Notable Alumni of Hendrix College

Timothy Griffin 1968–

Attorney General of Arkansas

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1990

Also attended: Tulane University of Louisiana

Wilbur Daigh Mills 1909–1992

Arkansas congressman, Ways and Means chairman

Also attended: Harvard University

Jay Dickey 1939–2017

Former U.S. politician and lawyer

Also attended: University of Arkansas

Benjamin Travis Laney 1896–1977

33rd governor of Arkansas

Also attended: University of Central Arkansas, University of Utah

Doyle Overton Hickey 1892–1961

U.S. Army lieutenant general

James B. Reed 1881–1935

US representative from Arkansas

Also attended: University of Arkansas

Winston P. Wilson 1911–1996

Air Force major general, Chief of National Guard Bureau

William Lee Cazort 1887–1969

Former Arkansas lieutenant governor and lawyer

Also attended: University of Arkansas, Washington and Lee University

Margaret Pittman 1901–1995

Bacteriologist, first woman to lead an NIH laboratory

Also attended: University of Chicago

Benjamin Schumacher 2000–

Theoretical physicist in quantum information theory

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Spouse: Carol Schumacher (Hendrix College, The University of Texas at Austin)

Carol Schumacher 1960–

Mathematician and professor at Kenyon College

Attended until 1982

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Spouse: Benjamin Schumacher (Hendrix College, The University of Texas at Austin)

Steven Ozment 1939–2019

Historian and Harvard professor

Bachelor of Arts · Attended until 1960

Also attended: Harvard University, Drew University

Mary Steenburgen 1953–

Actress, singer and songwriter

Drama · Attended until 1972

Also attended: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Spouse: Ted Danson (Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University)

Child: Charlie McDowell (American Film Institute Conservatory)

William Ragsdale 1961–

Actor known for Fright Night and Herman's Head

Sarah Caldwell 1924–2006

Opera conductor, impresario and stage director

Also attended: University of Arkansas, Bates College, The New England Conservatory of Music

Ashlie Atkinson 1977–

Character actress known for The Gilded Age

Also attended: Barnard College, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Trenton Lee Stewart 1970–

Author of Mysterious Benedict Society series

Leo Fong 1928–2022

Chinese-American martial artist and actor

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: California State University-Sacramento, Southern Methodist University

Douglas A. Blackmon 1964–

Journalist, won 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his book

Miller Williams 1930–2015

Poet, translator and university professor

Also attended: University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University, University of Central Arkansas

Joe Bishop 1907–1976

Jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer

Hayes Carll 1976–

Singer-songwriter

Natalie Canerday 1962–

Film and television actress

Susan Dunn 1954–

Operatic soprano and Duke University vocal professor

Also attended: Indiana University-Bloomington