List of Rollins College alumni

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

Fred Rogers, known for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Alumni	Notability
F. Duane Ackerman RC '64, CB '70[1][2][3]	Chairman and CEO, BellSouth[2][3]
Kristen Arnett	writer and New York Times best-selling novelist
Pauline Betz Addie RC '43[4][5][6][7]	Professional tennis player[4][6]
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]
Robiaun Charles, Ph.D RC '94[17]	Vice-president of College Advancement at Agnes Scott College and leading Southern educator
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][18]	1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry[2][18]
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
Rust Deming RC '64[19][20]	Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia[20]
Jonathan Dunn-Rankin BA	Actor, television journalist, gay activist[21]
Alice Dye RC '48[5][11][22]	Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect[22] and member of the Indiana GA [23] and FSGA [24] 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)[25][26]	Professional tennis player[25][26][27]
Christopher Fitzgerald RC 1995[28]	Actor (Broadway musicals Wicked, Young Frankenstein)
Wayland Flowers[29]	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[30]
Juan Gómez-Acebo, '92	Spanish artist, member of the extended Spanish Royal Family and first cousin of King Felipe VI[31]
Joel Greenberg	Former politician and former tax collector of Seminole County, Florida[32]
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)
Herbert W. Hoover, Jr. RC '41[33]	Former president and chairman of The Hoover Company (1954–1966)[34][35]
Eddie Huang	Restaurateur, food personality, author and former attorney[36]
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)[37]
Barbara McIntire	Amateur golfer[38][39]
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[40][41][42]	Philanthropist, co-founder of the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida[40][41][42]
Mike Nicolette RC '78[5][11][43]	Professional golfer
Elin Nordegren HH '14	Swedish model and former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods, gave 2014 commencement address[44]
Michael Nouri	Actor, best known for his role in Flashdance
Steve O'Donnell	President of NASCAR
Rob Oppenheim	Professional golfer
Chris Russo RC '82	Radio Personality, appears on ESPN show "First Take"
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[45][46]	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[47]
John Reardon '52	Baritone singer and actopr, best known for his work with fellow Rollins classmate Fred Rogers on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood[48]
Sili Recio RC '95	Children's literature author[49]
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	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[50]	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[51]
Karen Steele	Actress, film Marty[52]
Marlene Streit RC '56[5][11][53]	Amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame[11][54]
Hal Suit	Television broadcaster and Georgia politician
John H. Sykes	Businessman
Lew Temple RC '85[55]	Actor (films Waitress, Domino, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), former baseball player and scout
Fred Toettcher	Radio personality, host of The Toucher and Rich 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
Jerry Zipkin RC '38	New York socialite known for his lengthy friendship with former First Lady Nancy Reagan[56]