List of Reed College people
This page lists notable alumni and faculty of Reed College.
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Alumni
Academia
- Clarence Allen, 1949 - Professor Emeritus of Geology, California Institute of Technology
- Jon Appleton, 1961 - Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music at Dartmouth College, Visiting Professor of Music at Stanford University
- John Backus, 1932 - former Professor of Physics, University of Southern California
- Michael Balls, 1966 - Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Nottingham
- Daryl Bem, 1960 - Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
- Louis T. Benezet, 1939 - former President, Colorado College
- Sacvan Bercovitch, (did not graduate) - Professor of American Literature, Harvard University
- Walter Berns, (did not graduate) - Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Charles Bigelow (type designer), 1967 - Professor of Type Design and Writing, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Robert A. Brady, 1923 - former Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
- Robert Brenner, 1964 - Professor of History, UCLA
- Joan Bresnan, 1966 - Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University
- Robert A. Brightman, 1973 - Greenberg Professor of Native American Studies, Reed College
- Peter Child, 1975 - composer, professor of music at MIT
- Diskin Clay, 1960 - Professor of Classical Studies Emeritus, Duke University
- Kalman J. Cohen, 1951 - former Professor of Economics, Duke University
- Galen Cranz,[1] 1966 - Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley
- Ann Cvetkovich, 1980- Associate Professor of English at University of Texas, Austin; author of several books including "An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures."[2]
- Donald Engelman, 1962 - Professor of Biochemistry, Yale University
- Kai T. Erikson, 1953 - former President, American Sociological Association and Professor at Yale University
- Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian, 1951 - Professor Emeritus of Biology, Rutgers University
- James D. Faubion,[3] 1980 - anthropologist, Chair of anthropology at Rice University
- Janet Fitch, 1978 - Professor of Professional Writing, University of Southern California
- Ronald F. Fox, 1964 - Regents' Professor Emeritus of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Robert Frager, 1961 - noted psychologist
- Victor Friedman, 1970 - Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Balkan and Slavic Linguistics, University of Chicago
- Peter Dobkin Hall, 1968 - Hauser Lecturer on nonprofit organizations, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
- David H. French, 1939 - anthropologist and linguist
- Rose Friedman, 1930 - author, wife of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, and economist in her own right; left in 1930 after her sophomore year[4]
- Mason Gaffney, 1948 - economist
- Volney Gay, 1970 - Professor of Religion, Professor of Psychiatry, and Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University and Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Culture.
- Ted Robert Gurr, 1957 - former Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
- Loyd Haberly, 1919 - former Dean, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Harry Harlow, (did not graduate) - former Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sally Haslanger, 1977 - Professor of Philosophy, MIT
- David Hoggan, 1945 - controversial historian
- Dell Hymes, 1950 - anthropologist and linguist
- Maurice Isserman, 1973 - Professor of History, Hamilton College
- Herbert Jasper, 1928 - former Professor of Psychology, McGill University
- Lewis Webster Jones, 1921 - former President of Rutgers University
- Dale W. Jorgenson, 1955 - economist, Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University, past president of the AEA and the Econometric Society
- Don Kates, 1962 - noted criminologist
- Gail M. Kelly, 1955 - anthropologist
- Daniel S. Kemp, 1958 - Professor of Chemistry, MIT
- Lester Lave, 1960 - Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Eleanor Maccoby, 1939 - Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Brendan McConville, 1987 - Professor of History at Boston University
- Wallace T. MacCaffrey, 1942 - Pre-eminent scholar of Elizabethan England. Chaired the Harvard University history department twice.
- William D. McElroy, 1939 - former Chancellor, University of California, San Diego and former Director, National Science Foundation
- Dennis B. McGilvray, 1965 - Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado
- Lisa Nakamura, 1987 - Professor at the Institute of Communication Research and Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Victor Nizet, 1984 - Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacy at the University of California, San Diego
- Eric T. Olson (philosopher), 1986 - Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield. Also taught at Cambridge University.
- Christopher Phelps, 1988 - Professor of History, University of Nottingham
- Mark Ptashne, 1961 - Professor of Molecular Biology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Ray Raphael, 1965 - noted historian
- Diane Silvers Ravitch, (did not graduate) - Professor of History, New York University and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Kenneth Raymond, 1964 - Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
- Barbara Reskin, (did not graduate) - Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
- Howard Rheingold, 1968 - information lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
- Lawrence Rinder, 1983 - Dean of Graduate Studies at the California College of the Arts, former Curator of Contemporary Art at the Whitney Museum
- Eleanor Rosch, 1960 - Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
- Jay Rosenberg, 1963 - former Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Michael Rothschild, 1963 - economist, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
- Stephen Shapin, 1966 - historian and sociologist of science at Harvard University. Also has taught at the University of Edinburgh
- Sydney Shoemaker, 1953 - Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University
- Guy Sircello, 1958 - Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine and scholar of aesthetics
- John Alexander Simpson, 1940 - former Professor of Physics, University of Chicago and atomic scientist on the Manhattan Project
- John Sperling, 1948 - founder of the University of Phoenix
- Ross Starr, (did not graduate) - Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego
- Richard Steinberg, 1976 - Chair in Operations Research at the London School of Economics
- Robert K. Thomas, (did not graduate) - Academic Vice President, Brigham Young University
- Nicolaus Tideman, 1965 - economist
- Gina G. Turrigiano, 1984 - Professor of Biology, Brandeis University
- Katherine Verdery,[5] 1970 - Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor, Anthropology Program, City University of New York Graduate Center
- Tom Wasow, 1967 - Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at Stanford University
- Jon Westling, 1964 - President Emeritus and Professor of History at Boston University
- Richard Wolin, 1974 - Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center
Arts/Entertainment
- Alaleh Alamir, 1982 - artist
- Jacob Avshalomov, 1941 - composer
- Alafair Burke, 1991 - author, Court TV commentator
- Kip Berman, 2002 - lead singer of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
- Peter Child, 1975 - composer, professor of music at MIT
- Ry Cooder, x1971 - singer, songwriter; attended Reed for one semester
- Robert O. Cornthwaite, 1939 - actor
- Lamar Crowson, 1948 - pianist
- Barret Hansen, 1963 - the radio personality also known as Dr. Demento
- Rob Heinsoo, 1987 - game designer
- Pozzi Escot, 1956 - composer
- Johanna Fateman, (did not graduate) - musician
- Simone Forti, (did not graduate) - choreographer
- Hope Lange, (did not graduate) - actress
- Peter Mars, 1982 - artist[6][7]
- Robert Morris, 1953(attended two years) - sculptor
- Bill Morrison, 1985, avant-garde filmmaker, Guggenheim fellow
- Charles Munch, 1968 - painter
- Daria O'Neill, 1993 - Portland Radio and TV Personality
- Michael Paul Oman-Reagan, 1999 - artist
- Eric Overmyer, 1973 - screenwriter, producer, playwright
- David Reed, 1968 - artist
- Lawrence Reed, 1983 - Director of the Berkeley Art Museum
- Brian Rolland, (did not graduate) - musician
- Susan Silas, 1981 - artist
- Pat Silver-Lasky, ???? - screenwriter and actress
- David Henry Sterry, 1978 - author, actor/comic
- Igor Vamos, 1990 - contemporary artist, member of The Yes Men
Food industry
Government
Law
- George M. Joseph, 1951 - former Chief Judge, Oregon Court of Appeals
- Berkeley Lent, 1948 - former Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
- Michael E. Levine, 1962 - Senior Lecturer at the New York University School of Law and Dean Emeritus of the Yale School of Management
- Hans A. Linde, 1947 - former Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
- Jessica Litman, 1974 - Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, legal advisor
- Jacob Tanzer, (did not graduate) - former Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Literature
- Tamim Ansary, 1970 - author of West of Kabul, East of New York
- Doon Arbus, 1967 - writer and journalist, daughter of Diane Arbus
- Alison Baker, 1975 - writer
- Mary Barnard, 1932 - poet and Greek translator
- Margaret Bechard, 1976 - science fiction writer
- Don Berry, 1931 - writer
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, 1969 - poet
- Lee Blessing, 1971 - playwright
- Kate Christensen, 1986 - novelist, winner of 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- Jim Compton, 1964 - noted journalist at PBS
- Gordon Dahlquist, 1984 - playwright, novelist
- William Dickey, 1951 - poet
- Katherine Dunn, 1969 - author
- Elana Dykewomon, ca. 1971 - author
- Elyssa East, 1994 - novelist
- David Eddings, 1954 - writer
- Barbara Ehrenreich, 1963 - scientist, writer and social critic
- Nancy Farmer, 1963 - author and writer
- Janet Fitch, 1978 - fiction writer, White Oleander
- Debra M. Ginsberg, 1984 - author
- Shadab Zeest Hashmi, 1995 - poet
- Ernest Haycox, (did not graduate) - author
- Myrlin Hermes, 1997 - author
- Jemiah Jefferson, 1994 - author
- Laleh Khadivi, ???? - author and writer
- Lisa Dale Norton, 1976 - author
- Caroline B. Miller, 1959 - author
- Donald Miller, 1997 - Author of Blue Like Jazz
- Adam L. Penenberg, 1986 - writer, professor of journalism at New York University
- Steven Raichlen, 1975 - author and writer
- Howard Rheingold, 1968 - writer
- M. C. Richards, 1938 - poet
- Sheila Rogers, 1980 - journalist
- David Romtvedt, 1972 - poet
- Vern Rutsala, 1956 - poet and writer
- Leslie Scalapino, 1966 - poet, publisher, and playwright[8]
- Robert Smith (journalist)
- Gary Snyder, 1951 - Pulitzer Prize winner and poet
- Sally Watson, 1950 - writer
- Philip Whalen, 1951 - poet
- Lew Welch, 1950 - poet
Science and engineering
- John Alroy, 1989 - paleobiologist
- Allen Bergin, (did not graduate) - psychologist
- Arlene Blum, 1966 - mountaineer and scientist
- Theodore James Courant, 1982 - mathematician
- Thomas William Ferguson, 1965 - noted physician
- Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, 1950 - anthropologist
- David Flory, 1964 - physicist. Fairleigh Dickinson University: Professor of Physics, Chairman of the Physics Department, and Director of the School of Natural Sciences.
- Jonathan Grudin, 1972 - computer scientist
- Steve Jobs, 1976, (did not graduate) - Apple, Co-founder and former CEO; Pixar Co-founder and former CEO; attended Reed as freshman.[9]
- Daniel Kottke, 1976 - computer scientist
- Arthur H. Livermore, 1940 - biochemist
- Jayne Loader, 1973 - writer and director; produced and co-directed The Atomic Cafe
- Steven McGeady, 1980 - technologist
- Peter Norton, 1965 - creator of the Norton Utilities
- Catherine Otto, 1975 - noted physician
- Keith Packard, 1986 - software developer; known for his work on the X Window System
- Norman Packard, 1977 - chaos theory physicist
- Mario Rabinowitz, (did not graduate) - former Baker scholar and physicist
- Edward Ramberg, (did not graduate) - physicist
- James Russell, 1953 - inventor of the compact disc
- Larry Sanger, 1991 - co-founder of Wikipedia
- Stephen C. Sillett, 1989 - botanist
- Sumner Stone, 1967 - type face designer
- Bruce Voeller, 1956 - biologist
- C. Howard Vollum, 1936 - founder of Tektronix, inventor of the edge-triggered oscilloscope
Other
- Yoram Bauman, 1995 - comic and economist
- Greta Christina, 1983 - blogger
- Mike Davis, (did not graduate) - activist and scholar
- Suzan DelBene, 1983 - former CEO of Nimble Technology and former Vice President at Microsoft
- Robert Friedland, 1974 - businessman
- Randall Giles, (did not graduate) - composer
- Peter S. Goodman, 1989 - journalist
- Max Gordon, 1924 - Owner of the Village Vanguard
- Christopher Langan - Described as "America's smartest man". Won a scholarship to Reed after earning a perfect SAT score, but dropped out eventually.
- Murray Leaf, 1961 - noted anthropologist
- Mukunda Goswami, 1961 - Hare Krishna guru
- Bill Naito, 1949 – noted Portland businessman and civic leader
- Emilio Pucci, 1937 - fashion designer and member of the Italian Parliament
- Harry Wayland Randall, 1936 - member of international brigades in Spanish Civil War
- Aaron Rhodes, 1971 - Human rights advocate
- Adam Riggs, 1995 - former president, CFO, Shutterstock
- Leo Rubinfien, 1974 - photographer
- Bernard Smith, 1949 - sailboat designer
- Genny Smith, ???? - publisher
- Peter Stafford, (did not graduate) - author and writer
- Michael Teitelbaum, 1966 - program director and demographer at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Sean Thackrey, (did not graduate) - winemaker
- Donald Niven Wheeler, 1936 - political activist
- Peter Zuckerman, 2003 - journalist and author
Fictional alumni
References