Notable Alumni of Illinois Wesleyan University

Adlai Stevenson I 1835–1914

23rd Vice President of the United States

Also attended: Centre College

Child: Adlai Stevenson II (Illinois State University, Northwestern University)

Lester C. Hunt 1892–1954

Democratic politician from Wyoming

Attended until 1913

Also attended: Northwestern University, Saint Louis University

Scott W. Lucas 1892–1968

Former U.S. senator from Illinois

Juris Doctor · Class of 1914

Robert B. Duncan 1920–2011

Congressman from Oregon

Also attended: University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Harriet Burton Laidlaw 1873–1949

Social reformer and suffragist

Also attended: Barnard College, SUNY at Albany

Sandra K. Steingraber 1959–

Biologist and author on environment and cancer

Also attended: Illinois State University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

James E. Talmage 1862–1933

LDS Church apostle, geologist and chemist

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh University, Brigham Young University-Provo

Carl Shipp Marvel 1894–1988

Polymer chemist, contributed to WWII synthetic rubber program

Grace Raymond Hebard 1861–1936

Historian, suffragist and University of Wyoming educator

Also attended: University of Iowa

Charles Christopher Adams 1873–1955

Zoologist and ecologist

Also attended: University of Chicago, Harvard University

Andy Dick 1965–

Comedian and actor

Also attended: Columbia College Chicago, University of Memphis

Richard Jenkins 1947–

Stage and screen actor

Kevin Dunn 1956–

Actor in the Transformers film series

Sibling: Nora Dunn (City College of San Francisco, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

Frankie Faison 1949–

Actor in The Wire and Hannibal Lecter films

Also attended: New York University

Colin Egglesfield 1973–

Actor in All My Children and Melrose Place

Also attended: University of Iowa

Christina Moore 1973–

Actress in 90210 and True Blood

Dawn Upshaw 1960–

Soprano and multiple Grammy Award winner

Also attended: Manhattan School of Music

Alison LaPlaca 1959–

Actress known for The John Larroquette Show and Friends

Stephanie Faracy 1952–

Character actress in film and television

Also attended: Yale University

William Duell 1923–2011

Actor and singer in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Also attended: Yale University

Bill Damaschke 1963–

Film producer, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation

Duane Swanson 1913–2000

Basketball gold medalist at the 1936 Olympics

Also attended: University of Iowa

Jack Sikma 1955–

NBA center and seven-time All-Star

Child: Luke Sikma (University of Portland)

Charlene Carruthers 1985–

Activist and author

Also attended: Northwestern University