List of Muhlenberg College people

Notable alumni[]

Notable alumni of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States:

George O. Bierkoe, president and co-founder of Endicott College
Herbert Needleman, Professor of Pediatrics and Child Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital

Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson and consultant in the craft and DIY (do-it-yourself) community
Frederick Busch, author
Andrea Clearfield, composer
Madison Ferris, actress
Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality
Dylan Lane, host of Chain Reaction on the Game Show Network
Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter
Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair^[1]
Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter
Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter
Brian Teta, executive producer, The View and supervising producer, Late Show with David Letterman
Theodore Weiss, poet

Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater hearings, member of the 9/11 Commission
Edward H. Bonekemper, former federal government attorney; military historian, author and lecturer
Marcus C.L. Kline, former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
Fred Ewing Lewis, former U.S. Representative
Edwin W. Martin Jr., Assistant Secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Related Services. 1979-80; Associate and Deputy Commissioner 1969-1979. Director US House of. Representatives Subcommittee on the Handicapped, 1966–67
Michael Schlossberg, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Lee Solomon, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese Jurist and last Minister of Education of the Empire of Japan
John Van Sant, Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator from 1951-1970.

Barbara Crossette, journalist and author, former chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and South Asia and United Nations bureau chief at The New York Times, United Nations correspondent for The Nation, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee of the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs
David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone

Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that rose to prominence in Europe and the U.S. in the 20s and 30s
Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian
Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author

Henry David Abraham, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his work with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Frank Baldino, Jr., scientist and co-founder of Cephalon
Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon
Lois Curfman McInnes, applied mathematician
Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning
Leonard I. Zon, Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital

Sisto Averno, former professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL)
Jake Bornheimer, former professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors
Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks^[2]
Pete Gorgone, running back for New York Giants in 1946.
Bill Kern, former professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics
Tim Murray Host at VSIN. Former Muhlenberg men's basketball team member.
Anthony Zuzzio, former professional football player, Detroit Lions

Haps Benfer, theologian and athletic coach
William Dunham, mathematician
Ludwig Lenel, composer and organist
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, former president, Muhlenberg College
Harry Hess Reichard, Pennsylvania German language scholar
Theodore Schick, philosopher
Ben Schwartzwalder, former football coach, later head coach at Syracuse University

^ Lauer-Williams, Kathy (June 7, 2009). "Designs on a Tony: Allentown Native Michael McDonald is Nominated for Broadway's Top Honor for Costumes for 'Hair'". The Morning Call.
^ Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks: A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played on or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team. 2007-09-27. ISBN 9781461734789.