44 Notable alumni of Lewis & Clark College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lewis & Clark College is 1664st in the world, 1st in North America, and 409st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 44 notable alumni from Lewis & Clark 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 Lewis & Clark College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ina Law Robertson
1867-1916 (aged 49)
educator
philanthropist
Ina Law Robertson was an American educator and social worker. In 1898 she opened dormitory-style housing for women, known as the Hotel Eleanor, which grew into a large and lasting community program in Chicago.
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2. Elizabeth Winzeler
1962-. (aged 64)
researcher
microbiologist
geneticist
Elizabeth Ann Winzeler is an American microbiologist and geneticist. She is a professor in the Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics of the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. Although she works in a variety of different disease areas, most research focuses on developing better medicines for the treatment and eradication of malaria.
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3. Nick Kahl
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Nicholas Kahl is an attorney and Democratic politician from Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. He is a practicing lawyer in Portland, Oregon.
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4. Chet Bowers
1935-2017 (aged 82)
university teacher
writer
environmentalist
C. A. Bowers (June 4, 1935 – July 13, 2017) was an American educator, author, lecturer and environmental activist. He wrote 27 books that focus on the cultural, linguistic, and technological roots of the current ecological crisis as well as the educational reforms necessary to promote greater ecological awareness.
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5. Donald C. Johnson
1949-. (aged 77)
diplomat
Donald C. Johnson is an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to three countries; Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde and Mongolia.
6. Mary Jean Thompson
diplomat
Mary Jean Thompson is an American honorary consul appointed by the ruling monarch and prime minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein and accredited by the Department of State of the United States of America. She serves the Pacific Northwest from the consulate in Portland, Oregon. She is the fifth consul representing Liechtenstein in the world and the only woman serving...
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7. Ruthe Farmer
manager
Ruthe Farmer is an American policymaker and activist. She is focused on inclusion and leveraging existing infrastructure to scale change for girls' participation in technology and engineering. She is founder and CEO of the Last Mile Education Fund and also serves as the Chief Evangelist for CSforAll and she was a senior policy advisor for tech inclusion at the White...
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8. Tuckerman Babcock
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Tuckerman Babcock is a political strategist who served as chairman of the Alaska Republican Party from 2016 to 2018.
9. Lori L. Lake
1960-. (aged 66)
novelist
Lori L. Lake is an American writer of fiction, mainly about lesbian protagonists. She is also an editor, writing instructor, graphic artist, and former publisher.
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10. Charles A. Blanchard
1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer
Charles Alan Blanchard is a United States lawyer who served as General Counsel of the Army from 1999 to 2001, and who has served as General Counsel of the Air Force, from 2009 to 2013.
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11. Dave Somers
1953-. (aged 73)
biologist
David J. Somers is an American politician and fisheries biologist serving as the Snohomish County Executive, an office he has held since 2016. Somers previously served on the Snohomish County Council, representing the 5th district in the eastern portion of the county.
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12. Ronald A. Marks
writer
Ronald Anthony Marks FRSA is a former senior Central Intelligence Agency official and Capitol Hill Staffer. He is currently chairman and CEO of ZPN Cyber and National Security Strategies and an academic focused on Cyber and Intelligence policy issues. His book "Spying in America in the Post 9/11 World: Domestic Threat and the Need for Change," published by Praeger Publishing,...
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13. R. Niels Marquardt
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
R. Niels Marquardt is a retired American diplomat and past CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia.
14. Rick Metsger
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Richard Thomas Metsger served in the Oregon State Senate from 1999 to 2011. President Barack Obama nominated Rick Metsger to serve on the board of the National Credit Union Administration on May 16, 2013. The U.S. Senate confirmed Metsger on August 1, 2013, and he took the oath of office on August 23, 2013. He served as the ninth NCUA...
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15. Patrick Combs
1966-. (aged 60)
writer
Patrick Combs is an American author and speaker. He is the author of Major in Success and Man 1 Bank 0 which was adapted into a one-man live stage show that has toured the United States and Europe. Combs has performed the show to sold out audiences in Ireland and on Broadway.
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16. Jane Nishida
1955-. (aged 71)
official
civil servant
lawyer
Jane Toshiko Nishida is an American lawyer and government official. She served as the assistant administrator in the Office of International and Tribal Affairs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the presidency of Joe Biden. Nishida served as the acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January 20 to March 11, 2021, and again from January 1 to...
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17. Marcia S. Krieger
1954-. (aged 72)
lawyer
judge
Marcia Smith Krieger is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
18. Jules Bailey
1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Jules Bailey is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014, representing inner Southeast and Northeast Portland. Bailey also served on the County Commission for Multnomah County, Oregon from June 2014 to December 2016. In 2016, Bailey ran for mayor of Portland in 2016, losing to Ted Wheeler.
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19. Amber Case
1987-. (aged 39)
anthropologist
Amber Case is an American cyborg anthropologist, user experience designer and public speaker. She studies the interaction between humans and technology.
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20. Beverly Clarno
1936-. (aged 90)
politician
Beverly A. Clarno is an American politician who served as the 27th Oregon Secretary of State from 2019 to 2021. She was the only Republican statewide official in Oregon at the time. Clarno previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate. As of 2024, she is the most recent Republican to have held...
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21. Matt Wuerker
1956-. (aged 70)
journalist
cartoonist
Matt Wuerker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American political cartoonist and founding staff member of Politico.
22. Jeanne M. Holm
1921-2010 (aged 89)
writer
military officer
Major General Jeanne Marjorie Holm was the first female one-star general of the United States Air Force and the first female two-star general in any service branch of the United States. Holm was a driving force behind the expansion of women's roles in the Air Force.
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23. Sagala Ratnayaka
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka is a Sri Lankan politician who is the National Organiser for United National Party in Sri Lanka. He had been serving as the chief of staff to the President of Sri Lanka and National Security Advisor from 2022 to 2024. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (2015-2018); Youth Affairs...
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24. Pete Ward
1937-2022 (aged 85)
baseball player
Peter Thomas Ward was a Canadian-born professional baseball player who appeared in 973 games over nine seasons in Major League Baseball as a third baseman, outfielder and first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles (1962), Chicago White Sox (1963–1969) and New York Yankees (1970).
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25. Katherine Paul
Katherine Paul is a Swinomish/Iñupiaq singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, Oregon. Her music is influenced by post-rock, alternative rock, and Native American traditional music. She has released an EP and three albums under the moniker Black Belt Eagle Scout. Her self-titled EP as Black Belt Eagle Scout was released in June 2014. Her debut studio album, Mother of My...
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26. Brian Lindstrom
1961-. (aged 65)
film director
screenwriter
Brian Lindstrom is a documentary filmmaker whose films focus on addiction, incarceration, mental illness, and police brutality.
27. Naomi Pomeroy
1974-2024 (aged 50)
cook
restaurateur
television personality
Naomi Pomeroy was an American chef and restaurateur. Pomeroy in 2009 was listed by Food & Wine magazine as one of America's Top 10 Best New Chefs and in 2014 won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northwest.
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28. Ted Gaines
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Edward Moore Gaines is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the California Board of Equalization for the 1st district. He previously served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st Senate district from 2011 to 2019.
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29. Hussain Al Nowais
businessperson
Hussain Jasim Al Nowais is an Emirati businessman who is chairman of Al Nowais Investments and AMEA Power; and vice chairman of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. He is a co-founder and board member of Sandooq Al Watan and board member of Rotana Hotel Management Corporation.
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30. Genevieve Gorder
1974-. (aged 52)
interior designer
Genevieve Gorder is an American television host and interior designer. She was one of the Designers on Trading Spaces, She hosted Bravo's Best Room Wins. Previously, she hosted Stay Here on Netflix, Genevieve's Renovation, "White House Christmas," and Dear Genevieve on HGTV and judged HGTV's Design Star.
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31. Namik Paul
1987-. (aged 39)
actor
television actor
model
Namik Paul is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut in 2015 with Qubool Hai portraying Ahsaan. He earned recognition with his portrayal of Shravan Malhotra in Ek Duje Ke Vaaste, his dual portrayal of Shiv Kapoor and Krish Khanna in Ek Deewaana Tha, Shivansh Randhawa in Kumkum Bhagya and Aryaman Suri in...
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32. Earl Blumenauer
1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer
politician
Earl Francis Blumenauer is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district from 1996 to 2025. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River.
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33. Haben Girma
1988-. (aged 38)
lawyer
advocate
Haben Girma is an American disability rights advocate, who was the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School.
34. Kate Brown
1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer
politician
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997, three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the...
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35. Weyes Blood
1988-. (aged 38)
singer
composer
film director
Natalie Laura Mering, known professionally as Weyes Blood, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her own material under variations of the name Weyes Blood since 2003.
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36. Heidi Heitkamp
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
director
actor
politician
Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party, her 2012 victory made the first woman elected to Congress from North Dakota, where she served as the 20th tax commissioner from 1986 to 1992 and as...
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37. Penn Badgley
1986-. (aged 40)
television director
child actor
film actor
television actor
singer
Penn Dayton Badgley is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix psychological thriller series You (2018–2025).
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38. Muhammad bin Nayef
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
minister
Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud, colloquially known by his initials MBN or MbN, is a Saudi Arabian former politician and businessman who served as the crown prince and first deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2017 and as the minister of interior from 2012 to 2017. Prince Muhammad is a grandson of the founding monarch, King Abdulaziz,...
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39. Markie Post
1950-2021 (aged 71)
television actor
voice actor
film producer
actor
film actor
Marjorie Armstrong Post, known professionally as Markie Post, was an American actress. Her best known roles include bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985; public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992; Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to 1995; and...
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40. Gordon Faber
1931-2014 (aged 83)
politician
Gordon C. Faber was an American politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon. He joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was a small business owner before becoming a real estate agent and entering politics. He served on Hillsboro's budget committee and city council before...
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41. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr
1941-. (aged 85)
businessperson
Robert Boisseau Pamplin Jr. is an American businessman, philanthropist, and minister. He is also noted as an educator, historic preservationist and author.
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42. Bill Walker
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
William Martin Walker is an American attorney and politician who served as the 11th governor of Alaska, from 2014 to 2018. He was the second Alaska-born governor, after William A. Egan.
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43. Don Bonker
1937-2023 (aged 86)
politician
Donald Leroy Bonker was an American politician from the state of Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as county auditor of Clark County, Washington from 1966 to 1974 and a member of the United States House of Representatives for seven terms from 1975 to 1989 representing Washington's 3rd congressional district.
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44. Monica Lewinsky
1973-. (aged 53)
social psychologist
businessperson
entrepreneur
designer
psychologist
Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American activist. She became internationally known in the late 1990s after U.S. president Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with her during her days as a White House intern between 1995 and 1997. The affair and its repercussions (which included Clinton's impeachment) became known as the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal.
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