Notable alumni Western Reserve Academy




1 notable alumni

1.1 politics, government , law
1.2 literature , journalism
1.3 arts , entertainment
1.4 business
1.5 miscellaneous





notable alumni

the following represents incomplete list of renowned graduates of school. individuals † next name enrolled in either or both institutions before western reserve college moved hudson campus cleveland in 1882 , became western reserve university. such, degree affiliated both institutions may vary. individuals * next name did not complete studies.




politics, government , law

william b. allison† — u.s. senator iowa
david r. paige† — u.s. representative ohio
mark hanna*† — u.s. senator ohio, campaign manager president william mckinley, chairman of republican national committee
louis p. harvey† — 7th governor of wisconsin
william h. upson† 1842 — u.s. representative ohio, lawyer
george hoadly† — 36th governor of ohio
james w. dawes† — sixth governor of nebraska
george k. nash† 1860 — 41st governor of ohio
john hessin clarke† — associate justice of u.s. supreme court
walter folger brown 1888 — u.s. postmaster general
william r. hopkins 1892 — politician, first city manager of cleveland, ohio, namesake of cleveland hopkins international airport
david s. dennison 36 — u.s. representative ohio, member of federal trade commission
ronald b. cameron 45 — u.s. representative california
james robertson 55 — federal district court judge; former foreign intelligence surveillance court judge; presided on hamdan v. rumsfeld
daniel w. christman 61 — former assistant chairman of joint chiefs of staff, former superintendent of u.s. military academy @ west point; current senior vice president international affairs u.s. chamber of commerce
oliver everett 62 — royal librarian elizabeth ii of united kingdom
thomas c. sawyer* 63 — u.s. representative ohio, current member of ohio state senate
martin r. hoke 69 — u.s. representative ohio
neel kashkari 91 — head of u.s. office of financial stability, assistant secretary of treasury, former vice president @ goldman sachs, republican candidate california governor in 2014

literature , journalism

rupert hughes 1888 — novelist, film director, historian, composer
lucien price 1901 — journalist boston globe, author
r. w. apple, jr. 52 — associate editor new york times
martin perlich 55 — radio broadcaster , writer
ted gup 68 — author of secret gift
chris gulker 69 — photojournalist, writer, two-time pulitzer prize nominee
ian frazier 69 — nonfiction author , essayist
andrew meldrum 70 — senior editor @ globalpost; former zimbabwe correspondent economist, guardian
john yang 75 — nbc news correspondent, former abc news correspondent, peabody award winner, former writer washington post , wall street journal
kevin prufer 88 — essayist , poet

arts , entertainment

d.m. marshman, jr. 41 — academy award-winning screenplay writer sunset boulevard.
frederick coffin 61 — film , television actor
jeff schaffer — film director, tv show writer (seinfeld, curb enthusiasm, league)
richard brake 83 — film actor (batman begins)
macy gray* 84 — grammy award-winning musician/singer
ted humphrey 87 — emmy award-nominated television , film writer , producer

business

james ellsworth† 1868 — coal mine owner, banker
james l. knight 29 — newspaperman , philanthropist, founder of knight ridder newspaper group
william d. perez ’65 — ceo of wm. wrigley jr. company, former ceo of nike, inc.

miscellaneous

john strong newberry — geologist, physician, explorer
frederic de forest allen — philologist, classics scholar
lincoln ellsworth — u.s. explorer; first undisputed sighting of north pole; 2 time recipient of congressional gold medal
scott e. forbush 20 — physicist, discoverer of forbush decrease, member of national academy of sciences
george kubler 29 — art historian
keith carter 48 — olympic swimmer; silver medalist @ 1948 summer olympic games
lee morin 70 — nasa astronaut
joel dalgarno 05 — professional lacrosse player colorado mammoth; all-time scoring leader ohio state buckeyes
thomas day seymour 1870 - educator




^ allison, william boyd, (1829 - 1908) . biographical directory of united states congress. retrieved december 21, 2012. 
^ nebraska governor james william dawes . national governors association. retrieved september 15, 2012. 






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