List of Shimer College people

This is a list of people associated with Shimer College, a Great Books college in Chicago, Illinois. It includes students, faculty, presidents, trustees, and authors.

Contents

Alumni and faculty

Alumni

This list includes graduates and non-graduate former students of Shimer College.

Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
Sarah Hackett Stevenson 1850s First female member of American Medical Association [1]
Samuel W. McCall 1864-1866 non-graduate Governor of Massachusetts
Gertrude Brown Murrah 1875 graduate Founder of Creal Springs Seminary
Beulah Bondi 1907 graduate Film actress [2]
Anne McKnight (Anna de Cavalieri) 1943 graduate Opera soprano [3]
Peter Cooley 1962 BA Poet and Professor of English at Tulane University [4][5]
Heather Corinna 1990s Author, sex columnist and activist [6]
Stephen Dobyns 1960s non-graduate Poet and novelist
Alan Dowty 1959 BA International relations scholar and vice-president of Shimer College Alumni Association [7]
Ken Friedman 1966 Experimental artist and author [8]
Steve Heller 1971 Technical author and software engineer [9]
Robert Keohane 1961 BA Professor of Political Science at Princeton University [5]
C. Clark Kissinger 1960s non-graduate Political activist
Ken Knabb 1965 Writer and translator [5]
Jesse Kraai 1994 Chess Grandmaster [5]
John Norman Maclean 1964 Author and journalist [5][10]
Nick Pippenger 1965 Researcher in computer science [11]
Daniel J. Sandin 1964 Computer graphics and visual arts pioneer [5]
Phoebe Snow 1973 non-graduate Singer-songwriter [12]
Laurie Spiegel 1967 Composer and computer scientist [5]
Sydney Spiesel 1961 Pediatrician and clinical faculty at Yale University School of Medicine [13]
Elizabeth Vandiver 1976 Associate Professor of Classics and lecturer [5]
Cat Yronwode 1968 Comic book publisher and folklorist [5]

Faculty

Notable current faculty:

Notable former faculty:

Administration

Presidents

# Name Term begin Term end Notes References
1 Frances Shimer 1853 1896 Title: Principal

Former schoolteacher
- Frank J. Miller 1896 1897 Title: Non-resident principal[14]

Professor at University of Chicago

 [5]
2 William Parker McKee 1897 1930 Title: Dean

Former Baptist minister

 [5]
3 Floyd Wilcox 1930 1935 Title: President [5]
- Beth Hostetter 1935 1936 [5]
4 Raymond Culver 1936 1938 Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [5]
- Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [5]
5 Albin C. Bro 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press [5]
- John Russel 1949 1950 [15]
6 Aaron Brumbaugh 1950 1954 Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago [5][16][16]
7 Francis Joseph Mullin 1954 1968 Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago [5]
8 Milburn Akers 1968 1970 Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times [5]
9 Robert Spencer Long[5] 1970 1974 Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College
- Esther G. Weinstein 1974 1975 [5]
10 Ralph W. Conant 1975 1978 Urbanologist [5]
11 Donald P. Moon 1978 2004 Episcopal priest

Former nuclear reactor physicist

 [5]
12 William Craig Rice 2004 2006 Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education
- Ronald Champagne 2007 2009 Former administrator at Roosevelt University
13 Thomas K. Lindsay 2009 2010 Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Edward Noonan 2010 present Architect

Trustees

Notable trustees:

Chairmen of the Board

Years Name Profession
1903-1913[14] Henry Metcalf Physician
1920-1928[5] Nathaniel Butler
1928-1935[5] J. Spencer Dickerson
1935-1956[5] Samuel James Campbell
1956-1958[5] Robert W. Weismiller
1958-1959[5] Nelson Dezendorf Vice-President of General Motors
1959-1965[5] J. Clinton Youle
1965-1967[5] George M. Burditt
1967-1972[5] C. Matthews Dick, Jr.
1972-1973[5] Philip E. Bash
1973-1974[5] Elver L. Eisfeller
1974-1975[5] E. Hodson Thornber
1975-1979[5] Barry Carroll Businessman
1979-1980[5] Harmon Bro
1980-1984[5] David Goldsmith
1984-1987[5] Bernard Berkin
1987-1991[5] Robert Charles Powell
1991-1994[5] Edward Noonan Architect
1994-1999[5] Young Kim Attorney
1999-2000[5] Gretchen Fisher & Roy Landstrom
2007–present Christopher Nelson President of St. John's College

Authors

At Shimer, the author is regarded as a coequal participant in the dialogue.[19][20] This is an alphabetical list of authors whose works are read as part of the core curriculum of Shimer College. As the exact content of the curriculum varies from year to year, only those authors occurring in both the 2009-2011 catalog[21] and the 1995-1997 catalog[22] are included. Courses are based on the 2009-2011 catalog.

Hum: Humanities, IS: Integrative Studies, NS: Natural Sciences, Soc: Social Sciences

Notes

  1. ^ Chicago Women: Sarah Stevenson
  2. ^ Shimer College (March 1976). "Beulah Bondi Stars at Shimer Film Tribute". Shimer College Bulletin: p. 8. 
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Anne McKnight". Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame. http://www.foxvalleyarts.org/mcknight.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  4. ^ "Peter Cooley". Tulane.edu. http://tulane.edu/liberal-arts/english/faculty/peter-cooley.cfm. Retrieved 2010-04-22. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000. . Does not distinguish between graduates and non-graduates.
  6. ^ "Biography". http://www.heathercorinna.com/about.html. Retrieved 2010-04-22. 
  7. ^ "Alumni Board of Directors". http://alumni.shimer.edu/s/1028/index.aspx?gid=1&pgid=295. Retrieved 2010-04-22. 
  8. ^ Shimer College (March 1976). "Class Notes". Shimer College Bulletin: p. 16. 
  9. ^ "Steve Heller's Home Page". http://www.steveheller.com/index.html. Retrieved 2010-04-22. 
  10. ^ "About John Maclean". http://johnmacleanbooks.com/about/. Retrieved 2010-12-03. 
  11. ^ "Nicholas Pippenger". Hmc.edu. http://www.math.hmc.edu/~njp/. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 
  12. ^ "Named for a Train, Phoebe Snow is on the Right Track". People. March 22, 1976. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066289,00.html. Retrieved 2010-09-13. 
  13. ^ "Who We Are". Slate Magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/117517/. Retrieved 2010-12-03. 
  14. ^ a b "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. 1910. pp. 715–718. http://books.google.com/books?id=W34_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA715. 
  15. ^ "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/494224172.html?dids=494224172:494224172&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&. 
  16. ^ a b "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,805508,00.html. 
  17. ^ University of Chicago (1898). "The Frances Shimer Academy of the University of Chicago". Annual Register. p. 139. http://books.google.com/books?id=p4HOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139. 
  18. ^ Don P. Moon. "Remarks at the Final Waukegan Commencement". http://www.shimer.edu/aboutshimercollege/upload/EXPLORATION.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
  19. ^ Jim Donovan (2009-08-25). "Can You Really Teach Science in Discussion Classes?". http://blog.shimer.edu/shimer/2009/08/can-you-really-teach-science-in-discussion-classes.html. Retrieved 2010-05-03. 
  20. ^ Vincent Kavaloski. "Interdisciplinary Education and Humanistic Aspiration". In Joseph J. Kockelmans. Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education. pp. 224–243. http://books.google.com/books?id=itWYr8lYJ2EC&pg=PA235. 
  21. ^ (pdf) Shimer College Catalog 2009-2011. Chicago, IL: Shimer College. 2009. http://www.collegesource.org/displayinfo/catalink.asp?tig=%7B9EEC7D40-1792-41AE-A516-30D3E4F90C05%7D&oig=%7B276B3F68-DE3B-4D1B-B072-50B5E84A078B%7D&vt=4%20. Retrieved 2010-05-03. 
  22. ^ The Shimer Experience: 1995-1997 Catalogue. Waukegan, IL: Shimer College. 1995.