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
Virginia Apgar	Doctor	7-Jun-1909	7-Aug-1974	Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score
Maryanne Trump Barry	Judge	5-Apr-1937		3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
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, 2001-09
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
Elizabeth T. Kennan	Business	c. 1938		President of Mt. Holyoke College, 1978-95
Eileen S. Kraus	Business	c. 1938		Connecticut National Bank
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
Mona Sutphen	Government	c. 1967		White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
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
Joseph Brodsky	Poet	24-May-1940	28-Jan-1996	"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
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
Virginia Apgar	Doctor	7-Jun-1909	7-Aug-1974	Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score
Jameson A. Baxter	Business	6-Sep-1943		Baxter Associates, Inc.
Bart Giamatti	Baseball	4-Apr-1938	1-Sep-1989	Baseball Commissioner, 1989
Elizabeth T. Kennan	Business	c. 1938		President of Mt. Holyoke College, 1978-95
Eileen S. Kraus	Business	c. 1938		Connecticut National Bank
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
Frances Perkins	Government	10-Apr-1882	14-May-1965	First female US cabinet member
H. Jay Sarles	Business	c. 1945		Vice Chairman of Fleet Boston, 1999-2004

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