List of Muhlenberg College people

Notable people

This list contains people associated with Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty members.

Notable alumni

• Henry David Abraham, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1985
• Sisto Averno, former professional football player, Baltimore Colts (AAFC), New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts (NFL)
• Anthony Azizi, actor
• Brett Bara, writer, designer, television personality, spokesperson and consultant in the craft and DIY (do-it-yourself) community
• Kenneth N. Beers, NASA flight surgeon
• Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater scandal hearings
• George O. Bierkoe, president and co-founder of Endicott College
• Edward H. Bonekemper, military historian; former federal government attorney; writer
• Jake Bornheimer, former professional basketball player, Philadelphia Warriors
• 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
• Frederick Busch, author
• Harry Donovan, professional basketball player with the New York Knicks^[1]
• Henry Escalante, pop musician; finalist on the 2007 season of the MTV reality show Making Menudo^[2]
• David Fricke, senior editor, Rolling Stone
• Frankie Grande, dancer, singer, actor, producer, TV host, and YouTube personality
• Bill Kern, former professional baseball player, Kansas City Athletics
• Marcus C.L. Kline, former member of Congress
• Dylan Lane, host of Chain Reaction on the Game Show Network
• Fred Ewing Lewis, former member of Congress
• Matthias Loy, Lutheran theologian
• Jack McCallum, author and sportswriter
• Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair^[3]
• Herbert Needleman, pediatrician known for research into lead poisoning
• Michael Pocalyko, business executive and novelist
• Darryl Ponicsan, novelist and screenwriter
• Juliette Reilly, singer/songwriter
• Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, Lutheran minister, theologian, educator and author
• Lee Solomon, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
• Theodore Weiss, poet
• Anthony Zuzzio, former professional football player, Detroit Lions
• Tim Murray - Formerly of Yahoo Sports Radio Steve Czaban Show, co-hosted "Ginger and the Jew," now of SB Nation AM Radio. Vineyard Vines "Murray" shirt is named after him. Notable for being tall, ginger, "Murray's Minor League Tales," and his support #MoreSolly See also: "Ginger Lighthouse," "The Big Ginge," "Timmy T-Time Murray," ^[4]

Notable faculty

• Haps Benfer, theologist 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

References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=xSEVAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=harry+donovan+basketball+new+jersey&source=bl&ots=RjXBYWRUZn&sig=73wgpdqvrZkDpfxusC4xDPeZDpE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JU50VYfKPIyQyASTxILIDA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=harry%20donovan%20basketball%20new%20jersey&f=false
2. Hague, Jim; "A teen Latin pop star" Union City Reporter, November 11, 2007.
3. 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.
4. http://www.espn980.com/8723-2/