From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Bryn Mawr College people
List of Bryn Mawr College people
The following is a list of individuals associated with Bryn • Betty Draper (A.B.), Mad Men (2007), played by
Mawr College through attending as a student, or serving January Jones
as a member of the faculty or staff. • Liz Lemon (A.B.), 30 Rock (2006), played by Tina Fey
• C.C. Babcock, The Nanny (1993), played by Lauren
Noted alumnae and alumni Lane
Noted faculty and administra- Notes
[1] Reporting Civil Rights: Reporters and Writers:
tors Renata Adler
• Rhys Carpenter, Art history (1914?-1955) [2] Bryn Mawr Now: Ellis Avery ’93 to read from The
• Maria Luisa Crawford, Geology, MacArthur Genius Teahouse Fire
Grant recipient [3] "A. S. Byatt," MSN Encarta. Archived 2009-10-31.
• Marland Pratt Billings, Structural Geologist [4] Biography
• Frederica de Laguna, anthropologist and founder of [5] Biography
Bryn Mawr’s anthropology department (1906–2004) [6] http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/ocelibra.nsf/
• Mabel Lang, Greek (1943–1988); received her Ph.D. 504ca249c786e20f85
from Bryn Mawr in 1943 [7] "Faculty 2010-2011". Bryn Mawr. 2010-10-15.
• Richmond Lattimore, Greek (1935–1971) http://www.brynmawr.edu/creativewriting/
• Helen Taft Manning, History (1917–1957), also served faculty.html#karlkirchwey. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
as dean [10] [8] Karen Heller (May 1, 2003). "Bryn Mawr shows
• Berthe Marti, Latin and French (1930–1963) creative side as it makes way for arts". Chicago
• Cornelia Meigs, English (1932–1950) [11] Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/
• Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels, Latin (1934–1975) 2003-05-01/features/0305010107_1_bryn-mawr-
• Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist and winner of the college-marianne-moore-samson-agonistes.
Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (1866–1946) Retrieved 2010-10-15.
• Emmy Noether, Mathematics (1933–1935) [9] Rasmussen, Frederick N. (2011-08-13). "Mathilde B.
• Charlotte Scott, Mathematics (1885–1917) "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland,
• Lily Ross Taylor, Latin (1927–1942), Dean of the dies at 91". Baltimore Sun.
Graduate School (1942–52) http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-13/
• M. Carey Thomas, English, Dean of the College news/bs-md-ob-mathilde-lee-20110812_1_first-
(1884–1908), President (1894–1922) lady-canoe-direct-descendant. Retrieved
• Woodrow Wilson, (1885–1888) 2011-09-08.
• José Ferrater Mora, Philosophy (1949–1980). [10] ^ "Helen Taft Manning, Ex-Dean of Bryn Mawr".
The New York Times. 1987-02-23.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/
Noted fictional alumnae fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DD1E30F930A15751C0A961948260.
• Allison R. Hart-Burnett (A.B.) (1980s), Lady Jaye [11] ^ Meigs, Cornelia
• Edna Krabappel (M.A.), Simpsons teacher [12] Mary Meigs Papers | Special Collections | Bryn
• Erica Barry (A.B.), Something’s Gotta Give lead Mawr College Library
character played by Diane Keaton [13] Weber, Bruce. "Judith Peabody, Socialite and
• Pamela Abbott (A.B.), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), Volunteer, Dies at 80", The New York Times, July 27,
played by Liv Tyler 2010. Accessed July 27, 2010.
• Amanda Bonner (A.B.), Adam’s Rib (1949), played by
Katharine Hepburn
• Bunny Watson (A.B.), Desk Set (1957), played by
Katharine Hepburn
• Nancy Drew & Carolyn Keene, Confessions of a Teen
Sleuth (book published in 2005)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Bryn Mawr College people
Name Year Notable
Renata Adler 1959 Writer [1]
Katharine Sergeant 1914 Editor of The New Yorker
Angell White
Maya Ajmera 1989 Founder of The Global Fund for Children
Donna Amenta M.A. 1971, Ph.D 1974 Professor of Chemistry and Department Head at James Madison
University
Anastasia Ashman 1986 Writer
Ellis Avery 1993 Novelist [2]
Emily Greene Balch 1889 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1946
Margaret Ayer Barnes 1907 Writer, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winner, 1931
Florence Bird Canadian journalist and politician
Grace Lee Boggs Ph.D. 1940 Activist and author
Katharine Burr Blod- 1917 Chemist and engineer
gett
Sarmila Bose Journalist
Ana Patricia Botin 1981 CEO of Banesto
Kathy Boudin 1965 Weathermen member convicted of murder and bank robbery
Annie Leigh Hobson A.B. 1930, M.A. 1936 Advocate for women’s education
Broughton
A. S. Byatt graduate work Postmodern novelist [3]
1957-1958, did not
graduate
Jane Calvin 1959 Artist
John D. Caputo Ph.D. 1968 Philosophy professor at Syracuse University
Birutė Ciplijauskaitė Ph.D. 1964 Vilas Professor of Spanish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bruce Cole Ph.D. Chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities
Mary Little Cooper 1968 Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
H.D. did not graduate Modernist poet
Regna Darnell 1965 Anthropologist [4]
Micah Dornfeld 2015 Park Designer
Eleanor Lansing 1917 Economist
Dulles
Helen Flanders Dun- 1923 Important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine
bar
Lee McGeorge Durrell 1971 Author, television presenter, zookeeper
Drew Gilpin Faust 1968 Twenty-Eighth President of Harvard University, former Dean of
Radcliffe Institute
Elizabeth Fox-Gen- 1963 Historian and conservative feminist
ovese
Shaun Gallagher Ph.D. University of Central Florida philosophy professor
Martha A. Geer 1980 Associate Justice of the North Carolina Court of Appeals [5]
Carolyn Goodman 1961 Mayor of Las Vegas, founder of the Meadows School
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Dorothy Goodman Teacher, charter school advocate, founder of International Bac-
calaureate Organization
Hanna Holborn Gray 1950 Former president of University of Chicago
David Gress Ph.D 1981 Historian
Edith Hamilton M.A. 1894 Classical scholar
Naomi Halas M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986 Professor of Chemistry and Computer Engineering at Rice Universi-
ty
Elaine Hammerstein 1917 Actress. There is no evidence in the College Archives that Hammer-
stein attended the school.
Carmelita Hinton 1912 Progressive educator
Katharine Martha 1899 Suffragist and family planning advocate
Houghton Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn 1928 Academy Award-winning actress
Sari Horwitz 1979 Journalist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Beryl Howell 1978 Federal Court Judge, United States District Court for the District of
Columbia
Barbara Marx Hub- 1951 Writer and public speaker
bard
Salima Ikram 1986 Egyptologist and professor at American University in Cairo
Sarah Jones did not graduate Actress, poet, playwright
Victoria S. Kaufman 1986 Bankruptcy judge in the Central Discrict of California [6]
Emily Kimbrough 1921 Writer
Helen Dean King Ph.D. 1899 Biologist
Karl Kirchwey Associate professor Poet[7][8]
2000–present
Karen Kornbluh 1985 Ambassador and U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
Gertrude Prokosch 1928 Dancer and dance researcher
Kurath
Leslie Kurke 1981 Professor of classics at University of California-Berkeley and
MacArthur "genius grant" recipient in 1999
Ellen Kushner did not graduate Fantasy writer
Frederica de Laguna 1927 Anthropologist
Ruth Langer 1981 Professor of Religion
Mimi Lee 1943 Chemist and First Lady of Maryland from 1977 to 1979[9]
Helen Taft Manning 1915 Historian, professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College, suffragist,
daughter of President William Howard Taft [10]
Gerald Mara Ph.D. Dean and Professor of Government at Georgetown University
Jacqueline Mars 1961 Heiress to Mars candy fortune
Berthe Marti M.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1934 Professor of Latin at Bryn Mawr College
Mary A. McLaughlin M.A. 1969 Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsyl-
vania
A. Thomas McLellan M.S., Ph.D. Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, nominee for Deputy
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
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Mary Patterson Ph.D. Former President of Bryn Mawr College
McPherson
Cornelia Meigs 1908 Newbery Medal winner in 1934 [11]
Mary Meigs 1939 Writer [12]
Lucy Taxis Shoe A.B. 1927, M.A. 1928, Classical archaeologist
Meritt Ph.D. 1935
Lynne Meadow 1968 Theatrical producer and director
Agnes Kirsopp Lake A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Classical scholar and former professor at Bryn Mawr College
Michels
Victoria S. Middleton 1971 Diplomat
Elizabeth Mosier 1984 Writer, Author of My Life as a Girl
Marianne Moore 1909 Poet
Tony D. Morinelli Ph.D. 1990 Educator, playwright, painter
Margaret M. Morrow 1971 Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Catherine Gilbert Writer
Murdock
Emily Cheney Neville 1940 Newbery Medal winner in 1964
Lindsay Northover, Member of the U.K. House of Lords
Baroness Northover
Sherry Ortner 1962 Anthropologist, professor at UCLA, MacArthur Genius Grant recipi-
ent
Diana Oughton 1963 Militant Weathermen member
Judith Peabody Socialite and philanthropist[13]
Candace Pert 1970 Neuroscientist
Jeannette Piccard 1918 Teacher, scientist, balloon pilot, priest
Bertha Putnam 1893 Historian
Virginia Ragsdale A.B., Ph.D. Mathematician
Paul Rehak M.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1985 Archaeologist
Alice Rivlin 1952 Economist, first director of Congressional Budget Office
Phyllis Ross Economist, former chancellor of University of British Columbia
Ilana Kara Diamond 1960 Judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Rovner
Edith Finch Russell Author, biographer of Bryn Mawr College President M. Carey
Thomas
Maggie Siff 1996 Actress, Mad Men
Gabrielle M. Spiegel 1964 Chair of the History Department at Johns Hopkins University, Presi-
dent of the American Historical Association, 2008–2009
Rosemarie Said 1958 Palestinian-American historian and writer
Zahlan
Lavanya Sankaran 1990 Writer
Bernadette Sargeant 1983 Attorney and former adviser to the U.S. House Ethics Committee
Jenny Sawyer 2002 literary critic, internet entrepreneur (
http://www.60secondrecap.com )
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Teresita Currie Schaf- 1966 Diplomat and former director of the Foreign Service Institute
fer
Dorothy Schiff 1921 Newspaper publisher
Allyson Schwartz M.A. 1972 U.S. Representative
Elaine Showalter 1962 Feminist literary critic and former president of the Modern Lan-
guage Association
Fatima Siad 2007 contestant on America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 10 and fashion mod-
el
Maggie Siff 1996 Actress
Rachel Simon 1981 Writer
Cornelia Otis Skinner did not graduate Actress and author
Joan Slonczewski 1977 Biology professor at Kenyon College, science fiction writer
Deborah Spungen M.S.W. 1989 Author
Nettie Stevens Ph.D. 1903 Geneticist
Caroline Stevermer 1977 Fantasy writer
Lily Ross Taylor Ph.D. 1912 Former professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College
Dorothy Burr Thomp- 1923 Archaeologist and art historian
son
Kaity Tong Broadcast journalist
Anne Truitt 1943 Minimalist sculptor
Umeko Tsuda 1889–1892 First Japanese student. Founder of Tsuda College & first president of
YWCA in Japan
Neda Ulaby 1993 NPR reporter
Emily Vermeule A.B. 1950, Ph.D. 1956 Classical scholar, archaeologist, poet
Elizabeth Gray Vining 1923 Newbery Medal winner
Betty Peh T’i Wei 1953 Historian
Mai Yamani 1979 Anthropologist and Saudi Arabian activist
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