24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Notable alumni of Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences include Abel Muzorewa (Only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia), Keen Johnson (45th Governor of Kentucky) and Huston Smith (Religious studies scholar, author of The World's Religions).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Abel Muzorewa 1925–2010

Only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Keen Johnson 1896–1970

45th Governor of Kentucky

Also attended: University of Kentucky
Xenophon P. Wilfley 1871–1931

Former U.S. Senator from Missouri

Also attended: Washington University in St Louis

Sibling: Lebbeus R. Wilfley (Yale University, Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Roger B. Wilson 1948–

52nd governor of Missouri

Also attended: University of Missouri-Columbia
Samuel C. Major 1869–1931

US Representative from Missouri
Kylar Broadus 1963–

Attorney, entrepreneur and trans rights activist
Joseph C. Hendrix 1853–1904

US representative from New York and educator

Also attended: Cornell University
Willard Duncan Vandiver 1854–1932

Missouri congressman credited with "I'm from Missouri" phrase
Jack B. Kubisch 1921–2007

United States diplomat

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Missouri-Columbia

Business

Hank Steinbrenner 1957–2020

Co-chairman and part owner of the New York Yankees

Father: George Steinbrenner (Williams College, Ohio State University-Main Campus)

Science and academia

Huston Smith 1919–2016

Religious studies scholar, author of The World's Religions

Also attended: University of Chicago
C. Fred Bergsten 1941–

Economist and think tank founder

Also attended: Tufts University
Douglas A. Foster 1952–

Scholar of Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement history

Also attended: Lipscomb University, Vanderbilt University

Arts and media

Bill Chott 1969–

Actor and comedian
Loltyler1 1995–

Online streamer and League of Legends player
Claude T. Smith 1932–1987

Band conductor, composer and music educator

Also attended: University of Kansas
David Holsinger 1945–

Composer and conductor for concert band

Also attended: University of Kansas, University of Central Missouri
Pat Schneider 1934–2020

Writer, poet and writing teacher

Also attended: Pacific School of Religion, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Wendell Mayes 1918–1992

Screenwriter, Oscar-nominated for Anatomy of a Murder

Sports

Daniela Georgieva 1969–

Retired Bulgarian sprinter
Michael Johnson 1986–

UFC lightweight mixed martial artist
Murun Altankhuyag 1989–

Mongolian international footballer

Other fields

Harry Richard Landis 1899–2008

One of last two American WWI veterans
Boone Guyton 1913–1996

Naval aviator and test pilot

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 Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (people who attended both).