Notable Alumni of Hobart William Smith Colleges

Charles J. Folger 1818–1884

34th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Alan Lowenthal 1941–

Former U.S. Representative from California

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1962

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

Spouse: Bonnie Lowenthal (California State University--Long Beach, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Rodney Frelinghuysen 1946–

Former U.S. Representative from New Jersey

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1969

Also attended: Trinity College

Father: Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (Yale University, Princeton University)

James Rood Doolittle 1815–1897

Wisconsin lawyer and politician

Richard R. Kenney 1856–1931

Lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware

Henry R. Gibson 1837–1938

Tennessee congressman, attorney and judge

Also attended: Albany Law School

Edward Stuyvesant Bragg 1827–1912

Union Army general, lawyer, diplomat and Wisconsin congressman

Albert James Myer 1828–1880

Union general, father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps

Also attended: University at Buffalo

Abigail Johnson 1961–

Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments

Also attended: Harvard University

Father: Edward Johnson, III (Harvard University)

Beatrice Hicks 1919–1979

Engineer and owner of Newark Controls Company

Also attended: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology

Harry Coover 1917–2011

Chemist and inventor of Super Glue

Also attended: Cornell University

William Keith Brooks 1848–1908

Zoologist who founded a marine biological laboratory

Attended until 1868

Also attended: Harvard University, Williams College

Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick 1870–1951

Botanist and horticulturist specializing in fruit trees

Also attended: Michigan State University

Robert Peter Gale 1945–

Physician and leukemia researcher

Also attended: University at Buffalo

Christopher McDonald 1955–

Actor, played Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore

Christian Camargo 1971–

Actor in Dexter and The Hurt Locker

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Brad Falchuk 1971–

TV writer and producer, co-creator of Glee

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1993

Also attended: American Film Institute Conservatory

Spouse: Gwyneth Paltrow (University of California-Santa Barbara)

Mark Neveldine 1973–

Filmmaker of the Neveldine/Taylor duo

Eric Bloom 1944–

Co-lead vocalist of Blue Öyster Cult

Melissa Bank 1960–2022

Author of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Also attended: Cornell University

Taylor Lorenz 1984–

Technology columnist covering Internet culture

Attended until 2007

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder, Harvard University, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Alan Kalter 1943–2021

Announcer for Late Show with David Letterman

Also attended: New York University

Uzma Aslam Khan 1969–

Pakistani novelist

Also attended: University of Arizona

Wanjira Mathai 1971–

Kenyan environmentalist at World Resources Institute

Also attended: Emory University

Mother: Wangari Muta Maathai (Benedictine College, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus)