24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Hamline University

Notable alumni of Hamline University include Coleen Gray (Actress known for Red River and The Killing), Francine York (Actress and model) and Vern Mikkelsen (Professional basketball player, early power forward).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Yi Gang 1958–

Economist, governor of People's Bank of China 2018–2023

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Klaas de Vries 1943–

Dutch Labour Party politician and jurist
Rozanne L. Ridgway 1935–

Diplomat and former Assistant Secretary of State
Robert M. Hanson 1920–1944

Marine Corps flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient
Willis Winter Bradley 1884–1954

Medal of Honor recipient, Guam governor, US representative

Also attended: Naval Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy
Martin Maginnis 1841–1919

Union Army officer and Montana Territory politician
Anna Arnold Hedgeman 1899–1990

Civil rights leader, educator and politician
Oscar Youngdahl 1893–1946

Minnesota lawyer and politician

Also attended: Gustavus Adolphus College, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Sibling: Luther Youngdahl (Gustavus Adolphus College, Mitchell Hamline School of Law)
Bill Frenzel 1928–2014

Republican U.S. Representative from Minnesota

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Business

Max Winter 1903–1996

Businessman who helped found the Minnesota Vikings

Science and academia

Deane Montgomery 1909–1992

Topologist and former president of the American Mathematical Society

Attended until 1929

Also attended: University of Iowa
Donald Sankey Farner 1915–1988

Ornithologist

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Robert Morris Page 1903–1992

Physicist and leading figure in radar development

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: George Washington University
Dick Haugland 1943–2016

Scientist known for fluorescent dye research

Also attended: Stanford University

Arts and media

Coleen Gray 1922–2015

Actress known for Red River and The Killing
Francine York 1936–2017

Actress and model
William Fawcett 1894–1974

Character actor in hundreds of films and TV episodes

Also attended: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Trung Le Nguyen 1990–

Vietnamese-American cartoonist, author of The Magic Fish

Studio art · Class of 2012
Robert Erickson 1917–1997

Modernist composer and music educator

Master of Music, Bachelor of Music · Music composing · Class of 1947

Sports

Vern Mikkelsen 1928–2013

Professional basketball player, early power forward

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Joe Hutton 1928–2009

Professional basketball player and coach
Johnny Norlander 1921–2002

Basketball player for the Washington Capitols
Don Eliason 1918–2003

Basketball and American football player
Marty Norton 1902–1977

American football player

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.