Earlham College
- Alumni & Post-Grads

Famous Earlham Alumni:
Wendell Stanley (Class of ‘26) – Winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
James Fowler (Class of ‘52) – Zoologist; correspondent for NBC
Thomas Gottschalk (Class of ‘64) – Executive VP/general counsel, General Motors
John Loose (Class of ‘64) – Retired CEO/chairman of Corning
Sybil Jordan Hampton (Class of ‘66) – President, Winthrop Foundation
Frances Moore Lappe (Class of ‘66) – Activist and author of Diet for a Small Planet
Manning Marable (Class of ‘71) – Professor, Columbia University; African American Institute director
Michael C. Hall (Class of ‘93) – Star of HBO series Six Feet Under
Andrea Seabrook (Class of ‘96) – Congressional correspondent for National Public Radio

Some of the 1960s men’s halls, who came to know themselves by names like the One-Eyed Jacks and the Playboys, still have reunions.

Earlham College Birding Big Day, started in 1982, has grown into a fun and successful fundraising event, raising nearly half a million dollars for
the College. Most donors pledge a declared sum for each bird species that Earlham students, faculty, and alumni identify in the Whitewater River Valley on a set day in May.