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List of Denison University people

Since Denison University in Granville, Ohio, was founded in 1831, there have been many individuals associated with Denison who are worthy of note including presidents of the university and alumni who have gone on to work in academia, business, arts and entertainment, government, literature, religion, science, and sports. In total, Denison has about 37,000 living alumni throughout the world.

Presidents of Denison University
The following persons have led Denison University as president since its founding in 1831: == Academia ==
Academia
Cynthia Baum - clinical psychologist and academic administrator • David H. Bayley - pioneer in policing research and former Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Criminal Justice, SUNY Albany • William G. Bowen - former president of Princeton University, current president of the Andrew W. Mellon FoundationDouglas A. Boyd - folklorist, oral historian, podcast host, and author, current director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History • Richard Brandt - professor of philosophy, Swarthmore College and University of MichiganErnest DeWitt Burton - biblical scholar • George Cressey - geographer, author, and academic • Frederick German Detweiler - sociologist • George Amos Dorsey - ethnographer • August F. Foerste - geologist, paleontologist, and science teacher • Lottie Estelle Granger - president, Iowa State Teachers' Association • Stephen Holmes - Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law, New York UniversityJohn S. Lowe - professor and expert in energy law • Roger H. Martin - 14th president of Randolph-Macon CollegeJeffrey Masten - Shakespeare and sexuality studies scholar, Northwestern University; Guggenheim fellow • Kirtley F. Mather - geologist; professor and department chairman at Harvard University; civil libertarian and author • Thomas Skidmore - historian and scholar specialized in Brazilian history • Maria Tatar - John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures; chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University • Stephen Tuttle - musicologist and former chairman of the department of music at the University of Virginia == Arts and entertainment ==
Arts and entertainment
Ned Bittinger - portrait painter and illustrator • Charlie Burg - singer-songwriter • Steve Carell - screen and television actor • Roe Conn - radio personality, WLS 890AM, Chicago • Tom Cotter - comedian • Franklin Cover - stage, screen and television actor • John Davidson - stage and television actor; game show host, including Hollywood SquaresLuke Ebbin - Grammy-nominated record producer, songwriter and composer • Jennifer Garner - screen and television actress • Kyle Gordon - comedian • Jeffrey Hatcher - playwright and screenwriter • Hal Holbrook - stage, screen and television actor, known for portrayal of Mark TwainJohn Jeffcoat - screenwriter and film director, known for OutsourcedAdemir Kenović - film director and producer • Andrew Levitt - drag queen known as Nina WestNancy Lynn - acrobatic pilot, killed in 2006 Culpeper Airfest crash • Ann Magnuson - actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer • John Malm Jr. - former manager of Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch NailsDaniel Meyer - conductor and musical director • Alex Moffat - actor and comedian • P-Star (Priscilla Diaz) - rapper, actress, singer, model, director, DJ • Hollis Resnik - singer and actress • José Rivera - first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy AwardJohn Schuck - screen, stage, and television actor • Kurt Vincent - director of The Lost ArcadeNina West, drag queen == Business ==
Business
Samuel Armacost - former president, director, and CEO of BankAmerica CorporationJoe Banner - president and CEO of the Cleveland BrownsBrad Blum - former CEO of Burger KingGeorge Bodenheimer - executive chairman of ESPN; former president of ESPN and ABC Sports • John Canning Jr. - chairman, Madison Dearborn PartnersMark Dalton - CEO of the Tudor Investment CorporationEdward Andrew Deeds - engineer, inventor and industrialist • Michael Eisner - former chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney CompanyWilliam Esrey - former chief executive of Sprint CorporationJohn V. Faraci - chairman and chief executive officer of International PaperBill Giles - chairman and part owner of Major League Baseball's Philadelphia PhilliesMark Haines - co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk on the StreetTerry Jones - founder of Travelocity.com and Kayak.com == Economics ==
Economics
Claudia Sahm - economist; creator of the Sahm rule == Government ==
Government
Richard B. Austin - judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisRuth Sarles Benedict - anti-war activist, researcher and journalist • John T. Chain Jr. - retired U.S. Air Force general • Robert Dold - U.S. representative for • Edmund Burke Fairfield - minister, educator, and politician, including 12th lieutenant governor of MichiganCarty Finkbeiner - former mayor of Toledo, OhioTony P. Hall - United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and United States representative from OhioAndrew S. Hanen - judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of TexasJudson Harmon - 45th governor of Ohio and 41st United States Attorney GeneralLeonard D. Heaton - former Surgeon General of the United States ArmyEdgar Winters Hillyer - judge, United States District Court for the District of NevadaDouglas Holtz-Eakin - former director of the Congressional Budget Office and former chief economic policy adviser to U.S. Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaignRandy Hopper - former member of the Wisconsin State SenateSue W. Kelly - former member of the United States Congress from New YorkRobert W. Levering - former United States congressmanRichard Lugar - United States senator from Indiana; on the board of trustees • George McConnaughey - chairman of FCC • Kenneth E. Melson - former ATF director • Jim Petro - former Ohio attorney general • Jane Pringle - member of the Maine House of RepresentativesLewis A. Sachs - former US Assistant Secretary of the TreasuryA. W. Sheldon - associate justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court • Erastus B. Tyler - Union Army general in the American Civil WarH. Clay Van Voorhis - former US congressman • Ed Weber - former US congressman • Yu Tsune-chi - Chinese ambassador to Italy and Spain, United Nations delegate who took part in the San Francisco ConferenceAllen Zollars - justice of the Indiana Supreme Court == Literature ==
Literature
James Clear - author and speaker about habitsJames Frey - screenwriter and author; A Million Little Pieces, featured by Oprah's Book ClubMichael Glaser - Poet Laureate of MarylandPam Houston - author, speaker, teacher • Lauren Shakely - poet, editor, and publisher == Religion ==
Religion
Roger Ames - American Anglican bishop • Edgar J. Goodspeed - liberal theologian • Randolph Hollerith - dean of Washington National Cathedral • James Madison Pendleton - 19th-century Baptist preacher, educator and theologian == Science ==
Science
Homer Burton Adkins - organic chemistJohn Berton - computer graphics animator and visual effects supervisor • William Ernest Castle - early American geneticist • William E. Forsythe - physicistJeff Kimpel - atmospheric scientist; director of the National Severe Storms LaboratoryGeorge Stibitz - scientist, early pioneer of computer science with Bell Labs == Sports ==
Sports
Dan Daub - Major League Baseball player, 1892–1897 • Woody Hayes - football coach of Ohio State, 1951–1978 • Ken Meyer - former head coach of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ersJohnny O'Connell - professional sports car racer • Bobby Rahal - Indianapolis 500 champion • John Robic - assistant men's basketball coach at the University of KentuckyNate Schmidt - assistant men's basketball coach at Iowa State University == References ==
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