9 Notable alumni of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is ranked #5,798 in the world and #1,516 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 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 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Alice Moore McComas
1850-1919 (aged 69)
editor
writer
lecturer
suffragist
Alice Moore McComas was an American author, editor, lecturer and reformer. She was a pioneer suffragist in California and served as president of the Los Angeles Equal Suffrage Association. During the various suffrage campaigns, McComas contributed articles to over seventy newspapers and magazines, and she was well known throughout the west as an educator and lecturer. She was accredited with...
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2. Anastasie Brown
1826-1918 (aged 92)
nun
Mother Anastasie Brown, S.P.,, was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana from 1868 to 1874. During her term, the congregation had financial difficulties stemming from the Panic of 1873. Both prior to and following her time in office, Brown was Directress of the Academy, a women's college run by the Sisters of Providence now...
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3. Marie Louise Andrews
1849-1891 (aged 42)
editor
short story writer
writer
journalist
poet
Marie Louise Andrews was an American author and editor from Indiana. She was a founder of the Western Association of Writers, and served as its secretary from its founding until June 1888, when she retired. She was prolific in both verse and prose, but she never published her works in book form, and little of her work has been preserved.
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4. Barbara Doherty
1931-2020 (aged 89)
nun
Barbara Doherty was an educator and theologian. A Roman Catholic religious sister, she was a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana from 1984 to 1998. Other posts have been as director of the Institute of Religious Formation at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, president of the Indiana Conference...
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5. Amalia Küssner Coudert
1863-1932 (aged 69)
painter
Amalia Küssner Coudert was an American artist from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her portrait miniatures of prominent American and European figures of the late 19th and early 20th century. Subjects for her paintings include actresses Lillian Russell and Marie Tempest; wealthy socialites Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, Emily Havemeyer (the wife of Theodore Havemeyer); members of Britain's royal...
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6. Mari Hulman George
1934-2018 (aged 84)
businessperson
Mary Antonia "Mari" Hulman George was the daughter of Anton "Tony" Hulman and Mary Fendrich Hulman, prominent Indiana philanthropists and business owners. She was the chairperson of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1988 to 2016, and also of Hulman & Company.
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7. Kathy Sinnott
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Kathy Sinnott is an American-Irish disability rights activist and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2004 to 2009.
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8. Peggy Lehner
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Marguerite B. Lehner is the current mayor of Kettering, Ohio. Formerly, she also served in the Ohio Senate, Ohio House of Representatives, and on the Kettering City Council. Her Senate district was located entirely in Montgomery County and included Vandalia, Riverside, Kettering, Centerville, Miamisburg and Germantown. Lehner is a Republican.
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9. Marta Linares de Martinelli
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
First Lady
Marta Linares de Martinelli is a Panamanian insurance broker. She became the First Lady of Panama on July 1, 2009 when her husband, Ricardo Martinelli, became President of Panama.
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