38 Notable alumni of University of Mount Union
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Mount Union is ranked #3,857 in the world and #1,016 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from University of Mount Union sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Mount Union won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. William L. Hart
1867-1962 (aged 95)
lawyer
judge
William Lincoln Hart was a lawyer in the U.S. State of Ohio who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He taught law at university, and was president of the Ohio State Bar Association.
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2. Gertrude Tressel Rider
1876-1968 (aged 92)
librarian
Gertrude Tressel Rider Harpham was an American librarian who specialized in building collections of braille materials, especially for blind disabled veterans, in the 1920s.
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3. LeRoy Sprankle
1894-1972 (aged 78)
basketball coach
LeRoy Sprankle was an American high school sports coach and athletics advocate in Eastern Tennessee and South Florida. Often referred to as the "Father of East Tennessee Sports", he had several notable accomplishments during his tenured career including: helping to standardize high school officiating in the state of Tennessee, pioneering interstate and international high school sports competition, and most notably,...
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4. Joseph Amasa Munk
1847-1927 (aged 80)
physician
Joseph Amasa Munk was a Los Angeles, California, physician who had an interest in a Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona ranch, who became greatly interested in the history and lore of Arizona. He accumulated a large and important collection of books about Arizona, which he donated to the University of Arizona in Tucson. (The collection was later acquired by the Southwest...
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5. Agnes Thomas Morris
1865-1949 (aged 84)
writer
Agnes L. Thomas Morris, known professionally as Mrs. Robert Carlton Morris, was an American writer and clubwoman, the national president of the War Mothers of America in 1918. As president of the Ohio Shakespeare Association, she lectured and wrote about William Shakespeare.
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6. Samuel Austin Kendall
1859-1933 (aged 74)
teacher
politician
Samuel Austin Kendall was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
7. Frederick L. Taft
1870-1913 (aged 43)
politician
Frederick Lovett Taft was an American lawyer and judge in Ohio. A member of the Taft family and a distant relative of President William Howard Taft, he was one of the leading political and legal men of the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio from 1896 until his death in April 1913.
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8. DW (Dave) Drouillard
1950-. (aged 76)
singer-songwriter
singer
DW Drouillard is an American vocalist, songwriter and musician.
9. Thomas H. Anderson
1848-1916 (aged 68)
lawyer
diplomat
judge
politician
Thomas Henry Anderson was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
10. Charles Burleigh Galbreath
1858-1934 (aged 76)
librarian
Charles Burleigh Galbreath (February 25, 1858 - February 23, 1934) was a writer, historian, educator, and librarian in Ohio. He was appointed as State Librarian at the State Library of Ohio from 1896–1911 and from 1915-1918. He was the Secretary and Librarian at the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society (now known as Ohio History Connection) from 1920-1934.
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11. John William Hamilton
1845-1934 (aged 89)
priest
biographer
John William Hamilton was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1900. He was the chancellor of American University from 1916 until 1922. He was the older brother of Franklin Elmer Ellsworth Hamilton, who was also both a Methodist Bishop and the Chancellor of American University.
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12. H. Ross Ake
1878-1954 (aged 76)
politician
Howard Ross Ake was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate, appointed as Ohio State Treasurer, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress.
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13. Thomas B. Fletcher
1879-1945 (aged 66)
politician
Thomas Brooks Fletcher was an American newspaperman and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio between 1925 and 1939.
14. Jonas H. McGowan
1837-1909 (aged 72)
lawyer
politician
Jonas Hartzell McGowan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
15. C. Ellis Moore
1884-1941 (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Charles Ellis Moore was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1933.
16. De Witt C. Badger
1858-1926 (aged 68)
lawyer
judge
politician
De Witt Clinton Badger was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio and one term as the 36th mayor of Columbus, Ohio, in the early 20th century.
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17. William Miller Jenkins
1856-1941 (aged 85)
lawyer
politician
William Miller Jenkins was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was appointed by President William McKinley in 1901 as the fifth governor of Oklahoma Territory. However, he had only served for six months when President Theodore Roosevelt removed him from office, after receiving complaints of political malfeasance. Although Jenkins was exonerated by subsequent investigations, his removal could not be...
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18. Steve Gillespie
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Steve Gillespie is an American soccer player who most recently played on the Cleveland Freeze in the PASL. Gillespie has experience playing in the MLS, USL First Division, PASL Pro and the PDL.
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19. David Hollingsworth
1844-1929 (aged 85)
lawyer
politician
David Adams Hollingsworth was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the early 20th century.
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20. Scott Oelslager
1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer
politician
Scott Oelslager is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019. He represents the 48th district. He previously held the same seat from 2003 to 2010 and also served in the Ohio Senate from 1985 to 2002 and again from 2011 to 2018. He is a Republican.
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21. Lyman Underwood Humphrey
1844-1915 (aged 71)
lawyer
judge
politician
Lyman Underwood Humphrey was the 11th governor of Kansas.
22. W. Aubrey Thomas
1866-1951 (aged 85)
metallurgist
engineer
politician
William Aubrey Thomas was an American scientist and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1911.
23. Anthony Stewart
1970-2020 (aged 50)
basketball coach
Anthony W. Stewart was an American college basketball coach. His last position was as head coach of the UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team. Since Stewart joined the Skyhawks program as the associate head coach under Heath Schroyer in 2014, the team won 94 games, the most in a six-year period since they became part of Division I. Stewart was...
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24. Charles Armstrong
1886-1967 (aged 81)
virologist
military officer
epidemiologist
Charles Armstrong was an American physician in the U.S. Public Health Service. He coined the name Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in 1934 after isolating the hitherto completely unknown virus. He discovered in 1939 that poliovirus can be transmitted to cotton rats, and started self-tests with nasal spray vaccination.
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25. Christopher A. Boyko
1954-. (aged 72)
lawyer
judge
Christopher Allan Boyko is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
26. Tim Schaffer
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006, and of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014 and also previously represented the 77th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015 until 2019.
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27. Susan McGalla
1964-. (aged 62)
business executive
Susan McGalla is an American businesswoman and executive consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the former president of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and former chief executive officer of Wet Seal Inc. McGalla sits on the boards of HFF Inc., a publicly traded company that provides commercial real estate services, and the Magee-Womens Hospital Research Institute and Foundation....
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28. Ralph Regula
1924-2017 (aged 93)
lawyer
politician
Ralph Straus Regula was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio State Senate and the United States House of Representatives. He represented Ohio's 16th congressional district for 18 terms from 1973 to 2009. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), he was the second longest serving Republican member...
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29. Will Lamartine Thompson
1847-1909 (aged 62)
composer
William Lamartine Thompson was an American composer and music publisher. He founded the W. L. Thompson Music Company and tried his hand with some success at secular compositions before finding his forte in hymns and gospel songs.
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30. Brian L. Stafford
1948-. (aged 78)
U.S. Secret Service agent
Brian L. Stafford was the 20th Director of the United States Secret Service. Preceded by Lewis C. Merletti, he was sworn in on March 4, 1999 by the then Secretary of the Treasury, Robert E. Rubin. He was succeeded by W. Ralph Basham.
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31. Matt Campbell
1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
Matthew Allen Campbell is an American college football coach who is the current head football coach at Pennsylvania State University. Campbell was head football coach at the University of Toledo from 2011 to 2015, and at Iowa State University from 2016 to 2025. Prior to that, Campbell had been an assistant at Toledo, Bowling Green, and Mount Union. Campbell grew...
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32. Jason Candle
1979-. (aged 47)
American football coach
American football player
Jason Tyler Candle is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Connecticut, and was previously the head football coach at the University of Toledo, a position he had held since the 2016 season. Candle had been an assistant at Toledo since 2009, and was previously a coach at Mount Union from 2003...
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33. Miner G. Norton
1857-1926 (aged 69)
lawyer
politician
Miner Gibbs Norton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923
34. John A. McDowell
1853-1927 (aged 74)
politician
John Anderson McDowell was an American educator who served for two terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio for from 1897 to 1901.
35. William McKinley
1843-1901 (aged 58)
statesperson
lawyer
politician
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism, with the annexations...
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36. Pierre Garçon
1986-. (aged 40)
American football player
Pierre Andre Garçon is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football at Norwich University and Mount Union College, and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He also played five seasons with the Washington Redskins...
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37. Philander C. Knox
1853-1921 (aged 68)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Philander Chase Knox was an American lawyer, bank director, statesman and Republican Party politician. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1904 to 1909 and 1917 to 1921. He was the 44th U.S. attorney general in the cabinet of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from 1901 to 1904 and the 40th U.S. secretary of state in the cabinet...
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38. Carrie Coon
1981-. (aged 45)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Carrie Alexandra Coon is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women on stage and screen, she has received a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.
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