The following is a list of notable people associated with St. Lawrence University, located in the American city of Canton, New York.
Notable alumni
Politics and government
William A. Barclay (1992), New York State Assemblyman
Michael Botticelli, Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Gregory W. Carman (1958), former United States Representative from New York, and U.S. Court of International Trade judge Katherine Clark (1985), current member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Susan Collins (1975), current United States Senator of Maine John J. Delaney (1914), former member of the United States House of Representatives and Deputy Commissioner of Public Markets Domenick L. Gabrielli, New York Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals Joseph Lekuton, elected to the Kenyan Parliament in 2006 Judy Wakhungu, Kenyan ambassador to France George R. Malby, former United States Representative from New York Peter McDonough, member of the New Jersey Senate Luther F. McKinney (1870), former United States Representative from New Hampshire and United States Ambassador to Colombia Peter Michael Pitfield, Canadian politician; held several prominent positions in Canadian national government, including Senator and Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada David M. Potts (1932), former United States Representative from New York Albert D. Shaw, former United States Representative from New York Gerald B. H. Solomon, former United States Representative from New York Owen D. Young (1894), industrialist, businessman, lawyer; Democratic candidate for President in 1932; diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference in 1929 Neil Chatterjee, current chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Academia
F. King Alexander, former President of Murray State University and California State University, Long Beach current President and Chancellor of Louisiana State University<ref>{ { cite web |url=http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/chancellor/incoming-chancellor-f-king-alexander/ |title=LSU Office of the Chancellor |year=2013 |access-date=2014-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201171333/http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/chancellor/incoming-chancellor-f-king-alexander/ |archive-date=2014-02-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mark Klett (1974), Regents' Professor of Photography at Arizona State University Lorrie Moore (1978), Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University Joel Rosenbaum (1957), professor of cell biology at Yale University Peter Rutkoff (1964), professor of American Studies at Kenyon College George Stade (1955) literary critic, novelist, and professor of literature at Columbia University Michael P. Soroka, professor of Sociology at University of San Diego
Media and arts
Irving Bacheller, pioneered the idea of newspaper syndication and wrote the first best-seller of the 20th century, Eben Holden Dan Buckley, publisher of Marvel Comics and the CEO of Marvel Entertainment's publishing division Tom Chiarella, magazine writer, fiction editor for Esquire Magazine Kirk Douglas, actor Pete Duel, actor known for his role in the television series Alias Smith and Jones David Dusek, senior writer at Golfweek and USA Today, formerly with Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine and Tennis Magazine J.K. Gannon (1924), wrote "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and the school's alma mater Kate Hollanda (1996), associate director at NBC News, ABC News and others. Associate directed the 60th Grammy Awards Eliza Putnam Heaton (1860-1919), journalist, editor Elizabeth Inness-Brown novelist and professor at Saint Michael's College Maurice Kenny, Mohawk poet Martha MacCallum, anchor with Fox News Channel; hosts The Live Desk with Martha MacCallum Eleanor Mondale, radio personality, television host, and actor Lorrie Moore, short story writer and novelist, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Viggo Mortensen (1980), award-winning actor who has appeared in many films, most notably The Lord of the Rings film trilogy Nick Penniman (1992), Executive Director of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund; founder and director of the American News Project Grace Potter, lead singer of the Hollywood Records recording group Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Jeremy Slate, actor Elinor Tatum (1993), publisher and Editor in Chief of the New York Amsterdam News Charles Henry Vail (1893), writer on socialism; Universalist clergyman Chester Watson, opera singer