List of Kenyon College people

Here follows a list of notable people associated with Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. This list includes the college's notable alumni, organized by their fields of endeavor, in addition to notable members of its faculty and a complete chronological list of the presidents of the college.

Distinguished graduates

Academia

Activism

Business

Law

History, literature, and journalism

Military

Performing arts

Philanthropy

Politics

Religion

Sciences

Sports

Visual arts

Notable faculty members

• Virgil Aldrich, Philosophy
• Chauncey Colton, Homiletics
• Katherine Elkins, integrated program for Human Studies
• Robert O. Fink, Classics
• Bruce Haywood, German; provost
• Jed Hoyer, Kenyon baseball coach; executive vice president and general manager, Chicago Cubs
• Lewis Hyde, English
• Randall Jarrell, English
• P. F. Kluge, English
• Perry Lentz, English
• Robie Macauley, English
• Wendy MacLeod, Theater
• George E. McCarthy, Sociology
• Otto Nikodym, Mathematics
• Paul Radin, Anthropology
• John Crowe Ransom, English
• Charles Ritcheson, History
• Richard G. Salomon, History
• Benjamin Schumacher, Physics
• Joan Slonczewski, Biology
• Anna Sun, Sociology, Asian Studies
• Denham Sutcliffe, English
• Allen Tate, English

Visiting faculty

• John Kinsella, English
• Claire Messud, English
• Barry Unsworth, English
• Katharine Weber, English
• James Wood, English

Presidents of the college

1. Philander Chase (1825–1831)
2. Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1832–1840)
3. David Bates Douglass (1840–1844)
4. * Samuel Fuller (acting, 1844–1845)
5. Sherlock A. Bronson (1845–1850)
6. Thomas M. Smith (1850–1854)
7. Lorin Andrews (1854–1861)
8. * Benjamin L. Lang (acting, 1861–1863)
9. Charles Short (1863–1867)
10. James Kent Stone (1867–1868)
11. Eli Todd Tappan (1868–1875)
12. * Edward C. Benson (acting, 1875–1876)
13. William B. Bodine (1876–1891)
14. Theodore Sterling (1891–1896)
15. William Foster Peirce (1896–1937)
16. Gordon Keith Chalmers (1937–1956)
17. * Frank E. Bailey (acting, 1956–1957)
18. F. Edward Lund (1957–1968)
19. William G. Caples (1968–1975)
20. Philip H. Jordan Jr. (1975–1995)
21. * Reed S. Browning (acting, 1989)
22. Robert A. Oden Jr. (1995–2002)
23. * Ronald A. Sharp (acting, 2002–2003)
24. S. Georgia Nugent (2003–2013)
25. Sean M. Decatur (2013–2022)
26. * Jeff Bowman (acting, 2022–2023)
27. Julie Kornfeld (2023–)

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