Notable Alumni of Franklin and Marshall College

Richard Winters 1918–2011

WWII paratrooper officer featured in Band of Brothers

Scott Ritter 1961–

Former Marine intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector

Mary Lovelace Schapiro 1955–

29th Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: George Washington University

Lloyd Smucker 1964–

U.S. representative from Pennsylvania

Attended until 1991

Also attended: Lebanon Valley College

Kenneth Duberstein 1944–2022

Reagan's White House chief of staff and lobbyist

Also attended: American University

William H. Gray 1941–2013

Former congressman and House Majority Whip

Bachelor's degree

Also attended: Bates College, Drew University, Princeton Theological Seminary

Wanda Austin 1954–

Aerospace engineer; former CEO of the Aerospace Corporation

Bachelor of Science · Mathematics · Class of 1975

Also attended: University of Southern California, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Ken Mehlman 1966–

KKR global head of public affairs and businessman

Also attended: Harvard University

William Ferrel 1817–1891

Meteorologist, namesake of the Ferrel cell

Attended until 1841

Also attended: Bethany College

Amos Arthur Heller 1867–1944

American botanist

Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts

Harold F. Levison 1959–

Planetary scientist specializing in planetary dynamics

Clifford A. Pickover 1957–

Science author and former IBM researcher

Also attended: Yale University

George Abram Miller 1863–1951

Mathematician and early group theorist

Attended until 1883

Also attended: Muhlenberg College, Cumberland University

Roy Scheider 1932–2008

American actor, lead of Jaws

Treat Williams 1951–2023

Actor with a five-decade stage and screen career

Franklin J. Schaffner 1920–1989

Director who won the Oscar for Patton

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Jennifer Gareis 1972–

Actress and beauty pageant titleholder

Glen Tetley 1926–2007

Ballet and modern dancer and choreographer

James Lapine 1949–

Stage director and librettist, Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner

History · Attended until 1971

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts

Spouse: Sarah Kernochan (Sarah Lawrence College)

Acharya S 1960–2015

Writer supporting the Christ myth theory

Chris Finch 1969–

Head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves

Rebecca Meyers 1994–

Paralympic swimmer

Tikhon Mollard 1966–

Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

Henry Appenzeller 1858–1902

American Methodist missionary

Also attended: Drew University