List of Connecticut College alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Connecticut College.

Contents 1 Literature and Poetry 2 Publishing 3 Academia 4 Design, Art, and Art History 5 Television and Radio 6 Film, Theater, & Dance 7 Music 8 Government, Law and Public Policy 9 Business 10 Athletics 11 Other Notable Individuals Associated With Connecticut College 12 References

Literature and Poetry

• Cecelia Holland ('65): novelist
• Gayl Jones ('72) novelist, poet, playwright
• Michael Collier ('76): Poet Laureate of Maryland, 2001–2004; Director of The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Middlebury College
• Donald Gallinger ('76) novelist
• Luanne Rice ('77): novelist
• William Lychack ('88): novelist
• Dobby Gibson ('93) Poet

Publishing

• Nan Kempner ('52): Socialite, contributing editor of Vogue
• A. B. Stoddard ('89): Journalist, political commentator, associate editor of The Hill
• David Grann ('89): is an American journalist and best-selling and staff writer at The New Yorker
• Joshua Green ('94): Senior editor of the The Atlantic and contributing editor of the Washington Monthly
• Sloane Crosley ('00): Best-selling author; essayist; publicist with Vintage Books.

Academia

• Cynthia Enloe ('60): research professor of international relations and women's studies, Clark University
• David Haussler ('75): Professor in University of California, Santa Cruz, member of National Academy of Sciences and member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Shelley Taylor ('68): Social psychologist, pioneer in health psychology, winner of Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from APA
• Ellen Vitetta ('64): Director, Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Edward Burger ('85): Professor of mathematics, Williams College
• Mark Samuels Lasner: Senior Research Fellow at the University of Delaware
• Martha Chen: Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Design, Art, and Art History

• Marcia Tucker: First female curator of the Whitney Museum. Founding Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
• Peter Som ('93): Fashion designer, winner of the 2002 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation prize

Television and Radio

• Lee Eisenberg ('99): Writer and producer for The Office and the film Year One
• Leslie King ('92): Executive Producer, CNN Headline News
• Joan Rivers: Actress, comedian; Attended CC briefly then transferred to Barnard College
• Sam Seder: writer, actor, political commentator, radio host on Air America
• Scott Lowell: Actor, Queer as Folk
• Leland Orser ('82): Actor

Film, Theater, & Dance

• Estelle Parsons ('49): Stage, film, and television actor; winner of 1967 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bonnie and Clyde
• Judy Irving ('68): Emmy Award and Sundance-winning Filmmaker
• Kevin Wade ('76): Screenwriter (Working Girl, Meet Joe Black)
• David Dorfman ('81): Associate Professor of Dance since 2004 and noted choreographer of modern dance
• Charles Chun ('90): Hollywood film and television actor, Scrubs
• Jeffrey Finn ('92): Broadway producer, nominated for 2005 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for On Golden Pond
• Sean Fine ('96): Director of Academy Award nominated documentary War/Dance

National Theater Institute Alumni (Accredited by Connecticut College)

• Emily Bergl
• Adam Bock (The Receptionist)
• Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue)
• Jack Coleman (Heroes)
• Rachel Dratch (SNL)
• Chris Elliott (SNL)
• Paul Hodes
• Kristina Klebe
• Greg Allen
• John Krasinski (The Office)
• Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
• Michael Portnoy
• Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother)
• Kate Robin (Six Feet Under)
• Sam Robards
• Mark Teschner

Music

• Vance Gilbert ('79): singer-songwriter folk musician
• Henrik Takkenberg ('90): musician, songwriter, producer
• Chris Harford: singer, songwriter
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah : indie rock band: Alec Ounsworth ('00), Tyler Sargent ('00), Robbie Guertin ('02), Lee Sargent ('00), Sean Greenhalgh ('01)

Government, Law and Public Policy

• Helen Lehman Buttenwieser ('27) Lawyer, member of Lehman family
• Suzi Oppenheimer ('56): New York State Senator
• Patricia McGowan Wald ('48): U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia judge; member of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; member of the Iraq Intelligence Commission
• Susan Thomases ('65): Attorney, Presidential Adviser
• Kimba Wood ('66): Federal judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• Ann Mallek ('71) - Member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
• Bruce Hoffman ('76): Corporate Chair in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency, Director of the RAND Corporation's Washington Office, Professor at Georgetown University
• Mary Ann Handley: Connecticut State Senator

Business

• Tim Armstrong (executive) ('93): CEO of America Online (AOL) Former Google Inc., Vice President, Advertising Sales
• John F. Remondi: Chief Operating Officer of Sallie Mae

Athletics

• Anita DeFrantz ('74): former Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, member of bronze medal U.S. women's eight-oared shell, 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics.
• Jim Gabarra ('82) Olympic soccer player
• David Gross ('88): Current and first commissioner of Major League Lacrosse
• Tim Young ('92): Olympic silver medalist in quadruple sculling

Other Notable Individuals Associated With Connecticut College

• Blanche Boyd: Professor of English and Writing.
• William Meredith: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and Professor of English at the college from 1955-1983.
• Barkley Hendricks: Professor of Art.
• Leo Higdon: President of the college.
• Peter Jarvis: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music.
• Frederick Henry Sykes: former college president.
• Edward Harkness: Conn College benefactor, Standard Oil heir and advocate of the Harkness Table method.

References

• "Notable Alumni". Connecticut College. http://www.conncoll.edu/alumni/2428.htm.