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Virginia Abernethy , 1955 – academic anthropologist, involved in politics[ 1] Frances Dorothy Acomb – academic and historianGrace Andrews , 1890 – mathematician and professor[ 2] Myrtilla Avery , 1891 – classical scholar focused on Medieval art , former chair of Department of Art at Wellesley College and director of the Farnsworth Art Museum 1930–1937;[ 3] Carole B. Balin , 1986 – professor of Jewish history [ 4] Patricia Bizzell , 1970 – professor of English[ 5] Victoria Budson , 1993 – founder of Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School , one of CNN's "Ten Visionary Women"Claudia Lauper Bushman , 1956 – historian[ 6] Margaret Clapp , 1930 – former president of Wellesley College (1949–1960) and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography [ 7] Cecilia Conrad , 1976 – economics professor, dean of Pomona College [ 8] Miriam DeCosta-Willis , 1956 – Romance language scholar, civil rights activist, and first Black professor at Memphis State University [ 9] Frances Daly Fergusson , 1965 – former president of Vassar College [ 10] Juliet Floyd , 1982 – professor of Philosophy[ 11] Margaret Henderson Floyd , 1953 – art historian and professor[ 12] Susan Foh – biblical scholar[ 13] Phyllis Fox , 1944 – mathematician and computer scientist[ 14] Barbara Fraumeni , 1972 – economist[ 15] Grace Frick , 1925 – linguistics scholar[ 16] Marjorie Grene , 1931 – philosopher, one of the first philosophers to raise questions about the synthetic theory of evolution[ 17] Cheryl Harris , 1973 – Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Professor in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at UCLA Law School Mary Hefferan (1873–1948) – taught bacteriology, University of Chicago Carolyn Gold Heilbrun , 1947 – professor of English literature at Columbia University , and mystery novelist under the name "Amanda Cross"[ 18] Ayesha Jalal , 1978 – historian, 1998 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship [ 19] Theodora J. Kalikow , 1962 – former president, University of Maine at Farmington and University of Southern Maine [ 20] Amalie Kass , 1949 – historianYoshi Kasuya , 1923 – educator, former president of Tsuda University Amy Kelly , educator, historian, best-selling authorNannerl O. Keohane , 1961 – political theorist; president, Wellesley College and Duke University Jennie Ellis Keysor , 1883 – pioneer in adult education[ 21] Jean Kilbourne , 1964 – author, expert on the image of women in advertisingRosalind E. Krauss , 1962 – art critic, professor, theoristHelen Hull Law (1890–1966) – professor of Latin and GreekAnita Calvert Lebourgeoise – attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer and women's suffrage orator[ 22] Mary Lefkowitz , 1957 – classical scholarHelen Lefkowitz Horowitz , 1963 – historianPhyllis Williams Lehmann , 1934 – archaeologistHelen Abbot Merrill , 1886 – mathematicianWinifred Edgerton Merrill , 1883 – mathematician, first woman to receive a PhD in mathematicsMichele Moody-Adams , 1978 – dean, Columbia College [ 23] Ellen Fitz Pendleton , 1886 – mathematician, former president of Wellesley CollegeKaren Remmer , 1966 – political scientistEliza Newkirk Rogers , 1900 – art history professor at Wellesley College and Mount Holyoke College ; shaped the art history department at Wellesley; donated her art collection to the Davis Museum at Wellesley College ; created the Eliza Newkirk Rogers Prize for Architecture at WellesleyCarol Sanger , 1970 – reproductive rights expert, professor at Columbia Law School Kay Lehman Schlozman , 1968 – political scientistMary Lyndon Shanley , 1966 – legal scholar, professor of political science at Vassar College Jennifer S. Thaler , 1993 – professor of Entomology at Cornell University Ellen Umansky , 1972 – professor of Judaic studiesRoxana Vivian , 1894 – mathematics professor at Wellesley College , the first in her department to hold a doctorate, and Hartwick College .Diana Chapman Walsh , 1966 – former president, Wellesley CollegeErnestine Wiedenbach , 1922 – nursing theoristPatricia J. Williams , 1972 – law professor at Columbia University , recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Molly Bang , 1965 – illustrator[ 24] Ann Beha , 1972 – founder and principal, Ann Beha Architects, committed to historic preservation[ 25] Anita Berrizbeitia , 1980 – landscape architect and chair of the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture[ 26] Anna Campbell Bliss , 1946 – artist and architect[ 27] Emilie Benes Brzezinski , 1953 – sculptor; wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski [ 28] Mildred Codding – medical illustratorKatherine K. Davis , 1914 – composer, pianist, and author of the famous Christmas tune "The Little Drummer Boy"[ 29] Leila Daw , 1962 – installation artistPatricia Degener (1924–2008) – ceramic artist[ 30] Victorine du Pont Homsey , 1923 – architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Anne Fougeron , 1977 – architect, B.A. in architectural history[ 31] Juliette May Fraser , 1909 – artist, muralistMary Rockwell Hook , 1900 – architect[ 32] Julia Kunin , 1983 – sculptor, video artist[ 33] Jennifer Maestre , 1981 – sculptorLorraine O'Grady , 1955 – conceptual artist and art criticEleanor Raymond , 1909 – architect, designed and built the first occupied solar-powered house in the USElizabeth Barlow Rogers , 1957 – urban planner, landscape architectMary Cunningham Agee , 1973 – president, The Nurturing Network Robin Chase , 1980 – co-founder of Zipcar Elisabeth DeMarse , 1976 – former CEO, chairman, and president of TheStreet.Com Heather Higgins , 1981 – nonprofit executive, political commentatorLois Juliber , 1971 – vice chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Elizabeth Parr-Johnston , 1961 – economistPriya Paul , 1988 – Chairman of Park Hotels , Head of Apeejay Surendra Group , also trustee of Wellesley CollegeMarion Sandler , 1952 – CEO and founder of Golden West FinancialAnne Toth , 1993 – privacy and policy executive, former Chief Trust Officer of Yahoo Vicky Tsai , 2000 – CEO and founder of Tatcha[ 34] [ 35] Susan Wagner , 1982 – founder and former COO of BlackRock and board member of Apple Inc. Joan Wallace-Benjamin , 1975 – CEO of the Home for Little WanderersGovernment and public service [ edit ] Eleanor D. Acheson , 1969 – former Assistant Attorney General of the United States Bertha Adkins , 1928 – former Undersecretary of Health, Education, and WelfareMadeleine Albright , 1959 – former United States Secretary of State Michelle Au , 1999 – State Senator, Georgia; first Asian American woman appointed to Georgia State SenateAnnette Baker Fox , 1934 – international relations advisorCarolina Barco Isakson , 1973 – Colombian Foreign Minister 2002–2006, Ambassador to the US, 2006–2010Jocelyn Benson , 1999 – current Secretary of State, Michigan and former dean, Wayne State University Law School ; youngest dean appointed to an accredited law schoolJane Bolin , 1928 – first African-American woman to become a judgeSophonisba Breckinridge , 1888 – activistAnita B. Brody , 1955 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Emily Sophie Brown , 1904 – one of the first women to serve in the Connecticut House of Representatives Janath R. Cannon , 1939 – counselor to the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wilma Chan , 1971 – California DemocratHarriette L. Chandler , 1959[ 36] Massachusetts Senate [ 37] Gail Chang Bohr , 1966 – former Minnesota judgeSoong Mei-ling 宋美齡 (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek ), 1917 – former First Lady of the Republic of China Marguerite S. Church , 1915 – U.S. Representative from IllinoisEsther Clenott , 1945 – politician from Maine, former two-term mayor of Portland and state representativeHillary Clinton , 1969 – former United States Secretary of State , former U.S. Senator (D -New York), former First Lady of the United States Deborah Cochran , 1960 – Congresswoman from MassachusettsJan Coggeshall , mayor of Galveston[ 38] Elinor G. Constable , 1955 – diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to KenyaRita Crocker Clements – former First Lady of the U.S. state of Texas Ophelia Dahl , 1994 – executive director of Partners in Health , daughter of children's author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal Molly Dewson , 1897 – feminist, political activistDiana DiZoglio , 2010 – Massachusetts State Representative (D -14th Essex District )Christine Durham , 1967 – chief justice, Utah Supreme Court Virginia Durr , 1925 – civil rights activistCarolyn Dykema , 1989 – former Massachusetts State RepresentativeSusan Estrich , 1974 – lawyer, professor, author, feminist advocate and commentator for Fox News Colette Flesch , 1960 – Luxembourg politician and Olympic fencerLoletta Fyan , 1915 – first librarian in MichiganCynthia Glassman , 1967 – commissioner of the SEC Susan P. Graber , 1969 – circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wendy Lee Gramm , 1966 – economist, former director of ENRON[ 39] Jean Constance Hamilton , 1968 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Abigail Harrison , 2019 – founder of The Mars Generation nonprofitAurelia Harwood – philanthropist, former president of Sierra Club Ellen Segal Huvelle , 1970 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Farahnaz Ispahani , 1985 – member of Pakistan's parliament, spokesperson for the president of Pakistan, journalistCarol E. Jackson , 1973 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Katie Johnson , 2003 – personal secretary to President Barack Obama Amalya Lyle Kearse , 1959 – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , five time U.S. Champion bridge playerLeslie E. Kobayashi , 1979 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Nancy K. Kopp , 1965 – Treasurer of MarylandM. Hannah Lauck , 1986 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Gail Laughlin , 1894 – first woman from Maine to practice law and founder of the National League for Women's Service Henrietta Wells Livermore , 1887 – suffragetteSandra L. Lynch , 1968 – chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Yukiko Maki , 1924 – Japanese educator, Fulbright officer, worked in international exchangeNora Margaret Manella , 1972 – presiding justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four , former judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Chirlane McCray , 1975 – public affairs activist, First Lady of New York City Ida Craven Merriam , 1925 – statistician for the Social Security Administration Lindsey Miller-Lerman , 1968 – justice, Nebraska Supreme Court Mary V. Mochary , 1963 – attorney and Republican politician, formerly mayor of Montclair, New Jersey Helen Barrett Montgomery , 1884 – women's rights activist, church leader, Bible translatorAlicia Munnell , 1964 – economistLaura W. Murphy , 1976 – lobbyist and civil rights activistHelen O'Bannon , 1961 – economistAnne W. Patterson , 1971 – U.S. Ambassador to Egypt , former Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations , former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Alex Poon , 2014 – transgender rights activist[ 40] Ruth Baker Pratt , 1898 – congresswoman 1929–1933, first woman elected to Congress from New YorkReena Raggi , 1973 – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Leticia Ramos-Shahani , 1951 – former Philippine Senator , diplomat, human rights activist[ 41] [ 42] [ 43] Diane Ravitch , 1960 – historian, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of EducationDesiree Rogers , 1981 – public relations executive, White House Social Secretary Allyne R. Ross , 1967 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Vanessa Ruiz , 1972 – associate judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Janna Ryan , 1991 – attorney and wife of Republican Congressman Paul Ryan Carol Rhodes Sibley , 1923 — Berkeley civic activist and school board presidentMichele Sison , 1981 – U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Sara Soffel , 1908 – judge, Alleghany County Court and Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas ; first woman to serve as a judge in Pennsylvania[ 44] Zatae Leola Longsdorff Straw , 1883 – physician, New Hampshire state representativeTejshree Thapa , 1988 – human rights attorney, developed legal argument for prosecuting rape as a crime against humanity before the ICTY Kavindya Thennankoon , 2019 – Sri Lankan youth activistJulieta Valls Noyes , 1984 – U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Cynthia Wu – 吳欣盈, member of Legislative Yuan and vice presidential candidate, Taiwan Lilian Wyckoff Johnson – education policy advocateMarian Burros , 1954 – New York Times food columnist and cookbook authorMichelle Caruso-Cabrera , 1991 – reporter for CNBC , winner of an Emmy Award Callie Crossley , 1973 – American broadcast journalist with Boston NPR affiliate WGBH-TVKimberly Dozier , 1987 – correspondent for Associated Press , winner of the Peabody Award (2008)Elizabeth Drew , 1957 – political journalistNikki Finke , 1975 – entertainment/media journalist, Deadline Hollywood Page Hopkins , 1988 – journalist, co-anchor on Fox News and anchor on NBC/MSNBC Ellen Levine , 1964 – media executive, former Executive Director of Hearst Magazines Geneva Overholser , 1970 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, director of the School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication Robin Reisig , 1966 – print journalist, lecturer at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Carla Robbins , 1974 – journalist, member of the NY Times Cokie Roberts , 1964 – senior news correspondent at National Public Radio , winner of the Emmy Award (1991) and Edward R. Murrow Award (1990), former host at ABC 's This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts Marion K. Sanders , 1925 – journalist, editor of Harper's Magazine Diane Sawyer , 1967 – journalist, host of ABC 's Good Morning America George Polk award for excellence in journalismSusan Sheehan , 1958 – journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1983)Lynn Sherr , 1963 – correspondent for ABC 's 20/20 Peabody Award (1994)Marilyn Silverstone , 1950 – photo-journalist and Buddhist nunJennifer Vanasco , 1994 – syndicated columnist and theater criticLinda Wertheimer , 1965 – journalist, National Public Radio , winner of the DuPont-Columbia Award (1978) for excellence in journalismEmily Yoffe , 1977 – journalist and regular contributor to Slate Harriet Stratemeyer Adams , 1914 – author of Nancy Drew series, pen name Carolyn Keene Lisa Alther , 1966 – author, novelistKatharine Lee Bates , 1880 – author of the words to the anthem America the Beautiful Carol Bly , 1951 – short story author, essayistAline Carter , 1914 – poet laureate of TexasGrace Zia Chu , 1921 – Chinese cookbook authorSheila Connolly , 1972 – mystery writerFlorence Converse , 1893 – authorDiane Mott Davidson (attended but later transferred to another college) – mystery writerMarjory Stoneman Douglas , 1912 – conservationist and writerNorma Farber , 1931 – children's book writer and poetRosario Ferré , 1960 – poetAlex Finlayson , 1973 – playwrightNancy Friday , 1955 – author of My Secret Garden , an exploration of female sexualityAbigail Garner , 1997 – author of Families Like Mine Jasmine Guillory , 1997 – novelistShirlee Taylor Haizlip , 1959 – nonfiction writerLisa Kleypas , 1986 – romance novelist, former Miss MassachusettsJudith Krantz , 1948 – novelistJane Langton , 1944 – mystery writer, author of children's literatureKathryn Lilley , 1956 – mystery writerJudith Martin , 1959 – newspaper columnist (Miss Manners Jean Merrill , 1945 – author and editor of children's booksRana Zoe Mungin , 2011 – writer and teacherMaude Gillette Phillips , 1881 – author, educatorSantha Rama Rau , 1945 – travel writerAlyson Richman , 1994 – novelistNayantara Pandit Sahgal , 1947, novelist, niece of Jawaharlal Nehru and cousin of Indira Gandhi Helen Hooven Santmyer , 1918 – writerMildred Savage , 1941 – novelistGertrude Woodcock Seibert , 1885 – writerCathy Song , 1977 – poetIra Trivedi , 2006 – novelistReetika Vazirani , 1984 – poetBing Xin , 1926 – Chinese poet, essayist, short-story writerAnn Zwinger , 1946 – natural history writerLaura Allen , 1996 – actress, All My Children Mona Lisa Smile Onyeka Onwenu , 1984 – Broadcaster and BBC Nigerian Documentary, A Squandering of Riches One Love Fazeelat Aslam , 2005 – Academy Award-winning filmmakerBarbara Babcock , 1960 – actressBlanche Baker , 1978 – Emmy -winning actress and sculptor – aka Blanche Garfein, aka Blanche Van DusenKay B. Barrett , 1924 – influential Hollywood talent scout and agent, brought Gone with the Wind Lizzie Borden – filmmakerDebra Chasnoff , 1978 – filmmakerAmy Chu , 1990 – comic book authorPhyllis Curtin , 1943 – opera singerSuzanne Davis , 1976 – jazz pianistJo Duffy , 1976 – editor and writer of comic booksNora Ephron , 1962 – movie screenplay writer (When Harry Met Sally... Sleepless in Seattle You've Got Mail Nancy Friday , 1955 – authorDaisy Gardner , 1997 – television writerAngelina Weld Grimké , 1900 – playwrightBarbara Lea , 1951 – actress and singerWendy Liebman , 1983 – stand-up comedianAli MacGraw , 1960 – actressAnne Revere , 1926 – film, stage, television actress, whose career was cut short by the 1950s Communist blacklistCaroline Rose , 2011 – musician[ 45] [ 46] Mira Sethi , 2010 – Pakistani author, journalist, and actressElisabeth Shue (transferred to Harvard) – actressNatalie Sleeth , 1952 – composerAlice Stewart Trillin , 1960 – author, educator, film producerMichelle Yip , 1998 – Chinese actress, left before graduation to pursue an acting career in Hong Kong after winning Miss Chinese International Pageant Patricia Zipprodt , 1946 – Tony Award -winning costume designer Science and medicine [ edit ] Nancy Adler , 1968 – Professor of Psychology, Director of the Center for Health and Community, U.C. San Francisco; member of National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Arts and SciencesTundi Spring Agardy , 1980 – marine conservationistLeah Allen , M.A. 1912 – astronomer[ 47] Thelma Alper , 1929 – clinical psychologist, first Jewish woman to receive a PhD from Harvard University JudyAnn Bigby , 1973 – internist, Secretary of Health and Human Services (Massachusetts)[ 48] Annie Jump Cannon , 1884 – studied physics and astronomy at Wellesley, astronomer, developed the well-known Harvard Classification of stars based upon temperature[ 49] Lisa A. Carey – distinguished professor in breast cancer researchMartha Stahr Carpenter , 1941 – astronomer, three-term president of AAVSO , and first woman faculty member in the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences [ 50] Sally Carrighar – naturalist and writerFlorence Meier Chase , 1924 – botanist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory [ 51] Harriet Creighton , 1929 – botanist, geneticist, Professor of Botany, with Barbara McClintock proved that genetic recombination occurred through chromosomal crossover[ 52] Dorothy Day , 1919 – plant physiologistHelen Wendler Deane , 1938 – histophysiologistLouise Dolan , 1971 – mathematical physicist, cosmological and superstring theoristPersis Drell , 1977 – physicist, director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator , dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering Katherine Freeman , 1984 – geoscientist, chemist, editor-in-chief of the Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Nina Gage , 1905 – leading teacher of modern nursing in ChinaMuriel Gardiner , 1922 – psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, likely the basis for the character "Julia" in Lillian Hellman 's "Pentimento "Winifred Goldring , 1909 – pioneering paleontologistPauline Hald , 1926 – clinical chemist at YaleJudith Goslin Hall , 1961 – pediatrician and clinical geneticistCarol Handwerker – Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University Harriet Louise Hardy , 1928 – pioneer in occupational health, first woman to become a full professor at Harvard Medical SchoolAbigail Harrison , 2019 – sciences advocate, Internet personalityMartha Haynes , 1973 – radio astronomer, won the Henry Draper Award for 3D visualization of the universeErna Schneider Hoover , 1932 – computer scientist, invented computer switching of telephone traffic at Bell LabsDorothea Jameson , 1942 – cognitive psychologist, expert in color and visionMary Jeanne Kreek , 1958 – neurobiologist, best known for her work in the development of methadone therapy for heroin addiction, was named a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences , received an Alumni Gold Medal Award from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for "lifetime excellence in medicine", and Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Institute on Drug AddictionRebecca Lancefield , 1916 – microbiologist, developed serologic classification of beta-hemolytic streptococciStory Landis , 1967 – neuroscientist, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeLouise Zung-nyi Loh , 1924 – mathematician, physicist, college professor in China and USNergis Mavalvala , 1990 – astrophysicist, 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship , Dean of the MIT Institute of Science Martha McClintock , 1970 – biopsychologist, discoverer of human pheromonesLouise McDowell , 1898 – physicist, one of the first women to work at the National Bureau of Standards Pamela Melroy , 1983 – astronaut, space shuttle commanderVivian Pinn , 1963 – pathologist, Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health Charlotte Fitch Roberts , 1880 – Professor of Chemistry, 1894–1917; one of the first women to receive a Ph.D from Yale in 1894;[ 53] Mabel Seagrave , 1905 – doctor, ran a hospital in France after World War I Isabelle Stone , 1890 – physicist, founder of the American Physical Society Chi Che Wang , 1914 – biochemist, professor at Northwestern University and the University of Cincinnati Isabel Bassett Wasson , 1918 – petroleum geologist and National Park Service rangerNaomi Weisstein , 1961 – professor of psychology, neuroscientist, authorMary Allen Wilkes , 1959 – computer pioneer, one of the first people to use a home computerBrenda Pruden Winnewisser , 1961 – physicist, received a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , has 122 research publications (as of 2014[update] Alexandra Worden , 1992 – microbial ecologist and biologist, fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Carol Cadou – art curator and museum directorJulia Collins , 2005 – holds second-longest Jeopardy Anya Corke , 2013 – chess player, Woman GrandmasterIsabel Darlington , 1886 – lawyer and first woman to gain admittance to the bar and practice law in Chester County, Pennsylvania Betty Freeman , 1942 – philanthropist, patron of contemporary classical music including John Cage , Philip Glass , and Pierre Boulez Asma Gull Hasan , 1997 – Muslim feminist writer, lawyerMary Haskell (1873–1964) – educatorNadine Netter (born 1944) – tennis playerS. Grace Nicholes – social reformerAJ Odasso , 2005 – editor, educator, novelist, and poetGeorgia Pellegrini , 2003 – author, food blogger, chef and hunterElisabeth Severance Prentiss , 1880s – philanthropist; namesake of the student dormitory, Severance HallRuth Rowland Nichols , 1924 – aviation pioneerCharlotte Anita Whitney , 1889 – women's rights and political activist, suffragist, Communist Party organizerEdith Abbott – social worker, educator, and authorMyrtilla Avery – classical scholar focused on Medieval art , former chair of Department of Art at Wellesley College and director of the Farnsworth Art Museum 1930–1937[ 3] Emily Greene Balch – economist, peace activist, winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeKatharine Lee Bates – author of America the Beautiful Carolyn Shaw Bell – economistFrank Bidart – poetLaura Bornholdt – historian and dean of the collegeHarriet Boyd-Hawes – archaeologistHoward Mayer Brown – musicologistJudy Brown – physicistMary Bunting – microbiologist and academic administratorBryan E. Burns – archeologistEllen Burrell – head of Pure Mathematics department, 1897–1916Alice Huntington Bushee – writerMary Whiton Calkins – philosopherAnnie Jump Cannon – astronomerKarl "Chip" Case – economistDan Chiasson – poetKatharine Coman – economistFrancis Judd Cooke – composerRose Laub Coser – sociologistSirarpie Der-Nersessian – art historianCarlos Dorrien – sculptorKatharine May Edwards – professor of Greek, classics scholarAlicia Erian – novelistAlona E. Evans – political scientistDavid Ferry – poet and translatorEdmund Barry Gaither – art historianMarshall Goldman – economist and authorJune Goodfield – philosopher and historian of scienceJorge Guillén – poetEllen Hildreth – computer scientistKathleen Hirsch – writerWalter Houghton – historian of Victorian literatureMarian E. Hubbard – zoology professorNannerl O. Keohane – political theorist; president of the college 1981–1993; also Wellesley College alumnaPhilip L. Kohl – anthropologistHedwig Kohn – physicistMary Lefkowitz – classical scholar; also Wellesley College alumnaTom Lehrer – singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematicianJon D. Levenson – theologianPeggy Levitt – sociologyMargaret Eliza Maltby – physicistJulián Marías – philosopherTony Martin – historianMildred H. McAfee – former president of Wellesley College, first director of the WAVES Louise McDowell – physicist, first U.S. woman to work at the National Bureau of Standards Alison McIntyre – philosopherHelen Abbot Merrill – mathematician (and alumna)Vladimir Nabokov – authorJames F. O'Gorman – architectural historianJulia Swift Orvis – taught history and political science 1899–1941Alice Freeman Palmer – educator, first woman president of a nationally known college (Wellesley College)Josephine Preston Peabody – poet, dramatistEllen Fitz Pendleton – mathematician, former president of Wellesley College, alumnaRobert Pinsky – poetAdrian Piper – philosopherJudith Roitman – mathematicianRichard Rorty – philosopherPaul J. Sachs – art historianAllen Sapp – musicianAlice T. Schafer – mathematicianAlan Schechter – political scientistVida Dutton Scudder – writer, educator, welfare activistMary Sears – oceanographerMarilyn Sides – writerMarion Elizabeth Stark – mathematicianEmily Vermeule – classical scholar and archaeologist Claude Vigée – poetAlice Walker – authorSarah Frances Whiting – astronomer and physicist, founder of the Whitin Observatory Mary Emma Woolley – Bible scholar, academic administratorRichard Yarde Mabel Minerva Young – mathematician
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