Notable Alumni
These are just a few of the successful DePauw graduates we're proud to call Tigers. Our 35,000-strong alumni network spreads far and wide, shaping industry and transforming communities wherever they go. And they begin making their mark just as soon as they leave DePauw.
AUTHORS/MEDIA
- Jason Anders '97, chief news editor of the Wall Street Journal
- Bret Baier ’92, host of “Special Report,” Fox News Channel
- Barbara Blakemore '46, executive editor of McCall's magazine
- Xinyue “Tracey” Chang '06, anchor and reporter for CCTV’s flagship business news program “Global Business - Asia"
- Jon Fortt ’98, co-anchor of CNBC's “Squawk Alley”
- Jill Frederickson ’92, vice president of production at ESPN
- Stephen Hayes ’93, editor of The Weekly Standard
- Kenneth Hogate 1918, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and president and chairman of Dow Jones & Co.
- John Jakes '53, historical novelist
- Dick Johnson '76, anchor at WMAQ, the NBC affiliate in Chicago
- Rob Johnson '90, anchor at CBS 2 in Chicago
- Bernard Kilgore ’29, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal
- Barbara Kingsolver '77, novelist
- John McWethy '69, former Emmy-winning chief national security corresponded at ABC News
- Catherine Neville '95, creator and host of “tasteMAKERS,” a public television show
- Christine Olson ’92, vice president of advertising sales, A+E Networks
- Richard Peck '56, author and Newbery award winner
- Eugene C. Pulliam 1910, founder and president of Central Newspapers Inc.
- Eugene S. Pulliam ’35, publisher of the Indianapolis Star and the Indianapolis News
- Bill Rasmussen '54, founder of ESPN
- Ben Solomon ’10, Pulitzer Prize winner and filmmaker-in-residence for PBS's Frontline
- Bob Steele '69, former Nelson Poynter scholar for journalism values at the Poynter Institute
- James B. Stewart '73, columnist at the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner and author
- Adrienne Westenfeld '15, assistant editor at Esquire magazine
Business
- James C. Alling '83, chief executive officer of TOMS
- Rhonesha A. Byng '11, founder and chief executive officer of Her Agenda
- Justin Christian ’95, founder and chief executive officer of BCForward
- Timothy C. Collins ’78, chief executive officer of Ripplewood Holdings LLC
- Kenneth Coquillette '82, partner at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Robert Darnall '60, retired president and chief executive officer of Inland Steel Industries Inc.
- Don Daseke '61, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Daseke Inc.
- Anthony J. de Nicola '86, president and managing partner of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
- Mark Emkes '75, retired CEO of Bridgestone Americas
- Robert Frederick ’48, former chief executive officer of RCA
- Megan Casey Glover '04, co-founder and chief executive offices or 120WaterAudit and winner of the "Rise of the Rest" competition
- Judson Green ’74, former chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co.
- Jeff Harmening ’89, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of General Mills, Inc.
- Angie Hicks ’95, founder of Angie’s List
- R. David Hoover '67, former chairman and chief executive officer of Ball Corp.
- Matthew J. Lytle '05, managing director of tech, media and telecom investment banking, Goldman Sachs
- Mary Meeker ’81, venture capitalist and former Wall Street securities analyst
- Andrew Paine '59, president and chief operating officer of the Indiana arm of NBD Bank
- Marshall Reavis ’84, chief executive officer of SVM LP
- Ian Rolland ’55, former chief executive officer of Lincoln National Corp. and chairman of Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.
- Steven Rales ’73, co-founder and chairman of Danaher Corp.
- Stephen Sanger ’68, former chief executive officer of General Mills Inc.
- Howard C. Sheperd 1916, chairman of the predecessor of Citibank and founder of WNET, the New York City PBS station
- Theodore M. "Tim" Solso ’69, former chairman of General Motors
- Tim Ubben ’58, founder of Lincoln Capital Management
- Kathy Patterson Vrabeck ’85, senior client partner at Korn Ferry
- James Weddle '75, managing partner of Edward Jones Investments
EDUCATION
- Elisa Villanueva-Beard ’98, chief executive officer of Teach For America
- Katherine Lea Imborek '02, clinical assistant professor of family medicine, University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine
- M. Davis “Dave” O’Guinn ’92, vice provost for student affairs and dean of students at Indiana University
- Clarenda M. Phillips '92, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
- Kyle S. Smitley '07, founder and executive director of Detroit Achievement Academy and Detroit Prep
- James VanHorne '57, A.P. Giannini professor of finance emeritus at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
GOVERNMENT/CIVIC
- Newton Crenshaw '85, president of Young Life, a global Christian ministry
- Nisreen El-Shamayleh '04, senior manager of international media for Queen Rania of Jordan and former foreign correspondent for Al Jazeera English
- Robert D. Franks '73, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Lee Hamilton ’52, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana
- Dave Jones '84, insurance commissioner for the state of California
- Vernon Jordan ’57, business executive and civil rights activist
- Karen Koning AbuZayd '63, American diplomat
- Dan Quayle ’69, 44th vice president of the United States
PERFORMing arts
- Shibani Bathija ’90, award-winning screenwriter in Bollywood
- Chinonye Chukwu ’07, film writer, director and producer
- Pamela Coburn '74, operatic soprano
- Annie Corley '82, actress
- David Cryer ’58, actor
- Joseph Flummerfelt '58, symphony conductor
- Bill Hayes ’47, actor and singer
- Drew Powell ’98, actor
- Pharez Whitted ’82, jazz trumpeter
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/Health
- Joseph P. Allen ’59, astronaut
- Phyllis Barkman Ferrell ’94, vice president and team leader for the Global Alzheimer’s Platform, Eli Lilly and Co.
- Percy L. Julian ’20, research chemist
- Ferid Murad ’58, co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Wallace "J" Nichols ’89, marine biologist
- Edmund B. Nightingale '02, product architect for Azure Sphere at Microsoft
- Duc Anh Pham '12, founder and chief executive officer, ViCare Corp., Vietnam
- Richard Wood '48, retired president and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Co.
SPORTS
- Michael A. Akinbola '09, physical therapist and assistant athletic trainer, New England Patriots
- Rob Boras ’92, tight ends coach of the Buffalo Bills
- Brad Brownell ’91, head basketball coach at Clemson University
- Dave Finzer '82, former NFL punter
- Watchen Nyanue '05, vice president of marketing, Chicago Sky of the WNBA
- Joe Rogowski ’00, director of physiology and research for National Basketball Players Association
- Joe Schoen '01, assistant general manager of the NFL's Buffalo Bills
- JaMarcus L. Shephard '05, co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers' coach, Purdue University
- Brad Stevens ’99, head coach of the Boston Celtics
- Eric Stisser ’94, vice president for business of the St. Louis Blues
- Eve Wright Taylor ’96, vice president and associate general counsel for the Miami Heat
- Richard Tomey ’60, college football coach and player