Notable Alumni of Hartford Seminary

Andrew Young 1932–

American politician, diplomat and activist

Bachelor of Divinity · Class of 1955

Also attended: Howard University, Dillard University

Seito Saibara 1861–1939

Japanese politician who founded Gulf Coast rice farming

Joseph Mann 1955–

Former Connecticut state representative

Also attended: Bethune-Cookman University

Hermann Sasse 1895–1976

German Lutheran pastor and theologian

Master of Sacred Theology

Armenag Haigazian 1870–1921

Armenian theologian and educator

Also attended: Yale University, University of Chicago

Charles H. Kraft 1932–

Anthropologist, professor emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary

Also attended: Wheaton College (IL), Ashland University

Yvonne Haddad 1935–

Professor emerita of Islamic history at Georgetown

Also attended: Boston University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lee Pierce Butler 1884–1953

Library science professor at University of Chicago

Ernest Cushing Richardson 1860–1939

Librarian, theologian and scholar

Also attended: Amherst College

Benjamin Rush Rhees 1860–1939

Third president of the University of Rochester

Also attended: Amherst College

Child: Rush Rhees (University of Rochester)

Henry Allan Gleason 1917–2007

Linguist, professor emeritus at University of Toronto

Father: Henry Gleason (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Sibling: Andrew Gleason (Yale University)

Kanzō Uchimura 1861–1930

Japanese author and founder of the Nonchurch Movement

Also attended: Amherst College

Eslanda Goode Robeson 1895–1965

Anthropologist, author, actress and civil rights activist

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1946

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Spouse: Paul Robeson (Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Child: Paul Robeson, Jr. (Cornell University)

Albert Rhys Williams 1883–1962

Journalist and author of October Revolution memoirs

Lewis Hodous 1872–1949

American missionary to China, sinologist and educator

Thomas Raymond Kelly 1893–1941

Quaker educator and writer on mysticism

Also attended: Harvard University, Haverford College

D. Elton Trueblood 1900–1994

Quaker theologian and author

Also attended: William Penn University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University

Asnage Castelly 1978–

Haitian-American wrestler, 2016 Olympian

Also attended: American International College

William Shellabear 1862–1948

English missionary and Malay Bible translator

Ernest Alfred Yarrow 1876–1939

British missionary and witness of Armenian Genocide

Also attended: Wesleyan University

William Henry Temple Gairdner 1873–1928

British missionary in Cairo, Egypt

James A. Kowalski 1951–

9th dean of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine

Also attended: Episcopal Divinity School

Fred Kirschenmann 1935–2025

Organic farmer and sustainable agriculture leader

Also attended: University of Chicago

Stanley Jedidiah Samartha 1920–2001

Indian theologian in inter-religious dialogue