19 Notable alumni of Chicago Theological Seminary
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Chicago Theological Seminary is ranked #5,184 in the world and #1,366 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Chicago Theological Seminary sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Chicago Theological Seminary won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Winfield R. Gaylord
1870-1943 (aged 73)
politician
Winfield Romeo Gaylord was an American journalist, minister, and socialist lecturer. He represented the northwest side of the city of Milwaukee in the Wisconsin State Senate during the 1909 and 1911 sessions. He also ran for U.S. House of Representatives five times on the Socialist or Social Democratic ticket, and was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1906.
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2. Philo Carpenter
1805-1886 (aged 81)
pharmacist
Philo Carpenter was Chicago, Illinois' first pharmacist, and an outspoken abolitionist.
3. Wilhelm Pauck
1901-1981 (aged 80)
church historian
biographer
university teacher
theologian
Wilhelm Pauck was a German-American church historian and historical theologian in the field of Reformation studies whose fifty-year teaching career reached from the University of Chicago and Union Theological Seminary, to Vanderbilt and Stanford universities. His impact was extended through frequent lectures and visiting appointments in the U.S. and Europe. Pauck served as a bridge between the historical-critical study of...
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4. C. Michael Smith
1950-. (aged 76)
anthropologist
psychologist
C. Michael Smith is a clinical psychologist and scholar whose medical anthropological and theoretical work has focused on the study of healing systems across cultures. He holds that study of indigenous healing systems can help clarify the strengths and weaknesses of our own modern health care systems.
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5. Daniel Crosby Greene
1843-1913 (aged 70)
missionary
teacher
pastor
Daniel Crosby Greene, was an American missionary of Christianity to Japan.
6. John W. de Gruchy
1939-. (aged 87)
university teacher
Protestant theologian
social scientist
John W. de Gruchy is a Christian theologian known for his work resisting apartheid. He is presently Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch.
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7. Robert Oliphant
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Christian minister
Robert B. Oliphant PC MP is a Canadian politician and a United Church minister. He serves in the House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley West. First elected from 2008 to 2011, he returned to the office from 2015 to present.
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8. Kathy Kelly
1952-. (aged 74)
peace activist
writer
Kathy Kelly is an American peace activist, pacifist and author, one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness, and, until the campaign closed in 2020, a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. As part of peace team work in several countries, she has traveled to Iraq twenty-six times, notably remaining in combat zones during the early days of...
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9. Adam Kotsko
1980-. (aged 46)
religious studies scholar
theologian
philosopher
university teacher
writer
Adam Kotsko is an American theologian, religious scholar, culture critic, and translator, working in the field of political theology. He served as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago, which was absorbed into North Central College in 2017. He writes about philosophers Slavoj Žižek and Giorgio Agamben, as well as American pop culture.
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10. G. Campbell Morgan
1863-1945 (aged 82)
preacher
theologian
Reverend Doctor George Campbell Morgan D.D. was a British evangelist, preacher, a leading Bible teacher, and a prolific author.
11. James Henry Breasted
1865-1935 (aged 70)
egyptologist
anthropologist
university teacher
pharmacist
historian
James Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology – he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. In 1901, he became director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the university, where he continued to concentrate on...
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12. Gunnar Vingren
1879-1933 (aged 54)
missionary
Gunnar Vingren was a Swedish Pentecostal missionary evangelist. He served in the early twentieth century in the Amazon and Northeast Brazil. His work led to the creation of the Assembly of God church in Brazil.
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13. Dana W. Bartlett
1860-1942 (aged 82)
writer
Dana Webster Bartlett was an American Congregationalist minister, settlement house director, and writer. He was an early advocate of the City Beautiful movement.
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14. William L. Rowe
1931-2015 (aged 84)
university teacher
theologian
philosopher
William Leonard Rowe was a professor of philosophy at Purdue University who specialized in the philosophy of religion. His work played a leading role in the "remarkable revival of analytic philosophy of religion since the 1970s". He was noted for his formulation of the evidential argument from evil.
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15. Richard A. Jensen
1934-2014 (aged 80)
theologian
Richard Alvin Jensen was an American theologian who served as the Carlson Professor of Homiletics Emeritus at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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16. Emily C. Hewitt
1944-. (aged 82)
judge
Anglican priest
Emily Clark Hewitt is an American lawyer and minister who served as a judge and the chief judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
17. Jesse Jackson Jr
1965-. (aged 61)
taekwondo athlete
lawyer
politician
Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. is an American former politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the...
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18. Jesse Jackson
1941-. (aged 85)
religious leader
human rights defender
pastor
civil rights advocate
founder
Jesse Louis Jackson was an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a shadow delegate and shadow senator...
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19. Tasuku Harada
1863-1940 (aged 77)
pastor
missionary
university president
university teacher
Tasuku Harada was a Japanese pastor and the president of Doshisha University from 1907 to 1919. Harada started the University of Hawaii's Japanese Studies department in 1922.
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