介绍，希尔斯代尔学院（Hillsdale College）是一所独立的、男女合校教育的四年制文理学院，学院成立于1844年。希尔斯代尔学院授予学生文科学士学位和理科学士学位，并已通过了北方中等教育院校协会的认证。
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John Drake,前高级副总裁，负责人力资源的不育系能源；创始人Lingap儿童基金
Mark Levin,在全国范围内联合谈话电台节目主持人，与纽约时报最畅销的非小说作家。
Madsen Pirie, 亚当斯密斯研究所的发起人
Clinton B. Fisk(c. 1844), Civil War soldier and statesman; namesake ofFisk University;Prohibition Partycandidate for president in1888; first inductee into the Hillsdale County, Michigan Veteran‘s Hall of Fame in 2001
Jasper Packard(c. 1853), newspaper editor andU.S. RepresentativefromIndiana
Solomon Robert Dresser(1865), member of the United States House of Representatives fromPennsylvania; founder and president of S.R. Dresser Manufacturing Co., nowDresser Industries
Spencer O. Fisher(c. 1865), member of the United States House of Representatives fromMichigan’s 10th congressional district
Moses A. Luce(1866), lawyer;Medal of Honorrecipient for service in the Civil War
LaMarcus Adna Thompson(1866), engineer and inventor, known as the “Father of the Gravity Ride” for his roller coaster patents
Will Carleton(1869),美国诗人
Washington Gardner(1870),Civil Warsoldier and statesman
Albert J. Hopkins(1870), senator fromIllinois
Rose Hartwick Thorpe(c. 1872), poet
Cyrus Cline(1876), member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
Spencer G. Millard(1877),Lieutenant Governor of California
Joseph B. Moore(1879), justice on theMichigan Supreme Court
May Gorslin Preston Slosson(BS 1878, MS 1879), educator and suffragist, first woman Philosophy PhD in the U.S.
Bion J. Arnold(1884), expert inmass transportation, called the “Father of theThird Rail”
Jared Maurice Arter(1885), slavery-bornAfrican-Americanpastor and educator
Chester Hardy Aldrich(1888), one-term governor of Nebraska; justice on theNebraska Supreme Court
Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce(1891),Unitarianminister andChaplain of the Senatefrom 1909 to 1913
Leroy Waterman(1898),archaeologist, scholar, andBiblicaltranslator
Henry M. Kimball(c. 1900), member of the United States House of Representatives fromMichigan‘s 3rd congressional district
Lynn Bell(1906), minor-league professional baseball player, college football coach
Verner Main(1907), member of the United States House of Representatives fromMichigan
Harry Bidwell Ansted(1913), USArmy chaplain; first president of theSeoul National University
Elizebeth Friedman(1915), female pioneer of Americancryptography
E. Ross Adair(1929), 来自印第安纳州的国会议员(1951-1971)
Walter R. Nickel(1929), dermatologist, a founder of the field ofdermatopathology
Fred Knorr(1937),radioexecutive and former part-owner of theDetroit Tigers
Phil Crane(1952), 前伊利诺伊州国会议员
Robert William Davis(1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives fromMichigan’s 11th congressional district
Dan Crane(1958), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois‘s 22nd and 19th congressional districts
Wayne Schurr(1959), relief pitcher for theChicago Cubsduring the 1964 season
Bob Clark(1963), filmmaker, most famous for directingA Christmas Story
Spanky McFarland(1976), college baseball coach atNorthern IllinoisandJames Madison
Howard Mudd(1963), 印第安纳小马队进攻线教练
Bud Acton(c. 1964),NBAplayer with the San Diego Rockets in the 1967-68 season
David L. Cornwell(1964), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
David Pringle(1965), president of Luminys Systems Corp., chief technology officer of Imagility, Inc., winner of twoAcademy Awardsand oneEmmy Awardfor technical achievement
Bruce McLenna(1966), former halfback for theDetroit LionsandKansas City Chiefs
Chuck Liebrock(1967), former offensive lineman in theCanadian Football Leaguewith the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Chester Marcol(1972), former placekicker for theGreen Bay PackersandHouston Oilers
Manuel Ayau(1973),Guatemalan-born politician,humanitarian, and founder of the “Universidad Francisco Marroquín”
Ron Tripp(c. 1975), 桑搏和柔道冠军，美国柔道协会主席
Peter Leithart(1981), reformed theologian
Chris Chocola(1984), 来自印第安那第二选区的国会议员
Ruta Sepetys(1989), author ofNew York TimesbestsellerBetween Shades of Gray
Tom Heckert(1990), NFL的费城老鹰总经理
Erik Prince(1992), 美国黑水私人军事公司创始人和老板
David Viviano(1994), justice on theMichigan Supreme Court
Thomas Morrison(1997), representative for the 54th District in the Illinois General Assembly
Robert P. Murphy(1998), 美国经济学家，作家
Clarence Black(1999), contestant on CBS’sSurvivor: Africa
Brent Weeks(2000), 《夜天使幻想三部曲》作者
Peter Leeson(2001), economist
Aric Nesbitt(2001), member ofMichigan House of Representatives, 66th district
Tyler Blanski(2006), author and musician
Hans Zeiger(2007), author and representative for the 25th Legislative District of Washington
Michael Sessions(2010), former mayor ofHillsdale, Michigan, one of theyoungest mayors ever electedin the U.S.
Katherine Timpf(2010), journalist and comedian
Jared Veldheer(2010), NFL offensive lineman for theArizona Cardinals
Andre Holmes(2011), wide receiver for theOakland Raiders
