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This list of Bucknell University alumni includes graduates and former students of
Bucknell University .
Peter Balakian , author and poet, Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of Humanities at
Colgate University , winner of the 2016
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Samuel Zane Batten , professor at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
P. George Benson , twenty-first president of the
College of Charleston
Edward McNight Brawley , first African-American graduate, co-founder and president of
Selma University and
Morris College
Charles E. Bunnell , first president of the
University of Alaska
Steven T. DeKosky , Dean of the
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dennis A. Dougherty , George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry at
California Institute of Technology
Murray Edelman , Professor of Political Science at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Frank A. Golder (1877–1929), historian of Russian and a key builder of the
Hoover War Library
[1]
Mary W.M. Hargreaves , author, professor of history at the
University of Kentucky , and associate editor/coeditor of The Papers of Henry Clay , volumes I through VI (Kentucky, 1959–1981)
Marc Hauser , author, professor, and Director of the Cognitive Evolution Lab at
Harvard University
David Jayne Hill , second president of the
University of Rochester
Ronald D. Liebowitz , ninth president of
Brandeis University , sixteenth president of
Middlebury College
Marty Makary , Mark Ravitch Chair in Gastrointestinal Surgery at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Professor of Surgery and Public Health at
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
David Nasaw , author, historian, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History,
City University of New York
Douglas Noll , bioengineer, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Professor of Bioengineering at
University of Michigan
George Morris Philips , principal of
West Chester University from 1881 to 1920
Robert A. Scott , ninth president of
Adelphi University
Amos Smith , Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry at the
University of Pennsylvania
Bruce Smith , Professor of English at
Syracuse University
John Stasko , Regents Professor of Interactive Computing at
Georgia Tech
J.D. Trout , Calamos Professor of Philosophy at
Illinois Institute of Technology
Barbara F. Walter , Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the
University of California, San Diego , member of
Council on Foreign Relations
[2]
Jessica Jackley
Ted Ammon , New York financier
Kunitake Andō , President & Group Chief Operating Officer of
Sony Corporation
Ronald S. Baron , New York financier, founder of
Baron Funds
Charles Brandes , Founder, Brandes Investment Partners
Todd G. Buchholz , economist, investment manager, author, lecturer, and former White House director of economic policy; awarded the Allyn Young Teaching Prize by the Harvard University Department of Economics
Jane T. Elfers , CEO of
The Children's Place , former CEO of
Lord & Taylor
Jessica Jackley , cofounder of
Kiva.org
Richard Johnson , founder of hotjobs.com
Kenneth Langone , helped secure capital for co-founders of
Home Depot , and former director of the
New York Stock Exchange
Doug Lebda , founder & CEO of
LendingTree
Jessica Livingston , cofounder of
YCombinator
Marc Lore , president & CEO of Walmart Ecommerce; founder & CEO of
Jet.com
Takeo Shiina President of IBM Japan, and vice-president of
IBM
Greg Skibiski Founder, former CEO & Chairman of
Sense Networks
Trisha Torrey , entrepreneur, author, and founder and director of AdvoConnection and the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
David Wood , leader of the
Dell computer take-back campaign
George Young , General Manager of the
New York Giants (1979-1997), named
NFL Executive of the Year five times
Gbenga Akinnagbe , actor; plays Chris Partlow on
HBO 's "
The Wire "
Chris Bender , co-produced movies such as the American Pie series, The Hangover, and others
John Bolger , actor
William Bramley actor
[3]
Edward Herrmann , actor
Evan Coyne Maloney ,
webmaster /
documentary filmmaker
Robert Mandel , film director and producer, dean of the
AFI Conservatory
Les Moonves , former CBS chairman and CEO
Nyambi Nyambi , actor; plays Samuel on
Mike & Molly
J.C. Spink , Hollywood talent manager and executive producer of "
The Hangover " franchise
Ralph Waite , actor
Bill Westenhofer , Winner of the
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2008 (
The Golden Compass ) and 2013 (
Life of Pi )
Paul Althouse , opera singer
Bill Challis , pioneering jazz arranger (
Jean Goldkette ,
Paul Whiteman ,
Bix Beiderbecke )
Kristen Henderson , founder, guitarist and songwriter of
Antigone Rising , co-author of Times Two: Two Women in Love and The Happy Family They Made (
Simon & Schuster , 2011), named to
Buzzfeed's Most Powerful LGBT Icons and Allies List
Bruce Lundvall , President and CEO of
The Blue Note Label Group , including
Blue Note Records
Martin Rubeo , musician and founder of alternative rock band
Gramsci Melodic
Shaw Loo (1839 – 1929),
Burma 's first physician, the father of western medicine in Burma, the first Burmese in America, the first international student of Bucknell University
Theodore Beale , a.k.a. Vox Day, musician, writer, publisher and philosopher
Billy McFarland , convicted fraudster and founder of
Fyre Festival . Attended Bucknell for one semester.
John McPherson , "
Close to Home " cartoonist
Garrett Neff , fashion model
Rob Andrews
William B. Wood
Diane B. Allen ,
New Jersey State Senator ,
Legislative District 7
Lemuel Amerman ,
U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania (1891–1893)
Rob Andrews ,
U.S. Representative from
New Jersey (1990–2014)
J. Thompson Baker ,
U.S. Representative from
New Jersey (1913–1915), founder of
Wildwood and
Wildwood Crest , designed and built the
J. Thompson Baker House
Ward R. Bliss , member of
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1889–1905), Majority Leader (1903–1904)
Charles H. Ealy ,
president pro tempore of the
Pennsylvania State Senate (1941–1944)
Ivor D. Fenton ,
U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania
Benjamin K. Focht ,
U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania
Matt Gabler , member of
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Lincoln Hulley , member of
Florida Senate ,
District 28
John A. Giannetti , member of
Maryland Senate , District 21
Norman J. Levy , member of
New York State Senate , (1971–1998)
Alexander McDonald ,
U.S. Senator from
Arkansas (1868-1871)
Ruth McNamee , member of the
Michigan House of Representatives
Thomas J. Philips (1846–1939), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[4]
William Shadrack Shallenberger ,
U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania (1877-1883)
Simon Peter Wolverton ,
U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania (1891–1895)
Thomas J. Baldrige ,
Attorney General of Pennsylvania , Superior Court judge and president judge
Matthew Bogdanos , New York City Assistant District Attorney, and author
Brynja McDivitt Booth , Justice of the
Supreme Court of Maryland
Charles E. Bunnell , Judge of the
United States Territorial Court for the
Alaska Territory
John Warren Davis , Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Oliver Booth Dickinson , Judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Frederick Voris Follmer , Judge of the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, Chief Judge of the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Gitanjali Gutierrez , first lawyer to meet with a detainee at
Guantanamo Bay , Information Commissioner for
Bermuda
Robert Dixon Herman , Judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
William Hoeveler , Judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida , presided over
Manuel Noriega trial
Albert Williams Johnson , Judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Peter Balakian , author and poet, winner of the 2016
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
David Kahn , historian, journalist, and writer, author of
The Codebreakers
Michael Malice , author, columnist, and media personality
Philip Roth , author, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award , and recipient of the
National Humanities Medal and the
Man Booker International Prize , among many other honors.
Betsy Sholl , poet laureate of Maine, 2006-2011
Bruce Smith , poet
Nancy Wood , poet and photographer
Martin Blumenson , military historian and author
Charles I. Carpenter , first
Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force
Susan J. Crawford , lawyer and judge who served as the Convening Authority for the Guantanamo military commissions, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Inspector General of the Department of Defense; also Chair of Bucknell Board of Trustees
Stephen J. Maranian , Retired
United States Army
major general and the highest ranking Armenian American to serve in the U.S. Army.
Lewis Merrill ,
Union Army general. Attended prior to entering
West Point .
George H. Ramer ,
United States Marine Lieutenant, posthumously received the
Medal of Honor on January 7, 1953
Theodore Van Kirk ,
Enola Gay Navigator on August 6, 1945
Lawrence Wilkerson , retired Army colonel, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, vocal critic of the Iraq war. Attended for three years before volunteering for service in Vietnam
Bryan Cohen
Christy Mathewson
Mike Muscala
Jim Albus , professional golfer
Earl Beecham ,
NFL
running back , played for the
New York Giants
George Buckheit , long-distance runner
Bryan Cohen (born 1989), American-Israeli basketball player
Sean Conover , former
NFL defensive end, played for the
Tennessee Titans
Andrew Copelan , head coach of the
Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse team
Bill Courtney , head coach of the
Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
Matt Daley ,
Major League Baseball
pitcher , played for the
New York Yankees and
Colorado Rockies
Sunil Gulati , President,
United States Soccer Federation
Sam Havrilak ,
NFL
running back and receiver, played for the
Baltimore Colts , in
Super Bowl V became the first player in NFL history to complete a pass, catch a pass, and take a handoff in a Super Bowl.
[5]
Clarke Hinkle ,
NFL
fullback , played for the
Green Bay Packers ,
Hall of Fame inductee
Jon Robert Holden , naturalized Russian basketball player, played for CSKA Moscow and Russian Olympic team
Doggie Julian , former college and NBA basketball coach, led
Holy Cross to
NCAA national championship
Bob Keegan ,
Major League Baseball
pitcher , played for the
Chicago White Sox ,
All-Star in
1954 , threw a
no-hitter (
August 20, 1957 )
Christy Mathewson , former Major League Baseball player & member of the
Baseball Hall of Fame
Christopher McNaughton ,
German basketball international
Mike Muscala ,
Washington Wizards Center/Power Forward
Bill Reifsnyder , long-distance runner who won two U.S. marathon national titles
Greg Schiano , former head coach of the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football teams
Tyler Senerchia ,
professional wrestler for
All Elite Wrestling . Former long-stick midfielder for the
Bucknell Bison men's lacrosse team.
Nate Sestina (born 1997), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Walt Szot ,
NFL
tackle , played for the
Chicago Cardinals and
Pittsburgh Steelers
Brett Wilkinson , Olympic rower in Athens 2004
[6]
Ted Woodward , former head coach of the
University of Maine basketball team
Jay Wright , former head coach of the
Villanova University basketball team, 2001-2022
Weldon Wyckoff ,
Major League Baseball
pitcher , played for the
Philadelphia Athletics and
Boston Red Sox
George Young ,
General Manager of the
New York Giants , 1979-1997
^ Bucknell Class of 1898, per Terence Emmons and Bertrand M. Patenaude (eds.), War Revolution and Peace in Russia: The Passages of Frank Golder, 1914–1927. Stanford University: Hoover Institution Press, 1992; pg. xii.
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"IR/PS - Faculty - Faculty Directory - Walter, Barbara F" . Archived from
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"William Bramley, 57, actor" . The Daily Item . Pennsylvania, Sunbury. November 14, 1985. p. 8. Retrieved 16 January 2019 – via
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^ Cope, Gilbert; Ashmead, Henry Graham, eds. (1904).
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania . Vol. 1. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 441–442. Retrieved 2023-12-05 – via
Archive.org .
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