The following is a list of notable people associated with Drew University:
Alumni
This is a list of notable alumni of Drew University, listing the school of Drew University that they attended, the highest degree obtained, the year of graduation or last year of attendance, and a brief description of the person.[1] The following abbreviations are utilized for schools and degrees.
CLA = College of Liberal Arts
Grad = Graduate School
Theo = Theological School/Seminary
BA = Bachelor of Arts
BD = Bachelor of Divinity
DMin = Doctor of Ministry
DLitt = Doctor of Letters
MA = Master of Arts
MDiv = Master of Divinity
MFA = Master of Fine Arts
MLitt = Master of Letters
PhD = Doctor of Philosophy
ThD = Doctor of Theology
| Name | School | Degree | Year | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William F. Anderson | Theo | BD | 1887 | Methodist bishop | 
| Henry Appenzeller | Theo | BD | 1885 | Missionary who helped introduce Christianity in Korea | 
| Thomas J. Aquilino | CLA | BA | 1962 | Federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade | 
| Raymond LeRoy Archer | Theo | MA | 1923 | Methodist bishop | 
| David B. Audretsch | CLA | BA | 1976 | German and American economist | 
| Albert Baez | CLA | BA | 1933 | Mexican-American physicist, and father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña | 
| Holly Bakke[2] | CLA | BA | 1973 | New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance | 
| Joseph Blotner[3] | CLA | BA | 1947 | Biographer of William Faulkner | 
| Clint Bolick[4] | CLA | BA | 1979 | Founder of the Institute for Justice | 
| Jared Sutton | CLA | BA | 2018 | Two-term student government president and public policy analyst | 
| Calvin O. Butts | Theo | DMin | 1982 | Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church and president of State University of New York at Old Westbury | 
| Charles I. Carpenter | Theo | BD | 1931 | First Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force | 
| Kathy Chan | CLA | BA | Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor | |
| James E. Cheek | Grad | PhD | 1962 | Theology professor and president of Howard University | 
| Emerson Stephen Colaw | Theo | BD | 1947 | Methodist bishop | 
| Deedee Corradini | CLA | BA | 1965 | Mayor of Salt Lake City; president of the US Conference of Mayors, the International Women's Forum, and Women's Ski Jumping USA. | 
| Fred Pierce Corson | Theo | BD | 1920 | Methodist bishop and president of Dickinson College | 
| John T. Cunningham[5] | CLA | BA | 1938 | Journalist and historian | 
| Peter Deunov | Theo | BD | 1892 | Bulgarian spiritual leader and founder of the Universal White Brotherhood | 
| Damon DiMarco | CLA | BA | 1993 | Author and oral historian | 
| Joseph DiSarro | Grad | MA | 1972 | Political analyst and professor at Washington & Jefferson College | 
| Ernest T. Dixon | Theo | BD | 1945 | Methodist bishop and president of Philander Smith College | 
| Ed Ferrara | CLA | BA | 1989 | Television writer, actor, and professional wrestling personality | 
| James Fiorentino | CLA | BA | 1999 | Sports artist | 
| Maria Mazziotti Gillan | Grad | No degree | 1980 | American poet | 
| Marshall Gilmore | Theo | MDiv | 1960 | Methodist bishop | 
| William H. Gray | Theo | MDiv | 1966 | Congressman from Pennsylvania, and president of the United Negro College Fund | 
| Robert E. Hayes | Theo | DMin | 1997 | Methodist bishop | 
| Leroy Charles Hodapp | Theo | BD | 1947 | Methodist bishop | 
| Dennis Hollinger | Grad | PhD | 1981 | President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | 
| Fred Garrigus Holloway | Theo | BD | 1921 | Methodist bishop and president of Drew University | 
| Karen Hunter | CLA | BA | 1987 | Journalist and publisher | 
| Hae Jong Kim | Theo | DMin | 1984 | Methodist bishop | 
| John Lowden Knight | CLA | BA | 1939 | President of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and Wesley Theological Seminary | 
| Peter Leone | CLA | BA | 1984 | United States Equestrian Team member, and 1996 Olympic silver medalist | 
| John Wesley Lord | Theo | BD | 1930 | Methodist bishop | 
| Roger H. Martin | CLA | BA | 1965 | History professor and president of Randolph-Macon College | 
| J.B. Matthews[6] | Theo | BD | 1923 | Educator, political activist, and anti-Communism expert | 
| Malcolm Maxwell | Grad | PhD | 1968 | President of Pacific Union College | 
| Jackie McCullough | Theo | DMin | – | President of Beth Rapha Christian College and Theological Seminary | 
| Kevin Murphy | CLA | BA | 1989 | Television writer and producer | 
| John Gardner Murray | Theo | No degree | 1881 | Episcopal bishop | 
| Floyd W. Nease | Theo | No degree | 1930 | Minister and the president of Eastern Nazarene College | 
| Debra L. Ness | CLA | BA | 1977 | Health and public policy advocate | 
| Dale Peck | CLA | BA | 1989 | Author and literary critic | 
| Harold L. Peterson | CLA | BA | 1945 | Historian of arms and armor, curator of National Park Service | 
| Soon-Yi Previn | CLA | BA | 1995 | Daughter of composer André Previn and wife of director Woody Allen | 
| Robert M. Price | Grad | PhD | 1981/1993 | Jesus myth theologian, author, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Higher Criticism | 
| Sarah Price (aka S.Nice) | CLA | BA | 1990 | Author and inspirational speaker | 
| Aileen Quinn | CLA | BA | 1994 | Actress who played Annie in the 1982 motion picture | 
| Nathaniel Raymond | CLA | BA | 1999 | Human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate | 
| John Edward Robinson | Theo | BD | 1874 | Methodist bishop | 
| Teresa Ruiz | CLA | BA | 1998 | New Jersey state legislator | 
| David Seamands | Theo | BD | 1945 | Methodist pastor and self-help author | 
| George Selgin | CLA | BA | 1979 | Libertarian economist | 
| James Simester | Theo | BD | 1896 | Methodist missionary and president of S.L. Baldwin School of Theology | 
| Jeff Smith | Theo | MDiv | 1965 | Minister, cookbook author, host of The Frugal Gourmet | 
| Craig Stanford | CLA | BA | 1978 | Professor and director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California | 
| Stephen Stetler | Theo | MDiv | 1974 | Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue | 
| Manuel Sykes | Theo | MDiv | President of the St. Petersburg chapter of the NAACP | |
| Bertrand M. Tipple | Theo | BD | 1897 | Founder and president of Methodist International College | 
| Arturo Valenzuela | CLA | BA | 1971 | United States Assistant Secretary of State | 
| James Van Der Beek[7] | CLA | No degree | 1995 | Actor (star of Dawson's Creek) | 
| Peter Veniero | CLA | BA | 1981 | New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court justice | 
| Herbert George Welch | Theo | BD | 1890 | Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University | 
| Woodrow Whidden | Grad | PhD | 1989 | Seventh-Day Adventist theologian and author | 
| Olive Winchester | Theo | ThD | 1925 | Nazarene theologian and first female ordained minister in Great Britain | 
| Philip Chase | Grad | PhD | 2001 | Professor of English, Author of The Edan Trilogy academic and author | 
- Stefan Passantino (born 1966), lawyer
 
Faculty and staff
This is a list of notable faculty and staff members, the years that they were employed by Drew University, and a brief description of the person.
| Name | First Year | Last Year | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| William Campbell | 1990 | Present | Awarded Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 | 
| Bernhard Anderson | 1954 | 1963 | Old Testament theologian and dean of the Drew University Theological School | 
| Robert L. Chapman | 1966 | 1986 | Lexicographer, editor of Roget's Thesaurus, and English professor | 
| Robert S. Corrington | 1991 | Present | Founder of the philosophy of estatic naturalism, and professor of philosophical theology | 
| Will Herberg | 1955 | 1976 | Jewish theologian, conservative columnist, and professor of philosophy and culture | 
| Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz | 1991 | 2012 | Founder of mujerista theology, and professor of ethics and theology | 
| Catherine Keller | 1986 | Present | Process theologian, theopoetic scholar, and professor of constructive theology | 
| George Kelsey[8] | 1950 | 1976 | Baptist minister, teacher of Martin Luther King Jr., and professor of Christian ethics | 
| Anne Marie Macari | 2007 | Present | Poet and founder of Drew University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry program | 
| John Miley | 1873 | 1895 | Scholar of Christian atonement, and professor of systematic theology | 
| Dika Newlin | 1952 | 1965 | Musicologist, child music prodigy, and founder of the music department | 
| Thomas C. Oden | 1980 | 2004 | Founder of paleo-orthodoxy religious movement, and professor of ethics and theology | 
| Ira Progoff | 1959 | 1971 | Psychotherapist, developer of the Intensive Journal Method, and researcher of depth psychology | 
| Richard Stonesifer | 1965 | 1971 | Dean of the DU College of Liberal Arts, president of Monmouth University, and Woodrow Wilson professor of humanities and social science | 
| James Strong | 1868 | 1893 | Author of Strong's Concordance and professor of exegetical theology | 
| Leonard Sweet | 1995 | Present | A leader of emerging church movement, professor of evangelism, and vice-president of Drew University | 
| Andrea Talentino | 2009 | 2011 | Ninth president of Augustana College | 
University presidents
The following is a list of the presidents of Drew University from its founding in 1867 to the present, including the years that they served as president, and a brief description of the person.[9]
| # | Name | First Year | Last Year | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McClintock | 1867 | 1870 | Professor of practical theology, editor of Methodist Quarterly Review, and co-founder of the Theological Seminary | 
| 2 | Randolph Sinks Foster | 1870 | 1873 | Professor of systematic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Cincinnati, Ohio | 
| 3 | John Fletcher Hurst | 1873 | 1880 | Professor of historic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Des Moines, Iowa | 
| 4 | Henry Anson Buttz | 1880 | 1912 | Professor of Greek and New Testament exegesis for 50 years, and led Drew through a major expansion. | 
| 5 | Ezra Squier Tipple[10] | 1912 | 1929 | Professor of practical theology, admitted women to Drew on a limited basis, and oversaw founding of the CLA | 
| 6 | Arlo Ayres Brown | 1929 | 1948 | Led Drew through World War II, and oversaw major changes in degree programs, student body, and campus design | 
| 7 | Fred Garrigus Holloway | 1948 | 1960 | Oversaw the founding of the Graduate School, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in West Virginia | 
| 8 | Robert Fisher Oxnam | 1961 | 1974 | Led Drew through a major expansion of the student body and the turbulent social changes of the 1960s | 
| 9 | Paul Hardin | 1975 | 1988 | Oversaw the founding of the Methodist Archives Center, the RISE program and Drew's computer initiative | 
| 10 | Thomas H. Kean | 1990 | 2005 | Former Governor of New Jersey who oversaw a major expansion of the Drew's endowment, and chaired the 9/11 Commission | 
| 11 | Robert Weisbuch | 2005 | 2012 | Former president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation who made admission to Drew SAT-optional | 
| 12 | Vivian Bull | 2012 | 2014 | Former president of Linfield College in Oregon, economics professor and dean at Drew for 32 years, oversaw financial restructuring of Drew University. | 
| 13 | MaryAnn Baenninger | 2014 | 2020 | Former president of the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota, and psychology professor, was first full-term female president of Drew University. | 
| 14 | Thomas Schwarz | 2020 | 2022 | Current president of Drew University. | 
References
- ↑ Drew University Alumni/ae Directory 2003, Publishing Concepts, 2002
 - ↑ "Ms. Holly Bakke, Esq: Trustee". Kean University. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
 - ↑ Douglas Martin (November 23, 2012). "Joseph Blotner, Faulkner Expert and Friend, Dies at 89". New York Times.
 - ↑ "Clint Bolick: Research Fellow". Hoover Institution. April 27, 2012.
 - ↑ George James (May 10, 1998). "In Person; The New Jersey Chronicles". New York Times.
 - ↑ "Inventory of the J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862–1986: Biographical Note". Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University.
 - ↑ "James Van Der Beek: Actor". People. May 11, 1998.
 - ↑ "Dr. George Kelsey, Baptist Minister, 85". New York Times. April 15, 1996.
 - ↑ Jennifer Heise and Cheryl Oestreicher (September 8, 2006). "Biographical Notes: Presidents and Key Figures in the History of Drew University". Drew University.
 - ↑ E. Axel Larsson (June 26, 2009). "Ezra Squier Tipple". Drew University.