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.

Notable alumni include actors Steve Carell, Hal Holbrook, and Jennifer Garner; SNL comedian Alex Moffat; entertainer John Davidson; Hall of Fame college football coach Woody Hayes; ESPN president George Bodenheimer; Turner Broadcasting System Senior Vice President James Anderson;[1] drag queen and LGBT activist Nina West, former member of Turkish Parliament and current consultant to The Coca-Cola Company Mehmet Cem Kozluformer;[2] United States Senator Richard Lugar; Indy car racer Bobby Rahal; playwright Jeffrey Hatcher; artist Ned Bittinger; author Pam Houston, James Frey; former Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner; American criminologist and father of "evidence-based policing" Lawrence Sherman; former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro; former Princeton University President William Bowen; folklorist, oral historian, author, and podcast host Douglas A. Boyd; professor of religion at Goucher College and theologian at the Washington National Cathedral[3] Kelly Brown Douglas;[4] Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Dean of the Washington National Cathedral;[5] and George Stibitz, one of the fathers of modern digital computing.


Presidents of Denison University

The following persons have led Denison University as president since its founding in 1831:[6][7]

No. Image President Term start Term end
1 John Pratt 1831 1837
2 Jonathan Going 1837 1844
3 Silas Bailey 1846 1852
4 Jeremiah Hall 1853 1863
5 Samson Talbot 1863 1873
6 Elisha Andrews 1875 1879
7 Alfred Owen 1879 1886
8 Galusha Anderson 1887 1889
9 Daniel B. Purinton 1890 1901
10 Emory W. Hunt 1901 1912
11 Clark W. Chamberlain 1913 1927
12 Avery A. Shaw 1927 1940
13 Kenneth I. Brown 1940 1950
14 A. Blair Knapp 1951 1968
15 Joel P. Smith 1969 1976
16 Robert C. Good 1976 1984
17 Andrew G. De Rocco 1984 1988
18 Michele Tolela Myers 1989 1998
19 Dale T. Knobel 1998 2013
20 Adam S. Weinberg 2013 Present

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References

  1. ^ "Dialed In: James L. Anderson of Turner Broadcasting on Arts and Entertainment". PRSA. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. ^ "People". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. ^ "The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas - Washington National Cathedral". Washington National Cathedral. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  4. ^ "The Deep Roots of American Racism". Denison Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. ^ "The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith". Washington National Cathedral. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  6. ^ "Past Presidents". Denison University.
  7. ^ "Denison's next president". TheDEN. Denison University. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  8. ^ "Ruth S. Benedict". The Star-Democrat. Easton, Maryland. September 8, 1996. p. 12. Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ The Beck Series welcomes Maggie Glover '05 and Page Starzinger as they read from their poetry. https://denison.edu/events/event/38638
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