Beloit College Alumni
The Archives has major holdings on these particular alumni.
| Alumnus: | Birth/Death Dates: | Graduation: | Accomplishments: |
| Adams, Raymond W. | 1898-1987 | 1920 | Professor of English at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A specialist on Henry David Thoreau. |
| Andrews, Roy Chapman | 1884-1960 | 1906 | Archaeologist; Director of the American Museum of Natural History |
| Ballard, Lloyd V. | 1887-1969 | 1912 | Sociologist and Beloit College Professor, focused on juvenile issues. |
| Bingham, Walter Van Dyke | 1880-1952 | 1901 | Prominent psychologist |
| Bird, Ethel | 1881-1960 | 1905 | YWCA Executive |
| Blaisdell, J.A. | 1867-1957 | 1889 | President of Pomona College |
| Breon, John | 1923-1984 | 1949 | Author |
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1845-1923 -- |
1866 -- |
Clergyman Family that attended Beloit |
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| Burcalow, William D. | 1868-1956 | 1895 | The Archives holds his college scrapbook. |
| Chamberlin, Thomas C. | 1843-1928 | 1866 | Professor of Geology at the University of Chicago, President of the University of Wisconsin. |
| Chapin, Robert C. | 1863-1913 | 1885 | Professor of Economics at Beloit, son of founder Aaron L. Chapin. |
| Chrischilles, Theo | 1889-1981 | 1908-10 | The Archives holds his illustrated diaries from 1908-1910. |
| Christie, Thomas D. | 1843-1921 | 1871 | Missionary, President of St. Paul's College in Tarsus |
| Collie, George L. | 1857-1954 | 1881 | Geologist; professor; author; son of Joseph Collie, first Beloit College graduate. The first curator of the Logan Museum. |
| Collie, Joseph | 1824-1904 | 1851 | Member of the first graduating class at Beloit; Congregational minister and missionary. |
| Darling, Jay N. (Ding) | 1876-1961 | 1899 | Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. |
| Davis, Jerome D. | 1838-1910 | 1866 | Soldier, missionary, and co-founder of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. |
| Densmore, Benjamin | 1831-1913 | 1851-52 | Civil engineer, soldier |
| Densmore, Hiram D. | 1862-1940 | 1886 | Professor of botany, member of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Forestry Association |
| Dornbach, Eike | 1915-1990 | -- | German exchange student (1935-6), soldier, accountant |
| Ennis, Merlin | 1874-1964 | 1901 | Missionary |
| Fisher, Lucius G., Jr. | 1843-1916 | 1862 | Instrumental in obtaining the Greek casts for the Art Hall |
| Fisk, John P. | 1857-1945 | 1880 | Archives holds several of his diaries, photo album and notebook |
| Gates, Caleb Frank | 1857-1946 | 1877 | Missionary, College President |
| Hand, Edith | 1901- | 1923 | Archives holds writings, papers, and memorabilia |
| Huntington, Ellsworth | 1876-1947 | 1897 | Geographer and author who specialized in weather and climate. |
| Hyer, Stanton | 1900-1981 | 1922 | Beloit Trustee (1945-1948). Archives holds correspondence regarding Trustees. |
| Irrmann, Robert H. | 1916-1998 | 1939 | Beloit History Professor and archivist. |
| Kelley, Anne Bassett (Nan) | 1883-1972 | 1907 | Teacher, Missionary to China |
| Kent, Alice | -1962 | 1902 | Member of the Amer. Assoc. of University Women, Teacher at Beloit High School |
| Leavitt, Roger | 1861-1949 | 1882 | Author. The Archives holds his Beloit scrapbook. |
| May, James Boyer | 1904-1981 | 1925 | Author, Editor |
| Merrill, Louis Taylor | 1896-1960 | 1918 | Professor, Beloit Faculty (1938-1960) |
| Miller, Warren | 1936- | 1960 | Cartoonist |
| Nesbitt, Paul | 1904-1985 | 1926 | Beloit professor of Anthropoloy and head of the Logan Museum. Left Beloit for a position in the Army. |
| Niedecker, Lorine | 1903-1970 | -- | Poet |
| Nilson, Paul E. | 1890-1968 | 1911 | Missionary |
| Olds, William | -- | 1898 | Composer |
| Peet, Stephen Denison | 1831-1914 | 1851 | Anthropologist and one of the first graduates of Beloit College. |
| Pond, Alonzo | 1861-1986 | 1918 | Archaelogist and assistant curator of the Logan Museum. Author. |
| Porter, Henry Dwight | 1845-1916 | 1867 | Medical Missionary to China. |
| Porter, Lucius Chapin | 1880-1958 | 1901 | Missionary to China. |
| Raymer, Laurence | 1909-1992 | 1934 | Editor of the Beloit Daily News, Senior Lieutenant in the Navy |
| Rowell, Wilfrid A. | 1866-1945 | 1899 | Beloit Dean of the Chapel and trustee. |
| Salisbury, Rollin D. | 1858-1922 | 1881 | Established the Geology department at the University of Chicago. |
| Sarett, Lew | 1888-1954 | 1911 | Poet, lecturer, professor |
| Schneider, Allan F. | -- | 1948 | Geologist |
| Schroeder, Daniel | 1933- | 1955 | Beloit Faculty (1963-1996) |
| Seaver, Esther | 1903-1965 | 1924 | Prominent art historian and trustee of Beloit College. |
| Smith, Arthur Henderson | 1845-1932 | 1867 | Civil War veteran and missionary to China |
| Tyrrell, W. Bradley | 1883-1964 | 1906 | Beloit interim president, businessman, and philanthropist. |
| Weirick, Bessie M. | 1891-1963 | 1914 | Beloit College Registrar (1923-1957), Assistant to Registrar (1919-1923) and Associate Professor of Latin |
| White, Horace | 1835-1913 | 1853 | Reporter of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Famous newspaper editor. |
| Whiteford, Andrew H. | 1913-2006 | 1937 | Beloit Faculty (1943-1974), Director of Logan Museum |
| Whitney, Katherine Bill | 1880-1964 | 1901 | Dean of Women at Beloit (1927-1947) |
| Wood, Charles | 1871-1953 | 1895 | Actor and professor at Tuskegee Institute |
| Wright, Jacob W. | 1871-1950 | 1893 | Newspaper writer |
| Wright, Theodore L. | 1858-1926 | 1880 | Beloit College professor |
| Young, Michael | -- | 1969 | Archives holds his administrative & High Potential papers |
| Zwerg, James | 1940- | 1962 | Freedom Rider, Minister |