List of people associated with Grand Rapids, Michigan
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The following is a list of notable people associated with Grand Rapids, Michigan
. These people were born, lived, or worked in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
. These people were born, lived, or worked in Grand Rapids.
Artists and artisans
- Mathias AltenMathias AltenMathias Alten was an American impressionist painter from Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:Mathias Joseph Alten worked as an artist between 1890 and 1938. Although best known for his land- and seascapes he was also an accomplished portrait, floral, and animal painter. William H...
– impressionist painter - Jeffrey BrownJeffrey BrownJeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, he had abandoned...
– comic book artist - Frederick Stuart ChurchFrederick Stuart ChurchFrederick Stuart Church was an American artist, working mainly as an illustrator and especially known for his depiction of animals.-Biography:...
– illustrator - Paul CollinsPaul Collins (artist)Paul Lamar Collins is one of the most accomplished American realist painters of the late twentieth century, Collins is known for his skillful use of textures, light, and attention to detail. His art is not formal or “art for art’s sake,” but very reflective of life around us, portraying people and...
– painter - Dirk GringhuisDirk GringhuisRichard H. "Dirk" Gringhuis was an American artist and illustrator. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he received professional training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He wrote and illustrated 28 books, half of them on Michigan history...
– illustrator - Daniel VosovicDaniel VosovicDaniel Vosovic is a fashion designer and a finalist in season 2 of the reality show, Project Runway. He was the winner of the Project Runway All-Star Challenge, which aired on August 20, 2009.-Biography:...
– clothing designer
Business, industry, academic and labor figures
- Clayton AllenClayton AllenClayton T. Allen was a communications expert who worked equipping ships during World War II. He continued in this endeavor until 1950. He founded Communications, Inc., of New York City, which was dissolved in 1950....
– entrepreneur - Steve BelkinSteve BelkinSteve Belkin is the founder of Trans National Group, travel and other services, especially to affinity groups. He graduated from Cornell University. He has served on the Board of Trustees, and was named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004. He is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan and lives in...
– founder and chairman of Trans National Group - Hattie BeverlyHattie BeverlyHattie Beverly was the first African American schoolteacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan.- Biography :The second of four daughters, Beverly was born in December 1874 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of John W. Beverly, an African American butcher/ businessman, and Johanna Mina "Minnie" Ruesink, a...
– teacher - Owen BieberOwen BieberOwen Frederick Bieber is an American labor union activist. He was president of the United Auto Workers from 1983 to 1995.-Early life and career:...
– president of the United Auto Workers - Anna Sutherland BissellAnna Sutherland BissellAnna Sutherland Bissell was president and later chair of the board of the Bissell Corporation.- Early years :She was born in River John, Nova Scotia, the daughter of a sea captain. At an early age her family moved to Michigan were they settled.Years later at 19 she married Melville R. Bissell and...
– chief executive officer of Bissell - Charles Sumner BurchCharles Sumner BurchCharles Sumner Burch was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman.He was graduated from the University of Michigan, and entered the publishing business in Chicago. From 1897 to 1905 he was editor of the Grand Rapids' Evening Press...
– editor of the Grand Rapids' Evening Press - Dick DeVosDick DeVosDick DeVos is a businessman and Republican politician from Michigan. The son of billionaire Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, he served as CEO of the multi-level marketing consumer goods distribution company from 1993–2002...
– chief executive officer of Amway - Richard DeVosRichard DeVosRichard DeVos, Sr. is an American businessman, co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel , and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team...
– co-founder of Amway - Keith DeVriesKeith DeVriesKeith Robert DeVries was a prominent archaeologist and expert on the Phrygian city of Gordium, in what is now Turkey. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan....
– archaeologist - Mary de YoungMary de YoungMary de Young is a professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University, where from 2000-2003 she served as the head of the sociology department...
– professor of sociology and author - Anthony DiekemaAnthony DiekemaAnthony J. Diekema is a former President of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.Diekema graduated from Calvin College in 1956 and went on to receive a master's degree and a doctorate in sociology from Michigan State University.When Diekema came to Calvin College in 1976, he completed the...
– former president of Calvin College - Gerald Rudolff FordGerald Rudolff FordGerald Rudolff Ford was a Grand Rapids businessman and Republican politician who was the stepfather of U.S...
– businessman and chairman of the Kent County Republican Committee - Arnold GingrichArnold GingrichArnold Gingrich was the editor of, and, along with publisher David A. Smart, co-founder of Esquire magazine. He created the magazine in 1933 and remained its editor until 1961...
– founder of Esquire Magazine - John A. HannahJohn A. HannahJohn Alfred Hannah was president of Michigan State College for 28 years, making him the longest serving of MSU's presidents. He is credited with transforming the school from a little-known, regional agricultural college into a large national research institution...
– president of Michigan State College - H. Wayne Huizenga – entrepreneur
- Hugh Newell JacobsenHugh Newell JacobsenHugh Newell Jacobsen is a prominent United States architect.-Education and early career:Hugh Newell Jacobsen was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1929. Educated at the University of Maryland, he received a BA in 1951. He also attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in...
– Modernist architect - Jack LoeksJack LoeksJohn "Jack" Loeks , was an American movie theatre pioneer, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jack, who had tried many other previous business ventures in his life, opened the single screen Midtown Theatre in downtown Grand Rapids, in 1944.Not only did Jack open Studio 28, the first 12 screen and...
– movie theater entrepreneur - M. Peter McPhersonM. Peter McPhersonM. Peter McPherson was a special assistant to President Gerald Ford, head of USAID under President Ronald Reagan, president of Michigan State University from 1993 to 2004, and Chairman of Dow Jones beginning in 2007....
– president of Michigan State University and chairman of Dow Jones - Frank Edward McGurrinFrank Edward McGurrinFrank Edward McGurrin invented Touch Typing in 1878. He was a court stenographer at Salt Lake City who taught typing classes...
– inventor of touch typing - John PeaseJohn PeaseJohn Alan Pease, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and an advocate for strengthening academic standards, mentoring students, and making higher education affordable to students who come from less privileged backgrounds.To University of...
– professor of sociology - Marshall PurnellMarshall PurnellMarshall Purnell is a prominent African-American architect and 2008 president of the American Institute of Architects.-Life:...
– president of the American Institute of Architects - John Herman Randall, Jr.John Herman Randall, Jr.John Herman Randall Jr. was an American philosopher, New Thought author, and educator.-Life:Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan as the son of a Baptist minister, he graduated from Morris High School in New York City and obtained his A.B. from Columbia University in 1918. He obtained an A.M...
– professor of philosophy - Lynn RogersLynn RogersDr Lynn Leroy Rogers is an American biologist specialising in the study of wild black bears. He is the founder of the North American Bear Center....
– biologist - Henry F. Schaefer, IIIHenry F. Schaefer, IIIHenry "Fritz" Schaefer III is a computational and theoretical chemist. He is the author of a large number of scientific publications, and was the 6th most cited chemist from 1981 to 1997 and the Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the...
– professor of chemistry - L. William SeidmanL. William SeidmanLewis William "Bill" Seidman was an American economist, financial commentator, and former head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, best known for his role in helping work to correct the Savings and Loan Crisis in the American financial sector from 1988-1991 as head of the related...
– economist and financial commentator - Ossian Cole SimondsOssian Cole SimondsOssian Cole Simonds , often known as O. C. Simonds, was an American landscape designer. He preferred the term 'landscape gardener' to that of 'landscape architect'.-Career:...
– landscape designer - Mel TrotterMel TrotterMelvin Ernest Trotter was a former alcoholic who founded and directed the Grand Rapids, Michigan City Rescue Mission for more than forty years and became a leader in American fundamentalism during the first four decades of the twentieth century.- Early life :Mel Trotter was one of seven children...
– rescue mission director - Jay Van AndelJay Van AndelJay Van Andel was an American businessman best known as co-founder of the Amway Corporation, along with Richard DeVos. He also served as Chairman of the U.S...
– co-founder of Amway - Roger WilkinsRoger WilkinsRoger Wilkins is an African American civil rights leader, professor of history, and journalist.-Biography:Wilkins was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Michigan...
– civil rights leader and professor
Entertainment figures
Government officials, politicians and activists
- Russell A. AlgerRussell A. AlgerRussell Alexander Alger was the 20th Governor and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and also U.S. Secretary of War during the Presidential administration of William McKinley...
– governor of Michigan and U.S. Secretary of War - John BallJohn Ball (pioneer)John Ball was born at Tenny Hill, Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He had a common school education and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1820. He studied law two years at Lansingburgh, New York and then went to Darien, Georgia where he was shipwrecked and taught school for the winter...
– pioneer and member of the Michigan State Legislature - Charles E. BelknapCharles E. BelknapCharles Eugene Belknap was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Belknap was born in Massena, New York and attended the common schools there...
– Union Army Captain and U.S. Congressman - Harvey Hollister BundyHarvey Hollister BundyHarvey Hollister Bundy Sr., , was an American lawyer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War during the second World War, and father of McGeorge Bundy. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to McGeorge Bundy, a lawyer, he was grandson to Solomon Bundy, a lawyer and New York Congressman...
– Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of War - Charles C. ComstockCharles C. ComstockCharles Carter Comstock was a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Family and early life:...
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan and mayor of Grand Rapids - Vern EhlersVern EhlersVernon James "Vern" Ehlers is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party....
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan - Gerald R. FordGerald FordGerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
– 38th President of the United States - Betty FordBetty FordElizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford , better known as Betty Ford, was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford...
– 37th First Lady of the United States - Wilder D. FosterWilder D. FosterWilder De Ayr Foster was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged in the hardware business at Grand Rapids in 1845...
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan and mayor of Grand Rapids - George HeartwellGeorge HeartwellGeorge Heartwell is the mayor of the city of Grand Rapids in the US state of Michigan. He was sworn in on January 1, 2004, and is currently serving his third term.-Career:...
– mayor of Grand Rapids - Paul B. HenryPaul B. HenryPaul Brentwood Henry was a professor of political science and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life and career:...
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan - Rick HillRick HillRichard "Rick" Hill is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana. He is currently a candidate for Governor of Montana in 2012.-Background:...
– U.S. Congressman from Montana - Julius HousemanJulius HousemanJulius Houseman was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, as representative in the Michigan House of Representatives and as Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives....
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan and mayor of Grand Rapids - Bartel J. JonkmanBartel J. JonkmanBartel John Jonkman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Jonkman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1914, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Grand...
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan - Frank KnoxFrank Knox-External links:...
– U.S. Secretary of the Navy - Terri Lynn LandTerri Lynn LandTerri Lynn Land was the 41st secretary of the State of Michigan. Land graduated from Grandville High School, and later received a bachelor of arts in political science from Hope College in Holland, Michigan...
– Michigan Secretary of State - John H. LogieJohn H. LogieJohn H. Logie is a former mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving from 1992 to 2003, and is a partner with the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP...
– mayor of Grand Rapids - Frederick Henry MuellerFrederick Henry MuellerFrederick Henry Mueller was a U.S. administrator. He served as the Secretary of Commerce between 1959 and 1961.Mueller was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1914....
– U.S. Secretary of Commerce - Agnes NestorAgnes NestorAgnes Nestor was a United States campaigner for women's suffrage and workers' rights.-Biography:Nestor was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but at the age of seven moved with her family to Chicago, Illinois, where she started work in a glove factory...
– women's suffrage and workers' rights activist - Lyman ParksLyman ParksLyman S. Parks was the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1971 to 1976. He was the first African-American to serve in the position. He was also the first African-American elected to the Grand Rapids City Commission in 1968....
– mayor of Grand Rapids - Michael SakMichael SakMichael G. Sak was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 76th district, located in urban Grand Rapids...
– Michigan State Representative - Harold S. SawyerHarold S. SawyerHarold Samuel Sawyer was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Sawyer was born in San Francisco, California, and attended the public schools of the San Francisco Bay area. He graduated from Marin Junior College , Kentfield, California and from the University of California, Berkeley in 1940....
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan - Peter F. SecchiaPeter F. SecchiaPeter F. Secchia, is an Italian-American diplomat and businessman. Secchia served as the United States Ambassador to Italy from 1989 to 1993.-Career:...
– U.S. Ambassador to Italy - William Alden SmithWilliam Alden SmithWilliam Alden Smith was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early career:Smith was born in Dowagiac, Michigan and attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Grand Rapids in 1872, where he attended school, sold popcorn, and was a newsboy and messenger boy...
– U.S. Senator from Michigan - K. William StinsonK. William StinsonK. William Stinson was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Stinson attended the public schools and Grand Rapids Junior College for two years. He graduated in 1952 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.He entered executive training program of Westinghouse...
– U.S. Congressman from Washington - Edwin F. SweetEdwin F. SweetEdwin Forrest Sweet was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Sweet was born in Dansville, New York and attended the common schools and Dansville Seminary. He graduated from the literary department of Yale College in 1871, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduation, Sweet...
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan and mayor of Grand Rapids - Jerald terHorstJerald terHorstJerald Franklin "Jerry" terHorst was the first person to serve as press secretary for U.S. President Gerald Ford. Before being appointed press secretary, terHorst had been a newspaper reporter from Michigan who had covered Ford's career since 1948.-Early career:Jerald terHorst was born in Grand...
– press secretary under President Gerald Ford - Edwin F. UhlEdwin F. UhlEdwin Fuller Uhl was a prominent Michigan lawyer and politician. He served as Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ambassador to Germany and United States Assistant Secretary of State....
– U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and mayor of Grand Rapids - Arthur H. VandenbergArthur H. VandenbergArthur Hendrick Vandenberg was a Republican Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan who participated in the creation of the United Nations.-Early life and family:...
– 88th President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate - Guy Vander JagtGuy Vander JagtGuy Adrian Vander Jagt was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee....
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan - Richard VanderVeenRichard VanderVeenRichard Franklin Vander Veen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...
– U.S. Congressman from Michigan - Martha Lee WaltersMartha Lee WaltersMartha Lee Walters is an American labor attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. As of 2008, she is the 98th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. She became the first female justice on the state's highest court in three years when she was appointed in 2006...
– 98th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Military figures
- Roger B. Chaffee – NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy lieutenant commander
- Eugene F. GeorgeEugene F. GeorgeEugene Frank George was a sailor in the United States Navy during World War II, who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.-Military career:...
– U.S. Navy sailor and Navy Cross recipient - Jack LousmaJack R. LousmaJack Robert Lousma is a former NASA astronaut and politician. He was a member of the second manned crew on the Skylab space station and also commanded the third space shuttle mission...
– NASA astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps colonel - John C. SjogrenJohn C. SjogrenJohn Carleton Sjogren was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II during the campaign to recapture the Philippines from Japanese forces in 1945. Against superior numbers, Sjogren was able to kill 43 enemy soldiers as well as destroying 9 pillboxes. He...
– U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient - Dirk J. VlugDirk J. VlugDirk J. Vlug was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.-Biography:...
– U.S. Army Private First Class and Medal of Honor recipient
Musicians and bands
Religious figures
- Rob BellRob BellRobert Holmes "Rob" Bell Jr. is an American author and pastor. He is the founder of Mars Hill Bible Church located in Grandville, Michigan and is also the featured speaker in a series of spiritual short films called NOOMA.-Education and ministry:Bell is the son of Judge Robert Holmes Bell, who was...
– founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church and author - Martin H. CarmodyMartin H. CarmodyMartin H. Carmody was the seventh Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from September 1, 1927 to August 31, 1939.-Biography:Carmody was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Martin and Anastasia Carmody...
– Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus - Robert C. GageRobert C. GageRobert Clifford "Bob" Gage is a Baptist minister and Christian author, who in 2000 became the pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in the City of New York at Broadway and West 79th Street. He resigned from the position effective September 9, 2007.Gage was born in Beverly, Massachusetts to...
– pastor of Wealthy Street Baptist Church and author - Michael GallagherMichael Gallagher (bishop)Michael James Gallagher was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Detroit from 1918 to 1937. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 19, 1893. On July 5, 1915, he was appointed titular archbishop of Tipasa in Mauritania...
– Bishop of Grand Rapids - Francis J. HaasFrancis J. HaasFrancis Joseph Haas was an American Roman Catholic bishop and advocate for social justice. He was the sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids from 1943 until his death in 1953.-Early Life and Training:...
– Bishop of Grand Rapids - Edward D. Kelly – Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Isaac McCoyIsaac McCoyIsaac McCoy was a Baptist missionary among the Native Americans in present-day Indiana, Michigan and Missouri. He was an advocate of Indian removal from the eastern United States, proposing an Indian state in what is now Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma...
– Baptist missionary - Joseph Crescent McKinneyJoseph Crescent McKinneyJoseph Crescent McKinney was a late 20th century and early 21st century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids in the state of Michigan from 1968-2001.-Early Life and Ministry:Joseph McKinney was born in Grand Rapids,...
– Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids - Joseph G. PintenJoseph G. PintenJoseph Gabriel Pinten was the third Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, in Superior, Wisconsin and the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, in Grand Rapids, Michigan....
– Bishop of Grand Rapids - Charles SalatkaCharles SalatkaCharles Alexander K. Salatka was the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the ninth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, Michigan....
– Archbishop of Oklahoma City - Robert SiricoRobert SiricoRobert A. Sirico is an American Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. He is a well-known political and cultural commentator.-Biography:...
– co-founder of the Acton Institute - Edmund Szoka – President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Sports figures
Writers, novelists, poets and journalists
- Max AppleMax AppleMax Apple is an American short story writer, novelist, and university professor at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apple was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received his B.A. and Ph.D from The University of Michigan...
– short story writer, novelist and screenwriter - Anne W. ArmstrongAnne W. ArmstrongAnne Wetzell Armstrong was an American novelist and businesswoman, active primarily in the first half of the 20th century. She is best known for her novel, This Day and Time, an account of life in a rural Appalachian community...
- novelist - Andrew BrittonAndrew BrittonAndrew Paul Vine-Britton was a British-born spy novelist who immigrated to the United States with his family at age seven. He published his first novel at age 23, his books were translated for international sales, and have been posted on the extended New York Times bestseller list.-Early...
– novelist - Robert Forrest BurgessRobert Forrest BurgessRobert Forrest Burgess is an American author of non-fiction adventure books, as well as sport fishing and scuba diving magazine articles. His photographs illustrate his material.-Life:...
– outdoors writer and photographer - Peter De VriesPeter De VriesPeter De Vries was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. He has been described by the philosopher Daniel Dennett as "probably the funniest writer on religion ever"-Biography:...
– editor and novelist - LZ GrandersonLZ GrandersonLZ Granderson is an American columnist for ESPN.com's Page 2 and a CNN contributor. He writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, he has contributed to ESPN's Sports Center, Outside the Lines and ESPN First Take...
– sports writer - Harold KingHarold King (author)Harold Raymond King, Jr., also known as Hal King , was an American author and journalist known for his 1975 novel Paradigm Red, which became the 1977 NBC television movie Red Alert....
– author and journalist - Lloyd KroppLloyd KroppLloyd Edward Kropp is an American novelist, composer, and educator. Kropp achieved popular acclaim after the publication of his third and fourth novels One Hundred Times to China and Greencastle. Greencastle was nominated for a Penn/Faulkner Award and was named to one of the American Library...
– novelist, composer and educator - Patrick Maher – novelist
- Ander MonsonAnder Monson-Life:He was raised in Houghton, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. His mother's death when he was seven years old is reflected in the themes of his later fiction. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois...
– novelist and poet - Mary Jo SalterMary Jo SalterMary Jo Salter is an American poet, a coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry and a professor in the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University.-Life:...
– poet - Gary Schmidt – children's writer of nonfiction books & young adult novels
- Michael TalbotMichael TalbotMichael Coleman Talbot was an American author of several books highlighting parallels between ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics, and espousing a theoretical model of reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram...
– science writer - Chris Van AllsburgChris Van AllsburgChris Van Allsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He twice won the Caldecott Medal, for Jumanji and The Polar Express , both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures...
– children's author and illustrator - Stewart Edward WhiteStewart Edward WhiteStewart Edward White was an American author.-Biography:Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan he attended Grand Rapids High School, and earned degrees from University of Michigan ....
– author