13 Notable alumni of Bacone College
Updated: June 17, 2026 EliteDegrees
Bacone College is 7247st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1855st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Bacone 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 Bacone College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joan Hill
1930-2020 (aged 90)
painter
Joan Hill, also known as Che-se-quah, was a Muscogee Creek artist of Cherokee ancestry. She was one of the most awarded Native American women artists in the 20th century.
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2. Ruthe Blalock Jones
1939-. (aged 87)
teacher
painter
Ruthe Blalock Jones is a Delaware-Shawnee-Peoria painter and printmaker from Oklahoma.
3. Franklin Gritts
1914-1996 (aged 82)
painter
Franklin Gritts was a Keetoowah Cherokee artist, teacher and art director. Gritts' is best known for his contributions to the "Golden Era" of Native American art, both as a teacher and an artist. During World War II, he served on the USS Franklin (CV-13), the most damaged ship in the history of the U.S. Navy to return to port. He...
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4. Louis Oliver
1904-1991 (aged 87)
poet
Louis Oliver, also known as Little Coon or Wotkoce Okisce, was a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and an American poet. His poetry combines themes of Muscogee oral history with an examination of intellectualism in the context of the Muscogee Nation.
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5. Enoch Kelly Haney
1940-2022 (aged 82)
Christian minister
painter
politician
Enoch Kelly Haney was an American politician and internationally recognized Seminole/Muscogee artist from Oklahoma, He served as principal chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma from 2005 until 2009 and previously served as a member of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature. He created a bronze statue that sits atop the Oklahoma State Capitol, called The Guardian. Another statue he...
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6. Willard Stone
1916-1985 (aged 69)
wood carver
Willard Stone was an American artist from Oklahoma best known for his wood sculptures carved in a flowing Art Deco style.
7. Virginia Stroud
1951-2024 (aged 73)
painter
Virginia Alice Stroud Native American painter from Oklahoma. She was an enrolled citizen of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and a Muscogee descendant.
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8. Jack C. Montgomery
1917-2002 (aged 85)
military personnel
Jack Cleveland Montgomery was a United States Army officer, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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9. Tim Hill
1990-. (aged 36)
baseball player
Timothy Hill is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, and Chicago White Sox. Hill was selected by the Royals in the 32nd round of the 2014 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2018.
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10. Patrick J. Hurley
1883-1963 (aged 80)
diplomat
politician
Patrick Jay Hurley was an American attorney, Republican Party politician, military officer, and diplomat. He was the 51st United States Secretary of War from 1929 to 1933 in the cabinet of Herbert Hoover and a key American diplomat during World War II. As ambassador to China in 1944 and 1945, Hurley is remembered for his instrumental role in the recall...
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11. Acee Blue Eagle
1907-1959 (aged 52)
painter
Acee Blue Eagle was a Native American artist, educator, dancer, and Native American flute player, who directed the art program at Bacone College. His birth name was Alexander C. McIntosh, he also went by Chebon Ahbulah (Laughing Boy), and Lumhee Holot-Tee (Blue Eagle), and was an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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12. Alexander Posey
1873-1908 (aged 35)
poet
politician
journalist
Alexander Lawrence Posey was a Native American poet, humorist, journalist, and politician in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. He founded the Eufaula Indian Journal in 1901, the first Native American daily newspaper. For several years he published editorial letters known as the Fus Fixico Letters, written by a fictional figure who commented pointedly about Muscogee Nation, Indian Territory, and United States...
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13. Joe Medicine Crow
1913-2016 (aged 103)
writer
historian
non-fiction writer
anthropologist
author
Joseph Medicine Crow was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Tribe. His writings on Native American history and reservation culture are considered seminal works, but he is best known for his writings and lectures concerning the Battle of the Little Bighorn of 1876.
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