19 Notable alumni of Wilmington College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Wilmington College is ranked #4,637 in the world and #1,216 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Wilmington 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 Wilmington College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mary Creegan Roark
1861-1922 (aged 61)
Mary Creegan Roark was the first female President and second President of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School, later Eastern Kentucky University, from April 1909 until March 1910. Roark held this position following the death of her husband, Ruric Nevel Roark, in 1909. Roark led the university at a time when women did not have the right to vote in state...
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2. 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
3. Lucien J. Fenton
1844-1922 (aged 78)
politician
Lucien Jerome Fenton was an American Civil War veteran who served two term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1899.
4. Clement Laird Brumbaugh
1863-1921 (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Clement Laird Brumbaugh was an American educator and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio for four terms from 1913 to 1921.
5. Charles Bolen
1894-1953 (aged 59)
American football player
Charles Wesley "Shifty" 'Bolen was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
6. John J. Lentz
1856-1931 (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
John Jacob Lentz was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio for two terms from 1897 to 1901.
7. 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.
8. William T. Fitzgerald
1858-1939 (aged 81)
politician
William Thomas Fitzgerald was an American educator, physician, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1925 to 1929.
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9. John M. Robsion
1873-1948 (aged 75)
teacher
lawyer
politician
John Marshall Robsion was an American politician who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.
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10. Tom Blackburn
1906-1964 (aged 58)
basketball coach
basketball player
Leonard Thomas Blackburn was an American basketball coach. The Peebles, Ohio native served as head men's basketball coach at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, from 1947 until his death in 1964. He led the Dayton Flyers to a championship at the 1962 National Invitation Tournament.
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11. John W. Harreld
1872-1950 (aged 78)
lawyer
politician
John William Harreld was a United States representative and senator from Oklahoma. Harreld was the first Republican senator elected in Oklahoma and represented a shift in Oklahoma politics.
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12. J. Brent Bill
1951-. (aged 75)
writer
J. Brent Bill is an American author of Quaker spiritual literature. He is a graduate of Wilmington College and Earlham School of Religion and has worked as a pastor and writing coach.
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13. Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
1841-1924 (aged 83)
university teacher
physicist
meteorologist
literary historian
seismologist
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (one of the ancestor organizations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) from 1889 to 1894. Alongside his work, he was also an advocate for the adoption...
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14. Stanley Plumly
1939-2019 (aged 80)
poet
Stanley Plumly was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program.
15. Myers Y. Cooper
1873-1958 (aged 85)
politician
Myers Young Cooper was an American Republican politician and businessman from Ohio. Cooper was the 51st governor of Ohio.
16. Gary Sandy
1945-. (aged 81)
actor
television actor
stage actor
Gary Lee Sandy is an American actor. He is best known for playing program director Andy Travis on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982).
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17. Cordell Hull
1871-1955 (aged 84)
lawyer
diplomat
judge
politician
Cordell Hull was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 to 1944. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving secretary of state in United States history. Hull previously represented Tennessee in both houses of the United States Congress for...
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18. Arthur R. M. Spaid
1866-1936 (aged 70)
educator
Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).
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19. André De Shields
1946-. (aged 80)
stage actor
actor
musical theatre actor
singer
film actor
André Robin De Shields is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award.
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