Notable Alumni of Kalamazoo College

Chokwe Lumumba 1947–2014

Attorney, activist and politician

Child: Chokwe Antar Lumumba (Tuskegee University, Texas Southern University)

Grant M. Hudson 1868–1955

Politician from Michigan

Garry E. Brown 1923–1998

U.S. representative from Michigan

Also attended: George Washington University

Gerald Ellis Rosen 1951–

Former US federal district judge in Michigan

Also attended: George Washington University

Margaret A. Uyehara 1954–

Former U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro

Also attended: Georgetown University

Mark Spitznagel 1971–

Founder of hedge fund Universa Investments

Also attended: New York University

Ty Warner 1944–

Co-founder and CEO of Ty Inc

Harry Garland 1947–

Co-founder of microcomputer company Cromemco

Also attended: Stanford University

Robert J. Shiller 1946–

Economist, Sterling Professor at Yale University

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

David Easton 1917–2014

Political scientist and University of Chicago professor

Also attended: Harvard University

Robert Dunn 1975–

Applied ecology professor at NC State

Also attended: University of Connecticut

John E. Sarno 1923–2017

NYU professor of rehabilitation medicine

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Peter Tippett 1953–

Physician and information security researcher

Also attended: Case Western Reserve University

Selma Blair 1972–

Actress in Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, New York University

Steven Yeun 1983–

Actor known for The Walking Dead

Kafū Nagai 1879–1959

Japanese writer, editor and translator

Teju Cole 1975–

Writer, photographer and art historian

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Julie Mehretu 1970–

Ethiopian American contemporary painter and visual artist

Also attended: Rhode Island School of Design

Jordan Klepper 1979–

Comedian and television personality

David France 1959–

Investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker

Fern Persons 1910–2012

Film and television actress in Field of Dreams

Also attended: Carnegie Mellon University

Lisa Kron 1961–

Playwright, writer of the musical Fun Home

Spouse: Madeleine George (Cornell University, New York University)

Holly Hughes 1955–

Lesbian performance artist, one of the NEA Four

Vic Braden 1929–2014

Tennis player, instructor and sports broadcaster