Notable Alumni of Cornell College

L. M. Shaw 1848–1932

17th Governor of Iowa

Also attended: Cornell University

Chris Carney 1959–

Former US Representative from Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Social Science · Class of 1981

Also attended: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Wyoming

L. J. Dickinson 1873–1968

US senator from Iowa and lawyer

Also attended: University of Iowa

Burton E. Sweet 1867–1957

Four-term U.S. Representative from Iowa

Also attended: University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa

Deb Mell 1968–

Former Chicago City Council member

Spouse: Christin Baker (Middle Tennessee State University)

Sibling: Patricia Blagojevich (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

John Q. Tufts 1840–1902

Republican politician and sporting goods company founder

William Wallace McCredie 1862–1935

Former U.S. Representative from Washington

Also attended: University of Iowa

Emma A. Cranmer 1858–1937

Temperance reformer, suffragist and author

Harper Reed 1978–

Entrepreneur and CTO of Obama's 2012 campaign

David C. Hilmers 1950–

Former NASA astronaut who flew four Shuttle missions

Also attended: Naval Postgraduate School

Lee Alvin DuBridge 1901–1994

Physicist and former president of Caltech

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Leo Beranek 1914–2016

Acoustician and co-founder of BBN

Also attended: Harvard University

Don Edward Fehrenbacher 1920–1997

Historian of Lincoln, slavery and politics

Also attended: University of Chicago, Stanford University

Morton Eaton Peck 1871–1959

Botanist, poet and Willamette University professor

Franklin Littel 1917–2009

Theologian and Holocaust scholar

Joanna Baker 1862–1935

Linguist, child prodigy and professor of ancient languages

Also attended: DePauw University

Hubert Stanley Wall 1902–1971

Mathematician known for continued fractions

Attended until 1924

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Edward Thomas Devine 1867–1948

Columbia professor who advocated for social welfare

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

James Daly 1918–1978

Actor known for Medical Center

Also attended: Iowa State University

Child: Tyne Daly (Brandeis University, American Musical and Dramatic Academy)

Child: Tim Daly (Bennington College)

Richard Cross 1935–

Bass-baritone opera singer

David Lienemann 2000–

Photographer; Biden's official White House photographer as vice president

Bachelor of Arts · Business activity, Economics · Class of 2005

Dale O. Thomas 1923–2004

Oregon State wrestling coach and Olympian

Thomas Zinkula 1957–

Catholic Archbishop of Dubuque

Also attended: Catholic University of America, University of Iowa

Duane Garrison Hunt 1884–1960

Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Iowa