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24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Olivet College

Notable alumni of Olivet College include Claressa Shields (Professional boxer and multi-division world champion), Seth Neddermeyer (Physicist who co-discovered the muon) and Dave Cutler (American software engineer).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Business

  • Arch Wilkinson Shaw 1876–1962

    Publisher and management theorist

Science and academia

Arts and media

  • Evelyn Beatrice Longman 1874–1954

    Sculptor of allegorical monuments

    Also attended: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • Adeola Fayehun 1984–

    Nigerian journalist

    Bachelor of Arts · Journalism, Mass media

    Also attended: CUNY Graduate School and University Center

  • Sugar Chile Robinson 1938–

    Jazz pianist and singer, child prodigy in the 1940s

  • Scott Sigler 1969–

    Science fiction and horror author and podcaster

    Also attended: Cleary University

  • David E. Davis 1930–2011

    Automotive journalist, founder of Automobile magazine

  • Mason Hoffenberg 1922–1986

    Writer, co-author of the satirical novel Candy

  • James C. Harrison 1925–1990

    Detroit artist based in Brooklyn

Sports

  • Claressa Shields 1995–

    Professional boxer and multi-division world champion

  • Daron Cruickshank 1985–

    Mixed martial artist, formerly of UFC

  • John Ray 1926–2007

    Football player and former Kentucky head coach

    Also attended: University of Detroit Mercy

Other fields

  • John Henry Barrows 1847–1902

    Clergyman, chaired 1893 World's Parliament of Religions committee

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Olivet College (people who attended both).