Notable Alumni of McDaniel College

Frank Kratovil 1968–

Former US Representative from Maryland

Also attended: University of Baltimore

William F. Goodling 1927–2017

Pennsylvania Republican US congressman

Master of Education · Class of 1957

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, The Pennsylvania State University

Joshua Weldon Miles 1858–1929

Maryland lawyer and politician

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Lauren Arikan 1984–

Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Also attended: University of Baltimore

Wayne K. Curry 1951–2014

Former Prince George's County executive in Maryland

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University System of Maryland

Ellen Sauerbrey 1937–

Maryland politician and former State Department refugee bureau head

Greg Street 2000–

Video game designer, former Riot Games creative head

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Alan Rabinowitz 1953–2018

Zoologist and CEO of Panthera

Also attended: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

David Carrasco 1944–

Harvard Divinity School professor and Mesoamericanist

Also attended: University of Chicago

F. Mason Sones 1918–1985

Physician, pioneer of cardiac catheterization

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Joan Bailey-Wilson 1953–

Statistical geneticist

Leon Stover 1929–2006

Anthropologist, Sinologist and science fiction writer

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Whittaker Chambers 1901–1961

Journalist and editor, former Soviet spy

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Joni Eareckson Tada 1949–

Christian author, artist and disability ministry founder

Also attended: Westminster Theological Seminary

Mabel Garrison 1886–1963

Coloratura soprano who sang at the Metropolitan Opera

Sara Lundberg 1971–

Swedish author and illustrator

Thomas Roberts 1999–

Television journalist and MSNBC news anchor

Wendy Ruderman 1969–

Journalist, 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Knut Hjeltnes 1951–2024

Norwegian discus and shot put athlete and coach

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University, Brigham Young University-Provo

Curley Byrd 1889–1970

Former University of Maryland president and coach

Also attended: George Washington University, University of Maryland-College Park

Stan Benjamin 1914–2009

MLB right fielder for the Phillies

Larry Boerner 1905–1969

Major League Baseball pitcher for the Red Sox

Bill Shepherd 1911–1967

Former NFL running back

Rip Engle 1906–1983

Penn State head football coach 1950–1965