in America Arthur Tappan Pierson, class of 1857 - Presbyterian theologian; author of The Crisis of Missions (1886) George Warren Wood Jr., class of 1865 - Presbyterian missionary to Northern Michigan, missionary to the Dakota Mission, and charter member of the utopian Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Sports Bill Coen, class of 1983 - head men's basketball coach, Northeastern University André Matias, class of 2012 - 2016 Olympic rower Guy Hebert, class of 1989 - professional hockey player Jeff Hewitt, class of 1974 - professional football player Garret Kramer, class of 1984 - sports psychologist Merritt Paulson, class of 1995 - majority owner of Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC Bill Smith, class of 1980 - General Manager, Minnesota Twins Kyle Smith, class of 1992 - head men's basketball coach, Washington State University Ward Wettlaufer, class of 1959 - amateur golfer Gillian Zucker, class of 1990 - former president of Auto Club Speedway, and currently president of business operations for the Los Angeles Clippers. Alumni from works of fiction Newspaper editor Charles Webb from the Thornton Wilder play Our Town Radio host Sheridan Whiteside from the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart play and film The Man Who Came to Dinner, based on the real Hamilton graduate Alexander Woollcott Notable faculty Current members Frank Anechiarico - government and law Dennis Gilbert - sociologist, developed the Gilbert Model Shelley Haley - Professor of Classics and Africana Studies Maurice Isserman - historian with notable works on the American Left, the 1960s, and mountaineering Derek C. Jones - economist Philip Klinkner - political scientist specializing in American politics Jack F. Matlock, Jr. - former U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union under Reagan Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz - feminist literary critic, classicist Heidi Ravven - expert on Jewish ethics, Spinoza, and the relationship between religion and science Edward S. Walker - former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the UAE; Middle East specialist Former members (both permanent and visiting) Agha Shahid Ali - poet, finalist for the National Book Award Robert C. Allen - economic historian and professor at Oxford University Alfred Atherton - former United States Ambassador to Egypt J. Brian Atwood - diplomat and former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development Natalie Babbitt - author of children's literature, Tuck Everlasting Thomas Bass - author, The Eudaemonic Pie Joel Black - literary critic Brigitte Boisselier - Raëlian and CEO of Clonaid, the "scientific