List of Mount Holyoke College people

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Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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.

Contents

[edit] Notable alumnae

[edit] Academics and scientists

[edit] Activists

[edit] Actresses, musicians, and performers

[edit] Artists

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Businesswomen

[edit] College presidents

[edit] Computer scientists and graphic designers

[edit] Doctors, nurses, psychologists, and psychiatrists

[edit] Filmmakers, broadcast presidents, and producers

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Judges

[edit] Politicians and family

[edit] Writers

[edit] Notable faculty, past and present

[edit] Artists

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Authors, actors, poets, and playwrights

[edit] Education

[edit] Historians

[edit] Humanities

[edit] Politics

[edit] Sciences and social sciences

[edit] Presidents

A number of individuals have acted as head of Mount Holyoke. Until 1888, the term principal was used. From 1888 to the present, the term president has been used. [1]

[edit] Acting and Interim Presidents

  • Beverly Daniel Tatum, served as Acting President for part of 2002 while President Creighton was on leave.
  • Peter Berek, served as interim president in Fall 1995.
  • Joseph Ellis, served as as Acting President for part of 1984 while President Kennan was on leave.
  • Meribeth E. Cameron, served as as Acting President for part of 1954 while President Ham was on leave and for part of 1966 while President Gettell was on leave.

[edit] Commencement addresses

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
Date Name Speeches & Links
2008 Carol Gilligan [2]
2007 Wendy Kopp [3]
2006 Joyce Carol Oates [4][5]
2005 Nina Totenberg [6]
2004 Kim Campbell [7]
2003 Judy Blume [8][9]
2002 Queen Noor of Jordan [10]
2001 Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 [11]
2000 Mary Patterson McPherson [12]
1999 Anna Quindlen [13]
1998 Johnnetta B. Cole [14]
1997 Madeleine Albright [15]
1996 Donna Shalala [16]
1995 Ann Richards [17]
1994 Nita Lowey ’59 [18]
1993 Judith Kurland ’67 [18]
1992 Pat Schroeder [18]
1991 Evelyn Fox Keller [18]
1990 Wendy Wasserstein ’71 [19] (quotes)
1989 Glenn Close [20] (quotes)
1988 Joseph Brodsky [18]
1987 Maya Angelou [21][22]
1984 Barbara B. Kennelly [23]
1981 Shirley Chisholm [24]
1976 Lillian Hellman [25]
1975 Ella T. Grasso'40 [26]
1963 U Thant [27] [28]
1912 Rev. Edward F. Sanderson [29]
1899 President William McKinley [30]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ List of Presidents
  2. ^ Carol Gilligan Commencement Speech
  3. ^ Wendy Kopp Commencement Speech
  4. ^ Joyce Carol Oates Commencement Speech
  5. ^ Boston Globe article
  6. ^ Nina Totenberg Commencement Speech
  7. ^ Kim Campbell Commencement Speech
  8. ^ Judy Blume Commencement Speech
  9. ^ Photo from Judy Blume's official website
  10. ^ Queen Noor of Jordan Commencement Speech
  11. ^ Suzan-Lori Parks Commencement Speech
  12. ^ Mary Patterson McPherson Commencement Speech
  13. ^ Anna Quindlen Commencement Speech
  14. ^ Johnnetta B. Cole Commencement Speech
  15. ^ Madeleine Albright Commencement Speech
  16. ^ Donna Shalala Commencement Speech
  17. ^ Ann Richards Commencement Speech
  18. ^ a b c d e List of commencement speakers 1987-1997. Mount Holyoke Collge. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  19. ^ Wendy Wasserstein Commencement Speech
  20. ^ Glenn Close Commencement Speech
  21. ^ "Commencements; Mount Holyoke", The New York Times, May 25, 1987. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. 
  22. ^ "At Mount Holyoke:Angelou tells seniors to reflect on their education", Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 26, 1987. 
  23. ^ Political Action Urged
  24. ^ Commencement Address, the Genre
  25. ^ Lillian Hellman papers with draft of Mount Holyoke commencement speech
  26. ^ The Education of Ella Grasso
  27. ^ The Education of Ella Grasso
  28. ^ The Education of Ella Grasso
  29. ^ "MOUNT HOLYOKE GRADUATES; The College Celebrates Its Seventyfifth Commencement.", The New York Times, June 16, 1912. 
  30. ^ "PRESIDENT GIVES DIPLOMAS; Mount Holyoke College Confers a Degree Upon Him. THE FIRST MAN SO HONORED Speech to the Graduating Class, Among Whom Was His Niece -- The President's Trip.", The New York Times, June 21, 1899.