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
Film, theatre, and broadcasting
- 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
- Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Broadway producer, co-founder of 321 Theatrical Management, recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award
- 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
- Aaron Shure, Emmy Award-winning television writer, director, and producer (Everybody Loves Raymond, The Office)
- Marc Webb, producer and director of music videos and films such as (500) Days of Summer and The Amazing Spider-Man
- Dean Winters, actor
Writers, journalists and publishers
- David Burnett, photojournalist recognized for the World Press Photo of the Year (1980), co-recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association
- Michael Dahlie, novelist
- Gregg Easterbrook, writer and contributing editor of The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly
- Frieda Ekotto, francophone African woman novelist and literary critic
- Thomas Hornsby Ferril, poet laureate of Colorado
- Mark Fiore, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
- Edward K. Gaylord, publisher of the Daily Oklahoman
- Kaui Hart Hemmings,[2] novelist, author of The Descendants and House of Thieves
- Mabel Barbee Lee, writer
- Michael Nava, attorney and writer
Artists and musicians
- Herbert Beattie, operatic bass and voice teacher
- Eric Bransby,[3] muralist
- Cecil Effinger, composer, oboist, and inventor
- Jo Estill, singer, singing voice specialist and voice researcher
- Glenna Goodacre, sculptor
- Margaret Kilgallen, Mission School artist and printmaker
- Janet Maguire, composer
- Max Morath, ragtime pianist, composer, actor and author
- Ann Royer, painter, sculptor
- Abigail Washburn, Grammy Award-winning banjo player and singer
Economics and business
- 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
- Alexander Ellis III, partner in the venture-capital firm Rockport Capital Partners
- Joe Ellis, President of the Denver Broncos
- Lori Garver, General Manager of the Air Line Pilots Association
- James Heckman, winner of 2000 Nobel Prize for Economics, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Professor of Law at the Law School, and director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development
- David Malpass, President of the World Bank
- Sebastian Suhl,[4] former COO of Prada S.p.A.; CEO at Givenchy[5]
- Amy Tucker, inventor of Xeko
Government and politics
- Elizabeth Cheney, U.S. Representative for Wyoming
- 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
- 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
- Randall Edwards, State Treasurer of Oregon
- 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
- Mark Norris, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- 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 politician
- Colin M. Simpson, former House Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Richard H. Stallings, politician
- Stuart Stevens, strategist[6] for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, cofounder of Washington, D.C. - based political media consultancy Stevens & Schriefer Group
- 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
- Anne Basting, winner of 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, Professor of Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Charles L. Briggs, Alan Dundes Distinguished Professor of Folklore at the University of California, Berkeley
- Frieda Ekotto, Professor of French, Comparative Literature, Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan
- Paul Franco, professor of government at Bowdoin College
- Donna Haraway, prominent scholar in the field of science and technology studies
- James Heckman, winner of 2000 Nobel Prize for Economics, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development
- 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
- Margaret A. Liu, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and the University of California, San Francisco
- Reginald McKnight, Hamilton Holmes Professor of English at the University of Georgia
- John Novembre, winner of 2015 MacArthur Fellowship, Professor of Computational Biology at the University of Chicago
- Andrew Spielman, Professor of Tropical Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health
- Pauline Turner Strong, director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
- Terry Winograd, Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group
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
- Margaret A. Liu, founder and leader in DNA vaccination, named one of the 50 most important women in science by Discover magazine
- Jane Lubchenco, marine ecologist and environmental scientist, former NOAA Administrator
- Marcia McNutt, ForMemRS, is an American geophysicist and the 22nd president of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (NAS). She is the former editor-in-chief of Science, the 15th director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) (and first woman to hold the post), and science adviser to the United States Secretary of the Interior.
- 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
Military
- Austin R. Brunelli, Brigadier general in the Marine Corps, World War II Navy Cross recipient
- Marcellus H. Chiles, World War I Medal of Honor recipient
- Bert Stiles, World War II fighter pilot awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal
- Robert M. Stillman, Major General in the United States Air Force
Olympics
As of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 20 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)[7]
- Hayes Alan Jenkins, gold medalist in men's figure skating, 1956 Winter Olympics, four-time world champion figure skater (1953-1956)[8]
- Tara Nott, gold medalist in women's weight lifting, 2000 Olympics[9]
- 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, former defensive end for the Denver Broncos
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.[10][11]
- 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[12]
- Marty Sertich, AHL ice hockey center, Hobey Baker Award winner[12]
- 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
- Anton Krupicka, ultra-runner, two-time Leadville 100 winner
- Abbie Richards, TikToker
- 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:[13]
- Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 1874-1875[14]
- Rev. James G. Dougherty, 1875-1876[14]
- Edward P. Tenney, 1876-1884
- William F. Slocum, Jr., 1888-1917[14]
- Clyde A. Duniway, 1917-1924
- Charles Christopher Mierow - 1923-24 (acting) and 1925-1934
- 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, 2011-2020
- Mike Edmonds and Robert Moore 2020-present (acting)
- L. Song Richardson Incoming President as of July 1, 2021
Professors
- Ofer Ben-Amots, Israeli-American classical composer
- Rebecca Barnes, environmental scientist, women-in-science activist, board member for Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN)
- Thomas Cronin, political scientist and author
- Edward Diller, German literary scholar and author
- Idris Goodwin, playwright, hip hop artist, educator, and co-creator/co-host of serial radio broadcasts[15]
- J. Glenn Gray, philosopher, author and translator
- Steven Hayward, Canadian author[16] and co-creator/co-host of serial radio broadcasts[17]
- Anne F. Hyde, historian, author, 2012 Bancroft Prize winner,[18] 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist[19]
- Dan Johnson, microeconomist and entrepreneur
- David Mason, poet
- Andrew Price-Smith, political scientist, author on health security, environmental security, pandemic influenza
- Stephen Scott, neo-classical composer
- Dennis Showalter, military historian
- Christine Siddoway, geologist, Antarctica researcher[20]
- 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[21][22]
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