EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1837 as Knox Manual Labor College, became Knox College in 1857.

Location:
Galesburg, IL

Founding Date:
1837

Motto:
Veritas

Team:
Prairie Fire

Enrollment:
1350

Official Website:
http://www.knox.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Montgomery Barnes	Business	8-Sep-1833	19-May-1907	Founder of Barnes & Noble
Amy Carlson	Actor	7-Jul-1968		Alex Taylor on Third Watch
Ralph Connor	Author	13-Sep-1860	31-Oct-1937	Canadian pulp author, Black Rock
Eugene Field	Journalist	2-Sep-1850	4-Nov-1895	A Little Book of Western Verse
Jack Finney	Novelist	2-Oct-1911	14-Nov-1995	Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Robert Hanssen	Spy	18-Apr-1944		Russian mole inside the FBI
Otto Harbach	Songwriter	18-Aug-1873	24-Jan-1963	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
James M. Kilts	Business	10-Feb-1948		CEO of Gillette, 2001-05
Herb Kohler	Business	20-Feb-1939		Chairman and President, Kohler Co.
Don Marquis	Journalist	29-Jul-1878	29-Dec-1937	archy and mehitabel
Edgar Lee Masters	Poet	23-Aug-1869	5-Mar-1950	Spoon River Anthology
John Podesta	Government	c. 1949		White House Chief of Staff for Pres. Clinton
Gene Rayburn	Game Show Host	22-Dec-1917	29-Nov-1999	Host of Match Game
Hiram Rhodes Revels	Politician	27-Sep-1822	16-Jan-1901	US Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71
Adarsh K. Sarma	Business	c. 1974		VP at Warburg Pincus
Joseph J. Sisco	Diplomat	31-Oct-1919	23-Nov-2004	Kissinger's Mideast Deputy

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David M. Pletcher	Historian	14-Jun-1920	22-Feb-2004	The Diplomacy of Involvement

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald V. Fites	Business	20-Jan-1934		CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
James M. Kilts	Business	10-Feb-1948		CEO of Gillette, 2001-05
James L. McConaughy	Politician	21-Oct-1887	7-Mar-1948	Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48
Joseph J. Sisco	Diplomat	31-Oct-1919	23-Nov-2004	Kissinger's Mideast Deputy

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