Famous Living Penn Staters | Famous Penn Staters Now Deceased

First Name Last Name Year — Accomplishment

Famous Living Penn Staters

Ursula Abbott ’98 — Co-host of the Noggin/Nickelodeon TV series, Girls vs. Boys

Gerald W. Abrams ’61 — Emmy Award-winning producer of The Defection of Simas Kudirka, Out of the Ashes, A Woman Called Golda, and 44 Minutes

Carol Abrams ’63 — Peabody Award-winning producer best known as writer and producer of Regarding Henry

Duane Alexander ’62 — Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health

John Almquist ’47g — Winner of the Wolf Foundation Award (1981) for work in the artificial insemination of dairy cattle

John Amaechi ’94 — Former professional NBA athlete; founder of the ABC Foundation; regular sport and current affairs commentator for BBC, ITV, and SKY

John Aniston ’55 — Actor best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the daytime TV series Days of our Lives; father of actress Jennifer Aniston

Jesse Arnelle ’55, ’62g — Retired senior partner of Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis and Greene of San Francisco, one of top 12 African American law firms in America (Black Enterprise magazine)

Horace Ashenfelter III ’49, ’55g — Olympic gold medal winner in the 3,000m steeplechase (track & field) at the 1952 Olympic Games

Brian Baker ’90 — Actor; former on-air spokesperson known as “Trench Coat Guy” for Sprint PCS

John Balaban ’66 — Award-winning author of 12 books of poetry and prose including Words for My Daughter, Locusts at the Edge of Summer, and Path, Crooked Path; translator of Vietnamese poetry; poet-in-residence and professor of English, North Carolina State University

Cynthia Baldwin ’66, ’74g — Honorable justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Paul D. Bell ’82 — Senior vice president, Dell Inc., Europe, Middle East, and Africa division

Don Bellisario ’61 — Head of Belisarius Productions; producer of such TV series as NAVY NCIS, Jag, Quantum Leap, Magnum PI

Paul Berg ’48, ’52g — Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1980); professor emeritus at the Stanford University School of Medicine; Chairman of National Advisory Committee, Human Genome Project

Charles J. Bierbauer ’66, ’70g — Former CNN Senior Washington Correspondent covering the White House during the Reagan and Bush I presidencies; now first dean of South Carolina School of Journalism

Guion S. Bluford Jr. ’64 — First African American in space; mission specialist for the space shuttle Challenger

Edward R. Book ’54 — Retired chairman and CEO of Hershey Entertainment and Resort Company; former president of the Travel Industry Association of America

Roscoe O. Brady Jr. ’43 — One of world’s foremost neuroscientists; Senior Investigator at the National Institutes of Health

Jim Broadhurst ’65 — Founder of Eat ‘N Park restaurants; now Chairman and CEO of Eat ‘N Park Hospitality Group

Benjay Bronk ’93 — Comedian and show writer for The Howard Stern Show

Dale Brown ’78 — New York Times best-selling author of adventure, military, and aviation novels such as Act of War, Battle Born, and Plan of Attack

Rhonda Brownstein ’82 — Legal Director for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala.

Ryan Buell ’06 — Producer and director of A&E network's Paranormal State

Ty Burrell ’97g — Actor with starring role in new CBS sitcom, Out of Practice

Fletcher Byrom ’40 — Retired CEO of Koppers Co.; a civic leader who directed some of the nation’s foremost intellectual organizations including the Institute for Advanced Study, the Hudson Institute, and the Conference Board

John Cappelletti ’74 — Winner of college football’s 1973 Heisman Trophy

Margaret Carlson ’66 — First female columnist for Time magazine; appears regularly on CNN's Inside Politics and The Capital Gang; now a columnist for Bloomberg News

James E. Carnes ’61 — Retired president and CEO of Sarnoff Co.; patented inventor; HDTV pioneer

Robert Cenker ’70, ’73g — Payload Specialist for RCA on the Columbia space shuttle, January 1986

Tien Frank Chang ’74g — Former president, National Taipei University of Technology

T. Ming Chu ’67g — Discovered prostate specific antigen and developed prostate cancer detection test used throughout the world; professor emeritus pathology, SUNY, Buffalo

Rita Ciresi ’88g — Award-winning novelist; author of Blue Italian (1996); Pink Slip (1999); and Remind Me Again Why I Married You

Mary Ellen Clark ’85 — Two-time bronze medal winner in the 10m platform (diving) at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games

Tom Clarke ’80g — Former president and Chief Executive Officer of Nike, Inc.; now President and CEO of Nike New Business Ventures

Jill Cordes ’92 — Host of My First Place on HGTV and host of The Best Of on the Food Network

Pedro A. Cortes ’99g, ’00g — Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

George P. Cressman ’41 — Internationally acclaimed weather scientist who pioneered methods of weather forecasting

Barbara Culley McKibbin ’50 — Fashion editor of Vogue magazine

Charlie Dent ’82 — Republican Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (Pennsylvania)

Steven DeSouza ’68 — Screenwriter of Judge Dredd, Lethal Weapon, 48 Hours, Die Hard, and Die Hard 2

Marion Dougherty ’43 — Casting director for Marion Dougherty Associates and Warner Brothers; cast dozens of notable movies including: Midnight Cowboy, The Sting, and Batman; opened first casting office in New York City

Mike Doyle ’75 — Democratic Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (Pennsylvania)

Deborah M. Drattell ’79g — Operatic composer with credits that includes Lilith performed by the New York City Opera, The Festival of Regrets (written by Wendy Wasserstein), and Nicholas and Alexandra performed by the Los Angeles Opera and featuring Placido Domingo

Tom Feeney ’80 — Republican Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (Florida)

John C. Felmy ’75, ’78g — Chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute

Carmen Finestra ’71 — Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of The Cosby Show, Home Improvement, Soul Man, Thunder Alley, and Where the Heart Is

Neil Flomenberg M.D. ’74 — One of the nation's leaders in bone marrow research and transplants

Gregory S. Forbes ’72 — Severe weather expert for The Weather Channel

Lawrence Foster ’48 — As vice president of public relations at Johnson & Johnson, managed the company’s response to the Tylenol poisoning crises of the 1980s, widely acclaimed as a model of corporate responsibility; author of Robert Wood Johnson: The Gentleman Rebel

Jonathan Frakes ’74 — Director and star of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as several Star Trek movies

Barbara Franklin ’62 — Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President George H. W. Bush

Dennis Freedman ’74 — Vice Chairman and Creative Director of W magazine

Alan S. Furst ’67g — Novelist and author known of historical espionage novels including Night Soldiers, Dark Voyage, and The Foreign Correspondent

Bob Garfield ’77 — Columnist, ABC News analyst, and co-host of On the Media on National Public Radio

Jean Craighead George ’41g — Nationally acclaimed children’s book writer; credited with developing the genre of ecological mystery; author of numerous children’s books including Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and Newbery Honor Book My Side of the Mountain

Jim Gerlach ’80g — Republican Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (Pennsylvaia)

Frederick J. Giorgi ’55g — Chairman of the Board of Giorgi Foods, Giorgi Mushroom Company, and the Can Corporation of America.

Gerald Gipp ’71g, ’74g — Executive director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Howard Gordon ’63g, ’65g — One of the founding fathers of modern satellite oceanography

Rosey Grier ’56 — NFL All-Pro defensive tackle with the New York Giants, also played for the Los Angeles Rams; actor in numerous movies and television shows; remembered for his role in subduing Sirhan Sirhan following the assassination of Robert Kennedy

Cecelia Halbert Tichi ’64 — Author of mystery and scholarly works including Jealous Heart, Now You See Her, and Exposes and Excess: Muckraking in America, 1900/2000

Jack Ham ’71 — Played for 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, winning four Super Bowl titles; enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988

Franco Harris ’72 — Played for 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, winning four Super Bowl titles, and one season with the Seattle Seahawks; enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990; founder of Super Bakery

Eric Himan ’01 — Acoustic musician with three CDs including I Go On, All for Show, and Dark Horse; Himan is included (with industry heavyweights Melissa Etheridge and Christina Aguilera) in Love Rocks, a two-CD compilation produced by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Dick Hoak ’61 — Retired Pittsburgh Steelers coach from 1972-2006, the longest tenured coach in Steelers history; played for 10 years for the Steelers 1960—1970

J. Lloyd Huck ’43 — Retired chairman of the global pharmaceutical company, Merck & Co.

Kate Hutton ’71 — Renowned seismologist with California Institute of Technology; scientific contributor to Furious Earth: The Science and Nature of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis

Jayne Jamison ’78 — Vice President/Publisher of Seventeen magazine; former executive/publisher at Family Circle, Child, and Redbook magazines

James P. Jimirro ’58 — Creator and first president of the Disney Channel; former owner, chairman, and CEO of National Lampoon Media Company

Dave Joyner ’72, ’76g — U.S. Team physician at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games; inducted into the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1991; orthopedic surgeon

Donna Kalajian-Lagani ’75 — Senior vice president and publishing director of Cosmopolitan magazine

Lewis Katz ’66g — Owner of the NBA’s New Jersey Nets and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils

David Keplinger ’90, ’94g — Award-winning poet; author of The Rose Inside (1999) and The Clearing (2005)

Keegan Michael Key ’96 — Host of Animal Planet’s Planet’s Funniest Animals; known for roles on MADtv

Chip Kidd ’86 — Award-winning graphic designer; recognized for transforming book design; author and designer of Batman Collected, Batman Animated, and The Cheese Monkeys

Don King ’69 — Director of Saturday Night Live on NBC and other televeision shows; three-time Emmy winner

Peter Klein ’91 — Producer of the CBS News program, 60 Minutes; creator and producer of the History Channel series, Beyond Top Secret

Albert Kligman M.D. ’39 — Inventor of the anti-wrinkle compound Retin A

Debby Kling Rooney ’70 — Co-founder of the nonprofit, Beads for Education, an organization that provides private school funding for Maasai girls

Charles Lagola ’82 — Production designer on ER and The Practice; produced music videos for Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and Barbara Streisand

Kurt Landgraf ’70 — President and CEO of the Educational Testing Service, developers of the SAT

Stan Lathan ‘67 — Director whose credits include Sesame Street, The Redd Roxx Show, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, dance specials and more

Paul Levine ’69 — Former newspaper reporter, law professor, and trial lawyer now a novelist and screenwriter; author of the national bestseller To Speak for the Dead and recently released The Deep Blue Alibi

Steven Levy ’74g — Senior technology editor at Newsweek magazine; finder of Einstein’s brain; and author of Crypto, Insanely Great, and Hacker

Bruce Lloyd M.D. ’68g — Cardiologist for U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.

Albert L. Lord ’67 — Chairman of Sallie Mae Corporation, the nation’s leading source of funding and financial services for higher education

John Lucas ’70g — One of the world’s foremost Olympic historians; author of several Olympic-related books and lecturer at the International Olympic Academy; retired Penn State Professor Emeritus

Rick Lyon ’85 — Puppet-maker and original cast member of Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q

Mike Marcus ’67 — Former president and COO of MGM Pictures; founder of Cornice Entertainment

Riva Marker ’00 — Editor and associate producer of films such as National Geographic: The Kennedy Mystique-Creating Camelot (2004), Day Night Day Night (2006), and 2007 Sundance Film Festival audience pick for best dramatic film, Grace is Gone (2007)

Kathleen Mason ’71 — President and CEO of Tuesday Morning, Inc., a well-known discount retailer of upscale home furnishing and gifts

Christine Larson Mason ’78 — Bronze-medal winner in field hockey at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics  

Suzie McConnell Serio ’88 — Former head coach of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx; played three seasons in the WBNA for the Cleveland Rockers; two-time Olympian in 1988 (gold medal) and 1992 (bronze medal)

Steve McCurry ‘74 — World renowned photojournalist most famous for the photograph of the “Afghan Girl” in National Geographic

Ellen McDonnell ’76 — Executive producer of NPR's Morning Edition

Matt Millen ’80 — President and CEO of the National Football League’s Detroit Lions

Norman C. Miller ’56 — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; former chief of the Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau; author of “The Great Salad Oil Swindle”

Lenny Moore ’56 — Played for 12 seasons with the Baltimore Colts; enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975

Char Morett ’79 — Bronze-medal winner in field hockey at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles; head coach of Penn State Field Hockey team

David B. Morrell ’67g, ’70g — Author of numerous best-selling books, including First Blood, the book that inspired the movie character Rambo

Monica Morrow M.D. ’74 — One of the nation's leading breast care specialists; wrote best selling textbook in breast cancer field; on Good Housekeeping Magazine's list of outstanding physicians.

Ben Mutzabaugh ’97 — USA Today reporter and author of widely read airline industry travel blog, Today in the Sky

Joel N. Myers ’61, ’63g, ’71g — Founder, president, and chairman of the board of AccuWeather, Inc., the world’s largest weather forecasting company

Art Nagle ’67 — Founding partner of Vestar Capital Partners, Inc., a leading private equity firm

Herbert Nipson ’40 — Award-winning journalist and retired Executive Editor of Ebony magazine (1972 – 1987)

Rod Nordland ’72 — War correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek magazine; Pulitzer Prize-winner for Three Mile Island coverage

Allan Ostar ’48 — Former president, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Stu Ostro ’80 — Senior director of communications for The Weather Channel

William "Gus" Pagonis ’64 — Retired lieutenant general; was the army’s chief logistician during Desert Shield/Storm; now chairman of the board of RailAmerica, Inc. and vice chairman and COO of Genco Distribution Systems, Inc.

Mark Parker ’77 — President of Nike brand

Amy Wynn Pastor ’99 — On-camera host for the popular show Trading Spaces

James A. Pawelczyk ’85g — First Penn State professor in space when he boarded the space shuttle mission Neurolab as a payload specialist in April 1998

Lynne Rae Perkins ’78 — 2006 Newbery Medal winner for the children’s book Criss Cross

William J. Perry ’57g — Former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton (1994-1997); senior fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford

John Pielmeier ’78g — Playwright and screenwriter best known for his drama Agnes of God

Valerie Plame Wilson ‘85 — U.S. CIA Officer; identified and outed by syndicated columnist Robert Novak in 2003, which caused a political controversy

Heather Rarick ’87 — Flight director, NASA Mission Control

Larry Reibstein ’71 — Senior editor, Forbes magazine

Michael B. Reid ’69 — Grammy-winning musician and composer; NFL All-Pro defensive tackle with Cincinnati

Thomas Ridge ’72g — Former governor of Pennsylvania and first director of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush

Walter Robb ’48 — Retired Senior Vice President of General Electric's Medical Systems and 1993 recipient of the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest technology honor, from President Clinton.

Hugh Rodham and Hugh Rodham ’35, ’72 — Father and brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton respectively

Mary Jo Romeo ’81 — Publisher, Baby Center magazine

L. J. Rowell Jr. ’55 — Chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer (retired) of Provident Mutual Life

Leah Rozen ’77 — Film critic, People magazine

Lisa Salters ’88 — Sports reporter for ESPN

Diane Salvatore ’81 — Editor-in-chief of Ladies Home Journal

Jerry Sanduski ’66,’71g — Former defensive coordinator, Penn State Football; founder of The Second Mile

Rick Santorum ’80, ’86g — Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, now a Fox News contributor

Jon Saraceno ’79 — USA Today sports columnist

Janine Scarpello ’96 — General manager of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in New York City

William Schreyer ’48 — Retired Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch

Jerry Schwartz ’77 — National writer and editor, Associated Press; wrote the breaking wire stories of 9/11 as they unfolded

Richard Schweiker ’50 — Retired Secretary of Health and Human Services under Ronald Reagan (1981-1983); U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania (1960-1968) and U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania (1969-1981)

Robert C. Shaler ’66g, ’68g — Forensic scientist who oversaw the massive DNA testing effort to identify the victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack

Steve Sheetz ’69 — Chairman of the Board, Sheetz, Inc.

Michael Shine ’76 — Silver medal winner in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal; Track and field 400m hurdles

Martin J. Smith ’78 — Award-winning journalist; senior editor of the LA Times; and author of the psychological thrillers Time Release and Shadow Image

William Snyder III ’03, ’06g — Project director, The 800,000 Project for the Rwanda Fund of Antioch International

Rick Sokolov ’71 — President and Chief Operating Officer of Simon Property Group, one of the country’s largest developers of shopping malls and other properties, including Mall of America

Brenda Stauffer ’92 — Member of the bronze medal field hockey team at the 1984 Olympic Games

James R. Stengel ’83g — Global marketing officer, Procter & Gamble; Advertising Age named him #1 Power Player in Marketing (2003, 2005); Brandweek named him Grand Marketer of the Year (2005)

Melissa Stone ’91 — Vice president of marketing and advertising, The Style Network

Linda B. Strumpf ’69 — Vice president and chief investment officer, The Ford Foundation

John P. Surma Jr. ’76 — Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of United States Steel Corporation

Barclay Tagg ’61 — Trainer of the 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide

Greg Taylor ’73 — Wrote the script for the movie Prancer and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Jumanji

Jigme Thinley ’76g — Former Prime Minister and Head of the Government of Bhutan; currently Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs

D. Robert Vallance ’63 — Thoroughbred horse veterinarian whose famous patients include Spectacular Bid, the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, and Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby winner.

Samuel S. Vaughan ’51 — Editor, writer, former publishing executive for Random House Books; co-author of Buckley: The Right Word

Tom Verducci ’82 — Senior writer for Sports Illustrated magazine

Lara Von Seelen Spencer ’91 — New York Anchor of The Insider, Paramount Domestic Television's nightly half-hour newsmagazine reporting on the world of celebrity

David R. Wagoner ’47 — Former chancellor, Academy of American Poets; award-winning poet, novelist, and editor whose books of poetry include Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems (1999) and Walt Whitman Bathing (1996)

Andrew Kevin Walker ’86 — Screenwriter of numerous films including Seven, and the Academy Award-winning Sleepy Hollow

Warren M. Washington ’64g — Head of the Climate Change Research Station in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jessica Weiner ’95 — Author and performer known for social issue plays on eating disorders, school violence, and hate crimes as well as her books A Very Hungry Girl and Do I Look Fat in This?

Paul J. Weitz ’54 — Astronaut who participated in the Skylab-2 mission, the world’s first orbiting space laboratory; member of support crew for Apollo 12

Patricia Woertz ’74 — CEO of Archer Daniels Midland Company agricultural processors; Named the sixth most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine in 2006

Frank Wolf ’61 — Republican Congressman, U.S. House of Represenatives (Virginia)

Quentin D. Wood ’48 — Retired chairman and CEO of the Quaker State Corp.

Kirby Young ’78g — Former minister of education, Taiwan

Gerald Zahorchak ’94g — Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Jim Zarroli ’79 — Business correspondent for National Public Radio

Richard A. Zimmerman ’53 — Retired President and CEO of Hershey Foods

Famous Penn Staters Now Deceased

Michael Baker Jr. ’36 — World renowned civil engineer and founder of the Michael Baker Corp, an international giant in engineering services and design

Dr. Gertrude A. Barber ’40, ’45g — Founder of the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber National Institute for children and adults with disabilities

Harold Barron ’22 — Silver medal winner in 1920 Olympics (Antwerp); Track and field 120m high hurdles

Alfred Bates ’28 — Bronze medal winner in 1928 Olympics (Amsterdam); Track and field long jump

Harold H. Benjamin ’47 — Founder of the Los Angeles based Wellness Community, providing support and education to people with cancer

John T. Biggers ’48 — African American artist depicting black culture and history (muralist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher) inspired many young African American artists

Ed Binns ’37 — Noted character actor has appeared in close to 150 films, made-for-TV movies, and television series’ including It Takes a Thief, Dr. Kildare, The Fugitive, and The Defeners

David Bright ’80, ’82g — An expert on the Andrea Doria shipwreck, he has dived the Titanic several times and was featured on several PBS programs

Arthur Cooper ’59 — Former editor-in-chief of GQ magazine

William Cox ’29 — Bronze medal winner in 1924 Olympics (Paris); Track and field 3000m team

Charles E. Denney ’00 — President of the Erie Railroad and later the Northern Pacific Railroad, among the earliest Penn State alums to achieve top executive rank

Schuyler Enck ’24 — Bronze medal winner in 1924 Olympics (Paris); Track and field 800m

Julius J. Epstein ’31 — Prize-winning screenwriter best known for co-writing Casablanca

Barney Ewell ’47 — Gold and silver medal winner in 1948 Olympics (London); Track and field 4 x 100 relay (gold), 100m (silver), and 200m (silver)

Herman G. Fisher ’21 — Co-founder of Fisher-Price Toys

Samuel G. Gallu ’40 — Writer, director, and producer of television and motion pictures; author of acclaimed one-man play Give 'em Hell, Harry!

William Goode ’46g — Internationally renowned sociologist whose research focused on family life, marriage, and divorce

George Groff ’07 — Became the first agricultural missionary to China; helped organize the Lingnan Agricultural College in China, serving as the dean of the college until 1935

George W. Hamilton ’83, ’90g, ’01g — Inventor of widely-used seed establishment treatment, PennMulch

Allen Boone Helffrich ’25 — Gold medal winner in 1924 Olympics (Paris); Track and field 4 x 400 relay

Samuel F. Hinkle ’22 — Retired chairman and CEO of Hershey Foods Corporation (1956-1965)

Mary L. Ilgen ’48 — Aeronautical engineer who was a member of the team that developed Douglas Aircraft's DC-8, DC-9, and DC-10

Richard James ’39 — Inventor of the Slinky

Gene Kelly ’33 — Famous actor and dancer, who also sang, produced, directed, and choreographed; his notable performances included: Singin’ in the Rain, Anchors Aweigh, and An American in Paris

Charles L. Krumreich ’37 — Inventor of the world standard telephone jack, RJ-11, as a scientist for Bell Labs; more than 1 billion RJ-11 telephone jacks have been manufactured worldwide

Thomas D. Larson ’52 — Former director of the Federal Highway Administration and eight-year Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) secretary

Katsutoshi Naito ’24 — Bronze medal winner 1924 Olympics (Paris); Wrestling featherweight

Amos E. Neyhart ’21, ’34g — Taught the nation’s first course in high school driver’s education

Eugene O’Kelly ’72 — Former CEO of KPMG and co-author of Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life

Russell S. Ohl ’18 — Father of the modern semiconductor industry; discoveries led to the invention of such devices as radar, transistors, solar batteries, and semiconductor diodes

Vance Packard ’36 — Journalist, social critic, and author of the national bestseller The Hidden Persuaders about media manipulation

Florence Powdermaker ’15 — An early advocate of group therapy; also pioneered psychiatric methods for treating war-shocked soldiers before they return to civilian life

Jef Raskin ’67g — Credited with being the father of the Macintosh computer

Matthew T. Robinson ’58 — Producer for the Children’s Television Network; shows include Sesame Street

Williard F. Rockwell ’35, ’55 — Industrialist, president, chairman and CEO of aeriospace conglomerate Rockwell International

M. Lawrence Shields ’22 — Gold and bronze medal winner 1920 Olympics (Antwerp); Track and field 3,000m (gold) 1500m (bronze)

Arthur Addison Studenroth ’20 — Silver medal winner in 1924 Olympics (Paris); Track and field 10000m cross country team

Fred M. Waring ’22 — Nationally known as director and founder of The Pennsylvanians orchestra and chorus; pioneer in radio, stage shows, television, and recording; fostered choral singing in America by organizing the Fred Waring Music Workshop; co-inventor of the Waring Blender

Henry Yeagley ’25 — Introduced the concepts of automobile seat bealts and crumple zones. Known worldwide for developing the first coherent theory of bird navigation.

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