List of faculty and alumni of Elon University

This is a list of notable people associated with Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, United States of America.

Notable faculty

• Crista Arangala - mathematician^[1]
• Shane Atkinson – imam and chaplain^[2]
• Jan Boxill – ethicist
• Peter S. Brunstetter – Professor of Law, and member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• Cardon V. Burnham – composer, arranger, conductor, and performer
• Ann J. Cahill – feminist philosopher
• Eileen Claussen – American climate and energy policy administrator, diplomat, and executive-in-residence at Elon
• Geoffrey Claussen – rabbi, Jewish ethicist and theologian
• David M. Crowe – historian
• Rebecca Ehretsman – eighteenth president of Wartburg College
• James G. Exum – Distinguished Professor of the Judicial Process at the Elon Law School
• David Gergen – inaugural Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at Elon
• Thomas S. Henricks – professor of sociology
• David C. Joyce – now president of Brevard College
• Sandra Lawson – sociologist, rabbi and chaplain
• Elliot Mazer – audio engineer and music professor
• Jon Metzger – Professor of Music and artist-in-residence
• Paul Neebe – classical trumpeter and former professor of music at Elon
• Guy Owen – novelist
• Rebecca Todd Peters – feminist Christian ethicist
• Jeffrey Pugh – theologian
• Michael Skube – journalist on the faculty of the Elon University School of Communications
• Megan Squire - computer scientist
• Justin Tornow – dancer and choreographer
• A. R. Van Cleave – professor of philosophy and football coach
• Anthony Weston – philosopher and environmental ethicist
• Tripp York – religious studies scholar

Presidents

As Elon College (1889–2001)

• William S. Long, 1889–1894
• William Wesley Staley, 1894–1905
• Emmett Leonidas Moffitt, 1905–1911
• William Allen Harper, 1911–1931
• Leon Edgar Smith, 1931–1957
• James Earl Danieley, 1957–1973
• James Fred Young, 1973–1998
• Leo Lambert, 1999–2018^[3]

As Elon University (2001–present)

• Leo Lambert, 1999–2018^[4]
• Connie Ledoux Book, 2018–present^[5][6][7]

Notable alumni

Athletics

• Tal Abernathy – Major League Baseball pitcher^[8]
• Jesse Branson – National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player
• John Brebbia – Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Elijah Bryant (born 1995) - basketball player in the Turkish Basketball Super League
• Ward Burton – NASCAR auto racer
• Cap Clark – Major League Baseball catcher
• Billy Devaney – general manager of the St. Louis Rams^[9]
• Bill Dougherty – running back for the New Orleans Saints
• Wes Durham – radio play-by-play announcer for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Atlanta Falcons^[10]
• Keith Gaither – College Football Coach
• Joey Hackett – tight end for the Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers
• Frank Haith – head basketball coach at the University of Tulsa
• Greg W. Harris – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Bunn Hearn – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Clint Irwin – Colorado Rapids goalkeeper
• Don Kernodle – professional wrestler
• Steven Kinney – defender for the Chicago Fire
• George Kirby (baseball) – starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
• Daniel Lovitz – defender for the Nashville SC
• Rich McGeorge – tight end for the Green Bay Packers
• Jack McKeon – Major League Baseball Manager
• Aaron Mellette – Baltimore Ravens wide receiver^[11]
• Jim Morris – head baseball coach at the University of Miami
• Chad Nkang – former linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Blake Russell – Olympic runner
• Tony Settles – linebacker for the Washington Redskins
• Ed Sauer – Major League Baseball outfielder
• Jim Schlossnagle – head baseball coach at University of Texas at Austin
• Jimmy Smith (running back) – former American football running back in the National Football League^[12]
• Dick Such – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
• Oli Udoh - offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings
• Joe West – Major League Baseball umpire
• Joe Winkelsas – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Deborah A. Yow – North Carolina State University Athletics Director, formerly University of Maryland's Director of Athletics

Arts, literature, and entertainment

• Rich Blomquist – Emmy Award-winning writer on The Daily Show^[13]
• Reno Collier – standup comic, host of NBC's The Great American Road Trip
• Mark St. Cyr – actor, plays Mr. Mazzara on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
• Shane Gillis – standup comic (did not graduate)
• Lisa Goldstein – actress, plays Millicent Huxtable on the CW series One Tree Hill^[14]
• Grant Gustin – actor Glee, The Flash (did not graduate)^[15]
• Tal Henry – orchestra director
• Maity Interiano – journalist and television producer
• Christopher Knight – filmmaker, blogger, and Internet personality
• Tyler Marenyi – American DJ and producer^[16]
• Zane Phillips - actor (Legacies, Fire Island)
• H. Reid – American writer, photographer, and historian
• Martin Ritt – director, actor, and playwright (Hud, Norma Rae, Stanley & Iris)
• Brent Sexton - actor (Bosch, Deadwood)
• Mike Trainor – standup comic, panelist on TruTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...
• Taylor Trensch – Broadway actor (Dear Evan Hansen, Hello Dolly, Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time)
• Kenneth Utt – actor and producer (The Silence of the Lambs, Midnight Cowboy, Philadelphia)
• Barrett Wilbert Weed – Broadway actress (Heathers: The Musical, Mean Girls (musical))
• Will Neff – Twitch streamer
• Chris Wood – actor (The Vampire Diaries, Containment, Supergirl)

Politics and military

• Cary D. Allred – North Carolina politician
• Harris Blake – North Carolina politician
• Cameron DeJong – New Hampshire politician
• Anthony Foriest – North Carolina politician
• Admiral William E. Gortney – Commander, NORAD and US Northern Command
• Hugh Holliman – North Carolina House of Representatives Majority Leader
• Phillip Kellam – Virginia politician
• Nat Robertson – Fayetteville, North Carolina mayor^[17]

Other

• John Decatur Messick – Former President of East Carolina University (1947–1959)
• H. Shelton Smith – scholar of religion at Duke University
• Drew Van Horn - President of Young Harris College (from 2017); former President of Brevard College (2002-2011)

See also

• Elon University