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By studying philosophy, you learn to analyze abstract ideas, argue logically, and confirm or challenge a thesis. These skills have proven highly effective in graduate programs and professional schools as well as in business. Among alumni who majored in philosophy are the following:
Vice President, The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. Daniel Barron ’71.
Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Donald Verene ’59.
Vice Provost for Institutional Planning, Stanford University. Geoffrey Cox, ’77.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, XOR, Inc. Chicago, Illinois. Philip Garrison ’87.
Executive Advertiser, Icon, Coralville, Iowa. Adam E. Robinson ’97.
Public Defender, State of Connecticut, New Have, Connecticut. Joan Leonard ’66.
Editor, Indonesia Publications, Lanham-Seabrook, Missouri. John MacDougall ’81.
Law Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Joel Christensen ’06. Political Science and Philosophy major.
Deputy Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield. William Seith ’81.
Associate Professor, Population Health Program and John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta, Canada. Laura Shanner ’86.
Director, Bureau of Education Services, University of Georgia, Athens. Michael Short ’73.
President, Hyperl/O, LLC Storage, Boulder, Colorado. Thomas West ’74.
Retired Senior Vice President Ombudsman, McDonald’s Corporation, Oak Brook, Illinois. John Cooke ’52.
Media Relations Manager, Office of Public Relations, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Peter Bailley ’74.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Elisabeth Herrmann of the University of Alberta gives the 2009 Johnson Lecture, "Mapping Germany from a Cultural Perspective Twenty Years after the Fall of the Wall," November 13 at Knox College.
Severed heads, a ghost in the well -- the Knox College Japanese Club marks Halloween by building a "Kimodameshi," which led visitors through scenes drawn from traditional Japanese ghost stories.
Derek LaRosa, a Prairie Fire wide receiver, is getting ready to student teach high school environmental studies and biology.
I study how Japan is adapting American ideas into their higher education and liberal arts curriculum. I am Ryohei
Matsuda, Associate Professor in Asian Studies, and...
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