This is a list of notable alumni of Drew University, listing the school of Drew University that they attended, the highest degree obtained, the year of graduation or last year of attendance, and a brief description of the person.[1] The following abbreviations are utilized for schools and degrees.
Name | School | Degree | Year | Description | William F.|Anderson|William F. Anderson (bishop)}} | Theo | BD | 1887 | Methodist bishop |
Henry|Appenzeller|Henry Appenzeller}} | Theo | BD | 1885 | missionary who helped introduce Christianity in Korea |
Thomas J.|Aquilino|Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.}} | CLA | BA | 1962 | federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade |
Raymond LeRoy|Archer|Raymond LeRoy Archer}} | Theo | MA | 1923 | Methodist bishop |
David B.|Audretsch|David B. Audretsch}} | CLA | BA | 1976 | German and American economist |
Albert|Baez|Albert Baez}} | CLA | BA | 1933 | Mexican-American physicist, and father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña |
Holly|Bakke|Holly Bakke}}[2] | CLA | BA | 1973 | New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance |
Joseph|Blotner|Joseph Blotner}}[3] | CLA | BA | 1947 | biographer of William Faulkner |
Clint|Bolick|Clint Bolick}}[4] | CLA | BA | 1979 | founder of the Institute for Justice |
Calvin O.|Butts|Calvin O. Butts}} | Theo | DMin | 1982 | pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church and president of State University of New York at Old Westbury |
Charles I.|Carpenter|Charles I. Carpenter}} | Theo | BD | 1931 | first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force |
Kathy|Chan|Kathy Chan}} | CLA | BA | Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor |
James E.|Cheek|James E. Cheek}} | Grad | PhD | 1962 | theology professor and president of Howard University |
Emerson Stephen|Colaw|Emerson Stephen Colaw}} | Theo | BD | 1947 | Methodist bishop |
Deedee|Corradini|Deedee Corradini}} | CLA | BA | 1965 | mayor of Salt Lake City; president of the US Conference of Mayors, the International Women's Forum, and Women's Ski Jumping USA. |
Fred Pierce|Corson|Fred Pierce Corson}} | Theo | BD | 1920 | Methodist bishop and president of Dickinson College |
John T.|Cunningham|John T. Cunningham}}[5] | CLA | BA | 1938 | journalist and historian |
Peter|Deunov|Peter Deunov}} | Theo | BD | 1892 | Bulgarian spiritual leader and founder of the Universal White Brotherhood |
Damon|DiMarco|Damon DiMarco}} | CLA | BA | 1993 | author and oral historian |
Joseph|DiSarro|Joseph DiSarro}} | Grad | MA | 1972 | political analyst and professor at Washington & Jefferson College |
Ernest T.|Dixon|Ernest T. Dixon, Jr.}} | Theo | BD | 1945 | Methodist bishop and president of Philander Smith College |
Ed|Ferrara|Ed Ferrara}} | CLA | BA | 1989 | television writer, actor, and professional wrestling personality |
James |Fiorentino|James Fiorentino}} | CLA | BA | 1999 | sports artist |
Maria Mazziotti|Gillan|Maria Mazziotti Gillan}} | Grad | No degree | 1980 | American poet |
Marshall|Gilmore|Marshall Gilmore}} | Theo | MDiv | 1960 | Methodist bishop |
William H.|Gray|William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)}} | Theo | MDiv | 1966 | Congressman from Pennsylvania, and president of the United Negro College Fund |
Robert E.|Hayes|Robert E. Hayes, Jr.}} | Theo | DMin | 1997 | Methodist bishop |
Leroy Charles|Hodapp|Leroy Charles Hodapp}} | Theo | BD | 1947 | Methodist bishop |
Dennis|Hollinger|Dennis Hollinger}} | Grad | PhD | 1981 | president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
Fred Garrigus|Holloway|Fred Garrigus Holloway}} | Theo | BD | 1921 | Methodist bishop and president of Drew University |
Karen|Hunter|Karen Hunter}} | CLA | BA | 1987 | journalist and publisher |
Hae Jong|Kim|Hae Jong Kim}} | Theo | DMin | 1984 | Methodist bishop |
John Lowden|Knight|John Lowden Knight}} | CLA | BA | 1939 | president of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and Wesley Theological Seminary |
Peter|Leone|Peter Leone}} | CLA | BA | 1984 | United States Equestrian Team member, and 1996 Olympic silver medalist |
John Wesley|Lord|John Wesley Lord}} | Theo | BD | 1930 | Methodist bishop |
Roger H.|Martin|Roger H. Martin}} | CLA | BA | 1965 | history professor and president of Randolph-Macon College |
J.B.|Matthews|J.B. Matthews}}[6] | Theo | BD | 1923 | educator, political activist, and anti-Communism expert |
Malcolm |Maxwell|Malcolm Maxwell}} | Grad | PhD | 1968 | president of Pacific Union College |
Jackie |McCullough|Jackie McCullough}} | Theo | DMin | – | president of Beth Rapha Christian College and Theological Seminary |
Susan|Morrison|Susan Morrison}}[7] | CLA | BA | 1965 | Methodist bishop |
Kevin|Murphy|Kevin Murphy (screenwriter)}} | CLA | BA | 1989 | television writer and producer |
John Gardner|Murray|John Gardner Murray}} | Theo | No degree | 1881 | Episcopal bishop |
Floyd W.|Nease|Floyd W. Nease}} | Theo | No degree | 1930 | minister and the president of Eastern Nazarene College |
Debra L.|Ness|Debra L. Ness}} | CLA | BA | 1977 | health and public policy advocate |
Dale|Peck|Dale Peck}} | CLA | BA | 1989 | author and literary critic |
Harold L.|Peterson|Harold L. Peterson}} | CLA | BA | 1945 | historian of arms and armor, curator of National Park Service |
Soon-Yi|Previn|Soon-Yi Previn}} | CLA | BA | 1995 | daughter of composer André Previn and wife of director Woody Allen |
Robert M.|Price|Robert M. Price}} | Grad | PhD | 1981/1993 | Jesus myth theologian, author, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Higher Criticism |
Sarah Price (aka S.Nice) | CLA | BA | 1990 | author and inspirational speaker |
Aileen|Quinn|Aileen Quinn}} | CLA | BA | 1994 | actress who played Annie in the 1982 motion picture |
Nathaniel|Raymond|Nathaniel Raymond}} | CLA | BA | 1999 | human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate |
John Edward|Robinson|John Edward Robinson (bishop)}} | Theo | BD | 1874 | Methodist bishop |
Teresa|Ruiz|Teresa Ruiz (politician)}} | CLA | BA | 1998 | New Jersey state legislator |
David|Seamands|David Seamands}} | Theo | BD | 1945 | Methodist pastor and self-help author |
George|Selgin|George Selgin}} | CLA | BA | 1979 | libertarian economist |
James|Simester|James Simester}} | Theo | BD | 1896 | Methodist missionary and president of S.L. Baldwin School of Theology |
Jeff|Smith|Jeff Smith (TV personality)}} | Theo | MDiv | 1965 | minister, cookbook author, host of The Frugal Gourmet |
Craig|Stanford|Craig Stanford}} | CLA | BA | 1978 | professor and director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California |
Stephen|Stetler|Stephen Stetler}} | Theo | MDiv | 1974 | member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue |
Manuel|Sykes}} | Theo | MDiv | President of the St. Petersburg chapter of the NAACP |
Bertrand M.|Tipple|Bertrand M. Tipple}} | Theo | BD | 1897 | founder and president of Methodist International College |
William J. Tooma (Billy Tooma) | Grad | DLitt | 2017 | award-nominated documentary filmmaker of Clarence Chamberlin: Fly First & Fight Afterward and Poetry of Witness |
Arturo|Valenzuela|Arturo Valenzuela}} | CLA | BA | 1971 | United States Assistant Secretary of State |
James|Van Der Beek|James Van Der Beek}}[8] | CLA | No degree | 1995 | actor (star of Dawson's Creek) |
Peter|Veniero|Peter Veniero}} | CLA | BA | 1981 | New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court justice |
Herbert George|Welch|Herbert George Welch}} | Theo | BD | 1890 | Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University |
Woodrow|Whidden|Woodrow Whidden}} | Grad | PhD | 1989 | Seventh-Day Adventist theologian and author |
Olive|Winchester|Olive Winchester}} | Theo | ThD | 1925 | Nazarene theologian and first female ordained minister in Great Britain |
This is a list of notable faculty and staff members, the years that they were employed by Drew University, and a brief description of the person.
Name | First Year | Last Year | Description | William|Campbell|William C. Campbell (scientist)}} | 1990 | Present | awarded Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 |
Bernhard|Anderson|Bernhard Anderson}} | 1954 | 1963 | Old Testament theologian and dean of the Drew University Theological School |
Robert L.|Chapman|Robert L. Chapman}} | 1966 | 1986 | lexicographer, editor of Roget's Thesaurus, and English professor |
Robert S.|Corrington|Robert S. Corrington}} | 1991 | Present | founder of the philosophy of estatic naturalism, and professor of philosophical theology |
Will|Herberg|Will Herberg}} | 1955 | 1976 | Jewish theologian, conservative columnist, and professor of philosophy and culture |
Ada Maria|Isasi-Diaz|Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz}} | 1991 | 2012 | founder of mujerista theology, and professor of ethics and theology |
Catherine|Keller|Catherine Keller (theologian)}} | 1986 | Present | process theologian, theopoetic scholar, and professor of constructive theology |
George|Kelsey|George Kelsey}}[9] | 1950 | 1976 | Baptist minister, teacher of Martin Luther King, Jr, and professor of Christian ethics |
Anne Marie|Macari|Anne Marie Macari}} | 2007 | Present | poet and founder of Drew University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry program |
John|Miley | John Miley} | 1873 | 1895 | scholar of Christian atonement, and professor of systematic theology |
Dika|Newlin | Dika Newlin} | 1952 | 1965 | musicologist, child music prodigy, and founder of the music department |
Thomas C.|Oden|Thomas C. Oden}} | 1980 | 2004 | founder of paleo-orthodoxy religious movement, and professor of ethics and theology |
Ira|Progoff|Ira Progoff}} | 1959 | 1971 | psychotherapist, developer of the Intensive Journal Method, and researcher of depth psychology |
James|Strong|James Strong (theologian)}} | 1868 | 1893 | author of Strong's Concordance and professor of exegetical theology |
Leonard|Sweet|Leonard Sweet}} | 1995 | Present | a leader of emerging church movement, professor of evangelism, and vice-president of Drew University |
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The following is a list of the presidents of Drew University from its founding in 1867 to the present, including the years that they served as president, and a brief description of the person.[10]
# | Name | First Year | Last Year | Description | 1 | John|McClintock|John McClintock (theologian)}} | 1867 | 1870 | professor of practical theology, editor of Methodist Quarterly Review, and co-founder of the Theological Seminary |
2 | Randolph Sinks|Foster|Randolph Sinks Foster}} | 1870 | 1873 | professor of systematic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Cincinnati, Ohio |
3 | John Fletcher|Hurst|John Fletcher Hurst}} | 1873 | 1880 | professor of historic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Des Moines, Iowa |
4 | Henry Anson|Buttz|Henry Anson Buttz}} | 1880 | 1912 | professor of Greek and New Testament exegesis for 50 years, and led Drew through a major expansion. |
5 | Ezra Squier|Tipple|Ezra Squier Tipple}}[11] | 1912 | 1929 | professor of practical theology, admitted women to Drew on a limited basis, and oversaw founding of the CLA |
6 | Arlo Ayres|Brown|Arlo Ayres Brown}} | 1929 | 1948 | led Drew through World War II, and oversaw major changes in degree programs, student body, and campus design |
7 | Fred Garrigus|Holloway|Fred Garrigus Holloway}} | 1948 | 1960 | oversaw the founding of the Graduate School, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in West Virginia |
8 | Robert Fisher|Oxnam|Robert Fisher Oxnam}} | 1961 | 1974 | led Drew through a major expansion of the student body and the turbulent social changes of the 1960s |
9 | Paul|Hardin|Paul Hardin III}} | 1975 | 1988 | oversaw the founding of the Methodist Archives Center, the RISE program and Drew's computer initiative |
10 | Thomas H.|Kean|Thomas H. Kean}} | 1990 | 2005 | former Governor of New Jersey who oversaw a major expansion of the Drew's endowment, and led the 9-11 Commission |
11 | Robert|Weisbuch|Robert Weisbuch}} | 2005 | 2012 | former president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation who made admission to Drew SAT-optional |
12 | MaryAnn|Baenninger|MaryAnn Baenninger}} | 2014 | Present | former president of the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota, and psychology professor, to assume presidency on 21 July 2014. |
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2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kean.edu/KU/Members|title=Ms. Holly Bakke, Esq: Trustee|publisher=Kean University}}
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6. ^{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/matthews/#bioghist|title=Inventory of the J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862–1986: Biographical Note|publisher=Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University}}
7. ^{{cite book |last=Craig |first=Judith |authorlink= |title=The Leading Women |url= |accessdate= |year=2004 |publisher=Abingdon Press |location=Nashville |isbn=0-687-08838-0 |page= |pages=161–177}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125247,00.html|title=James Van Der Beek: Actor|publisher=People|date=May 11, 1998}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/15/nyregion/dr-george-kelsey-baptist-minister-85.html|title=Dr. George Kelsey, Baptist Minister, 85|publisher=New York Times|date=April 15, 1996}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://depts.drew.edu/lib/archives/bios.php| title=Biographical Notes: Presidents and Key Figures in the History of Drew University|publisher=Drew University|author=Jennifer Heise and Cheryl Oestreicher|date=September 8, 2006}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=https://uknow.drew.edu/confluence/display/DrewHistory/Ezra+Squier+Tipple |title=Ezra Squier Tipple|publisher=Drew University|author=E. Axel Larsson|date=June 26, 2009}}