Notable Alumni of Lawrence University

Kaja Kallas 1977–

Former Estonian prime minister, EU High Representative

Robert J. Gamble 1851–1924

US representative and senator from South Dakota

Child: Ralph Abernethy Gamble (George Washington University, Princeton University)

Sibling: John Rankin Gamble (Lawrence University)

William Warner 1840–1916

Lawyer and mayor of Kansas City, Missouri

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

John Rankin Gamble 1848–1891

Lawyer and politician from South Dakota

Sibling: Robert J. Gamble (Lawrence University)

John Miller Baer 1886–1970

U.S. representative from North Dakota and cartoonist

Scott L. Klug 1953–

Former US representative from Wisconsin

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1975

Also attended: Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Carl Wood Riddick 1872–1960

U.S. Representative from Montana

Also attended: Albion College

Thomas A. Steitz 1940–2018

Biochemist, 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Joan A. Steitz (Harvard University, Antioch College)

Earnest Hooton 1887–1954

Physical anthropologist

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sanford Myron Zeller 1885–1948

Mycologist

Also attended: Greenville University, Washington University in St Louis

Edna Ferber 1885–1968

Novelist, author of So Big and Show Boat

Campbell Scott 1961–

Actor, film director and producer

Father: George C. Scott (University of Missouri-Columbia)

Mother: Colleen Dewhurst (American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York)

Jeffrey Jones 1946–

Actor in Amadeus, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Beetlejuice

Dominic Fumusa 1969–

Stage and screen actor starring in Nurse Jackie

Josh Sawyer 1975–

Video game designer, Fallout: New Vegas director

Jennifer Baumgardner 1970–

Feminist writer

Marjorie Liu 1979–

Bestselling author and Monstress comics writer

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Pawo Choyning Dorji 1983–

Bhutanese filmmaker, director of Lunana

Lorena Hickok 1893–1968

Journalist and friend of Eleanor Roosevelt

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Eben E. Rexford 1848–1916

Writer, poet, lyricist and horticulturist

Madhuri Vijay 1992–

Indian author of The Far Field

Terry Moran 1959–

Journalist, former ABC News Senior National Correspondent

Louise Manning Hodgkins 1846–1935

Educator, author and editor from Massachusetts

Bonnie Bryant 1946–

Children's author of The Saddle Club series