Michigan State University alumni

David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics Emeritus at Oberlin College, and presently Professor of Practice at Arizona State University.
During his tenure at the Environmental Studies Center at Oberlin College, Orr demonstrated how institutions of higher learning can teach ecological literacy while practicing sustainable design and encouraging more eco-friendly lifestyles on campus. Orr's books, Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World (1992) and Earth in Mind (1994-2004), proposed ways in which education should evolve to emphasize sustainability, not only in the narrow parameters of ecology-based programs, but in wider curricula, from political science and economics to liberal arts.

Howard Robert Hammer (March 3, 1930 – December 26, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger.

Ron Weaver (June 9, 1937 – May 11, 2013) was an American television producer and author. Weaver was born in Indiana. He was raised in Michigan and attended the Michigan State University. At a young age, he starred on several small-time television shows and radio stations. In the 1950s, he moved to New York and was taught by the actor Lee Strasberg. In New York, he was employed as a photographer and an actor. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles and later worked for CBS as an associate producer in 1986, mainly working on the CBS soap, The Bold and the Beautiful. For his work, he was awarded three Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series. Weaver's first book is named Soul Mate, which was published in 2010. He is survived by his daughter, son and four grandchildren.

George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (Japanese: 有吉 良一, born March 12, 1926) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. A Democrat, he is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S. state. He assumed gubernatorial powers and duties when Governor John A. Burns was declared incapacitated in October 1973 and was elected in 1974 (assuming governorship December 1974), becoming the first Asian-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state or territory. His lengthy tenure is a record likely to remain unbroken due to term limits enacted after he left office. Ariyoshi is now considered an elder statesman of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi.

John Bennett Ramsey (born December 7, 1943) is an American businessman, author, and father of JonBenét Ramsey.