List of Wittenberg University alumni

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Following is a list of notable Wittenberg University alumni.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaac K. Funk</span> American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher and spelling reformer

Isaac Kaufmann Funk was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company, the father of author Wilfred J. Funk, and the grandfather of author Peter Funk, who continued his father's authorship of Word Power until 2003. Funk & Wagnalls Company published The Literary Digest, The Standard Dictionary of the English Language, and Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hope College</span> Christian college in Holland, Michigan, US

Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman college class matriculated in 1862, and Hope received its state charter in 1866. Hope College is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and retains a Christian atmosphere. Its 120-acre (49 ha) campus is adjacent to the downtown commercial district and has been shared with Western Theological Seminary since 1884. The Hope College campus is located near the eastern shores of Lake Michigan and is 2.5 hours away from two major cities, Chicago and Detroit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Willis Wagnalls</span> American publisher (1844–1924)

Adam Willis Wagnalls was an American publisher. He was the co-founder of the Funk & Wagnalls Company in 1877.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Notre Dame Law School</span> Catholic law school in Notre Dame, Indiana, US

Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869, it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forest Hill Cemetery (Ann Arbor, Michigan)</span> Cemetery in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Forest Hill Cemetery is a 65-acre (260,000 m2) cemetery at 415 Observatory Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was designed by James Lewis Glenn and opened in 1857.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Edwards (American football coach)</span> American football player and coach (1905–1987)

William Miller Edwards was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Reserve University, Vanderbilt University and Wittenberg University in a career lasting more than 30 years, compiling a win-loss-tie record of 168–45–8. Edwards also coached the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1941 to 1942, tallying a 4–9–1 record, and served as an assistant coach for the NFL's Cleveland Browns in the late 1940s.

Hugh Miller Raup was an American botanist, ecologist and geographer working on natural history and natural resource management in diverse regions—from tropical and temperate to arctic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Lange (coach)</span> American football and basketball player and coach (1897–1953)

William Fisher Lange was an American basketball and football player and coach. He played college football and basketball for Wittenberg College from 1918 to 1921. During the 1922–23 season, he coached the Cleveland Rosenblums, an early professional basketball team that was known at the time as "the fastest basket ball aggregation in this part of the country." From 1923 to 1936, he was the athletic director and head football and basketball coach at Muskingum College in Ohio. He was best known for being the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1939 through 1944.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James G. Johnson</span> American judge (1855–1936)

James Granville Johnson Jr. was a Democratic lawyer who was Mayor of Springfield, Ohio, and a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

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