EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, became a college in 1888, and changed name to Mount Holyoke College in 1893.

Location:
South Hadley, MA

Founding Date:
8-Nov-1837

Enrollment:
2200

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jameson A. Baxter	Business	6-Sep-1943		Baxter Associates, Inc.
Olympia Brown	Activist	5-Jan-1835	23-Oct-1926	Lady preacher and suffragette
Elaine Chao	Government	26-Mar-1953		US Secretary of Labor
Carol T. Crawford	Business	25-Feb-1943		US Intl. Trade Commission, 1991-2000
Mary C. Doswell	Business	c. 1958		Senior VP at Dominion Resources
Ella T. Grasso	Politician	10-May-1919	5-Feb-1981	First woman elected governor of Connecticut
Glenda Hatchett	TV Personality	14-Dec-1951		Judge Hatchett
Nita Lowey	Politician	5-Jul-1937		Congresswoman, New York 18th
Frances Perkins	Government	10-Apr-1882	14-May-1965	First female US cabinet member
Barbara Stallings	Educator	c. 1944		Watson Institute for International Studies
Wendy Wasserstein	Playwright	18-Oct-1950	30-Jan-2006	The Heidi Chronicles
Maureen White	Activist	?		DNC National Finance Chair

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luis Cernuda	Poet	21-Sep-1902	5-Nov-1963	Generation of '27
Shirley Chisholm	Politician	30-Nov-1924	1-Jan-2005	First black woman elected to US House
John W. Gardner	Administrator	8-Oct-1912	16-Feb-2002	Founder of Common Cause
Anthony Lake	Government	2-Apr-1939		Clinton's National Security Advisor
Leo Pfeffer	Scholar	25-Dec-1910	4-Jun-1993	Religious liberty scholar, attorney
Genevieve Taggard	Poet	28-Nov-1894	8-Nov-1948	Travelling Standing Still
Peter Viereck	Poet	5-Aug-1916	13-May-2006	Terror and Decorum

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jameson A. Baxter	Business	6-Sep-1943		Baxter Associates, Inc.
Bart Giamatti	Baseball	4-Apr-1938	1-Sep-1989	Baseball Commissioner, 1989
Mary Lyon	Activist	28-Feb-1797	5-Mar-1849	Founder of Mount Holyoke College
Donald F. McHenry	Diplomat	13-Oct-1936		US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81
H. Jay Sarles	Business	c. 1945		Vice Chairman of Fleet Boston, 1999-2004

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