Notable Alumni of Monmouth College

James Stockdale 1923–2005

Navy vice admiral and Medal of Honor recipient

Also attended: United States Naval Academy, Stanford University

Spouse: Sybil Stockdale (Mount Holyoke College, Stanford University)

Charles A. Sprague 1887–1969

22nd governor of Oregon and newspaper publisher

Ilo Wallace 1888–1981

Second Lady of the United States, 1941–1945

Also attended: Simpson College

Spouse: Henry A. Wallace (Iowa State University)

Lena Morrow Lewis 1868–1950

Socialist Party leader, journalist and activist

Earl W. Vincent 1886–1953

U.S. Representative from Iowa and judge

Also attended: University of Iowa

Richard Elihu Sloan 1857–1933

Last Governor of Arizona Territory and jurist

Also attended: Earlham College, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Mattie Hunter 1954–

Democratic member of the Illinois Senate

Also attended: Jackson State University

H. L. Carnahan 1879–1941

30th Lieutenant Governor of California

James R. Carpenter 1867–1943

Wyoming state senator and inventor

Roger J. Fritz 1928–2011

Management consultant, columnist and author

Harold Arthur Poling 1925–2012

Former CEO and chairman of Ford Motor Company

Also attended: Indiana University-Bloomington

David Turnbull 1915–2007

Materials scientist known for solidification and glass formation work

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ellen Diggs 1906–1998

American anthropologist, sociologist and historian

Also attended: Clark Atlanta University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Ann Garry 1943–

Feminist philosopher, professor emerita at CSULA

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Maryland-College Park

John Findley Wallace 1852–1921

Chief engineer of Panama Canal construction, 1904–1905

Calvin B. Hoover 1897–1974

Economist and professor who wrote on Soviet Russia

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Enoch Albert Bryan 1855–1941

Third president of Washington State University

Also attended: Harvard University, Michigan State University, Washington State University

Jim Verraros 1983–

Singer from American Idol season one

Also attended: Columbia College Chicago

Helen Wagner 1918–2010

Actress, Nancy on As the World Turns

D. Everett Waid 1864–1939

Architect of MetLife's Home Office Building

Mary G. Charlton Edholm 1854–1935

Reformer and journalist

Jack Ozburn 1913–1969

Basketball player in the National Basketball League

Alex Tanney 1987–

NFL coach and former quarterback

Danielle Nierenberg 1978–

Activist, author and journalist; Food Tank co-founder

Also attended: Tufts University