22 Notable alumni of Muhlenberg College

Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees

Muhlenberg College is ranked #2,637 in the world and #683 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

George Frederic Kribbs

1. George Frederic Kribbs

1846-1938 (aged 92)
lawyer judge politician
George Frederic Kribbs was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895.
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James Whyte Kelly Jr

2. James Whyte Kelly Jr

1911-1990 (aged 79)
politician
James Whyte Kelly Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who was Mayor of East Orange, New Jersey from 1958 to 1970. He held a number of other civic positions, including being president of the New Jersey Council of Mayors.
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Nancy Thornberry

3. Nancy Thornberry

chemist
Nancy A. Thornberry is the founding CEO and current chair, R&D at Kallyope Inc. in New York City. She previously worked with Merck Research Laboratories, joining the company in 1979 as a biochemist and retiring from the position of senior vice president and franchise head, diabetes and endocrinology in 2013.
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Marcus C.L. Kline

4. Marcus C.L. Kline

1855-1911 (aged 56)
lawyer politician
Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1907.
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Dawn Eilenberger

5. Dawn Eilenberger

Dawn Eilenberger became the Deputy Director of National Intelligence in April 2017. Previously she was the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Policy & Strategy, Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In this role, she oversees the formulation and implementation of Intelligence community (IC)-wide policy and strategy on the full range of intelligence issues, including collection, analysis, requirements, management...
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Max Marty

6. Max Marty

entrepreneur
Max Marty is an American entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, who co-founded the seed accelerator project Blueseed with Dario Mutabdzija and Dan Dascalescu. He was previously Director of Business Strategy at The Seasteading Institute.
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Mark C. Urban

7. Mark C. Urban

university teacher scientist academic
Mark C. Urban is a biologist and associate professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. His work focuses on the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that shape natural communities across multiple spatial scales.
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Scott A. Shikora

8. Scott A. Shikora

1959-. (aged 67)
surgeon
Scott Alan Shikora, MD FACS is an American bariatric surgeon. He is currently the Director of the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
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Sisto Averno

9. Sisto Averno

1925-2012 (aged 87)
American football player
Sisto Joseph "Joe" Averno was an American professional football guard and linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the original Baltimore Colts (1950) and the franchises which succeeded it, including the New York Yanks (1951), Dallas Texans (1952), and the second iteration of the Baltimore Colts (1953–1954).
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Michael Schlossberg

10. Michael Schlossberg

1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Michael H. Schlossberg is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 132nd district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Al Downing

11. Al Downing

1941-. (aged 85)
baseball player broadcaster
Alphonso Erwin Downing is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 through 1977. Downing was an All Star in 1967 and the National League's Comeback Player of the Year in 1971. Downing allowed Hank Aaron's record breaking 715th home run...
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John Robert Kline

12. John Robert Kline

1891-1955 (aged 64)
mathematician university teacher
John Robert Kline was an American mathematician and educator.
Darryl Ponicsan

13. Darryl Ponicsan

1938-. (aged 88)
novelist screenwriter
Darryl Ponicsan is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1970 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into the 1973 film of the same name starring Jack Nicholson. A sequel, Last Flag Flying, based on his 2005 novel of the same name, was released in 2017; he co-wrote the screenplay with director Richard Linklater....
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Michael Pocalyko

14. Michael Pocalyko

1954-. (aged 72)
novelist
Michael Nicholas Pocalyko is an American businessman and writer.
Matt Yallof

15. Matt Yallof

1967-. (aged 59)
sports journalist
Matt Yallof is an American sports commentator for MLB Network and NHL Network, where he debuted on June 3, 2009. He hosts the regular season studio show The Rundown and MLB Network Strike Zone. He also appears on MLB Tonight and Quick Pitch.
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Emily Wickersham

16. Emily Wickersham

1984-. (aged 42)
film actor actor television actor
Emily Wickersham is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on NCIS.
Frank Buchman

17. Frank Buchman

1878-1961 (aged 83)
evangelist theologian
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman, best known as Frank Buchman, was an American Lutheran who founded the First Century Christian Fellowship in 1921, renamed as the Oxford Group in 1928, that was transformed under his leadership in 1938 into the Moral Re-Armament and became Initiatives of Change in 2001. As a leader of the Moral Re-Armament, he was decorated by the...
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Richard Ben-Veniste

18. Richard Ben-Veniste

1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer
Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer. He was a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal and later became a member of the 9/11 Commission. He is known for his pointed questions and criticisms of the Bush administration. In 2017, he became a CNN legal analyst.
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Frankie Grande

19. Frankie Grande

1983-. (aged 43)
reality television participant actor
Frank James Michael Grande Marchione is an American actor, singer, dancer, television host and producer. He performed on Broadway as Franz in the musical Rock of Ages (2014–2015) and in Mamma Mia! (2007–2010) and has played roles Off-Broadway, in regional theatre productions and on tour. He has produced Broadway shows and both produced and appeared in cabaret acts, including his...
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Andrea Clearfield

20. Andrea Clearfield

1960-. (aged 66)
composer
Andrea Clearfield is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Regularly commissioned and performed by ensembles in the United States and internationally, her works include music for opera, orchestra, chorus, soloists, chamber ensembles, dance, film, and multimedia collaborations. She is represented by Black Tea Music.
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Jonathan Abramowitz

21. Jonathan Abramowitz

1969-. (aged 57)
researcher neuroscientist psychologist university teacher
Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz is an American clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He is an expert on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders whose work is highly cited. He maintains a research lab and currently serves as the director of the UNC-CH Clinical Psychology PhD...
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George Abram Miller

22. George Abram Miller

1863-1951 (aged 88)
university teacher mathematician historian of mathematics
George Abram Miller was an American mathematician, an early group theorist.