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- This list of Union College alumni includes graduates and non-graduate former students of Union College in Schenectady, New York, United States. Union offers a standard liberal arts curriculum across some 21 academic departments, as well as opportunities for interdepartmental majors and self-designed organizing theme majors. In common with only a few other liberal arts colleges, Union also offers ABET-accredited undergraduate degrees in computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Currently, approximately 30% of students major in the social sciences; 30% in the sciences; 20% in the arts and humanities; 15% in engineering; while some 5% design their own majors. Since 1797, the year of the first graduation, Union alumni have transferred the knowledge and skills they acquired in the academic world to the larger world beyond Union. Many alumni have distinguished themselves in fields such as law, medicine, ministry, botany, geology, engineering, local, state, and federal government, literature and poetry, photography, military service, education, journalism, and architecture. Among Union’s 19th-century graduates were important figures in American secondary and post-secondary education. These included Gideon Hawley (1809), the first superintendent of public instruction in New York State; Francis Wayland (1813), president of Brown University; Henry Philip Tappan (1825), president of the University of Michigan; and Sheldon Jackson (1855), who was the first superintendent of public instruction in Alaska and introduced the idea of domesticating reindeer as a food source for the native population. Union has produced many graduates who had (and continue to have) distinguished careers in government and public service. John C. Spencer (1806), Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury; William H. Seward (1820), Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, governor of New York, and architect of the Alaska Purchase from Russia; Chester A. Arthur (1848), 21st President of the United States; and Neil Abercrombie (1959), United States Representative from Hawaii are some of the alumni in this sphere. In 1845 Union established a course in civil engineering. Many of the graduates in this course went on to work on significant construction projects. In fact, it has been claimed that, for a time, the “designers and builders of the country’s canals and railroads were overwhelmingly graduates of the military academy at West Point, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Union College…”. Among these early engineering graduates were James Chatham Duane (1844) and Jacob Hays Linville (1848). Solomon Deyo (1870) was the engineer in charge of constructing the first New York City subway system. A number of alumni have made meaningful contributions to arts and letters: Joel T. Headley (1839), author of numerous books about the Adirondack Mountains and early American history; William James Stillman (1848), photographer and author; Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1856), author of The Hashish Eater; Andrea Barrett (1974), winner of the National Book Award (for Ship Fever) and the Pulitzer Prize for works of fiction; and David Markson (1950), author of titles such as The Ballad of Dingus Magee. Other notable Union alumni include: Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1946), winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine/physiology; Henry Wager Halleck (1837), chief of staff for the Union Armies during the Civil War; Howard Simons (1951), managing editor of the The Washington Post during the Watergate era; Nikki Stone (1995), winner of a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics for aerial skiing; and Armand V. Feigenbaum (1942), American businessman and developer of the concept of Total Quality Management (TQM). Miller, Morris S. (1798): member of the United States House of Representatives Forman, Joshua (1798): founder of Syracuse, New York McLeod, Alexander (1798): clergyman, abolitionist Case, Walter (1799): member of the United States House of Representatives Savage, John (1799): member of the United States House of Representatives Cramer, John (1801): member of the United States House of Representatives Yates, John B. (1802): member of the United States House of Representatives Bockee, Abraham (1803): member of the United States House of Representatives Matthews, James M. (1803): first Chancellor of New York University Taylor, John W. (1803): Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (two terms) Brownell, Thomas C. (1804): president of Washington College (Trinity College) Peek, Harmanus (1804): member of the United States House of Representatives Macauley, Thomas (1804): first president of Union Theological Seminary Spencer, John C. (1806): member of the United States House of Representatives; United States Secretary of War; United States Secretary of the Treasury; Beck, Theodric Romeyn (1807): author of pioneering Elements of Medical Jurisprudence (1823) Empie, Adam (1807): president of William & Mary Cady, John W. (1808): member of the United States House of Representatives Hawley, Gideon (1809): first New York State Superintendent of Common Schools; Regent of the State University of New York; "Father of the New York State Common School System" Schermerhorn, John F. (1809) missionary; appointed Indian Commissioner by Andrew Jackson Conkling, Alfred (1810): member of the United States House of Representatives; Federal judge; United States Minister to Mexico Fuller, William K. (1810): member of the United States House of Representatives Maynard, John (1810): member of the United States House of Representatives Schermerhorn, Abraham A. (1810): member of the United States House of Representatives Borland, Charles, Jr. (1811): member of the United States House of Representatives Gilbert, Eliphalet W. (1813): founding president of Delaware College Johnson, Benjamin P. (1813): agriculturist; president and corresponding secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society Wayland, Francis (1813): president of Brown University Gale, George W. (1814): founder of the Oneida Institute and Knox College (Illinois) Ludlow, John (1814): president of the University of Pennsylvania Blatchford, Richard M. (1815): secretary to William H. Seward; New York Central Park Commissioner Morgan, Gilbert (1815): president: Western University of Pennsylvania, Edgeworth Female Seminary, Harmony Female College Selden, Dudley (1815): member of the United States House of Representatives Tallmadge, Nathaniel P. (1815): member of the United States Senate Cowles, Henry B. (1816): member of the United States House of Representatives Edmonds, John W. (1816): prison reformer; Justice of the New York State Supreme Court Beck, Lewis C. (1817): geologist, botanist, mineralogist Sherwood, Adiel (1817): president of Shurtleff College, Masonic College, Marshall College Breese, Sidney (1818): member of the United States Senate; author of landmark judicial decisions on state and national economic regulation Brooks, James G. (1818): editor, poet (Florio) Doane, George W. (1818): Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey Bayard, James A. , Jr. (1818): member of the United States Senate Porter, Augustus Seymour (1818): member of the United States Senate Potter, Alonzo (1818): Bishop of Pennsylvania Rogers, Charles (1818): member of the United States House of Representatives Breckinridge, Robert J. (1819): president of Jefferson College; Superintendent of Public Instruction for Kentucky Chinn, Joseph (1819): member of the United States House of Representatives Irvine, James (educator) (1819): president of Ohio University Loomis, Andrew W. (1819): member of the United States House of Representatives Stewart, David (Maryland) (1819): member of the United States Senate Blatchford, John (1820): president of Marion College, Missouri Hall, Baynard R. (1820): author, educator Hickok, Laurens P. (1820): educator, author; president of Union College Linn, Archibald L. (1820): member of the United States House of Representatives Seward, William H. (1820): governor of New York; member of the United States Senate; United States Secretary of State Starkweather, George A. (1820): member of the United States House of Representatives Boyden, Nathaniel (1821): member of the United States House of Representatives Curtis, Edward (1821): member of the United States House of Representatives Foote, Joseph L. (1831): president of Washington College (Tennessee) Gray, Hiram (1821): member of the United States House of Representatives Andrews, Sherlock J. (1821): member of the United States House of Representatives Nevin, John W. (1821): president of Franklin and Marshall College Hard, Gideon (1822): member of the United States House of Representatives Spencer, Ichabod S. (1822): clergyman; founder of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York White, Albert S. (1822): member of the United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Senate Wood, James (1822): president of Hanover College Brewster, David P. (1823): member of the United States House of Representatives Ellis, Chesselden (1823): member of the United States House of Representatives Goodrich, Hiram P. (1823): president of Marion College, Missouri Lott, John A. (1823): member of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly; Judge of the New York Supreme Court Stone, John S. (1823): president of Hobart College; Dean of the Episcopal Theological School (Cambridge) Alexander, Stephen (1824): astronomer; original member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Crittenden, Alonzo (1824): principal of the Albany Female Academy Goodyear, Charles (1824): member of the United States House of Representatives Harris, Ira (1824): member of the United States Senate; lawyer, judge, educator, Jenkins, Charles J. (1824): governor of Georgia Spencer, Orson (1824): early convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; known for his religious writings Sutherland, Josiah (1824): member of the United States House of Representatives Wood, Bradford R. (1824): member of the United States House of Representatives Dickson, Samuel (1825): member of the United States House of Representatives Parker, Amasa J. (1825): member of the United States House of Representatives; Regent of the State University of New York; Justice of the New York State Supreme Court; a founder of Albany Law School McLaren, John F. (1825): president of Western University of Pennsylvania Reid, William W. (1825: physician, surgeon Tappan, Henry Philip : president of the University of Michigan Allen, William F. : New York State Comptroller Dean, Amos : president of the University of Iowa; a founder of Albany Law School Hare, George Emlen : Dean of the Philadelphia Divinity School Potter, Horatio : Episcopal Bishop in the Diocese of New York; founded the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City Rawson, Edmund Grindal : president of New York College of Veterinary Surgeons Bowie, Thomas F. : member of the United States House of Representatives Clark, Peter : president of Washington College Lee, Moses L. : member of the United States House of Representatives Beall, Samuel W. : explorer, Indian agent; lieutenant governor of Wisconsin; one of the founders of Denver Campbell, William W. : member of the United States House of Representatives; Justice of the Superior Court of New York City; Justice of the New York State Supreme Court; historian Clark, Peter : President of Washington College, Maryland King, Preston : member of the United States Senate MacMaster, Erasmus D. : president of Hanover College Parris, Virgil D. : member of the United States House of Representatives Peckham, Rufus W. : member of the United States House of Representatives Woods, Leonard, Jr. : president of Bowdoin College Adger, John B. : missionary, educator; minister to African Americans in Charleston Hunt, Ward : mayor of Utica, New York; Justice of the United States Supreme Court Masten, Joseph G. : mayor of Buffalo, New York; Judge of the New York Superior Court Toombs, Robert A. : member of the United States Senate; Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America Wilson, William : president of the College of Cincinnati Alden, Joseph : president of the New York State Normal School; president of Jefferson College Eaton, George W. : president of Colgate University Hatch, Israel T. : member of the United States House of Representatives Rounds, Nelson : president of Willamette University Wilson, John L. : African missionary and explorer; author of Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospects Babcock, Leander : member of the United States House of Representatives; Hamilton, Frank H. : surgeon; president of the New York Society of Medical Jurisprudence; author of important medical texts James, Henry : philosopher and author; father of Henry James and William James Randall, Henry S. : historian; author of The Life of Thomas Jefferson Schell, Augustus : lawyer, stock market manipulator, Tweed's successor as Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society Taylor, John O. : author of The District School Totten, Silas : president of Trinity College; Chancellor of the University of Iowa Whipple, Squire : The "Father of American Metal Bridges"; civil engineer, inventor, bridge designer Covert, John : established Ohio Female College; Terre Haute Female College; Glendale Female College; Lyons Female College; Michigan Female College Greenly, William L. : served briefly as governor of Michigan Mack, William : president of Jackson College Marshall, Orsamus H. : chancellor of the University of Buffalo Park, Roswell : president of Racine College Wickes, Stephen : physician; medical historian Bradford, Alexander W. : lawyer, politician Allen, Thomas : member of the United States House of Representatives; railroad builder; printer to the Senate and House Prime, Edward Dorr Griffin : religious journalist Raymond, John H : founder of the University of Rochester; president of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; president of Vassar College West, Charles E. : principal of Rutgers Female Seminary; Principal of Buffalo Female Seminary Wikoff, Henry : author, publisher, impresario Cassidy, William : journalist, essayist, critic Mullin Joseph : member of the United States House of Representatives Pratt, Daniel : New York State Supreme Court Justice Chester, Albert : principal of the Buffalo Female Academy Comstock, George F. : lawyer; Solicitor of the United States Treasury; Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Sears, Edmund H. : clergyman, author, hymn writer Bigelow, John : Consul-General to Paris during the Civil War; Minister to France; founder of the New York Public Library Reed, Villeroy D. : president of Alexander College Wells, John : member of the United States House of Representatives Meigs, Matthew : president of Delaware College Phelps, Joshua : president of Alexander College Wilson, Marcius : educator; author of school readers and textbooks Stoddard, Orange Nash : acting president of Miami University Halleck, Henry W. : General-in-Chief of the Union Armies House, Samuel R. : pioneer medical missionary Mackey, Levi A. : member of the United States House of Representatives; Perry, Stuart : inventor Porter,John K. : lawyer; assisted in the prosecution of Charles J. Guiteau for the assassination of President James A. Garfield Tuckerman, Edward : botanist, lichenologist; "Tuckerman Ravine" Newman, John : president of Ripley Female College Stevens, Simmons : principal of Young Ladies Seminary, Richmond, Virginia Walworth, Clarence A. : Catholic priest, author, historian Blair, Austin : member of the United States House of Representatives; governor of Michigan Chamberlain, James F. : superintendent of the Institution for the Blind, New York City Cooper, Edward : president of Asbury Female Academy Fairbanks, George R. : Florida historian; founder of the Headley, Joel T. : New York Secretary of State; historian and author McMaster, James A. : journalist, Catholic polemicist Pettit, John U. : member of the United States House of Representatives Clarke, George W. : founder of the Mount Washington Collegiate Institute Craig, Adam : principal of Female Academy, Windsor, Connecticut; Female Academy, Milford, Delaware Hoyt, James : president of the Talladega Institute Jerome, Leonard : New York City financier and grandfather of Winston Churchill Morgan, Lewis Henry : anthropologist, ethnologist; the "Father of American Anthropology" Abbott, Alfred A. : president of the Peabody Institute Cowles, Augustus : president of Elmira College Strong, Thomas C. : president of Wells College; president of Pennsylvania Female College Van Santvoord, George : biographer and writer on jurisprudence Mattoon, Stephen : president of Biddle University Parry, Charles C. : Botanist of the United States Department of Agriculture; explorer and botanist of the Rocky Mountains Potter, Clarkson N. : member of the United States House of Representatives Robertson, William S. : pioneer educator of American Indians Hough, Franklin B. : botanist, mineralogist, forester; historian of New York State; Director of the United States Census; "Father of American Forestry" Pierson, Hamilton W. : president of Cumberland College Atkins, Addison B. : principal of Baltimore Female Academy Beale, Charles L. : member of the United States House of Representatives Duane, James C. : military engineer Rice, Alexander H. : member of the United States House of Representatives; mayor of Boston Littlejohn, Abram N. : Episcopal Bishop of Long Island Allis, Edward P. : international manufacturer, inventor Earl, Robert : judge on the New York State Court of Appeals Carroll, John M. : member of the United States House of Representatives Gregory, John M. : president of the University of Illinois Hoffman, John T. : governor of New York Bouck, Gabriel : member of the United States House of Representatives Hoyte, James W. : principal of the Female Academy, Nashville, Tennessee Arthur, Chester A. : 21st President of the United States Nevius, John L. : missionary to China Stillman, William J. : journalist, artist, photographer, diplomat; American Consul to Rome during the Civil War; American Consul at Canea Goodwin, Hannibal W. : inventor of roll film Nott, Charles C. : Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims Butterfield, Daniel : Civil War general; composer of revised "Taps" bugle call Cruikshank, Robert : president of Highland University Green, Andrew H. : one of the founders of Theta Delta Chi fraternity; Judge Advocate of United States Navy Squadron, Pacific Squadron Seward, Frederick W. : diplomat, journalist, author; son of William H. Seward; Assistant Secretary of State Preston, Charles F. : translator of the New Testament into Cantonese; missionary to China Ellis, Job B. : mycologist Murray, David : leader in the establishment of the Japanese education system Wright, Allen : governor, Choctaw Nation; author of English-Choctaw dictionary Hartranft, John F. : governor of Pennsylvania Potter, Edward Tuckerman : architect of the Nott Memorial; architect of Mark Twain's residence in Hartford, Connecticut Whitford, William C. : president of Milton College Chapman, Orlow : Solicitor General of the United States Rice, Edwin W. : editor and author with the American Sunday School Union Jackson, Sheldon : missionary; first United States Superintendent of Public Instruction in Alaska Post, Philip S. : member of the United States House of Representatives Sinnickson, Clement H. : member of the United States House of Representative Donnan, William G. : member of the United States House of Representatives Durgin, De Witt Clinton: president of Hillsdale College Hale, Horace M. : president of the University of Colorado Hough, George W. : astronomer, inventor of meteorological instruments; president of the World Congress on Astronomy and Astrophysics Knapp, Seaman A. : pioneer in experimental agriculture and practical education; president of Iowa State University Ludlow, Fitz Hugh : author, drug experimentalist; author of The Hasheeh Eater Milliken, Seth L. : member of the United States House of Representatives Morton, J. Sterling : United States Secretary of Agriculture; founder of Arbor Day Seelye, Laurenus C. : first president of Smith College; advocate for women's colleges Wilkie, Franc B. : chief Civil War correspondent for the New York Times Brooks, Thomas B. : engineer, surveyor; mapped the Brooks Iron Range McLean, John K. : president, Pacific Theological Seminary Wilkinson, Warring : principal of the California Institution for the Deaf and the Blind Clarke, Gaylord : Texas judge killed in a gunfight Peck, Charles H. : mycologist; New York State Botanist Sweet, Elnathan : New York State Engineer and Surveyor Flint, Weston : United States Consul to China; head of the scientific library of the United States Patent Office; first librarian of the Washington Free Public Library Miller, Warner : member of the United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Senate Patterson, Charles E. : Speaker of the New York State Assembly Rice, Americus V. : member of the United States House of Representatives Thayer, Samuel R. : United States Minister to the Netherlands Corliss, Frederick W. : Chancellor of Des Moines University Holcombe, Chester : missionary, diplomat; secretary of the United States Legation to China Landon, Melville D. : humorist, author Potter, Eliphalet Nott : educator and Episcopal clergyman; president of Union College Smith, Charles E. : United States minister to Russia; United States Postmaster General Powers, Ridgley C. : governor of Mississippi Ripley, Edward H. : Civil War general Beattle, George A. : president of Sedalia University Cary, Edward : editorial writer for the New York Times Fuller, Robert M. : inventor of tablet triturates Hickok, Harrison T. : educator, economist, scientist Parker, Amasa J. Jr : New York State Senator; Union College trustee; author of Banking Law of New York Pearce, Charles E. : member of the United States House of Representatives; Potter, William A. : architect; designed many Princeton University buildings; Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury Department Lockwood, Daniel N. : member of the United States House of Representatives Lyon, Richard S. : president of the Chicago Board of Trade Staley, Cady : president of Case Western Reserve Wemple, Edward : member of the United States House of Representatives; New York State Comptroller Carey, Joseph M. (member of the United States Senate; member of the United States House of Representative; governor of Wyoming; author of the Carey Arid Lands Act Fiero, James N. : president of the New York State Bar Association; vice-president of the American Bar Association McCracken, Clark L. : principal of the Freedmen's Institute, Henderson, North Carolina Schenck, Martin : New York State Engineer and Surveyor Deyo, Solomon Le Fevre : chief Engineer of the New York Rapid Transit Company; Chief Engineer of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company Genung, John F. : educator; prolific author of books on rhetoric and composition Hoff, John Van Rensselaer : Chief Surgeon of the Department of the Lakes; Chief Surgeon of the Department of the East King, Preston : member of the United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Senate Benjamin, George H. : physician, scientist, inventor, lawyer; editor of The National Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics Leonard, Charles H. : Gynecologist; author of numerous medical textbooks Tweedy, Frank : topographer with the United States Geological Survey; author of Flora of the Yellowstone National Park Giddings, Franklin H. : "Father of American Sociology" Rankine, William B. : pioneer in the development of Niagara Falls power Cameron, Frederick W. : United States Commissioner of Patents Ransdell, Joseph E. : member of the United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Senate Barney, Edgar Starr : principal of the Hebrew Technical Institute Foote, Wallace T. : member of the United States House of Representatives Snow, Jessie B. : civil engineer; substantially expanded and improved the New York City subway system Perkins, Roger G. : bacteriologist; introduced chlorination into Cleveland's water supply Roy, Arthur Jay : Chief Astronomer of the Department of Meridian Astronomy, Carnegie Institution of Washington Van Alstyne, Henry A. : New York State Engineer and Surveyor Streeter, George L. : embryologist; Director of Embryology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Rutledge, Archibald : educator, author Watson, Mark : Pulitzer Prize winning reporter on international affairs Cavert, Samuel M. : founder of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and of the World Council of Churches Patterson, Robert P. : United States Secretary of War Stibitz, George : one of the fathers of the modern digital computer Stevenson, Albert H. : chief engineer of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 1966-1971 Wold, John S. : member of the United States House of Representatives Graves, Clare W. : psychologist; developed theory of human development known as "emergent cyclical levels of existence theory" Edward R. Kane : physical chemist and president of DuPont Company Gould, Gordon : widely, but not universally, credited with the invention of the laser Feigenbaum, Armand V. : American businessman and developer of the concept of Total Quality Management/Control Fitzroy, Roland : Manhattan Project engineer Clowe, John L. : president of the American Medical Association Yovits, Marshall C. : IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award winner; ACM Fellow Newell, Gordon F. : scientist in the field of applied mathematics; Gordon–Newell theorem named for him and colleague William J. Gordon Blumberg, Baruch S. : Nobel Prize in Medicine Freeman, Herbert : Computer Pioneer Award winner from the IEEE Computer Society; designer of the Sperry Corporation's first digital computer, the SPEEDAC Mazer, Harry : American author of books for children and young adults Selzer, Richard : surgeon and author Haus, Hermann A. : Frederic Ives Medal; National Medal of Science Markson, David : author of works such as Wittgenstein's Mistress and The Ballad of Dingus Magee Nickel, Herman W. : ambassador to South Africa Ostrom John H. : paleontologist Simons, Howard : managing editor, The Washington Post Kaminow, Ivan P. : head of the Photonic Networks and Components Research Department at Bell Labs Loughry, Don : standards manager at Hewlett Packard Chartoff, Robert : producer Anderson, David : ambassador to Yugoslavia Abercrombie, Neil : member of the United States House of Representatives DiCenzo, George : American character acter and acting teacher Sommer, Alfred : ophthalmologist; discovered the benefits of Vitamin A for children deficient in this vitamin Horn, Alan : president and COO of Warner Bros. Entertainment Fazio, Victor H. : member of the United States House of Representatives LaBier, Douglas : psychologist, psychotherapist, writer; director of the Center for Adult Development Jay, Martin : historian, critic Borofsky, Robert : director of the Center for a Public Anthropology Fateman, Richard: one of the developers of the Macsyma computer algebra system and the Franz Lisp system Kuhl, Randy : member of the United States House of Representatives Duchscherer, David : president of Wendel Duchscherer Architects and Engineers Fuchs, Michael : executive producer for HBO Lewis, Neil A. : New York Times reporter Merchant, Kenneth : Chair of Accountancy at the Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California DeMunn, Jeffrey : film and television actor James, Joseph : economic development expert and leader of The Greening of Black America Mazoka, Anderson : former president of Zambia Siegler, Scott : motion picture producer DiSorbo, Philip G. : pioneer in the Community Hospice movement and in bringing hospice services to sub-Saharan Africa Robinson, Phil Alden : screenwriter, director Berger, Theodore : neural prosthesis researcher Tedisco, Jim: New York State Assemblyman White, Kate : author, editor Zaloga, Steven : American historian, defense consultant, and author Barrett, Andrea : author; National Book Award winner; MacArthur Fellow Carmody, Bill : Big Ten basketball coach Viniar, David : executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs
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