Notable Alumni of Roanoke College

Kim Kyu-sik 1881–1950

Korean independence leader and provisional government official

Also attended: Princeton University

Henry H. Fowler 1908–2000

Treasury Secretary under President Lyndon B. Johnson

Also attended: Yale University

Prince Yi Kang 1877–1955

Korean prince, second son of Emperor Gojong

Rick Boucher 1946–

Former U.S. Representative from Virginia, attorney

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1968

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

James P. Woods 1868–1948

US representative from Virginia

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Richard Harding Poff 1923–2011

Virginia congressman and judge

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Mawine G. Diggs 1982–

Liberia's Minister of Commerce and Industry

Also attended: Clemson University

John McAfee 1945–2021

Founder of McAfee antivirus software

Bachelor of Arts · Mathematics · Class of 1967

Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle 1918–2015

Neuroscientist who discovered cortical columnar organization

Carol M. Swain 1954–

Political scientist, retired Vanderbilt professor

Also attended: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bettie Sue Masters

Biochemist and Duke University adjunct professor

Also attended: Duke University

John Payne 1912–1989

Film actor, starred in Miracle on 34th Street

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, The Juilliard School

Alice White 1904–1983

Film actress of the late silent era

Spouse: Sy Bartlett (Northwestern University)

Louise Barnett 1938–2021

Author of a biography of General Custer

Also attended: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bryn Mawr College

Jay Alaimo 1972–

Film director, writer and producer

Wyatt C. Hedrick 1888–1964

Architect and engineer active in Texas

Also attended: Washington and Lee University

Joel Christian Gill 1975–

Cartoonist, educator, and graphic novel author

Also attended: Boston University

Ted Brown 1924–2005

New York radio personality

Shelley Olds 1980–

Former professional racing cyclist

Frankie Allen 1949–

College basketball coach, formerly at Virginia Tech

Ben Sanders 1865–1930

Major League Baseball pitcher in the 1800s

Doc Ayers 1891–1968

MLB pitcher known for throwing the spitball

William Henry Roberts 1847–1919

Baptist minister and missionary in Burma

Also attended: Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, University of Richmond

Richard L. Pratt, Jr. 1953–

Theologian, founder of Third Millennium Ministries

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