List of Bryn Mawr College people

The following is a list of individuals associated with Bryn Mawr College through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.

Noted alumni

NameYearNotable
Layla AbdelRahim1993Author and anthropologist
Sil Lai AbramsWriter and activist
Nadia Abu El Haj1984Anthropologist at Barnard College
Renata Adler1959Writer[1]
Maya Ajmera1989Founder of The Global Fund for Children
Srabonti Narmeen Ali2001Writer and singer
Donna AmentaM.A. 1971, Ph.D 1974Professor of Chemistry and Department Head at James Madison University
Katharine Sergeant Angell White1914Editor of The New Yorker
Anastasia Ashman1986Writer
Ellis Avery1993Novelist[2]
Emily Greene Balch1889Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1946
Margaret Ayer Barnes1907Writer, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winner, 1931
Genevieve Bell1990Cultural anthropologist at Intel Labs
Florence Bird1928Canadian journalist and politician
Mary G. F. BittermanPresident, Osher Foundation
Eleanor Albert Bliss1921Bacteriologist
Katharine Burr Blodgett1917Chemist and engineer
Grace Lee BoggsPh.D. 1940Activist and author
Sarmila Bose1981Journalist
Ana Patricia Botin1981CEO of Banco Santander, CEO of Santander UK, CEO of Banesto
Kathy Boudin1965Weathermen member convicted of murder and bank robbery
Frances Schreuder ~ Bradshawnon-degreedconvicted in 1983 of the 1978 Franklin Bradshaw murder that she forced her son, Marc, to perform.
Michael Breus1992Author, media personality and clinical psychologist known as "The Sleep Doctor"
Annie Leigh Hobson BroughtonA.B. 1930, M.A. 1936Advocate for women's education
Carol Burns1977Architect, co-founder of Taylor & Burns Architects
A. S. Byattgraduate work 1957-1958, did not graduatePostmodern novelist[3]
Jane Calvin1959Artist
John D. CaputoPh.D. 1968Philosophy professor at Syracuse University
Marjorie Constance CaserioMA in chemistry in 1951, PhD in 1956Chemist
Birutė CiplijauskaitėPh.D. 1964Vilas Professor of Spanish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Susy Clemensdid not graduatedaughter of American author Mark Twain
Bruce ColePh.D. 1969Chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities
Soraya ColeyM.S.S. 1974current president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Joyce Mitchell Cook1955First African American woman to receive a PhD in philosophy and the first woman to be appointed to an assistant teacher position at Yale
Mary Little Cooper1968Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
H.D.did not graduateModernist poet
Regna Darnell1965Anthropologist[4]
Eleanor Lansing Dulles1917Economist
Helen Flanders Dunbar1923Important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine
Mary Maples DunnM.A. 1956, Ph.D. 1959former president of Smith College
Lee McGeorge Durrell1971Author, television presenter, zookeeper
Drew Gilpin Faust1968Twenty-Eighth President of Harvard University, former Dean of Radcliffe Institute
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese1963Historian and conservative feminist
Mary Peters Fieser1930Chemist and writer
Mary Stuart FisherRadiologist
Catherine Clarke Fenselau1961Chemist, pioneer in mass spectrometry
Frances H. Flaherty1905Film writer and director[5]
Shaun GallagherPh.D.University of Central Florida philosophy professor
Julia Anna Gardner1905 A.B., 1907 M.A.Geologist, paleontologist
Martha A. Geer1980Associate Justice of the North Carolina Court of Appeals[6]
Carolyn Goodman1961Mayor of Las Vegas, founder of the Meadows School
Dorothy GoodmanTeacher, charter school advocate, founder of International Baccalaureate Organization
Hanna Holborn Gray1950Former president of University of Chicago
David GressPh.D 1981Historian
Edith HamiltonM.A. 1894Classical scholar
Naomi HalasM.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986Professor of Chemistry and Computer Engineering at Rice University
Elaine Hammerstein1917Actress. There is no evidence in the College Archives that Hammerstein attended the school.
Louise Holland1920Academic, philologist and archaeologist
Hope HibbardPh.D. circa 1921biologist, cytologist, zoologist, and zoology professor
Carmelita Hinton1912Progressive educator
Margaret HealeyPh.D. 1969former president of Rosemont College
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn1899Suffragist and family planning advocate
Katharine Hepburn1928Academy Award-winning actress
Betsy Hodges1991former Mayor of Minneapolis
Edith Houghton Hooker1901Suffragist
Margaret Hoover2001Political contributor for CNN, media personality, and author. She is a great-granddaughter of former U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
Matina Horner1961former president of Radcliffe College and psychologist who pioneered the concept of "fear of success"[7]
Sari Horwitz1979Journalist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
Beryl Howell1978Federal Court Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Agnes Hsu-TangArchaeologist and host of History Channel Asia's "Mysteries of China" series
Barbara Marx Hubbard1951Writer and public speaker
Salima Ikram1986Egyptologist and professor at American University in Cairo
Sarah Jonesdid not graduateActress, poet, playwright
Rosabeth Moss Kanter1964Professor in business at Harvard Business School, former editor of the Harvard Business Review
Victoria S. Kaufman1986Bankruptcy judge in the Central District of California[8]
Michi Kawai1904Founder of Keisen University
Emily Kimbrough1921Writer[9]
Helen Dean KingPh.D. 1899Biologist
Karl KirchweyAssociate professor 2000presentPoet[10][11]
Anna Kisselgoff1958cultural news reporter and former Chief Dance Critic for the New York Times
Karen Kornbluh1985Ambassador and U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt1923Children's author, best known for Pat the Bunny.[12] Both her daughters are also Bryn Mawr alumnae.
Gertrude Prokosch Kurath1928Dancer and dance researcher
Leslie Kurke1981Professor of classics at University of California-Berkeley and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient in 1999
Ellen Kushnerdid not graduateFantasy writer
Frederica de Laguna1927Anthropologist
Ruth Langer1981Professor of Religion
Anna B. Lawther1897leader in the women's suffrage movement
Grace Ledbetter1987Professor of Classics and Philosophy, Chair of Classics, Director of the Honors Program at Swarthmore College[13]
Mimi Lee1943Chemist and First Lady of Maryland from 1977 to 1979[14]
Carol D. Leonnig1987Author, Investigative Journalist, Staff Writer at the Washington Post
Helen Taft Manning1915Historian, professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College, suffragist, daughter of President William Howard Taft[15]
Gerald MaraPh.D.Dean and Professor of Government at Georgetown University
Jacqueline Mars1961Heiress to Mars candy fortune
Leslie Marshalljournalist and novelist
Berthe MartiM.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1934Professor of Latin at Bryn Mawr College
Katharine McBrideA.B. 1925 M.A. 1927 Ph.D. 1932former president of Bryn Mawr College
Millicent Carey McIntosh1920head of the Brearley School and the first president of Barnard College. She was the first married woman to head one of the Seven Sisters, she was "considered a national role model for generations of young women who wanted to combine career and family," advocating for working mothers and for child care as a dignified profession.[16]
Sarah McIntyre1999Children's book writer and illustrator
Mary A. McLaughlinM.A. 1969Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
A. Thomas McLellanM.S., Ph.D.Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Priscilla Johnson McMillanM.A. 1950Journalist, translator, author, historian
Mary Patterson McPhersonPh.D.Former President of Bryn Mawr College
Cornelia Meigs1908Newbery Medal winner in 1934[17]
Mary Meigs1939Writer[18]
Lucy Taxis Shoe MerittA.B. 1927, M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1935Classical archaeologist
Lynne Meadow1968Theatrical producer and director
Agnes Kirsopp Lake MichelsA.B., M.A., Ph.D.Classical scholar and former professor at Bryn Mawr College
Victoria S. Middleton1971Diplomat
Elizabeth Mosier1984Writer, Author of My Life as a Girl
Marianne Moore1909Poet
Tony D. MorinelliPh.D. 1990Educator, playwright, painter
Margaret M. Morrow1971Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Catherine Gilbert MurdockWriter
Emily Cheney Neville1940Newbery Medal winner in 1964
Lindsay Northover, Baroness NorthoverMember of the U.K. House of Lords
Sherry Ortner1962Anthropologist, professor at UCLA, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient
Diana Oughton1963Militant Weathermen member
Marion Edwards ParkA.B. 1898 M.A. 1899 Ph.D. 1918former president of Bryn Mawr College
Jo Ellen Parker1975current president of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh; former president of Sweet Briar College
Judith PeabodySocialite and philanthropist[19]
Candace Pert1970Neuroscientist
Jeannette Piccard1918Teacher, scientist, balloon pilot, priest
Beth Posner1989Clinical Law Professor [20]
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 Rovner 1960 Judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit
Edith Finch Russell Author, biographer of Bryn Mawr College President M. Carey Thomas
Maggie Siff 1996 Actress, Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Billions
Gabrielle M. Spiegel 1964 Chair of the History Department at Johns Hopkins University, President of the American Historical Association, 2008–2009
Rosemarie Said Zahlan 1958 Palestinian-American historian and writer
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[21]
Teresita Currie Schaffer 1966 Diplomat and former director of the Foreign Service Institute
Dorothy Schiff 1921 Newspaper publisher
Lisa Schiffren 1981 Journalist, Political speechwriter: Dan Quayle's "Murphy Brown" speech, Conservative activist
Allyson Schwartz M.A. 1972 U.S. Representative
Elaine Showalter 1962 Feminist literary critic and former president of the Modern Language Association
Fatima Siad 2007 Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 and fashion model
Rachel Simon 1981 Writer
Cornelia Otis Skinner did not graduate Actress and author
Joan Slonczewski 1977 Biology professor at Kenyon College, science fiction writer
Kennedy Smith 1979 Economic development planner for older and historic commercial districts
Deborah Spungen M.S.W. 1989 Author
Nettie Stevens Ph.D. 1903 Geneticist
Caroline Stevermer 1977 Fantasy writer
Nina Straight 1959 American author, journalist, and socialite
Anne Strainchamps 1982 Host of "To the Best of our Knowledge"
Margaret Suckley 1912-14 (did not graduate) First archivist of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Mary Hamilton Swindler Ph.D. 1912 Former professor of archaeology of Bryn Mawr College
Olga Taussky-Todd Fellow Mathematician
Lily Ross Taylor Ph.D. 1912 Former professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College
Mary Elizabeth Taylor 2011 White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs of Nominations for President Donald Trump. Forbes 30 under 30 2018
Dorothy Burr Thompson 1923 Archaeologist and art historian
Tony Thurmond MSS 1995, MSLP 1996 American politician and member of the California State Assembly
Adrian Tinsley 1958 former president of Bridgewater State University
Kaity Tong 1969 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
Genevieve Vaughan 1961 Philanthropist and feminist activist
P. Gregory Warden M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978 president of Franklin University Switzerland
Carola Woerishoffer A. B. 1907 labor activist, endowed Bryn Mawr social work program
Michelle Zauner A.B. 2011 Musician, known for her bands Japanese Breakfast, Little Big League, and Post Post


Noted faculty and administrators

Noted fictional alumni

Notes

  1. "Reporters and Writers: Renata Adler". Reporting Civil Rights. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. "Bryn Mawr Now: Ellis Avery '93 to read from The Teahouse Fire". Brynmawr.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. "A. S. Byatt Archived 2009-11-01 at WebCite," MSN Encarta. Archived 2009-10-31.
  4. "Biography". Publish.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. "Mrs. Robert Flaherty, Widow Of Documentary Filmmaker". The New York Times. 24 June 1972. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. Biography Archived April 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Sex and Success, Time, March 20, 1972.
  8. http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/ocelibra.nsf/504ca249c786e20f85 Archived September 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2007-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Faculty 2010-2011". Bryn Mawr. 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  11. Karen Heller (May 1, 2003). "Bryn Mawr shows creative side as it makes way for arts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  12. Zipes, Jack David, ed. (2006). "Kunhardt, Dorothy". Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. 3. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195146561.
  13. https://www.swarthmore.edu/profile/grace-ledbetter
  14. Rasmussen, Frederick N. (2011-08-13). "Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland, dies at 91". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  15. "Helen Taft Manning, Ex-Dean of Bryn Mawr". The New York Times. 1987-02-23.
  16. Arenson, Karen W. (January 5, 2001). "Millicent McIntosh". The New York Times.
  17. "Meigs, Cornelia". Pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  18. "Mary Meigs Papers | Special Collections | Bryn Mawr College Library". Brynmawr.edu. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  19. Weber, Bruce. "Judith Peabody, Socialite and Volunteer, Dies at 80", The New York Times, July 27, 2010. Accessed July 27, 2010.
  20. https://www.law.unc.edu/faculty/directory/posnerbeths/
  21. 60secondrecap.com
  22. Pace, Eric (September 22, 1992). "Edward Warburg, Philanthropist And Patron of the Arts, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
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