This is a list of notable alumni who graduated and attended Rollins College.
RC=Rollins College
CB=Crummer Graduate School of Business
HH=Hamilton Holt School
Alumni | Notability |
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F. Duane Ackerman RC ’64, CB ’70[1][2][3] | Chairman and CEO, BellSouth[2][3] |
Pauline Betz Addie RC '43[4][5][6][7] | Professional tennis player[4][6] |
Rex Beach RC (1894-1896)[8] | Novelist[8] |
Amanda Bearse | Actress, best known for her role as Marcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children[9] |
Clay Bellinger RC (1987-1989)[10] | Former New York Yankee outfielder, played in 1999 World Series- |
Jane Blalock RC '67[11][12] | Professional golfer[11][12] |
Eric Bolling RC '84[13][14] | Financial news television personality |
Lorenzo Borghese RC '95[15] | Reality television star on ABC's The Bachelor[15] |
Jim Bowden | Professional baseball General Manager |
Larry Burkett | Financial radio show host |
John Castino | Former first baseman and Rookie of the Year for the Minnesota Twins |
Jane Chambers RC (1954-1956)[16] | Feminist writer and playwright[16] |
Robiaun Charles, Ph.D RC '94[17] | Vice-president of College Advancement at Agnes Scott College and leading Southern educator |
Dorothy Cheney RC '45[5][6][7] | Professional tennis player[6] |
Ellie Cornell | Actress, Halloween 4, Halloween 5 |
Leanza Cornett | Miss America 1993; former co-host of Entertainment Tonight |
Donald J. Cram RC '41[2][18] | 1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry[2][18] |
JC Crissey CB '90 | British-American film producer, academic |
Meg Crofton | President of the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
Dorothy Cullman | Television producer and philanthropist |
Philip Cummings, RC '29 | Language teacher, then political analyst and lecturer |
Olcott Deming | Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda |
Rust Deming RC '64[19][20] | Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia[20] |
Jonathan Dunn-Rankin BA | Actor, television journalist, gay activist[21] |
Alice Dye RC '48[5][11][22] | Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect[22] and member of the Indiana GA [23] and FSGA [24] Hall of Fames |
Pete Dye | Amateur golfer, ASGCA golf course architect, recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award and World Golf Hall of Fame member |
Buddy Ebsen | Actor, best known for his work in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Beverly Hillbillies |
Gigi Fernández CB (2009 or 2010)[25][26] | Professional tennis player[25][26][27] |
Christopher Fitzgerald RC 1995[28] | Actor (Broadway musicals Wicked, Young Frankenstein) |
Muriel Fox | Women's rights activist, co-founder of the National Organization for Women |
Shirley Fry Irvin RC 1949[5][6][7] | Professional tennis player[6] |
Rahul Gandhi | Indian politician |
Stephanie Glance RC '85 | Head coach for Columbia University Women's Basketball team[29] |
Joel Greenberg | Former politician and former tax collector of Seminole County, Florida[30] |
Greg Hahn | Standup comedian |
Ryan Hanigan | Catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball |
Janis Hirsch RC '72[2] | Co-Executive Producer and writer for series The Nanny and Will & Grace; writer for series Frasier[2] |
Glenda Hood | Former mayor of Orlando, Florida (1992–2003); Secretary of State of Florida (2003–2005) |
Herbert W. Hoover, Jr. RC '41[31] | Former president and chairman of The Hoover Company (1954–1966)[32][33] |
Eddie Huang | Restaurateur, food personality, author and former attorney[34] |
Dana Ivey RC '63[2] | Actress, (films The Color Purple, The Help, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) |
Chris Kahl | Singer known for his songs about Florida |
Chris Kirkpatrick | Actor and musician, best known as a member of 'N Sync |
Jack Kramer | Professional tennis player |
Kalee Kreider | President of Ridgely Walsh, former Chief of Content at the National Geographic Society, and former environmental adviser and spokesperson for Al Gore |
Robert Lado | Linguist and educational leader |
Wendy Schaetzel Lesko | Expert on youth, executive director of the Youth Activism Project |
Bob Lewis RC '67 | Amateur golfer and RC Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 |
Brad Linaweaver MFA | Science fiction writer, film producer and screenwriter, magazine publisher |
Deanna Lund | Television and film actress (series Land of the Giants)[35] |
Barbara McIntire | Amateur golfer[36][37] |
George E. Merrick[2] | Planner of the city of Coral Gables, Florida and one of the founders of the University of Miami |
Eleanor Morse RC '37[38][39][40] | Philanthropist, co-founder of the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida[38][39][40] |
Mike Nicolette RC '78[5][11][41] | Professional golfer |
Elin Nordegren HH '14 | Swedish model and former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods, gave 2014 commencement address[42] |
Michael Nouri | Actor, best known for his role in Flashdance |
Rob Oppenheim | Professional golfer |
Deborah J. Palfrey | Former madam known as the "D.C. Madam" by the media |
Chauncey Parker | New York State government official |
Bill Peck RC | Guitarist from Orlando, Florida who has performed and toured with other musicians like Mark Tremonti and Michael Angelo Batio |
Robert Newton Peck RC '53[43][44] | Author of children's literature |
Anthony Perkins | Actor, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho |
Betty Rosenquest Pratt RC '47[6][7] | Professional tennis player |
Michael K. Randolph | Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court[45] |
Sili Recio RC '95 | Children's literature author[46] |
Scott Reiniger | Actor, best known for his work in the original Dawn of the Dead |
Fred Rogers RC '51[2] | Creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood[2] |
Robert Ross[47] RC '59 | PGA Life Member and founder of Boone Valley Golf Club |
Chris Russo | Sports radio and television host, most notably on New York's WFAN |
Deanna Russo RC '02 | Actress, co-star of USA Network drama series Satisfaction |
Libby Schaaf RC 1987[48] | Mayor of Oakland, California |
Ted Schroeder | Professional tennis player |
Matthew H. Smith | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
Richard V. Spencer ‘76 | 76th Secretary of the Navy[49] |
Karen Steele | Actress, film Marty[50] |
Marlene Streit RC '56[5][11][51] | Amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame[11][52] |
Hal Suit | Television broadcaster and Georgia politician |
John H. Sykes | Businessman |
Lew Temple RC '85[53] | Actor (films Waitress, Domino, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), former baseball player and scout |
Fred Toettcher | Radio personality, host of The Toucher and Rich Show |
Ralph Twitchell | Architect, considered the "grandfather" of the Sarasota School of Architecture |
Cornelia Wallace | Former First Lady of Alabama; wife of U.S. Presidential Candidate George Wallace |
Al Weiss CB '81[2] | President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts |
Terrie Wood | Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Darien |
Jerry Zipkin RC '38 | New York socialite known for his lengthy friendship with former First Lady Nancy Reagan[54] |
Greenberg, who studied at Rollins College but did not earn a degree, had little administrative experience before he became tax collector.