historian, author of the seminal Civil War monograph Battle Cry of Freedom Paul D. Hanson, Harvard professor, archaeologist, and writer Douglas O. Linder, University of Missouri-Kansas City Professor of Law Roy Andrew Miller, linguist, Yale University professor Hope A. Olson, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee professor and library scholar Sydney Ahlstrom, Yale University professor of religious history. Arts and entertainment, journalists, writers Kurt Elling, Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist David Esbjornson, theatre director, worked on debut plays by Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and Tony Kushner (world premiere of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches). Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre. Steve Heitzeg, Emmy Award-winning composer Paul Granlund, sculptor Bill Holm, poet and writer Kevin Kling, actor and writer Peter Krause, American film and television actor Steve Zahn, actor Dennie Gordon, film director Allison Rosati, news anchor for WMAQ-TV in Chicago Ryan Hoag, 2003 Mr. Irrelevant and former Bachelorette contestant Lyz Lenz, 2005, journalist and author Business Luther Luedtke, CEO of Education Development Center and former President of California Lutheran University Patsy O'Connell Sherman, co-inventor of 3M Scotchgard Politics and public service Adolph Olson Eberhart, Minnesota Governor (1909–1915) Magnus Ranstorp, internationally renowned expert on terrorism and counter-terrorism. Theodore C. Almquist, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General G. Barry Anderson, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (sworn into office 2004), Class of 1976 John Anderson, Wisconsin State Senator Joanell Dyrstad, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor (1991–1995) David Hann, former Republican leader in the Minnesota Senate Margaret Anderson Kelliher, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Harold LeVander, Minnesota Governor (1967–1971) Paul A. Magnuson, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Luther Youngdahl, Governor of Minnesota (1947–1951) and Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1951–1978) Norman Carlson, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons (1970–1987), President of the American Correctional Association (ACA), University of Minnesota Professor of Sociology (1987–1998) Oscar Youngdahl, former member of U.S. House of Representatives. Jack Bergman, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps (Ret.), Congressman representing Michigan's 1st congressional district Mark W. Bennett, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Sports Marissa Brandt, South Korean ice hockey player (known by her legal name in Minnesota, not her birth name, Park Yoon-jung) Eric Butorac, professional tennis player and 2011 Australian Open doubles semi-finalist Wendell Butcher, American football player Kurt Ploeger, professional football player Earl Witte, professional football player Notable faculty Joyce Sutphen, American poet