32 Notable alumni of Marietta College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Marietta College is ranked #2,785 in the world and #718 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from Marietta 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 Marietta College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John Poage Williamson
1835-1917 (aged 82)
missionary
writer
politician
John Poage Williamson was an American missionary, politician, and writer.
2. Elsie Eaton Newton
1871-1941 (aged 70)
teacher
Elsie Eaton Newton was an American educator with the United States Indian Service, and the first Dean of Women at Marietta College in Ohio.
3. W. D. Chadwick
1883-1934 (aged 51)
basketball coach
William Dean Chadwick was an American college football, college baseball, and college basketball coach, and athletics administrator. Chadwick served as head football coach at Albion College, and the head football, basketball, baseball coach and athletic director at Mississippi A&M College (now known as Mississippi State University).
+ show more
4. Martin Dewey Follett
1826-1911 (aged 85)
lawyer
judge
Martin Dewey Follett was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1883–1887.
5. Francis Butler Loomis
1861-1948 (aged 87)
journalist
diplomat
editor
politician
Francis Butler Loomis served as the United States Ambassador to Venezuela from 1897 to 1901 and the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1901 to 1902. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1903 to 1905 when he was appointed as the acting United States Secretary of State. His son was Major general Francis B. Loomis Jr.
+ show more
6. Henry S. Neal
1828-1906 (aged 78)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Henry Safford Neal was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1877 to 1883.
7. Laban T. Moore
1829-1892 (aged 63)
lawyer
politician
Laban Theodore Moore was a U.S. representative from Kentucky.
8. John F. Follett
1831-1902 (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
John Fassett Follett was a U.S. representative from Ohio for one term from 1883 to 1885.
9. Edward Marsden
1869-1932 (aged 63)
missionary
The Rev. Edward Marsden was a Canadian-American missionary and member of the Tsimshian nation who became the first Alaska Native to be ordained in the ministry.
+ show more
10. Bob Walsh
1940-2017 (aged 77)
television director
Robert "Bob" Walsh was an American television producer, marketing executive, sports executive, business consultant, and humanitarian.
11. Wilbur McKee White
1890-1973 (aged 83)
politician
Wilbur McKee White was an American politician and World War I veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1933.
12. Edward H. Funston
1836-1911 (aged 75)
politician
Edward Hogue Funston was an American politician who was a U.S. representative from Kansas. He was the father of general Frederick Funston.
13. Henry M. Dawes
1877-1952 (aged 75)
businessperson
Henry May Dawes was an American businessman and banker from a prominent Ohio family. He served as a United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1923 to 1924 and also worked as an executive in the oil industry.
+ show more
14. Gregg Nibert
1957-. (aged 69)
basketball coach
Gregg Nibert is the former head men's basketball coach at Presbyterian College. He is the all-time winningest coach in Blue Hose history. He resigned April 12, 2017 after 28 seasons as head coach.
+ show more
15. Albert B. White
1856-1941 (aged 85)
editor
politician
journalist
Albert Blakeslee White was the 11th governor of West Virginia from 1901 to 1905.
16. Kathy Brodsky
1945-. (aged 81)
writer
children's writer
Kathy Brodsky is an American author and poet. She has written seventeen books, sixteen of which are children's books, and one that is a collection of 65 poems reflecting her observations and insights about life. She was the writer-in-residence at the Pierce School in Bennington, New Hampshire, and at the Harold Martin School in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
+ show more
17. Edmund Burke Fairfield
1821-1904 (aged 83)
university teacher
politician
Edmund Burke Fairfield was an American minister, educator and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Michigan and as the second Chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
+ show more
18. Alva Rogers
1959-. (aged 67)
actor
writer
puppeteer
performing artist
visual artist
Alva Rogers is an American playwright, composer, actor, vocalist, and arts educator. She is known for the use of dolls and puppetry in interdisciplinary work. Rogers performed in the role of Eula Peazant in Julie Dash's 1991 film Daughters of the Dust. and was a vocalist in the New York City alternative rock band Band of Susans.
+ show more
19. Beman Gates Dawes
1870-1953 (aged 83)
politician
Beman Gates Dawes was a politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio from 1905 to 1909.
20. Ray Barnhart
1928-2013 (aged 85)
politician
Ray Anderson Barnhart was an American businessman and politician who served as Federal Highway Administrator from 1981 to 1987. He started his career as City Councilman in Pasadena, Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives 100th district from and served from January 9, 1973 to January 14, 1975. He was an Eagle Scout. He also served...
+ show more
21. Bernice Eddy
1903-1989 (aged 86)
virologist
epidemiologist
microbiologist
Bernice Eddy was an American virologist and epidemiologist. She and Sarah Elizabeth Stewart are known for their discoveries related to polyomavirus, particularly SV40 polyomavirus.
+ show more
22. William Irwin
1827-1886 (aged 59)
politician
William Irwin was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 13th governor of California between 1875 and 1880. He previously served as acting lieutenant governor for nine months in 1875.
+ show more
23. C. William O'Neill
1916-1978 (aged 62)
lawyer
judge
politician
C. William O'Neill was an American judge and Republican politician, who served as the 59th governor of Ohio.
24. Dean Hess
1917-2015 (aged 98)
military officer
Dean Elmer Hess was an American minister and United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was involved in the so-called "Kiddy Car Airlift," the documented rescue of 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance during the Korean War on December 20, 1950. He is the subject of the autobiography Battle Hymn, published in 1956,...
+ show more
25. Theodore Earl Butler
1861-1936 (aged 75)
painter
Theodore Earl Butler was an American impressionist painter. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he married her sister, Marthe Hoschedé. Butler was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists.
+ show more
26. Rich Galen
1946-2024 (aged 78)
politician
Richard A. Galen was an American columnist, Republican Party strategist, and onetime press secretary to Vice President Dan Quayle and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
+ show more
27. Rufus Dawes
1838-1899 (aged 61)
military officer
lumberman
politician
Rufus R. Dawes was an American politician, military officer, and author. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883. He was a military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He used the middle initial "R" but had no middle name. He was noted for his service in the famed Iron Brigade, particularly...
+ show more
28. Joel Pritchard
1925-1997 (aged 72)
businessperson
politician
Joel McFee Pritchard was an American businessman and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington as a member of the Republican Party, and is the most recent Republican to have held that office as of 2024.
+ show more
29. Carte Goodwin
1974-. (aged 52)
lawyer
politician
Carte Patrick Goodwin is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed by Governor Joe Manchin on July 16, 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert Byrd. He chose not to seek election to finish Byrd’s unexpired term....
+ show more
30. Doug La Follette
1940-. (aged 86)
politician
Douglas J. La Follette is a retired American academic, environmental scientist, and Democratic politician from Wisconsin. He was the 28th and 30th secretary of state of Wisconsin, serving from 1975 to 1979, and from 1983 to 2023. With his 44 years as secretary of state, La Follette is the longest-serving statewide elected official in Wisconsin history, and at the time...
+ show more
31. Charles G. Dawes
1865-1951 (aged 86)
lawyer
diplomat
composer
economist
banker
Charles Gates Dawes was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, and a member of the Republican Party.
+ show more
32. Story Musgrave
1935-. (aged 91)
astronaut
Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees along with astronaut Lee Morin. Musgrave...
+ show more