List of Macalester College people
This is a list of people associated with Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including notable alumni and faculty.
Notable alumni
Academia
Art and architecture
Business
Arts & Entertainment
- Roger Awsumb – television show host and radio broadcaster
- Bad Bad Hats – indie rock band with alumni Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge
- Lilly Contino - TikToker and video game culture writer
- Barbara R. Davis - author, flamenco guitarist
- Peggy H. Davis - Judaica calligrapher and artist
- Saul Davis Zlatkovski - concert harpist and composer
- Leo J. Enright – Irish radio broadcaster
- Danai Gurira – actress (The Walking Dead, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame), playwright (Eclipsed)
- Gary Hines – director of Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness
- Chris Kobin – producer (Hollywood Don't Surf!, Slasher: an IFC Original), writer (2001 Maniacs)
- John Koenig (2006) – creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
- Gaelynn Lea – winner of NPR's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest
- Carl Lumbly – actor, Men of Honor, Alias
- M.anifest – Ghanaian rapper, singer, songwriter; winner of Best Rapper and Hip Hop Song of the Year at 2017 Ghana Music Awards
- MNDR (real name Amanda Warner) – singer/songwriter
- Bob Mould – musician, member of Hüsker Dü
- Will Sheff – singer and guitarist of indie band Okkervil River
- Steve Tibbetts – guitarist and composer
- Joey Waronker (1993) – drummer, known for his work with Beck, R.E.M. and Walt Mink
- Walt Mink – indie rock band named after Macalester professor
- Chris Wedes (1949) – portrayed the clown J.P. Patches on the Emmy-winning J.P. Patches Show
Law
Literature and journalism
Politics
Religion
Sports
Notable faculty
Presidents of Macalester College
- Edward Duffield Neill, 1874–1884
- Thomas A. McCurdy, 1884–1890
- David James Burrell, 1890–1891
- Adam Weir Ringland, 1892–1894
- James Wallace, 1894–1906
- Thomas Morey Hodgman, 1907–1917
- Elmer Allen Bess, 1918–1923
- John Carey Acheson, 1924–1937
- Charles Joseph Turck, 1939–1958
- Harvey Mitchell Rice, 1958–1968
- Arthur S. Flemming, 1968–1971
- James A. Robinson, 1971–1975
- John B. Davis, Jr., 1975–1984
- Robert M. Gavin, Jr., 1984–1996
- Michael S. McPherson, 1996–2003
- Brian C. Rosenberg, 2003–2019
- Suzanne Rivera, 2020–present
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