List of Mount Holyoke College people
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The following is a list of individuals associated with Mount Holyoke College through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
[edit] Notable alumnae
[edit] Academics and scientists
- Mary Cutler Fairchild, 1875 - a pioneering librarian
- Abby Howe Turner, 1896 - founded Mount Holyoke's department of physiology
- Margaret Morse Nice, 1905 - ornithologist
- Louise Freeland Jenkins, 1911 - astronomer
- Marion Elizabeth Blake, 1913 - classics professor
- Rachel Fuller Brown, 1920 - chemist who discovered Nystatin
- Mildred Trotter, 1920 - noted forensic anthropologist
- Lucy Weston Pickett, 1925 - noted chemist
- Helen Sawyer Hogg, 1926 - astronomer
- Janet Wilder Dakin, B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935 - zoologist who was the youngest sister of Thornton Wilder and Charlotte Wilder
- Mary McHenry, 1954 - professor of English credited with introducing African American literature to Mount Holyoke
- Jane English, 1964 -physicist, translator, photographer
- Carolyn Collette, 1967 - professor of English
- Susan Shirk, 1967 - professor of political science and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Asia during the Clinton administration
[edit] Activists
- Lucy Stone, (attended 1839) - women's rights activist
- Olympia Brown, (attended 1854-55) - women's rights activist
- Helen Pitts, 1859 - women's rights activist, second wife of Frederick Douglass, and founder of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association
- Hortense Parker, 1883 - daughter of African American abolitionist, John Parker and the first African American student to graduate from Mount Holyoke College
- Elizabeth Holloway Marston, 1915 - co-creator of Wonder Woman
- Sybil Bailey Stockdale, 1946 - founded the National League of Families of American Prisoners and MIAs in S.E. Asia; Lecturer; widow of '92 U.S. Vice-Presidential nominee, Adm. James Stockdale
- Gloria Johnson-Powell (Gloria Johnson), 1958 - child psychiatrist; an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and the first African American woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School
- Kavita Ramdas, 1985 - President and CEO, Global Fund for Women
[edit] Actresses, musicians, and performers
- Caitlin Clarke (Katherine Clarke), 1974 - actress
- Nancy Gustafson, 1978 - opera singer
- Melinda Mullins, 1979 - actress
- Donna Kane, 1984 - actress
- Martha Mason, 1988 - dancer, founder and artistic director of the Snappy Dance Theater
- Laura Kamrath, 2004 - actress
[edit] Artists
- Esther Howland, 1847 - artist noted for her role in popularizing St. Valentine's Day cards
- Minerva J. Chapman, 1880 - painter
[edit] Athletes
- Katheryn Curi, 1996 - cyclist who placed first at the National Road Race Championships in Park City, Utah in June 2005
- Harriet (Holly) Metcalf, 1981 - Executive Director and founder of Row As One Institute who won a Gold medal in rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Mary Mazzio, 1983 - filmmaker and olympic athtlete who participated in rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Businesswomen
- Jean Picker Firstenberg, 1958 - Director and CEO of the American Film Institute
- Barbara J. Desoer - Global Technology, Service and Fulfillment Executive at Bank of America Corporation.
- Barbara Byrne, 1976 - Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers
- Audrey A. McNiff, 1980 - Managing Director and co-head of Currency Sales, Goldman Sachs
- Barbara Cassani, 1982 - first leader of London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
[edit] College presidents and seminary principals
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (1837-1888):
- Mary C. Whitman, 1839 - former principal
- Sophia D. Stoddard, 1841 - former acting principal
- Mary W. Chapin, 1843 - former principal
- Helen M. French, 1857 - former principal
- Julia E. Ward, 1857 - former principal
Mount Holyoke College (1888-present):
- Elizabeth Blanchard, 1858 - former acting president; first president of Mount Holyoke College
- Louisa F. Cowles, 1866 - former acting president
- Elizabeth Topham Kennan, 1960 - former president
Other colleges and universities:
- Susan Tolman Mills, 1845 - co-founder and first president of Mills College
- Ada Howard, 1853 - first president of Wellesley College
- Abbie Park Ferguson, 1856 - founder and president of Huguenot College
- Florence M. Read, 1909 - former president, Spelman College
- Barbara M. White, 1941 - former president, Mills College
- Pauline Tompkins, 1941 - former president, Cedar Crest College
- Alice Stone Ilchman 1957 - former president, Sarah Lawrence College
- Nancy J. Vickers, 1967 - President, Bryn Mawr College
- Carol Geary Schneider, 1967 - President, Association of American Colleges and Universities
- Elaine Tuttle Hansen, 1969 - President, Bates College
[edit] Computer scientists and graphic designers
- Jean E. Sammet, 1948 - computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language
- Susan Kare, 1975 - the original designer of many of the interface elements for the original Apple Macintosh.
[edit] Doctors, psychologists, and psychiatrists
- Mary Phylinda Dole, 1886, 1889 - became a doctor at a time when it was difficult for women to do so
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen, 1922 - doctor involved in cystic fibrosis research (first to identify the disease)
- Virginia Apgar, 1929 - doctor who developed the Apgar score for evaluating newborns; anesthesiologist
- Ellen P. Reese, 1948 - noted psychologist
- Gloria Johnson-Powell (Gloria Johnson), 1958 - child psychiatrist; an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and the first African American woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School
[edit] Filmmakers, broadcast presidents, and producers
- Dulcy Singer, 1955 - former Emmy Award winning producer of Sesame Street
- Julia Phillips (Julia Miller), 1965 - Hollywood producer and author
- Ann Foley, 1976 - Executive Vice President, Programming, Showtime
- Debra Martin Chase, 1977 - Hollywood producer and lawyer
- Nina Lederman, 1981 - President of Joe Roth TV
- Mary Mazzio, 1983 - filmmaker and olympic athtlete who participated in rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- Catherine Snyder-Charlip , 1985 - Emmy Award winning Senior Executive Producer, WUSA (TV)
- Sonali Gulati, 1996 - filmmaker and director of the film Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night
[edit] Journalists
- Janet Huntington Brewster, 1933 - philanthropist, writer, and radio broadcaster; wife of Edward R. Murrow
- Karen Rothmeyer, 1965 - Managing Editor, The Nation
- Nancy Novogrod, 1971 - editor in chief of Travel and Leisure and editorial director of American Express Publishing Corporation
- Pamela Maffei McCarthy, 1974, senior vice president/deputy editor, The New Yorker
- Beth Karas, 1979 - Senior Reporter, CourtTV
- Priscilla Painton, 1980 - Executive Editor, Time Magazine
- Dari Alexander - co-anchor of WNYW's weeknight 6pm newscast, and previously a reporter and part-time anchor for the Fox News Channel.
[edit] Judges
- Maryanne Trump Barry, 1958 - judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the older sister of Donald Trump
- Glenda Hatchett, 1973 - judge on nationally syndicated television series, Judge Hatchett
[edit] Misc.
- Louisa “Louise” Maria Torrey Taft, 1845 - mother of president William Howard Taft
- Nancy Kissinger (Nancy Maginnes), 1955 - philanthropist; wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
[edit] Politicians
- Frances Perkins, 1902 - U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933-1945); first woman cabinet member, Secretary of Labor under FDR.
- Ella T. Grasso, 1940 - Governor of Connecticut; the first female Governor elected in her own right in United States history
- Nita Lowey, 1959 - House of Representatives member (D-NY)
- Susan Shirk, 1967 - professor of political science and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Asia during the Clinton administration
- Judith Kurland, 1967 - former Regional Director, United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Jane Garvey (Jane Famiano), 1969 (M.A.) - former head of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Elaine Chao, 1975 - U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2001-Present; former national director, United Way
- Candida Wolff (Candida Perotti), 1986 - Assistant to George W. Bush for Legislative Affairs
[edit] Writers
- Emily Dickinson, (attended 1847-1848) - poet
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, (attended 1870-1871) - novelist and short story writer
- Alice Geer Kelsey, 1918 - writer, children's literature
- Charlotte Wilder, 1919 - poet
- Kathryn Irene Glascock, 1922 - poet
- Virginia Hamilton Adair, 1933 - poet
- Martha Whitmore Hickman, 1947 - non-fiction author
- Emma Lathen, (pen-name for mystery authors Martha Henissart '50 and Mary Jane Latsis)
- Nancy Bauer (Nancy Luke), 1956 - non-fiction author
- Clare Munnings, (pen-name for mystery authors Elizabeth Topham Kennan '60 and Jill Ker Conway)
- Nancy Bond, 1966 - writer, children's literature
- Patricia Roth Schwartz, 1968 - poet
- Kathleen Eagle (Kathleen Pierson), 1970 - romance novelist
- Marisabina Russo, 1971 - writer, children's literature
- Wendy Wasserstein, 1971 - playwright who won the 1989 Tony Award for Best Play and the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Heidi Chronicles
- Susan Shwartz, 1972 - science fiction and fantasy author
- Gjertrud Schnackenberg, 1975 - poet
- Kathleen Hirsch, 1975 - non-fiction author
- Judith Tarr, 1976 - science fiction and fantasy author
- Carol Higgins Clark, 1978 - mystery author
- Lan Cao, 1983 - novelist
- Suzan-Lori Parks, 1985 - playwright who won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Topdog/Underdog
- Sehba Sarwar, 1986 - novelist
- Shoba Narayan, 1987 (MHCG) - non-fiction author
- Sabina Murray, 1989 - screenwriter; wrote screenplay for The Beautiful Country
[edit] Fictional alumnae
- Baby, from the film, Dirty Dancing. Baby's real name is Frances, after Frances Perkins, a Mount Holyoke graduate. (1987)
- Carter, Holly, Kate, Leilah, Rita, Muffet, Samantha, Susie , from the play and later PBS production, Uncommon Women and Others, by alumna Wendy Wasserstein.
- Donna, from the television series, Judging Amy.
- Judy Maxwell, from the film, What's Up, Doc?.
- Brooke, from The L Word, Season 4.
- Catherine, the serial bride in the film noir release, Black Widow (1987 film)
[edit] Notable faculty, past and present
[edit] Artists
- Leonard DeLonga - sculptor, painter
[edit] Athletics
- Mary Ellen Clark - diver who won two Olympic bronze medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Authors, actors, poets, and playwrights
- Awam Amkpa - actor and playwright
- James Baldwin - Five Colleges (Massachusetts) faculty and noted American novelist
- Sven Birkerts - author, The Gutenberg Elegies
- Joseph Brodsky - winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature, and Poet Laureate of the United States for 1991-1992
- Luis Cernuda - poet
- Anita Desai - novelist
- Anthony Giardina - novelist
- John Irving - author of The Cider House Rules, and The World According to Garp
- Denis Johnston - playwright
- Brad Leithauser - author, poet
- Jaime Manrique - author, poet
- Valerie Martin - novelist and short story writer
- Mary Jo Salter - poet and a coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry
- Bapsi Sidhwa - novelist
- Peter Viereck - 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Terror and Decorum and professor of Russian History
- Douglas Whynott - author
[edit] Education
- Mary Lyon - founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837 (later Mount Holyoke College)
- Beverly Daniel Tatum - president of Spelman College
[edit] Historians
- Michael Burns - professor emeritus in History
- Joseph J. Ellis - 2001 Pulitzer Prize in History for Founding Brothers - The Revolutionary Generations and National Book Award winner for American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
- William S. McFeely - 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Grant: A Biography
[edit] Humanities
- Christopher Benfey - professor of English
- Marion Elizabeth Blake - classics professor
- Carolyn Collette - professor of English
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze - philosopher
- Leah Blatt Glasser - Dean of First-Year Studies and Lecturer in English
- Lynne Hanley - professor of English
- Mary McHenry - professor of English
- Indira Viswanathan Peterson - professor of Asian Studies
- William H. Quillian - professor of English
- David Staines - literary critic
- Jean Wahl -philosopher
- Donald Weber - professor of English
[edit] Politics
- Shirley Chisholm - U.S. Representative, 1968-1983, founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and simultaneously the first woman and the first African-American to run for U.S. President
- W. Anthony Lake - U.S. National Security Advisor, 1993-1997
- Cyrus Vance - U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-1980
[edit] Sciences and social sciences
- John Bissell Carroll - psychologist
- Janet Wilder Dakin - zoologist who was the youngest sister of Thornton Wilder and Charlotte Wilder
- Anna J. Harrison - professor of chemistry
- Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt, classical archaeologist and a scholar of Greek architectural ornamentation and mouldings
- Becky Wai-Ling Packard - winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- Lucy Weston Pickett - noted chemist
- Ellen P. Reese, 1948 - noted psychologist
- Mignon Talbot - professor of Geology and Geography, who recovered the only fossils of the dinosaur, Podokesaurus holyokensis
- Abby Howe Turner - founded Mount Holyoke's department of physiology
- Esther Boise Van Deman - archeologist
- Antoni Zygmund - mathematician who exerted a major influence on 20th-century mathematics
