Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College alumni

• Carol Bellamy, former New York City Council President and former executive director, UNICEF
• J. Michael Bishop, 1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for cancer research
• Fred F. Fielding, deputy to former White House counsel John Dean (1970-1972) during the Nixon Administration, Counsel to the President for President Reagan (1981-1986)
• Bruce S. Gordon, former American business executive, current head of the NAACP
• Herman Haupt, American Civil War general who ran the Union military railroad system
• Carson Kressley, fashion consultant, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• George M. Leader, former governor (Democrat) of Pennsylvania (1955-1959), earliest living U.S. governor
• Ron Paul, Republican U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1988 Libertarian Party Presidential nominee
• Jeffrey E. Piccola, Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Whip, likely Republican candidate for governor in 2006
• Eddie Plank, Baseball Hall of Fame, Pitcher
• Norman Rasmussen, recipient of the Fermi Award
• Jerry Spinelli, Author and winner of the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee