Successful Graduates
- William Shirer: distinguished journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
- Paul Engle: Rhodes Scholar and founder of the Iowa Writer's Workshop.
- Shelby Steele: author of The Content of Our Character, one of the most influential books on race relations published in the past decade.
- Dora Jane Hamblin: long-time contributor to Life magazine and author of Time-Life books.
- John Logan: poet, short-story writer, and essayist (A Ballet for the Ear).
- Ted Miller: editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine and author of books on financial management.
- Edward Gorman: a prominent writer, editor, and reviewer in the field of detective fiction.
- Lori Sturdevant: newspaper editor for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
- Barbara J. Scot: author of The Violet Shyness of their Eyes and Prairie Reunion (a New York Times Book of the Year).
