List of Williams College people
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Because of a history dating back to 1793 and a consistent reputation as a leading institution of higher learning, there is a long List of Williams College
people - students who attended the school and achieved notability in a wide variety of fields.
, who headed the art history department at Williams from 1940 to 1969.
Recipients of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
(A list of Williams' Olympians is available at the Williams Sports Info website.)
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
people - students who attended the school and achieved notability in a wide variety of fields.
Academics
- Richard T. AntounRichard T. AntounProfessor Richard "Dick" T. Antoun was an American anthropologist who specialized in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. He was a Professor Emeritus at Binghamton University....
1953, anthropologist who specialized in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. - John BascomJohn BascomJohn Bascom was born on May 1, 1827 in Genoa, New York and was a graduate of Williams College with the class of 1849. He graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1855. Besides the degrees he got in those places, he held many other scholarly and honorary degrees...
1849, President of the University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866... - Bernard BailynBernard BailynBernard Bailyn is an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He has been a professor at Harvard University since 1953. Bailyn has won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice . In 1998 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected...
1945, Historian at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... - James Phinney Baxter IIIJames Phinney Baxter IIIJames Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator and academic. He won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for history, for his book Scientists Against Time...
, 1914, President of Williams CollegeWilliams CollegeWilliams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. - Michael BeschlossMichael BeschlossMichael Richard Beschloss is an American historian. A specialist in the United States presidency, he is the author of nine books.- Early life :...
1977, called "the nation's leading presidential historian" by NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
. - Julian Charles Boyd 1952, American linguist, reputed for his expertise on modality in English, as well as for his pedagogical excellence at the University of California, Berkeley, where he spent most of his academic career as Professor of English and Director of the English Language Program.
- Sterling Allen BrownSterling Allen BrownSterling Allen Brown was an African-American professor, author of works on folklore, poet and literary critic. He was interested chiefly in black culture of the Southern United States.-Early life:...
1922, African-American teacher, literary critic, and poet. - James MacGregor BurnsJames MacGregor BurnsJames MacGregor Burns is an historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. He is the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the of the School of Public Policy at the University...
1939, Pulitzer Prize winning author. - Lucy Calkins 1973, Professor at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, director of the Reading and Writing Project, recipient of the Bicentennial Medal in 1993. - Vincent Cannato, Historian, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Paul Chadbourne 1848, President of University of Wisconsin, Williams College, and University of Massachusetts.
- Dan Cohn-SherbokDan Cohn-SherbokDan Cohn-Sherbok is a rabbi of Reform Judaism, a Jewish theologian and a prolific author on religion. He is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales, Honorary Professor at the University of Abersystwyth, Visiting Professor at St Mary's University College, London, York St John...
, Rabbi and Professor of Jewish Theology, University of Wales, Lampeter - Robert CoombeRobert CoombeRobert Coombe is a chemist and an educator. He has been a faculty member at the University of Denver since 1981. In 2005 he became the chancellor of the university.-Education and Work Background:...
1970, Chancellor, University of DenverUniversity of DenverThe University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
. - Allison DavisAllison DavisWilliam Boyd Allison Davis was an educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar. He was considered one of the most promising black scholars of his generation, and became the first African-American to hold a full faculty position at a major white university when he joined the staff of...
1924, sociologist. - John Aubrey Davis, Sr.John Aubrey Davis, Sr.Dr. John Aubrey Davis, Sr. was an African American political science professor and American Civil Rights activist who served as the head academic researcher on the historic Brown v. Board of Education case.-Civil rights work:...
1933, political science professor and civil rights activist instrumental to the Brown vs. Board of Education legal team. - Anna Christina De Ozorio Nobre 1985, Professor of Cognitive NeuroscienceNeuroscienceNeuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
, University of Oxford. - Daniel DreznerDaniel DreznerDaniel W. Drezner is currently a professor of international politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, the author of several books, the author of many Op-Ed pieces in major publications, a blogger, and a commentator.In 2005, he was denied tenure by the University of...
1990, Professor at Tufts UniversityTufts UniversityTufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
, political commentator - Amos EatonAmos EatonAmos Eaton was a scientist and educator in the Troy, New York area.Eaton attended Williams College; after graduating in 1799 he studied law in New York City and was admitted to the state bar in 1802. He practiced law in Catskill, New York until 1810, when he was jailed on charges of forgery...
1799, co-founder, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteStephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's... - Robert F. EngleRobert F. EngleRobert Fry Engle III is an American economist and the winner of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility ".-Biography:Engle was born in Syracuse, New York and went on to...
1964, won the 2003 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Economics "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility" (ARCH models) and holds the Armellino Chair at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
(NYU). He graduated with Highest Honors in PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
. - Willard F. EntemanWillard F. EntemanWillard Finley Enteman was the eleventh president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.-Career:Enteman graduated from the Hotchkiss School in 1955 before attending Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. After having graduated in 1959, he attended Harvard Business School, where he...
1959, former president of Bowdoin CollegeBowdoin CollegeBowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is... - S. Lane FaisonS. Lane FaisonS. Lane Faison was an art history professor at Williams College. Faison headed the art history department at Williams from 1940 to 1969 and remained on the full-time faculty until 1976. Several of his students went on to direct major museums including Earl A. Powell III of the National Gallery of...
1929, art historian. - Kristin ForbesKristin ForbesKristin Forbes is an Associate Professor of International Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2003 as the youngest-ever member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. She returned to academia in mid-2005.From 2001-2002, Forbes served...
1992, Associate Professor of International Management at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementMIT Sloan School of ManagementThe MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
and Member, Council of Economic AdvisersCouncil of Economic AdvisersThe Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy...
(confirmed by the United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
in 2003, she is the youngest person to ever hold this position). - Theodore FriendTheodore FriendTheodore Friend is an American historian, novelist, and teacher, a former President of Swarthmore College.-Life:...
1952, former president of Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore CollegeSwarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
. - Dennis Geronimus 1995, Associate Professor of Art History, specializing in Italian Renaissance Art, New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
- Keith GriffinKeith Griffin (economist)Keith B. Griffin is an economist, notable for his pioneering work on the economics of poverty reduction over more than forty years.From 1979 to 1988 he was President of Magdalen College, Oxford and he remains an honorary fellow there.-Selected publications:...
1960, former president of Magdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
. - Edward GramlichEdward GramlichEdward M. Gramlich was a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve....
1961, economics professor at University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. - Henry HopkinsHenry HopkinsHenry Hopkins may refer to:*Henry Hopkins Sibley , American general*Henry Hopkins , American clergyman & educator, president of Williams College*Henry Hopkins , American art curator and educator...
1858, President of Williams College. - Mark HopkinsMark Hopkins (educator)Mark Hopkins was an American educator and theologian.-Life and career:Great-nephew of the theologian Samuel Hopkins, Mark Hopkins was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts...
1824. According to former U.S. president James A. Garfield (see below), "Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on one end and I on the other, and you may have all the buildings...", often misquoted as '...a log, with Mark Hopkins on one end and me on the other..." - Catharine HillCatharine Bond HillCatharine "Cappy" Bond Hill is the current president of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. She began in 2006, after former president Frances D. Fergusson retired. Before coming to Vassar, Hill was provost at Williams College.-Biography:...
1976, president of Vassar College - James Willard HurstJames Willard HurstJames Willard Hurst is widely credited as the founder of the modern field of American legal history. Educated at the Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in 1935, Hurst was a research assistant to Professor Felix Frankfurter, and later a law clerk to Justice Louis D. Brandeis...
1932, founder of the modern field of American legal history. - Thomas H. JacksonThomas H. JacksonThomas H. Jackson was the ninth president of the University of Rochester, preceded by Dennis O'Brien. Jackson held the position of president from 1994 until he formally stepped down on June 30, 2005 and was succeeded by Joel Seligman...
1972, President of University of Rochester, 1994–2005 - Harry Pratt JudsonHarry Pratt JudsonHarry Pratt Judson was a U.S. educator and historian, born at Jamestown, N. Y., and educated at Williams College , where he was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity...
1870, President of the University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, 1906-1923 - Walter Kaufmann 1941, philosopher, poet, and translator.
- Alvin Kernan 1949, educator (Williams, Yale, Princeton), author and historian.
- Leonard Woods LabareeLeonard Woods LabareeLeonard W. Labaree was a distinguished documentary editor, a professor of history at Yale University for more than forty years, an historian of Colonial America, and the founding editor of the multivolume publication of the papers of Benjamin Franklin.-Early life and education:Leonard W...
1920, chair of the history department at Yale and Connecticut State Historian. - Frederick M. LawrenceFrederick M. LawrenceFrederick M. Lawrence is an American legal scholar and the President of Brandeis University.He is the third and youngest child of Brooklyn College sweethearts Joseph and Bea Lawrence . His father was a chemical engineer and his mother an educator. Lawrence attended Flower Hill Elementary School,...
1977, President, Brandeis University, former Dean, George Washington University Law School. - John Leahy 1984, Professor of Macroeconomics New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. - Stephen Lewis 1960, former president of Carleton CollegeCarleton CollegeCarleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
. - Roger Sherman LoomisRoger Sherman LoomisRoger Sherman Loomis was an American scholar and one of the foremost authorities on medieval and Arthurian literature.-Biography:...
1909, medieval and Arthurian literature scholar. - James MaasJames MaasJames Maas is an American social psychologist, professor at Cornell University, and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. He is best known for his work in the field of sleep research, specifically the relationship between sleep and performance. He coined the term "power nap" and wrote the...
1961, Professor of Psychology at Cornell and leading sleep researcher. - Curtis T. McMullenCurtis T. McMullenCurtis Tracy McMullen is Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998 for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry and Teichmüller theory....
1980, Professor of Mathematics at Harvard and winner of the 1998 Fields MedalFields MedalThe Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
for his work in complex dynamicsComplex dynamicsComplex dynamics is the study of dynamical systems defined by iteration of functions on complex number spaces. Complex analytic dynamics is the study of the dynamics of specifically analytic functions.-Techniques:*General** Montel's theorem...
. - Barrington Moore Jr.Barrington Moore Jr.Barrington Moore Jr. was an American political sociologist. He is famous for his Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World , a comparative study of modernization in Britain, France, the United States, China, Japan and India, and a...
1936, leading figure in Comparative Politics and professor at Harvard. - Daniel Muzyka 1975, Dean of the Sauder School of BusinessSauder School of BusinessThe Sauder School of Business is a business school at the University of British Columbia located in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, Canada...
at the University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
. - Stewart C. Myers 1967, Professor of Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementMIT Sloan School of ManagementThe MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
. - William OuchiWilliam OuchiWilliam G. Ouchi is an American professor and author in the field of business management.Bill Ouchi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned a B.A. from Williams College , an MBA from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Chicago...
1965, American professor and author in the field of business management. - Arthur Latham PerryArthur Latham PerryArthur Latham Perry , born in Lyme, New Hampshire, was a prominent American economist and advocate of free trade. He graduated from Williams College in 1852 and was Orrin Sage Professor of history and political economy there from 1853 to 1891, when he became professor emeritus...
1852, economist. - Earl Potter 1968, President of St. Cloud State University.
- Eric ReevesEric ReevesDr. Eric Reeves is professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare, Milton, and the history of literary theory and the history of literacy....
1972, Sudan scholar. - Richard Repp 1957, master of St. Cross College, Oxford.
- Thomas Hedley ReynoldsThomas Hedley ReynoldsThomas Hedley Reynolds was the fifth president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and an American historian.-Education:Reynolds earned a B.A. from Williams College and a Ph.D...
1942, 5th President of 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...
. - David Ruder 1951, Professor and former Dean, Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
School of Law, and former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. - Bruce RussettBruce RussettBruce Martin Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Professor in International and Area Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University, and edited the Journal of Conflict Resolution from 1972 to 2009.- Academic career :...
1956, Professor of Political Science Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, leading figure in International RelationsInternational relationsInternational relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
. - Michael Scanlan 1953, president of Franciscan University of SteubenvilleFranciscan University of SteubenvilleFranciscan University of Steubenville is a Catholic institution located in Steubenville, Ohio, west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1946 by the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. In 1974, Fr...
. - James C. ScottJames C. ScottJames C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science, formerly Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale University. He is also the director of the Program in Agrarian Studies. By training, he is a southeast Asianist.- Research topics :James Scott's work focuses...
1958, Sterling ProfessorSterling ProfessorA Sterling Professorship is the highest academic rank at Yale University, awarded to a tenured faculty member considered one of the best in his or her field...
of Political Science and director of Agrarian Studies at YaleYALERapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
. - Joseph William Singer 1976, Bussey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.
- Francis H. SnowFrancis H. SnowFrancis Huntington Snow was an American professor and chancellor of the University of Kansas , and he became prominent through the discovery of a fungus fatal to chinch bugs and its propagation and distribution. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he was the son of Benjamin and Mary B...
1868, Chancellor of University of Kansas. - Herbert SteinHerbert SteinHerbert Stein was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and was on the board of contributors of The Wall Street Journal. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Nixon and President Ford. From 1974 until 1984, he was the A...
1935, former Chair, Council of Economic AdvisersCouncil of Economic AdvisersThe Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy...
(and father of Ben SteinBen SteinBenjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
). - Lester ThurowLester ThurowLester Carl Thurow is a former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of books on economic topics. Thurow was born in Livingston, Montana.-Education:...
1960, the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Economics, and former Dean (1987–1993), MIT Sloan School of ManagementMIT Sloan School of ManagementThe MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
. - Richard WarchRichard WarchRichard Warch is an American professor, ordained minister and academic. He served as the 14th president of Lawrence University.Warch was raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Williams College in 1961...
1961, president of Lawrence UniversityLawrence UniversityLawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...
. - Mariët Westermann 1984, Provost, NYU Abu Dhabi, Vice President Designate, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Actors, artists, and cinema
- Sebastian ArcelusSebastian ArcelusSebastian Arcelus is an American actor. He has made a career in theatre on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He made his Broadway debut in Rent, first as a swing, covering the male ensemble roles as well as Mark and Roger, and then as Roger...
1999, BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
actor. - Purva BediPurva BediPurva Bedi is an Indian American actress. Although she was born in Chandigarh, she was brought up in Belgium and the United States....
1996, film and television actress. - Charles William Brackett 1915, Academy Award-winning screenwriter and President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Monique Curnen 1992, film and television actress.
- Gordon ClappGordon ClappGordon Clapp is an American actor, best known for portraying the role of Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons on the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998.-Early and personal life:...
1971, Emmy Award-winning actor on NYPD Blue. - Bud CollyerBud CollyerBud Collyer was an American radio actor/announcer who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars...
, radio actor and game show host. - Walker EvansWalker EvansWalker Evans was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans's work from the FSA period uses the large-format, 8x10-inch camera...
1926, noted photographer, especially for the Farm Securities Administration during the Great DepressionGreat DepressionThe Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
; dropped out after his freshman year. - John FrankenheimerJohn FrankenheimerJohn Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films...
1951, director of The Manchurian CandidateThe Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American Cold War political thriller film starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury, and featuring Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver...
and other notable films. - Crispin FreemanCrispin FreemanCrispin McDougal Freeman is an American voice actor, and Mythology scholar. His roles have included Alucard from Hellsing, Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Karasu from Noein, Togusa from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, as Holland Novak from Eureka Seven, Touga Kiriyu in...
1994, voice actor. - Saxton FreymannSaxton FreymannSaxton Freymann is an author and painter, who was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 30, 1958, and grew up in White Plains, New York; London, United Kingdom; and New Canaan, Connecticut. He currently lives in New York City with his family.-History:...
1980, artist. - Max GailMax GailMaxwell Trowbridge "Max" Gail, Jr. is an American actor who has starred in stage, television, and film roles. He most notably portrayed the role of Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the television sitcom Barney Miller....
1965, actor. - A.R. Gurney 1952, playwright, The Dining Room and Sylvia.
- Tao HoTao HoTao Ho is an architect from Hong Kong.Dr. Ho was born in Shanghai. He graduated from Williams College and then studied architecture at Harvard University and worked as a personal assistant to the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. He has been teaching and practising in Hong Kong since 1964. He...
1960, architect. - Wendy W. JacobWendy W. JacobWendy W. Jacob is an American artist who works as an urban interventionist.-Life and work:Wendy Jacob received her bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1980, and her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago.She has created installations and interventions in social...
1980, artist. - David Bar KatzDavid Bar KatzDavid Bar Katz is an American screenwriter, playwright, author and director.- Early life :Katz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His interest in theater was sparked by stories of his great-grandfather who was a Yiddish theater producer on the Lower East Side of New York City...
1989, Emmy and Tony-nominated theater and television writer and director. - Elia KazanElia KazanElia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...
1931, writer and OscarAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-winning director of Gentleman's AgreementGentleman's AgreementGentleman's Agreement is a 1947 drama film about a journalist who goes undercover as a Jew to conduct research for an exposé on antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut...
and On the WaterfrontOn the WaterfrontOn the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film about union violence and corruption among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb and Karl Malden. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard...
as well as A Streetcar Named Desire and other major films. - Leslie Keno 1979, appraiser for Antiques Roadshow and furniture designer.
- Art LandeArt LandeArt Lande is a jazz pianist, drummer, composer and educator.Born in New York City, he began piano at age 4, studied at Williams College, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969. He made the first record of his own compositions in 1973 for ECM Records, in a duo with saxophonist/flutist Jan...
1968, jazz pianist. - Nick Lyle 1981, Artist
- Ralph Eugene MeatyardRalph Eugene MeatyardRalph Eugene Meatyard was an American photographer, from Normal, Illinois.-Life & Career:Married to Madelyn McKinney, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, to continue his trade as an optician. The company he worked for, Tinder-Krausse-Tinder also sold photographic equipment...
Attended 1943-44, photographer. - Carolyn McCormickCarolyn McCormickCarolyn Inez McCormick is an American actress best known for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet on Law & Order franchise.-Life and career:McCormick was born in Midland, Texas to a father who owned an oil drilling company...
1981, actress. - Andy McElfresh 1985, screenwriter and writer / director for The Tonight Show.
- Iñigo Manglano-OvalleIñigo Manglano-OvalleIñigo Manglano-Ovalle is an American artist.He graduated from Williams College with a BA in 1983, and from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in 1989....
1983, artist. - Barbara Ernst Prey 1979, watercolor artist and member, National Council on the Arts.
- John SaylesJohn SaylesJohn Thomas Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter and author.-Early life:Sayles was born in Schenectady, New York, the son of Mary , a teacher, and Donald John Sayles, a school administrator. He was raised Catholic and took to labeling himself "a Catholic atheist"...
1972, Hollywood genre writer and director of a number of independent films including Lone Star and Eight Men OutEight Men OutEight Men Out is an American dramatic sports film, released in 1988 and based on Eliot Asinof 1963 book 8 Men Out. It was written and directed by John Sayles....
. - Peter SimonPeter SimonPeter Simon is an English shopping television presenter and former children's television personality.-Career:Simon's career began at the age of 12, when he became a presenter for Yorkshire Television's Junior Showtime...
, stage and television actor. - Stephen SondheimStephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
1950, composer and lyricist for stage and screen and one of the most popular composers in Broadway musical history. - Fletcher SteeleFletcher SteeleFletcher Steele was an American landscape architect credited with designing and creating over 700 gardens from 1915 to the time of his death....
1907, landscape architect. - Paul SteklerPaul SteklerPaul J. Stekler is a political documentary filmmaker, a professor, and former head of the production program in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication...
1974, documentarian. - Jon StoneJon StoneJon Stone is best known for writing and producing Sesame Street, and is credited with helping develop characters such as Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch. He is regarded by many as one of the best children's television writers. He started working for children's programs in 1955...
1952, writer, director and co-creator of Sesame Street. - David StrathairnDavid StrathairnDavid Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...
1970, Oscar-nominated actor. Performed in Sneakers, Dolores ClaiborneDolores Claiborne (film)Dolores Claiborne is a 1995 film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, starring Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was directed by Taylor Hackford.-Plot:...
, Memphis BelleMemphis Belle (film)Memphis Belle is a 1990 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick, starring Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz and introducing Harry Connick Jr. in his screen debut...
, L.A. ConfidentialL.A. Confidential (film)L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American film based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel of the same title, the third book in his L.A. Quartet. Both the book and the film tell the story of a group of LAPD officers in the 1950s, and the intersection of police corruption and Hollywood celebrity...
, and Good Night, and Good Luck. - Ken Talley 1982 Hubbard Hutchinson Fellowship; dancer, Lewitzky Dance Co 1985–1995.
- David Turner 1997, Broadway actor.
- Leehom Wang 1998, Singer, songwriter, actor, director.
- Martha WilliamsonMartha WilliamsonMartha Williamson is the host and voice of A Touch of Encouragement on Beliefnet.com. She is best known as the head writer and Executive Producer of the long-running hit CBS television series Touched by an Angel...
1977, Producer, Touched by an Angel. - Frederick WisemanFrederick WisemanFrederick Wiseman is an American documentary filmmaker. He came to documentary filmmaking after first being trained as a lawyer...
1951, director of Titicut FolliesTiticut FolliesTiticut Follies is a 1967 American documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman, about the treatment of inmates/patients at Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from a talent show put on by...
and other documentaries. - Camille UtterbackCamille UtterbackCamille Utterback is an interactive installation artist. Initially trained as a painter, her work is at the intersection of painting and interactive art.-Biography:...
1992, interactive installation artist and MacArthur Foundations "genius award" winner. - Mayda Del Valle 2000, Broadway actress Def Jam Poets, winner National Slam Poetry".
Business
- Herbert A. Allen, Jr. 1962, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allen & CompanyAllen & CompanyAllen & Company is a boutique investment bank based at 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City.-History:Founded in 1922 by Charles Robert Allen, Jr., he was soon joined by his brother, Herbert A. Allen, Sr...
, a privately held investment firm and host of a storied annual media conference in Sun Valley, IdahoSun Valley, IdahoSun Valley is a resort city in Blaine County in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum, lying within the greater Wood River valley. Tourists from around the world enjoy its skiing, hiking, ice skating, trail riding, tennis, and cycling. The population was 1,427...
. - Charles Tracy Barney 1858, President of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, a prominent New York trust which failed in the Panic of 1907.
- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.Edgar Bronfman, Sr.Edgar Miles Bronfman is a Canadian businessman. He is a member of the Bronfman family.-Biography:Bronfman is the son of Samuel Bronfman, the founder of Distillers Corporation Limited, who purchased Seagram's in 1928...
1950, Chairman and CEO of SeagramSeagramThe Seagram Company Ltd. was a large corporation headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world. Toward the end of its independent existence it also controlled various entertainment and other business ventures...
Company Inc (the international beverage conglomerate and parent company of Warner Music and Universal Pictures). - Bruce BullenBruce BullenBruce Michael Bullen is an American government and health care executive from Boston, Massachusetts.He was the interim Chief Executive Officer and formerly Chief Operating Officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc...
1970, American government and health care executive; former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.Harvard Pilgrim is a not-for-profit health plan that provides a variety of insurance plan options and self-funding arrangements to more than one million members in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Harvard Pilgrim was founded in 1969 out of the merger of the Harvard Community Health Plan and... - Steve CaseSteve CaseStephen McConnell "Steve" Case is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online . Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to build a variety of new businesses through his investment...
1980, founder and former CEO of America Online. - Peter CurriePeter CurriePeter L. S. Currie is a business executive notable for being the chief financial officer for Netscape during the 1990s. Currie was described by Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Vascellaro as one of the "Silicon Valley wise men". He advised Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about business matters in...
1978, president of Currie Capital and former CFO of Netscape. - Edward Cabot Clark 1831, corporate attorney and co-founder with Isaac Singer of the Singer Manufacturing Company, in New York.
- Paul FitchenPaul FitchenPaul Russell Fitchen was an American banker. He graduated Williams College and the Harvard School of Business Administration to begin a career in banking....
1922, Federal Reserve Bank - Lancaster M Greene 1922, stockbroker
- Chase Coleman 1997 is founder and president of Tiger Global Management.
- E. Mandell de Windt 1943, former CEO of Eaton Corp.
- Jeff Sher Managing Partner of Fizer Beck
- Michael R. EisensonMichael R. EisensonMichael R. Eisenson is co-founder, managing director and chief executive officer of Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm based in Boston and New York....
1977, founder and CEO of Charlesbank Capital PartnersCharlesbank Capital PartnersCharlesbank Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions involving middle-market companies.The founders of Charlesbank came together in 1991 as Harvard Private Capital Group to manage the private equity investment portfolio for Harvard Management... - Neil FiskeNeil FiskeNeil Fiske is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. He has had over 18 years experience in the retail and related industries....
1984, President and CEO of Eddie Bauer. - William Foote, Chairman and CEO of USG Corp.
- Chuck Fruit 1969, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
. - Richard Georgi 1987 is founder and managing partner of Grove International Partners.
- David Gow 1985, owner and chairman of Gow Broadcasting and Yahoo Sports Radio.
- Andreas Halvorsen 1986 is founder and chief investment officer of Viking Global Investors.
- Willem J. "Hans" Humes 1987 is founder and chief investment officer of Greylock Capital Associates
- William Klopman 1943, former CEO of Burlington IndustriesBurlington IndustriesBurlington Industries is a diversified U. S. fabric maker based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1923, the company has operations in the United States, Mexico, and India and a global manufacturing and product development network based in Hong Kong. The company entered Chapter 11...
. - James B. Lee 1975, Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Herbert H. LehmanHerbert H. LehmanHerbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.-Lehman Brothers:...
1899, co-founder and former CEO of Lehman BrothersLehman BrothersLehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
Investment Bank, Governor and U.S Senator for New York. - Robert I. LippRobert I. LippRobert I. Lipp is a senior partner at Brysam Global Partners, a private equity firm. He is a former member of the board of JP Morgan Chase, and a director for Accenture and The Travelers Companies Inc....
1960, Chairman and CEO of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. - Barry McCarthy 1975, venture capitalist and former CFO of Netflix.
- John B. McCoyJohn B. McCoyJohn B. McCoy is an American businessman. He served as Chairman from November 1999 and Chief Executive Officer from October 1998 of Bank One Corporation until his retirement in December 1999, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its predecessor, Banc One Corporation, from 1987 to 1998....
1965, former CEO of Bank One. - Ajata "AJ" Mediratta 1987, Senior Portfolio Manager at Greylock Capital Associates
- Robert NuttingRobert NuttingRobert Nutting is a businessman and sports team owner. He is currently Chairman of the Board and principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball team. His other business activities include serving as CEO of Ogden Newspapers Inc...
1983, Chairman of the Board and Principal Owner, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chairman and CEO, Odgen Newspapers and Nutting Newspapers - Clarence Otis, Jr.Clarence Otis, Jr.Clarence Otis, Jr. is an American businessman and CEO of Darden Restaurants. Otis was named the 11th most powerful person in Central Florida by the Orlando Sentinel in 2010.- Early life :...
1977, CEO of Darden RestaurantsDarden RestaurantsDarden Restaurants, Inc. is a multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, near Orlando. The firm owns several casual dining restaurant chains, most notably Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, and Red Lobster...
. - Stephen D. Paine 1954, founding partner of Wellington Management CompanyWellington Management CompanyWellington Management Company is one of the largest private, independent investment management companies in the world. The firm has client assets under management totalling over US$634 billion, and serves as investment advisor for over 1,900 institutional clients in over 50 countries. Assets are...
, LLP - Bo PeabodyBo PeabodyBo Peabody is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Internet executive who co-founded Tripod.com, one of the earliest dot-coms, in 1992.-Tripod.com:...
1994, founder of Tripod (sold to LycosLycosLycos, Inc. is a search engine and web portal established in 1994. Lycos also encompasses a network of email, webhosting, social networking, and entertainment websites.-Corporate history:...
in 1998 for $64 million) and Chairman of Village Ventures. - Leigh Perkins 1950, president of OrvisOrvisOrvis is a family-owned retail and mail-order business specializing in high-end fly fishing, hunting and sporting goods. Founded in Manchester, Vermont in 1856 by Charles F. Orvis to sell fishing tackle, the company has changed hands only twice and has had only five CEOs in its 150-year history...
Co. - Addison ("Tad") Piper 1968, Founder and CFO of Robertson Piper Software Group
- Joseph L. Rice, III 1954, founder of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., one of the oldest and most respected private equityPrivate equityPrivate equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
investment firms in the world (and Trustee Emeritus of Williams College). - Robert Rich 1963, president of Rich Products Corp.
- Bob Scott 1968, former President of Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....
. - Mayo Shattuck III 1976, President and CEO of Constellation Energy Group and former Chairman of Alex Brown, LLC.
- Walter V. ShipleyWalter V. ShipleyWalter V. Shipley was the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chase Manhattan Bank and its predecessor Chemical Bank. Shipley was named chief executive of Chemical in 1981 and held the position through 1999 and remained at the bank as chairman through January 2000, just prior to the...
1957, former president of Chemical Bank. - Henry R. Silverman 1961, Chairman and CEO of CendantCendantCendant Corporation was a New York-based provider of business and consumer services, primarily within the real estate and travel industries. In 2005 and 2006, Cendant broke up and spun off or sold its constituent businesses...
Corporation - Willa Black 1982, Director of Marketing Cisco Systems Inc.
- Edson Spencer 1948, former chairman of HoneywellHoneywellHoneywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments....
, Inc. - George SteinbrennerGeorge SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death in July 2010, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned seven World Series...
1952, owner of the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
. - Jamie TarsesJamie TarsesJamie Tarses was head of ABC's entertainment division from 1996 to 1999, the first woman and one of the youngest people to hold such a post in an American broadcast network...
1985, former President, ABC Entertainment. - Frederick Ferris ThompsonFrederick Ferris ThompsonFrederick Ferris Thompson was a prominent American banker.-Biography:Born in New York City on June 14, 1836 to John and Electa Thompson, Frederick grew up in a life of luxury. He attended Williams College from 1852 to 1854, and was a member of St. Anthony Hall, but left to go abroad at his...
1854, bank founder. - Peter Willmott 1959, former president and Chief Operating Officer of FedexFedExFedEx Corporation , originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee...
, former C.E.O. of Carson Pirie ScottCarson Pirie ScottCarson Pirie Scott & Co., known informally as Carson's, is an upscale chain of department stores that have been in business for over 150 years. Their product price points are targeted to the moderate-to-upscale shopper...
and Zenith ElectronicsZenith ElectronicsZenith Electronics Corporation is a brand of the South Korean company LG Electronics. The company was previously an American manufacturer of televisions and other consumer electronics, and was headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. LG Electronics acquired a controlling share of Zenith in 1995...
. Chairman of the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago. - James D. Marver 1972 Co-Founder of Vantage Point Venture Partners
- Daniel Kaufman 1990, Co-Founder Direct-Revenue internet Pop-Up Ad Company.
- Selim ZilkhaSelim ZilkhaSelim Zilkha is an entrepreneur who founded Mothercare, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains.-Career:Born in Baghdad and brought up in Lebanon, Egypt and the United States, Selim Zilkha was educated at the Horace Mann School in New York City and Williams College in Williamstown,...
1946, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Curators and museum directors
Many were trained and deeply inspired by Whitney S. Stoddard and S. Lane FaisonS. Lane Faison
S. Lane Faison was an art history professor at Williams College. Faison headed the art history department at Williams from 1940 to 1969 and remained on the full-time faculty until 1976. Several of his students went on to direct major museums including Earl A. Powell III of the National Gallery of...
, who headed the art history department at Williams from 1940 to 1969.
- Brent Benjamin, 1986, Director St. Louis Art Museum.
- Robert Buck, 1961, Director, Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn MuseumThe Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
. - John W. CoffeyJohn W. CoffeyJohn W. Coffey is an American author and art historian. He was born on March 12, 1954 and attended Needham B. Broughton High School. He received his undergraduate degrees in history and art history from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and received his masters in art history from...
, 1978, Deputy Director, North Carolina Museum of ArtNorth Carolina Museum of ArtThe North Carolina Museum of Art is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, featuring paintings and sculpture representing 5,000 years of artistic work from antiquity to the present. The museum features more than 40 galleries as well as more than a dozen works of art in its Museum Park...
. - Michael Govan, 1985, Director, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles County Museum of ArtThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....
. - Laura Steward Heon 1998, Director SITE Santa FeSite Santa FeSITE Santa Fe is a non-profit contemporary arts organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since its founding, SITE Santa Fe has gained worldwide recognition through a series of biennial exhibitions that have featured numerous famous artists...
. - Laura Hoptman 1983, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
. - Thomas KrensThomas KrensThomas Krens is the former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York City, and currently the Guggenheim's Senior Advisor for International Affairs, overseeing the completion of the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi...
1969, Director GuggenheimSolomon R. Guggenheim FoundationThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1937 by philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim and artist Hilla von Rebay. The first museum established by the foundation was the "Museum of Non-Objective Art", which was housed in rented space on Park Avenue in New York....
Museums Worldwide. - John R. Lane 1966, Director Dallas Museum of ArtDallas Museum of ArtThe Dallas Museum of Art is a major art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In 1984, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District, Dallas, Texas...
. - Glenn D. LowryGlenn D. LowryGlenn D. Lowry is the current Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He became the sixth director of the Museum in 1995 and heads a staff of around 750 people...
1976, Director of the Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. - Roger MandleRoger MandleRoger Mandle is an art historian, curator and academic administrator, best known as the former president of The Rhode Island School of Design, one of the country's most selective art colleges.-Early Life and Education:...
1963, Executive Director of Qatar Museums AuthorityQatar Museums AuthorityThe Qatar Museums Authority is the peak body of museums in Qatar. The QMA was founded in late 2005, its CEO is Abdullah Al-Najjar. and since 2008 its director is Roger Mandle. The QMA was the bid leader for Qatar's successful candidature to join the UNESCO heritage panel in 2011...
, formerly Deputy Director and Chief Curator, National Gallery of Art and President, RISD. - Shamim M. MominShamim M. MominShamim M. Momin is an American art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004...
1995, head of Los Angeles Nomadic Division and Adjunct Curator for Whitney Museum of Art. - Sarah Newman 1995, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of ArtCorcoran Gallery of ArtThe Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is American art. The permanent collection includes works by Rembrandt, Eugène Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Pablo...
, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... - Jim Pilgrim 1963, former Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Earl A. Powell III 1966, Director of the National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of ArtThe National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
1992–present. - Phillip Prodger 1990, Curator of Photography, Peabody Essex MuseumPeabody Essex MuseumThe Peabody Essex Museum , originally the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute, in Salem, Massachusetts is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States, and holds one of the major collections of Asian art in the US; its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces, as...
- James Rondeau 1994, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of ChicagoThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
- Nancy Spector 1984 (M.A.), Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
- Joseph C. Thompson 1981, Director, MASS MoCA.
- Kirk VarnedoeKirk VarnedoeJohn Kirk Train Varnedoe was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia and was an American art historian and writer, a Professor of the History of Art at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a noted curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.-Life:He studied...
1968, Chief Curator of painting and sculpture, Museum of Modern ArtMomaMoma may refer to:* Moma , an owlet moth genus* Moma Airport, a Russian public airport* Moma District, Nampula, Mozambique* Moma River, a right tributary of the Indigirka River* Google Moma, the Google corporate intranet...
, until his death in 2003. - John Wetenhall 1982 (M.A.), President of the Carnegie Museums of PittsburghCarnegie Museums of PittsburghCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are four museums that are operated by the Carnegie Institute headquartered in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
. - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. 1965, Curator of Northern Baroque painting, National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of ArtThe National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
- James N. WoodJames N. WoodJames Nowell Wood was an American museum director who spent 25 years as head of the Art Institute of Chicago and later served as head of the J. Paul Getty Trust, starting in 2006.Wood was born in Boston on March 20, 1941...
1963, Former Director and President of the Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of ChicagoThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
(1980–2004); December 2006: Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty TrustJ. Paul Getty TrustThe J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment in April 2009 of $US 4.2 billion. Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Pacific...
. - Charles Wylie 1986 (M.A.), Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of ArtDallas Museum of ArtThe Dallas Museum of Art is a major art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In 1984, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District, Dallas, Texas...
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Ambassadors, diplomats, and bureaucrats
- Janet Brown 1973, Executive Director, Commission on Presidential DebatesCommission on Presidential DebatesThe Commission on Presidential Debates began in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties to establish the way that presidential election debates are run between candidates for President of the United States...
. - Henry Catto 1952, United States Information AgencyUnited States Information AgencyThe United States Information Agency , which existed from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to "public diplomacy". In 1999, USIA's broadcasting functions were moved to the newly created Broadcasting Board of Governors, and its exchange and non-broadcasting information functions were...
director and former ambassador to BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - Charles Burke ElbrickCharles Burke ElbrickCharles Burke Elbrick, , was a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. During his career, he served three ambassadorships in various parts of the world, in addition to many other minor postings.Elbrick was the son of Charles Elbrick and his Irish wife, Lillian Burke...
1929, Career Ambassador - James GilfillanJames GilfillanJames Gilfillan was the 13th Treasurer of the United States.Gilfillan was a native of Belchertown, Massachusetts, born there to Scottish parents...
1856, thirteenth Treasurer of the United States. - Donald GreggDonald Gregg-Personal history:Gregg worked for the CIA for 31 years, from 1951-1982. After graduating from high school he enlisted in the military and received training as a cryptanalyst. He then attended Williams College, in Williamstown, MA, until 1951. Upon his graduation, he was recruited by the CIA...
1951, former national security advisor to Vice President Bush and Ambassador to South Korea, currently President and Chairman of the Korea Society. - Richard HelmsRichard HelmsRichard McGarrah Helms was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1966 to 1973. He was the only director to have been convicted of lying to the United States Congress over Central Intelligence Agency undercover activities. In 1977, he was sentenced to the maximum fine and received a suspended...
1935, former Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
director and ambassador to IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Kim Kyung-Won 1959, former South Korean Ambassador to the United States (1985–88) and Ambassador to the United Nations (1982–85), currently President of the Seoul Institute for Social Sciences
- Takayuki Kimura 1964, director of cultural affairs, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Arthur LevittArthur LevittArthur Levitt, Jr. was the twenty-fifth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from 1993 to 2001. Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor, he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules. Since May 2001 he has been...
Jr. 1952, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1993–2001. - John J. Louis, Jr.John J. Louis, Jr.John Jeffry Louis, Jr. was an American businessman and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.Born in Evanston, Illinois to Chicago advertiser John Jeffry Louis and Johnson Wax heiress Henriette Johnson Louis, John J. Louis, Jr...
1949, Ambassador to the United Kingdom. - William Green MillerWilliam Green MillerWilliam Green Miller served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine under Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:He went to college and graduate school at Williams College, the University of Oxford and Harvard University. In 1959, he joined the United States Foreign Service. From 1959 to...
, United States Ambassador to UkraineUnited States Ambassador to UkraineThe history of Ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine began in 1992.Until 1991 the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR of the Soviet Union. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the parliament of Ukraine declared the nation’s independence on August 24, 1991...
from 1993 to 1998. - Richard MoeRichard MoeRichard Moe is an American lawyer from Duluth, Minnesota. Following his graduation from Williams College and the University of Minnesota Law School, Moe went on to a distinguished career in government, law, and historic preservation...
1959, Chief of Staff for Vice President Walter Mondale and President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. - Matthew NimetzMatthew NimetzMatthew Nimetz is an American diplomat.He is the United Nations Special Representative for the naming dispute between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia....
1960, American diplomat. - Phelps PhelpsPhelps PhelpsPhelps Phelps , born Phelps von Rottenburg, was an American politician who held a number of offices in New York before becoming the 38th Governor of American Samoa and the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Phelps' parents divorced in 1899 and he later took his mother's maiden name...
1922, Ambassador to Dominican Republic and 38th Governor of American Samoa. - Ganson PurcellGanson PurcellGanson Purcell served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1942 and 1946 and also served as a member from 1941-1946.Williams College, 1927...
1927, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-1946. - Susan SchwabSusan SchwabSusan C. Schwab is an American politician, who served as United States Trade Representative from June, 2006 to January, 2009....
1976, United States Trade Representative (2006–2009), former Dean, University of Maryland School of Public Policy - Mitchell ReissMitchell ReissMitchell B. Reiss is a senior American diplomat who became the 27th president of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland on July 1, 2010. He served as Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State under Colin Powell...
1979, senior American diplomat and former Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State - Rodolphe M. "Skip" Vallee 1983, Ambassador to the Slovak Republic (2005–2007)
- Douglas H. ShulmanDouglas H. ShulmanDouglas H. Shulman is the U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. His nomination was confirmed by the full U.S. Senate on March 14, 2008 and he was sworn in on March 24, 2008...
1989, Commissioner of Internal RevenueCommissioner of Internal RevenueThe Commissioner of Internal Revenue is the head of the Internal Revenue Service , a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury.The office of Commissioner was created by Congress by the Revenue Act of 1862...
. - Paul A. TrivelliPaul A. TrivelliPaul Arthur Trivelli is a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. As of 2008, he is serving as the foreign policy advisor to Admiral James G. Stavridis, Commander of United States Southern Command...
1974, United States Ambassador to Nicaragua from 2005-2008. - David W. Wilcox 1980, Director of U.S. Economic Research at the Federal Reserve.
Governors and state politicians
- Don BeyerDon BeyerDonald Sternoff "Don" Beyer, Jr. is the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In addition, he owns automobile dealerships in Virginia, and has a long record involved in community, political and philanthropic work....
1972, Lieutenant Governor of VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and Ambassador to Switzerland (2009–present). - Arne CarlsonArne CarlsonArne Helge Carlson, Sr. is an American politician and the 37th Governor of the state of Minnesota.-Early years, education and family:...
1957, 37th governor of the state of MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. - Martha CoakleyMartha CoakleyMartha Mary Coakley is the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2007....
1975, Attorney General of Massachusetts. - Sanford Dole 1867, governor of Territory of HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. - Alfred E. DriscollAlfred E. DriscollAlfred Eastlack Driscoll was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Senate representing Camden County, who served as the 43rd Governor of New Jersey, and as president of Warner-Lambert .-Biography:He was born on October 25, 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
1925, 60th governor of the state of New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. - Joseph B. ElyJoseph B. ElyJoseph Buell Ely was the 52nd Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, Joseph B. Ely graduated from Williams College in 1902, before earning a degree from Harvard Law School in 1905. He returned to Westfield and practiced law as a partner of Ely & Ely and...
1902, 58th governor of the state of MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. - Philip Hoff 1948, 73rd governor of the state of VermontVermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. - Henry Hoyt 1849, 18th governor of the state of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. - Herbert H. LehmanHerbert H. LehmanHerbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.-Lehman Brothers:...
1899, 49th governor of the state of New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and a co-founder of Lehman BrothersLehman BrothersLehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
. - John G. McMynnJohn G. McMynnJohn Gibson McMynn was an American educator.Born in Palatine Bridge, New York, McMynn graduated from Williams College in 1848. In 1848, he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he started a school. Eventually, he moved to Racine, Wisconsin to set up the public school system...
1848, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, educator. - Chap PetersenChap PetersenJohn Chapman "Chap" Petersen is an American politician. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 2002–06 and was elected to the Virginia State Senate in November 2007. He the state's 34th district, made up of the city of Fairfax and part of Fairfax County.-Early...
1990, 2008 Virginia State Senator 34th District, 2005 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. - Phelps PhelpsPhelps PhelpsPhelps Phelps , born Phelps von Rottenburg, was an American politician who held a number of offices in New York before becoming the 38th Governor of American Samoa and the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Phelps' parents divorced in 1899 and he later took his mother's maiden name...
, 38th Governor of American Samoa and United States Ambassador to the Dominican RepublicUnited States Ambassador to the Dominican RepublicThis is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic.-See also:*Dominican Republic – United States relations*Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic*Ambassadors of the United States-References:*-External links:* * *...
(d. 1981) - John S. Robinson (governor)John S. Robinson (governor)John Staniford Robinson was the 22nd Governor of Vermont from 1853 to 1854. He was the first Democratic governor of Vermont and remained the only Democrat elected to the governorship for 110 years. He placed second in the election but was chosen by legislature over first place finisher and Whig,...
1824, 22nd Governor of Vermont. - Bill Simon 1973, two-time CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
gubernatorial candidate. - Bruce SundlunBruce SundlunBruce Sundlun was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as 71st Governor of Rhode Island from 1991 to 1995. He was Rhode Island's second Jewish governor, and the only Jewish governor in the United States during his two terms...
1946, 69th Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
Governor. - Walker StapletonWalker StapletonWalker Stapleton is Colorado's State Treasurer. He was elected on November 2, 2010 after defeating incumbent Cary Kennedy with 50.73% of the vote....
1996, Colorado State Treasurer - Nathaniel Tallmadge 1814, last governor of the Territory of WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. - Gilbert Carlton WalkerGilbert Carlton WalkerGilbert Carlton Walker was a United States political figure. He served as the 36th Governor of Virginia, first as a Republican provisional governor between 1869 and 1870, and again as a Democratic elected governor from 1870 to 1874.Walker was born in South Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania....
1854, 43rd governor of the state of VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. - Emory Washburne 1817, 27th governor of the state of MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. - Charles S. WhitmanCharles S. WhitmanCharles Seymour Whitman served as the 41st Governor of New York from January 1915 to December 1918. He was also a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1916.-Biography:...
1890, 44th governor of the state of New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. - Charles WilliamsCharles K. WilliamsCharles Kilbourne Williams was the 20th Governor of Vermont from 1850 to 1852. He was elected from Rutland.Major, militia, War of 1812. Major General, state militia. State legislator, 1809–1811, 1814–1815, 1820–1821. Rutland County State's Attorney, 1814–1815. Collector of Customs, 1825–1829....
1800, 20th governor of the state of VermontVermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. - William Durkee Williamson 1804, 2nd governor of the state of MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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Legislature
- Elisha Hunt AllenElisha Hunt AllenElisha Hunt Allen was an American congressman, lawyer, diplomat, and judge and diplomat for the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:Elisha Hunt Allen was born January 28, 1804 in New Salem, Massachusetts. His father was Massachusetts minister, lawyer, and politician Samuel Clesson Allen and mother was Mary...
1823, Maine First Congressional District (1841–1843). - Chester AshleyChester AshleyChester Ashley was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death....
1811(?), Arkansas Senator (1844–1848). - Daniel Barnard 1818, New York Congressman (1827–1829, 1839–1845).
- Samuel Rossiter BettsSamuel Rossiter BettsSamuel Rossiter Betts was a U.S. Representative from New York and a long-serving United States federal judge.-Life:...
1806, New York Congressman (1815–1817). - Lewis BigelowLewis BigelowLewis Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Petersham, Massachusetts, Bigelow was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1803.He studied law....
1803, Massachusetts Congressman (1821–1823). - Victory BirdseyeVictory BirdseyeVictory Birdseye was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Early life and education:Born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Birdseye attended the public schools there. He graduated from Williams College in 1804. Afterward he studied law by reading with a law firm...
1804, New York Congressman (1815–1817). - John Palmer, ca. 1810, U.S. Congressman from New York (1817–1819 and 1837–1839).
- Bernard BlairBernard BlairBernard Blair was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Blair attended the public schools and pursued preparatory studies. He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1825. He moved to Salem, Washington County, New York, in 1825...
1825, New York Congressman (1841–1843). - Samuel Augustus BridgesSamuel Augustus BridgesSamuel Augustus Bridges was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Bridges was born in Colchester, Connecticut. He pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826...
1826, Pennsylvania Congressman (1848-–1849, 1853–1855, 1877–1879). - Edward Espenett Case 1975, Hawai'i Second Congressional District (2003–2007).
- Alfred Clark Chapin 1869, New York Congressman (1891–1892).
- Timothy ChildsTimothy ChildsTimothy Childs was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Childs moved to Rochester, New York.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811.He studied law....
1811, New York Congressman (1829–1831, 1835–1839, 1841–1843). - Horace Francis Clark 1833, New York Congressman (1857–1861).
- John C. ClarkJohn C. ClarkJohn Chamberlain Clark was a United States Representative from New York.Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 14, 1793. He pursued preparatory studies and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1811...
1811, New York Congressman (1827–1829, 1837–1843). - Ernest Harold Cluett 1896, New York Congressman (1937–1943).
- Rodolphus DickinsonRodolphus DickinsonRodolphus Dickinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, Dickinson attended the public schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1818 to 1821.He studied law....
1821, Ohio Congressman (1847– died in office on March 20, 1849). - James DixonJames DixonJames Dixon was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834, where he had been a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He was...
1834, Connecticut Congressman (1845–1849) and Senator (1857–1869). - Michael Edward Driscoll 1877, New York Congressman (1899–1913).
- Henry Williams Dwight 1809(?), Massachusetts Congressman (1821–1831).
- William H. GestWilliam H. GestWilliam Harrison Gest was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Gest moved with his parents to Rock Island in 1842.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1860....
1860, Illinois Congressman (1887-1891) and Judge. - Charles Ellsworth Goodell 1948, New York Congressman and Senator (1959–1971).
- Byram GreenByram GreenByram Green was a New York state legislator for years in the Assembly and Senate, from 1816 to 1824. He was elected United States Representative from New York and served 1843-1845.-Early life and education:...
1808, New York Congressman (1843–45) and co-founder of the American missionary movement. - Aaron Hackley, Jr.Aaron Hackley, Jr.Aaron Hackley, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, Hackley attended the public schools, and graduated from Williams College in 1805. He moved to Herkimer, New York....
1805, New York Congressman (1819–1821). - Moses HaydenMoses HaydenMoses Hayden was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
1804, New York Congressman (1823–1827). - Abner HazeltineAbner HazeltineAbner Hazeltine was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Wardsboro, Vermont, Hazeltine attended the common schools. He graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1815. He moved to Jamestown, New York, November 2, 1815, where he taught school and studied law...
1815, New York Congressman (1833–1837). - John P. HilerJohn P. HilerJohn Patrick Hiler is a former U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Hiler graduated from La Lumiere School, La Porte, Indiana, 1971....
1975, Indiana Congressman, (1981 to 1991). - Myron HolleyMyron HolleyMyron Holley was an American politician who had a large part in the construction of the Erie Canal.-Life:...
, Erie CanalErie CanalThe Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
builder and New York State Assemblyman - John James IngallsJohn James IngallsJohn James Ingalls was an American politician.John James Ingalls was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1833. He graduated from Williams College in 1855. Foreshadowing his later reputation as a wit, his graduation thesis, entitled Mummy Life, was a satire of college life. He studied...
1855, Kanas Senator (1873–1891). - Ferris Jacobs, Jr.Ferris Jacobs, Jr.Ferris Jacobs, Jr. was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y., attended Delaware Academy, Delhi, N.Y., and Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, N.Y.; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1856; studied law; was...
1856, New York Congressman (1881–1883). - Edward Aloysius KenneyEdward Aloysius KenneyEdward Aloysius Kenney was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey.-Biography:...
1906, New Jersey Congressman (1933–1938). - Samuel KnoxSamuel KnoxSamuel Knox was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Blandford, Massachusetts, Knox attended the common schools....
1836, Missouri Congressman (1864–1865). - Addison Henry Laflin 1843, New York Congressman (1865–1871).
- Henry C. MartindaleHenry C. MartindaleHenry Clinton Martindale was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
1800, New York Congressman (1823-1831, 1831-1835). - Robert McClellanRobert McClellanRobert Mcclellan was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Livingston, New York, Mcclellan was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1825.He studied law....
1825, New York Congressman (1837–39, 1841–43). - Stephen C. MillardStephen C. MillardStephen Columbus Millard was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Stamford, Vermont, Millard attended Powers Institute and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1865....
1865, New York Congressman (1883–1887). - Elijah H. MillsElijah H. MillsElijah Hunt Mills was an American politician from Massachusetts.Mills was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from Williams College in 1797. Mills studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Northampton, Massachusetts...
1797, Massachusetts Congressman (1815–1819) and Senator (1820–1827). - Chris MurphyChris Murphy (politician)Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy is the U. S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.Murphy previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut Senate....
1996, Connecticut Congressman (2007–present). - Jesse O. NortonJesse O. NortonJesse Olds Norton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. Norton was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa...
1835, Illinois Congressman (1853-1857, 1863-1865) and United States Attorney for Northern Illinois. - Abram B. OlinAbram B. OlinAbram Baldwin Olin was a U.S. Representative from New York, son of Gideon Olin.Born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, Olin attended the common schools, and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1838...
1835, New York Congressman (1857–1863) and Judge. - Frank C. Osmers, Jr.Frank C. Osmers, Jr.Frank C. Osmers, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939–1943 and again from 1951-1965.Born in Leonia, New Jersey on December 30, 1907, Osmers attended the local public schools...
, New Jersey Congressman (1939–1941, 1951–1965). - John G. OtisJohn G. OtisJohn Grant Otis was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Danby, Vermont, Otis pursued an academic course at Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vermont....
, Kansas Congressman (1891–1893). - John Palmer (1785–1840) 1811, New York Congressman (1817–1819, 1837–1839).
- Job PiersonJob PiersonJob Pierson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in East Hampton, New York, Pierson attended the common schools. He graduated from Williams College in 1811. He studied law in Salem and Schaghticoke. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Rensselaer County...
, New York Congressman (1831–35). - James Porter (representative)James Porter (representative)James Porter was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts on April 18, 1787. He graduated from Williams College in 1810, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Skaneateles, New York....
1810, New York Congressman (1817–1819). - Edward Rogers (representative)Edward Rogers (representative)Edward Rogers was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Rogers completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1809....
1809, New York Congressman (1839–41). - Henry W. SeymourHenry W. SeymourHenry William Seymour was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Seymour was born in Brockport, New York and attended the public schools, Brockport Collegiate Institute, and Canandaigua Academy. He graduated from Williams College of Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1855...
1855, Michigan Congressman (1888–1889). - Francis Lynde StetsonFrancis Lynde StetsonFrancis Lynde Stetson was an American lawyer.He was born at Keeseville, New York, the son of Lemuel Stetson who served in the New York state assembly and as a representative in the 28th U. S. Congress. He was graduated from Williams College in 1867 and from Columbia Law School in 1869...
New York representative in the 28th U. S. Congress. - Jonathan SloaneJonathan SloaneJonathan Sloane was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Pelham, Massachusetts in November 1785, Sloane completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1812....
1812, Ohio Congressman (1833–1837). - Horace B. SmithHorace B. SmithHorace Boardman Smith was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Whitingham, Vermont, Smith pursued classical studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1847.He studied law....
1847, New York Congressman (1871–1875) and Justice of New York Supreme Court. - John B. SteeleJohn B. SteeleJohn Benedict Steele was a U.S. Representative from New York in the American Civil War.-Biography:...
1836, New York Congressman (1861-1865). - Solomon StrongSolomon StrongSolomon Strong was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Strong was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1798.He studied law....
1798, Massachusetts Congressman (1815–1819). - George N. SouthwickGeorge N. SouthwickGeorge Newell Southwick was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Albany, New York, Southwick attended private and public schools....
1884, New York Congressman (1895–99, 1901–11). - Mark UdallMark UdallMark Emery Udall is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Democratic Party. From 1999 to 2009, Udall served in the United States House of Representatives, representing . He also served a term in the Colorado House of Representatives.Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is the...
1972, Colorado Congressman (1999–2009) and Senator (2009–present). - Samuel Finley VintonSamuel Finley VintonSamuel Finley Vinton was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from March 4, 1823 to March 4, 1837 and again from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1851....
1814, Ohio Congressman (1823–1836, 1843–1851). - William Lowndes YanceyWilliam Lowndes YanceyWilliam Lowndes Yancey was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. An early critic of...
(member of the class of 1833 but did not graduate), Alabama Congressman (1844–1846) and ConfederateConfederate States of AmericaThe Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
Senator from Alabama (1862–1863).
Municipal
- Henry Perrin CoonHenry Perrin CoonHenry Perrin Coon was the 11th Mayor of San Francisco who served from July 1, 1863 to December 1, 1867.He was one of the most versatile men ever to hold the office, having previously worked as a teacher, doctor, lawyer, druggist and businessman.Coon was born on September 30, 1822 in Columbia...
1844, Mayor of San Francisco (1863-1867). - Elisha JohnsonElisha JohnsonElisha Johnson was an engineer and early resident of Rochester, New York. He served the then village as its fifth mayor.Johnson was born in Chautauqua County, New York and graduated from Williams College. He moved to Rochester in 1817 and purchased of land on the east bank of the Genesee River...
, Mayor of Rochester, New York (1838) - William MacVaneWilliam MacVaneWilliam Leslie MacVane, Jr., M.D. was an American surgeon and politician. MacVane assisted in the first open heart surgery performed in Maine in 1959 and served as the mayor of Portland, Maine, for one term in 1971....
1937, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1971), surgeon, and recipient of the Bronze Star during World War II. - Michael McGinnMichael McGinnMichael "Mike" Patrick McGinn is the mayor of Seattle, a lawyer, Greenwood neighborhood activist and a former Sierra Club state chair...
1982, Mayor of Seattle (2009–present) - Kevin White 1952, Mayor of Boston (1968–1983).
Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Cabinet positions
- Fakhruddin AhmedFakhruddin AhmedDr Fakhruddin Ahmed is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank...
Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government (title given to the Interim Prime Minister) of Bangladesh since January 12, 2007. Formerly he was the GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of Bangladesh BankBangladesh BankBangladesh Bank is the Central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union.-History:After the liberation war, and the eventual independence of Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country,...
, the central bank of the country, responsible for making the country's monetary policies. Obtained Masters in Development Economics. - Kakha BaindurashviliKakha BaindurashviliKakha Baindurashvili is a Georgian politician who was the country's Minister of Finance since February 6, 2009 to June 17, 2011.-Early life:...
Minister of Finance of Georgia, since 6 February 2009 - Richard Achilles BallingerRichard Achilles BallingerRichard Achilles Ballinger was mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1904–1906 and U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1909–1911.Ballinger was born in Boonesboro, Iowa...
1884, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Mayor of Seattle - William John Bennett 1965, Secretary of Education under President Ronald ReaganRonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
. Appointed as the United States' first drug czarDrug CzarDrug Czar is an informal name for the person who directs drug-control policies in the United States, following the U.S. use of the 'czar' term. The 'drug czar' title was first published in a 1982 news story by United Press International which reported that “Senators... voted 62–34 to establish a...
under President George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
. - Bainbridge ColbyBainbridge ColbyBainbridge Colby was an American lawyer, a founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State.-Life:...
1890, Secretary of State under Woodrow WilsonWoodrow WilsonThomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
and founder of United States Progressive Party. - James A. Garfield 1856, 20th President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
. - James Rudolph GarfieldJames Rudolph GarfieldJames Rudolph Garfield was an American politician, lawyer and son of President James Abram Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield. He was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration....
1885, U.S. Secretary of the Interior - Edward McPherson 1967, Undersecretary of Education under George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
. - Goh Chok TongGoh Chok TongGoh Chok Tong is the Senior Minister of Singapore and the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He also served as the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 28 November 1990 to 12 August 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime...
Prime Minister of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
(1990–2004). Received Masters from Williams Center for Development Economics. - V-nee YehV-nee YehV Nee Yeh is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He graduated from Milton Academy, Cum Laude '77;Williams College, BA' 81 Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude and Columbia Law School, JD '84, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar He is a co-founder and honorary chairman of Value Partners...
'81, member of Executive Council of Hong KongExecutive Council of Hong KongThe Executive Council of Hong Kong is a core policy-making organ in the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong.. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong serves as its President.The Executive Council normally meets once a week...
. - Geroulanos Pavlos,Minister Of Culture Of Greece,since October 2009
Royalty
- Prince Hussain Aga KhanPrince Hussain Aga KhanPrince Hussain Aga Khan is the third child and second son of Aga Khan IV and his first wife, Sarah Croker-Poole.He attended Deerfield Academy and subsequently Williams College, from which he graduated in 1997. Since then, Prince Hussain has been based in France and working with the Aga Khan Trust...
1997, Shia Muslim Royalty. - Reza PahlaviReza PahlaviReza Pahlavi may refer to:*Reza Shah , aka Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Persia from 1925 until 1935 and Shah of Iran from 1935 until 1941* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, son of Reza Shah...
(would have been 1983), former Crown Prince of Iran, matriculated at Williams, but left after his freshman year due to the Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini.
Judiciary and legal
- George Weston AndersonGeorge Weston AndersonGeorge Weston Anderson was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.-Biography:...
1886, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Maine* District of Massachusetts...
. - Samuel Rossiter BettsSamuel Rossiter BettsSamuel Rossiter Betts was a U.S. Representative from New York and a long-serving United States federal judge.-Life:...
1806, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...
. - Charles P. Cercone 1981, Dean of Faculty, Thomas M. Cooley Law School & Professor of Law.
- Charles Clapp (judge)Charles Clapp (judge)Charles E. Clapp, II was a judge of the United States Tax Court.Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Clapp attended public schools in Dedham, Massachusetts, and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. from Williams College in 1945, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1949...
1945, Judge, United States Tax Court. - Dickinson Richards DebevoiseDickinson Richards DebevoiseDickinson Richards Debevoise is a U.S. Senior District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.-Biography:...
1948, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of New JerseyUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyThe United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of New Jersey....
. - Joseph A. Diclerico, Jr. 1963, Judge, United States District Court for the District of New HampshireUnited States District Court for the District of New HampshireThe United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of New Hampshire. The Warren B. Rudman U.S...
. - Morris Leopold Ernst 1909, lawyer and co-founder American Civil Liberties UnionAmerican Civil Liberties UnionThe American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
. - David Dudley Field II 1825, lawyer and reformer who made major contributions to the development of American civil procedure.
- Stephen J. Field 1837, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and chief architect of the constitutional theory that protected industry from Federal regulation during the rapid industrialization that followed the Civil warCivil warA civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....
. - Lee Parsons GagliardiLee Parsons GagliardiLee Parsons Gagliardi was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Gagliardi received an A.B. from Williams College in 1941 and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1947. He was nominated to the court by Richard M...
1941, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...
. - William Ball Gilbert 1868, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...
. - Jameel JafferJameel JafferJameel Jaffer is a human rights and civil liberties attorney who directs the national security project of the American Civil Liberties Union.He is particularly notable for the role he played in litigating Freedom of Information Act requests that led to the U.S. government's release of over one...
1994, director of the national civil liberties project at ACLU. - Robert Joseph Kelleher 1935, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population...
. - John Milton KillitsJohn Milton KillitsJohn Milton Killits was a United States federal judge.Born in Lithopolis, Ohio, Killits received an A.B. from Williams College in 1880, an LL.B. from Columbian University in 1885, an LL.M. from Columbian University in 1886, and an A.M. from Williams College in 1887...
1880, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of OhioUnited States District Court for the Northern District of OhioThe U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio...
. - Anthony T. KronmanAnthony T. KronmanAnthony Townsend Kronman is a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School specialized in contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility. He was the Dean of Yale Law School from 1994 to 2004.-Biography:...
1968, Dean (1994–2004) and Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolYale Law SchoolYale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
. - Kenneth L. MarcusKenneth L. MarcusKenneth L. Marcus is the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Chair in Equality and Justice in America at Baruch College of the City University of New York. Formerly, he was staff director at the U.S...
1988, Staff Director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 2004-2008 - Paul McGreal 1989, Dean, University of Dayton School of Law.
- Edward Cochrane McLeanEdward Cochrane McLeanEdward Cochrane McLean was a United States federal judge.Born in Hoosick Falls, New York, McLean received an A.B. from Williams College in 1924 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1929. He was a deputy assistant district attorney of New York County, New York from 1935 to 1936. He was in...
1924, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...
. - Paul MichelPaul Redmond MichelPaul Redmond Michel was an American federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 1988 until 2010, and served as its chief judge from 2004 until his retirement....
1963, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...
. - Lawrence Mitchell 1978, Dean, Case Western University School of Law.
- Abram Baldwin Olin 1835, Judge, United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaUnited States District Court for the District of ColumbiaThe United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...
. - William T. Quillen, 1956, Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
- Norman RedlichNorman RedlichNorman Redlich was an American lawyer and academic. As a lawyer he is best remembered for his pioneering work in establishing a system of pro bono defense for inmates in New York State who did not have the finances for a lawyer...
1947, Dean of NYU Law School and special assistant on the Warren CommissionWarren CommissionThe President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 27, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
. - Howard Frederic Sachs 1947, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of MissouriUnited States District Court for the Western District of MissouriThe United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...
. - Bruce P. Smith 1986, Dean, University of Illinois College of Law.
- Jeffrey SuttonJeffrey SuttonJeffrey S. Sutton is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.- Early life :Sutton received his B.A. from Williams College in 1983...
1983, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
. - Telford TaylorTelford TaylorTelford Taylor was an American lawyer best known for his role in the Counsel for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, his opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, and his outspoken criticism of U.S...
1928, prosecutor of Nazis at the Nuremberg TrialsNuremberg TrialsThe Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....
, General in the U.S. Army, and professor of law at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and Yeshiva UniversityYeshiva UniversityYeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
's Cardozo School of Law. - John Walsh 1983, U.S. Attorney for Colorado.
- Edward E. WilsonEdward E. WilsonEdward Everett Wilson was an African American lawyer born in Texas, on January 1, 1867. He initially attended Oberlin College, but later transferred to Williams College. He received his degree, with honors, from Williams College in 1892. Wilson was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society,...
1892, Assistant State Attorney (Cook County, IL), 1912–1947. - Rives KistlerRives KistlerRives Kistler is an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. After college and law school on the East Coast, he moved to Oregon where he worked in private practice before joining the Oregon Department of Justice...
1971, Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme CourtOregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol...
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Medicine
- Richard Besser, M.D., 1981, Former Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mitchell Besser, M.D., 1977, founder, mothers2mothers.
- Walter Bortz IIWalter Bortz IIWalter Michael Bortz II, is an American physician who promotes the possibility of a 100-year lifespan while working at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is one of America's leading scientific experts on aging and has written bestselling books. Dr. Bortz's latest book is entitled Next...
, M.D., 1951, Professor at Stanford Medical School and author of books on aging. - Louis R. CaplanLouis R. CaplanLouis R. Caplan is a senior member of the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. He is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and the founder of the Harvard Stroke Registry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
, M.D., 1958, physician and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. - David Chelmow, M.D., 1984, Professor and Chairman of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- Barton ChildsBarton ChildsBarton Childs was an American pediatrician and geneticist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Williams College in 1938. In 1942, he received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Following military service in World War II, he returned to Johns Hopkins for a residency in...
, M.D., 1938, pediatrician and geneticist at Johns Hopkins. - Albert CoonsAlbert CoonsAlbert Hewett Coons, M.D. was an American physician, pathologist, and immunologist. He was the first person to conceptualize and develop immunofluorescent techniques for labeling antibodies in the early 1940s....
, M.D., 1933, pathologist-immunologist and recipient of the 1959 Albert Lasker Award in Basic Research. - Toby Cosgrove, M.D., 1962, chairman and CEO of the Cleveland ClinicCleveland ClinicThe Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The Cleveland Clinic is currently regarded as one of the top 4 hospitals in the United States as rated by U.S. News & World Report...
. - Jonathan FieldingJonathan FieldingJonathan Evan Fielding M.D., M.P.H., M.A., M.B.A. is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and is the Health Officer for Los Angeles County...
, M.D., 1964, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. - Stanley Foster, M.D., 1955, led successful fight to rid world of small pox.
- Michael RoizenMichael RoizenDr. Michael Fredric Roizen is an American anesthesiologist and internist, an award-winning author and the chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic...
, M.D., author of best-seller You: The Owner's Manual, Chairman of RealAge, Inc., former Dean, Syracuse University Medical School, administrator at the Cleveland ClinicCleveland ClinicThe Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The Cleveland Clinic is currently regarded as one of the top 4 hospitals in the United States as rated by U.S. News & World Report...
. - R. Michael Scott, M.D., 1962, head of Pediatric Neurosurgery Department at Boston Children's Hospital; Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School.
- Brian G. Smith, M.D., 1978, Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale Medical School. Pediatric Spine Surgeon.
- Craig R. Smith, M.D., 1970, lead surgeon on medical team that performed open-heart surgery on President William Clinton; Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical School.
- Henry Reed StilesHenry Reed StilesHenry Reed Stiles was a physician who wrote a number of highly regarded historical records and genealogical books during the late 18th and early 19th century. As a doctor, he served in various medical positions primarily in New York City, although he spent four years in Dundee, Scotland. He was...
, 1876, Superintendent of the State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane, author of several well-regarded historical and genealogical works - Edward J. Wing, M.D., 1967, Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Alpert Medical School.
Military
- Edward Peck CurtisEdward Peck CurtisMajor General Edward Peck Curtis began his career as a lieutenant in World War I. His six aerial victories made him a flying ace.Born in Rochester, New York, Edward Peck Curtis was a graduate of St. Georges School, Newport, Rhode Island...
1917 (dropped out to serve in World War I), Major General and Chief of Staff, U. S. Strategic Air Force in Europe during World War II. - Myles C. FoxMyles C. FoxMyles C. Fox was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions during the World War II Battle of Tulagi.-Biography:...
1939, awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions during World War II. - William Bradford Turner 1914, awarded Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
posthumously for actions in France 1918 - Ephraim Williams Jr.Ephraim WilliamsEphraim Williams Jr. was a soldier from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War. He was the benefactor of Williams College, located in northwestern Massachusetts.-Early life:...
Benefactor of Williams College, Colonel in the Massachusetts militia, killed in action during the Battle of Lake GeorgeBattle of Lake GeorgeThe Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. The battle was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America in the French and Indian War....
in the French and Indian WarFrench and Indian WarThe French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war... - Charles White WhittleseyCharles White WhittleseyLt. Colonel Charles White Whittlesey was an American Medal of Honor recipient who is notable for leading the "Lost Battalion" in the Argonne Forest during World War I.-Early life and education:...
1905, awarded Medal of Honor for his actions as commander of the famed Lost BattalionLost Battalion (World War I)The Lost Battalion is the name given to nine companies of the United States 77th Division, roughly 554 men, isolated by German forces during World War I after an American attack in the Argonne Forest in October 1918. Roughly 197 were killed in action and approximately 150 missing or taken prisoner...
of WWI. Was named as one of the "three outstanding heroes of the AEF" (Allied Expeditionary Force) by General Pershing. - Edwin Bliss Wheeler 1939, Major General in the Marine Corps, for whom the Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course honor award is named.
Recipients of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalThe Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal is a United States armed forces military award created by George W. Bush on March 12, 2003 by Executive Order 13289. It recognizes those military service members who have deployed overseas in direct service to the War on Terror from September 11,...
, Iraq CampaignIraq Campaign MedalThe Iraq Campaign Medal is a military award of the United States armed forces which was created by Executive Order 13363 of President George W. Bush on November 29, 2004. The Iraq Campaign Medal was designed by the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry....
, or Afghanistan CampaignAfghanistan Campaign MedalThe Afghanistan Campaign Medal is a military award of the United States military which was created by Executive Order 13363 of President George W. Bush on November 29, 2004. The Afghanistan Campaign Medal was designed by the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry....
Medals
- Dick Pregent 1976
- Bill Couch 1979
- Kathy Sharpe Jones 1979
- Eric McDonnald 1981
- Sean Crotty 1984
- Jerry Rizzo 1987
- Paul Danielson 1988
- JR Rahill 1988
- Rachel Booth 1994
- Erik White 1994
- Chris Campin 1995
- Elizabeth Gray 1995
- Brian Rooney 1995
- Ronald Alcala 1997
- John Bozeman 1998
- Bungee Cooke 1998
- Lee Kindlon 1998
- Dan Ornelas 1998
- Zack Pace 1998
- Robert Watkins 1998
- Ben Kamilewicz 1999
- Felipe Perez 1999
- Matt Terzella 1999
- Brad Whitworth 1999
- Chris Sweatman 2000
- Joel Iams 2001
- Robert MacDougall 2001
- Nathan Krissoff 2003, killed in action on December 9, 2006.
- Peter Walke 2003
- Galen Thorpe 2004
- Evan Bick 2006
- John Silvestro 2006
- Brad Brecher 2006
Music
- Bill Barbot 1991, guitarist/bass player with JawboxJawboxJawbox was an alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., U.S.. Its original members were J. Robbins , Kim Coletta and Adam Wade...
and Burning AirlinesBurning AirlinesBurning Airlines were an American rock band from Washington, D.C.. J. Robbins and Bill Barbot of Jawbox formed the band with Peter Moffett, formerly of Government Issue...
. - Chris CollingwoodChris CollingwoodChris Collingwood, born in 1967 in USA, is a singer, songwriter, and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne. Collingwood's major influences are The Beatles, The Zombies, The Hollies, Aztec Camera, Squeeze, and Blue Öyster Cult....
1989, Fountains of WayneFountains of WayneFountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...
member. - Kris DelmhorstKris DelmhorstKris Delmhorst is an American singer-songwriter who is part of the Boston folk scene. She was involved in producing 1998's Respond compilation, a fundraiser for domestic violence groups, and it included her song Weatherman. In 1999, she released a live album with The Vinal Avenue String Band,...
, singer/songwriter - William FinnWilliam FinnWilliam Alan Finn is an American composer and lyricist of musicals. His musical Falsettos received the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Music and Lyrics and for Best Book.-Biography:...
1974, BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of musicals, among other shows, Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and winner of the TonyTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
award. - Jason HowlandJason HowlandJason Howland is a musical theatre composer, playwright, conductor, music director, and producer. His most notable work has been writing the music for the Broadway musical Little Women.-Biography:...
1993, ComposerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of the Broadway musical Little WomenLittle WomenLittle Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott . The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869...
, which opened in January 2005 at the Virginia Theatre. - Warren Hunke 1942, Singer/Pianist; Founder, Metropolitan Schools Choral Festival
- John Morris RussellJohn Morris RussellJohn Morris Russell is an American conductor.-Early years:Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Maestro Russell is the product of arts programs in the public schools. He attended Ludlow Elementary School in Shaker Heights, OH outside of Cleveland...
1982, symphony conductor - Adam SchlesingerAdam SchlesingerAdam Schlesinger is an American songwriter, composer and record producer. He has been nominated for Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy , and Golden Globe Awards. He is also a winner of the ASCAP Pop Music Award....
1989, Fountains of WayneFountains of WayneFountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...
and Ivy member. - Stephen SondheimStephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
1950, pre-eminent Broadway composer of musicals. Sondheim premiered Phinney's Rainbow, a satire of Williams, and All That Glitters while at Williams. - Leehom Wang 1998, singer-songwriter and actor in East Asia.
- Jesse WinchesterJesse WinchesterJesse Winchester is a musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970...
1966, Singer/Songwriter. - Nick Zammuto 1999, of The BooksThe BooksThe Books are an American duo, formed in New York City in 1999, consisting of guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong. Their releases typically incorporate samples of obscure sounds and speech...
. - Marcus HummonMarcus HummonMarcus Spencer Hummon is an American country music artist. After several years of playing in various bands, he eventually found his way to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was signed to a songwriting contract, and subsequently a record deal with Columbia Records, which released his debut album All...
1984, Nashville-based singer songwriter, Twice nominated for the Grammy, won for Best Country Song ("Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts) in 2006. Sometimes performs with a band called Redwing.
Religion
- Wallace E. ConklingWallace E. ConklingWallace Edmonds Conkling was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and served from 1941 to 1953. He was born October 25, 1896, in Matteawan, now part of Beacon, New York...
, 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of ChicagoEpiscopal Diocese of ChicagoThe Episcopal Diocese of Chicago is the official organization of the Episcopal Church in Chicago and Northern Illinois, USA. The diocese is served by The Right Reverend Jeffrey D. Lee, who serves as Bishop of the diocese, and The Right Reverend Victor A. Scantlebury, who serves as Assistant Bishop...
. - Samuel Johnson HowardSamuel Johnson HowardThe Right Reverend Samuel Johnson Howard is the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Florida in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Howard was elected bishop Coadjutor on May 16, 2003 and entered office on January 29, 2004....
1973, 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of FloridaEpiscopal Diocese of FloridaThe Episcopal Diocese of Florida is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America . It originally comprised the whole state of Florida, but is now bounded on the west by the Apalachicola River, on the north by the Georgia state line, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the...
. - Timothy LullTimothy LullTimothy F. Lull was a Lutheran minister, scholar and author.-Early life:Lull was born to Raymond and Ruth Cole Lull. He attended Atkinson Elementary School, Fremont Junior High School, and Fremont Ross High School. From a young age he participated in the life of St...
1965, President of Pacific Lutheran Theological SeminaryPacific Lutheran Theological SeminaryPacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California is a seminary affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a member school of the Graduate Theological Union...
. - Jeb Stuart MagruderJeb Stuart MagruderJeb Stuart Magruder has had careers as a businessman, civil servant, political organizer, and Presbyterian minister. He is also a published writer...
1958, White House official involved in Watergate scandal who later became a Presbyterian minister. - Eleazer RootEleazer RootEleazer Root was an American educator and Episcopalian priest.Born in Canaan, New York, Root graduated from Williams College and was admitted to the New York bar. After moving briefly to Virginia, Root moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin where he help founded the present Carroll University...
1821, educator and Episcopal priest.
Science, technology, and engineering
- Robert Grant AitkenRobert Grant AitkenRobert Grant Aitken was an American astronomer.He worked at Lick Observatory in California. He systematically studied double stars, measuring their positions and calculating their orbits around one another...
1892, American astronomer, director of Lick Observatory, compiled comprehensive catalog of double stars. - John M. DarbyJohn M. DarbyJohn M. Darby was an American botanist, chemist, and academic. He created the first systematic catalogue of flora in the southeastern United States.-Biography:...
1831, botanist, created first catalogue of floraFloraFlora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
of the southeastern United StatesSoutheastern United StatesThe Southeastern United States, colloquially referred to as the Southeast, is the eastern portion of the Southern United States. It is one of the most populous regions in the United States of America....
. - Chester DeweyChester DeweyChester Dewey was an American botanist, clergyman and educator.- Early life :Dewey was born in Sheffield, Mass. October 25, 1784, and studied for the ministry at Williams College, graduating in 1806. He officiated at Tryingham, Massachusetts...
1810, botanist. - Alexander L. Fetter 1958, Director of the Laboratory for Advanced MaterialsLaboratory for Advanced MaterialsThe Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University supports research on advanced materials. Major research foci include information storage materials....
and former Chair of the Physics Department, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
(1985–1990). - Louis FieserLouis FieserLouis Frederick Fieser was an organic chemist, professor, and in 1968, professor emeritus at Harvard University. He was renowned as the inventor, in 1943, of a militarily effective form of napalm...
1920, Harvard chemistry professor and inventor. - J.T. GulickJ.T. GulickJohn Thomas Gulick was an American missionary and naturalist. He is credited with some of the first modern evolutionary study, starting with a collection of Hawaiian land snails.-Life:...
(1855–1859) Evolutionary biologist. - Chapman GrantChapman GrantChapman Grant was an American herpetologist, historian, and publisher. He was the last living grandson of United States President Ulysses S. Grant...
1910, biologist and herpetologist, grandson of President Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... - G. Stanley HallG. Stanley HallGranville Stanley Hall was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. His interests focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory...
1867, the father of American Psychology and the first American to be awarded a Ph.D. in Psychology. - William HiginbothamWilliam HiginbothamWilliam A. Higginbotham , an American physicist, is credited with creating one of the first computer games, Tennis for Two. Like Pong, it is a portrait of a game of tennis or ping-pong, but featured very different game mechanics that have no resemblance to the later game...
1932, American physicist credited with creating the first video game. - Daniel KleppnerDaniel KleppnerDaniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the . He is the winner of the 2005 Wolf Prize in Physics , and the 2007 . Prof. Kleppner has also been awarded the National Medal of Science . Together with Robert J. Kolenkow, he authored a...
1953, American physicist, Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Winner of the 2006 National Medal of ScienceNational Medal of ScienceThe National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...
, the 2005 Wolf Prize in Physics, and the 2007 Lester Ives Medal - Edward MorleyEdward MorleyEdward Williams Morley was an American scientist famous for the Michelson–Morley experiment.-Biography:...
1860, who co-performed the Michelson-Morley experimentMichelson-Morley experimentThe Michelson–Morley experiment was performed in 1887 by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Its results are generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the theory of a luminiferous ether and in favor of special...
, one of the most famous experiments in the history of physics. - Ethan ZuckermanEthan ZuckermanEthan Zuckerman is the director of the MIT Center for Civic Media, officially starting in September 2011.Zuckerman was one of the first staff members of Tripod.com, one of the first successful "dot com" enterprises, and later founder of Geekcorps and Global Voices Online...
1993, a co-founder of TripodTripodA tripod is a portable three-legged frame, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The word comes from the Greek tripous, meaning "three feet". A tripod provides stability against downward forces, horizontal forces and moments about the...
, founder of GeekcorpsGeekcorpsGeekcorps is a non-profit organization that sends people with technical skills to developing countries to assist in computer infrastructure development...
, and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Sports
- Ben Lee Boynton 1921, football player who was named to Walter Camp's All-American teams in 1919 and 1920, played in the early years of the NFL and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Ethan BrooksEthan BrooksEthan Barbier Brooks is a former American football offensive tackle in the NFL who played for five different teams in a nine year career....
1996, former NFL offensive lineman. - Ted RogersTed RogersTed Rogers was a fast-talking English comedian and light entertainer who started his career as a Redcoat entertainer and is best remembered as the only host in the original series of the Yorkshire Television gameshow 3-2-1....
1991, former NFL linebacker, earned a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXVI. - Dan CalichmanDan CalichmanDaniel Jacob "Dan" Calichman is a retired American soccer player.-College:Calichman played college soccer at Williams College, where he was a three-time Division III All-American.-Professional:...
1990, MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
All-Star. - Dave ClawsonDave ClawsonDave Clawson is the head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons college football team. Before joining Bowling Green, Clawson was the short-lived offensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee Volunteers and was the coach at Fordham University and the University of Richmond where he won two Div...
1989, College FootballCollege footballCollege football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
coach, Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green State UniversityBowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
. - Jim DuquetteJim DuquetteJames "Jim" Duquette was the general manager of the New York Mets for the 2004 season, before the team replaced him with Omar Minaya. Duquette subsequently stayed with the Mets in a front office job for a full season before moving on to the Baltimore Orioles...
1988, senior vice president of baseball operations for the Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
. - John Jay 1938, Rhodes Scholar and American skiing pioneer. Invented the ski film in its modern form.
- Kristine Karlson 1985, world rowing champion.
- Jonathan KraftJonathan KraftJonathan A. Kraft is an American businessman, the president of the New England Patriots, owner/investor of the New England Revolution, and both president and chief operating officer of The Kraft Group...
1986, operator, investor and owner's representative to the New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
, New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
and Gillette StadiumGillette StadiumGillette Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston and from downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution...
. He is also COO of The Kraft GroupThe Kraft GroupThe Kraft Group, LLC is a group of privately held companies in the professional sports, manufacturing, and real-estate development industries doing business in 82 countries...
. - Robert LeavittRobert LeavittRobert Grandison "Bob" Leavitt was an American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1906 Summer Olympics....
1907, Olympic gold medalist in 110 meter hurdles. - Jack MaitlandJack MaitlandJohn Frederick "Jack" Maitland is a former American football running back in the National Football League in the 1970s and earned a Super Bowl ring. He attended Upper St. Clair High School near Pittsburgh, then Williams College. His pro-career was spent with both the Baltimore Colts and the New...
1970, American football player who played running back in the NFL in the 1970s and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V. - David MaraghyDavid MaraghyDavid Maraghy, is an American CEO, Sports Agent and Attorney. He is a member of the Virginia and North Carolina Bar associations. He is the CEO of the Richmond based Sports Management International, LC and Adjunct Professor of Sports Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University...
1974, CEO of Sports Management International, LC. - Kevin Morris (American football)Kevin Morris (American football)-External links:*...
1986, head coach, UMass football team, 2009–present. - Dr. OgilvieCoach OgilvieCoach Ogilvie was the third head college football coachfor the New York University Violets located in New York, New York and he held that position for the 1899 season. His career coaching record at NYU was 2 wins, 6 losses, and 0 ties...
, head football coach at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, 1899. - Frank "Buck" O'NeillFrank "Buck" O'NeillFrank J. "Buck" O'Neill was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Colgate University , Syracuse University , and Columbia University , compiling a career college football coaching record of 81–41–8...
1902, College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
coach - Roland Palmedo 1917, had a great influence on skiing in America. He started both the Stowe and Mad River Glen ski areas in Vermont and was a founder of the National Ski Patrol.
- Dave PaulsenDave Paulsen-External links:*-References:...
1987, head coach, Bucknell men's basketball, coached Williams to 2003 Division III national championship - Robert L. "Nob" Rauch 1980, former Executive Director of the Ultimate Players AssociationUltimate Players AssociationUSA Ultimate is a not-for-profit organization that serves as the governing body of the sport of Ultimate in the United States....
and President of the World Flying Disc FederationWorld Flying Disc FederationThe World Flying Disc Federation is the international governing body for flying disc sports, with responsibility for sanctioning world championship events, establishing uniform rules, setting of standards for and recording of world records...
and a member of the Ultimate Hall of Fame. - Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder 1892, first paid head coach, Ohio State Buckeyes.
- George SteinbrennerGeorge SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death in July 2010, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned seven World Series...
1952, owner of the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
. - Harold Z. Steinbrenner 1991, General Partner of New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
. - Khari StephensonKhari StephensonKhari Stephenson is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.-Amateur and College:A product of the Real Mona youth system, Stephenson played college soccer at Williams College from 2000 to 2003, where he was named a Division III first-team...
2004, MLS and Jamaican national team soccer player. - Fay VincentFay VincentFrancis Thomas "Fay" Vincent, Jr. is a former entertainment lawyer and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989 to September 7, 1992.-Early life and career:...
1960, former Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
commissioner. - Michael WeinerMichael Weiner (executive)Michael S. Weiner is the executive director or the Major League Baseball Players Association. He assumed the role in December 2009, replacing Don Fehr. Weiner joined the organization in 1988 and had been general counsel since 2004...
1983, General Counsel for the MLBPAMajor League Baseball Players AssociationThe Major League Baseball Players Association is the union of professional major-league baseball players.-History of MLBPA:The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players...
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(A list of Williams' Olympians is available at the Williams Sports Info website.)
Writing and journalism
- Peter AbrahamsPeter Abrahams (US Author)Peter Abrahams is an American writer of crime thrillers. His works include Oblivion, The Tutor, The Fury of Rachel Monette, Hard Rain, The Fan , Crying Wolf, Last of the Dixie Heroes, the Echo Falls Mysteries, and Lights Out, the last of which was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel.His...
1968, writer of crime thrillers. - Rachel AxlerRachel AxlerRachel Axler is an American television writer and playwright. In television, her credits include New Girl, Bored to Death, Parks & Recreation and The Daily Show....
1999, television comedy writer and playwright. - Stephen BirminghamStephen BirminghamStephen Birmingham, born May 28, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is an author.Born to Thomas Birmingham and Editha Gardner Birmingham, he received a BA from Williams College in 1953. He is a former teacher of writing at the University of Cincinnati. He has written over thirty books and is now retired...
1950, writer. - Sterling Brown 1922, poet.
- Erin BurnettErin BurnettErin Isabelle Burnett is the anchor of CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront. She was the co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk on the Street program and the host of CNBC's Street Signs program...
1998, CNBCCNBCCNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
Anchor of Squawk on the StreetSquawk on the StreetSquawk on the Street, which debuted on December 19, 2005, is a business show on CNBC that follows the first 90 minutes of trading on Wall Street in the United States....
and Street Signs - William Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.-Youth and education:...
1814, poet and Editor-in-Chief New-York Evening Post (later the New York PostNew York PostThe New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
) for half a century (1828–78). - Mika BrzezinskiMika BrzezinskiMika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski is an American television news journalist at MSNBC. Brzezinski is co-host of MSNBC's weekday morning program Morning Joe, where she provides regular commentary and reads the news headlines for the program...
1989, reporter on MSNBC and daughter of Zbigniew BrzezinskiZbigniew BrzezinskiZbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski is a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981....
, National Security Advisor under Jimmy CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
. - Christopher Clarey 1986, International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
columnist - Hal CrowtherHal CrowtherHal Crowther is an American journalist and essayist.His essays have been published in many anthologies, including Novello: Ten Years of Great American Writing...
1966, author and essayist. - Dominick DunneDominick DunneDominick John Dunne was an American writer and investigative journalist, whose subjects frequently hinged on the ways in which high society interacts with the judicial system...
1949, author. - Max EastmanMax EastmanMax Forrester Eastman was an American writer on literature, philosophy and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist. For many years, Eastman was a supporter of socialism, a leading patron of the Harlem Renaissance and an activist for a number of liberal and radical causes...
1905, writer and political activist. - Tim Evans 2006, author, celebrated brewer.
- Gary Fisketjon 1976, editor.
- Michael Himowitz 1969, Baltimore Sun Columnist and Editor.
- Greg Jaffe 1991, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner. - Christopher Jones 1962, multiple EMMY winning Anchor, Correspondent, Commentator Channel 5 (Fox TV) 36 years in NYC
- John KifnerJohn KifnerJohn Kifner was a reporte for the The New York Times. After serving as an editor on his Williams College student newspaper, The Williams Record, Kifner joined The New York Times as a copy boy in 1963 and soughtt reporting assignments...
1963, longtime writer and editor at The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. - Edward LarsonEdward LarsonEdward John Larson is a North American historian and legal scholar. He is University Professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University, he was formerly Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University...
1974, 1998 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner in History for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. - Dan Keating 1984, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner. - Tim LaydenTim LaydenTim Layden is a senior writer for the American magazine Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in 1994 and he mainly focuses on the topics of NFL and college football, college basketball, Olympic sports , as well as horse racing. According to SI.com, "his ability to dramatically set the scene of the...
1978, Sports IllustratedSports IllustratedSports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
writer. - David Marash 1964, Nightline correspondent.
- Joseph McElroyJoseph McElroyJoseph McElroy is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist.McElroy grew up in Brooklyn Heights, NY, a neighborhood that features prominently in much of his fiction. He received his B.A. from Williams College in 1951 and his M.A. from Columbia University in 1952...
1951, author. - Jay McInerneyJay McInerneyJohn Barrett McInerney Jr. is an American writer. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City; Ransom; Story of My Life; Brightness Falls; and The Last of the Savages...
1976, author of Bright Lights, Big City. - Bethany McLeanBethany McLeanBethany McLean is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine, and known for her work on the Enron scandal and the 2008 financial crisis...
1992, author of The Smartest Guys in the Room, on the collapse of EnronEnronEnron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...
. - Bob MitchellBob MitchellRichard Charles Mitchell, , known as Bob Mitchell, was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Southampton Test for Labour from 1966 to 1970, and Southampton Itchen for Labour and then the Social Democratic Party from 1981 to 1983.Mitchell was born in Southampton on...
1966, author of Match Made in Heaven and Once upon a Fastball. - L. E. Modesitt, Jr.L. E. Modesitt, Jr.L. E. Modesitt, Jr. is an author of 56 science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce....
1965, author of science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasyFantasyFantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
, noted especially for his RecluceThe Saga of RecluceThe Saga of Recluce is a series of fantasy novels written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.. The initial novel in the series, The Magic of Recluce , was published in 1991...
series. - Anson Montgomery, 1994, Author, educator.
- R. A. MontgomeryR. A. MontgomeryRaymond Almiran Montgomery is an American author and key figure in the Choose Your Own Adventure interactive children's book series.-Career:...
1958, Author/Creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure Series. - Paul Neely 1968, former Publisher of the Chattanooga Times, Williams College Trustee
- Sonia NazarioSonia NazarioSonia Nazario has written about social issues for more than two decades, most recently as a projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She holds the distinctions of winning the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, and of being the youngest writer to be hired by the Wall Street Journal.She...
1982, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner. - Robert Wilson PattersonRobert Wilson PattersonRobert Wilson Patterson was an American newspaper editor and publisher. He was born in Chicago, attended Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois, and graduated from Williams College in 1871, and then began the study of law...
1871, Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Tribune and President of the Tribune Company. - Tom Piazza 1976, author.
- Topher Sabot 1999, part-owner and operator of fasterskier.com.
- Stacy SchiffStacy SchiffStacy Madeleine Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American nonfiction author and guest columnist for The New York Times.-Biography:...
1982, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner. - Eric Schmitt 1982, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner. - Scott Shane 1976, author and New York Times reporter.
- David ShipleyDavid ShipleyDavid Shipley is an American journalist. He is currently executive editor of Bloomberg View, overseeing its editorial page and its associated columnists and op-ed contributors. He was picked for this position in December 2010 and jointly launched Bloomberg View with James P...
1985, New York Times editor and former speechwriter for Bill Clinton. - Hedrick SmithHedrick SmithHedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter and editor for The New York Times, an Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent for the PBS show Frontline, and author of several books....
1955, 1974 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner in international reporting. - John TolandJohn Toland (author)John Willard Toland was an American author and historian. He is best known for his bestselling biography of Adolf Hitler and for his Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II history of Japan, The Rising Sun.Toland was a graduate of Williams College, and he also attended the Yale School of Drama for a...
1936, writer. - Norah VincentNorah VincentNorah Vincent is an American writer.Vincent was a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies from its 2001 inception to 2003...
1990, syndicated columnist and author of Self-Made Man - Charles Webb 1961, author of the novel The GraduateThe GraduateThe Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama motion picture directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay was by Buck Henry, who makes a cameo appearance as a hotel clerk, and Calder...
. (The novel begins "Benjamin Braddock graduated from a small Eastern college on a day in June.") - Kristin CashoreKristin CashoreKristin Cashore is an American fantasy author, whose debut novel, Graceling, was published in October 2008. The book has been nominated for the Andre Norton and William C. Morris awards, and is held in over 1000 libraries. Her second book, Fire, came out in October 2009, and is described as being a...
, author of GracelingGracelingGraceling is a young adult fantasy novel by Kristin Cashore. It is her debut novel. The story is about Katsa, a young warrior, and her journey of self-discovery. The book earned a place on the Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year for 2008 and received generally favorable reviews...
, FireFireFire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....
, and Bitterblue. - Carrie Ryan 1999, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.