersey

Other

• Louise Bates Ames (1926–1928), psychologist
• Mark Baumer (2006), adventurer
• Ron Corning (1993), television news reporter
• Barbara Damrosch (1963), horticulturalist
• Emily Susan Hartwell (1883), missionary
• Dennis Leary, chef
• Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (1864), chef
• Fanny E. Minot (1867), president of the Woman's Relief Corps
• Ann Peoples (1979), anthropologist ^[9]
• Nedi Rivera (1968), Episcopal bishop
• Sybil Ward, attorney

Honorary

• Hattie Alexander (1967), pediatrician
• Lawrence S. Bacow (2024), former president of Harvard University and Tufts University
• Margaret Clapp (1960), president of Wellesley College
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1997), associate justice, US Supreme Court
• Emerson Greenaway (1973), president of the American Library Association
• Vartan Gregorian (1989), president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Matina Horner (1979), president of Radcliffe College
• Alice S. Huang (1982), president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Wolf Kahn (2000), painter
• Phyllis McGinley (1956), children's writer
• Agnes Mongan (1953), director of the Harvard Art Museums
• Seiji Ozawa (1984), director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Helenka Pantaleoni (1966), actress
• Richard Stengel (2011), chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center
• Rosemond Tuve (1957), Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
• Emily Vermeule (1973), Professor of Classical Philology and Archaeology, Harvard University
• Kathryn Wasserman Davis (2009), philanthropist

References

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4. "Baseball America – Prospect Pulse". www.baseballamerica.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2006.
5. "Robie H. Harris, Children's Book Author". robieharris.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
6. "Nancy Mairs". Nancy Mairs. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009.
7. "Lesley Stahl". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
8. Soszynski, Henry. "SHIHR & MUKALLA". members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
9. Phillips, Janet. "Three Women Manage Antarctic Stations". Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Retrieved September 13, 2016.