Notable Kenyon Alumni

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This is a list of some of Kenyon College's notable alumni.

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Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
Rutherford B. Hayes President of the United States
Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden
William Rehnquist Chief justice of the Supreme Court Attended for 1 year
Edwin Stanton Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration
John Snow Secretary of the Treasury Attended for 1 year
Bill Harsha US Representative for Ohio
Christian Brose Speechwriter for Condoleezza Rice
David Davis Senator, Supreme Court justice
Thomas Stanley Matthews Senator, Supreme Court justice
Henry Winter Davis US Congressman for Maryland's 3rd and 4th district
Joe Hagin Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Zack Space Congressman, Ohio Congressional District 18

Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
Jim Bellows Journalist and newspaper editor
Caleb Carr Novelist and military historian
Jay Cocks Film critic and screenwriter
E. L. Doctorow Novelist and cultural critic
William Gass Writer, winner of the National Book Award
John Hattendorf Maritime historian
Anthony Hecht Poet
Laura Hillenbrand Writer, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legent Was forced to withdraw after contracting chronic fatigue syndrome
Robert Lowell Poet
Robie Macauley Writer, editor of Playboy|
Thomas Stanley Matthews Senator, Supreme Court justice
Robert Mezey Writer
Fred Waitzkin Writer
Matthew Winkler Editor in chief, Bloomberg News
James Wright Poet

Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
Nick Bakay Actor, writer, and producer
Ken Burgomaster Composer
Adam Davidson Academy award winning Director
Frank Dicopoulos Actor
Allison Janney Actress, four-time Emmy Award winner
Murray Horowitz NPR commentator
Paul Newman Actor, Emmy Award and Academy Award winner
Wendy MacLeod Playwright, screenwriter
Kris Osborn CNN anchor
Alfred Humphreys Pease Composer
Josh Radnor Actor
Mark Rosenthal MTV president
Jonathan Winters Actor and comedian

Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
James Cox Physician, researcher, educator
Edwin Hamilton Davis Archaeologist
Rolla Dyer Developer of the typhus vaccine and director of the National Institutes of Health
Carl Djerassi Creator of the birth control pill, winner of the National Medal of Science
Byers Shaw Developer of the liver transplant
John Celivergos Zachos Inventor of the stenotype

Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
Jim Borgman Political cartoonist
Meg Cranston Artist
Eric Gaskins Fashion Designer
Graham Gund Architect
Coles Phillips Artist
Ned Smyth Sculptor
Bill Watterson Cartoonist, best known for Calvin and Hobbes
Victoria Wyatt Art Historian

Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
Don McNeill U.S. Open tennis champion
Bill Veeck MLB owner and baseball hall of famer

Name Occupation Kenyon Trivia
William Lowry Vice President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Kevin O'Donnell Director of the U.S. Peace Corps
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