Notable Alumni of The College of Wooster

John Dean 1938–

White House Counsel under President Nixon

Also attended: Georgetown University, Colgate University

Roscoe C. McCulloch 1880–1958

Republican US senator and congressman from Ohio

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

William A. Eddy 1896–1962

Marine intelligence officer and minister to Saudi Arabia

Also attended: Princeton University

John McSweeney 1890–1969

Lawyer and U.S. representative from Ohio

Attended until 1912

George B. Fitch 1948–2014

Former mayor of Warrenton, Virginia

Also attended: George Washington University

John T. Walton 1946–2005

Businessman and son of Walmart founder Sam Walton

Father: Sam Walton (University of Missouri-Columbia)

Mother: Helen Walton (University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus)

Arthur Holly Compton 1892–1962

Physicist, 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Princeton University

Sibling: Karl Taylor Compton (Princeton University, College of Wooster)

Martha Chase 1927–2003

Geneticist who confirmed DNA as genetic material

Also attended: University of Southern California

Karl Taylor Compton 1887–1954

Physicist and MIT president 1930–1948

Also attended: Princeton University

Sibling: Arthur Holly Compton (University of Chicago, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Helen Murray Free 1923–2021

Chemist known for self-testing systems for diabetes

Bachelor of Science · Chemistry · Class of 1944

Also attended: Central Michigan University

Joseph Banks Rhine 1895–1980

Founder of parapsychology and Duke's parapsychology lab

Also attended: Ohio Northern University

Elizebeth Smith Friedman 1892–1980

Cryptanalyst who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars

Attended until 1913

Also attended: Hillsdale College

Spouse: William Frederick Friedman (Michigan State University, Cornell University)

Jackie Ronne 1919–2009

Antarctic explorer, first woman on an expedition there

Also attended: George Washington University

Linda Saif 1947–

Microbial scientist, Wolf Prize in Agriculture winner

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

Kuo Ping-Wen 1880–1969

Influential Chinese educator

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Duncan Jones 1971–

British film director of Moon and Source Code

Also attended: Vanderbilt University

Mother: Angela Bowie (Connecticut College)

Stephen R. Donaldson 1947–

Fantasy novelist, author of Thomas Covenant series

Also attended: Kent State University at Kent

J. C. Chandor 1973–

Film director and screenwriter

Abhirami 1983–

Indian film actress

Frank G. Carpenter 1855–1924

Travel writer and photographer

Child: Frances Carpenter (Smith College)

Child: John Carpenter (Cornell University)

Caitlin Cary 1968–

Alternative country musician and visual artist

Also attended: North Carolina State University at Raleigh

David Means 1961–

Short story writer and novelist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Robert X. Cringely 1953–

Technology journalist and InfoWorld columnist

Mel Riebe 1916–1977

Professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics

Norman Morrison 1933–1965

Anti-war activist who self-immolated at the Pentagon in 1965

George Ashmore Fitch 1883–1979

Missionary who filmed the Nanjing Massacre

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Sophia Lyon Fahs 1876–1978

Editor, author and Unitarian religious educator

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York