List of Muskingum University alumni

This is a list of Muskingum University alumni.

Government and politics

• C. William Fischer, Jr. (class of 1953), former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education; former Deputy Associate Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget; former Deputy Administrator U.S. Department of Energy; former Vice President of Finance for the University of Colorado
• Annie Glenn (class of 1941), civic leader; wife of John Glenn
• John Glenn (class of 1942), former astronaut, Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio (1975-1999), 1984 Democratic presidential nominee
• President Warren G. Harding (via Muskingum's assumption of Ohio Central College)
• Earl R. Lewis (class of 1911), former Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1939-40 and 1943-48
• Sean Logan (class of 1988), current Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; former Columbiana County, Ohio Commissioner
• Donald L. Mason (class of 1979), Mayor of Zanesville 1984-1991; Ohio Dept. Of Natural Resources 1991-1998; Ohio Public Utilities Commissioner 1998-2008
• Francis Scott McBride (class of 1895), leader of prohibition; longtime National Superintendent of the U.S. Anti-Saloon League
• John Willis Menard (via Iberia College and Ohio Central College), first African-American to address the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1869
• C. Ellis Moore (class of 1907), Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1919-1933
• Martha C. Moore (class of 1940), former Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party; Vice Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party for 44 years; longest serving member of the Republican National Committee in its history (35 years); inductee to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
• Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. (class of 1941), United States Ambassador to Mexico, 1986-1989
• Joe Secrest (class of 1970), current President of the Ohio Controlling Board in the State Office of Management and Budget; Guernsey County, Ohio Commissioner
• Robert T. Secrest (class of 1926), Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1933-1967
• Samuel Speck (class of 1959), Harvard Ph.D., Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the Reagan administration; 20th President of Muskingum College
• Robert M. Warner (class of 1949), sixth Archivist of the United States
• Dennis D-Money Goodwill {class of 2010}, Assistant Coach for the Flint Michigan Tropics

Entertainment

• Jack Hanna (class of 1969), former Columbus Zoo and Aquarium director; television personality; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
• Agnes Moorehead (class of 1923), Emmy Award-winning actress (Bewitched); member of the Delta Gamma Theta Sorority
• Robert W. Patin, Jr. (class of 1964), President and COO of Big Idea Productions, the makers of Veggie Tales; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club

Arts

• David Budbill (class of 1962), poet, author and playwright
• Laurence Overmire (valedictorian, class of 1979), poet, author, actor, playwright

Education

• Dennis Berkey (class of 1969), President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• William Rainey Harper (class of 1870), first President, University of Chicago
• Charles Hiram Mattoon (class of 184?), pioneer minister, author of The Baptist Annals of Oregon
• Richard Pipes (class of 1944), Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University
• William Oxley Thompson (class of 1870), President of The Ohio State University and Miami University

Business

Muskingum's Caldwell Hall was named after alumnus Philip Caldwell and his wife Betsey

• Hal Burlingame (class of 1962), former president of human resources for AT&T; senior executive advisor for AT&T Wireless
• Philip Caldwell (class of 1940), retired CEO of Ford Motor Company
• William Dentzer (class of 1951), founding Chairman and CEO of the Depository Trust Corporation; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
• William W. Goetz (class of 1986), president and COO of Cintas
• Robert W. Patin, Jr. (class of 1964), former president of Puritan Life Insurance Company and former president and CEO of CNA Financial Corporation; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
• J. Stark Thompson (class of 1963), former President and CEO of Life Technologies, Inc.
• Jacqueline Dudek Woods (class of 1969), first woman president of a major utility company, Ameritech Ohio
• Walter Young (class of 1966), retired CEO of Champion Enterprises, Inc.

Sports

• Jim Burson (class of 1963), legendary Muskingum head basketball coach for 39 years; Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame inductee; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
• Mandy Carnes (class of 2004), NCAA Division III softball leader in home runs in a career (59) as well as home runs in a season (24 in 2002)
• Tom Carr (Class of 2004), assistant wrestling coach, George Mason University
• Bill "Cannonball" Cooper (class of 1961), former running back for the San Francisco 49ers; inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Darrell Hazell (class of 1986), head football coach at Purdue University
• Jim Heacock (class of 1970), defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Ohio State University; was a member of the M.A.C.E Club
• Erica Hoyt (class of 2006), pitcher for the Muskingum softball team; winningest pitcher (120) in NCAA Division III history; holds the second and third spots for most pitching victories in a single season (38 in 2004 and 37 in 2005)
• Jen Segner-Filtz (class of 2000), pitcher for the Muskies; finished her career with several NCAA Division III records including wins in a single season (40 in 2000); currently second in career pitching wins (117)
• Edgar "Ed" Sherman (class of 1936), legendary Muskingum head football coach for 22 years; College Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Tim Timmons, Major League Baseball umpire
• Brandon Todd, known as the 5'5 dunker, played for the 2001, 2002, and 2003 All-Ohio team with LeBron James; developed an athletic training program called "FlytRight"

Journalism

• Nikhil Deogun (class of 1991), Deputy Chief of the Washington Bureau of the Wall Street Journal
• Beverly Schuch (class of 1971), former Emmy and Peabody Award-winning host of CNN's show Pinnacle for 14 years

Science

• John Glenn (class of 1942), first American to orbit the earth, oldest man ever in space