List of Bowdoin College people

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Here follows a list of notable people associated with Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. This list includes alumni, faculty, and honorary degree recipients.

Contents

[edit] Distinguished Graduates

[edit] Arts & Letters

Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section.

[edit] Literature and Poetry

World renowned author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, class of 1825
World renowned author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, class of 1825

[edit] Journalism and non-fiction Writing

World renowned poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, class of 1825
World renowned poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, class of 1825

[edit] Film and Television

[edit] Art and Music

[edit] Government

Note: individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the most relevant section.

[edit] Presidents

14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, class of 1824
14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, class of 1824

[edit] U.S. Governors

[edit] U.S. Senators

Former Senate Majority Leader, George Mitchell, class of 1954
Former Senate Majority Leader, George Mitchell, class of 1954

[edit] U.S. Representatives

  • Benjamin Randall 1809, congressman from Maine (1839-43)
  • Bellamy Storer 1809, congressman from Ohio (1835-37) and law professor
  • John Anderson 1813, congressman from Maine (1825-33) and mayor of Portland (1833-36,1842)
  • John D. McCrate 1819, congressman from Maine (1845-47)
  • John Otis 1823, congressman from Maine (1849-51)
  • Samuel P. Benson 1825, congressman from Maine (1853-57) and Maine Secretary of State
  • Jonathan Cilley 1825, congressman from Maine (1837-38) whose death in an 1838 duel with a Kentucky congressman prompted outrage and a congressional ban on the practice *
  • Cullen Sawtelle 1825, congressman from Maine (1845-47, 1849-51)
  • Seargent Smith Prentiss 1826, congressman from Mississippi (1838-39)
  • Owen Lovejoy 1832, congressman from Maine (1857-64) and abolitionist participant in the Underground Railroad
  • John Appleton 1834, US Minister to Bolivia (1848-49), congressman from Maine (1851-53), Assistant US Secretary of State (1857-60), and US Ambassador to Russia (1860-61)
  • Timothy R. Young 1835, congressman from Illinois (1849-51)
Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defence, William Cohen, class of 1962
Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defence, William Cohen, class of 1962
8th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Melville Fuller, class of 1853
8th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Melville Fuller, class of 1853

[edit] U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and other political and military figures

[edit] U.S. Supreme Court Justices and other legal figures

[edit] Science & Medicine

Notable sex researcher and author of the Kinsey reports, Alfred Kinsey, class of 1916
Notable sex researcher and author of the Kinsey reports, Alfred Kinsey, class of 1916

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Business

Founder and CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, class of 1983
Founder and CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, class of 1983
  • Thomas Hyde 1861, Medal of Honor recipient and founder of Bath Iron Works (1884)
  • Everett P. Pope 1941, Medal of Honor recipient, bank president, and longtime member (1977-87) and chairman of the college's Board of Trustees (1985-87)
  • Charles Ireland, Jr. 1942, president of CBS (1971-72)
  • Charles Thomas Ireland, Jr. Captain US Marines WWII, Pres Allegheny Corp, Sec'y NY Central RR, VP ITT, New England Tennis Champion, Father to Claire (deceased), Ann, Stepfather to Alan Ireland (Gardner) and Stephen Gardner
  • Bernard Osher, 1948, billionaire auctioneer of Butterfield & Butterfield and philanthropist
  • Raymond S. Troubh 1950, independent financial consultant, general partner at Lazard (1961-74), and interim chairman at Enron (2002-2004)
  • Peter Buck 1952, billionaire co-founder of the Subway sandwich chain (1965) and physicist
  • Leon Gorman 1956, president (1967-2001) and chairman (2001-present) of L. L. Bean
  • Charles M. Leighton 1957, CEO of CML Group (1968-present) and board member of Metropolitan Life (1996-present)
  • David A. Olsen 1959, CEO of Johnson & Higgins (1990-97); vice chairman of Marsh & McLennan (1997) and then board member (1997-present)
  • John O. Parker, Jr. 1966, venture capitalist at Rho Ventures (2002-present)
  • Kenneth Chenault 1973, president (1997-2001) and CEO (2001-present) of American Express; the first African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company
  • Stanley Druckenmiller 1975, billionaire financier and philanthropist; former business associate of George Soros
  • Richard Salsman 1981, economist, author and lecturer
  • Reed Hastings 1983, founder (1997) and CEO (1997-present) of Netflix

[edit] Academia

[edit] Fictional Alumni

[edit] Honorary Degree Recipients

[edit] Notable Faculty Members and Trustees (Non-Graduates)

[edit] References

  1. ^ (1967) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 
  2. ^ Charles C. Calhoun, A Small College in Maine: 200 Years of Bowdoin. pullihed by the College in 1993, ISBN 091-6606-25-2