Remarkable Alums

Leaders. Pioneers. Innovators.

The remarkable alumni and alumnae reported here have spent their lives taking risks. Pushing the boundaries of the status quo, they tread daily in the realm of what is possible, rather than merely what is probable. In doing so, they are an inspiration to their fellow alumni and alumnae, HWS students, and the world. By profoundly making a difference, by dramatically changing the world we live in, they distinguish not only themselves, but also Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Read more about these individuals by clicking on a name below.

Alumni & Alumnae Contribution

Rev. Dr. Alger L. Adams 1932

First alum of color at Hobart College

Dr. Willis A. Adcock 1944

Invented the Silicon Transistor, Member of Team that Developed the Atomic Bomb

Horace D. Allen 1985

Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer of TeamPact

Jeffrey L. Amestoy 1968

Former Vermont Chief Justice

Harry W. Anderson 1949

Founder of Saga, Art Collector

Dr. Darrick E. Antell 1973

Plastic Surgeon

Virginia M. Bacheler 1973

Host of the PBS series Assignment the World

Melissa S. Bank 1982

Author of "The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing"

Dr. Burton F. Beers 1950

American-Asian Scholar

Rachel Bell 1996

Co-Founder of JobDirect.com

Dr. Christopher Beyrer 1981

Director of The Johns Hopkins University Fogarty AIDS Program, Senior Scientific Liaison for the US Government supported HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Medical Advisor to the Dalai Lama, Expert on HIV/AIDS in Africa and Asia

Elizabeth Blackwell 1849

First Woman Doctor

Eric Bloom 1966

Singer, guitarist and keyboardist for Blue Oyster Cult

Susan Bondy 1970

Opened the Financial World to Women

Edward Stuyvesant Bragg 1847

Iron Brigade Commander

William L. Claiborne 1960

Foreign and National Bureau Chief of The Washington Post

Dr. Harry Coover 1941

Responsible for the inventions of human tissue adhesives and Super Glue

Timothy T. Crane 1977

Director of Research and Security Feature Technology at Crane & Co., which makes currency paper for the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Edward Reginald Crone, Jr. 1945

Inspiration for character Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut's novel

Rev. Michael Bruce Curry 1975

First African-American Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina

Miriam Brehmeyer Dahlke 1951

Hematologist for the Red Cross Blood Service

Jeremy N. Foley 1974

Go Gators - Athletic Director of University of Florida

Dr. Robert Peter Gale 1966

Leukemia and bone marrow disorders expert; Coordinated medical relief efforts for victims of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Accident; Noted humanitarian and author

Dr. Joy Schildkraut Glaser 1962

Pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases

John P. Grotzinger 1979

Director of the Earth Resources Laboratory at MIT, Expert on Evolution on Earth, Member of NASA Mars Team

Merle A. Gulick 1930

Member of National College Football Hall of Fame

Evelyn Tooley Hunt 1926

Originator of American style of Haiku; Her poem Taught Me Purple was the inspiration for the book "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

Grady E. Jensen 1944

Donated artifacts from The S.S. Hobart Victory, a World War II Victory ship

Alan R. Kalter 1964

Voice of Late Show with David Letterman

Francis (Babe) Lucas Kraus 1924

Lacrosse Legend

Matthew Lamanna 1997

One of the World's Leading Paleontologists

William P. Laughlin 1949

Founder of Saga

Eric M. A. Lax 1966

Author of, among other works, biographies on Woody Allen and Humphrey Bogart, as well as books on medical topics from bone marrow transplantation to the development of Penicillin

Dr. Lowell J. Levine 1959

Forensic Odontologist; Director of the New York State Police Medicolegal Investigations Unit; Investigated the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Tsar Nicholas II and his family, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Josef Mengele

Warren Littlefield 1974

Television Svengali

Gail Herman McGinn 1973

Highest Ranking Civilian Woman in the Department of Defense

Clarence McKee 1965

Communications Entrepreneur

The Rt. Rev. George Elden Packard 1966

Bishop for all Chaplaincies in the Episcopal Church including the military, healthcare, prisons and emergency responders

DeWitt Henry Parshall 1885

Landscape Painter, famous for his works on the Grand Canyon

Elizabeth Jean Perry 1969

Asian Studies Expert, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University

Alice Robin Pulver 1967

Childrens Book Author

Hon. Edward V. Regan 1952

President of Baruch College

Edward E. Rigney 1931

Nuremberg Attorney

Joseph J. Rishel 1962

Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Expert on work of Paul Cezanne

Dr. Sandra A. Rivera 1985

Project Leader/International Economist for the U.S. International Trade Commission

Robert C. Rusack 1947

Late Episcopalian Bishop of Los Angeles

William Scandling 1949

Founder of Saga Corporation

Shepard M. Sobel 1968

Pearl Theatre Founder

Philip Spencer 1841

Last Man Hanged

Herbert J. Stern 1958

Conducted grand jury investigation into death of Malcolm X, United States Judge for the District of New Jersey

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker 1970

Professor of History at Georgetown University, expert on U.S. - East Asian Relations and American Foreign Relations

Ben J. Wattenberg 1955

Speechwriter and Policy Researcher for Lyndon B. Johnson, currently hosts the PBS show "Think Tank"

Will K. Weinstein 1960

Author of "There Is No They," which discusses his own battle with prostate cancer

William T. Whitaker, Jr. 1973

Emmy Award Winning Correspondent for CBS News

Dorothy H. Wickenden 1976

Executive Editor of The New Yorker

Diane-Louise K. Wormley 1970

Director of Neighborhood Rehabilitate Initiatives for the University City District in Philadelphia, Penn.

Brock W. Yates 1955

Race Car Driver and Screenwriter of "The Cannonball Run"