EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded by John Bard in 1860 as St. Stephen's College. Between 1928 and 1944 Bard was an undergraduate college of Columbia University, ending when Bard became coeducational.

Location:
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Founding Date:
1860

Team:
Raptors

Enrollment:
1600

Official Website:
http://www.bard.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ran Blake	Pianist	20-Apr-1935		Third Stream composer
Jordan Bridges	Actor	13-Nov-1973		Frankie on Rizzoli & Isles
Chevy Chase	Comic	8-Oct-1943		He is, you're not
Blythe Danner	Actor	3-Feb-1943		Futureworld
Donald Fagen	Musician	10-Jan-1948		Keyboards and vocals for Steely Dan
David Gates	Novelist	8-Jan-1947		Jernigan
Lola Glaudini	Actor	24-Nov-1971		Criminal Minds
Adrian Grenier	Actor	10-Jul-1976		Vincent Chase on Entourage
Brandon Grove	Diplomat	8-Apr-1929	20-May-2016	US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87
Christopher Guest	Actor	5-Feb-1948		This Is Spinal Tap
Todd Haynes	Film Director	2-Jan-1961		Far From Heaven
Anthony Hecht	Poet	16-Jan-1923	20-Oct-2004	The Hard Hours
Gaby Hoffmann	Actor	8-Jan-1982		Field of Dreams
Susan Mernit	Business	c. 1952		Former VP of Netscape, AOL
Hyman Minsky	Economist	23-Sep-1919	25-Oct-1996	Inherently unstable markets
Albert Jay Nock	Author	13-Oct-1870	19-Aug-1945	Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
Zeena Parkins	Musician	1956		Avant-garde harpist
Daniel Pinkwater	Author	15-Nov-1941		The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Thomas Rockwell	Author	13-Mar-1933		How to Eat Fried Worms
Eric Schaeffer	Film Director	22-Jan-1962		If Lucy Fell
Richard M. Sherman	Songwriter	12-Jun-1928		Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Robert B. Sherman	Songwriter	19-Dec-1925	5-Mar-2012	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Matt Taibbi	Journalist	2-Mar-1970		The Great Derangement
Lana Wachowski	Film Director	21-Jun-1965		The Matrix
Ali Wentworth	Actor	12-Jan-1965		Elizabeth Goode on Head Case

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chinua Achebe	Novelist	16-Nov-1930	22-Mar-2013	Things Fall Apart
André Aciman	Author	2-Jan-1951		Out of Egypt
Saul Bellow	Novelist	10-Jun-1915	5-Apr-2005	The Adventures of Augie March
Ralph Ellison	Novelist	1-Mar-1914	16-Apr-1994	Invisible Man
Walter Russell Mead	Author	12-Jun-1952		Special Providence
Andrew Revkin	Journalist	c. 1956		New York Times science reporter
Mary Lee Settle	Novelist	29-Jul-1918	27-Sep-2005	Beulah Land
William Weaver	Translator	24-Jul-1923	12-Nov-2013	Translator from the Italian

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Botstein	Educator	14-Dec-1946		President of Bard College
David C. Clapp	Business	c. 1938		Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs
Marc S. Lipschultz	Business	c. 1971		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Stewart A. Resnick	Business	c. 1938		Roll International
Binyavanga Wainaina	Author	18-Jan-1971		One Day I Will Write About This Place

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