17 Notable alumni of Berea College
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Berea College is ranked #2,623 in the world and #679 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Berea 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 Berea College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Elizabeth Stumm
1848-1910 (aged 62)
teacher
writer
journalist
Elizabeth Stumm, known by her pen name Mrs. C. C. Stumm was an African-American teacher and journalist. As her first husband was involved in missionary service, the couple moved often, but Stumm was able to work as a writer and teacher. She wrote for many newspapers and journals in the black press and was noted by numerous compilers of her...
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2. Dean W. Colvard
1913-2007 (aged 94)
academic administrator
Dean Wallace Colvard was a president of Mississippi State University, notable for his role in a 1963 controversy surrounding the participation of the university's basketball team in the NCAA tournament.
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3. C. C. Vaughn
1846-1923 (aged 77)
Christian minister
C. C. Vaughn was an American educator and Baptist minister in Ohio and Kentucky. He served in the American Civil War and was promoted to orderly sergeant in his heavy artillery regiment. He was also active in the Colored Conventions Movement and played prominent state and national roles in the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans group, and the...
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4. Djuan Trent
1986-. (aged 40)
television producer
YouTuber
beauty pageant contestant
Djuan Keila Trent is an American YouTube personality and former beauty pageant titleholder from Columbus, Georgia who was named Miss Kentucky 2010.
5. Mary E. Britton
1855-1925 (aged 70)
physician
suffragist
journalist
Mary Ellen Britton was an American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist from Lexington, Kentucky. Britton was an original member of the Kentucky Negro Education Association, which formed in 1877. She was president of the Lexington Woman's Improvement Club and later served as a charter member of the Ladies Orphan Society which founded the Colored Orphan Industrial Home...
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6. James L. Powell
1936-. (aged 90)
geologist
James Lawrence Powell is an American geologist, writer, former college president and museum director. He chaired the geology department at Oberlin College later serving as its provost and president. Powell also served as president of Franklin & Marshall College as well as Reed College. Following his positions in higher education, Powell presided over the Franklin Institute and the Natural History...
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7. George Samuel Hurst
1927-2010 (aged 83)
inventor
health physicist
George Samuel Hurst was an inventor, health physicist, and professor of Physics at the University of Kentucky.
8. Darrin Dorsey
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Darrin Dorsey is an American-born Cambodian professional basketball player for Nadim Souaid Academy of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is a 1.88 m. tall point guard.
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9. Juanita M. Kreps
1921-2010 (aged 89)
university teacher
economist
politician
Clara Juanita Morris Kreps was an American economist, educator and businesswoman who served as the 24th United States secretary of commerce under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Kreps was the first woman to hold that post and the fourth female ever to serve in a presidential cabinet (alongside simultaneously appointed HUD Secretary...
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10. William Atwater
1945-. (aged 81)
historian
military officer
curator
William Felix Atwater is an American author and former director of the United States Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, Maryland. Atwater is also a frequent guest contributor to a variety of television programs that draw on his expertise in military weaponry.
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11. Jack Roush
1942-. (aged 84)
businessperson
NASCAR team owner
Jack Roush is an American businessman who is the founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is chairman of Roush Enterprises.
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12. Jeffrey Reddick
1969-. (aged 57)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Jeffrey Reddick is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for creating the Final Destination franchise.
13. Muse Watson
1948-. (aged 78)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Muse Watson Gravel, commonly known as Muse Watson, is an American actor. He is notable for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland / D.B. Cooper in Prison Break, and film roles as Hank Corrigan in Something to Talk About, and Ben Willis, the killer in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still...
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14. Mack A. Breazeale
1930-2009 (aged 79)
physicist
Mack Alfred Breazeale was an American physicist particularly known for his work in ultrasonics and physical acoustics. Breazeale is widely regarded as one of the leading acousticians of the 20th century, highly accomplished in both theory and experiment. When he died, he was a retired distinguished research professor and senior scientist at the National Center for Physical Acoustics at the...
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15. Rocky Tuan
1951-. (aged 75)
engineer
Rocky Tuan Sung-chi is a Hong Kong medical researcher and bioengineer who served as the vice-chancellor and president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) from 2018 to 2025. Prior to his vice-chancellorship, Tuan served as distinguished visiting professor and director of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
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16. John Fenn
1917-2010 (aged 93)
university teacher
chemist
John Bennett Fenn was an American professor of analytical chemistry who was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. He shared half of the award with Koichi Tanaka for their work in mass spectrometry. The other half went to Kurt Wüthrich. Fenn's contributions specifically related to the development of electrospray ionization, now a commonly used technique...
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17. Carter Godwin Woodson
1875-1950 (aged 75)
writer
dean
university teacher
opinion journalist
journalist
Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the Black African diaspora in the United States. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the...
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