Notable Northhwestern Alumni

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notable alumni

 

From nineteenth-century politician William Jennings Bryan to Miss America 1998 Kate Shindle, alumni of Northwestern University have achieved prominence in many fields of endeavor. The men and women featured in this exhibit represent a small sampling of Northwestern alums who have made their names in the areas of law and government, journalism, sports, science, finance and the arts. Exhibit prepared by Melinda Kwedar and the staff of the University Archives.


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Michael Bakalis Claude Akins Otto Graham Howard Hanson Joan Beck Saul Bellow
George Ball Ann- Margaret Kenesaw Landis Sheldon Harnick Georgie Anne Geyer Charles H. Mayo
William Jennings Bryan Richard Benjamin Brent Musburger Ardis Krainik Chester Gould Daniel Hale Williams
Cardiss Collins Edgar Bergen Fred Williamson Sherrill Milnes Walter Kerr  
Elbert Gary Cindy Crawford     Irv Kupcinet  
Arthur Goldberg Charlton Heston     Laura Washington  
Frank O. Lowden Cloris Leachman        
Catherine McCullough Shelley Long        
George McGovern Garry Marshall        
Dawn Clark Netsch Patricia Neal        
Adlai Stevenson Tony Randall        
James Thompson David Schwimmer        
Harold Washington Katherine Shindle        
  McLean Stevenson        
  Peter Strauss        
  Jacquelyn Mayer Townsend        

 

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