12 Notable alumni of Adrian College
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Adrian College is 4330st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1123st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Adrian College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Adrian College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John E. Bird
1862-1928 (aged 66)
judge
John E. Bird was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1910 to 1928.
2. Henry C. Smith
1856-1911 (aged 55)
lawyer
politician
Henry Cassorte Smith was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Smith was born in Canandaigua, New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra, Michigan. He attended the common schools and graduated from Adrian College in 1878. He taught school, studied law, and was admitted to the bar on September 25,...
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3. Isaac N. Sullivan
1848-1938 (aged 90)
lawyer
judge
Isaac N. Sullivan was the first chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, serving alternately as associate justice from 1891 until 1917.
4. James Laird
1849-1889 (aged 40)
lawyer
politician
James Laird was an American Republican Party politician.
5. Robert Francis Catterson
1835-1914 (aged 79)
peace officer
tax collector
Robert Francis Catterson was a medical doctor, Union Army officer in the American Civil War, state legislator, militia officer, U.S. Marshal, and the 30th mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas (from 1871 to 1873). During the American Civil War, he was a senior officer of the Union Army and served as a brigade commander in the Army of the Tennessee.
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6. Rube Kisinger
1876-1941 (aged 65)
baseball player
Charles Samuel "Rube" Kisinger, sometimes spelled "Kissinger", was an American right-handed baseball pitcher.
7. John Maulbetsch
1890-1950 (aged 60)
basketball coach
American football player
John Frederick Maulbetsch was an All-American football halfback at Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1914 to 1916. He is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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8. Lucien Baker
1846-1907 (aged 61)
lawyer
politician
Lucien Baker was a United States senator from Kansas.
9. George Albert Burk
1941-. (aged 85)
motivational speaker
George A. Burk is a retired captain in the United States Air Force, writer and motivational speaker. Burk was the sole survivor of an Air Force airplane crash in 1970. He has written several books about his experiences.
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10. Ronald Batory
1950-. (aged 76)
Ronald L. Batory is an American railroad industry executive who served as the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration from 2018 to 2021. Batory has over 45 years of leadership experience in the railroad industry, including serving as president and chief operating officer of Consolidated Rail Corporation and as president of the Belt Railway of Chicago. According to a 2012...
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11. Mike Rogers
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Michael J. Rogers is an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chair of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2011 to 2015.
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12. Virgil Bernero
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Virgil Paul "Virg" Bernero is an American politician and was mayor of Lansing, Michigan, elected on November 8, 2005, and re-elected on November 3, 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as mayor, Bernero served as a legislative aide, an Ingham County Commissioner and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the...
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