Notable Alumni of Marietta College

Charles G. Dawes 1865–1951

30th US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient

Also attended: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Father: Rufus Dawes (Marietta College)

Sibling: Beman Gates Dawes (Marietta College)

Carte Goodwin 1974–

2010 US senator from West Virginia

Bachelor of Arts · Philosophy · Class of 1996

Also attended: Emory University

William Irwin 1827–1886

13th Governor of California

C. William O'Neill 1916–1978

59th governor of Ohio and judge

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

Albert B. White 1856–1941

11th Governor of West Virginia

Rufus Dawes 1838–1899

Union Army officer and U.S. Representative

Child: Charles G. Dawes (University of Cincinnati-Main Campus, Marietta College)

Child: Beman Gates Dawes (Marietta College)

Doug La Follette 1940–

Secretary of State of Wisconsin

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Stanford University

Laban T. Moore 1829–1892

Former U.S. Representative from Kentucky

Dean Hess 1917–2015

Minister and Air Force officer in Korean War orphan airlift

Joel Pritchard 1925–1997

Washington lieutenant governor and co-inventor of pickleball

John F. Follett 1831–1902

U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1883–1885

Francis Butler Loomis 1861–1948

Diplomat and acting US Secretary of State

Child: Francis B. Loomis Jr. (Stanford University)

Wilbur McKee White 1890–1973

U.S. representative from Ohio, 1931–1933

Henry S. Neal 1828–1906

U.S. representative from Ohio and lawyer

Story Musgrave 1935–

Physician and NASA astronaut

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, University of Kentucky, Columbia University in the City of New York

Bernice Eddy 1903–1989

Virologist known for discoveries on polyomavirus SV40

Also attended: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Nick Gehlfuss 1985–

Actor known for Shameless and a starring TV role

Also attended: University of Missouri--Kansas City

Theodore Earl Butler 1861–1936

Impressionist painter who worked in Paris

Joyce Harrington 1932–2011

American writer and novelist

Alva Rogers 1959–

Playwright, composer, actor and arts educator

Bachelor's degree · History of the United States

Also attended: Bard College, New York University, Brown University

Kathy Brodsky 1945–

Author and poet of children's books

Also attended: Simmons University

John Strotbeck 1957–

Olympic rower and Boathouse Sports founder

W. D. Chadwick 1883–1934

College football, basketball and baseball coach

Edward Marsden 1869–1932

Missionary; first ordained Alaska Native minister