The following is a list of individuals associated with Bryn Mawr College through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
Noted alumni
| Name | Year of graduation | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layla AbdelRahim | 1993 | Author and anthropologist | |
| Sil Lai Abrams | 2021 | Writer and activist | |
| Nadia Abu El Haj | 1984 | Anthropologist at Barnard College | |
| Renata Adler | 1959 | Writer | [1] |
| Maya Ajmera | 1989 | Founder of The Global Fund for Children | |
| Srabonti Narmeen Ali | 2001 | Writer and singer | |
| Donna Amenta | M.A. 1971, Ph.D 1974 | Professor of Chemistry and Department Head at James Madison University | |
| Katharine Sergeant Angell White | 1914 | Editor of The New Yorker | |
| Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold | 1905 | Vanished socialite | |
| Anastasia Ashman | 1986 | Writer | |
| Ellis Avery | 1993 | Novelist | [2] |
| Emily Greene Balch | 1889 | Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1946 | |
| Margaret Ayer Barnes | 1907 | Writer, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winner, 1931 | |
| Leila Cook Barber | A.B. 1925 | Art historian and Professor Emeritus at Vassar College, specializing in the Renaissance art and Medieval studies. | [3] |
| Genevieve Bell | 1990 | Cultural anthropologist at Intel Labs | |
| Marie Bernard | 1972 | Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health | |
| Florence Bird | 1928 | Canadian journalist and politician | |
| Margaret McKelvy Bird | 1931 | American socialite and archaeologist | [4] |
| Mary G. F. Bitterman | President, Osher Foundation | ||
| Eleanor Albert Bliss | 1921 | Bacteriologist | |
| Katharine Burr Blodgett | 1917 | Chemist and engineer | |
| Grace Lee Boggs | Ph.D. 1940 | Activist and author | |
| Sarmila Bose | 1981 | Journalist | |
| Ana Patricia Botin | 1981 | CEO of Banco Santander, CEO of Santander UK, CEO of Banesto | |
| Kathy Boudin | 1965 | Weathermen member convicted of murder and bank robbery | |
| Carol Burns | 1977 | Architect, co-founder of Taylor & Burns Architects | |
| Barbara Ann Burtness | AB, 1982 | American internist and oncologist | |
| A. S. Byatt | graduate work 1957–1958, did not graduate | Postmodern novelist | [5] |
| Jane Calvin | 1959 | Artist | |
| John D. Caputo | Ph.D. 1968 | Philosophy professor at Syracuse University | |
| Marjorie Constance Caserio | MA in chemistry in 1951, PhD in 1956 | Chemist | |
| Birutė Ciplijauskaitė | Ph.D. 1964 | Vilas Professor of Spanish University of Wisconsin–Madison | |
| Susy Clemens | did not graduate | daughter of American author Mark Twain | |
| Bruce Cole | Ph.D. 1969 | Chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| Soraya M. Coley | M.S.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1981 | Sixth University President of Cal Poly Pomona | [6] |
| Joyce Mitchell Cook | 1955 | First African American woman to receive a PhD in philosophy and the first woman to be appointed to an assistant teacher position at Yale | |
| Mary Little Cooper | 1968 | Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| Katayoun Copeland | assistant U.S. Attorney and district attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania | [7] | |
| Regna Darnell | 1965 | Anthropologist | [8] |
| Hilda Doolittle | did not graduate | Modernist poet | |
| Eleanor Lansing Dulles | 1917 | Economist | |
| Helen Flanders Dunbar | 1923 | Important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine | |
| Mary Maples Dunn | M.A. 1956, Ph.D. 1959 | Former president of Smith College | |
| Lee McGeorge Durrell | 1971 | Author, television presenter, zookeeper | |
| Roselyn J. Eisenberg | 1960 | Virologist | |
| Drew Gilpin Faust | 1968 | Twenty-Eighth President of Harvard University, former Dean of Radcliffe Institute | |
| Mary Peters Fieser | 1930 | Chemist and writer | |
| Mary Stuart Fisher | Radiologist | ||
| Catherine Clarke Fenselau | 1961 | Chemist, pioneer in mass spectrometry | |
| Frances H. Flaherty | 1905 | Film writer and director | [9] |
| Elizabeth Fox-Genovese | 1963 | Historian and conservative feminist | |
| Shaun Gallagher | Ph.D. | University of Central Florida philosophy professor | |
| Julia Anna Gardner | 1905 A.B., 1907 M.A. | Geologist, paleontologist | |
| Ashley Gavin | 2010 | podcaster, comedian | |
| Martha A. Geer | 1980 | Associate Justice of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | [10] |
| Carolyn Goodman | 1961 | Mayor of Las Vegas, founder of the Meadows School | |
| Dorothy Goodman | Teacher, charter school advocate, founder of International Baccalaureate Organization | ||
| Hanna Holborn Gray | 1950 | Former president of University of Chicago | |
| David Gress | Ph.D 1981 | Historian | |
| Eunice Groark | B.A. 1960 | Politician | |
| Naomi Halas | M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986 | Professor of Chemistry and Computer Engineering at Rice University | |
| Edith Hamilton | M.A. 1894 | Classical scholar | |
| Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn | 1899 | Suffragist and family planning advocate | |
| Katharine Hepburn | 1928 | Academy Award-winning actress | |
| Hope Hibbard | Ph.D. circa 1921 | Biologist, cytologist, zoologist, and zoology professor | |
| Carmelita Hinton | 1912 | Progressive educator | |
| Betsy Hodges | 1991 | Former Mayor of Minneapolis | |
| Louise Holland | 1920 | Academic, philologist and archaeologist | |
| Jean Holzworth | A.B. 1936, Ph.D. 1940 | Latin philologist, later veterinarian and expert on feline medicine | [11] |
| Edith Houghton Hooker | 1901 | Suffragist | |
| Margaret Hoover | 2001 | Political contributor for CNN, media personality, and author. She is a great-granddaughter of former U.S. President Herbert Hoover. | |
| Matina Horner | 1961 | Former president of Radcliffe College and psychologist who pioneered the concept of "fear of success" | [12] |
| Sari Horwitz | 1979 | Journalist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. | |
| Beryl Howell | 1978 | Federal Court Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Barbara Marx Hubbard | 1951 | Writer and public speaker | |
| Salima Ikram | 1986 | Egyptologist and professor at American University in Cairo | |
| Nina Jankowicz | 2011 | Disinformation expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | |
| Sarah Jones | did not graduate | Actress, poet, playwright | |
| Deborah Kamen | 1998 | Chair and Professor of Classics at the University of Washington | |
| Angela Kane | c. 1970 | German UN Diplomat | |
| Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 1964 | Professor in business at Harvard Business School, former editor of the Harvard Business Review | |
| Michi Kawai | 1904 | Founder of Keisen University | |
| Emily Kimbrough | 1921 | Writer | [13] |
| Helen Dean King | Ph.D. 1899 | Biologist | |
| Karl Kirchwey | Associate professor 2000–present | Poet | [14][15] |
| Anna Kisselgoff | 1958 | Cultural news reporter and former Chief Dance Critic for the New York Times | |
| Karen Kornbluh | 1985 | Ambassador and U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | |
| Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt | 1923 | Children's author, best known for Pat the Bunny. Both her daughters are also Bryn Mawr alumnae. | [16] |
| Gertrude Prokosch Kurath | 1928 | Dancer and dance researcher | |
| Leslie Kurke | 1981 | Professor of classics at University of California-Berkeley and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient in 1999 | |
| Ellen Kushner | did not graduate | Fantasy writer | |
| Frederica de Laguna | 1927 | Anthropologist | |
| Ruth Langer | 1981 | Professor of Religion | |
| Anna B. Lawther | 1897 | Leader in the women's suffrage movement | |
| Mimi Lee | 1943 | Chemist and First Lady of Maryland from 1977 to 1979 | [17] |
| Carol D. Leonnig | 1987 | Author, Investigative Journalist, Staff Writer at the Washington Post | |
| Helen Taft Manning | 1915 | Historian, professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College, suffragist, daughter of President William Howard Taft | [18] |
| Jacqueline Mars | 1961 | Heiress to Mars candy fortune | |
| Leslie Marshall | Journalist and novelist | ||
| Berthe Marti | M.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1934 | Professor of Latin at Bryn Mawr College | |
| Katharine McBride | A.B. 1925 M.A. 1927 Ph.D. 1932 | Former president of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Millicent Carey McIntosh | 1920 | Head of the Brearley School and the first president of Barnard College. She was the first married woman to head one of the Seven Sisters, she was "considered a national role model for generations of young women who wanted to combine career and family," advocating for working mothers and for child care as a dignified profession. | [19] |
| Sarah McIntyre | 1999 | Children's book writer and illustrator | |
| Mary A. McLaughlin | M.A. 1969 | Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| A. Thomas McLellan | M.S., Ph.D. | Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | |
| Priscilla Johnson McMillan | M.A. 1950 | Journalist, translator, author, historian | |
| Mary Patterson McPherson | Ph.D. | Former President of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Ruth McVey | B.A. 1952 | Co-author, Cornell Paper | [20] |
| Cornelia Meigs | 1908 | Newbery Medal winner in 1934 | [21] |
| Mary Meigs | 1939 | Writer | [22] |
| Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt | A.B. 1927, M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1935 | Classical archaeologist | |
| Lynne Meadow | 1968 | Theatrical producer and director | |
| Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels | A.B., M.A., Ph.D. | Classical scholar and former professor at Bryn Mawr College | |
| Elizabeth Mosier | 1984 | Writer, Author of My Life as a Girl | |
| Marianne Moore | 1909 | Poet | |
| Margaret M. Morrow | 1971 | Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | Writer | ||
| Emily Cheney Neville | 1940 | Newbery Medal winner in 1964 | |
| Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover | Member of the U.K. House of Lords | ||
| Sherry Ortner | 1962 | Anthropologist, professor at UCLA, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient | |
| Diana Oughton | 1963 | Militant Weathermen member | |
| Ada Palmer | 2001 | Historian and author, professor at The University of Chicago | |
| Marion Edwards Park | A.B. 1898 M.A. 1899 Ph.D. 1918 | Former president of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Judith Peabody | Socialite and philanthropist | [23] | |
| Candace Pert | 1970 | Neuroscientist | |
| Jeannette Piccard | 1918 | Teacher, scientist, balloon pilot, priest | |
| Bertha Putnam | 1893 | Historian | |
| Virginia Ragsdale | A.B., Ph.D. | Mathematician | |
| Paul Rehak | M.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1985 | Archaeologist | |
| Alice Rivlin | 1952 | Economist, first director of Congressional Budget Office | |
| Phyllis Ross | Economist, former chancellor of University of British Columbia | ||
| Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner | 1960 | Judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit | |
| Edith Finch Russell | Author, biographer of Bryn Mawr College President M. Carey Thomas | ||
| Teresita Currie Schaffer | 1966 | Diplomat and former director of the Foreign Service Institute | |
| Dorothy Schiff | 1921 | Newspaper publisher | |
| Frances Schreuder | non-degreed | Convicted in 1983 of the 1978 Franklin Bradshaw murder that she forced her son, Marc, to perform. | |
| Allyson Schwartz | M.A. 1972 | U.S. Representative | |
| Elaine Showalter | 1962 | Feminist literary critic and former president of the Modern Language Association | |
| Fatima Siad | 2007 | Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 and fashion model | |
| Maggie Siff | 1996 | Actress, Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Billions | |
| Rachel Simon | 1981 | Writer | |
| Cornelia Otis Skinner | did not graduate | Actress and author | |
| Joan Slonczewski | 1977 | Biology professor at Kenyon College, science fiction writer | |
| Gabrielle M. Spiegel | 1964 | Chair of the History Department at Johns Hopkins University, President of the American Historical Association, 2008–2009 | |
| Deborah Spungen | M.S.W. 1989 | Author | |
| Valerie Stanfill | 1985 | Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 2021– | [24] |
| Brielle C. Stark | 2012 | Professor at Indiana University, Gates Cambridge Scholar | |
| Caroline Stevermer | 1977 | Fantasy writer | |
| Nina Straight | 1959 | American author, journalist, and socialite | |
| Margaret Suckley | 1912–14 (did not graduate) | First archivist of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum | |
| Mary Hamilton Swindler | Ph.D. 1912 | Former professor of archaeology of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Olga Taussky-Todd | Fellow | Mathematician | |
| Lily Ross Taylor | Ph.D. 1912 | Former professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Mary Elizabeth Taylor | 2011 | White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs of Nominations for President Donald Trump. Forbes 30 under 30 2018 | |
| Martha Gibbons Thomas | 1889 | First woman elected to represent Chester County in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson | 1923 | Archaeologist and art historian | |
| Tony Thurmond | MSS 1995, MSLP 1996 | American politician and member of the California State Assembly | |
| Adrian Tinsley | 1958 | Former president of Bridgewater State University | |
| Kaity Tong | 1969 | Broadcast journalist | |
| Anne Truitt | 1943 | Minimalist sculptor | |
| Umeko Tsuda | 1889–1892 | First Japanese student. Founder of Tsuda College and first president of YWCA in Japan | |
| Neda Ulaby | 1993 | NPR Reporter | |
| Genevieve Vaughan | 1961 | Philanthropist and feminist activist | |
| Emily Vermeule | A.B. 1950, Ph.D. 1956 | Classical scholar, archaeologist, poet | |
| Elizabeth Gray Vining | 1923 | Newbery Medal winner | |
| P. Gregory Warden | M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978 | President of Franklin University Switzerland | |
| Betty Peh T'i Wei | 1953 | Historian | |
| Carola Woerishoffer | A. B. 1907 | Labor activist, endowed Bryn Mawr social work program | |
| Mai Yamani | 1979 | Anthropologist and Saudi Arabian activist | |
| Rosemarie Said Zahlan | 1958 | Palestinian-American historian and writer | |
| Michelle Zauner | 2011 | Musician, known for her band
Japanese Breakfast and author of Crying in H Mart |
[25] |
| Jessica Todd Harper | 1997 | Photographer | |
| Nettie Stevens | Ph.D. 1903 | Geneticist |
Noted faculty and administrators
- Gerald M. Ackerman, art historian, lecturer in art history (1959–1965)
- Constance Applebee, Director of Athletics (1904–1928). Brought field hockey to the United States from Britain and established women's lacrosse as a collegiate sport.
- Asoka Bandarage
- Florence Bascom, petrologist, founder of Bryn Mawr's Geology Department
- Marland Pratt Billings, Structural Geologist
- Rhys Carpenter, Classical Archaeology (1889–1980)
- Kimberly Wright Cassidy (born c. 1963), Psychology, ninth president of Bryn Mawr College
- Catherine Conybeare, Professor of Classics
- Maria Luisa Crawford, Geology, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient
- Arthur C. Cope, chemist, developer of the Cope rearrangement and the Cope elimination, namesake of the Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society (1934–1941)
- Donald Drew Egbert, Lecturer of Ancient Architecture (1930)
- Louis Fieser, chemist, developer of synthetic napalm, researcher of vitamin K (1925–1930)
- Arthur Lindo Patterson, founder of the Patterson function used in X-ray crystallography (1936–1949)
- Michelle Francl, computational chemistry
- Louise Holland, academic, philologist and archaeologist
- Alice M. Hoffman, labor and oral historian
- Howard S. Hoffman, Psychology (1925–2006), Behavioral Neuroscientist, leading scholar of the startle reflex and social attachment
- Amy Kelly, headmistress, historian and best-selling author
- Susan Myra Kingsbury, historical economist and social researcher; director of the Social Economy and Social Research department
- Frederica de Laguna, anthropologist and founder of Bryn Mawr's anthropology department (1906–2004)
- Mabel Lang, Greek (1943–1988); received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in 1943
- Agathe Lasch, Germanic philologist (Associate Professor, 1910–16)
- Richmond Lattimore, Greek (1935–1971)
- Bettina Linn (1905–1962), English professor from 1934 to 1962; novelist
- Helen Taft Manning, History (1917–1957), also served as dean[18]
- Berthe Marti, Latin and French (1930–1963)
- Cornelia Meigs, English (1932–1950)[21]
- Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels, Latin (1934–1975)
- José Ferrater Mora, Philosophy (1949–1980).
- Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (1866–1946)
- Emmy Noether, Mathematics (1933–1935)
- Jane M. Oppenheimer, Embryology and History of Science (1938–1980)
- John Oxtoby, Mathematics (1939–1979)
- Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, Archeology (1958–1994)
- Charlotte Scott, Mathematics (1885–1917)
- Hilda Worthington Smith, labor educator, social worker, and poet (1888–1984)
- Lily Ross Taylor, Latin (1927–1942), Dean of the Graduate School (1942–52)
- M. Carey Thomas, English, Dean of the College (1884–1908), President (1894–1922)
- Edward Warburg (1908–1992), taught Modern Art.[26]
- Harold Wethey, art historian
- Woodrow Wilson (1885–1888)
Noted fictional alumni
- Pamela Abbott (A.B.), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), played by Liv Tyler
- C.C. Babcock, The Nanny (1993), played by Lauren Lane
- Erica Barry (A.B.), Something's Gotta Give lead character, played by Diane Keaton
- Amanda Bonner (A.B.), Adam's Rib (1949), played by Katharine Hepburn
- Betty Draper (A.B. in Anthropology), Mad Men (2007), played by January Jones
- Nancy Drew & Carolyn Keene, Confessions of a Teen Sleuth (book published in 2005)
- Allison R. Hart-Burnett (A.B.) (1980s), Lady Jaye (a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line)
- Edna Krabappel (M.A.), The Simpsons teacher
- Miriam "Midge" Maisel (B.A.), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), played by Rachel Brosnahan
- Vivian Schuyler (B.A.), The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams.
- Corinthians (A.B.), Song of Solomon (book published 1977)
Notes
- ↑ "Reporters and Writers: Renata Adler". Reporting Civil Rights. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ "Bryn Mawr Now: Ellis Avery '93 to read from The Teahouse Fire". Brynmawr.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ "Barber, Leila Cook". Dictionary of Art Historians. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ↑ Bryn Mawr College. Alumnae Association (1936). Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 1936. Special Collections Bryn Mawr College Library. Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association.
- ↑ "A. S. Byatt Archived 2009-10-21 at the Wayback Machine," MSN Encarta. Archived 2009-10-31.
- ↑ "Soraya Coley, M.S.S. '74,Ph.D. '81, Officially Conferred as Cal Poly Pomona's Sixth President". Bryn Mawr College. February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ↑ Schneider, Aliya (November 20, 2023). "Former Delco DA Kat Copeland announces run for attorney general". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Biography". Publish.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ "Mrs. Robert Flaherty, Widow Of Documentary Filmmaker". The New York Times. 24 June 1972. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ Biography Archived April 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Scott, Fred W. (July 2008). Dr. Jean Holzworth, feline practitioner extraordinaire. 20th Annual Fred Scott Feline Symposium. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. hdl:1813/34868. [This contribution is numbered as pp. 1–4, but appears on pp. 42–45 of the PDF.]
- ↑ Sex and Success, Time, March 20, 1972.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Faculty 2010–2011". Bryn Mawr. 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ Karen Heller (May 1, 2003). "Bryn Mawr shows creative side as it makes way for arts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ Zipes, Jack David, ed. (2006). "Kunhardt, Dorothy". Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195146561.
- ↑ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (2011-08-13). "Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland, dies at 91". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- 1 2 "Helen Taft Manning, Ex-Dean of Bryn Mawr". The New York Times. 1987-02-23.
- ↑ Arenson, Karen W. (January 5, 2001). "Millicent McIntosh". The New York Times.
- ↑ McVey, John B. (7 May 2020). "Dr. Ruth Thomas McVey". Prominent People Tied to Hopkin Thomas. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- 1 2 "Meigs, Cornelia". Pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ "Mary Meigs Papers | Special Collections | Bryn Mawr College Library". Brynmawr.edu. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ↑ Weber, Bruce. "Judith Peabody, Socialite and Volunteer, Dies at 80", The New York Times, July 27, 2010. Accessed July 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Governor Mills Nominates Justice Valerie Stanfill as Chief Justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court" (Press release). Office of Governor Janet T. Mills. May 10, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ↑ Rao, Sonia (April 20, 2021). "Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner is fighting for joy through grief". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Pace, Eric (September 22, 1992). "Edward Warburg, Philanthropist And Patron of the Arts, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
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