8 Notable alumni of Messiah College

Brian Sell is a retired American long-distance runner who specialized in various long-distance track events before specializing as a marathoner in his professional career with Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. Sell represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. He attended Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he ran on the Saint Francis University cross country...

Ray Crist was an American chemist who participated in the Manhattan Project. When he retired from teaching at the age of 104 in 2004, Crist is widely believed to have been America's oldest worker at the time.

Steve Thurston is a Chilean-American journalist, entrepreneur, humanitarian photographer and co-founder, CEO and president of Integrity Ministries (Integridad Network, Inc.), a non-profit media organization.

Levi Preston Landis is an arts administrator, musician, manager and festival producer. Since 2016, he has been the executive director of GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, the largest visual art center in the country.

Jay Smith is an American polemicist of Islam. Since 1983, he has been a full-time missionary with the Brethren in Christ Church with a focus on polemics among the Muslims of London.

Christopher J. Heisey is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Washington Nationals.

Gregory Alan Thornbury was formerly president of The King's College in New York City from 2013 to 2017, and chancellor from 2017 to 2018. Before his tenure at King's College, he was professor of philosophy, dean of the School of Theology and Missions, and vice president for spiritual life at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He was also formerly vice...