27 Notable alumni of Westminster College – Missouri
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Westminster College – Missouri is ranked #5,259 in the world and #1,383 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Westminster College – Missouri sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Westminster College – Missouri won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Doug Baird
1891-1967 (aged 76)
baseball player
Howard Douglas Baird was an American professional baseball player who played third base in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1920. He went to college at Westminster College.
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2. Henry Samuel Priest
1853-1930 (aged 77)
lawyer
judge
Henry Samuel Priest was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
3. William Lincoln Garver
1867-1953 (aged 86)
architect
writer
politician
William Lincoln Garver was an American architect, civil engineer, author, socialist leader, and political candidate from Missouri. He was primarily an architect by trade, and learned while working under his uncle, architect Morris Frederick Bell. Garver is probably best known for his work of occult fiction, Brother of the Third Degree. He was also a prolific political activist, authoring numerous...
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4. Frank B. Fulkerson
1866-1936 (aged 70)
lawyer
politician
Frank Ballard Fulkerson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
5. Paul Callaway
1909-1995 (aged 86)
composer
organist
Paul Smith Callaway, OBE was a prominent American organist and choral conductor, particularly well known for his thirty-eight years at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., between 1939–1977. A friend of Leonard Bernstein and Ned Rorem, he was also active in opera and a frequent guest conductor of the Lake George Opera Company (now Saratoga Opera) and was the founding...
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6. Benjamin M. Palmer
1818-1902 (aged 84)
writer
Benjamin Morgan Palmer was a Presbyterian minister and theologian in the United States. He served as first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) in 1861.
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7. Tony F. Schneider
1917-2010 (aged 93)
military officer
Tony F. Schneider was an American World War II pilot who taught at University of Louisville and was appointed the Holloway Plan Professor of Naval Science at the University of New Mexico.
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8. Dinsmore Alter
1888-1968 (aged 80)
meteorologist
astronomer
Dinsmore Alter was an American astronomer, meteorologist, and United States Army officer. He is known for his work with the Griffith Observatory and his creation of a lunar atlas.
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9. G. David Gearhart
1952-. (aged 74)
G. David Gearhart was the fifth chancellor of the University of Arkansas. He succeeded John A. White on July 1, 2008, following 10 years of service to the university in his capacity as vice chancellor for university advancement. As chancellor, Gearhart instituted the first tuition freeze in 24 years and implemented a $220 million campus building renovation and refurbishment plan,...
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10. Paul K. Holmes III
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
judge
Paul Kinloch Holmes III is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
11. Keith K. Compton
1915-2004 (aged 89)
military officer
Keith Karl Compton was a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who was vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, where he fulfilled the responsibility of the commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, in his absence and acted as his principal assistant and advisor in the formulation of SAC policies, plans and directives.
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12. Alfred C. Sikes
1939-. (aged 87)
Alfred C. Sikes is a Republican who served as chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from August 8, 1989, to January 19, 1993 and also served as administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. He received a B.A. degree for political science from Westminster College in 1961 and an L.L.B. degree from the University of Missouri School...
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13. William W. Popp
diplomat
William Wayne Popp is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Uganda since September 2023. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Guatemala.
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14. Forrest Smith
1886-1962 (aged 76)
politician
Forrest Smith was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Missouri. He was a Democrat.
15. Thomas B. Curtis
1911-1993 (aged 82)
military officer
lawyer
politician
Thomas Bradford Curtis was an American Republican politician from Missouri who represented suburban St. Louis County, Missouri for nine terms from 1951 to 1969. He was a primary driver behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and aggressive supporter of civil rights for black Americans throughout his career.
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16. Norvell William Emerson
1938-1996 (aged 58)
politician
director
president
Page of the United States Senate
congressional staff
Norvell William Emerson was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson. Emerson was a Republican.
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17. Harry H. Vaughan
1893-1981 (aged 88)
businessperson
military officer
Major General Harry Hawkins Vaughan was a senior officer in the United States Army Reserve and the aide to Harry S. Truman during his time as vice president (1945) and president (1945 to 1953). He was one of Truman's closest advisors.
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18. Courtney W. Campbell
1895-1971 (aged 76)
lawyer
politician
Courtney Warren Campbell was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, from 1953 to 1955. He represented Florida's 1st congressional district, which was then based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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19. Howard Sutherland
1865-1950 (aged 85)
politician
editor
Howard Sutherland was an American politician. He was a Republican who represented West Virginia in both houses of the United States Congress.
20. Thomas E. Starzl
1926-2017 (aged 91)
physician
scientist
university teacher
surgeon
Thomas Earl Starzl was an American physician, researcher, and expert on organ transplants. He performed the first human liver transplants, and has often been referred to as "the father of modern transplantation". A documentary, titled "Burden of Genius," covering the medical and scientific advances spearheaded by Starzl himself, was released to the public in 2017 in a series of screenings....
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21. Bake McBride
1949-. (aged 77)
baseball player
Arnold Ray McBride, nicknamed "Shake 'n Bake" and "the Callaway Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cleveland Indians between 1973 and 1983. He had the most success with the Phillies teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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22. W. Bruce Cameron
1960-. (aged 66)
writer
journalist
columnist
screenwriter
William Bruce Cameron is an American author, columnist, and humorist. Cameron is most famous for his novel A Dog's Purpose, which spent 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The book is the basis for the movie version starring Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa, Juliet Rylance, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz, and Pooch Hall, and released...
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23. Ted Shackelford
1946-. (aged 80)
screenwriter
stage actor
television actor
film producer
film actor
Theodore Tillman Shackelford III is an American actor, known for his roles on television. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS prime time soap operas Dallas and its spin-off Knots Landing (1979–1993), and had a recurring role portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless (2006—2015).
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24. Luann Ridgeway
politician
Luann Ridgeway is an attorney who served in several elected government offices. A Republican, she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives elected in 1992 and serving through 2002 and Missouri Senate elected in 2004 and serving through 2012. Ridgeway served as the Eastern District Commissioner of Clay County, Missouri, elected 2012 through 2020. She announced she...
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25. Frederick W. Hinitt
1866-1927 (aged 61)
Frederick William Hinitt was an American Presbyterian pastor and academic administrator who was president of Parsons College, Central University of Kentucky (now Centre College), and Washington & Jefferson College for various periods between 1900 and 1918. He was educated at Westminster College, McCormick Theological Seminary, and the University of Wooster (now the College of Wooster), and he began his career...
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26. Scott Shipp
1839-1917 (aged 78)
military officer
Scott Shipp was an American military figure, Confederate States Army officer, educator and educational administrator born in Warrenton, Virginia. He was the second superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, briefly the president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech) and led the VMI Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the American Civil War.
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27. Eugene Boakye Antwi
1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson
politician
Eugene Boakye Antwi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is the former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing.
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