Notable Alumni of Wabash College

Thomas R. Marshall 1854–1925

28th Vice President of the United States

Mike Braun 1954–

Governor of Indiana, former US senator

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: Harvard University

William Harrison Hays 1879–1954

Republican Party politician

Jim Edgar 1946–2025

38th Governor of Illinois

Also attended: Eastern Illinois University

Luke Messer 1969–

Former U.S. Representative from Indiana

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1991

Also attended: Vanderbilt University

Todd Rokita 1970–

Indiana Attorney General, former U.S. representative

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1992

Also attended: Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, Purdue University-Main Campus

Joseph E. McDonald 1819–1891

Former US Senator from Indiana

Also attended: DePauw University

Edward Canby 1817–1873

Union Army general in the American Civil War

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point

Joseph Nelson Rose 1862–1928

Botanist and plant collector

Lexemuel Ray Hesler 1888–1952

American mycologist

Also attended: Cornell University

Richard Sumner Cowan 1921–1997

Botanist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Wilbur Cortez Abbott 1869–1947

Historian and educator

Also attended: Cornell University

Robert G. Roeder 1942–

Biochemist and pioneer in eukaryotic transcription

Also attended: University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Samuel J. Record 1881–1945

Botanist prominent in the study of wood

Also attended: Yale University

Charles Edward Turner 1945–1997

Botanist and ecologist

Bachelor of Arts · Biology · Class of 1967

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Dan Simmons 1948–2026

Science fiction and horror author of Hyperion Cantos

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1970

Also attended: Washington University in St Louis

Dean Jagger 1903–1991

American film, stage and television actor

Max Wright 1943–2019

Actor known for sitcom ALF

Andrea James 1967–

Transgender rights activist and film producer

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1989

Also attended: University of Chicago

Lawrence Sanders 1920–1998

Novelist and short story writer

Parker Sawyers 1984–

Actor in Southside with You

Joseph Stephen Crane 1916–1985

Actor and restaurateur

Child: Cheryl Crane (Cornell University)

Allen Saunders 1899–1986

Writer of comic strips including Mary Worth

Ward Lambert 1888–1958

Basketball coach at Purdue University