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Revision as of 22:58, 9 May 2009

This list of Washington & Jefferson College alumni graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Washington & Jefferson College. As of 2009, W&J College had 12,000 living alumni.[1] Prior to the union of the two colleges in 1865, Washington College graduated 872 men and Jefferson College graduated 1936 men.[2][3] The W&J College Alumni Association recognizes as alumni includes all students "who have completed at least one college year as full-time students."[4]

For a list of Washington & Jefferson's presidents, see President of Washington & Jefferson College.

Academia

Name Class year Notability References
Andrew Wylie Jefferson 1810 Third President of Jefferson College (1812-1816); Second President of Washington College (1817-1829); first President of Indiana University (1829-1851); Protestant Episcopal minister [5][6]
George Junkin Jefferson 1813 President of Lafayette College (1832-1841); President Miami University (1841-1844); President Washington College, Virginia (1848-1861); author of many theological books; Presbyterian minister [3][7]
Joseph Smith Jefferson 1815 President of Franklin College, Ohio (1837-1838); Presbyterian minister; wrote two early histories of the Presbytery of Redstone and Jefferson College; Grandson of College founder,Joseph Smith [8][9]
Moses Roney Jefferson 1823 President of Western College, Allegheny, Pennsylvania (1849-1853); Reformed Presbyterian minister; editor of Reformed Presbyterian [10]
William Holmes McGuffey Washington 1826 Author of McGuffey Readers; President of Cincinnati College, (1836-1839); President of Ohio University (1839-1843); Professor of Languages and Philosophy; [11][12]
John Work Scott Jefferson 1827 President of Washington College (1853-1865), retired to facilitate union with Jefferson College; Vice-president and professor of West Virginia University (1867-1877); Presbyterian minister [13]
James Patterson Jefferson 1830 President of Ohio Central College (1854-1855); Western College, Iowa (1854-1856); United Presbyterian minister. [14]
William Morton Reynolds Jefferson 1832 President Capital College, Ohio (1850-1853); President of Illinois State University at Springfield ; Protestant Episcopal minister, [15][16]
William Burnett Jefferson 1832 President of Franklin College (1839-1840); Associate Reformed Minister; gave up ministry to head West [17][9]
Edwin Henry Nevin Jefferson 1833 President of Franklin College (1840-1845); Presbyterian minister; published several theological books [18][9]
Robert McMurdy Jefferson 1837 Educator in Rio de Janeiro; President of Presbyterian Church College, Kentucky (1839-1848) ; President of Shelby College, Kentucky (1859-1861); Protestant Episcopal minister; editor of Churchman, a Christian periodical in New York City [19][20]
John McDowell Leavitt Jefferson 1841 Author, founder and editor of International Review, and president of Lehigh University and St. John's College; [3]
George D. Archibald Jefferson 1847 President of Hanover College (1868-1870); President of Wilson Female Seminary (1873-1874) ; [21]
James H. Baird Jefferson 1843 President of Synodical College (1849); Chaplain of Union Army of the Cumberland during the Civil War; President of Monticello Female College (1887); Presbyterian minister [22]
James Black Washington 1848 President of State University of Iowa (1868-1870); President Female College, Pittsburg (1870-1875); Presbyterian minister [23]
Lazarus B. Wilson Shryock Jefferson 1851 President of Muskingum College (1861-1864); Principal of Female Seminary, Oxford, Pennsylvania; Presbyterian minister [24]
Alexander Gibson Wilson Jefferson 1856 President of Lenox College (1888-1894) [25]
William Alexander Jefferson 1858 President Carrol College (1863-1864); President of City College, California; Presbyterian minister [26]
James Wallace Wightman Jefferson 1860 President of Ogden College (1877-1873); President of Wilson Female College (1870-1872); Presbyterian minister; [27]
John Livingston Lowes 1888 American scholar of English literature; wrote The Road to Xanadu: A Study in the Ways of the Imagination, in 1927, the definitive study of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Dean and Professor at Washington University in St. Louis (1909-1918) and Harvard University (1918-1939) [28]
David Peck Todd 1888 Chief astronomer at Lick Observatory; produced first known photographs of the transit of Venus in 1882; established Standard Time in Peru; designed and erected observatories at Smith College and Amherst College [29]
Andrew Wylie

Military and aerospace

Name Class year Notability References
Henry Christopher McCook Jefferson 1859 member of the celebrated Fighting McCooks [30]
William H.M. McFarland 1884 Originator of the modern cadence count now commonly heard on every drill field of the U.S. Army [31]
Harvey W. Cook 1919 pilot of the first continental airmail liner [31]
Walter B. Massenberg 1970 Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy [32]
Joseph A. Walker 1942 American test pilot and a NASA astronaut. In 1963 he became the first person to enter space twice when he piloted two X-15 flights beyond 100 kilometers - the edge of space. [31]
Joseph Albert Walker

Law and Government

Federal Executive

Name Class year Notability References
Henry Stanberry Washington 1819 United States Attorney General [33]
James G. Blaine Washington 1847 U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State. He was a dominant Republican leader of the post-Civil War period, losing the 1884 presidential election to Grover Cleveland. [2]
Benjamin Bristow Jefferson 1851 Solicitor General of the United States and as a United States Secretary of the Treasury [3]
William Livingston Alden Jefferson 1858 writer and U.S. Consul at Rome; [3]
James G. Blaine

Congress

Name Class year Notability References
Thomas M. T. McKennan Washington 1810 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania [34]
John Hoge Ewing Washington 1814 a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention [35]
Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne, M.D. Washington 1815 nationally known abolitionist, philanthropist, founder of the Washington Female Seminary, and benefactor of LeMoyne-Owen College, a historically-black college in Memphis, Tennessee [2]
John Hemphill Jefferson 1825 Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and a United States Senator [3]
John Rankin Franklin Jefferson 1836 US Congressional Representative from Maryland [36]
Samuel Steel Blair Jefferson 1838 US Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania [37]
Ephraim King Wilson II Jefferson 1840 U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1885–1891. [38]
Clement Vallandigham Jefferson 1837–1840† U.S. Congressional Representative from Ohio [39]
William Sutton Moore Washington 1847 delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention; U.S. Congressman 1873 [40]
John J. Patterson Jefferson 1848 United States Senator from South Carolina (1873–1879) [41]
Albert G. Jenkins Jefferson 1848 Congressman [42]
Matthew Quay Jefferson 1850 United States Senator from Pennsylvania (1887–1899;1901–1904) and Chairman of the Republican National Committee [3]
Henry H. Bingham Jefferson 1862 Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Congressional Representative [43]
Ernest F. Acheson 1875 owner/editor of the Washington Weekly Observer and U.S. Representative from PA's 24th congressional district from 1895–1909 [44]
Carl G. Bachmann 1909–1911† U.S. Congressional Representative from West Virginia [45]
Louis E. Graham 1901 U.S. Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania [46]
John Murtha 1952† attended but left in 1952 to join the Marines. U.S. Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania and current chair of the House Appropriations Defense Committee. [47][48]
Melissa Hart 1984 former U.S. Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania [49][50]
Tom Rooney 1993 US Congressional Representative from Florida [51]
Matthew Quay
Tom Rooney
Albert G. Jenkins

State and local

Name Class year Notability References
Charles Lucas Jefferson 1810 Missouri legislator and lawyer. Killed in duel with Thomas Hart Benton [3]
John S. Horner Washington 1819 acting Governor of Michigan Territory from 1835 to 1836 and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory from 1836 to 1837
Henry A. Wise Washington 1825 Governor of Virginia [2]
Thomas W. Bartley Jefferson 1829 18th Governor of Ohio [52]
John W. Geary Jefferson 1839 mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania, and Union general in the American Civil War. [3]
Ulysses Mercur Jefferson 1842 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; [3]
Charles S. West Jefferson 1845–1846† Texas jurist and politician [53]
James Addams Beaver Jefferson 1856 Governor of Pennsylvania; [3]
Victor Lescovitz 1975 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives [54]
Scott Petri 1982 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives [55]
Jesse White 2000 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives [56]
Luke Ravenstahl 2003 current Mayor of Pittsburgh [57]
Jim Christiana 2006 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives [58]
James A. Beaver
Luke Ravenstahl

Business

Name Class year Notability References
Dudley Evans Washington 1859 President of Wells Fargo. [2]
James R. Mellon Jefferson banker and financier. President of Ligonier Valley Railroad. son of Thomas Mellon, [3]
C.S. Fleming 1905 developed and patented the aluminum paint used on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. [31]
Johnson C. Smith Co-founder of the McKeesport Tin Plate Company and director of the People’s Bank in McKeesport. Johnson C. Smith University, a Historically Black College in Charlotte, North Carolina, is named after him.
John S. Reed 1962 interim president of the New York Stock Exchange and former CEO of Citigroup [59]
Alberto Vilar 1962 former billionaire and founder of Amerindo Investment Advisors, now charged with fraud in federal court. His multi-million pledges to the college never materialized. [60]
Richard Clark 1968 President, CEO of Merck 2006–Present [61]
Kenneth R. Melani 1975 President and CEO of Highmark [62]
Richard Clark

Arts

Name Class year Notability References
Stephen Foster Jefferson 1841† famed nineteenth-century songwriter of American folk classics "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Old Black Joe", "Beautiful Dreamer" and "Old Folks at Home", among others. Foster attended W&J but never finished; he was kicked out. [63][3][64]
Charles M. Kurtz 1876 art director of the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 [31]
Nicholas P. Dallis 1933 creator of the newspaper comic strip "Rex Morgan, M.D." [31]
John Astin 1952† actor of The Addams Family and Batman fame (transferred to Johns Hopkins University) [65][31]
Stephen Foster

Athletics

Name Class year Notability References
Farmer Burns 1898† Professional baseball player [66]
Andy Oyler 1900–1901† Professional baseball player [66]
Doc Gessler 1900–1901† Professional baseball player [66]
Ody Abbott 1910 Professional baseball player [66]
Bill Steen 1911 Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, 1912–15
Wilbur "Pete" "Fats" Henry 1919 Professional football player and coach. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame. [67][68]
Edgar Garbisch 1920 Member, College Football Hall of Fame [69]
Buddy Jeannette 1938 professional basketball player and coach, Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame [70][71]
Roger Goodell 1981 NFL Commissioner 2006–present [72]
Joe Philbin 1984 Offensive Coordinator for the Green Bay Packers (2007–Present) [73]
Roger Goodell
Doc Gessler

Medicine

Name Class year Notability References
Levin Smith Joynes Washington 1834 President Richmond Academy of Medicine [74][75]
Jonathan Letterman Jefferson 1849 an American surgeon known as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine" [3]
Dr. Jesse Lazear 1888† American physician. Confirmed that yellow fever was transmitted via mosquito by secreting infecting himself with the disease. Transferred to Johns Hopkins University. [76][31]
Jesse William Lazear

Theology

Name Class year Notability References
David McKinney (publisher) Jefferson 1821 Founder and editor Presbyterian Banner [3]
Joseph R. Wilson Jefferson 1844 Theologian and father of Woodrow Wilson [3]
William A. Passavant Jefferson 1840 Lutheran minister noted for the many orphanages and hospitals ministries he founded. He is commemorated as a priest in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on November 24 [3]
Sir James Caruthers Rhea Ewing 1876 Missionary to India. [31][77]
Arthur Henry Ewing 1887 Missionary to India, namesake of Ewing Christian College. [77]
Joseph R. Wilson
  • † - Years attended. Did not graduate.

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