20 Notable alumni of Geneva College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Geneva College is ranked #2,710 in the world and #703 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Geneva 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 Geneva College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John Peter Barnes
1881-1959 (aged 78)
lawyer
judge
John Peter Barnes was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
2. George Long Duyckinck
1828-1868 (aged 40)
biographer
George Long Duyckinck was a New York City writer.
3. William Paret
1826-1911 (aged 85)
Anglican priest
William Paret was the 137th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
4. Henry Wilson Temple
1864-1955 (aged 91)
university teacher
politician
Henry Wilson Temple was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
5. J. Howard Swick
1879-1952 (aged 73)
politician
Jesse Howard Swick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
6. Frederick Simpson Deitrick
1875-1948 (aged 73)
lawyer
politician
Frederick Simpson Deitrick was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts.
7. Robert D. Robbins
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Robert Dennis "Bob" Robbins is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 50th District since 1990. He previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 17th District from 1983 to 1990.
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8. Dan K. Williams
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Dan K. Williams is an American politician and pastor. A Democrat, he has represented the 74th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2018.
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9. John R. Goodin
1836-1885 (aged 49)
editor
politician
lawyer
judge
journalist
John Randolph Goodin was an American politician, lawyer, judge and editor from Ohio and Kansas.
10. David W. Stewart
1887-1974 (aged 87)
lawyer
politician
David Wallace Stewart served as a United States senator from Iowa from August 7, 1926, until March 3, 1927, serving out the unexpired term of a senator who died soon after he was defeated for re-election in a Republican primary.
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11. Walter Edmond Clyde Todd
1874-1969 (aged 95)
ornithologist
zoologist
Walter Edmond Clyde Todd was an American ornithologist who worked at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He collected specimens mainly in the Arctic zone and was the author of several books.
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12. Solomon L. Hoge
1836-1909 (aged 73)
lawyer
judge
politician
Solomon Lafayette Hoge was a lawyer, soldier, judge and politician in Ohio and South Carolina.
13. Norman Asa Clyde
1885-1972 (aged 87)
mountaineer
Norman Clyde was a mountaineer, mountain guide, freelance writer, nature photographer, and self-trained naturalist. He is well known for achieving over 130 first ascents, many in California's Sierra Nevada and Montana's Glacier National Park. He also set a speed climbing record on California's Mount Shasta in 1923. The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley has 1467 articles written...
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14. Joseph P. Kolter
1926-2019 (aged 93)
politician
Joseph Paul "Joe" Kolter was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993.
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15. Robert P. Kennedy
1840-1918 (aged 78)
military officer
lawyer
politician
Robert Patterson Kennedy was a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1886 to 1891. He was also an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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16. William Fitzsimmons
1978-. (aged 48)
singer-songwriter
guitarist
singer
musician
William Fitzsimmons is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. His music has been featured on ABC's Brothers & Sisters and the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice, MTV's Life of Ryan and Teen Wolf, the CW's One Tree Hill, CBS's Blue Bloods, ABC Family's Greek, Lifetime's Army Wives, and USA Network's Burn Notice. As of 2026, he has released nine...
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17. John Steuart Curry
1897-1946 (aged 49)
painter
lithographer
John Steuart Curry was an American painter whose career spanned the years from 1924 until his death. He was noted for his paintings depicting rural life in his home state, Kansas. Along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, he was hailed as one of the three great painters of American Regionalism of the first half of the twentieth century....
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18. David Shedd
David R. Shedd is a retired U.S. intelligence officer whose final post was as the acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He is a former Central Intelligence Agency operative.
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19. Benjamin Piatt Runkle
1836-1916 (aged 80)
military officer
Benjamin Piatt Runkle was an American military officer, Episcopal priest, and Freemason, who is noted as being one of the seven founders of Sigma Chi fraternity. Prior to joining the clergy, he served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as Chief Superintendent of Freedmen's Affairs in Kentucky, and was plaintiff in the Supreme Court case...
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20. Cleveland Monroe Bailey
1886-1965 (aged 79)
head teacher
politician
Cleveland Monroe Bailey was a U.S. representative from West Virginia.