List of Shimer College people

For presidents of the college, see List of Shimer College presidents.
Shimer people in a Shimer class.

This is a list of notable students and faculty of Shimer College, a very small Great Books college in Chicago, Illinois.

Founded in 1853, Shimer occupied a traditional college campus in Mount Carroll, Illinois, from 1853 to 1978, and an improvised campus in Waukegan from 1979 to 2006. It has occupied a dedicated space on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago since 2006. Small throughout its existence, Shimer enrolled 141 students as of 2012.[1] As of 2008, Shimer had 5,615 living alumni.[2]

The school is known for its Great Books curriculum, and also for its early entrance program, both of which have been in effect since 1950.[3][4] Many on this list were early entrants.

Contents 

A

José Aybar.
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Stephen Abrams Parapsychologist and drug law reform activist 1950s student [5]
José Aybar President of Richard J. Daley College 1964 graduate [6]

B

Beulah Bondi
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Frederick C. Beiser Scholar of German Idealist thought 1971 graduate [7]
John Bellairs Novelist 1960s faculty [8]
Beulah Bondi Film actress 1907 graduate [9]
Alice Braunlich Classical philologist 1910s faculty [10]
Rachel Fuller Brown Chemist and coinventor of nystatin 1920s faculty [11]
Carol Bruch Legal scholar 1960 graduate [12]
Ron Bruder Entrepreneur and founder of Education for Employment 1960s student [13]

C

Peter Cooley
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Samuel James Campbell Businessman and philanthropist 1909 certificate, chairman of the board 1935-1956 [14]
Lynda Caspe Painter, sculptor and poet 1960s student [15]
Lisa Collier Cool Author and journalist 1970s student [16]
Peter Cooley Poet and professor of English at Tulane University 1962 graduate [17]
Heather Corinna Author, sex columnist and activist 1990s student [18]
John Nathan Crouse Dentist, organizer of patent litigation, and American Dental Association president 1860s student [19]

D

Virginia Dox
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Bina Deneen First Lady of Illinois, 1904-1912 1890 graduate; 1889-1890 faculty [20][21]
Stephen Dobyns Poet and novelist 1960s student [22]
George W. Downs Political scientist 1967 graduate [23]
Alan Dowty International relations scholar 1959 graduate, 1966-1967 faculty [24]
Virginia Dox Frontier educator, popular public speaker, key Whitman College fundraising agent 1875 graduate, 1875-1877 faculty [25]
Dale Dubin Author of bestselling cardiology textbook 1950s student [26]

E

Dorian Electra
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Dorian Electra Singer and video artist 2014 graduate [27]

F

Virgil Ferguson
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Virgil Ferguson Member of the Illinois State Senate 1891-1895 1860s student [28]
Arthur Fine Philosopher of science 1950s student [29]
Ken Friedman Experimental artist and author 1966 [30]

G

Sherna Berger Gluck
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Robert H. Gray Amateur astronomer and writer on SETI 1970 graduate [31]
Evelyn Greeley Silent film actress 1900s student (disputed)[32] [33]
Redd Griffin Illinois state legislator 1960 graduate [34]

H

Mitzi Hoag
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Henry Winfield Haldeman Physician, banker and two-term mayor of Girard, Kansas 1860s student [35][36]
Mitzi Hoag TV actress 1952 graduate [37]

J

Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Randolph Jackson New York Supreme Court justice and co-founder of Metropolitan Black Bar Association 1960s student [38][39]

K

Robert O. Keohane
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Robert Keohane Professor of Political Science at Princeton University 1961 graduate [40]
C. Clark Kissinger Political activist 1960s student [41]
Ken Knabb Writer and translator 1965 graduate [42]
Penney Kome Canadian author and journalist, editor of Straight Goods 1960s student [43]
Adam Kotsko Writer on philosophy and popular culture Faculty 2011–present [44]
Jesse Kraai Chess Grandmaster 1994 graduate [45]
Jerome Kristian Cosmologist and discoverer of quasar host galaxies 1953 graduate [46]

L

Emil Liebling
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Jake La Botz Musician and actor 1980s student [47]
Kevin Larmee Painter in the East Village art movement 1960s student, 1990 graduate[48] [49]
Emil Liebling Pianist and composer 1900s faculty [50]
Thomas Locker Artist and author 1970s faculty [51]

M

Samuel McCall
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Samuel W. McCall Governor of Massachusetts 1864-1866 student [52]
Anne McKnight (Anna de Cavalieri) Opera soprano 1943 graduate [53]
Annie Marion MacLean Sociologist 1894-1896 faculty [54]
John Norman Maclean Author and journalist 1964 [55]
Suzanna Whitelaw Miles Mayanist 1940-1942 student [56]
H.H.C. Miller Early Evanston mayor and civic leader 1860-1864 student [57]

N

Mary Nourse
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Debbie Nathan Feminist journalist and writer 1960s student [58]
Henry Neikirk Mine owner and Colorado state senator 1850s student [59]
Mary Nourse Historian of China and co-founder of Jinling College 1899 graduate [60]
Jan Novák Czech novelist and screenwriter 1970s student [61]

O

Jinny Osborn
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Kenneth Olwig Geographer 1967 graduate [62]
Jinny Osborn Singer and founding member of The Chordettes 1945 graduate [63]

P

Mia Park.
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Mia Park TV show host and actress 1995 graduate [64]
Theodore Pepoon Nebraska state senator 1850s student [65]
Daniel Perlman President of Suffolk University and Webster University 1954 graduate [66]
Nick Pippenger Researcher in computer science 1965 graduate [67]
Frank Pooler Choirmaster and choral instructor 1950s faculty [68]
Edwin Hartley Pratt Homeopathic physician and inventor of "orificial surgery" 1864-1865 student [69]

R

J. Morris Rea
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
J. Morris Rea Iowa state senator 1850s-1860s student [70]

S

Neta "Snookie" Snook
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Daniel J. Sandin Computer graphics and visual arts pioneer 1964 graduate [71]
Ron Schultz Florida State Representative 1950s student [72]
Neta Snook Pioneer aviator and teacher of Amelia Earhart 1912 graduate [73]
Phoebe Snow Singer-songwriter 1970s student [74]
Henry Shimer Entomologist and physician 19th century faculty, husband of founder Frances Shimer [75]
Laurie Spiegel Composer and computer scientist 1967 graduate [76]
Sydney Spiesel Pediatrician and clinical faculty at Yale University School of Medicine 1961 graduate [77]
Sarah Hackett Stevenson First female delegate of the American Medical Association 1850s student [78]
Paula Stewart Stage, film and television actress 1947 [79]

V

Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Elizabeth Vandiver Classicist and classics educator 1976 graduate [80]

W

Art by Mary Wings
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
David Weisburd Criminologist 1970s student [5]
David Hilton Wheeler Italian translator and Northwestern University and Allegheny College president 1850s faculty [81]
Lilian Whiting Author and editor 19th century student [82]
Mary Wings Writer, artist, and musician 1960s student [83]
Roland Winston Expert in nonimaging optics for solar energy 1953 graduate [84]

Y

Cat Yronwode
Name Known for Relationship to Shimer College Citation
Cat Yronwode Comic book publisher and folklorist 1960s student [85]

Works cited

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