List of Colorado College people
The following is a list of notable people associated with Colorado College, located in the American city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Notable alumni
Arts
Film, theatre, and broadcasting
- Henry Ansbacher, Academy Award-nominated director, documentary filmmaker
- Neal Baer, television producer/writer and pediatrician
- Dee Bradley Baker, voice actor
- Robert Bogue, actor
- Ken Curtis, singer and actor best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the long-running CBS western television series Gunsmoke
- Jim Dziura, film director, cinematographer, and editor
- Daniel Junge, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker (Saving Face)
- Cynthia Lowen, documentary filmmaker (Bully)
- Peter Mortimer, Sports Emmy-winning filmmaker, co-founder of the REEL ROCK Film Tour
- Arden Myrin, comedian and actress
- Doug Pray, Emmy Award-winning film director (Art & Copy)
- Derek Richardson, actor
- Nick Rosen, filmmaker, co-creator of the Emmy-nominated[1] National Geographic series, First Ascent
- Steve Sabol, film producer and former president of NFL Films
- Timothy J. Sexton,[2] Academy Award nominated screenwriter for film (Children of Men) and television
- Aaron Shure, Emmy Award-winning television writer, director, and producer (Everybody Loves Raymond, The Office)
- Marc Webb, music video, short film and motion picture director ((500) Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man)
- Dean Winters, actor
Writers, journalists and publishers
- David Burnett, Robert Capa Gold Medalist-winning magazine photojournalist
- Vincent Bzdek,[3] news editor of The Washington Post, author of Woman of the House and The Kennedy Legacy
- Michael Dahlie, novelist
- Gregg Easterbrook, writer
- Frieda Ekotto, francophone African woman novelist and literary critic
- Mark Fiore, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
- Edward K. Gaylord, publisher of the Daily Oklahoman
- Kaui Hart Hemmings,[4] novelist, author of The Descendants and House of Thieves
- Mabel Barbee Lee, writer
- Thom Shanker,[5] Pentagon correspondent at The New York Times
- Stuart Stevens, top strategist[6] for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, cofounder of Washington, D.C. - based political media consultancy Stevens & Schriefer Group
- Marjorie E. Thompson, British peace activist and author
- Elmo Scott Watson, journalist and college professor
Artists and musicians
- Herbert Beattie, operatic bass and voice teacher
- Eric Bransby,[7] muralist
- Cecil Effinger, composer, oboist, and inventor
- Jo Estill, singer, singing voice specialist and voice researcher
- Margaret Kilgallen, artist and printmaker
- Janet Maguire, composer
- Max Morath, ragtime pianist, composer, actor and author
- Ann Royer, painter, sculptor
- Abigail Washburn, clawhammer banjo player and singer
Business and economics
- Obadiah J. Barker, founder and president of Barker Brothers
- Charles Cicchetti, co-founder Madison Consulting Group, Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California
- Harold Thayer Davis, mathematician, statistician, and econometrician, known for the Davis distribution
- Randall Edwards, State Treasurer of Oregon
- Alexander Ellis III, partner in the venture-capital firm Rockport Capital Partners
- Joe Ellis, President of the Denver Broncos
- James Heckman, class of '65, winner of 2000 Nobel Prize for Economics
- David Malpass, chief economist at Bear Stearns, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in New York, founder and president of Encima Global LLC
- Joe Miller, founder of HourlyNerd[8]
- Adam F. Press, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The St. John Companies, Inc.[9]
- Sebastian Suhl,[10] former COO of Prada S.p.A.; CEO at Givenchy[11]
- Amy Tucker, inventor of Xeko
Government and politics
- Elizabeth Cheney, attorney, co-founder of Keep America Safe, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney
- Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, novelist, conservative scholar, and former talk-show host
- Mary Cheney, former campaign aide, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney
- Matt Claman, former acting mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
- John D. Clarke, U.S. House of Representatives
- Marian W. Clarke, former member U.S. House of Representatives
- Diana DeGette, U.S. House of Representatives, attorney
- Myron Ebell, Director of Global Warming and International Environmental Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Lori Garver, deputy NASA administrator
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, former prime minister of Yemen
- Harrison Loesch, former Assistant Secretary of Interior
- Helen Stevenson Meyner, former member U.S. House of Representatives
- Ted Morton, politician
- Michael Nava, attorney and writer
- Philip Perry, attorney, former acting associate attorney general at Department of Justice, former general counsel of Office of Management and Budget, and former general counsel of Department of Homeland Security
- Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Ken Salazar, United States Secretary of the Interior, former United States senator
- Harry H. Seldomridge, former U.S. Representative from Colorado
- Joe Simitian, California Democratic politician
- Colin M. Simpson, former House Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Harris Sherman, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment
- Richard H. Stallings, politician
- Timothy Tymkovich, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Academia
- William Drea Adams, former President, Colby College and Bucknell University
- Charles L. Briggs, anthropologist at University of California, Berkeley
- Paul Franco, professor of government at Bowdoin College
- Donna Haraway, class of '66, prominent scholar in the field of science and technology studies
- Huntington D. Lambert, dean of the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension at Harvard University
- Liang Shih-chiu, academic single-handedly responsible for translating the works of William Shakespeare into Chinese
- Pauline Turner Strong, director of the Humanities Institute at University of Texas, Austin
Science
- Sarah Andrews, geologist and author
- Brian J. Enquist, Biologist and Ecologist
- Richard Green, chairman of the Space Sciences Institute, previously served as President and CEO of CableLabs
- Myra Keen, malacologist and invertebrate paleontologist
- Frank Leverett, geologist who specialised in glaciology
- Jane Lubchenco, marine ecologist and environmental scientist, former NOAA Administrator
- Marcia McNutt, geophysicist, former director of U.S. Geological Survey, science advisor to U.S. secretary of the interior[12]
- Kenneth N. Ogle, scientist of human vision
- Andrew Spielman, public health entomologist
- G. Harry Stine, founding figure of model rocketry, science and technology writer
- William A. Welch, engineer and environmentalist
- Terry Winograd, co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group
Military
- Marcellus H. Chiles, Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert E. Smith, pilot, Bronze Stay recipient
- Robert M. Stillman, Major General in the United States Air Force
Athletics
Olympics
As of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 19 Colorado College students have competed in the Olympic Games, claiming a total of six medals (three golds, two silvers, one bronze).
- Trevor Barron, race walker who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Scott Driggers, handballer, 1988 Summer Olympics
- Alison Dunlap, professional cyclist, former Olympian
- Peggy Fleming, 1968 Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, three-time world champion figure skater (1966-1968)
- Martina Franko, Canada Women's Soccer Team, 2008 Summer Olympics
- Christine Haigler, U.S. figure skater 1964 Winter Olympics
- David Jenkins, 1960 Olympic gold medalist in men's figure skating, three-time world champion (1957-1959)[13]
- Hayes Alan Jenkins, gold medalist in men's figure skating, 1956 Winter Olympics, four-time world champion figure skater (1953-1956)[14]
- Tara Nott, gold medalist in women's weight lifting, 2000 Olympics[15]
- Eliza Outtrim, U.S. Freestyle Skiing team, 2014 Winter Olympics
- Hillary Wolf, U.S. Judo Team, 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics
Football
- Dutch Clark, Pro Football Hall of Fame player and coach
- John Gagliardi, former football coach, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Douglas Mitchell, Canadian Football League player and commissioner
- Ed Smith, defensive end
Hockey
Over 170 Colorado College alumni have gone on to play professionally, including over 30 current and former NHL players. In addition, nine Colorado College alumni have represented their country in hockey at the Olympics.[16][17]
- Ryan Bach, NHL goaltender
- Richard Bachman, NHL player
- Art Berglund, ice hockey coach and executive, Lester Patrick Trophy award winner
- Rick Boh
- Colin Chisholm
- Brian Connelly, American Hockey League defenseman
- Joey Crabb, NHL winger, Florida Panthers
- Dave Feamster
- Bill Hay, former Chicago Blackhawks centre
- Jack Hillen, NHL ice hockey defenceman, Nashville Predators
- Doug Lidster, NHL defencemen, member of Team Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Curtis McElhinney
- Doug Palazzari, United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
- Toby Petersen, right winger, Dallas Stars
- Tom Preissing, NHL player, Hobey Baker Award finalist
- Nate Prosser
- Jaden Schwartz, NHL St. Louis Blues forward, Captain Team Canada World Junior 2012
- Peter Sejna, NHL ice hockey center, 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships bronze medalist, Hobey Baker Award winner[18]
- Marty Sertich, AHL ice hockey center, Hobey Baker Award winner[18]
- Brett Sterling, NHL ice hockey player
- Colin Stuart
- Mark Stuart
- Mike Stuart, alternate captain, Winnipeg Jets
- Brian Swanson
- Lee Sweatt
Other
- Carol Rymer Davis, 2004 Gordon Bennet Cup winner
- Glenna Goodacre, class of '61, designer of Sacagawea on the U.S. golden dollar coin
- Anton Krupicka, ultra-runner, two-time Leadville 100 winner
- Bert Stiles, pilot and author
- Jerry Wainwright, former Director of Basketball Operations for the Marquette Golden Eagles
Presidents of Colorado College
Colorado College has had about 16 presidents and acting presidents since its founding:[19]
- Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 1874-1875[20]
- Rev. James G. Dougherty, 1875-1876[20]
- Edward P. Tenney, 1876-1884
- William F. Slocum, Jr., 1888-1917[20]
- Clyde A. Duniway, 1917-1924
- Charles Brown Hershey, 1933-1934 (acting) and 1943-1945 (acting)
- Thurston J. Davies, 1934-1948
- William H. Gill, 1949-1955
- Louis T. Benezet, 1955-1963
- Lloyd E. Worner, 1963-1981
- Thomas Cronin, 1991 (acting)
- Gresham Riley, 1981-1992
- Michael Grace, 1992-1993 (acting)
- Kathryn Mohrman, 1993-2002
- Richard F. Celeste, 2002-2011
- Jill Tiefenthaler, 2011–present
Professors
- Ofer Ben-Amots, Israeli-American classical composer
- Peter Blasenheim, Latin American historian, Brazilianist[21][22]
- Thomas Cronin, political scientist and author
- Edward Diller, German literary scholar and author
- J. Glenn Gray, philosopher, author and translator
- Steven Hayward, Canadian poet and author
- Anne F. Hyde, historian, author, 2012 Bancroft Prize winner,[23] 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist[24]
- Dan Johnson, microeconomist and entrepreneur
- Tass Kelso, botanist
- Eric Leonard, geologist
- Robert Loevy, political scientist
- David Mason, poet
- Douglas Monroy, historian[25]
- Paul Myrow, geologist
- Carol Neel, medieval historian[26]
- Andrew Price-Smith, political scientist, author on health security, environmental security, pandemic influenza
- Tomi-Ann Roberts, social psychologist, feminist[27][28][29]
- Stephen Scott, neo-classical composer
- Dennis Showalter, military historian
- Christine Smith Siddoway, geologist, Antarctica researcher[30]
- Mike Siddoway, mathematician
- Jim Parco, author, businessman, and retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
- Elmo Scott Watson, Class of 1916, journalist and college professor who specialized in the American West
Nobel laureates
- James Heckman, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2000)
References
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- ↑ "Kaui Hart Hemmings: The Descendants: Literature | KQED Public Media for Northern CA". Kqed.org. 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ↑ "People: Thom Shanker". The New York Times.
- ↑ Scheiber, Noam (August 2, 2012). "The Square and the Flair". The New Republic. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Eric Bransby: Draftsman and Muralist; essay by William Underwood Eiland". Tfaoi.com. 2004-07-25. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
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- ↑ Socha, Miles (7 November 2013). "Givenchy Looks to Capitalize on Momentum". WWD. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ , editor in chief of Science"California: Leader for Geological Survey". The New York Times. 2009-10-27.
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- 1 2 "2003 - Peter Sejna | Past Winners". Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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- 1 2 3 Edwin Emerson, Jr. (ed.). The College year-book and athletic record for the academic year 1896-97. New York: Stone & Kimball. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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- ↑ "Winners of the 2012 Bancroft Prize Announced". Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ↑ "2012 Finalists". Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ↑ "Douglas Monroy". Colorado College. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ↑ "Carol L. Neel". Colorado College. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ↑ "CC Psychology Department - Tomi-Ann Roberts". Colorado College. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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