Correspondence Directory

The UniversityIntroductionhighest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to service learningand fostering civic engagement.For more than 160 years, the quality of an Ohio Wesleyan education has been reflected in theUniversity’s alumni. Charles Warren Fairbanks, class of 1872, served as vice president of theUnited States under Teddy Roosevelt. Branch Rickey, Class of 1904, was named ESPN’s mostinfluential sports figure of the 20th century, for breaking the color barrier in professional baseballby bringing Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Clergyman Norman Vincent Peale ’20,inspired millions with his book The Power of Positive Thinking. Ohio Wesleyan boasts two NobelPrize winners: Sherwood Rowland ’48, won the prize in chemistry in 1995, and as a member ofthe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Woodrow Clark ’67 shared the Nobel Peace Prizewith Al Gore.Other notable alumni include:• Robert E. Lee ’39, playwright, Inherit the Wind• Jean Carper ’53, best-selling author and columnist• Melvin Van Peebles,’53, multiple Tony-nominated writer, actor, and filmmaker• David H. Smith ’53, inventor of the HiB vaccine• Phillip Meek ’59, retired Senior VP and President, publishing group, Capital Cities/ABC• George Conrades ’61, Chairman, Akamai Technologies• Paul Schimmel, Ph.D., ’62, Ernst & Jean Hahn Professor of Molecular Biology, Schimmel-Yang Laboratory, Scripps Research Institute• Edward D. Miller, M.D., ’64, CEO and Dean of the Medical Faculty, Johns HopkinsSchool of Medicine• Richard North Patterson ’68, multiple best-selling author• Jo Ann Emerson, ’72, Member of Congress, Missouri’s Eighth District• Greg Moore ’76, Editor, The Denver Post• Tom Jolly, ’77, Associate Managing Editor / Night News, The New York Times• Bob DiBiasio, ’77, Vice President for Public Relations, the Cleveland Indians• Byron Pitts ’82, CBS National and 60 Minutes Correspondent• Jeff Long ’82, Director, Men’s Athletics, University of Arkansas• Dean Hood ’86, Head Football Coach, Eastern Kentucky University• Abram Wilson ’95, internationally known jazz musician and composerAnd many more leaders in medicine, business, education, athletics, industry, government, law, arts,and nonprofit organizations.2