List of Rollins College alumni
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This is a list of notable alumni who graduated and attended Rollins College.
RC=Rollins College
CB=Crummer Graduate School of Business
HH=Hamilton Holt School
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| F. Duane Ackerman RC '64, CB '70[1][2][3] | Chairman and CEO, BellSouth[2][3] |
| Pauline Betz Addie RC '43[4][5][6][7] | Professional tennis player[4][6] |
| Kristen Arnett | Writer and New York Times best-selling novelist |
| Rex Beach RC (1894-1896)[8] | Novelist[8] |
| Amanda Bearse | Actress, best known for her role as Marcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children[9] |
| Clay Bellinger RC (1987-1989)[10] | Former New York Yankee outfielder, played in 1999 World Series |
| Jane Blalock RC '67[11][12] | Professional golfer[11][12] |
| Eric Bolling RC '84[13][14] | Financial news television personality |
| Lorenzo Borghese RC '95[15] | Reality television star on ABC's The Bachelor[15] |
| Jim Bowden | Professional baseball general manager |
| Larry Burkett | Financial radio show host |
| John Castino | Former first baseman and Rookie of the Year for the Minnesota Twins |
| Jane Chambers RC (1954-1956)[16] | Feminist writer and playwright[16] |
| Dorothy Cheney RC '45[5][6][7] | Professional tennis player[6] |
| Ellie Cornell | Actress, Halloween 4, Halloween 5 |
| Leanza Cornett | Miss America 1993; former co-host of Entertainment Tonight |
| Donald J. Cram RC '41[2][17] | 1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry[2][17] |
| JC Crissey CB '90 | British-American film producer, academic |
| Meg Crofton | President of the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
| Dorothy Cullman | Television producer and philanthropist |
| Philip Cummings, RC '29 | Language teacher, then political analyst and lecturer |
| Olcott Deming | Former U.S. ambassador to Uganda |
| Jonathan Dunn-Rankin BA | Actor, television journalist, gay activist[18] |
| Alice Dye RC '48[5][11][19] | Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect[19] and member of the Indiana GA[20] and FSGA[21] Hall of Fames |
| Pete Dye | Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect, recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award and World Golf Hall of Fame member |
| Buddy Ebsen | Actor, best known for his work in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Gigi Fernández CB (2009 or 2010)[22][23] | Professional tennis player[22][23][24] |
| Christopher Fitzgerald RC 1995[25] | Actor (Broadway musicals Wicked, Young Frankenstein) |
| Wayland Flowers[26] | Puppeteer and comedian |
| Muriel Fox | Women's rights activist, co-founder of the National Organization for Women |
| Shirley Fry Irvin RC 1949[5][6][7] | Professional tennis player[6] |
| Rahul Gandhi | Indian politician |
| Stephanie Glance RC '85 | Head coach for Columbia University women's basketball team[27] |
| Joel Greenberg | Former politician and former tax collector of Seminole County, Florida[28] |
| Greg Hahn | Standup comedian |
| Ryan Hanigan | Catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball |
| Janis Hirsch RC '72[2] | Co-executive producer and writer for series The Nanny and Will & Grace; writer for series Frasier[2] |
| Glenda Hood | Former mayor of Orlando, Florida (1992–2003); secretary of state of Florida (2003–2005) |
| Eddie Huang | Restaurateur, food personality, author and former attorney[29] |
| Dana Ivey RC '63[2] | Actress (films The Color Purple, The Help, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) |
| Chris Kahl | Singer known for his songs about Florida |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | Actor and musician, best known as a member of 'N Sync |
| Jack Kramer | Professional tennis player |
| Kalee Kreider | American public affairs and environmental adviser |
| Robert Lado | Linguist and educational leader |
| Wendy Schaetzel Lesko | Expert on youth, executive director of the Youth Activism Project |
| Bob Lewis RC '67 | Amateur golfer and RC Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 |
| Brad Linaweaver MFA | Science fiction writer, film producer and screenwriter, magazine publisher |
| Deanna Lund | Television and film actress (series Land of the Giants)[30] |
| Barbara McIntire | Amateur golfer[31][32] |
| George E. Merrick[2] | Planner of the city of Coral Gables, Florida and one of the founders of the University of Miami |
| Eleanor Morse RC '37[33][34][35] | Philanthropist, co-founder of the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida[33][34][35] |
| Mike Nicolette RC '78[5][11][36] | Professional golfer |
| Elin Nordegren HH '14 | Swedish model and former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods, gave 2014 commencement address[37] |
| Michael Nouri | Actor, best known for his role in Flashdance |
| Steve O'Donnell | President of NASCAR |
| Rob Oppenheim | Professional golfer |
| Deborah J. Palfrey | Former madam known as the "D.C. Madam" by the media |
| Chauncey Parker | New York State government official |
| Bill Peck RC | Guitarist from Orlando, Florida who has performed and toured with other musicians like Mark Tremonti and Michael Angelo Batio |
| Robert Newton Peck RC '53[38][39] | Author of children's literature |
| Anthony Perkins | Actor, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho |
| Betty Rosenquest Pratt RC '47[6][7] | Professional tennis player |
| Michael K. Randolph | Chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court[40] |
| John Reardon '52 | Baritone singer and actor, best known for his work with fellow Rollins classmate Fred Rogers on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood[41] |
| Scott Reiniger | Actor, best known for his work in the original Dawn of the Dead |
| Fred Rogers RC '51[2] | Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood[2] |
| Chris Russo RC '82 | Sports radio and television host, most notably on New York's WFAN |
| Deanna Russo RC '02 | Actress, co-star of USA Network drama series Satisfaction |
| Libby Schaaf RC 1987[42] | Mayor of Oakland, California |
| Ted Schroeder | Professional tennis player |
| Matthew H. Smith | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Richard V. Spencer '76 | 76th Secretary of the Navy[43] |
| Karen Steele | Actress, film Marty[44] |
| Marlene Streit RC '56[5][11][45] | Amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame[11][46] |
| Hal Suit | Television broadcaster and Georgia politician |
| John H. Sykes | Businessman |
| Lew Temple RC '85[47] | Actor (films Waitress, Domino, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), former baseball player and scout |
| Fred Toettcher | Radio personality, host of The Toucher and Hardy Show |
| Ralph Twitchell | Architect, considered the "grandfather" of the Sarasota School of Architecture |
| Cornelia Wallace | Former First Lady of Alabama; wife of U.S. presidential candidate George Wallace |
| Al Weiss CB '81[2] | President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
| Terrie Wood | Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Darien |