Notable Alumni of Ripon College

James Megellas 1917–2020

US Army lieutenant colonel and decorated WWII officer

Elmer A. Morse 1870–1945

U.S. representative from Wisconsin

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Orland Steen Loomis 1893–1942

Governor-elect of Wisconsin who died before taking office

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Frank L. Anders 1875–1966

US Army Medal of Honor recipient

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Raymond Cox 1951–2017

Former Minnesota House member

Also attended: St. Olaf College

Clem Balanoff 1953–

National political director of the Amalgamated Transit Union

Elda Emma Anderson 1899–1961

Physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Otto Julius Zobel 1887–1970

AT&T electrical engineer known for filter design

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Michael Tinkham 1928–2010

Physicist and Harvard professor

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wells Cooke 1858–1916

Ornithologist, father of cooperative bird migration study

Theodore Brameld 1904–1987

Philosopher and educator, social reconstructionism advocate

Also attended: University of Chicago

Harrison Ford 1942–

Actor, nominated for an Academy Award

Spouse: Calista Flockhart (Rowan University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick)

Spencer Tracy 1900–1967

Film and stage actor

Also attended: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York

Spouse: Louise Tracy (Lake Erie College)

Al Jarreau 1940–2017

Jazz and pop singer, Breakin' Away

Bachelor of Science · Psychology

Also attended: University of Iowa

Laura Ramsey 1982–

Film and television actress

Frances Lee McCain 1944–

American actress

Also attended: California Institute of Integral Studies

McKey Sullivan 1988–

Model, winner of America's Next Top Model cycle 11

Spouse: Sam Alvey (Lakeland University)

John Stephenson 1923–2015

American actor, primarily in voice-over roles

Also attended: Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Emma Helen Blair 1851–1911

Historian and editor of a documentary history of the Philippines

Dave Smith 1937–

Fullback for the AFL's Houston Oilers

John Swallen 1965–

Retired soccer goalkeeper for the Minnesota Thunder

Dick Bennett 1943–

College basketball coach

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Child: Tony Bennett (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay)

Charlie Mathys 1897–1983

NFL player for the Green Bay Packers

Frank Knight Sanders 1861–1933

Missionary, theologian and congregational minister

Also attended: Yale University