Notable Alumni of Gustavus Adolphus College

Jack Bergman 1947–

Michigan congressman and retired Marine Corps lieutenant general

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1969

Also attended: University of West Florida, Syracuse University

Luther Youngdahl 1896–1978

27th governor of Minnesota and federal judge

Also attended: Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Sibling: Oscar Youngdahl (Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University)

Adolph Olson Eberhart 1870–1944

17th governor of Minnesota

Harold LeVander 1910–1992

32nd governor of Minnesota

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Gwen Walz 1966–

First Lady of Minnesota and educator

Also attended: Minnesota State University-Mankato

Spouse: Tim Walz (Minnesota State University-Mankato, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota)

Oscar Youngdahl 1893–1946

Minnesota lawyer and politician

Also attended: Hamline University, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Sibling: Luther Youngdahl (Gustavus Adolphus College, Mitchell Hamline School of Law)

Samantha Vang 1990–

Minnesota state representative

Kristin Bahner

Minnesota state representative

Patsy O'Connell Sherman 1930–2008

Chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard

James M. McPherson 1936–

Civil War historian, Princeton professor emeritus

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Roy Andrew Miller 1924–2014

Linguist and author on Japanese language

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

George Lindbeck 1923–2018

Lutheran theologian

Also attended: Yale University

Sydney E. Ahlstrom 1919–1984

Yale professor, historian of American religion

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Carl Seashore 1866–1949

Psychologist and educator in music psychology

Also attended: Yale University

Amandus Johnson 1877–1974

Historian, author and museum director

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Kathleen D. Vohs 1974–

Psychologist, professor at University of Minnesota

Attended until 1996

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Steve Zahn 1967–

Actor and comedian

Also attended: Northern Kentucky University, Harvard University

Peter Krause 1965–

Actor in Six Feet Under and 9-1-1

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: New York University

Kurt Elling 1967–

Jazz singer and songwriter

Also attended: University of Chicago

Paul Granlund 1925–2003

Sculptor

Steve Heitzeg 1959–

Composer known for environmental and social justice themes

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Marissa Brandt 1992–

Korean-American ice hockey player for South Korea

Sibling: Hannah Brandt (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Earl Witte 1907–1991

Green Bay Packers back

Camilla Hall 1945–1974

Member of the Symbionese Liberation Army

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities