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