List of Scripps College people

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Graduation ceremony at Scripps College

Scripps College is private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1926 as a member of the Claremont Colleges, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious women's college in the Western United States.[1] Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators.

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Notable alumnae

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Former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords (Template:USpolabbr), class of 1993
Name Class year Notability Ref.
Anne Hopkins Aitken 1932 Zen Buddhist in the Harada-Yasutani lineage [4]
Helene Mayer Exchange student 1932–1934 Olympic gold medalist fencer who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish [5]
Nancy Neighbor Russell 1953 Founder, Friends of the Columbia Gorge [6]
Molly Ivins Attended 1962–1963 Newspaper columnist [7][8][9]
Beth Nolan 1973 White House Counsel for Bill Clinton [10]
Harriet Doerr Attended 1975–1976 Novelist [11][12]
Alison Saar 1978 Sculptor and installation artist known for work on black identity [13]
Elizabeth Turk 1983 Sculpture artist [14]
Merodie A. Hancock 1987 Academic and president of Thomas Edison State University [15]
Gabby Giffords 1993 Democratic U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th district, gun control advocate [7]

Notable faculty

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Name Active tenure Notability Ref.
Hartley Burr Alexander 1927–1939 Philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer [16]
Millard Sheets 1932–1955 Artist and designer [17][18]
Albert Stewart 1939–1965 Sculptor [19]
Lee Pattison 1941–1962 Concert pianist, composer, arranger, opera director [20]
Michael S. Roth 1983–2000 Historian, university administrator, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair, President of Wesleyan University [21]
Hao Huang (pianist) 1994–present Concert pianist, composer, playwright, Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chair [22]
Ken Gonzales-Day 1995–present Conceptual artist and historian, a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fletcher Jones Chair [23]
David Lloyd (academic) 1996-2004 Poet and professor of English and Humanities [24]
Juliet Koss 2000–present Art historian [25]
Myriam J. A. Chancy 2008–present Haitian-Canadian-American writer, fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair [26]
Martha Gonzalez (musician) 2012–present Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist [27]
Vanessa C. Tyson 2015–present Political scientist and politician [28]

Presidents of Scripps College

# Name Tenure Academic expertise Ref.
1 Ernest Jaqua 1926–1942 Theology [3]
– Mary Kimberly Shirk 1942–1944 [3]
2 Frederick Hard 1944–1964 [3]
3 Mark Curtis 1964–1976 [3]
4 John H. Chandler 1976–1989 [3]
5 E. Howard Brooks 1989–1990 [3]
6 Nancy Y. Bekavac 1990–2007 [3]
[1]7[lower-alpha 2] Frederick Weis 2007–2009 [3]
8 Lori Bettison-Varga 2009–2015 Geology [3]
– Amy Marcus-Newhall 2015–2016 [3]
9 Lara Tiedens 2016–2020 [3]
– Amy Marcus-Newhall 2020–present [3]
Key
– Denotes interim president

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated assuming a commencement date of June 1; may be off by one if commencement takes place earlier.
  2. ↑ Weis served as an interim president, but was elected full president before he stepped down, so he is counted in the college's official count.[29]

References

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