EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Women's college founded 1870 by 1870 by Henry Fowle Durant and Pauline Fowle Durant.

Location:
Wellesley, MA

Founding Date:
1870

Motto:
Non Ministrari sed Ministrare

Enrollment:
2300

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Cunningham Agee	Activist	1951		The Nurturing Network
Madeleine Albright	Diplomat	15-May-1937		Bill Clinton's Secretary of State
Ana Alicia	Actor	12-Dec-1956		Melissa Gioberti on Falcon Crest
Laura Allen	Actor	21-Mar-1974		Hannah Britten on Awake
Barbara Babcock	Actor	27-Feb-1937		Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn
Jalynn H. Bennett	Business	12-Mar-1943		Jalynn H. Bennett & Associates
Lizzie Borden	Film Director	3-Feb-1958		Born in Flames
Crandall C. Bowles	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Springs Global
Sophonisba Breckinridge	Activist	1-Apr-1866	30-Jul-1948	Suffragette and abolitionist
Annie Jump Cannon	Astronomer	11-Dec-1863	13-Apr-1941	Census-taker of the sky
Hillary Clinton	Politician	26-Oct-1947		US Secretary of State, 2009-13
Elinor Constable	Diplomat	1934		US Ambassador to Kenya, 1986-89
Judith A. Cowin	Judge	29-Apr-1942		Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Kimberly Dozier	Journalist	6-Jul-1966		CBS Correspondent, injured in Iraq
Elizabeth Drew	Journalist	16-Nov-1935		The New Yorker
Christine M. Durham	Judge	3-Aug-1945		Utah Chief Justice
Nora Ephron	Author	19-May-1941	26-Jun-2012	When Harry Met Sally
Susan Estrich	Pundit	16-Dec-1952		Fox News liberal
Amelia C. Fawcett	Business	c. 1956		COO of Morgan Stanley Intl., 2002-06
Frances D. Fergusson	Educator	3-Oct-1944		President of Vassar, 1986-2006
Denise K. Fletcher	Business	c. 1949		EVP Finance at Vulcan Energy
Henrietta Holsman Fore	Government	c. 1948		Acting Administrator, USAID
Rosemary Gatenby	Novelist	8-Oct-1919	3-Jan-2007	The Season of Danger
Cynthia A. Glassman	Government	?		Economic Affairs, US Commerce Dept.
Luella G. Goldberg	Business	26-Feb-1937		Chairman of Wellesley College, 1985-93
Susan P. Graber	Judge	5-Jul-1949		9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Wendy Gramm	Business	9-Jan-1945		Phil Gramm's wife, ex-Enron board member
Carolyn Heilbrun	Novelist	13-Jan-1926	9-Oct-2003	Amanda Cross, mystery novelist
Heather R. Higgins	Activist	1959		Chairman, Independent Women's Forum
Judith Richards Hope	Attorney	c. 1940		Pinstripes and Pearls
Ellen Huvelle	Judge	1948		US District Judge, District of Columbia
Lois D. Juliber	Business	c. 1949		COO of Colgate-Palmolive, 2000-04
Nan Keohane	Scholar	18-Sep-1940		Political scientist
Judith Krantz	Novelist	9-Jan-1928		Scruples
Bruce Laingen	Diplomat	6-Aug-1922		US Ambassador to Malta, 1977-79
Sandra L. Lynch	Judge	31-Jul-1946		1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Ali MacGraw	Actor	1-Apr-1938		Love Story
Ellen R. Marram	Business	1947		CEO of Tropicana, 1997-98
Lydia M. Marshall	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Versura, Inc., 1999-2004
Judith Martin	Columnist	13-Sep-1938		Miss Manners
Diane McWhorter	Journalist	1-Nov-1952		Carry Me Home
Regina Montoya	Business	25-Dec-1953		CEO of New America Alliance
Alicia H. Munnell	Economist	12-Jun-1942		Council of Economic Advisers, 1996-97
Anne W. Patterson	Diplomat	4-Oct-1949		US Ambassador to Pakistan
Reena Raggi	Judge	11-May-1951		2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Diane Ravitch	Government	1-Jul-1938		Education reformer
Anne Revere	Actor	25-Jun-1903	18-Dec-1990	National Velvet
Paula Rosput Reynolds	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Safeco
Cokie Roberts	Journalist	27-Dec-1943		ABC's This Week
Marion O. Sandler	Philanthropist	17-Oct-1930	1-Jun-2012	Golden West Financial
Diane Sawyer	Journalist	22-Dec-1945		Good Morning America
Phyllis S. Sewell	Business	1932		Ex-VP, Federated Department Stores
Elisabeth Shue	Actor	6-Oct-1963		Leaving Las Vegas
Michele J. Sison	Diplomat	27-May-1959		US Ambassador to Lebanon
Karen B. Stewart	Diplomat	c. 1951		US Ambassador to Belarus
Theresa M. Stone	Business	c. 1944		Treasurer of MIT
Lulu Wang	Philanthropist	c. 1944		Tupelo Capital Management
Kathryn M. Werdegar	Judge	1936		Justice, California Supreme Court
Linda Wertheimer	Journalist	19-Mar-1943		NPR
Patricia J. Williams	Scholar	28-Aug-1951		The Alchemy of Race and Rights

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Emily Greene Balch	Activist	8-Jan-1867	9-Jan-1961	Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Frank Bidart	Poet	1939		The Book of the Body
Annie Jump Cannon	Astronomer	11-Dec-1863	13-Apr-1941	Census-taker of the sky
Joel Dorius	Educator	4-Jan-1919	14-Feb-2006	Professor fired for gay porn arrest
Jonathan B. Imber	Sociologist	18-Feb-1952		Trusting Doctors
Tom Lehrer	Comic	9-Apr-1928		Comedic songwriter
Vladimir Nabokov	Novelist	23-Apr-1899	2-Jul-1977	Lolita
Richard Rorty	Philosopher	4-Oct-1931	8-Jun-2007	Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Joan Hinde Stewart	Educator	c. 1943		President, Hamilton College

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kim Bottomly	Educator	c. 1947		President, Wellesley College
John S. Clarkeson	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Boston Consulting Group, 1986-97
Nader F. Darehshori	Publisher	c. 1936		CEO of Houghton Mifflin, 1990-2002
Henrietta Holsman Fore	Government	c. 1948		Acting Administrator, USAID
Luella G. Goldberg	Business	26-Feb-1937		Chairman of Wellesley College, 1985-93
Jonathan B. Imber	Sociologist	18-Feb-1952		Trusting Doctors
Lois D. Juliber	Business	c. 1949		COO of Colgate-Palmolive, 2000-04
Nan Keohane	Scholar	18-Sep-1940		Political scientist
Regina Montoya	Business	25-Dec-1953		CEO of New America Alliance
Meredith R. Spangler	Relative	?		Civic leader, wife of C. D. Spangler, Jr.
Lulu Wang	Philanthropist	c. 1944		Tupelo Capital Management

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