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24 notable alumni U.S. News #54

Notable Alumni of Gettysburg College

Notable alumni of Gettysburg College include Ron Paul (Former congressman, physician, three-time presidential candidate), J. Michael Bishop (1989 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine) and Carson Kressley (Television personality of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Science and academia

  • J. Michael Bishop 1936–2026

    1989 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

    Bachelor's degree

    Also attended: Harvard University

  • Norman Rasmussen 1927–2003

    Nuclear engineer, physicist and professor

    Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Luther P. Eisenhart 1876–1965

    Mathematician known for semi-Riemannian geometry

    Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

  • Arthur Byron Coble 1878–1966

    Mathematician of finite geometries and group theory

    Attended until 1899

    Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

  • Pavlina R. Tcherneva 1974–

    Economist, President of the Levy Economics Institute

  • Donna Brogan 1939–

    Biostatistician and emeritus professor at Emory University

    Licentiate

    Also attended: Iowa State University, Purdue University-Main Campus

  • Henry Eyster Jacobs 1844–1932

    Lutheran theologian and religious educator

  • Marcia Storch 1933–1998

    Gynecologist, first self-declared feminist physician

    Also attended: Bryn Mawr College

Arts and media

  • Carson Kressley 1969–

    Television personality of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

  • Owen Roizman 1936–2023

    Cinematographer with five Academy Award nominations

  • Jerry Spinelli 1941–

    Children's author of Maniac Magee and Stargirl

    Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

  • Puru Raaj Kumar 1970–

    Indian actor in Hindi films

  • Jon Anik 1978–

    UFC commentator and former ESPN anchor

  • Stephen Puth 1994–

    Singer-songwriter signed to Arista Records

    Sibling: Charlie Puth (Berklee College of Music, Manhattan School of Music)

Sports

  • George Winter 1878–1951

    MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

  • Perry Clark 1951–

    Former University of Miami men's basketball coach

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 Gettysburg College (people who attended both).