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This is a list of notable faculty and alumnae/alumni of Vassar College.
[edit] Faculty
[edit] Music Department
[edit] Philosophy Department
[edit] English Department
[edit] Other Departments
- Jean Arthur, Theater
- Hallie Flanagan, Theater
- Grace Hopper, Mathematics
- Margaret Mead, Visiting lecturer, Anthropology
- James Merrell, History
- Maria Mitchell, Physics and Astronomy
- Deborah Dash Moore, Religion
- Linda Nochlin, Art History
- Colin Turnbull, Visiting lecturer, Anthropology
- Louis Artfich, Teacher at Frewsburg Central School
[edit] Famous alumnae/alumni
[edit] Writers
- Jesse Ball, poet and author.
- Elizabeth Bishop, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950.
- Michael Specter, Award-winning journalist for The New Yorker and The New York Times
- Elizabeth Williams Champney, author of Three Vassar Girls series
- Geri Doran, award-winning poet
- Aimee Friedman
- Joe Hill, Novelist, Heart-Shaped Box (novel)
- Matthew Kauffman, Hartford Courant journalist
- Lucette Lagnado journalist and novelist
- Eric Marcus
- Mary McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, critic
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Greg Rucka
- Rachel Simmons
- Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- Neil Strauss, journalist and author
- Curtis Sittenfeld (attended)
- Jean Webster, author of Daddy Long Legs
- Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis, husband and wife comic book writing team
- Owen King
- Katherine Center
- Meghan Daum
[edit] Activists and Philanthropists
[edit] Adventurers
[edit] Artists and Architects
[edit] Drama, Film, and Television
- Erika Amato, singer, actress
- Noah Baumbach, writer, director
- Lloyd Braun, Media Executive
- Erin Daniels, actress
- Hope Davis, actress
- Angela Goethals, actress
- Lecy Goranson, actress
- Kerri Green, actress, director
- Anne Hathaway, actress
- Lisa Kudrow, Emmy Award-winning actress
- Lisa Lassek, film producer and editor
- Stacy London, television host
- Justin Long, actor
- Marguerite Moreau, actress
- Jay Severin, commentator and talk radio host
- Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actress
- Meryl Streep, Academy Award-winning actress
- Jon Tenney, actor
- Jonathan Togo, actor
- Lisa Zane, actress
- Ethan Zohn, Survivor: Africa winner and philanthropist
- Andrew Zimmern, chef and TV personality
[edit] Science and Medicine
- Ruth Benedict, anthropologist
- Mary Calderone, physician
- Grace Hopper, computer scientist
- Vera Rubin, astronomer
- Ellen Swallow Richards, chemist
- Ellen Kovner Silbergeld, engineer
- Christine Ladd-Franklin, psychologist
- Bernadine Healy, cardiologist
- Patricia Goldman Rakic, neuroscientist
- Margaret Floy Washburn, psychologist
[edit] Business
[edit] Politics and Law
- Anne Armstrong, diplomat, politician
- Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch, suffragette and daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Steven Abram Cash, former Chief Counsel to Senator Dianne Feinstein; Professional Staffer and Counsel, United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Crystal Eastman, coauthor of the Equal Rights Amendment
- Rick Lazio, Congressman (Long Island), Executive Vice President (JPMorgan Chase)
- Vicki Miles-LaGrange, first African-American female to become a United States Attorney
- Inez Milholland, suffragist
- Benson Whitney, Ambassador to Norway
- Catherine Bauer Wurster, urban housing reformer
[edit] Attended, but did not graduate
- Anthony Bourdain (graduated from Culinary Institute of America), chef, writer
- Mike D (Michael Diamond), rapper (The Beastie Boys)
- Jane Fonda (graduated from The Actors Studio), actress
- Katharine Graham (graduated from the University of Chicago), publisher of the Washington Post
- Anne Hathaway (graduated New York University), actress
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (graduated from George Washington University), First Lady
- Curtis Sittenfeld (graduated from Stanford University), author
- Neil Strauss (graduated from Columbia College), author and journalist
- Rachael Yamagata (graduated from Northwestern University), singer
