List of St. Olaf College people

This list of St. Olaf College people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and other people connected to St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota.

Notable alumni

Composers and conductors

• Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950
• Dale Warland, class of 1954
• David Boe, class of 1958
• René Clausen, class of 1974
• Anton Armstrong, class of 1978
• Timothy Mahr, class of 1978
• Bradley Ellingboe, class of 1980, composer, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of New Mexico

Politicians and statesmen

• Andrew Volstead, class of 1881, US house of representatives for Minnesota, introduced National Prohibition Act
• August H. Andresen, class of 1912
• Mary Forsythe, class of 1922, member of Minnesota House of Representatives
• Karl F. Rolvaag, class of 1941
• Al Quie, class of 1950
• Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953
• David Minge, class of 1963
• Russell A. Anderson, class of 1964, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• Kim Elton, class of 1968, former member of the Alaska Senate
• David Bly, class of 1974?, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Arnie Arnesen, class of 1975, fellow of Harvard Institute of Politics and member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Ian C. Kelly, class of 1977
• Tom Fiebiger, class of 1978, member of the North Dakota Senate
• John Marty, class of 1978
• Steve Sviggum, class of 1979
• Satveer Chaudhary, class of 1991, former member of the Minnesota State legislature
• Raymond Cox, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953, U.S. Representative from Minnesota

Writers

• Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author of Giants in the Earth
• Siri Hustvedt, class of 1977
• Emily Rapp, class of 1996
• Peg Kerr, class of 1982
• Robert Bly, class of 1950 (transferred out), leader of the Mythopoetic men's movement

Religion

• Johan Arnd Aasgaard, class of 1898, American Lutheran church leader
• Stuart E. Barstad, class of 1951?, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1988

Other

• Roger Grimsby, class of 1950, television news anchor
• Willis H. Flygare, class of 1958, chemist credited with "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure"
• Barry Morrow, class of 1970, Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Gretchen Morgenson, class of 1976, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Joan N. Ericksen, class of 1977, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• David L. Rose, class of 1989, tech entrepreneur and inventor
• Dean Buntrock, founder and former chairman and CEO of Waste Management, Inc. and largest school benefactor
• Jason DeRose, class of 1997, Western Bureau Chief for National Public Radio News

Notable faculty

• Anton Armstrong, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
• Kenneth O. Bjork, historian and educator
• F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Choir
• John Ferguson, organist and composer
• Howard Hong, philosopher, translator, and founder of the Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library
• Kenneth Jennings, composer and former conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
• Robert Jenson, theologian
• Chris Meidt, head football coach (2002–2007), assistant coach with Washington Redskins
• Anantanand Rambachan, Hindu scholar
• Ole Rolvaag, author
• Lynn Steen, mathematician
• Charles Taliaferro, philosopher