36 Notable alumni of Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law is ranked #11,194 in the world and #2,306 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Thomas Reap
1895-1935 (aged 40)
lawyer
Thomas M. Reap was an American lawyer and college football coach. He served as the head coach at Villanova College—now known as Villanova University—from 1917 to 1920, during which time he compiled a record of 9–13–4.
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2. John D. Hopper
1923-1996 (aged 73)
politician
John D. Hopper was a Pennsylvania politician. A Republican, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 31st district, serving from 1977 to 1992.
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3. Sylvia H. Rambo
1936-2024 (aged 88)
lawyer
judge
Sylvia Hilda Rambo was an American jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from her appointment in 1979 until her retirement in August 2024.
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4. Arthur Ringwalt Rupley
1868-1920 (aged 52)
lawyer
politician
Arthur Ringwalt Rupley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
5. Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer
1893-1964 (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district for seven terms from 1939 to 1953. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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6. Joseph S. Ammerman
1924-1993 (aged 69)
lawyer
judge
politician
Joseph Scofield Ammerman was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term from 1977 to 1979.
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7. Milton W. Glenn
1903-1967 (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
Milton Willits Glenn was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1965.
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8. T. Millet Hand
1902-1956 (aged 54)
lawyer
publisher
politician
Thomas Millet Hand was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for six consecutive terms from 1945 to 1956.
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9. Pedro Cortés
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Pedro A. Cortés is an American government official. He served twice in the role of Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, originally from 2003 to 2010 until Governor Ed Rendell and later from 2015 to 2017 under Governor Tom Wolf.
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10. Kim R. Gibson
1948-2025 (aged 77)
lawyer
judge
Kim Richard Gibson was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
11. Rick Gray
lawyer
politician
J. Richard Gray is an American lawyer and politician, who was mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 2006 until 2018.
12. John S. Fine
1893-1978 (aged 85)
lawyer
judge
John Sydney Fine was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A Republican, he served as the 35th governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955.
13. Daniel Flood
1903-1994 (aged 91)
actor
lawyer
politician
Daniel John Flood was an American attorney and politician, a flamboyant and long-serving Democratic United States Representative from Pennsylvania. First elected to the US House in 1944, he served continuously from 1955 to 1980. Flood was credited with leading the effort to help the Wilkes-Barre area recover after the 1972 effects of the Agnes Flood.
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14. Arthur James
1883-1973 (aged 90)
lawyer
judge
politician
Arthur Horace James was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. A Republican, he served as the 14th lieutenant governor (1927–1931) and the 31st governor (1939–1943) of Pennsylvania.
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15. Brian Sloan
Brian Sloan is an American entrepreneur known for creating a number of sex toys and adult-themed beauty contests. He is one of the few entrepreneurs in the adult industry to successfully use crowd funding for his products. He hosted a number of genital beauty contests, including a vaginal beauty contest, a scrotum beauty contest, and an anus beauty contest. He...
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16. Andrew Gregg Curtin
1817-1894 (aged 77)
diplomat
politician
Andrew Gregg Curtin was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 15th governor of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War, helped defend his state during the Gettysburg campaign, and oversaw the creation of the National Cemetery and the ceremony in which Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address.
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17. Paul Kanjorski
1937-. (aged 89)
lawyer
politician
Paul Edmund Kanjorski is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1985 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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18. Matthew W. Brann
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
judge
Matthew William Brann is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
19. Tom Ridge
1945-. (aged 81)
lawyer
non-commissioned officer
politician
Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant to the president for homeland security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States secretary of homeland security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office. A member of the Republican Party, he previously...
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20. Mike Fitzpatrick
1963-2020 (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Michael Gerard Fitzpatrick was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2007 and 2011 to 2017. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 and represented the district from 2005 to 2007, but he was defeated by Democrat Patrick Murphy in...
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21. Rick Santorum
1958-. (aged 68)
lawyer
politician
Richard John Santorum Sr. is an American politician, attorney, author, and former CNN political commentator, who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's third-ranking Republican during the final six years of his tenure. He also ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in the 2012 Republican primaries, finishing second to Mitt...
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22. William W. Caldwell
1925-2019 (aged 94)
lawyer
judge
William Wilson Caldwell II was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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23. Jim Gerlach
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
James William Gerlach is the former U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Gerlach retired from Congress after completing his sixth term.
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24. John E. Jones III
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
judge
politician
John Edward Jones III is an American lawyer who has been the 30th president of Dickinson College since 2021. He was previously a district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his presiding role in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, in which the teaching of...
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25. John P. Saylor
1908-1973 (aged 65)
military officer
lawyer
politician
John Phillips Saylor was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania serving from 1949 until his death from a heart attack in Houston, Texas in 1973.
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26. Edward George Smith
1961-2023 (aged 62)
lawyer
judge
Edward George Smith was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
27. D. Brooks Smith
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
judge
David Brookman "Brooks" Smith is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit...
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28. Christopher F. Burne
lawyer
military officer
Christopher Francis Burne is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and was Judge Advocate General of the Air Force from May 2014 until May 2018. He retired on July 1, 2018.
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29. Daniel Brodhead Heiner
1854-1944 (aged 90)
lawyer
politician
Daniel Brodhead Heiner was an American lawyer and politician who served as a two-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1893 to 1897.
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30. Brian Fitzpatrick
1973-. (aged 53)
accountant
lawyer
politician
Brian Kevin Fitzpatrick is an American politician, attorney, and former FBI agent who has served as a U.S. representative from Pennsylvania since 2017. His district, which was numbered the 8th district during his first term and the 1st district since 2019, includes all of Bucks County, a mostly suburban county north of Philadelphia, as well as a sliver of Montgomery...
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31. Frederick William Magrady
1863-1954 (aged 91)
teacher
lawyer
politician
Frederick William Magrady was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
32. Carl Risch
1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
Carl C. Risch is an American lawyer and former government official who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs within the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2020, as acting chief of staff for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and as Deputy Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review within the U.S. Department...
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33. Julia K. Munley
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
judge
Julia Kathleen Munley is an American judge who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. She previously served on the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, 45th district.
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34. Thomas I. Vanaskie
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
judge
Thomas Ignatius Vanaskie is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and former judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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35. Tom Marino
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
Thomas Anthony Marino is an American politician and attorney, who served as a United States representative from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2019. He represented the 10th congressional district from January 3, 2011 to January 3, 2019, and the 12th district from January 3 to January 23, 2019, when he resigned to work in the private sector. A member of the...
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36. Andy Josephson
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
school teacher
legislative assistant
politician
Andrew Lewis Josephson is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He is a member of the Democratic Party.