Notable Alumni of Westminster College

Howard Sutherland 1865–1950

US Representative and Senator from West Virginia

Also attended: George Washington University

Child: Richard K. Sutherland (Yale University, Davis & Elkins College)

Eugene Boakye Antwi 1970–

Ghanaian MP and former deputy minister

Higher National Diploma

Norvell William Emerson 1938–1996

U.S. Representative from Missouri

Bachelor of Arts · Attended until 1959

Also attended: University of Baltimore, University of Missouri-Columbia

Spouse: Jo Ann Emerson (Ohio Wesleyan University)

Courtney W. Campbell 1895–1971

Former U.S. representative from Florida

Also attended: University of Missouri-Columbia

Thomas B. Curtis 1911–1993

Republican congressman from Missouri

Also attended: Washington University in St Louis, Dartmouth College

Forrest Smith 1886–1962

42nd Governor of Missouri

Keith K. Compton 1915–2004

US Air Force lieutenant general, SAC vice commander

Bachelor of Arts

Paul K. Holmes III 1951–

US federal district judge, Western District of Arkansas

Also attended: University of Arkansas

John R. Opel 1925–2011

President of IBM from 1974 to 1985

Also attended: University of Chicago

Thomas E. Starzl 1926–2017

Surgeon who performed the first human liver transplants

Also attended: Northwestern University, The University of Texas at Austin

Dinsmore Alter 1888–1968

Astronomer who worked at Griffith Observatory

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Wallace H. Coulter 1913–1998

Electrical engineer and inventor of the Coulter principle

Also attended: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

William Henry Danforth 1926–2020

Physician, former chancellor of Washington University

Also attended: Harvard University, Princeton University

Sibling: John Danforth (Yale University, Washington University in St Louis)

Frederick W. Hinitt 1866–1927

Former president of Washington & Jefferson College

Also attended: McCormick Theological Seminary, College of Wooster

Ted Shackelford 1946–

Actor in Dallas and Knots Landing

Also attended: University of Denver

W. Bruce Cameron 1960–

Author of A Dog's Purpose

Henry Bellamann 1882–1945

Author of the bestselling novel Kings Row

Also attended: University of Denver

John Steakley 1951–2010

Science fiction author

Also attended: Southern Methodist University

Howard Bay 1912–1986

Set designer, two-time Tony Award winner

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder, Carnegie Mellon University, Marshall University

Paul Callaway 1909–1995

Organist and choral conductor at Washington National Cathedral

Henry Iba 1904–1993

Basketball coach at Oklahoma State

Bake McBride 1949–

MLB outfielder for the Cardinals and Phillies

Forrest DeBernardi 1899–1970

College basketball player of the 1920s

Also attended: University of Kansas

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart 1942–

Neopagan writer, co-founder of Church of All Worlds

Also attended: Harris-Stowe State University, Washington University in St Louis