This is a list of notable individuals associated with the American Goshen College, a private liberal arts college located in Goshen, Indiana. The list includes students, alumni, and faculty. Academia and theology Stephen Ainlay, 18th president of Union College (since 2006) Harold S. Bender (class of 1918), former president, American Society of Church History and author of The Anabaptist Vision (1944) Denise Konan (class of 1988) - Professor of Economics and Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Alan Kreider (class of 1962), professor, writer and speaker John W. Meyer (class of 1955), professor, sociologist John Mark Ramseyer (class of 1976), Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at the Harvard Law School Emma Richards, first ordained female Mennonite minister Said Sheikh Samatar (class of 1973), Somali scholar, historian and writer Rebecca Stoltzfus ( B.A. 1984 Chemistry), professor & vice provost at Cornell University John Howard Yoder, Christian theologian, ethicist, and Biblical scholar best known for his radical Christian pacifism Howard Zehr, "The Father of Restorative Justice"; assisted with the founding of a victim-offender reconciliation program The arts Abbie Adams, contemporary artist and illustrator Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, OBE (class of 2008), editor and literary critic Howard Dyck, Canadian conductor and radio broadcaster Vance George, Grammy Award–winning choral director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1982–2006) Luke and Jesse Miller, members of the electronic jam band Lotus Royce Salzman (class of 1950), co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival Sofia Samatar, professor, editor and writer James C. Strouse, independent filmmaker, writer and director who wrote the comedy-drama film Lonesome Jim (2005) and directed the drama film Grace Is Gone (2007) Rudy Wiebe, taught at Goshen College from 1963 to 1967 Politics Allan Kauffman, mayor of Goshen, Indiana Christine Kaufmann, member of the Montana House of Representatives Tim Kauffman, mayor pro tem of Westminster, Colorado David Dale Reimer U. S. Ambassador to Mauritius and to the Seychelles. Jesse B. Martin, Canadian bishop and peace activist Arthur L. Gilliom, 25th Indiana Attorney General Popular culture Justin Yoder, first child with a disability to drive a soapbox in the All-American Soapbox Derby Science, technology and medicine David Bartel (class of 1982), biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, member of the Whitehead Institute, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Philip A. Beachy, Gallo Professor of Developmental Biology at Stanford University Roger N. Beachy, biologist and the founding