Comments on: Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

By: Ma'ayan Plaut

Ma'ayan Plaut — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:33:33 +0000

Oberlin has lots of famous alums — check out the Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oberlin_College_alumni

Also, the illustrious fellow currently listed for Oberlin is Jerry Greenfield ’73, not Jeff.

By: al

al — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:51:20 +0000

Famous Graduates of Beloit College

Roy Chapman Andrews – Anthropologist & Former Director of American Museum of Natural History

James Arness – Marshall Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke

Don Bolles – Investigative Reporter

Amy Wright – Actress

W. Willard Wirtz – U.S. Secretary of Labor in

John Thorn – Pro Baseball Historian

Lorine Niedecker – Poet

Jameson Parker – Actor

John Pasquin – Emmy award winning actor

Robert Lee Morris – Jewelry Designer

James Woodward Strong – 1st president of Carleton College (Minn)

Chad Walsh – Poet & Professor

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:26:19 +0000

I’m pretty sure that David Foster Wallace graduated from Pomona College.

By: 'Wither' the Liberal Arts College? - Miller-McCune

'Wither' the Liberal Arts College? - Miller-McCune — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:08:08 +0000

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By: Susan Pendleton

Susan Pendleton — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:05:30 +0000

Co-owner of Calgary Stampedes, Doug Mitchell
Mayor of Vancouver, BC, Gregor Robertson

From Colorado College

By: Mark Montgomery

Mark Montgomery — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:11:11 +0000

Thanks, Suzanne. I’ll make the changes!

By: suzanne

suzanne — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:39:58 +0000

you left out Smith College! Sylvia Plath, Julia Child, Margaret Mitchell, Gloria Steinem, and many more!

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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:45:56 +0000

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By: Hannah Benoit

Hannah Benoit — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:25:05 +0000

A couple more for Wheaton College (Massachusetts):

Lesley Stahl, television journalist

Esther Newberg, literary agent

Dr. Mary Ellen Avery, medical research pioneer; first woman to chair a major department at Harvard Medical School; and first woman physician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital, Boston.

(“In 1991, President George Bush presented her with the National Medal of Science, in recognition of her contributions to understanding and treating respiratory distress syndrome [in premature infants]. The award cited Dr. Avery as one of the founders of neonatal intensive care and ‘a major advocate of improving access to care of all premature and sick infants.’” –Source: Website: Changing the Face of Medicine)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:59:12 +0000

Matthew Ember- Wesleyan University
Screenwriter (Failure to Launch, Get Smart: The Movie)