Fomerly a Methodist university, until 1937.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Kofi Appenteng |
Attorney |
14-Jun-1957 |
|
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP |
| Miguel Arteta |
Film Director |
1965 |
|
Chuck & Buck |
| Raymond E. Baldwin |
Politician |
31-Aug-1893 |
4-Oct-1986 |
Governor and Senator from Connecticut |
| Gerald L. Baliles |
Politician |
8-Jul-1940 |
|
Governor of Virginia, 1986-90 |
| Robert M. Ball |
Government |
28-Mar-1914 |
29-Jan-2008 |
Director of Social Security, 1962-73 |
| John Perry Barlow |
Activist |
3-Oct-1947 |
|
Co-Founder, EFF |
| David A. Barr |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Warburg Pincus |
| John D. Bates |
Judge |
11-Oct-1946 |
|
FISA Court Judge |
| Michael Bay |
Film Director |
17-Feb-1964 |
|
Armageddon |
| Bill Belichick |
Football |
16-Apr-1952 |
|
Head Coach, New England Patriots |
| Douglas J. Bennet |
Educator |
23-Jun-1938 |
|
President of Wesleyan University, 1995-2007 |
| Michael Bennet |
Politician |
28-Nov-1964 |
|
US Senator from Colorado |
| Edward G. Biester, Jr. |
Judge |
5-Jan-1931 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1967-77 |
| David Brancaccio |
TV Personality |
c. 1960 |
|
NOW, Marketplace |
| David Josiah Brewer |
Judge |
20-Jan-1837 |
28-Mar-1910 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1890-1910 |
| L. Dean Brown |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1920 |
2-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
| Richard E. Cavanagh |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of The Conference Board, 1995-2007 |
| William Christopher |
Actor |
20-Oct-1932 |
|
Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H |
| Walter E. Clark |
Politician |
7-Jan-1869 |
4-Feb-1950 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13 |
| Kit Clayton |
Electronic Musician |
1974 |
|
Orthlorng Musork |
| Thomas H. Collins |
Military |
c. 1946 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 2002-06 |
| Norris Cotton |
Politician |
11-May-1900 |
24-Feb-1989 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74 |
| Walter Cutler |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1984-87 |
| Emilio Daddario |
Politician |
24-Sep-1918 |
6-Jul-2010 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-71 |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Dana Delany |
Actor |
13-Mar-1956 |
|
China Beach |
| Chuck Douglas |
Politician |
2-Dec-1942 |
|
Congressman from New Hampshire, 1989-91 |
| Mallory Factor |
Activist |
c. 1950 |
|
Merchant banker |
| Harold Underwood Faulkner |
Historian |
25-Feb-1890 |
19-Jun-1968 |
American Economic History |
| Michael T. Fries |
Business |
6-Feb-1963 |
|
CEO of Liberty Global |
| MC Frontalot |
Musician |
3-Dec-1973 |
|
Coined the term Nerdcore |
| David J. Garrow |
Historian |
11-May-1953 |
|
Bearing the Cross |
| Willie Garson |
Actor |
20-Feb-1964 |
|
Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City |
| Elisabeth Harnois |
Actor |
26-May-1979 |
|
Christina Nickson on Point Pleasant |
| Robert H. Hayes |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Professor at HBS, 1966-2000 |
| Sally Hernandez |
Attorney |
c. 1952 |
|
Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92 |
| John Hickenlooper |
Politician |
7-Feb-1952 |
|
Governor of Colorado |
| Paul Horgan |
Author |
1-Aug-1903 |
8-Mar-1995 |
Great River: The Rio Grande |
| Lester C. Hunt |
Politician |
8-Jul-1892 |
19-Jun-1954 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Robert E. Hunter |
Diplomat |
c. 1940 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO, 1993-98 |
| Alberto Ibargüen |
Publisher |
c. 1944 |
|
President of the Knight Foundation |
| Sebastian Junger |
Author |
17-Jan-1962 |
|
The Perfect Storm |
| Herb Kelleher |
Business |
12-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder of Southwest Airlines |
| Andrew J. Kleinfeld |
Judge |
12-Jun-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Arthur Kopit |
Playwright |
10-May-1937 |
|
Mama's Hung You in the Closet |
| William J. Lansing |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Value Vision Media, 2004-07 |
| James Lord |
Author |
27-Nov-1922 |
23-Aug-2009 |
Giacometti: A Biography |
| Gary W. Loveman |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of Harrah's Entertainment |
| James M. Loy |
Military |
10-Aug-1942 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 1998-2002 |
| Robert Ludlum |
Novelist |
25-May-1927 |
12-Mar-2001 |
The Bourne Identity |
| Barton MacLane |
Actor |
25-Dec-1902 |
1-Jan-1969 |
Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Eric Mangini |
Football |
19-Jan-1971 |
|
Head Coach, Cleveland Browns |
| Carola McGiffert |
Government |
? |
|
Center for Strategic & International Studies |
| Charles Olson |
Poet |
27-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-1970 |
The Maximus Poems |
| Amanda Palmer |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Apr-1976 |
|
The Dresden Dolls |
| Robert E. Patricelli |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Women's Health USA |
| Michael S. Roth |
Educator |
c. 1956 |
|
President, Wesleyan University |
| Santigold |
Singer |
25-Sep-1976 |
|
L.E.S. Artistes |
| Jonathan I. Schwartz |
Business |
20-Oct-1965 |
|
CEO of Sun Microsystems |
| Anthony J. Scirica |
Judge |
16-Dec-1940 |
|
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Peter Shumlin |
Politician |
24-Mar-1956 |
|
Governor of Vermont |
| Frank V. Sica |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Managing Partner, Tailwind Capital |
| David Skaggs |
Politician |
22-Feb-1943 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99 |
| Tristan Taormino |
Columnist |
9-May-1971 |
|
Anal sex authority |
| Herbert H. Tate, Jr. |
Attorney |
22-Feb-1953 |
|
President, NJ Board of Public Utilities, 1994-2001 |
| Stephen S. Trott |
Judge |
12-Dec-1939 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2004 |
| Jon Turteltaub |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1963 |
|
National Treasure |
| Daisy von Scherler Mayer |
Film Director |
14-Sep-1966 |
|
The Guru |
| Kim Wayans |
Actor |
16-Oct-1961 |
|
A Wayans sister |
| Paul Weitz |
Film Director |
19-Nov-1965 |
|
American Pie |
| Joss Whedon |
Film/TV Producer |
23-Jun-1964 |
|
Creator of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly |
| Mike White |
Screenwriter |
28-Jun-1970 |
|
Writer of School of Rock |
| Bradley Whitford |
Actor |
10-Oct-1959 |
|
The West Wing |
| Henry Willson |
Business |
31-Jul-1911 |
2-Nov-1978 |
Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele |
| Henry M. Wriston |
Educator |
4-Jul-1889 |
7-Mar-1978 |
President of Brown University, 1937-55 |
| Walter B. Wriston |
Business |
3-Aug-1919 |
19-Jan-2005 |
CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 |
| Stephen M. Young |
Diplomat |
1951 |
|
Director of the American Institute in Taiwan |
| Strauss Zelnick |
Business |
26-Jun-1957 |
|
CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Reginald Bartholomew |
Diplomat |
17-Feb-1936 |
26-Aug-2012 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1993-97 |
| Anthony Braxton |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jun-1945 |
|
Inventive jazz multi-instrumentalist |
| Norman O. Brown |
Historian |
25-Sep-1913 |
2-Oct-2002 |
Life Against Death |
| Annie Dillard |
Author |
30-Apr-1945 |
|
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek |
| Leslie H. Gelb |
Government |
4-Mar-1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003 |
| Paul Horgan |
Author |
1-Aug-1903 |
8-Mar-1995 |
Great River: The Rio Grande |
| Clarence D. Long |
Politician |
11-Dec-1908 |
18-Sep-1994 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85 |
| Alvin Lucier |
Composer |
14-May-1931 |
|
I Am Sitting In A Room |
| William Manchester |
Author |
1-Apr-1922 |
1-Jun-2004 |
The Last Lion |
| Arno J. Mayer |
Historian |
19-Jun-1926 |
|
Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist |
| Nathan M. Pusey |
Educator |
4-Apr-1907 |
14-Nov-2001 |
President of Harvard, 1953-71 |
| Carl E. Schorske |
Historian |
15-Mar-1915 |
13-Sep-2015 |
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture |
| Wilbert Snow |
Politician |
6-Apr-1884 |
28-Sep-1977 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47 |
| Richard Wilbur |
Poet |
1-Mar-1921 |
|
Second U.S. Poet Laureate |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
| Henry M. Wriston |
Educator |
4-Jul-1889 |
7-Mar-1978 |
President of Brown University, 1937-55 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Kofi Appenteng |
Attorney |
14-Jun-1957 |
|
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP |
| Douglas J. Bennet |
Educator |
23-Jun-1938 |
|
President of Wesleyan University, 1995-2007 |
| Richard E. Cavanagh |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of The Conference Board, 1995-2007 |
| Sally Hernandez |
Attorney |
c. 1952 |
|
Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92 |
| James L. McConaughy |
Politician |
21-Oct-1887 |
7-Mar-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48 |
| Robert E. Patricelli |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Women's Health USA |
| Michael S. Roth |
Educator |
c. 1956 |
|
President, Wesleyan University |
| Frank V. Sica |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Managing Partner, Tailwind Capital |
| David Skaggs |
Politician |
22-Feb-1943 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99 |
| Stephen S. Trott |
Judge |
12-Dec-1939 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2004 |
| Frank B. Weeks |
Politician |
20-Jan-1854 |
2-Oct-1935 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1909-11 |
| Strauss Zelnick |
Business |
26-Jun-1957 |
|
CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 |