Adam Arkin, 1988, Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Chair Professor at University of California, Berkeley and CEO/CSO of DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase
Michael Armacost, 1958, former Under Secretary of State (Policy); former ambassador to Japan and the Philippines; President of the Brookings Institution from 1995 to 2002; and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Carleton from 2004 to 2008
Anthony Myint, 1999, restaurateur, founder of Mission Street Food, Mission Chinese Food and Commonwealth in San Francisco; author of Mission Street Food
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Ben Wyatt, a likable yet neurotic government worker played by Adam Scott on the television series Parks and Recreation, is revealed to be a Carleton alumnus in a season six episode. He had previously been shown wearing a fictionalized Carleton College Intramural Champions tee-shirt.
Ian Holbourn, writer; Laird of Foula; instrumental in creating the art department[9]
Gao Hong, composer and performer of Chinese music, among the world's top pipa players[10][11]
Burton Levin, former United States Consul General to Hong Kong and US Ambassador to Burma 1987-1990; currently the SIT Investment Visiting Professor of Asian Policy
Cormac Ó Gráda, visiting professor of history in 2021; foremost authority on Irish economic history and the history of the Jews in Ireland
Maria Lugones, feminist philosopher; professor of philosophy from 1973 to 1993
Louis E. Newman, John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus
Gregory Blake Smith, novelist and short story writer; Lloyd P. Johnson Norwest Professor of English and the Liberal Arts
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