Notable Alumni of Washington College

Charles Hopper Gibson 1842–1900

U.S. Senator and Congressman from Maryland

William E. Cameron 1842–1927

39th Governor of Virginia, lawyer and journalist

Melat Kiros 1997–

Lawyer, incoming US representative for Colorado's 1st district

Also attended: University of Colorado Denver, University of Notre Dame

Robert Wright 1752–1826

Politician and Revolutionary War soldier

William T. Watson 1849–1917

Former Governor of Delaware and banker

George W. Morgan 1820–1893

Union Army general, politician and diplomat

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point, Washington and Jefferson College

Dean Skelos 1948–

Former New York State Senator and convicted felon

Also attended: Fordham University

Ezekiel F. Chambers 1788–1867

Maryland politician and judge

Lucy Gwynne Branham 1892–1966

Suffragist with the National Woman's Party

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University in the City of New York

James A. Adkins 1954–

Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard

Also attended: SUNY at Albany

H. Lawrence Culp Jr. 1964–

American business executive

Also attended: Harvard University

William O. Baker 1915–2005

Chemist and former president of Bell Labs

Also attended: Princeton University

Robert K. Crane 1919–2010

Biochemist who discovered sodium–glucose cotransport

Also attended: Harvard University

Stephan Lewandowsky 1958–

Australian cognitive psychologist

Linda Hamilton 1956–

Actress known as Sarah Connor in The Terminator

Spouse: James Cameron (California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton College)

Spouse: Bruce Abbott (Portland State University)

James M. Cain 1892–1977

Novelist, a progenitor of hardboiled crime fiction

Laura San Giacomo 1962–

Actress known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Also attended: Carnegie Mellon University

Bill Gertz 1952–

Washington Times reporter, columnist and author

Also attended: George Washington University

Raph Koster 1971–

Game designer, lead designer of Ultima Online

Edwards Davis 1873–1936

American actor, playwright and pastor

Harris Whitbeck 1965–

Guatemalan journalist and tourism institute director

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Bill Nicholson 1914–1996

Major League Baseball right fielder

Ralph Young 1888–1965

Major League Baseball second baseman and coach

John Emory 1789–1835

Methodist bishop, namesake of Emory University