Notable Alumni of Andrews University

Surangel Whipps Jr. 1968–

President of Palau

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Patrick Allen 1951–

Governor-General of Jamaica

Also attended: Harvard University

John D. Waihee III 1946–

Fourth Governor of Hawaii

Also attended: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Shirley Neil Pettis 1924–2016

Journalist and former US Representative from California

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

George Speight 1957–

Leader of the 2000 Fijian coup

Barry Black 1948–

62nd chaplain of the United States Senate

Master of Divinity

Also attended: Oakwood University, Alliant International University, North Carolina Central University

Gary Hamel 1954–

Management consultant, founder of Strategos

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Melba Phillips 1907–2004

Physicist and science educator

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Oakland City University

Edwin R. Thiele 1895–1986

Adventist missionary in China and Old Testament scholar

Also attended: University of Chicago

John C. Sheehan 1915–1992

Organic chemist who first synthesized penicillin V

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Clifton Davis 1945–

Actor, singer, songwriter and minister

Also attended: Oakwood University

Dorothy Ghettubaf 1979–

Kenyan filmmaker, Netflix Director of Original Series for Africa

Christopher Mwashinga 1965–

Tanzanian author and poet living in the US

Wintley Phipps 1955–

Singer, minister and founder of U.S. Dream Academy

Also attended: Oakwood University

Aung La Nsang 1985–

Burmese-American two-division ONE Championship MMA champion

Nnenna Nwakanma 1975–

Nigerian free software activist and development adviser

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Ted N. C. Tele Miguel Wilson 1950–

Former president of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference

Master of Divinity

Also attended: Loma Linda University, Washington Adventist University, New York University

Father: Neal C. Wilson (Pacific Union College, Andrews University)

George McCready Price 1870–1963

Canadian creationist known for flood geology

Desmond Ford 1929–2019

Australian theologian

Also attended: Michigan State University

Child: Luke Ford (University of California-Los Angeles)

Jan Paulsen 1935–

Norwegian Seventh-day Adventist leader and theologian

Samuele Bacchiocchi 1938–2008

Seventh-day Adventist theologian and author

A. G. Daniells 1858–1935

Seventh-day Adventist minister, longest-serving General Conference president

Neal C. Wilson 1920–2010

President of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, 1979–1990

Also attended: Pacific Union College

Child: Ted N. C. Tele Miguel Wilson (Loma Linda University, Washington Adventist University)

Ole A. Olsen 1845–1915

Seventh-day Adventist minister and General Conference president