List of Rollins College alumni

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This is a list of notable alumni who graduated and attended Rollins College.

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CB=Crummer Graduate School of Business
HH=Hamilton Holt School

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F. Duane Ackerman RC ’64, CB ’70 [1] [2] [3] Chairman and CEO, BellSouth [2] [3]
Pauline Betz Addie RC '43 [4] [5] [6] [7] Professional tennis player [4] [6]
Rex Beach RC (1894-1896) [8] Novelist [8]
Amanda Bearse Actress, best known for her role as Marcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children [9]
Clay Bellinger RC (1987-1989) [10] Former New York Yankee outfielder, played in 1999 World Series-
Jane Blalock RC '67 [11] [12] Professional golfer [11] [12]
Eric Bolling RC '84 [13] [14] Financial news television personality
Lorenzo Borghese RC '95 [15] Reality television star on ABC's The Bachelor [15]
Jim Bowden Professional baseball General Manager
Larry Burkett Financial radio show host
John Castino Former first baseman and Rookie of the Year for the Minnesota Twins
Jane Chambers RC (1954-1956) [16] Feminist writer and playwright [16]
Robiaun Charles, Ph.D RC '94 [17] Vice-president of College Advancement at Agnes Scott College and leading Southern educator
Dorothy Cheney RC '45 [5] [6] [7] Professional tennis player [6]
Ellie Cornell Actress, Halloween 4 , Halloween 5
Leanza Cornett Miss America 1993; former co-host of Entertainment Tonight
Donald J. Cram RC '41 [2] [18] 1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry [2] [18]
JC Crissey CB '90British-American film producer, academic
Meg Crofton President of the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Dorothy Cullman Television producer and philanthropist
Philip Cummings, RC '29Language teacher, then political analyst and lecturer
Olcott Deming Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda
Rust Deming RC '64 [19] [20] Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia [20]
Jonathan Dunn-Rankin BAActor, television journalist, gay activist [21]
Alice Dye RC '48 [5] [11] [22] Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect [22] and member of the Indiana GA [23] and FSGA [24] Hall of Fames
Pete Dye Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect, recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award and World Golf Hall of Fame member
Buddy Ebsen Actor, best known for his work in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Beverly Hillbillies
Gigi Fernández CB (2009 or 2010) [25] [26] Professional tennis player [25] [26] [27]
Christopher Fitzgerald RC 1995 [28] Actor (Broadway musicals Wicked , Young Frankenstein )
Muriel Fox Women's rights activist, co-founder of the National Organization for Women
Shirley Fry Irvin RC 1949 [5] [6] [7] Professional tennis player [6]
Rahul Gandhi Indian politician
Stephanie Glance RC '85Head coach for Columbia University Women's Basketball team [29]
Joel Greenberg Former politician and former tax collector of Seminole County, Florida [30]
Greg Hahn Standup comedian
Ryan Hanigan Catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball
Janis Hirsch RC '72 [2] Co-Executive Producer and writer for series The Nanny and Will & Grace ; writer for series Frasier [2]
Glenda Hood Former mayor of Orlando, Florida (1992–2003); Secretary of State of Florida (2003–2005)
Herbert W. Hoover, Jr. RC '41 [31] Former president and chairman of The Hoover Company (1954–1966) [32] [33]
Eddie Huang Restaurateur, food personality, author and former attorney [34]
Dana Ivey RC '63 [2] Actress, (films The Color Purple , The Help , Home Alone 2: Lost in New York )
Chris Kahl Singer known for his songs about Florida
Chris Kirkpatrick Actor and musician, best known as a member of 'N Sync
Jack Kramer Professional tennis player
Kalee Kreider President of Ridgely Walsh, former Chief of Content at the National Geographic Society, and former environmental adviser and spokesperson for Al Gore
Robert Lado Linguist and educational leader
Wendy Schaetzel Lesko Expert on youth, executive director of the Youth Activism Project
Bob Lewis RC '67Amateur golfer and RC Sports Hall of Fame in 1986
Brad Linaweaver MFAScience fiction writer, film producer and screenwriter, magazine publisher
Deanna Lund Television and film actress (series Land of the Giants ) [35]
Barbara McIntire Amateur golfer [36] [37]
George E. Merrick [2] Planner of the city of Coral Gables, Florida and one of the founders of the University of Miami
Eleanor Morse RC '37 [38] [39] [40] Philanthropist, co-founder of the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida [38] [39] [40]
Mike Nicolette RC '78 [5] [11] [41] Professional golfer
Elin Nordegren HH '14Swedish model and former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods, gave 2014 commencement address [42]
Michael Nouri Actor, best known for his role in Flashdance
Rob Oppenheim Professional golfer
Deborah J. Palfrey Former madam known as the "D.C. Madam" by the media
Chauncey Parker New York State government official
Bill Peck RCGuitarist from Orlando, Florida who has performed and toured with other musicians like Mark Tremonti and Michael Angelo Batio
Robert Newton Peck RC '53 [43] [44] Author of children's literature
Anthony Perkins Actor, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Betty Rosenquest Pratt RC '47 [6] [7] Professional tennis player
Michael K. Randolph Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court [45]
Sili Recio RC '95Children's literature author [46]
Scott Reiniger Actor, best known for his work in the original Dawn of the Dead
Fred Rogers RC '51 [2] Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood [2]
Robert Ross [47] RC '59 PGA Life Member and founder of Boone Valley Golf Club
Chris Russo Sports radio and television host, most notably on New York's WFAN
Deanna Russo RC '02Actress, co-star of USA Network drama series Satisfaction
Libby Schaaf RC 1987 [48] Mayor of Oakland, California
Ted Schroeder Professional tennis player
Matthew H. Smith Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Richard V. Spencer ‘7676th Secretary of the Navy [49]
Karen Steele Actress, film Marty [50]
Marlene Streit RC '56 [5] [11] [51] Amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame [11] [52]
Hal Suit Television broadcaster and Georgia politician
John H. Sykes Businessman
Lew Temple RC '85 [53] Actor (films Waitress , Domino , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning ), former baseball player and scout
Fred Toettcher Radio personality, host of The Toucher and Rich Show
Ralph Twitchell Architect, considered the "grandfather" of the Sarasota School of Architecture
Cornelia Wallace Former First Lady of Alabama; wife of U.S. Presidential Candidate George Wallace
Al Weiss CB '81 [2] President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Terrie Wood Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Darien
Jerry Zipkin RC '38New York socialite known for his lengthy friendship with former First Lady Nancy Reagan [54]

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