Notable Alumni of Wilmington College

John W. Harreld 1872–1950

U.S. Senator from Oklahoma

Also attended: Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo

John M. Robsion 1873–1948

U.S. senator and representative from Kentucky

Also attended: Centre College, Ohio Northern University

Myers Y. Cooper 1873–1958

51st Governor of Ohio

John A. McDowell 1853–1927

U.S. Representative from Ohio

Also attended: University of Mount Union

Horatio C. Claypool 1859–1921

Three-term US representative from Ohio

Clement Laird Brumbaugh 1863–1921

U.S. representative from Ohio

Also attended: Harvard University, Ohio Wesleyan University

James D. Post 1863–1921

U.S. representative from Ohio, 1911–1915

Lucien J. Fenton 1844–1922

US Representative from Ohio, Civil War veteran

Also attended: Ohio University-Main Campus

Arthur R. M. Spaid 1866–1936

Educator and former Delaware commissioner of education

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

George M. Wertz 1856–1928

Pennsylvania Republican politician and publisher

Will E. Neal 1875–1959

Physician and US representative from West Virginia

John J. Lentz 1856–1931

Lawyer and U.S. Representative from Ohio

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Columbia University in the City of New York, College of Wooster

Miner G. Norton 1857–1926

U.S. Representative from Ohio

Also attended: Yale University, Baldwin Wallace University, University of Mount Union

Stephen Morgan 1854–1928

U.S. representative from Ohio

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall 1841–1924

Physicist and meteorologist; Ohio State's first professor

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

Joseph Haines Moore 1878–1949

American astronomer

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

André De Shields 1946–

Actor, singer and dancer; Tony Award winner

Also attended: New York University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gary Sandy 1945–

Actor, best known for WKRP in Cincinnati

Also attended: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York

Todhunter Ballard 1903–1980

Writer of Westerns and mystery novels

Stanley Plumly 1939–2019

Poet and director of Maryland's creative writing program

Also attended: Ohio University-Main Campus

Barbara Harbach 1946–

Composer, organist and music teacher

Honorary doctorate

Also attended: Yale University, University of Rochester, The Pennsylvania State University

J. Brent Bill 1951–

Author of Quaker spiritual literature

Also attended: Earlham College

Bud Lewis 1953–

Former professional soccer player and coach

Peter Nilsson 1974–

Swedish former footballer

Also attended: Long Island University