List of Albion College people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty, people who attended and graduated from Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and people who received honorary degrees.

• Ella H. Brockway Avann, 1871, educator (1853–1899)
• David P. Baker, 1974, sociologist (1952-)
• Robert Bartlett, surgeon (1939–)
• Bob Bemer, 1940, computer scientist (1920–2004)
• Bruce C. Berndt, 1961, mathematician (1939–)
• J Harlen Bretz, 1906, geologist (1882–1981)
• Mark W. Chase, 1973, botanist (1951–)
• Harriet Gertrude Eddy, 1890s, educator and librarian (1876–1966)
• Britt Halvorson, professor, writer, anthropologist^[1]
• Robert E. Horton, 1897, hydrology (1875–1945)
• Melvin H. Knisely, 1927, anatomist specializing in microcirculation (1904–1975)
• Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer (1872–1952)
• John W. Porter, 1953, former president of Eastern Michigan University; first African-American State Superintendent since Reconstruction^[2]
• Dwight B. Waldo, first president of Western Michigan University (1864–1939)
• Mary Chawner Woody, minister, teacher, and temperance leader (1846–1928)

• Philip Campbell Curtis, 1930, surrealist-inspired painter (1907–2000)
• Allie Luse Dick, music teacher
• Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots, 1882, missionary, temperance evangelist (1843–1929)
• Jon Scieszka, 1976, children's book author (1954–)
• John Sinclair, poet and '60s counterculture icon (1941–2024)
• F. Dudleigh Vernor, 1914, organist, composer^[3]

• William C. Ferguson, 1952, chairman of NYNEX NKA Verizon Communications (1930–2015)
• Steve Grigorian, President and CEO, Detroit Economic Club
• Joel Manby, 1981, former CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment
• Geoffery Merszei, CFO of Dow Chemical Company (1951–)
• Martin Nesbitt, 1985, businessman, Barack Obama friend and campaign treasurer (1962–)
• Doug Parker, 1984, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines (1962–)
• Moose Scheib, founder and CEO of LoanMod.com (1980–)
• Richard Mills Smith, 1968, chairman and editor-in-chief, Newsweek (1946–)
• Paul "Skip" Ungrodt, 1952, former chairman and president of Ideation, Inc.^[4]

• Florence Riddick Boys, 1896, Indiana suffragist, journalist, state official^[5]
• Prentiss M. Brown, 1911, U.S. Senator from Michigan^[6]
• David L. Camp, 1975, U.S. Representative from Michigan^[7]
• Barbara Ann Crancer, 1960, Missouri state circuit court judge and daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa
• Homer Folks, 1887, a pioneer of mental and public health reform in New York^[8]
• Bates Gill, Chinese foreign policy expert and director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• Matthew Gillard, politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• George Heartwell, 1971, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Matt Heinz, politician, member of Arizona House of Representatives
• Charles Tisdale Howard, 1880, Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
• Thomas Ludington, 1976, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Albion College trustee
• Lyle H. Miller, 1914, brigadier general in the Marine Corps
• Arnold R. Pinkney, 1952, campaign manager for Jesse Jackson 1984 Democratic presidential nomination^[9]
• Carl W. Riddick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana^[10]
• Mark Schauer, 1984, U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Anna Howard Shaw, attended 1872–1875, civil rights leader, first female Methodist minister in the U.S.
• Robert M. Teeter, 1961, Republican pollster
• Edwin B. Winans, attended in 1840s, U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan

• Josh A. Cassada, 1995, physicist, NASA astronaut
• Cedric Dempsey, 1954, former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• Chris Greenwood, 2012, former National Football League player for Detroit Lions
• Phyllis Harrison-Ross, 1956, psychiatrist working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill children^[11]
• Mary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s), educator, author, and peace activist
• Mary Beecher Longyear, philanthropist and founder of Longyear Foundation
• J. Fred “Pop” McKale, 1910, former University of Arizona basketball coach; 1998 Albion Hall of Fame inductee
• Forest Ray Moulton, 1894, astronomer
• Will Carl Rufus, 1902, astronomer, mathematician
• Leonard F. "Fritz" Shurmur, 1956, former college and National Football League football coach
• Madelon Stockwell, first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan
• Hazen Graff Werner, 1920, bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Nicolle Zellner, 2007, astronomer, planetary scientist, astrobiologist, professor, public outreach in space science and racial and gender minority recognition in STEM

• Barbara Bush, 2005, former First Lady of the United States^[12]

• Henrietta Ash Bancroft (1843-1929), professor of English and dean of women (1892-98)^[13]

1. Charles Franklin Stockwell (1843–1845)
2. Clark T. Hinman (1846–1853)
3. Ira Mayhew (1853–1864)
4. Thomas H. Sinex (1854–1864)
5. George Beiners Jocelyn (1864–1869 and 1871–1877), J.L.G. McKown (1869–1870; interim), William B. Silber (1870–1871)
6. Lewis R. Fiske (1877–1898)
7. John Ashley (1898–1901)
8. Samuel F. Dickie (1901–1921)
9. John Wesley Laird (1921–1924)^[14]
10. John Lawrence Seaton (1924–1945)
11. William W. Whitehouse (1945–1960)
12. Louis W. Norris (1960–1970)
13. Bernard T. Lomas (1970–1983)
14. Melvin L. Vulgamore (1983–1997), William C. Ferguson (1997; interim)
15. Peter T. Mitchell (1997–2007)^[15]
16. Donna M. Randall (2007–2013),^[16] Michael L. Frandsen (2013–2014; interim)
17. Mauri A. Ditzler (2014–2020)^{[17] [18]}
18. Mathew B. Johnson (2020–2021),^[19][20] Joe Calvaruso (2021–2023; interim)^[21]
19. Wayne P. Webster (2023–present)^[22]

See List of Albion Britons head football coaches

• Dustin Beurer, 2005, head football coach for Albion
• Morley Fraser, head football coach
• Walter S. Kennedy, head football coach and all-American quarterback at for the University of Chicago Maroons
• Dale R. Sprankle, head football coach at Albion and also at Adrian College
• Gina Warlick, women’s volleyball and basketball