9 Notable alumni of Blackburn College
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Blackburn College is ranked #5,080 in the world and #1,345 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from Blackburn 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 Blackburn College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Charles Cleveland Nutting
1858-1927 (aged 69)
curator
zoologist
Charles Cleveland Nutting was an American zoologist, born in Jacksonville, Illinois. His parents were Rufus Nutting, a Presbyterian minister and a professor of Greek, and Margaretta Leib Hunt Nutting. Nutting graduated from Blackburn University (1880) and received the M. A. degree from the same institution in 1882. He conducted various zoological expeditions—in Central America for the Smithsonian Institution (1882–84), in...
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2. Truman H. Landon
1905-1986 (aged 81)
military officer
General Truman Hempel "Ted" Landon was a U.S. Air Force general and commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
3. Craig F. Stowers
1954-2022 (aged 68)
lawyer
Craig F. Stowers was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice, and the 18th chief justice, of the Alaska Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Sean Parnell in 2009 as an associate justice to replace retiring Justice Robert Eastaugh. Stowers was one of seven candidates recommended to the Governor by the Alaska Judicial Council out...
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4. Peter F. Mack, Jr
1916-1986 (aged 70)
automobile salesperson
politician
real estate entrepreneur
aircraft pilot
military officer
Peter Francis Mack Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
5. Mary Hunter Austin
1868-1934 (aged 66)
playwright
writer
naturalist
autobiographer
poet
Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.
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6. Dennis Phillips
1954-. (aged 72)
poker player
Dennis N. Phillips is a professional poker player from St. Louis, Missouri. Phillips qualified for the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event through a $200 satellite tournament at Harrah's St. Louis, his local Harrah's casino. He entered the final table as chip leader with 26,295,000 in chips, and finished in third place, earning $4,517,773.
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7. Anthony Beale
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Anthony A. Beale is an American politician and the alderman of the 9th ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois United States. Beale is noted as having been one of the youngest members to serve as elected official on the City of Chicago's City Council. Beale was first elected in 1999. In 2023 Beale was elected to his seventh term...
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8. Bruce Pavitt
1959-. (aged 67)
record producer
Bruce S. Pavitt is the co-founder of independent record label Sub Pop and is considered "one of the founding fathers of the Seattle grunge scene." He attended Evergreen State College where he hosted a show on Evergreen's KAOS radio station before founding Sub Pop.
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9. Mark Kirk
1959-. (aged 67)
congressional staff
lawyer
military officer
politician
Mark Steven Kirk is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district from 2001 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, Kirk describes himself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative. As of 2025, he is the last...
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