38 Notable alumni of Baldwin Wallace University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Baldwin Wallace University is ranked #3,002 in the world and #782 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from Baldwin Wallace University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Baldwin Wallace University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John M. Sheets
1854-1940 (aged 86)
lawyer
judge
John Marion Sheets was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General from 1900 to 1904.
2. James Simester
1871-1905 (aged 34)
missionary
James Simester was an American Methodist missionary and educator to Fuzhou, China.
3. Amos R. Webber
1852-1948 (aged 96)
lawyer
judge
politician
Amos Richard Webber was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1907.
4. Charles O. Lobeck
1852-1920 (aged 68)
politician
Charles Otto Lobeck was a Nebraska politician who served four terms as a United States representative.
5. J. Ford Laning
1853-1941 (aged 88)
lawyer
politician
Jay Ford Laning was an American lawyer and politician who served as a one-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1909.
6. William L. Fiesinger
1877-1953 (aged 76)
lawyer
judge
politician
William Louis Fiesinger was an American politician. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931-1937 representing Ohio's 13th district.
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7. Harriet G. Walker
1841-1917 (aged 76)
medical administrator
Harriet Granger Hulet Walker was an American hospital administrator and leader in the temperance movement.
8. William Woodburn Skiles
1849-1904 (aged 55)
lawyer
politician
William Woodburn Skiles was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1904.
9. Henderson Haverfield Carson
1893-1971 (aged 78)
lawyer
academic
politician
Henderson Haverfield Carson was a U.S. representative from Ohio for two non-consecutive terms in the 1940s.
10. Mike Dovilla
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Michael D. Dovilla is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represents the Seventeenth District since 2025. He was also in the Ohio House from 2011–2016. He is a Republican.
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11. Mary Bigelow Ingham
1832-1923 (aged 91)
writer
Mary Bigelow Ingham was an American author, educator, and religious worker. Dedicated to teaching, missionary work, and temperance reform, she served as professor of French and belles-lettres in the Ohio Wesleyan College; presided over and addressed the first public meeting ever held in Cleveland conducted exclusively by religious women; co-founded the Western Reserve School of Design (later, Cleveland Institute of...
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12. Nan Baker
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Nan Baker is a Republican politician. Formerly, she represented the 16th district as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016.
13. Robert E. Sweeney
1924-2007 (aged 83)
lawyer
politician
Robert E. Sweeney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a son of another former Representative, Martin L. Sweeney.
14. Genevieve R. Cline
1877-1959 (aged 82)
lawyer
judge
Genevieve Rose Cline was a judge of the United States Customs Court and the first woman to serve in the United States federal judiciary, serving as an Article I federal judge.
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15. Greg Quick
1956-. (aged 70)
head coach
Phillip "Greg" Quick is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is formerly a gridiron football player. Quick served as the head football coach at the University of Chicago (1989–1993), St. Norbert College (1994–1998), and Concord University (2003–2008), compiling a career college football record...
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16. Elisha Scott Loomis
1852-1940 (aged 88)
mathematician
civil engineer
university teacher
genealogist
Elisha Scott Loomis was an American teacher, mathematician, genealogist, writer and engineer.
17. Martin L. Sweeney
1885-1960 (aged 75)
peace activist
lawyer
judge
politician
Martin Leonard Sweeney Sr. was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney.
18. Eugene N. Borza
1935-2021 (aged 86)
historian
Eugene Nicholas Borza was a professor of ancient history at Pennsylvania State University, where he taught from 1964 until 1995.
19. T. B. Walker
1840-1928 (aged 88)
teacher
art collector
lumberman
Thomas Barlow Walker was an American business magnate who acquired lumber in Minnesota and California and became an art collector. Walker founded the Minneapolis Public Library. He was among the ten wealthiest men in the world in 1923. He built two company towns, one of which his son sold to become part of what is today known as Sunkist. He...
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20. Matt Underwood
1968-. (aged 58)
sports journalist
Matt Underwood is an American sportscaster currently serving as the television play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball.
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21. Kyle Boddy
1983-. (aged 43)
athlete
trainer
Kyle Boddy is an American baseball pitching trainer and consultant. He is the founder and owner of the baseball performance training system Driveline Baseball, which uses a sabermetric approach to increase pitching velocity and improve conditioning.
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22. Scott Shafer
1967-. (aged 59)
American football player
Scott Shafer is an American football coach and former player. He served as the defensive coordinator for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders until the 2023 season. Previously, he served as the head coach at Syracuse University until November 2015.
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23. Robert F. Overmyer
1936-1996 (aged 60)
military flight engineer
astronaut
military officer
aircraft pilot
Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab...
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24. Harrison Dillard
1923-2019 (aged 96)
athletics competitor
sprinter
William Harrison "Bones" Dillard was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952.
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25. Curt Miller
1968-. (aged 58)
head coach
basketball coach
Curt Miller is an American basketball executive and coach who is the Executive Vice-President and General Manager of the Dallas Wings of the WNBA. He most recently served as the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks from 2023–2024. Other previous head coaching positions include the Connecticut Sun (2016–2022), Bowling Green State University (2001–2012), and Indiana University (2012–2014). Miller also...
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26. Peter V. Neffenger
1955-. (aged 71)
military officer
Peter Vance Neffenger is a retired United States Coast Guard vice admiral and public servant who served as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from July 2015 to January 20, 2017.
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27. George Buza
1949-. (aged 77)
voice actor
television actor
actor
film actor
George Buza Jr. is an American-Canadian actor who is best known for voicing Beast in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97.
28. Bud Collins
1929-2016 (aged 87)
tennis player
writer
sports journalist
non-fiction writer
tennis coach
Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen.
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29. George W. Norris
1861-1944 (aged 83)
lawyer
judge
politician
George William Norris was a progressive American politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1903 to 1913, and in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1943. He became an Independent in 1936. Norris was chairman of the Senate's Judiciary Committee and Agriculture and Forestry Committee.
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30. Kshitij Thakur
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is an Indian politician, who served as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Bahujan Vikas Aghadi representing Nalasopara constituency in the Maharashtra State Assembly, from 2009-2024..
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31. Amber Lee Connors
1991-. (aged 35)
screenwriter
film director
writer
audiobook narrator
voice actor
Amber Lee Connors is an American voice actress, dubbing director, and line producer who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime and video games. She is known for her roles as Nozomi Kaminashi from Keijo!!!!!!!!, Miki Kawai from A Silent Voice, Takami Karibuchi from Brave Witches, Akane Hiyama from Love Tyrant, Juri Yukawa from Kokkoku: Moment by Moment, Esther...
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32. James Lawson
1928-2024 (aged 96)
pastor
human rights defender
missionary
university teacher
James Morris Lawson Jr. was an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was expelled from Vanderbilt University for his civil rights activism in 1960, and later served...
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33. David Ferrie
1918-1967 (aged 49)
aircraft pilot
David William Ferrie was an American pilot and anti-communist activist who was alleged by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to have been involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Garrison also alleged that Ferrie knew Lee Harvey Oswald. Ferrie denied any involvement in a conspiracy and said he never knew Oswald. Decades later, photos emerged establishing...
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34. Claudia Jordan
1973-. (aged 53)
model
television actor
beauty pageant contestant
actor
film actor
Claudia Angela Jordan is an American talk show host, actress, model, businesswoman, and reality television and radio personality. She is known for appearing as a model on the American version of Deal or No Deal and The Price Is Right, and for competing on seasons 2 and 6 of The Celebrity Apprentice as well as the first season of Deal...
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35. Colton Ryan
1995-. (aged 31)
actor
television actor
film actor
stage actor
musician
Colton Ryan is an American actor and singer. He is known for his performance as Conrad Roy in Hulu's miniseries, The Girl from Plainville (2022), for which he garnered critical acclaim, and for playing Connor Murphy, a role which he understudied in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen and reprised in the 2021 film adaptation. He is also known for...
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36. Jim Tressel
1952-. (aged 74)
head coach
American football player
politician
James Patrick Tressel is an American politician and retired college football coach who has served as the 67th lieutenant governor of Ohio since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, Tressel previously was the president of Youngstown State University from 2014 to 2023. Before entering higher education administration and public office, Tressel was the head football coach of the Youngstown...
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37. Ciara Renée
1990-. (aged 36)
television actor
stage actor
actor
musician
Ciara Renée Harper is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in Big Fish, the Leading Player in Pippin, Jenna in Waitress, and Elsa in Frozen. She played Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Paper Mill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse. In 2015, she guest starred as Kendra...
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38. Miner G. Norton
1857-1926 (aged 69)
lawyer
politician
Miner Gibbs Norton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923