List of Mount Holyoke College people
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The following is a list of individuals associated with Mount Holyoke College
through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
A number of individuals have acted as head of Mount Holyoke. Until 1888, the term principal was used. From 1888 to the present, the term president has been used.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
Academics and scientists
- Mildred SandersonMildred SandersonMildred Sanderson was an American mathematician, best known for her mathematical theorem concerning modular invariants.- Life :Sanderson was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1889 and was the valedictorian of her class at the Waltham High School. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1910,...
, 1910 - mathematician - Cornelia ClappCornelia ClappCornelia Maria Clapp was an American zoologist and academic specializing in marine biology.Born in Montague, Massachusetts, Clapp was educated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, the forerunner of today’s Mount Holyoke College, and graduated in 1871...
, 1871 - zoologist and marine biologist - Mary Cutler FairchildMary Cutler FairchildMary Salome Cutler Fairchild was a pioneering American librarian and library educator.Mary Cutler was born in Dalton, Massachusetts. She attended Mount Holyoke College and graduated in 1875. She later taught at the college from 1876 to 1878. In 1884, she was hired by Melvil Dewey, the librarian...
, 1875 - pioneering librarian - Martha Warren BeckwithMartha Warren BeckwithMartha Warren Beckwith was an American folklorist, ethnographer, and English teacher. She was born in Wellesley Heights, Massachusetts.-Education:...
, 1893 - anthropologist - Abby Howe TurnerAbby Howe TurnerAbby Howe Turner was a noted professor of Physiology and Zoology who founded the department of physiology at Mount Holyoke College. She specialized in colloid osmotic pressure and circulatory reactions to gravity....
, 1896 - founded Mount Holyoke's department of physiology - Margaret Morse NiceMargaret Morse NiceMargaret Morse Nice was an American ornithologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the Song Sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow .-Early life:...
, 1905 - ornithologist - Louise Freeland JenkinsLouise Freeland JenkinsLouise Freeland Jenkins was an American astronomer.She was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In 1911 she graduated from Mount Holyoke College, then she received a Master's degree in astronomy in 1917 from the same institution...
, 1911 - astronomer - Marion Elizabeth BlakeMarion Elizabeth BlakeMarion Elizabeth Blake was a classical languages professor who is known for her work in researching the technology of Roman construction. Dr. Blake died in Rome, Italy, in 1961.-Blake's Background:...
, 1913 - classics professor - Rachel Fuller BrownRachel Fuller BrownRachel Fuller Brown was a chemist best known for her long-distance collaboration with microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen in developing the first useful antifungal antibiotic, Nystatin, while doing research for the Division of Laboratories and Research of the New York State Department of Health....
, 1920 - chemist who discovered NystatinNystatinNystatin is a polyene antifungal medication to which many molds and yeast infections are sensitive, including Candida. Due to its toxicity profile, there are currently no injectable formulations of this drug on the US market... - Mildred TrotterMildred TrotterMildred Trotter was an important 20th century forensic anthropologist.Trotter was born in Monaca, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. in zoology and physiology from Mount Holyoke College in 1920 and her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1924...
, 1920 - noted forensic anthropologistForensic anthropologyForensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology and human osteology in a legal setting, most often in criminal cases where the victim's remains are in the advanced stages of decomposition. A forensic anthropologist can assist in the identification of deceased... - Lucy Weston PickettLucy Weston PickettLucy Weston Pickett was a Mary Lyon Professor and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Chair in Chemistry at Mount Holyoke College.She received her B.A. in chemistry from Mount Holyoke in 1925 and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. She taught at Illinois and Goucher College before returning to Mount...
, 1925 - noted chemist - Helen Sawyer HoggHelen Sawyer HoggHelen Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters...
, 1926 - astronomer - Janet Wilder DakinJanet Wilder DakinJanet Wilder Dakin , was a philanthropist, zoologist and a younger sister of author Thornton Wilder and poet Charlotte Wilder....
, B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935 - zoologist who was the youngest sister of Thornton WilderThornton WilderThornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.-Early years:Wilder was born in Madison,...
and Charlotte WilderCharlotte WilderCharlotte Wilder was an American poet and the eldest sister of author Thornton Wilder, Janet Wilder Dakin, and Amos Wilder.-Life:... - Mary McHenryMary McHenryMary Williamson McHenry is "credited with bringing African American literature to Mount Holyoke College," where she is Emeritus Professor of English. McHenry also introduced her then - student to Five Colleges faculty member James Baldwin during the 1980s...
, 1954 - professor of English credited with introducing African American literatureAfrican American literatureAfrican-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. The genre traces its origins to the works of such late 18th century writers as Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, reaching early high points with slave narratives and the Harlem...
to Mount Holyoke - Jane EnglishJane EnglishJane English is a physicist, photographer, journalist and translator.English received her B.A. in Physics from Mount Holyoke College in 1964 and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison for her work in high energy particle physics...
, 1964 -physicist, translator, photographer - Phyllis Young Forsyth, 1966 - Distinguished Professor of Classical Studies, Emerita; founding chair, Classical Studies, University of Waterloo
- Dolores HaydenDolores HaydenDolores Hayden is an American professor, urban historian, architect, author, and poet. She teaches architecture, urbanism, and American studies at Yale University.-Background:...
, 1966 - professor of architecture, urbanism, and American studies - Carolyn ColletteCarolyn ColletteCarolyn P. Collette is an American literary critic and a specialist in medieval literature, particularly Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. She is the Chair of Medieval Studies and Professor of English Language and Literature on the Alumnae Foundation at Mount Holyoke...
, 1967 - professor of English - Susan ShirkSusan ShirkSusan L. Shirk is an expert on Chinese politics and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She was in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs . She is currently a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the...
, 1967 - professor of political science and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North AsiaUnited States Deputy Secretary of StateThe Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State resigns or dies, the Deputy Secretary of State becomes Acting Secretary of State until the President nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement. The position was...
during the ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
administration - Karen E. RoweKaren E. RoweKaren E. Rowe is an American literary critic and a specialist in Renaissance literature. She is a professor of English at UCLA.-Background:Rowe received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and Ph.D...
- English professor - Carolyn Hotchkiss - current Babson College and former Harvard graduate school business law professor
- Cornelia Cook - Senior Lecturer of 19th and 20th Century Literature
- Clare M. Waterman-Storer, 1989 - noted biologist & winner of National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer AwardNational Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer AwardNational Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award is a research initiative first announced in 2004 designed to support individual scientists' biomedical research...
Activists
- Lucy StoneLucy StoneLucy Stone was a prominent American abolitionist and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. In 1847, Stone was the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She spoke out for women's rights and against slavery at a time when women were discouraged...
, (attended 1839) - women's rights activist - Olympia BrownOlympia BrownOlympia Brown was an American suffragist. She is regarded as the first woman to graduate from a theological school, as well as becoming the first full time ordained minister...
, (attended 1854-55) - women's rights activist - Helen PittsHelen PittsHelen Pitts was an American suffragist and the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.-Early life:She was born in Honeoye, New York...
, 1859 - women's rights activist, second wife of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing...
, and founder of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association - Hortense ParkerHortense ParkerHortense Parker Gilliam, born Hortense Parker , was the first known African-American graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, in 1883. She taught music and piano at elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri from 1906-1913. That year she married James Marcus Gilliam, and moved with him to St...
, 1883 - daughter of African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
abolitionist, John ParkerJohn Parker (abolitionist)John P. Parker was an African-American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist who helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio. He was one of the few blacks to patent his inventions before 1900...
and the first African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
student to graduate from Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others... - Elizabeth Holloway MarstonElizabeth Holloway MarstonElizabeth "Sadie" Holloway Marston was an American psychologist who was a career woman at a time when it was difficult for women to be so. She was involved in the creation of the comic book character, Wonder Woman with her husband, William Moulton Marston...
, 1915 - involved in the creation of Wonder WomanWonder WomanWonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986.... - Sybil Bailey StockdaleSybil StockdaleSybil Stockdale was the wife of an American Vietnam War Navy pilot who became a prisoner of war. Sybil then became a co-founder, and then later served as the national coordinator of the National League of Families, a nonprofit organization that worked on behalf of American Vietnam-era Missing in...
, 1946 - founded the National League of Families of American Prisoners and MIAs in S.E. Asia; Lecturer; widow of '92 U.S. Vice-Presidential nominee, Adm. James StockdaleJames StockdaleVice Admiral James Bond Stockdale was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy.Stockdale led aerial attacks from the carrier during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident... - Gloria Johnson-PowellGloria Johnson-PowellGloria Johnson-Powell, MD is a child psychiatrist who is also an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and was one of the first African American woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School ....
(Gloria Johnson), 1958 - child psychiatrist; an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and the first African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.... - Susannah Sirkin, 1976 - Deputy Director,Physicians for Human Rights co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a part of The International Campaign to Ban Land Mines
- Lynn PasquerellaLynn PasquerellaLynn Pasquerella became the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts in 2010. She was a professor at the University of Rhode Island for 19 years before becoming URI's Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 2006 to 2008 she was vice provost for research and dean of...
, 1980 - Medical ethicist & current President, Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others... - Mallika DuttMallika DuttMallika Dutt is the Founder, President, and CEO of Breakthrough a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, popular culture, and community mobilization to inspire people to take bold action for dignity, equality, and justice...
, 1983 - Executive Director of Breakthrough: bring human rights home, an international human rights organization - Kavita RamdasKavita Ramdas-Background and Affiliations:Ramdas was born in Delhi, India and grew up in Mumbai, Delhi, London, Rangoon, and Bonn. She attended high school at the Nikolaus Cusanus Gymnasium in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany; the Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, and graduated from Springdales School, New...
, 1985 - President and CEO, Global Fund for Women - Marcia Hofmann, 2000 - digital rights activist and Senior Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier FoundationElectronic Frontier FoundationThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
Actresses, musicians, and performers
- Elizabeth Eaton Converse - later known as Connie ConverseConnie ConverseElizabeth Eaton "Connie" Converse was a singer-songwriter who was active in New York City in the 1950s. She disappeared in 1974, after writing goodbye letters to her friends and family, and has not been heard from since...
- singer and songwriter - Caitlin ClarkeCaitlin ClarkeCaitlin Clarke was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998–1999 Broadway musical Titanic....
(Katherine Clarke), 1974 - actress - Bonnie Catto, 1973 - cellist
- Nancy GustafsonNancy GustafsonNancy Gustafson is an American opera singer.She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978 and her M.Mus. from Northwestern University...
, 1978 - opera singer - Melinda MullinsMelinda MullinsMelinda Mullins is an American film, television and theatre actress.-Early life and education:She was born in Clanton, Alabama....
, 1979 - actress - Donna KaneDonna KaneDonna Kane is an American theater actress. She was the recipient of the 1986 Theatre World Award for her off-Broadway portrayal of Ruby in Dames at Sea. Kane had her Broadway debut in 1989 in Meet Me in St. Louis, playing the role of Esther. She has won acclaim for her performances in...
, 1984 - actress - Martha MasonMartha MasonMartha Mason is an American dancer and choreographer, noted for her work in modern dance and postmodern dance. She is currently the artistic director of the Boston based Snappy Dance Theater which she co-founded in 1996....
, 1988 - dancer, founder and artistic director of the Snappy Dance TheaterSnappy Dance TheaterSnappy Dance Theater is a non-profit Postmodern dance company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded by current artistic director Martha Mason, Marjorie Morgan and George Whiteside.-The Company:... - Mara Bonde, 1991 - opera singer
- Laura KamrathLaura KamrathLaura Kamrath is an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Anthea in the 1995 film, The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet, based upon the 1904 children's novel by E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet...
, 2004 - actress
Artists
- Esther HowlandEsther HowlandEsther Howland was an artist and businesswoman who is responsible for popularizing Valentine's Day greeting cards in America.After her graduation from Mount Holyoke College in 1847, Howland received an ornate English Valentine from a business associate of her father when she was 19 years old...
, 1847 - artist noted for her role in popularizing St. Valentine's Day cards - Minerva J. ChapmanMinerva J. ChapmanMinerva Josephine Chapman was an American painter. She was known for her work in miniature portraiture, landscape, and still life....
, 1880 - painter - Jane HammondJane HammondJane R. Hammond is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. She was influenced by the late composer John Cage. She collaborated with the poet John Ashbery, making 62 paintings based on titles suggested by Ashbery; she also collaborated with the poet Raphael Rubinstein.- Background...
, 1972 - artist - Manuel Rivera-OrtizManuel Rivera-OrtizManuel Rivera-Ortiz is an American documentary photographer of Puerto Rican descent, the author of several photographic collections and the recipient of a number of awards. He is best known for his documentary photographs of people's living conditions in less developed countries...
, did not graduate - documentary photographer; attended classes at Springfield Colleges as part of the Massachusetts Migrant Education summer program, where he was offered his first courses in photography.
Athletes
- Margaret Hoffman, 1934 - swimmerSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
who participated in both the 1928 Summer Olympics1928 Summer OlympicsThe 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
and 1932 Summer Olympics1932 Summer OlympicsThe 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
(200M Breaststroke) http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/_Rainbow/Documents/da95894a-124d-4e2c-9a3b-71fe5d4634e1/intl_medalists.pdf - Imogene Opton Fish, 1955 - alpine skier who was captain of the U.S. women's 1952 Winter Olympics1952 Winter OlympicsThe 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...
ski team - Michele Drolet, 1976 - blind cross country skier who was the first American woman to ever earn a Paralympics cross country ski medal - bronze at the 1994 Winter Paralympics1994 Winter ParalympicsThe 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Winter Paralympics, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10–19 March 1994. These Games marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation...
http://www.acb.org/magazine/1994/bf0694.html - Harriet (Holly) Metcalf, 1981 - Executive Director and founder of Row As One Institute who won a Gold medal in rowing at the 1984 Summer OlympicsRowing at the 1984 Summer OlympicsRowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women.Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present...
- Mary MazzioMary MazzioMary Mazzio is an American award-winning documentary filmmaker, attorney, and a rower for the United States in the 1992 Olympics. She founded the independent film company 50 Eggs....
, 1983 - filmmaker and olympic athtlete who participated in rowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
at the 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same... - Olga Maria Sacasa, 1984 - cyclist was the first woman ever to represent Nicaragua in cyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
at the 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same... - Katheryn CuriKatheryn CuriKatheryn Curi Mattis is an American racing cyclist who rides for the Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team. She won the United States National Road Race Championships in Park City, Utah in June 2005 . In February 2008 she won the Geelong World Cup thereby claiming the UCI World Cup...
, 1996 - cyclist who placed first at the National Road Race Championships in Park City, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
in June 2005
Businesswomen
- Jean Picker FirstenbergJean Picker FirstenbergJean Picker Firstenberg has been the CEO and Director of the American Film Institute since 1980 till her retirement in 2007. After studying at Mount Holyoke College, she attended Boston University, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 1958....
, 1958 - Director and CEO of the American Film InstituteAmerican Film InstituteThe American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act... - Barbara J. DesoerBarbara J. DesoerBarbara J. Desoer is president of Bank of America Home Loans, a leading U.S. mortgage originator and servicer. She was a member of the senior management team of Bank of America Corporation, having previously reporting to CEO Brian Moynihan....
- Global Technology, Service and Fulfillment Executive at Bank of America Corporation - Audrey A. McNiffAudrey A. McNiffAudrey A. McNiff is the former Managing Director and co-head of Currency Sales at Goldman Sachs.McNiff was raised in Massachusetts attending Lawrence Academy. She received her B.A. in economics from Mount Holyoke College in 1980 and her M.B.A. from New York University in 1989...
, 1980 - Managing Director and co-head of Currency Sales, Goldman SachsGoldman SachsThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients... - Barbara CassaniBarbara CassaniBarbara Ann Cassani, CBE, is an American businesswoman. She was the founder under British Airways of budget airline Go Fly and was the first leader of London's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.-Personal life:...
, 1982 - first leader of London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics2012 Summer OlympicsThe 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
College presidents
- Susan Tolman MillsSusan Tolman MillsSusan Tolman Mills was the co-founder of Mills College .-Background:...
, 1845 - co-founder and first president of Mills CollegeMills CollegeMills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded... - Ada HowardAda HowardAda Howard was the first president of Wellesley College.Howard graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1853. Before joining Wellesley, she taught at Western College in Ohio and was principal of the Woman's Department of Knox College.She was president of Wellesley from 1875-1881.-External links:*...
, 1853 - first president of Wellesley College - Abbie Park FergusonAbbie Park FergusonAbbie Park Ferguson was founder and president of Huguenot College.She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1856...
, 1856 - founder and president of Huguenot College - Sarah Ann DickeySarah Ann DickeySarah Ann Dickey was an ordained minister who founded the historically black institution of higher education for women in Clinton, Mississippi, Mount Hermon Female Seminary in 1875. She devoted her life to the development of educational opportunities for African-Americans.-Background:Dickey was...
, 1869 - founder of Mount Hermon Female SeminaryMount Hermon Female SeminaryMount Hermon Female Seminary in Clinton, Mississippi was a historically black institution of higher education for women.Founded in 1875 by Sarah Ann Dickey, the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary .The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American... - Florence M. ReadFlorence M. ReadFlorence Matilda Read was president of Spelman College from 1927-1953. Prior to that she was acting president of Atlanta University from 1936-1937....
, 1909 - former president, Spelman CollegeSpelman CollegeSpelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the first historically black female... - Barbara M. WhiteBarbara M. White-Biography:White received her B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College in 1941.As President of Mills College White said:After her retirement, Mills established the Barbara M. White Professor of Public Policy Chair-References:...
, 1941 - former president, Mills CollegeMills CollegeMills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded... - Pauline TompkinsPauline TompkinsPauline "Polly" Tompkins was the first woman President of Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States and a pioneer in American education and women's education....
, 1941 - former president, Cedar Crest CollegeCedar Crest CollegeCedar Crest College is a private liberal arts women's college in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the college had 1,000 full-time and 800 part-time undergraduates and 85 graduate students... - Alice Stone IlchmanAlice Stone IlchmanAlice Stone Ilchman served as the eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College from 1981 to 1998.-Background:...
1957 - former president, Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers... - Elizabeth Topham Kennan, 1960 - former president, Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
- Nancy J. VickersNancy J. VickersNancy J. Vickers was the seventh president of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a position she held from 1997 until 2008. During her tenure, she was referred to as 'Nancy J.' by the students there. She announced her intention to step down as president of the college in June 2008...
, 1967 - President, Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "big hill" in Welsh.... - Carol Geary SchneiderCarol Geary SchneiderCarol Geary Schneider has been president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities since 1998.Schneider received her B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude in 1967. She received her Ph.D...
, 1967 - President, Association of American Colleges and Universities - Elaine Tuttle HansenElaine Tuttle HansenElaine Tuttle Hansen was the president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine from 2002 through June 2011. She became the Executive Director of The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University in July 2011....
, 1969 - President, Bates CollegeBates CollegeBates College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. and was most recently ranked 21st in the nation in the 2011 US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists... - Lynn PasquerellaLynn PasquerellaLynn Pasquerella became the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts in 2010. She was a professor at the University of Rhode Island for 19 years before becoming URI's Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 2006 to 2008 she was vice provost for research and dean of...
, 1980 - President, Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
Computer scientists and graphic designers
- Jean E. SammetJean E. SammetJean E. Sammet is an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962.She received her B.A. in Math from Mount Holyoke College in 1948 and her M.A. in Math from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949...
, 1948 - computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming languageFORMAC programming languageFORMAC, acronym of FORmula MAnipulation Compiler, is an extension of FORTRAN. It was developed by Jean E. Sammet.The additional capabilities of FORMAC permit direct computation, manipulation, and use of functions of advanced mathematics which can only be done indirectly and approximately in... - Susan KareSusan KareSusan Kare is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. She was also one of the original employees of NeXT , working as the Creative Director.-Background:Kare was born in Ithaca, New York and is the sister of aerospace engineer...
, 1975 - the original designer of many of the interfaceGraphical user interfaceIn computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
elements for the original Apple MacintoshMacintoshThe Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
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Doctors, nurses, psychologists, and psychiatrists
- Mary Phylinda DoleMary Phylinda DoleMary Phylinda Dole was an American physician.Born in Massachusetts, she graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1886. After earning her M.D. from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore two years later, she returned to Mount Holyoke to receive her B.S. in 1889...
, 1886, 1889 - became a doctor at a time when it was difficult for women to do so - Dorothy Hansine AndersenDorothy Hansine AndersenDorothy Hansine Andersen was the American physician who was "the first person to identify cystic fibrosis and the first American physician to describe the disease"...
, 1922 - doctor involved in cystic fibrosis research (first to identify the disease) - Virginia ApgarVirginia ApgarVirginia Apgar was an American pediatric anesthesiologist. She was a leader in the fields of anesthesiology and teratology, and effectively founded the field of neonatology...
, 1929 - doctor who developed the Apgar scoreApgar scoreThe Apgar score was devised in 1952 by the eponymous Dr. Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after birth...
for evaluating newborns; anesthesiologist - Ellen P. ReeseEllen P. ReeseEllen P. Reese was the Norma Cutts Dafoe professor of psychology at Mount Holyoke College.She received her B.A. in psychology from Mount Holyoke in 1948, her M.A. in 1954 and her entire teaching career as a professor at Mount Holyoke as well. The Ellen P. Reese Grants for Faculty/Student...
, 1948 - noted psychologist - Florence WaldFlorence WaldFlorence Wald was an American nurse, former Dean of Yale School of Nursing, and largely credited as "the mother of the American hospice movement".-Biography:...
1938- nurse who was the leader of the U.S. hospice movement - Gloria Johnson-PowellGloria Johnson-PowellGloria Johnson-Powell, MD is a child psychiatrist who is also an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and was one of the first African American woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School ....
(Gloria Johnson), 1958 - child psychiatrist; an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and the first African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
Filmmakers, broadcast presidents, and producers
- Dulcy SingerDulcy SingerDulcy Singer served as an American television producer for Christmas Eve on Sesame Street in 1978 and as executive producer for Sesame Street from 1982-1995.She received her B.A...
, 1955 - former Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winning producer of Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The... - Julia PhillipsJulia PhillipsJulia Phillips was a film producer and author. She is remembered for being the first woman to win an Academy Award as a film's producer, and for a best selling tell-all memoir.-Early life:...
(Julia Miller), 1965 - Hollywood producer and author - Debra Martin ChaseDebra Martin ChaseDebra Martin Chase is a Hollywood producer and former lawyer who was named by Savoy magazine in August 2003 as one of the 100 most influential African Americans in the United States and by Black Enterprise magazine in 2007 as one of the Top 50 Powerbrokers in Hollywood. Chase is the first African...
, 1977 - Hollywood producer - Mary MazzioMary MazzioMary Mazzio is an American award-winning documentary filmmaker, attorney, and a rower for the United States in the 1992 Olympics. She founded the independent film company 50 Eggs....
, 1983 - filmmaker and olympic athtlete who participated in rowing at the 1992 Summer OlympicsRowing at the 1992 Summer OlympicsAt the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 14 events in rowing were contested, eight for men and six for women.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-See also:*Rowing at the Summer Olympics*List of Olympic medalists in rowing...
. - Sonali GulatiSonali GulatiSonali Gulati is an award-winning filmmaker and Professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Photography & Film.Gulati is originally from New Delhi, India . She received her B.A. in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College in 1996 and M.F.A. in Film & Media Arts from...
, 1996 - filmmaker and director of the film Nalini by Day, Nancy by NightNalini by Day, Nancy by NightNalini by Day, Nancy by Night is a 2005 documentary film by filmmaker Sonali Gulati.This film explores business process outsourcing in India. Told from the perspective of an Indian living in the United States, the film provides us with a glimpse into India’s call centers,where telemarketers acquire...
Journalists
- Janet Huntington BrewsterJanet Huntington BrewsterJanet Huntington Brewster was an American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster and relief worker during World War II in London.-Life:...
, 1933 - philanthropist, writer, and radio broadcaster; wife of Edward R. MurrowEdward R. MurrowEdward Roscoe Murrow, KBE was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada.Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, and Alexander Kendrick... - Beth KarasBeth KarasBeth Karas is a Senior Reporter with truTV, providing commentary on a number of high-profile cases, including the rape trial of Kobe Bryant, the Martha Stewart trial, and the murder trials of Robert Blake and Scott Peterson.-Background:...
, 1979 - Senior Reporter, CourtTV - Priscilla PaintonPriscilla PaintonPriscilla Painton is an American journalist and book editor. She was Time magazine's deputy managing editor until 2008, and is now the editor in chief of Simon & Schuster.-Personal:...
, 1980 - Editor in Chief, Simon & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
; former Deputy Managing Editor, Time Magazine - Dari AlexanderDari AlexanderDari Alexander is an American television anchor. She is co-anchor of WNYW's FOX 5 News at 5 and FOX 5 News at 10 newscasts, along with Ernie Anastos in New York City...
- Co-anchor of WNYWWNYWWNYW, virtual channel 5 , is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in the Yorkville section of Manhattan...
's weeknight 6pm newscast, and previously a reporter and part-time anchor for the Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
. - Manuel Rivera-OrtizManuel Rivera-OrtizManuel Rivera-Ortiz is an American documentary photographer of Puerto Rican descent, the author of several photographic collections and the recipient of a number of awards. He is best known for his documentary photographs of people's living conditions in less developed countries...
, did not graduate - photojournalist; attended classes at Springfield Colleges as part of the Massachusetts Migrant Education summer program, where he was offered his first courses in photography.
Judges
- Maryanne Trump BarryMaryanne Trump BarryMaryanne Trump Barry is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She is the daughter of real estate developer Fred Trump and Mary MacLeod Trump, the older sister of real estate/entertainment magnate Donald Trump and the mother of Dr...
, 1958 - judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:* District of Delaware* District of New Jersey...
and the older sister of Donald TrumpDonald TrumpDonald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have... - Glenda HatchettGlenda HatchettGlenda A. Hatchett is the former star of the television show, Judge Hatchett.-History:Hatchett was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her B.A...
, 1973 - judge on nationally syndicated television series, Judge HatchettJudge HatchettJudge Hatchett is a nationally-syndicated American television program produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It starred The Honorable Glenda Hatchett and was modeled after other "court shows" such as Judge Judy and the long running The People's Court, as well as containing elements...
Politicians and family
- Louisa “Louise” Maria Torrey TaftLouise TaftLouisa “Louise” Maria Torrey was the second wife of Alphonso Taft, and the mother of U.S. President William Howard Taft.-Background:...
, 1845 - mother of president William Howard TaftWilliam Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States... - Frances PerkinsFrances PerkinsFrances Perkins , born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition...
, 1902 - the first woman cabinet member (U.S. Secretary of LaborUnited States Secretary of LaborThe United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
from 1933-1945 under President Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
). - Marion West HigginsMarion West HigginsMarion West Higgins was an American Republican Party politician who served as the first female Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. She was only the third woman Marion West Higgins (January 9, 1915 – December 24, 1991) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the first...
, 1936 - first female SpeakerSpeaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of the New Jersey General AssemblyNew Jersey General AssemblyThe New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average... - Ella T. GrassoElla T. GrassoElla Grasso , born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician, and first woman elected governor of Connecticut.-Biography:...
, 1940 - Governor of Connecticut; the first female Governor elected in her own right in United States history - Nancy KissingerNancy KissingerNancy Sharon Maginnes Kissinger is a philanthropist, and the second wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The couple married on March 31, 1974, in Arlington, VA; a year earlier she had said that speculation that the two would marry was "outrageous."Nancy Kissinger was raised in...
(Nancy Maginnes), 1955 - philanthropist; wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry KissingerHenry KissingerHeinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and... - Nita LoweyNita LoweyNita Melnikoff Lowey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously represented the 20th district from 1989 to 1993.-Early life, education and career:...
, 1959 - United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
member (D-NY) - Susan ShirkSusan ShirkSusan L. Shirk is an expert on Chinese politics and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She was in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs . She is currently a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the...
, 1967 - professor of political science and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North AsiaUnited States Deputy Secretary of StateThe Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State resigns or dies, the Deputy Secretary of State becomes Acting Secretary of State until the President nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement. The position was...
during the ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
administration - Judith KurlandJudith KurlandJudith Kurland was a Regional Director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services during the second Clinton administration. She was appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala in 1997....
, 1967 - former Regional Director, United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Department of Health and Human ServicesThe United States Department of Health and Human Services is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"... - Jane GarveyJane GarveyJane Garvey was head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002.-Biography:Garvey earned her B.A. from Mount Saint Mary College and her M.A...
(Jane Famiano), 1969 (M.A.) - former head of Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal Aviation AdministrationThe Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
(FAA) - Elaine ChaoElaine ChaoElaine Lan Chao served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. She was the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Chinese American to be appointed to a President's cabinet in American history. Chao was the only cabinet...
, 1975 - U.S. Secretary of LaborUnited States Secretary of LaborThe United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
, 2001–2009; Director of the Peace CorpsPeace CorpsThe Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...
, 1991–1992; former national director, United Way - Karen Middleton (Colorado legislator)Karen Middleton (Colorado legislator)Karen Middleton is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. After a career as a development officer and project manager in the field of education, Middleton was appointed to the Colorado State Board of Education in 2004 and won election to a two-year term in 2006...
, 1988 - a legislator in the U.S. stateU.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... - Mona SutphenMona SutphenMona K. Sutphen is an American senior government official, lobbyist, and writer on foreign policy. Sutphen served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. She is currently "a macro analyst at UBS."- Background :Sutphen is from Milwaukee,...
, 1989 - a Deputy White House Chief of StaffDeputy White House Chief of StaffThe White House Deputy Chief of Staff is officially the top aide to the White House Chief of Staff, who is the senior aide to the President of the United States. The Deputy Chief of Staff usually has an office in the West Wing and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the White House...
in the Obama administration.
Writers
- Emily DickinsonEmily DickinsonEmily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...
, (attended 1847-1848) - poet - Mary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanMary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanMary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a prominent 19th century American author.- Biography :She was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71...
, (attended 1870-1871) - novelist and short story writer - Anne W. ArmstrongAnne W. ArmstrongAnne Wetzell Armstrong was an American novelist and businesswoman, active primarily in the first half of the 20th century. She is best known for her novel, This Day and Time, an account of life in a rural Appalachian community...
, (attended 1890–1892) - novelist - Alice Geer Kelsey, 1918 - writer, children's literature
- Charlotte WilderCharlotte WilderCharlotte Wilder was an American poet and the eldest sister of author Thornton Wilder, Janet Wilder Dakin, and Amos Wilder.-Life:...
, 1919 - poet - Kathryn Irene GlascockKathryn Irene GlascockKathryn Irene Glascock was an American poet. The Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest is named after her.-Background:...
, 1922 - poet - Constance McLaughlin GreenConstance McLaughlin GreenConstance McLaughlin Winsor Green was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History for Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878.-Biography:...
, 1925 (Master's degree) - historian who won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryPulitzer Prize for HistoryThe Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
for Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878 is a two-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning book by American historian Constance McLaughlin Green. It is about the development of Washington D.C., as a village and capital from 1800 to 1878, and as a city capital from 1879 to 1950. Green won the Pulitzer Prize... - Roberta Teale SwartzRoberta Teale SwartzRoberta Teale Swartz Chalmers was an American academic, a poet, and co-founder of the Kenyon Review.-Early life and education:...
, 1925 - poet - Virginia Hamilton AdairVirginia Hamilton AdairVirginia Hamilton Adair was an American poet who became famous later in life with the 1996 publication of Ants on the Melon.-Background:...
, 1933 - poet. - Martha Whitmore HickmanMartha Whitmore HickmanMartha Whitmore Hickman is an American author.Hickman grew up in Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in English literature, phi beta kappa, from Mount Holyoke College in 1947. She is the author of a number of inspirational and other self-help books.-External links:****...
, 1947 - non-fiction author - Jean RikhoffJean RikhoffJean Rikhoff is an American author and editor. She is best known for two trilogies that she wrote: the Timble Trilogy, made up of Dear Ones All, Voyage In, Voyage Out, and Rites of Passage, and the trilogy of the North Country, consisting of Buttes Landing, One of the Raymonds, and The Sweetwater...
, 1948 - author - Nancy McKenzieNancy McKenzieNancy Affleck McKenzie is an American historical fiction writer. Her primary focus is Arthurian legend.-Publishing career:McKenzie published The Child Queen in 1994, and its sequel, The High Queen, a year later...
, 1948 - Arthurian legend author - Emma LathenEmma LathenEmma Lathen is the pen name of two American businesswomen: an economist Mary Jane Latsis and an economic analyst Martha Henissart ,who received her B.A. in physics from Mount Holyoke College in 1950....
, (pen-name for mystery authors Martha Henissart '50 and Mary Jane Latsis) - Nancy BauerNancy BauerNancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is a Canadian female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines.Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A...
(Nancy Luke), 1956 - non-fiction author - Clare MunningsClare MunningsClare Munnings is an American mystery author.Clare Munnings is the penname for two American authors: Jill Ker Conway and Elizabeth Topham Kennan . Their first novel, Overnight Float, was published in 2000.-External links:* **...
, (pen-name for mystery authors Elizabeth Topham Kennan '60 and Jill Ker ConwayJill Ker ConwayJill Ker Conway is an Australian-American author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain. She was also Smith College's first woman president, from 1975–1985, and now serves as a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
) - Nancy BondNancy BondNancy Bond is an American author of children's literature.Bond was born in Maryland and was raised in the United Kingdom and Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College in 1966 and a graduate degree from the College of Librarianship in Wales in 1972...
, 1966 - writer, children's literature - Patricia Roth SchwartzPatricia Roth Schwartz-Background:Born Patricia Roth in West Virginia, she received her B.A. in English literature from Mount Holyoke College in 1968 and her M.A. in English literature from Trinity College. She also has an M.A...
, 1968 - poet - Olivia MellanOlivia MellanOlivia Mellan, is an American therapist and consultant, specialized in money conflict resolution. Since 1982, she has been a leader in the field of money psychology. She is the author or co-author of five books about money and relationships. She is also a monthly columnist for Investment Advisor...
, 1968 - Author of 6 books on Money Psychology - Kathleen EagleKathleen EagleKathleen Eagle is an American author of over 40 romance novels.-Biography:...
(Kathleen Pierson), 1970 - romance novelist - Marisabina RussoMarisabina RussoMarisabina Russo is a children's book author and illustrator. She has written and illustrated over twenty books for children and young adults...
, 1971 - writer, children's literature - Wendy WassersteinWendy WassersteinWendy Wasserstein was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University...
, 1971 - playwright who won the 1989 Tony Award for Best PlayTony Award for Best PlayThe Tony Award for Best Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York. It currently takes place in mid-June each year.There was no award in the Tony's first year...
and the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for DramaPulitzer Prize for DramaThe Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918.From 1918 to 2006, the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes: during these years, the eligibility period for the drama prize ran from March 2 to March 1, to reflect the Broadway 'season' rather than the calendar year...
for The Heidi ChroniclesThe Heidi ChroniclesThe Heidi Chronicles is a 1988 play by Wendy Wasserstein. The play won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.-Production history:A workshop production at Seattle Repertory Theatre was held in April 1988, directed by Daniel J. Sullivan.... - Susan ShwartzSusan ShwartzSusan Shwartz is an American author.She received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1972 and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University.-Novels:* The Woman of Flowers * Byzantium's Crown...
, 1972 - science fiction and fantasy author - Lynne BarrettLynne BarrettLynne Barrett is an American writer and editor, best known for her short stories.-Background:Born and raised in New Jersey, she received a B.A. in English Composition from Mount Holyoke College and her M.F.A...
, 1972 - author - Gjertrud SchnackenbergGjertrud SchnackenbergGjertrud Schnackenberg is an American poet.-Life:Schnackenberg graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1975. She lectured at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Washington University, and was Writer-in-Residence at Smith College and visiting fellow at St...
, 1975 - poet - Kathleen HirschKathleen HirschKathleen Hirsch is an American author.Hirsch received her B.A. in political science and English in 1975 at Mount Holyoke College and her M.F.A in fiction writing from Brown University in 1979...
, 1975 - non-fiction author - Judith TarrJudith TarrJudith Tarr is an American author, best known for her fantasy books. She received her B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College in 1976, and has an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from Yale University...
, 1976 - science fiction and fantasy author - Carol Higgins ClarkCarol Higgins ClarkCarol Higgins Clark is an American mystery author. She is also the daughter of suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark, and has co-authored several Christmas novels with her mother.-Writing career:...
, 1978 - mystery author - Jacqueline Jones LaMon, 1978 - poet and novelist http://aalbc.com/authors/jacqueli1.htm
- Lan CaoLan CaoLan Cao is the author of the 1997 novel Monkey Bridge and is a professor of law at the College of William and Mary.Cao was born in Vietnam and experienced the Vietnam War as a civilian. She moved to the United States when she was 13. Cao received her B.A. in political science from Mount Holyoke...
, 1983 - novelist - Suzan-Lori ParksSuzan-Lori ParksSuzan-Lori Parks is an African American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Topdog/Underdog.-Early years:...
, 1985 - playwright who won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize2002 Pulitzer Prize-Journalism:* Public Service:**The New York Times, for A Nation Challenged, a special section published regularly after the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, which coherently and comprehensively covered the tragic events, profiled the victims, and tracked the developing story, locally...
in Drama for Topdog/UnderdogTopdog/UnderdogTopdog/Underdog is a play by Suzan-Lori Parks. Parks received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002 for the work.The play chronicles the adult lives of two African American brothers, Lincoln and Booth, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings... - Sehba SarwarSehba SarwarSehba Sarwar is the author of Black Wings .She grew up in Karachi, Pakistan. She received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1986, and a graduate degree from the University of Texas, Austin in Public Affairs.-External links:* *...
, 1986 - novelist - Shoba NarayanShoba NarayanShoba Narayan is an award winning author of Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes .She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Women's Christian College, studied fine arts as a Foreign Fellow at Mount Holyoke College and received a Master of Arts from the Columbia University Graduate...
, 1987 (MHCG) - non-fiction author - C. Leigh PurtillC. Leigh PurtillC. Leigh Purtill is an American author of young adult fiction.-Biography:Purtill graduated from Mount Holyoke College with degrees in anthropology and dance. She later received a Master of Science in film production at Boston University...
, 1988 - young adult author - Sabina MurraySabina MurraySabina Murray is an award-winning Filipina American screenwriter, and a novelist currently a Professor in the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst.-Background and career:...
, 1989 - screenwriter; wrote screenplay for The Beautiful CountryThe Beautiful CountryThe Beautiful Country is a 2004 Vietnam-related drama film set in 1990. It is directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Damien Nguyen, Nick Nolte, Bai Ling, Chau Thi Kim Xuan, Tim Roth, Anh Thu, Temuera Morrison and John Hussey... - Tahmima AnamTahmima AnamTahmima Anam is a Bangladeshi writer and novelist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was published by John Murray in 2007 and was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.- Education :...
, 1997 - author
Artists
- Leonard DeLongaLeonard DeLongaLeonard DeLonga was an American sculptor, painter, and professor at Mount Holyoke College. He was "best known as a metal sculptor, specializing in welded steel and bronze."-Background:...
- professor of art - (Charles) Denoe Leedy - concert pianist and music journalist
- Harrison PotterHarrison PotterHarrison Potter was an American pianist and educator.Potter was born in North Adams, Massachusetts and studied piano with Felix Fox, and, in Paris, Isidor Philipp. Early in his career, Potter taught for a time at Boston's Fox-Buonamici Piano School. He also served as assistant conductor of the...
- concert pianist and accompanist - David Sanford (composer)David Sanford (composer)David William Sanford is an American composer, and jazz bandleader.-Biography:Sanford was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1963, into a musical family...
- professor of music - Bonnie Catto - cellist
Athletics
- Mary Ellen ClarkMary Ellen ClarkMary Ellen Clark is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.-Background:...
- head diving coach; diverDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
who won two OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
bronze medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
and the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
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Authors, actors, poets, and playwrights
- Awam AmkpaAwam Amkpa-Background:He received his B.A. in B.A. 1982 in theater from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he studied under the tutelage of Wole Soyinka, his M.A. in 1987 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and his Ph.D. in 1993 from University of Bristol, Bristol, England.-Career:Dr...
- actor and playwright - James BaldwinJames Baldwin (writer)James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.Baldwin's essays, for instance "Notes of a Native Son" , explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th century America,...
- Five Colleges (Massachusetts)Five Colleges (Massachusetts)The Five Colleges comprises four liberal arts colleges and one university in the Connecticut River Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, totaling approximately 28,000 students. The schools belong to a consortium called Five Colleges, Incorporated, established in 1965...
faculty and noted American novelist - Sven BirkertsSven BirkertsSven Birkerts is an American essayist and literary critic of Latvian ancestry. He is best known for his book The Gutenberg Elegies, which posits a decline in reading due to the overwhelming advances of the Internet and other technologies of the "electronic culture."Birkerts was born in Pontiac,...
- author, The Gutenberg Elegies - Joseph BrodskyJoseph BrodskyIosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky , was a Russian poet and essayist.In 1964, 23-year-old Brodsky was arrested and charged with the crime of "social parasitism" He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters...
- winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
, and Poet LaureatePoet LaureateA poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
of the United States for 1991–1992 - Luis CernudaLuis CernudaLuis Cernuda , was a Spanish poet and literary critic.-Life and career:...
- poet - Anita DesaiAnita DesaiAnita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
- novelist - Anthony GiardinaAnthony GiardinaAnthony Giardina is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and playwright. Anthony Giardina started his professional career as an actor. He switched to playwriting, and eventually began writing novels....
- novelist - John IrvingJohn IrvingJohn Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
- author of The Cider House RulesThe Cider House RulesThe Cider House Rules is a 1985 novel by John Irving. It is Irving's sixth published novel, and has been adapted into a film of the same name and a stage play by Peter Parnell.-Plot:...
, and The World According to GarpThe World According to GarpThe World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years.A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich.... - Denis JohnstonDenis JohnstonDenis Johnston was an Irish writer. He wrote mostly plays, but also works of literary criticism, a book-length biographical essay of Jonathan Swift, a memoir and an eccentric work of philosophy. He also worked as a war correspondent, and as both a radio and television producer for the BBC...
- playwright - Brad LeithauserBrad LeithauserBrad E. Leithauser is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and teacher. After serving as the Emily Dickinson Lecturer in the Humanities at Mount Holyoke College and visiting professor at the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he is now on faculty at The...
- author, poet - Jaime ManriqueJaime Manrique-Background:Manrique was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and earned a B.A. from the University of South Florida.-Writing career:His first poetry volume won Colombia's National Poetry Award. Additionally, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his memoirs and has contributed to Shade , a gay,...
- author, poet - Valerie MartinValerie MartinValerie Martin is an American novelist and short story writer. She has also taught at Mount Holyoke College, Loyola University New Orleans, The University of New Orleans, The University of Alabama, and Sarah Lawrence College, among other institutions. She is a graduate of the MFA Program for...
- novelist and short story writer - Mary Jo SalterMary Jo SalterMary Jo Salter is an American poet, a coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry and a professor in the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University.-Life:...
- poet and a coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry - Bapsi SidhwaBapsi SidhwaBapsi Sidhwa is an author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. She is perhaps best known for her collaborative work with filmmaker Deepa Mehta: Sidhwa wrote both the 1991 novel Ice Candy Man which is the basis for Mehta's 1998 film Earth as well as the 2006 novel Water: A Novel which is...
- novelist - Paul SmythPaul Smyth (poet)Paul Smyth was an American poet, writer, and teacher.-Background:Paul Smyth was born in Boston and raised in Holliston, Massachusetts. At the age of sixteen, he left home to hitchhike across the North America. During this time, he spent time in Mexico, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Provincetown...
- poet - Genevieve TaggardGenevieve TaggardGenevieve Taggard was an American poet.-Biography:Genevieve Taggard was born to James Taggard and Alta Arnold, both of whom were school teachers...
- poet - Peter ViereckPeter ViereckPeter Robert Edwin Viereck , was an American poet and political thinker, as well as a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College for five decades.-Background:...
- 1949 Pulitzer Prize for PoetryPulitzer Prize for PoetryThe Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. However, special citations for poetry were presented in 1918 and 1919.-Winners:...
for Terror and Decorum and professor of Russian History - Douglas WhynottDouglas WhynottDouglas Whynott is an American writer who has written and published four critically acclaimed books. Whynott's first book took ten years to get published. In the meantime, he tuned pianos to make money.-Career:...
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Education
- Mary LyonMary LyonMary Mason Lyon , surname pronounced , was a pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, . Within two years, she raised $15,000 to build the Mount Holyoke School...
- founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837 (later Mount Holyoke College) - Beverly Daniel Tatum - president of Spelman CollegeSpelman CollegeSpelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the first historically black female...
Historians
- Michael BurnsMichael Burns (historian)Michael Burns is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College. He is also a former television and film actor, particularly known for his role as the teenager "Barnaby West" on the NBC and ABC television series Wagon Train from 1960-1965.-Background:Burns was born in Mineola,...
- Joseph EllisJoseph EllisJoseph John Ellis is a Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College who has written histories on the founding generation of American presidents. His book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2001.-Background and teaching:He received his B.A...
- Robert Matteson JohnstonRobert Matteson JohnstonRobert Matteson Johnston, M.A. was an American historian, who was an important scholar of military history. He was born in Paris and educated at Eton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge...
- Stephen F. JonesStephen F. JonesStephen F. Jones is an American expert on post-Communist societies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who currently serves as a Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts....
- William S. McFeelyWilliam S. McFeelyWilliam S. McFeely was a professor of history before his retirement in 1997.He received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1952, and Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1966. He studied there with, among others, C. Vann Woodward, whose book "The Strange Career of Jim Crow" was a staple...
- Nellie NeilsonNellie NeilsonNellie Neilson was an American historian.-Biography:Neilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to William George Neilson and Mary Louise Neilson. She attended Bryn Mawr College, from which she received an A.B. in 1893, an A.M. in 1894, and a Ph.D. in 1899...
- Bertha PutnamBertha PutnamBertha Haven Putnam was an American historian, specialising on the judicial and administrative history of medieval England....
Humanities
- Christopher BenfeyChristopher BenfeyChristopher Benfey is an American literary critic and Emily Dickinson scholar. He is the Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College.-Background:...
- professor of English - Peter BerekPeter BerekPeter Berek is a Professor of English and Shakespearean scholar at Mount Holyoke College. He also served as the dean of faculty and provost from 1990-1998. He was the interim president of the college in Fall 1995.-Background:...
- professor of English - Marion Elizabeth BlakeMarion Elizabeth BlakeMarion Elizabeth Blake was a classical languages professor who is known for her work in researching the technology of Roman construction. Dr. Blake died in Rome, Italy, in 1961.-Blake's Background:...
- classics professor - Bonnie Catto - Classics professor
- Gordon Keith ChalmersGordon Keith ChalmersGordon Keith Chalmers was a scholar of seventeenth century English thought and letters, president of Rockford College and Kenyon College, and a national leader in American higher education.-Early life and education:The son of Wiliam Everett Chalmers and his wife Mary Dunklee Maynard, Gordon...
- professor of English - Carolyn ColletteCarolyn ColletteCarolyn P. Collette is an American literary critic and a specialist in medieval literature, particularly Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. She is the Chair of Medieval Studies and Professor of English Language and Literature on the Alumnae Foundation at Mount Holyoke...
- professor of English - Emmanuel Chukwudi EzeEmmanuel Chukwudi EzeEmmanuel Chukwudi Eze was a Nigerian-born American philosopher. Eze was a specialist in postcolonial philosophy. He wrote as well as edited influential postcolonial histories of philosophy in Africa, Europe, and the Americas...
- philosopher - Leah Blatt GlasserLeah Blatt GlasserLeah Blatt Glasser is an American literary critic and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman scholar at Mount Holyoke College. She is currently Dean of First-Year Studies & Lecturer in English at Mount Holyoke College. Her then - student would later credit Glasser with her success.-Background:Glasser...
- Dean of First-Year Studies and Lecturer in English - Lynne HanleyLynne HanleyLynne Hanley is an American feminist author and literary critic. She is currently Professor of Writing and Literature at Hampshire College.-Background:...
- professor of English - Mary McHenryMary McHenryMary Williamson McHenry is "credited with bringing African American literature to Mount Holyoke College," where she is Emeritus Professor of English. McHenry also introduced her then - student to Five Colleges faculty member James Baldwin during the 1980s...
- professor of English - Indira Viswanathan PetersonIndira Viswanathan PetersonIndira Viswanathan Peterson is a literary critic and the David B. Truman Professor of Asian Studies at Mount Holyoke College. She is a specialist in South Asian Studies.-Background:...
- professor of Asian Studies - William H. QuillianWilliam H. QuillianWilliam H. Quillian is an American literary critic and James Joyce scholar. He is currently Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College.-Background:...
- professor of English - David StainesDavid StainesDavid McKenzie Staines, is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer, and editor.Staines was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied at the University of Toronto, where he obtained a BA in 1967, and at Harvard University, where he obtained an MA in 1968 and a PhD in 1973.After a...
- literary critic - Jean WahlJean WahlJean André Wahl was a French philosopher.-Early career:He was professor at the Sorbonne from 1936 to 1967, broken by World War II. He was in the U.S...
-philosopher - Donald WeberDonald WeberDonald Weber is a literary critic and a specialist in Jewish American literature and film studies. He is the Lucia, Ruth, and Elizabeth Professor of English and Chair of the English department at Mount Holyoke College.-Background:...
- professor of English - Lucy Cummings - anthropologist researching Sino-U.S. relations; based out of Shanghai, CHN
Politics
- Shirley ChisholmShirley ChisholmShirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress...
- U.S. Representative, 1968–1983, founding member of the Congressional Black CaucusCongressional Black CaucusThe Congressional Black Caucus is an organization representing the black members of the United States Congress. Membership is exclusive to blacks, and its chair in the 112th Congress is Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri.-Aims:...
, and simultaneously the first woman and the first African-American to run for U.S. President - Jean GrossholtzJean GrossholtzThelma Jean Grossholtz Professor Emeritus of Politics and Women's Studies at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts...
- professor emeritus of politics; bodybuilder who won a silver medal at the 1994 Gay GamesGay GamesThe Gay Games is the world's largest sporting and cultural event organized by and specifically for LGBT athletes, artists, musicians, and others. It welcomes participants of every sexual orientation and every skill level...
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/980213/hidden.html - W. Anthony LakeAnthony LakeWilliam Anthony Kirsopp Lake, best known as Tony Lake, is the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund , author, academic, and former American diplomat, Foreign Service Officer, and political advisor. He has been a foreign policy advisor to many Democratic U.S...
- U.S. National Security Advisor, 1993–1997 - [Cyrus Vance] - U.S. Secretary of State, 1977–1980
Sciences and social sciences
- A. Elizabeth AdamsA. Elizabeth AdamsAmy Elizabeth Adams was a zoologist and professor at Mount Holyoke College. She taught zoology at Mount Holyoke from 1919 to 1957. Adams earned an M.A. at Columbia University in 1919 and a Ph.D...
- zoologist - Mildred AllenMildred AllenMildred Allen was an American physicist.-Early life and education:Mildred Allen was born in Sharon, Massachusetts to MIT professor C. Frank Allen and Caroline Hadley Allen. She had one younger sister, Margaret Allen Anderson.Allen graduated from Vassar College in 1916 with Phi Beta Kappa honors...
- physicist - John Bissell CarrollJohn Bissell CarrollJohn Bissell Carroll was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, educational linguistics and psychometrics.- Early years :...
- psychologist - Cornelia ClappCornelia ClappCornelia Maria Clapp was an American zoologist and academic specializing in marine biology.Born in Montague, Massachusetts, Clapp was educated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, the forerunner of today’s Mount Holyoke College, and graduated in 1871...
- zoologist and marine biologist - Janet Wilder DakinJanet Wilder DakinJanet Wilder Dakin , was a philanthropist, zoologist and a younger sister of author Thornton Wilder and poet Charlotte Wilder....
- zoologist who was the youngest sister of Thornton WilderThornton WilderThornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.-Early years:Wilder was born in Madison,...
and Charlotte WilderCharlotte WilderCharlotte Wilder was an American poet and the eldest sister of author Thornton Wilder, Janet Wilder Dakin, and Amos Wilder.-Life:... - Anna J. HarrisonAnna J. HarrisonAnna Jane Harrison was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years.-Life:...
- professor of chemistry - Olive HazlettOlive HazlettOlive Clio Hazlett was an American mathematician who spent most of her career working for the University of Illinois...
- mathematician - Mark McMenaminMark McMenaminMark McMenamin is a tenured professor of geology at Mount Holyoke College. His research is primarily focused on paleontology, particularly the Ediacaran biota....
- paleontologist and geologist, winner of the Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI) - Ann Haven MorganAnn Haven MorganAnn Haven Morgan was an American zoologist and ecologist.One of three offspring of Stanley G. Morgan and Julia A. Douglass Morgan, Anna Morgan was born in Waterford, Connecticut and attended Williams Memorial Institute in New London, Connecticut. In 1902, Anna joined Wellesley College then...
- zoologist - Lucy Taxis Shoe MerittLucy Taxis Shoe MerittLucy Taxis Shoe Meritt was a classical archaeologist and a scholar of Greek architectural ornamentation and mouldings.-Biography:...
, classical archaeologist and a scholar of Greek architectural ornamentation and mouldings - Becky Wai-Ling PackardBecky Wai-Ling PackardBecky Wai-Ling Packard is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Mount Holyoke College.She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Michigan State University. She is the winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers , the...
- winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Lucy Weston PickettLucy Weston PickettLucy Weston Pickett was a Mary Lyon Professor and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Chair in Chemistry at Mount Holyoke College.She received her B.A. in chemistry from Mount Holyoke in 1925 and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. She taught at Illinois and Goucher College before returning to Mount...
- noted chemist - Ellen P. ReeseEllen P. ReeseEllen P. Reese was the Norma Cutts Dafoe professor of psychology at Mount Holyoke College.She received her B.A. in psychology from Mount Holyoke in 1948, her M.A. in 1954 and her entire teaching career as a professor at Mount Holyoke as well. The Ellen P. Reese Grants for Faculty/Student...
, 1948 - noted psychologist - Mignon TalbotMignon TalbotMignon Talbot Mignon Talbot Mignon Talbot (August 16, 1869 – July 18, 1950 was an American paleontologist who in 1911 recovered the only fossils of the dinosaur, Podokesaurus holyokensis....
- professor of Geology and Geography, who recovered the only fossils of the dinosaur, Podokesaurus holyokensisPodokesaurusPodokesaurus was a small carnivorous dinosaur of the Early Jurassic Period , and as such is one of the earliest known dinosaurs to inhabit the eastern United States . The small, bipedal carnivore was about 90 cm long and 0.3 m tall... - Abby Howe TurnerAbby Howe TurnerAbby Howe Turner was a noted professor of Physiology and Zoology who founded the department of physiology at Mount Holyoke College. She specialized in colloid osmotic pressure and circulatory reactions to gravity....
- founded Mount Holyoke's department of physiology - Esther Boise Van DemanEsther Boise Van DemanEsther Boise Van Deman was a leading archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was born in South Salem, Ohio to Joseph Van Deman and his second wife Martha Millspaugh. She was the youngest of six children including two boys by her father's first marriage.- Education and career...
- archeologist - Antoni ZygmundAntoni ZygmundAntoni Zygmund was a Polish-born American mathematician.-Life:Born in Warsaw, Zygmund obtained his PhD from Warsaw University and became a professor at Stefan Batory University at Wilno...
- mathematician who exerted a major influence on 20th-century mathematics
Presidents
- 1837-1849: Mary LyonMary LyonMary Mason Lyon , surname pronounced , was a pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, . Within two years, she raised $15,000 to build the Mount Holyoke School...
, 1st President (Founder and Principal) - 1849-1850: Mary C. WhitmanMary C. WhitmanMary C. Whitman was an American educator who served as the second president of Mount Holyoke College from 1849-1850...
, 2nd President (Principal) - 1850-1865: Mary W. ChapinMary W. ChapinMary W. Chapin was an American educator who served as the third president of Mount Holyoke College from 1850–1852 and Principal from 1852-1865...
, 3rd President (Principal) - 1865-1867: Sophia D. StoddardSophia D. StoddardSarah D. Stoddard was an American educator who served as the fourth president of Mount Holyoke College from 1865-1867...
4th President (Acting Principal) - 1867-1872: Helen M. FrenchHelen M. FrenchHelen M. French was an American educator who served as the fifth president of Mount Holyoke College from 1867-1872. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1857 and taught there for ten years before becoming Head.-See also:*Presidents of Mount Holyoke College-External links:*...
, 5th President (Principal) - 1872-1883: Julia E. WardJulia E. WardJulia E. Ward was an American educator who served as the sixth president of Mount Holyoke College from 1872-1883. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1857 and taught there for five years before becoming Head.-See also:*Presidents of Mount Holyoke College-External links:*...
, 6th President (Principal) - 1883-1889 Elizabeth BlanchardElizabeth Blanchard (educator)Elizabeth Blanchard was an American educator who was the seventh president of Mount Holyoke College ....
, 7th President (Principal and President) - 1889: Mary A. BrighamMary A. BrighamMary A. Brigham was an American educator who was the 8th President of Mount Holyoke College in 1889. After a teaching for a few years, "she was elected President of Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1889, but died in a railway accident before she could take up her appointment...
, 8th President (President Elect - died in an accident) - 1889-1890: Louisa F. CowlesLouisa F. CowlesLouise F. Cowles was an American educator who was the 9th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1889 -1890. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1866 and taught there for a number of years before and after becoming president....
, 9th President (Acting President) - 1890-1900: Elizabeth Storrs MeadElizabeth Storrs MeadElizabeth Storrs Mead was an American educator who was the 10th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1890 - 1900. She taught at Oberlin College before becoming President.-See also:*Presidents of Mount Holyoke College...
, 10th President - 1900-1937: Mary Emma WoolleyMary Emma WoolleyMary Emma Woolley was an American educator, peace activist and women's suffrage supporter. She was the first female student to attend Brown University and served as the 11th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1900-1937....
, 11th President - 1937-1957: Roswell G. HamRoswell G. HamRoswell Gray Ham was an American educator who served as the 12th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1937 to 1957. He was born in LeMoore, California and received his B.A. from University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Yale University...
, 12th President (first male head) - 1957-1968: Richard Glenn GettellRichard Glenn GettellRichard Glenn Gettell was an American educator who served as the 13th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1957 - 1968. He received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1933, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1940.-See also:*Presidents of Mount Holyoke College-External...
, 13th President - 1968-1969: Meribeth E. CameronMeribeth E. CameronMeribeth Elliott Cameron is an American Academic who served as the 14th Presidentof Mount Holyoke College from 1968-1969....
, 14th President (Acting President) - 1969-1978: David Truman, 15th President
- 1978-1995: Elizabeth Topham Kennan '60, 16th President
- 1996-2010: Joanne V. CreightonJoanne V. CreightonJoanne Vanish Creighton, Ph.D. is an American academic who served as the 17th President of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts from 1996-2010. On August 10, 2011, the Haverford College Board of Managers named her interim President of Haverford College, replacing Stephen G....
, 17th President - 2010–Present: Lynn PasquerellaLynn PasquerellaLynn Pasquerella became the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts in 2010. She was a professor at the University of Rhode Island for 19 years before becoming URI's Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 2006 to 2008 she was vice provost for research and dean of...
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Acting and Interim Presidents
- Beverly Daniel Tatum, served as Acting President for part of 2002 while President Creighton was on leave.
- Peter BerekPeter BerekPeter Berek is a Professor of English and Shakespearean scholar at Mount Holyoke College. He also served as the dean of faculty and provost from 1990-1998. He was the interim president of the college in Fall 1995.-Background:...
, served as interim president in Fall 1995. - Joseph EllisJoseph EllisJoseph John Ellis is a Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College who has written histories on the founding generation of American presidents. His book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2001.-Background and teaching:He received his B.A...
, served as Acting President for part of 1984 while President Kennan was on leave. - Meribeth E. CameronMeribeth E. CameronMeribeth Elliott Cameron is an American Academic who served as the 14th Presidentof Mount Holyoke College from 1968-1969....
, served as Acting President for part of 1954 while President Ham was on leave and for part of 1966 while President Gettell was on leave.
Commencement speakers
The following is a list of Mount Holyoke College Commencement Speakers by year.| Date | Name | Speeches and links |
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| 2010 | Martha Nussbaum Martha Nussbaum Martha Nussbaum , is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics.... |
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| 2010 | Gail Collins Gail Collins Gail Gleason Collins is an American journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with the New York Times. Joining the Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board, from 2001 to 2007 she served as the paper's Editorial Page Editor – the first woman to attain that position... |
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| 2009 | Mary McAleese Mary McAleese Mary Patricia McAleese served as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was the second female president and was first elected in 1997 succeeding Mary Robinson, making McAleese the world's first woman to succeed another as president. She was re-elected unopposed for a second term in... |
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| 2008 | Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work with and against Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical community and ethical relationships, and certain subject-object problems in ethics. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor... |
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| 2007 | Wendy Kopp Wendy Kopp Wendy Sue Kopp is the CEO and Founder of Teach For America , the national teaching corps and the CEO of Teach For All.-Background:... |
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| 2006 | Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction... |
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| 2005 | Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio focusing primarily on the activities and politics of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition... |
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| 2004 | Kim Campbell Kim Campbell Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993... |
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| 2003 | Judy Blume Judy Blume Judy Blume is an American author. She has written many novels for children and young adults which have exceeded sales of 80 million and been translated into 31 languages... |
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| 2002 | Queen Noor of Jordan | |
| 2001 | Suzan-Lori Parks Suzan-Lori Parks Suzan-Lori Parks is an African American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Topdog/Underdog.-Early years:... ’85 |
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| 2000 | Mary Patterson McPherson Mary Patterson McPherson Mary Patterson McPherson is the current Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society, and former President of Bryn Mawr College.McPherson received her B.A. and L.L.D. from Smith College, her M.A. from the University of Delaware, and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College... |
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| 1999 | Anna Quindlen Anna Quindlen Anna Marie Quindlen is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post... |
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| 1997 | Madeleine Albright Madeleine Albright Madeleine Korbelová Albright is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0... |
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| 1996 | Donna Shalala Donna Shalala Donna Edna Shalala served for eight years as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton and has been president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida, since 2001. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest... |
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| 1995 | Ann Richards Ann Richards Dorothy Ann Willis Richards was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was... |
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| 1994 | Nita Lowey Nita Lowey Nita Melnikoff Lowey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously represented the 20th district from 1989 to 1993.-Early life, education and career:... ’59 |
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| 1993 | Judith Kurland Judith Kurland Judith Kurland was a Regional Director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services during the second Clinton administration. She was appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala in 1997.... ’67 |
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| 1991 | Evelyn Fox Keller Evelyn Fox Keller Evelyn Fox Keller is an American physicist, author and feminist. She is currently a Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Keller has also taught at the State University of New York at Purchase, New York University and in the department of... |
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| 1990 | Wendy Wasserstein Wendy Wasserstein Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University... ’71 |
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| 1989 | Glenn Close Glenn Close Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and... |
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| 1988 | Joseph Brodsky Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky , was a Russian poet and essayist.In 1964, 23-year-old Brodsky was arrested and charged with the crime of "social parasitism" He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters... |
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| 1987 | Maya Angelou Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly... |
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| 1984 | Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara Bailey Kennelly was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.-Family and Education:... |
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| 1981 | Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress... |
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| 1976 | Lillian Hellman Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence "Lily" Hellman was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes... |
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| 1975 | Ella T. Grasso Ella T. Grasso Ella Grasso , born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician, and first woman elected governor of Connecticut.-Biography:... '40 |
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| 1963 | U Thant U Thant U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in September 1961.... |
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| 1899 | William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... |