List of Drew University people
The following is a list of notable people associated with Drew University:
Alumni
This is a list of notable alumni of Drew University, listing the school of Drew University that they attended, the highest degree obtained, the year of graduation or last year of attendance, and a brief description of the person.[1] The following abbreviations are utilized for schools and degrees.
CLA = College of Liberal Arts
Grad = Graduate School
Theo = Theological School/Seminary
BA = Bachelor of Arts
BD = Bachelor of Divinity
DMin = Doctor of Ministry
DLitt = Doctor of Letters
MA = Master of Arts
MDiv = Master of Divinity
MFA = Master of Fine Arts
MLitt = Master of Letters
PhD = Doctor of Philosophy
ThD = Doctor of Theology
| Name | School | Degree | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William F. Anderson | Theo | BD | 1887 | Methodist bishop |
| Henry Appenzeller | Theo | BD | 1885 | missionary who helped introduce Christianity in Korea |
| Thomas J. Aquilino | CLA | BA | 1962 | federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade |
| Raymond LeRoy Archer | Theo | MA | 1923 | Methodist bishop |
| David B. Audretsch | CLA | BA | 1976 | German and American economist |
| Albert Baez | CLA | BA | 1933 | Mexican-American physicist, and father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña |
| Holly Bakke[2] | CLA | BA | 1973 | New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance |
| Joseph Blotner[3] | CLA | BA | 1947 | biographer of William Faulkner |
| Clint Bolick[4] | CLA | BA | 1979 | founder of the Institute for Justice |
| Calvin O. Butts | Theo | DMin | 1982 | pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church and president of State University of New York at Old Westbury |
| Charles I. Carpenter | Theo | BD | 1931 | first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force |
| Kathy Chan | CLA | BA | Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor | |
| James E. Cheek | Grad | PhD | 1962 | theology professor and president of Howard University |
| Emerson Stephen Colaw | Theo | BD | 1947 | Methodist bishop |
| Deedee Corradini | CLA | BA | 1965 | mayor of Salt Lake City; president of the US Conference of Mayors, the International Women's Forum, and Women's Ski Jumping USA. |
| Fred Pierce Corson | Theo | BD | 1920 | Methodist bishop and president of Dickinson College |
| John T. Cunningham[5] | CLA | BA | 1938 | journalist and historian |
| Peter Deunov | Theo | BD | 1892 | Bulgarian spiritual leader and founder of the Universal White Brotherhood |
| Damon DiMarco | CLA | BA | 1993 | author and oral historian |
| Joseph DiSarro | Grad | MA | 1972 | political analyst and professor at Washington & Jefferson College |
| Ernest T. Dixon | Theo | BD | 1945 | Methodist bishop and president of Philander Smith College |
| Ed Ferrara | CLA | BA | 1989 | television writer, actor, and professional wrestling personality |
| James Fiorentino | CLA | BA | 1999 | sports artist |
| Maria Mazziotti Gillan | Grad | No degree | 1980 | American poet |
| Marshall Gilmore | Theo | MDiv | 1960 | Methodist bishop |
| William H. Gray | Theo | MDiv | 1966 | Congressman from Pennsylvania, and president of the United Negro College Fund |
| Robert E. Hayes | Theo | DMin | 1997 | Methodist bishop |
| Leroy Charles Hodapp | Theo | BD | 1947 | Methodist bishop |
| Dennis Hollinger | Grad | PhD | 1981 | president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
| Fred Garrigus Holloway | Theo | BD | 1921 | Methodist bishop and president of Drew University |
| Karen Hunter | CLA | BA | 1987 | journalist and publisher |
| Hae Jong Kim | Theo | DMin | 1984 | Methodist bishop |
| John Lowden Knight | CLA | BA | 1939 | president of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and Wesley Theological Seminary |
| Peter Leone | CLA | BA | 1984 | United States Equestrian Team member, and 1996 Olympic silver medalist |
| John Wesley Lord | Theo | BD | 1930 | Methodist bishop |
| Roger H. Martin | CLA | BA | 1965 | history professor and president of Randolph-Macon College |
| J.B. Matthews[6] | Theo | BD | 1923 | educator, political activist, and anti-Communism expert |
| Malcolm Maxwell | Grad | PhD | 1968 | president of Pacific Union College |
| Jackie McCullough | Theo | DMin | – | president of Beth Rapha Christian College and Theological Seminary |
| Kevin Murphy | CLA | BA | 1989 | television writer and producer |
| John Gardner Murray | Theo | No degree | 1881 | Episcopal bishop |
| Floyd W. Nease | Theo | No degree | 1930 | minister and the president of Eastern Nazarene College |
| Debra L. Ness | CLA | BA | 1977 | health and public policy advocate |
| Dale Peck | CLA | BA | 1989 | author and literary critic |
| Harold L. Peterson | CLA | BA | 1945 | historian of arms and armor, curator of National Park Service |
| Soon-Yi Previn | CLA | BA | 1995 | daughter of composer André Previn and wife of director Woody Allen |
| Robert M. Price | Grad | PhD | 1981/1993 | Jesus myth theologian, author, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Higher Criticism |
| Sarah Price (aka S.Nice) | CLA | BA | 1990 | author and inspirational speaker |
| Aileen Quinn | CLA | BA | 1994 | actress who played Annie in the 1982 motion picture |
| Nathaniel Raymond | CLA | BA | 1999 | human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate |
| John Edward Robinson | Theo | BD | 1874 | Methodist bishop |
| Teresa Ruiz | CLA | BA | 1998 | New Jersey state legislator |
| David Seamands | Theo | BD | 1945 | Methodist pastor and self-help author |
| George Selgin | CLA | BA | 1979 | libertarian economist |
| James Simester | Theo | BD | 1896 | Methodist missionary and president of S.L. Baldwin School of Theology |
| Jeff Smith | Theo | MDiv | 1965 | minister, cookbook author, host of The Frugal Gourmet |
| Craig Stanford | CLA | BA | 1978 | professor and director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California |
| Stephen Stetler | Theo | MDiv | 1974 | member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue |
| Manuel Sykes | Theo | MDiv | President of the St. Petersburg chapter of the NAACP | |
| Bertrand M. Tipple | Theo | BD | 1897 | founder and president of Methodist International College |
| Arturo Valenzuela | CLA | BA | 1971 | United States Assistant Secretary of State |
| James Van Der Beek[7] | CLA | No degree | 1995 | actor (star of Dawson's Creek) |
| Peter Veniero | CLA | BA | 1981 | New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court justice |
| Herbert George Welch | Theo | BD | 1890 | Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Woodrow Whidden | Grad | PhD | 1989 | Seventh-Day Adventist theologian and author |
| Olive Winchester | Theo | ThD | 1925 | Nazarene theologian and first female ordained minister in Great Britain |
Faculty and staff
This is a list of notable faculty and staff members, the years that they were employed by Drew University, and a brief description of the person.
| Name | First Year | Last Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Campbell | 1990 | Present | awarded Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 |
| Bernhard Anderson | 1954 | 1963 | Old Testament theologian and dean of the Drew University Theological School |
| Robert L. Chapman | 1966 | 1986 | lexicographer, editor of Roget's Thesaurus, and English professor |
| Robert S. Corrington | 1991 | Present | founder of the philosophy of estatic naturalism, and professor of philosophical theology |
| Will Herberg | 1955 | 1976 | Jewish theologian, conservative columnist, and professor of philosophy and culture |
| Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz | 1991 | 2012 | founder of mujerista theology, and professor of ethics and theology |
| Catherine Keller | 1986 | Present | process theologian, theopoetic scholar, and professor of constructive theology |
| George Kelsey[8] | 1950 | 1976 | Baptist minister, teacher of Martin Luther King Jr., and professor of Christian ethics |
| Anne Marie Macari | 2007 | Present | poet and founder of Drew University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry program |
| John Miley | 1873 | 1895 | scholar of Christian atonement, and professor of systematic theology |
| Dika Newlin | 1952 | 1965 | musicologist, child music prodigy, and founder of the music department |
| Thomas C. Oden | 1980 | 2004 | founder of paleo-orthodoxy religious movement, and professor of ethics and theology |
| Ira Progoff | 1959 | 1971 | psychotherapist, developer of the Intensive Journal Method, and researcher of depth psychology |
| James Strong | 1868 | 1893 | author of Strong's Concordance and professor of exegetical theology |
| Leonard Sweet | 1995 | Present | a leader of emerging church movement, professor of evangelism, and vice-president of Drew University |
University presidents
The following is a list of the presidents of Drew University from its founding in 1867 to the present, including the years that they served as president, and a brief description of the person.[9]
| # | Name | First Year | Last Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McClintock | 1867 | 1870 | professor of practical theology, editor of Methodist Quarterly Review, and co-founder of the Theological Seminary |
| 2 | Randolph Sinks Foster | 1870 | 1873 | professor of systematic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 3 | John Fletcher Hurst | 1873 | 1880 | professor of historic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Des Moines, Iowa |
| 4 | Henry Anson Buttz | 1880 | 1912 | professor of Greek and New Testament exegesis for 50 years, and led Drew through a major expansion. |
| 5 | Ezra Squier Tipple[10] | 1912 | 1929 | professor of practical theology, admitted women to Drew on a limited basis, and oversaw founding of the CLA |
| 6 | Arlo Ayres Brown | 1929 | 1948 | led Drew through World War II, and oversaw major changes in degree programs, student body, and campus design |
| 7 | Fred Garrigus Holloway | 1948 | 1960 | oversaw the founding of the Graduate School, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in West Virginia |
| 8 | Robert Fisher Oxnam | 1961 | 1974 | led Drew through a major expansion of the student body and the turbulent social changes of the 1960s |
| 9 | Paul Hardin | 1975 | 1988 | oversaw the founding of the Methodist Archives Center, the RISE program and Drew's computer initiative |
| 10 | Thomas H. Kean | 1990 | 2005 | former Governor of New Jersey who oversaw a major expansion of the Drew's endowment, and led the 9-11 Commission |
| 11 | Robert Weisbuch | 2005 | 2012 | former president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation who made admission to Drew SAT-optional |
| 12 | Vivian Bull | 2012 | 2014 | former president of Linfield College in Oregon, economics professor and dean at Drew for 32 years, oversaw financial restructuring of Drew University. |
| 13 | MaryAnn Baenninger | 2014 | 2020 | former president of the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota, and psychology professor, was first full-term female president of Drew. |
References
- Drew University Alumni/ae Directory 2003, Publishing Concepts, 2002
- "Ms. Holly Bakke, Esq: Trustee". Kean University. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
- Douglas Martin (November 23, 2012). "Joseph Blotner, Faulkner Expert and Friend, Dies at 89". New York Times.
- "Clint Bolick: Research Fellow". Hoover Institution. April 27, 2012.
- George James (May 10, 1998). "In Person; The New Jersey Chronicles". New York Times.
- "Inventory of the J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862–1986: Biographical Note". Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University.
- "James Van Der Beek: Actor". People. May 11, 1998.
- "Dr. George Kelsey, Baptist Minister, 85". New York Times. April 15, 1996.
- Jennifer Heise and Cheryl Oestreicher (September 8, 2006). "Biographical Notes: Presidents and Key Figures in the History of Drew University". Drew University.
- E. Axel Larsson (June 26, 2009). "Ezra Squier Tipple". Drew University.
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