List of Drew University people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Drew University:

Alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Drew University, listing the school of Drew University that they attended, the highest degree obtained, the year of graduation or last year of attendance, and a brief description of the person. The following abbreviations are used for schools and degrees.
CLA = College of Liberal Arts
Grad = Graduate School
Theo = Theological School/Seminary
BA = Bachelor of Arts
BD = Bachelor of Divinity
DMin = Doctor of Ministry
DLitt = Doctor of Letters
MA = Master of Arts
MDiv = Master of Divinity
MFA = Master of Fine Arts
MLitt = Master of Letters
PhD = Doctor of Philosophy
ThD = Doctor of Theology

Name	School	Degree	Year	Description
	Theo	BD	1887	Methodist Church\|Methodist] bishop
	Theo	BD	1885	Missionary who helped introduce Christianity in Korea
	CLA	BA	1962	Federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade
	Theo	MA	1923	Methodist bishop
	CLA	BA	1976	German and American economist
	CLA	BA	1933	Mexican-American physicist, and father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña
	CLA	BA	1973	New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
	CLA	BA	1947	Biographer of William Faulkner
	CLA	BA	1979	Founder of the Institute for Justice
	CLA	BA	2018	Two-term student government president and public policy analyst
	Theo	DMin	1982	Pastor of Abyssinian [Baptist Church] and president of State [University of New York at Old Westbury]
	Theo	BD	1931	First Chief of Chaplains of [the United States Air Force\|Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force]
	CLA	BA		Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor
	Grad	PhD	1962	Theology professor and president of Howard University
	Theo	BD	1947	Methodist bishop
	CLA	BA	1965	Mayor of Salt Lake City; president of the US Conference of Mayors, the International Women's Forum, and Women's Ski Jumping USA.
	Theo	BD	1920	Methodist bishop and president of Dickinson College
	CLA	BA	1938	Journalist and historian
	Theo	BD	1892	Bulgarian spiritual leader and founder of the Universal White Brotherhood
	CLA	BA	1993	Author and oral historian
	Grad	MA	1972	Political analyst and professor at Washington & Jefferson College
	Theo	BD	1945	Methodist bishop and president of Philander Smith College
	CLA	BA	1989	Television writer, actor, and professional wrestling personality
	CLA	BA	1999	Sports artist
	Grad	No degree	1980	American poet
	Theo	MDiv	1960	Methodist bishop
	Theo	MDiv	1966	Congressman from Pennsylvania, and president of the United Negro College Fund
	Theo	DMin	1997	Methodist bishop
	Theo	BD	1947	Methodist bishop
	Grad	PhD	1981	President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
	Theo	BD	1921	Methodist bishop and president of Drew University
	CLA	BA	1987	Journalist and publisher
	Theo	DMin	1984	Methodist bishop
	CLA	BA	1939	President of Nebraska Wesleyan University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and Wesley Theological Seminary
	CLA	BA	1984	United States Equestrian Team member, and 1996 Olympic silver medalist
	Theo	BD	1930	Methodist bishop
	CLA	BA	1965	History professor and president of Randolph-Macon College
	Theo	BD	1923	Educator, political activist, and anti-Communism expert
	Grad	PhD	1968	President of Pacific Union College
	Theo	DMin	–	President of Beth Rapha Christian College and Theological Seminary
	CLA	BA	1989	Television writer and producer
	Theo	No degree	1881	Episcopal bishop
	Theo	No degree	1930	Minister and the president of Nazarene College">Church of the Nazarene">Nazarene College
	CLA	BA	1977	Health and public policy advocate
	CLA	BA	1989	Author and literary critic
	CLA	BA	1945	Historian of arms and armor, curator of National Park Service
	CLA	BA	1995	Daughter of composer André Previn and wife of director Woody Allen
	Grad	PhD	1981/1993	Jesus myth theologian, author, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Higher Criticism
Sarah Price	CLA	BA	1990	Author and inspirational speaker
	CLA	BA	1994	Actress who played Annie in the 1982 motion picture
	CLA	BA	1999	Human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate
	Theo	BD	1874	Methodist bishop
	CLA	BA	2004	writer, author, editor, former MSNBC commentator, senior writer for National Review
	CLA	BA	1998	New Jersey state legislator
	Theo	BD	1945	Methodist pastor and self-help author
	CLA	BA	1979	Libertarian economist
	Theo	BD	1896	Methodist missionary and president of S.L. Baldwin School of Theology
	Theo	MDiv	1965	Minister, cookbook author, host of The Frugal Gourmet
	CLA	BA	1978	Professor and director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California
	Theo	MDiv	1974	Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
	Theo	MDiv		President of the St. Petersburg chapter of the NAACP
	Theo	BD	1897	Founder and president of Methodist International College
	CLA	BA	1971	Assistant [Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs\|United States Assistant Secretary of State]
	CLA	No degree	1995	Actor
	CLA	BA	1981	New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court justice
	Theo	BD	1890	Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University
	Grad	PhD	1989	Seventh-Day Adventist theologian and author
	Theo	ThD	1925	Nazarene theologian and first female ordained minister in Great Britain
	Grad	PhD	2001	Professor of English, Author of The Edan Trilogy academic and author
	Grad	DLitt	2013	American novelist

*Stefan Passantino, lawyer

Faculty and staff

This is a list of notable faculty and staff members, the years that they were employed by Drew University, and a brief description of the person.

Name	First Year	Last Year	Description
	1990	Present	Awarded Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015
	1954	1963	Old Testament theologian and dean of the Drew University Theological School
	1966	1986	Lexicographer, editor of Roget's Thesaurus, and English professor
	1991	Present	Founder of the philosophy of estatic naturalism, and professor of philosophical theology
	1955	1976	Jewish theologian, conservative columnist, and professor of philosophy and culture
	1991	2012	Founder of mujerista theology, and professor of ethics and theology
	1986	Present	Process theologian, theopoetic scholar, and professor of constructive theology
	1950	1976	Baptist minister, teacher of Martin [Luther King Jr.], and professor of Christian ethics
	2007	Present	Poet and founder of Drew University's Master of Fine Arts in poetry program
	1873	1895	Scholar of Christian atonement, and professor of systematic theology
	1952	1965	Musicologist, child music prodigy, and founder of the music department
	1980	2004	Founder of paleo-orthodoxy religious movement, and professor of ethics and theology
	1959	1971	Psychotherapist, developer of the Intensive Journal Method, and researcher of depth psychology
	1965	1971	Dean of the DU College of Liberal Arts, president of Monmouth University, and Woodrow Wilson professor of humanities and social science
	1868	1893	Author of Strong's Concordance and professor of exegetical theology
	1995	Present	A leader of emerging church movement, professor of evangelism, and vice-president of Drew University
	2009	2011	Ninth president of Augustana College

University presidents

The following is a list of the presidents of Drew University from its founding in 1867 to the present, including the years that they served as president, and a brief description of the person.

#	Name	First Year	Last Year	Description
1		1867	1870	Professor of practical theology, editor of Methodist Quarterly Review, and co-founder of the Theological Seminary
2		1870	1873	Professor of systematic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Cincinnati, Ohio
3		1873	1880	Professor of historic theology, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in Des Moines, Iowa
4		1880	1912	Professor of Greek and New Testament exegesis for 50 years, and led Drew through a major expansion.
5		1912	1929	Professor of practical theology, admitted women to Drew on a limited basis, and oversaw founding of the CLA
6		1929	1948	Led Drew through World War II, and oversaw major changes in degree programs, student body, and campus design
7		1948	1960	Oversaw the founding of the Graduate School, and after Drew presidency became a Methodist bishop in West Virginia
8		1961	1974	Led Drew through a major expansion of the student body and the turbulent social changes of the 1960s
9		1975	1988	Oversaw the founding of the Methodist Archives Center, the RISE program and Drew's computer initiative
10		1990	2005	Former Governor of New Jersey who oversaw a major expansion of the Drew's endowment, and chaired the 9/11 Commission
11		2005	2012	Former president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation who made admission to Drew SAT-optional
12		2012	2014	Former president of Linfield College in Oregon, economics professor and dean at Drew for 32 years, oversaw financial restructuring of Drew University.
13		2014	2020	Former president of the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota, and psychology professor, was first full-term female president of Drew University.
14		2020	2023	Former president of Drew University.
15		2023	current	Current president of Drew University.