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Noted alumni and faculty

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Lafayette College people.
Alumni
Name Class Notability Ref.
Alexander Ramsey 1834‡ U.S. Senator, 2nd Governor of Minnesota [1][2]
Charles A. Wikoff 1855 United States Army Colonel [3]
John W. Griggs 1868 43rd U.S. Attorney General, 29th Governor of New Jersey [4]
Peyton C. March 1884 Chief of Staff of the United States Army [5]
Stephen Crane 1894‡ Author of The Red Badge of Courage [6]
Philip S. Hench 1916 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine [7]
A. Mitchell Palmer 1919‡ 50th U.S. Attorney General [8]
Haldan K. Hartline 1923 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine [9]
George Decker 1924 Chief of Staff of the United States Army [10]
S. Donald Stookey 1938 Inventor of CorningWare [11]
William E. Simon 1952 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury [12]
Pete Carril 1952 Basketball coach [13]
Dominique Lapierre 1952 French author [14]
Jay Weiss 1962 MacArthur fellow [15]
Barry Wellman 1963 Sociologist [16]
Joe Maddon 1976 2x MLB World Series Manager [17]
‡ Did not graduate from Lafayette
Faculty
Name Active tenure Notability Ref.
Eugene C. Bingham 1916–1939 Pioneer of Rheology [18]
Guy Consolmagno 1985–1989 Astronomer [19]
Francis March 1857–1907 Founder of modern comparative linguistics [20]
Theodore Roethke 1931–1935 Pulitzer Prize winning poet [21]
Donald L. Miller 1978–Present Author [22]
Robert Higgs 1983–1989 Developer of Ratchet effect theory [23]
William Sebring Kirkpatrick 1875–1877 U.S. House of Representatives [24]
Bruce Allen Murphy 1998–Present Judicial biographer [25]
Clement Eaton 1931–1942 Historian [26]
  1. ^ "Alexander Ramsey (1879–1881) | Miller Center". millercenter.org. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Alexander Ramsey - Biography". archives.house.state.pa.us. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  3. ^ "EASTON'S CHARLES WIKOFF GAVE UP LAW FOR THE MILITARY". The Morning Call. 28 May 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  4. ^ Skemer, Don C. "John W. Griggs" (PDF). Governors of New Jersey: Biographical Essays. Rivergate Regionals. pp. 161–64. Archived from the original on March 12, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "What They Say About General Peyton March in His Own Home Town in the Lehigh Valley". The Morning Union. 10 March 1918. p. 25. Retrieved 28 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Crane Society Collects Material Of Early Works". The News. 21 April 1954. p. 26. Retrieved 28 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Nobel Doctor Lafayette Graduate". The Morning Call. 2 April 1965. p. 37. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Whelan, Frank (30 July 2022). "History's Headlines: The Fighting Quaker". WFMZ.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  9. ^ Waggoner, Walter H. (19 March 1983). "H. Keffer Hartline is Dead at 79; Nobel Laureate in Vision Research". New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Decker Nominated for Army Staff Command". The Waukesha County Freeman. 19 August 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Yardley, William (7 November 2014). "S. Donald Stookey, Scientist, Dies at 99; Among His Inventions Was CorningWare (Published 2014)". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Campus: Simon to speak at Lafayette ceremonies". The Morning Call. 7 May 1976. p. 13. Retrieved 28 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Litsky, Frank (15 August 2022). "Pete Carril, Princeton's Textbook Basketball Coach, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ Murphy, Brian (6 December 2022). "Dominique Lapierre, author of best-selling historical narratives, dies at 91". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Lafayette to award five honorary degrees". The Morning Call. 19 May 1994. p. 56. Retrieved 28 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Wellman '63 Honored for Lifetime Achievements". Lafayette College. 17 October 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  17. ^ Deegan, Jim (19 November 2016). "Springsteen bandmate parties at Lafayette with Joe Maddon (PHOTOS)". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  18. ^ "DR. EUGENE BINGHAM; Leading Rheologist Organized Society in 1929--Dies at 67". The New York Times. 7 November 1945. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J." Vatican Observatory. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  20. ^ Francis A. March Collection: Biographical Sketch (PDF). Lafayette College. October 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  21. ^ "Pennsylvania Center for the Book". pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  22. ^ Gage, Beverly (24 July 2014). "The Roar of the Crowd". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  23. ^ Coyne, Christopher. "The Intellectual Journey of Robert Higgs". fee.org. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  24. ^ "KIRKPATRICK, William Sebring". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  25. ^ Rozansky, Michael (7 July 2022). "Rendell Center Offers Webinar Series for Teachers on Judicial Independence". The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Clement Eaton draft of The Waning of the Old South Civilization, 1860-1880sms738". University of Georgia Press.
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