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List of St. Olaf College people

Last updated February 18, 2026

This list of St. Olaf 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

Frank Pooler, class of 1948
Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950
Dale Warland, class of 1954
David Boe, class of 1958
Kurt Westerberg, class of 1972
René Clausen, class of 1974
Anton Armstrong, class of 1978
Timothy Mahr, class of 1978
Bradley Ellingboe, class of 1980
Craig Hella Johnson, class of 1984
Abbie Betinis, class of 2001
Jocelyn Hagen, class of 2003
Matthew Peterson, class of 2006

Politicians, Statesmen and Judges

Andrew Volstead, class of 1881, US house of representatives for Minnesota, introduced National Prohibition Act
August H. Andresen, class of 1912, United States Representative from Minnesota
Arthur E. Thompson, class of 1915, former North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mary Forsythe, class of 1922, member of Minnesota House of Representatives
Harold Hagen, class of ~1923, United States Representative from Minnesota
Harold Lovre, class of ~1924, United States Representative from South Dakota
George Thompson, class of 1940, 35th Attorney General of Wisconsin
Karl F. Rolvaag, class of 1941, 31st Governor of Minnesota
Bruce Laingen, class of 1947, United States Ambassador to Malta, 1977-1979
Al Quie, class of 1950, 35th Governor of Minnesota
Arlen Erdahl, class of 1953, United States Representative from Minnesota
David Minge, class of 1963, United States Representative from Minnesota
Russell A. Anderson, class of 1964, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Kim Elton, class of 1968, former member of the Alaska Senate
Tom Saxhaug, class of 1970, former member of the Minnesota Senate
John Nilson, class of ~1973, Canadian politician
David Bly, class of 1974, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Raymond Cox, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Ember Reichgott Junge, class of 1974, former member of the Minnesota Senate
Arnie Arnesen, class of 1975, fellow of Harvard Institute of Politics and member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
Joan Ericksen, class of 1977, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Ian C. Kelly, class of 1977, US Ambassador to Georgia and US Ambassador to OSCE
Tom Fiebiger, class of 1978, member of the North Dakota Senate
John Marty, class of 1978, member of the Minnesota Senate
Steve Sviggum, class of 1979, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
David Knutson, class of 1982, Minnesota State Senator of District 37, 2003-2004
Erik Paulsen, class of 1987, United States Representative from Minnesota
Eric C. Tostrud, class of 1987, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
J. B. Van Hollen, class of 1988, 43rd Attorney General of Wisconsin
Jim Meffert, class of 1989, U.S. Congressional candidate (2010)
Monthian Buntan, class of 1990, Thai politician
Satveer Chaudhary, class of 1991, former member of the Minnesota State legislature
Kristi Pursell, class of 2003, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Jay Xiong, class of 2010, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Writers

Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author of Giants in the Earth
Robert Bly, class of 1950 (transferred out), leader of the Mythopoetic men's movement
Timothy Mason, class of 1972, playwright
Siri Hustvedt, class of 1977
Erin Hart, class of 1980
Sarah Lindsay, class of 1980
Chris Raschka, class of 1981
Kij Johnson, class of 1982
Peg Kerr, class of 1982
Danel Olson, class of 1983
Mark Rein-Hagen, class of 1988, author of Vampire: The Masquerade
Kristina Halvorson, class of 1993
Michelle Hoover, class of 1994
Frank Bures, class of 1995
Emily Rapp, class of 1996
David Oppegaard, class of 2002

Religion

Johan Arnd Aasgaard, class of 1898, American Lutheran church leader
James Reeb, class of 1950, minister, pastor, and Civil Rights activist, 1927-1965
Stuart E. Barstad, class of 1951, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1988
David Ede, class of 1957, American scholar of Islam
Alan M. Olson, class of 1961, philosopher, Boston University, 1974-2013

Other

Margaret Sordahl, class of ~1924, ornithologist
Einar Haugen, class of 1928, Harvard professor of Scandinavian and linguistics
Anthony Dexter, class of 1935, actor
Edward Sövik, class of 1939, architect and later St. Olaf faculty member
Roger Grimsby, class of 1950, television news anchor
Dean Buntrock, class of 1955, founder and former chairman and CEO of Waste Management, Inc. and largest school benefactor
Willis H. Flygare, class of 1958, chemist credited with "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure"
John Enemark, class of 1962, American biochemist
Bill Winter, class of 1962, professional football player^[1]
Kristine Gebbie, class of 1965, American public health official and United States AIDS Policy Coordinator, 1993-1994
Mark W. Olson, class of 1965, American economist and former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Barry Morrow, class of 1970, Oscar-winning screenwriter
Kenneth Neilson, class of 1970, American banker and businessman
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, class of 1973, American academic and U.S. Senate candidate (2008)
Elizabeth Nabel, class of 1974, American cardiologist and former Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Susan Seacrest, class of 1975, environmental activist and teacher
Gretchen Morgenson, class of 1976, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Barbara Peterson, class of 1977, Miss USA 1976 and President of the Burwell Family Foundation
Cheryl Willman, class of 1977, cancer researcher and executive director of Mayo Clinic Cancer Programs
Diane Havlir, class of 1980, American AIDS researcher
Lisa Stevens, class of 1986, RPG designer and CEO
Jonathan Tweet, class of 1987, game designer and author
David L. Rose, class of 1989, tech entrepreneur and inventor
Ward Sutton, class of 1989, cartoonist and illustrator, 2018 Herblock Award winner
Kelly Kaduce, class of 1996, American operatic soprano
Nicholas Epley, class of 1996, professor and author
Jason DeRose, class of 1997, Western Bureau Chief for National Public Radio News
Amanda Cox, class of 2001, Editor of The Upshot section of the New York Times
Mary Reid Kelley, class of 2001, visual artist
Anna Palmer, class of 2004, Co-Founder and CEO of Punchbowl News
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, class of 2009, the first openly transgender person to work as a White House staffer

Fictional

Jay Gatsby, titular character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, attended for two weeks, did not graduate

Notable faculty

Anton Armstrong, class of 1978, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth O. Bjork, class of 1930, historian and educator
F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Choir
John Ferguson, organist and composer
Dave Hauck, Swimming coach for St. Olaf College for over 40 years from 1973-2016, winning 43 Minnesota Conference (MIAC) championships. Also served 30 years as Assistant Football Coach, 9 years as Men's Gymnastic's Coach for Men, seven years as Men's Golf Coach, and six as a softball coach.^[2]^[3]^[4]
Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950, composer and former conductor of the St. Olaf Choir
Robert Jenson, theologian
Chris Meidt, head football coach (2002–2007), assistant coach with Washington Commanders
Anantanand Rambachan, Hindu scholar
Ole Rolvaag, class of 1905, author
Edward Sövik, class of 1939, architect and later St. Olaf faculty member
Lynn Steen, mathematician
Charles Taliaferro, philosopher

References

↑ "Bill Winter Pro Football Stats, Position, College, Draft, Transactions". www.profootballarchives.com.
↑ "Haucks inducted in inaugural CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame class". athletics.stolaf.edu.
↑ "Rippel, Joel, Longtime St. Olaf swim coach and professor Dave Hauck dies at 87". startribune.com.
↑ "St. Olaf Hall of Fame, Dave Hauch". athletics.stolaf.edu.

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[1] "Bill Winter Pro Football Stats, Position, College, Draft, Transactions". www.profootballarchives.com.

[CSCAA-2] "Haucks inducted in inaugural CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame class". athletics.stolaf.edu.

[obitonline-3] "Rippel, Joel, Longtime St. Olaf swim coach and professor Dave Hauck dies at 87". startribune.com.

[SOHOF-4] "St. Olaf Hall of Fame, Dave Hauch". athletics.stolaf.edu.

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