6 Notable alumni of Juniata College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Juniata College is ranked #3,301 in the world and #857 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 6 notable alumni from Juniata 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 Juniata College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Donald C. White
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Donald C. "Don" White is an American former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 41st District from 2001 to 2019.
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2. Eleanor Vadala
1923-2023 (aged 100)
researcher
engineer
balloonist
chemist
Eleanor Vadala was an American chemist, materials engineer and balloonist. She became director of research and development at the Naval Air Development Center in Pennsylvania, where she helped to develop light synthetic materials for use in aircraft. One of her jobs was the testing of fabric in existing balloons to ensure they could be used safely.
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3. Claire Kelly Schultz
1924-2015 (aged 91)
documentalist
computer scientist
Claire Kelly Schultz was an American computer consultant and academic. She was a leading figure in the early development of automated information retrieval systems and information science. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus construction and machine-aided indexing, innovating techniques for punch card information retrieval.
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4. William Daniel Phillips
1948-. (aged 78)
physicist
university teacher
William Daniel Phillips is an American physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.
5. John Kuriyan
1960-. (aged 66)
biochemist
crystallographer
John Kuriyan is the dean of basic sciences and a professor of biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was formerly the Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the departments of molecular and cell biology and chemistry, a faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab's physical biosciences division, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He is a...
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6. Martin Grove Brumbaugh
1862-1930 (aged 68)
church historian
biographer
politician
Martin Grove Brumbaugh was an American politician who served as the 26th governor of Pennsylvania, from 1915 until 1919. He is frequently referred to as M.G. Brumbaugh, as was common among members of the Brumbaugh family. He also led education reform efforts in Puerto Rico after the U.S. took over from Spain after the Spanish-American War and in Pennsylvania.
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