Calabresi (class of 1949) – US Court of Appeals judge, dean of the Yale Law School Walter Camp (class of 1876) – founder of modern American football Mei Chin (class of 1993) – novelist and food critic Elisha Cooper (class of 1989) – author and illustrator Henry Farnam (class of 1870) – railroad president Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr. (class of 1849) – third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Nicholas Dawidoff (class of 1981) – author George DiCenzo (class of 1958) – actor, arts activist Alexander DiPersia (class of 2000) – film actor Henry Durand (class of 1877) – songwriter of Yale alma mater, "Bright College Years" Timothy Dwight V (class of 1845) – president of Yale University Henry W. Edwards (class of 1793) – U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut Trey Ellis (class of 1980) – novelist William Eno (class of 1877) – road safety advocate and inventor Orris Ferry (class of 1840) – U.S. Congressman, senator Ernest Flagg (class of 1876) – architect John Geanakoplos (class of 1970) – economist Josiah Willard Gibbs (class 1854) – father of thermodynamics Chauncey Goodrich (class of 1840) – editor of the Webster's Dictionary Arthur Hadley (class of 1872) – president of Yale University John Hays Hammond (class of 1873) – mining engineer, helped in founding of De Beers George G. Haven, Jr. (unknown class) – businessman Carolyn Hax (class of 1984) – advice columnist for The Washington Post James Hillhouse (class of 1769) – U.S. Congressman, Senator William Hoppin (class of 1824) – Governor of Rhode Island Edward M. House (class of 1877) – diplomat, political adviser to Woodrow Wilson John Huggins (did not graduate) – Black Power activist, leader of the Black Panther Party William Henry Hunt (class of 1874) – federal and state judge, territorial governor of Puerto Rico William Morris Hunt (class of 1834) – painter Jared Ingersoll (class of 1762) – delegate to the Continental Congress; signer of the United States Constitution for Pennsylvania; Federalist vice presidential candidate Charles Ives (class of 1894) – classical composer and insurance executive Harold Hongju Koh (class of 1971) – dean of the Yale Law School, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights Justin Kutcher (class of 1998) – sports commentator Scott Lowell (class of 1983) actor, best known for Queer as Folk Paul MacCready (class of 1943) – aeronautical engineer John Malone (class of 1959) –