List of Lake Forest College people

Notable people

This list contains people associated with Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty members.

Alumni

Main category: Lake Forest College alumni

Arts and entertainment

• Blair Butler, standup comedian, TV personality
• Allan Carr, producer of the film Grease, Tony Award winner
• Kahil El'Zabar, class of 1977, musician
• Scott Goldstein, Emmy award-winning producer, writer and director (LA Law, Doogie Howser MD, Today Show)
• Steve Goodman, Grammy award-winning folk singer, writer of "Go, Cubs, Go"
• Colin McComb, game designer
• Natalia Nogulich, class of 1971, actress, author
• Ian Punnett, class of 1982, broadcaster, writer
• Penelope Rosemont, surrealist artist and writer
• Richard Widmark, class of 1936, popular post-WWII era actor, "the face of film noir"

Athletics

• Herb Alward, football player
• John Biolo, class of 1938, NFL player
• Mush Crawford, football player
• Ernie Krueger, class of 1915, baseball player
• E. J. Mather, football player
• Diana Nyad, class of 1973, world-record distance swimmer and sports commentator
• John H. Rice, class of 1895, football coach
• Andy Russo, basketball coach
• Casey Urlacher, professional football player
• Robbie Ventura, class of 1992, professional racing cyclist
• Joe Zemaitis, class of 2002, professional triathlete

Business

• Dave Beran, class of 2003, chef
• Nate Berkus, class of 1994, interior designer and decorator
• Chester R. Davis, businessman
• James C. Foster, chairman and CEO of Charles River Laboratories, Inc., 2003 Forbes Entrepreneur of the Year
• Grace Groner, philanthropist
• Rob Mermin, class of 1971, founder of Circus Smirkus
• Roy L. Pearson, Jr., D.C. administrative law judge
• Nicholas J. Pritzker, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation

Engineering and science

• Richard J. Ablin, class of 1961, worked on tests for prostate cancer screening
• William Mather Lewis, class of 1900
• William Duncan MacMillan, astronomer and mathematician

Government and politics

• Marsha E. Barnes, class of 1969, U.S. Ambassador to Suriname
• Michael D. Belsky, Mayor of Highland Park, Illinois from 2003 to 2011
• Victor deGrazia, political strategist
• Susan Garrett, class of 1994, Illinois State Senator, 29th District
• Philip Klinkner, political scientist
• Peg Lautenschlager, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
• Lloyd John Ogilvie, former United States Senate Chaplain
• Adolph J. Sabath, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1907 to 1952
• Trent Van Haaften, Indiana State Representative, 76th District, 2010 Democratic nominee for Congress in Indiana's 8th district
• Richard L. Kolowski, class of 1966, Nebraska State Senator, District 31, 2013 to present

Religion

• John Wilbur Chapman

Writers, journalists and publishers

• Herbert Block, political cartoonist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
• Jacqueline Carey, class of 1986, best-selling fantasy author
• Andrea Day, class of 1987, reporter at WNYW-FOX 5 New York until 2011, winner of three Emmy Awards
• John Thomson Faris, author and editor
• Sig Gissler, administrator of Pulitzer Prize
• Ed Janus, independent audio producer, interviewer, and journalist
• Ralph J. Mills, class of 1954

Coaches

• John W. Breen
• Ira T. Carrithers
• Sylvester Derby
• Ralph Glaze
• Clarence Herschberger
• Ed Hughes
• Ralph Jones
• Wally Lemm
• Ralph Thacker

Faculty

Main category: Lake Forest College faculty

• Warder Clyde Allee
• Robert Archambeau
• Jerome Arkenberg
• Alan Axelrod
• James Mark Baldwin
• Joseph Carens
• Elizabeth Marquardt
• Janet McCracken
• Charles A. Miller
• Ronald Miller
• Ahmad Sadri
• Fernando Sanford
• Davis Schneiderman
• Lawrence M. Schoen
• Stephen D. Schutt
• Robert Pelton Sibley
• David Spadafora
• Gerald Vizenor, Native American writer, activist, academic and literary critic

Presidents

• Reverend Daniel Gregory, 1878-1886
• Reverend William C. Roberts, 1886-1892
• Dr. John M. Coulter, 1893-1896
• Reverend James Gore King McClure, 1897-1901
• Richard D. Harlan, 1901-1906
• John S. Nollen, 1907-1917
• Herbert M. Moore, 1920-1942
• Ernest Johnson, 1942-1959
• William Graham Cole, 1960-1970
• Eugene Hotchkiss III, 1970-1993
• David Spadafora, 1993-2001
• Stephen D. Schutt, 2001-present

Fictional

• Bree Van de Kamp and her husband Rex in Desperate Housewives both attended Lake Forest College.