Notable Alumni of Princeton Theological Seminary

Dave Brat 1964–

Economist and former Virginia congressman

Master of Divinity · Class of 1990

Also attended: American University, Hope College

Chang Sang 1939–

First female South Korean prime minister appointee

Also attended: Yale University

William H. Gray 1941–2013

Former congressman and House Majority Whip

Master of Theology

Also attended: Bates College, Drew University, Franklin and Marshall College

Jeb Stuart Magruder 1934–2014

Nixon aide imprisoned for role in Watergate scandal

Also attended: University of Chicago, Williams College

Henry Sherman 1808–1879

Lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of New Mexico Territory

Also attended: Yale University

John Davis Pierce 1797–1882

Michigan's first superintendent of public schools

Also attended: Brown University

James Reeb 1927–1965

Unitarian Universalist minister and civil rights activist

Also attended: St. Olaf College

Bart D. Ehrman 1955–

Biblical scholar, professor at UNC Chapel Hill

Also attended: Moody Bible Institute, Wheaton College (IL)

Bruce Manning Metzger 1914–2007

Biblical scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary

Also attended: Lebanon Valley College

William A. Dembski 1960–

Mathematician, philosopher and intelligent design advocate

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago

Charles Hodge 1797–1878

Presbyterian theologian, principal of Princeton Theological Seminary

Attended until 1819

Also attended: Princeton University

Child: Archibald Alexander Hodge (Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University)

B. B. Warfield 1851–1921

Reformed theologian at Princeton Seminary

Also attended: Princeton University

Marilyn McCord Adams 1943–2017

Philosopher and Episcopal priest

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cornell University

Spouse: Robert Merrihew Adams (Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University)

Rubem Alves 1933–2014

Brazilian theologian, writer and psychoanalyst

Doctor of Philosophy · Philosophy

Also attended: Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Caspar René Gregory 1846–1917

American-born German theologian and New Testament scholar

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Robert Merrihew Adams 1937–2024

Analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of religion

Bachelor of Divinity · Class of 1962

Also attended: Princeton University, Cornell University

Spouse: Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Princeton Theological Seminary)

John Gresham Machen 1881–1937

Presbyterian theologian, formed Westminster Theological Seminary

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University

William Jacob Holland 1848–1932

Eighth chancellor of Pitt and zoologist

Also attended: Amherst College, Moravian University

Archibald Alexander Hodge 1823–1886

Presbyterian minister, principal of Princeton Seminary

Attended until 1845

Also attended: Princeton University

Father: Charles Hodge (Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University)

Geerhardus Vos 1862–1949

Calvinist theologian of the Princeton Theology

Louis Berkhof 1873–1957

Dutch-American Reformed theologian

Gleason Archer 1916–2004

Biblical scholar and theologian

Also attended: Harvard University, Suffolk University

Father: Gleason Archer, Sr. (Boston University)

Ralph Cooper Hutchison 1898–1966

Former president of Washington & Jefferson and Lafayette Colleges

Also attended: Harvard University, Lafayette College, University of Pennsylvania

David Noel Freedman 1922–2008

Biblical scholar and archaeologist, early Dead Sea Scrolls researcher

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, Johns Hopkins University, CUNY--City College

Henry van Dyke 1852–1933

Author, educator, diplomat and clergyman

Also attended: Princeton University

Fred Thomson 1890–1928

Silent film cowboy star

Also attended: Princeton University

Elijah Parish Lovejoy 1802–1837

Presbyterian minister, journalist and abolitionist

Also attended: Colby College

Herbert Adams Gibbons 1880–1934

Journalist, author of The New Map of Asia

Also attended: Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania

Charles Templeton 1915–2001

Canadian broadcaster, author and former evangelist

Burleigh Cruikshank 1890–1982

1914 All-American football center and Presbyterian minister

Also attended: Washington and Jefferson College

Greg Boyd 1957–

Theologian, pastor and author

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

Cornelius van Til 1895–1987

Dutch-American theologian, originator of presuppositional apologetics

Also attended: Calvin University

C. Peter Wagner 1930–2016

American missionary, writer and teacher

Also attended: Fuller Theological Seminary, University of Southern California

Albert Barnes 1798–1870

Theologian, clergyman and abolitionist

Also attended: Hamilton College

Arthur Tappan Pierson 1837–1911

Presbyterian pastor, missionary and author

Loraine Boettner 1901–1990

Reformed theologian and author

Mar Aprem Mooken 1940–2025

Metropolitan of the Assyrian Church of the East in India

John Livingston Nevius 1829–1893

American Presbyterian missionary in China

Also attended: Union College

Caleb Cook Baldwin 1820–1911

Early Congregationalist missionary to Fuzhou, China

Helen-Ann Hartley 1973–

Anglican Bishop of Newcastle and academic

Sherwood Eddy 1871–1961

Protestant missionary, writer and educator

Also attended: Yale University

Kyung-Chik Han 1902–2000

South Korean pastor, 1992 Templeton Prize recipient

Charles Seymour Robinson 1829–1899

Pastor, editor and compiler of hymns

Also attended: Williams College, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Lorrin Andrews 1795–1868

Missionary and judge in Hawaii, compiled Hawaiian dictionary

Also attended: Washington and Jefferson College

Charles William Forman 1821–1894

Presbyterian missionary, founder of Forman Christian College

Also attended: Centre College

John Clarke Young 1803–1857

Fourth president of Centre College and pastor

Doctor of Divinity · Class of 1828

Also attended: Dickinson College

Henry Augustus Boardman 1808–1880

Minister and author

Also attended: Yale University

William Imbrie 1845–1928

American missionary to Japan

Also attended: Princeton University

Margaret G. Kibben 1960–

Acting chaplain of the US House of Representatives

Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry

Also attended: Goucher College

Charles McEwen Hyde 1832–1899

Congregationalist missionary in Hawaii

Also attended: Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Barry Downing 1938–

Minister and author of The Bible and Flying Saucers

John Cameron Lowrie 1808–1900

First American Presbyterian missionary to India

Theodore S. Wright 1797–1847

African American abolitionist minister

Conrad Tillard 1964–

Baptist minister, activist, former Nation of Islam minister

Also attended: Harvard University, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, University of Pennsylvania

Samuel Isett Woodbridge 1856–1913

American missionary, journalist and translator

Also attended: Columbia Theological Seminary, Westminster College

William Henry Foote 1794–1869

Presbyterian minister and writer

Also attended: Yale University, Hampden-Sydney College

John Gottlieb Morris 1803–1895

Lutheran pastor and early entomologist

Also attended: Dickinson College

Eugene Carson Blake 1906–1985

Presbyterian leader and World Council of Churches General Secretary

Also attended: Princeton University

Howard Baskerville 1885–1909

Missionary teacher in the Persian Constitutional Revolution