Notable Alumni of Beloit College

Todd Blanche 1974–

88th United States Attorney General

Also attended: American University, Brooklyn Law School

Adolph Dubs 1920–1979

US Ambassador to Afghanistan, killed in 1979

Also attended: Georgetown University, Harvard University, Washington University in St Louis

W. Willard Wirtz 1912–2010

Former US Secretary of Labor and law professor

Also attended: Northern Illinois University, Harvard University

Zainab al-Khawaja 1983–

Bahraini human rights activist

Sibling: Maryam al-Khawaja (Brown University)

Edward R. Burke 1880–1968

Democratic Party politician

Also attended: Harvard University

William H. McMaster 1877–1968

Governor of South Dakota and US senator

Roy Chapman Andrews 1884–1960

Explorer and director of American Museum of Natural History

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin 1843–1928

Geologist and educator, founded Journal of Geology

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ellsworth Huntington 1876–1947

Yale geography professor

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1897

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University

Tom Hulce 1953–

Actor who played Mozart in Amadeus

Also attended: University of North Carolina School of the Arts

James Arness 1923–2011

Actor known as Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke

Sibling: Peter Graves (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Kerwin Mathews 1926–2007

Actor in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Charles Eastman 1858–1939

Native American physician and writer

Also attended: Knox College, Boston University, Dartmouth College

Pat Kilbane 1969–

Actor and comedian, MADtv cast member

John Pasquin 1944–

Director of film, television and theatre

Also attended: Carnegie Mellon University

Spouse: JoBeth Williams (Brown University)

Jameson Parker 1947–

Actor in Simon & Simon

Matt Tolmach 1964–

Film producer, former Sony Pictures production co-president

Frank M. Robinson 1926–2014

Science fiction and techno-thriller writer

Emma Bull 1954–

Science fiction and fantasy author of War for the Oaks

Spouse: Will Shetterly (Beloit College)

Amy Wright 1950–

Actress in The Deer Hunter

Also attended: University of Chicago

Spouse: Rip Torn (Texas A & M University-College Station, The University of Texas at Austin)

Greg Stafford 1948–2018

Game designer, creator of Glorantha

Lorine Niedecker 1903–1970

American poet

Alden Sanborn 1899–1991

Rower, 1920 Olympic men's eight gold medalist

Also attended: United States Naval Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ron Bontemps 1926–2017

Basketball player at the 1952 Olympics