List of St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) people
The following is a list of notable individuals associated with St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and/or Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Faculty[edit]
- Douglas Allanbrook, tutor, musician and composer[1]
- Wye Jamison Allanbrook, tutor, musicologist
- Eva Brann, tutor, dean; 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal[2]
- James M. Cain, novelist; professor of journalism 1923–24[3][4]
- Elliott Carter, composer; tutor, 1939–1941
- William Hersey Hopkins academic, first president of Goucher College, former acting president of St. John's College[5]
- Leon Kass, tutor at the college (1972–76); chair of the President's Council on Bioethics (2002–06)
- Jacob Klein, tutor, dean; author of Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra and Commentary on Plato's Meno; leading 20th-century Platonist
- Sara Larkin, artist; creator of Spacescapes
- Leo Strauss (1899–1973), political philosopher; lectured at St. John's and was the Scott Buchanan Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Annapolis campus
- Victor Zuckerkandl, tutor, music theorist
Students and Alumni[edit]
This includes graduates of both the Undergraduate and Graduate programs.
Academics[edit]
- Rogers Albritton, philosopher; served as the chairman of both Harvard and UCLA's philosophy departments
- Amber E. Boydstun, political scientist and data scientist[6]
- Joseph J. Himmel, Jesuit missionary and president of Georgetown University[7]
- Thomas J.J. Altizer, theologian, author of The Gospel of Christian Atheism
- John Bremer, educator, philosopher, author; after graduating from Oxford University, he came to St. John's College in 1951 on a Fulbright Fellowship
- Mark D. Jordan, alumnus; Andrew Mellon Professor, Harvard Divinity School; scholar of gender studies, sexual ethics, and theology
- Wilfred M. McClay, intellectual historian
- Ange Mlinko, poet and critic. Guggenheim Fellow 2014–15, Poetry Editor of the Nation, associate professor at the University of Florida[8]
- Tom G. Palmer, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute
- Ben Sasse, president, University of Florida
- Pamela Sklar (1959–2017), psychiatrist and neuroscientist
- Louis Leo Snyder (1907–1993), German scholar and historian
- Graham Harman, philosopher[9]
Writers, critics, and journalists[edit]
- Michael Anton, writer; former Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications.
- Seth Cropsey, Director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute; regular contributor to the National Review
- Robert A. George, journalist and news columnist
- William Kowalski, author, Eddie's Bastard, Somewhere South of Here, The Adventures of Flash Jackson, The Good Neighbor
- Andrew Krivak, author, National Book Award nominee for The Sojourn
- Kenneth Kronberg, printing company owner, former LaRouche movement member[10]
- Tony Lagouranis, activist and author of Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey through Iraq
- Lydia Polgreen, Editor-in-Chief for The Huffington Post,[11] 2006 winner of the George Polk Award[12]
- James Portnow writer, game designer, co-founder of the Extra Credits YouTube channel.[13]
- Salvatore Scibona, alumnus and author, 2008 National Book Award finalist for his first novel The End; his fiction has appeared in many literary journals; named one of "20 under 40" notable authors by The New Yorker in 2010 and published an essay about his experience at the college in the June 13, 2011 issue[14]
- Lisa Simeone, National Public Radio host[15]
- Charles Van Doren, garnered notoriety for his involvement in the rigged game show Twenty-One[16]
- Cecelia Watson, alumna and author of Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
- Jennifer Wright, alumnus and author[17]
- John C. Wright, alumnus and author [18]
Military personnel[edit]
- Lewis J. Fields (1909–1988), United States Marine Corps Lieutenant general[19]
- William H. Harrison (1896–1955), brigadier general in the Marine Corps during World War II
- Erik S. Kristensen (1972–2005), U.S. Navy Seal, attended Graduate Institute in Annapolis, killed in action in Afghanistan
- James B. Lockwood (1852–1884), American army officer and arctic explorer.[20]
- Robert Houston Noble, U.S. Army brigadier general, honorary Master of Arts, 1894[21]
- Reginald H. Ridgely Jr. (1902–1979), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general, POW during World War II
Politicians[edit]
- Michael Anton, essayist, speechwriter and former private-equity executive who previously a senior national security official
- Joshua J. Cohen, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
- Clement Dorsey, Congressman for Maryland's 1st congressional district, 1825–31[22]
- Alexander Contee Hanson, Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1813–1816[23]
- Emerson Harrington, Governor of Maryland
- J. T. C. Hopkins (1843–1922), Maryland state delegate[24]
- Reverdy Johnson, statesman and Jurist, defense attorney of Sandford in the Dred Scott Case[25][20]
- Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Prime Minister of Latvia, 2019-2023[26]
- John Leeds Kerr, U.S. Representative, Maryland's 7th District[27]
- Francis Scott Key, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; lyricist of the United States national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner[28][20]
- Daniel Martin, Governor of Maryland, 1829–1830, 1831
- Keith Neville, 18th Governor of Nebraska, 1917–1919[29]
- Thomas Parran Jr., sixth Surgeon General of the United States
- William Pinkney (1764–1822), 7th Attorney General of the United States
- Lucy Tamlyn, U.S. Ambassador to Benin
- Francis Thomas, Governor of Maryland, 1842–44; member of House of Representatives, 1861–69[30]
- Dr. Tobias Watkins (1780-1855), 4th Auditor of the United States Treasury, writer, editor, and physician[31]
- Osborne I. Yellott (1871–1922), state delegate and lawyer[32]
Filmmakers and musicians[edit]
- Dimitri Devyatkin, Emmy-nominated video artist and filmmaker
- Ahmet Ertegün, founded Atlantic Records in 1947[33]
- Jac Holzman, founded Elektra Records in 1950 while a student at St. John's[34]
- Eilen Jewell, blues and Americana singer/songwriter with five albums (as of 2011)
- Jonathan D. Krane, film producer, Look Who's Talking, Face/Off
- Jeremy Leven, author, screenwriter and director whose works include Don Juan DeMarco
- Lhasa de Sela, singer-songwriter[35]
- Glenn Yarbrough, original lead tenor of The Limeliters[36]
- Lee David Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver;[37] director of The Spitfire Grill (1996), which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival
Businesspeople[edit]
- James H. Frame, computer programming pioneer at IBM, and former vice president of software at ITT; founded James Frame Enterprises (JFE), a software development consulting company
- Eugene V. Thaw, American art dealer and collector[38]
- Warren Winiarski, founder of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Chefs[edit]
- Daniel Rose (chef) Chef with restaurants in Paris (Spring, La Bourse et la Vie) and New York City (Le Coucou)[39]
- Miyoko Schinner, American chef, cookbook author, animal sanctuary founder and owner of cheese brand Miyoko's Creamery
Scientists[edit]
- Cynthia Keppel, physicist
- Aron Wall 2019 Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize for fundamental insights about quantum information, quantum field theory and gravity.[40]
Board Members[edit]
- Austin Ligon, co-founder/CEO (retired), CarMax, Inc.
- James T. Woodward, banker and owner of a major Thoroughbred horse dynasty and member of St. John's board of visitors, recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 1909;[41][42] namesake of Woodward Hall[42]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Notable Names Database". Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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- ^ "St. John's College Presidents". The Capital (Annapolis, Maryland). 19 May 1949.
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- ^ "The Many Roles of James Portnow". DigiPen. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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- ^ "Lisa Simeone, NPR Biography". National Public Radio. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
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- ^ Sheads, Nancy (June 2, 2018). "Tobias Watkins". Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
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- ^ Profile of de Sela in Billboard, April 12, 1997
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