Selected Political Science Alumni

What follows is a sampling of alumni who have gone on to successful careers with a Political Science degree from Wooster:

› Robert Dible (’07) - Regional Volunteer Coordinator for Rural South Nevada for the Hillary Clinton 2008 Presidential Campaign.

› Shoshana Raskas (’05) - Research Analyst the international union of UNITE HERE!, a union that represents more than 450,000 workers, the majority of which are immigrants

› Elizabeth Quilligan (’03) - Legislative Assistant for Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D) from the 25th District of Texas

› Maurizia Stock (’03) - Field Marketing Representative for Newell Rubbermaid

› Daren Batke (’02) - Development Officer for the University of Michigan Law School

› Betsy (Bare) Hartschuh (’01) - Attorney for the Ninth District Court of Appeals in Ohio

› Stacy (Cameron) Berliner (’00) - An attorney for Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP in Cleveland, Ohio; Was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 2003

› Holly Deeds (’00) - Assistant Attorney General for the Ohio Attorney General's Office

› Emily Fleming (’00) - Intelligence Analyst for the United States Air Force

› Ben Mizer (’99) - Clerk for Supreme Court Judge John Paul Stevens; was editor-in-chief of law review at Michigan Law School

› Mashruk Zahid (’97) - Directs the Architecture/Advanced R&D group at Andersen in Chicago, IL

› Marguerite "Sunny" Wills (’95) - Patented Inventor (an attachable funnel to automotive lubricants, agricultural products, household chemicals and the like) http://www.willsandcompany.com

› Mike Householder (’95) - Covered the Whitewater grand jury hearings for the Associated Press. Currently works for the A.P. in Michigan

› Lauren Cohen Bell (’94) - Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean at Randolph-Macon College and a U.S. Supreme Court Fellow

› Michael Fagans (’91) - Photographer for the Watertown (New York) Daily Times; spent a month in Afghanistan with the 10th Division in 2003.

› Husein Kitabwalla (’90) - Senior vice president of Sodexho, the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in North America.

› Stephen Ndegwa (’90) - Associate professor of government at College of William & Mary; Professional Fellow with The World Bank

› Glenn Dorr (’88) - Sales Executive/BISYS Special Markets; Lloyds of London Underwriter; Insure top professional athletes and entertainers

› Graham Rayman (’88) - A Newsday reporter who covered the Iraq War in 2003.

› John R. Fernandez (’87) - President and CEO of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) and of its parent company, Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Inc.

› Scott Piepho (’86) - Associate dean of the University of Akron law school.

› Todd DuChene (’85) - Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for the National Semiconductor Corporation.

› Mark Herzberg (’85) - Deputy Executive Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development, West Bank and Gaza Mission

› Cheryl Lower (’84) - Works in refugee and relief management for the United Nations on the Thailand - Cambodia border

› Thomas Litzler (’81) - Executive Vice President of Development and New Business Initiatives for Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, which has in its portfolio 78 shopping centers totaling approximately 17.4 million square feet of gross leasable area

› Peter Morgan (’81) - Assistant Field Director for the Muscular Dystrophy Association

› Dr. David Smailes (’81) - Associate Professor of Political Science at Regis College

› Scott Denman ('78) - Senior grant officer, Wallace Global Fund for a Sustainable Future

› Diann Y. Rust-Tierney (’77) - Head of the American Civil Liberties Union project on capital punishment

› Kenneth McHargh (’70) - United States Magistrate Judge in the northern district of Ohio. Also served as a legal counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations that investigated the deaths of King and President John F. Kennedy.

› Tom Williamson Jr. (’68) - President of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa.

› Bruce W. Smith (’67) - Executive Vice President, Book Manufacturers' Institute, Inc.

› John Gamble (’67) - Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Law, Coordinator, Honors Programs, Behrend College, Penn State University

› James S. Toedtman (’63) - Chief economic correspondent for Newsday and former managing editor of the New York newspaper

› John Dean ('61) - Former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon; Current author of several books.

› Donald B. Register (’59) - Retired Pastor and former church executive for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), having served in St. Louis, Mo. and Chicago, Ill.

› David D. Dowd Jr. (’51) - Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio

› Thomas Scott (’58) - Directs the Center of Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota

› Robert Atwell (’53) - President of the American Council on Education

› Howard King (’53) - An ex-Marine who was the public address announcer for Michigan Univ. football games for 33 years