List of Bryn Mawr College people explained

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 NotabilityReference(s)
A.B. 1993 Author and anthropologist[1]
2021 Writer and activist
1984 Anthropologist at Barnard College
1959 Writer[2]
1989 Founder of The Global Fund for Children
2001 Writer and singer
1914 Editor of The New Yorker
1905 Vanished socialite
1986 Writer
1993 Novelist[3]
1889 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1946
1907 Writer, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winner, 1931
Leila Cook BarberA.B. 1925Art historian and Professor Emeritus at Vassar College, specializing in the Renaissance art and Medieval studies.[4]
1990 Cultural anthropologist at Intel Labs
1887, fellow Attorney, lecturer, and writer [5]
1972 Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
1928 Canadian journalist and politician
Margaret McKelvy Bird1931American socialite and archaeologist[6]
President, Osher Foundation
1921 Bacteriologist
1917 Chemist and engineer
Ph.D. 1940 Activist and author
1981 Journalist
1981 CEO of Banco Santander, CEO of Santander UK, CEO of Banesto
1965 Weathermen member convicted of murder and bank robbery
Margaret BuchananPh.D. 1922Mathematician, professor emeritus, West Virginia University
Carol Burns1977 Architect, co-founder of Taylor & Burns Architects
Barbara Ann BurtnessAB, 1982 American internist and oncologist
graduate work 1957–1958, did not graduate Postmodern novelist[7]
1959 Artist
Ph.D. 1968 Philosophy professor at Syracuse University
MA in chemistry in 1951, PhD in 1956 Chemist
Ph.D. 1964 Vilas Professor of Spanish University of Wisconsin–Madison
did not graduate daughter of American author Mark Twain
Ph.D. 1969 Chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities
M.S.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1981 Sixth University President of Cal Poly Pomona[8]
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
1968 Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Katayoun Copelandassistant U.S. Attorney and district attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania[9]
1965 Anthropologist[10]
did not graduate Modernist poet
1917 Economist
1923 Important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine
M.A. 1956, Ph.D. 1959 Former president of Smith College
1971 Author, television presenter, zookeeper
M.A. 1933, Ph.D. 1936 Mathematician, professor
1960 Virologist
1968 Twenty-Eighth President of Harvard University, former Dean of Radcliffe Institute
1930 Chemist and writer
Radiologist
1961 Chemist, pioneer in mass spectrometry
1905 Film writer and director[11]
1963 Historian and conservative feminist
Ph.D. University of Central Florida philosophy professor
1905 A.B., 1907 M.A. Geologist, paleontologist
2010 podcaster, comedian
1980 Associate Justice of the North Carolina Court of Appeals[12]
1961 Mayor of Las Vegas, founder of the Meadows School
Teacher, charter school advocate, founder of International Baccalaureate Organization
1950 Former president of University of Chicago
Ph.D 1981 Historian
B.A. 1960 Politician
M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986 Professor of Chemistry and Computer Engineering at Rice University
M.A. 1894 Classical scholar
Jessica Todd HarperB.A. 1997Photographer[13]
1899 Suffragist and family planning advocate
1928 Academy Award-winning actress
Ph.D. c. 1921 Biologist, cytologist, zoologist, and zoology professor
1912 Progressive educator
1991 Former Mayor of Minneapolis
1920 Academic, philologist and archaeologist
A.B. 1936, Ph.D. 1940 Latin philologist, later veterinarian and expert on feline medicine [14]
1901 Suffragist
2001 Political contributor for CNN, media personality, and author. She is a great-granddaughter of former U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
1961 Former president of Radcliffe College and psychologist who pioneered the concept of "fear of success"[15]
1979 Journalist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
1978 Federal Court Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1951 Writer and public speaker
1986 Egyptologist and professor at American University in Cairo
2011 Disinformation expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
did not graduate Actress, poet, playwright
1998 Chair and Professor of Classics at the University of Washington
c. 1970 German UN Diplomat
1964 Professor in business at Harvard Business School, former editor of the Harvard Business Review
1904 Founder of Keisen University
1921 Writer[16]
Ph.D. 1899 Biologist
1958 Cultural news reporter and former Chief Dance Critic for the New York Times
1985 Ambassador and U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
1923 Children's author, best known for Pat the Bunny. Both her daughters are also Bryn Mawr alumnae.[17]
1928 Dancer and dance researcher
1981 Professor of classics at University of California-Berkeley and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient in 1999
did not graduate Fantasy writer
1927 Anthropologist
1981 Professor of Religion
1897 Leader in the women's suffrage movement
1943 Chemist and First Lady of Maryland from 1977 to 1979[18]
1987 Author, Investigative Journalist, Staff Writer at the Washington Post
1915 Historian, professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College, suffragist, daughter of President William Howard Taft[19]
1961 Heiress to Mars candy fortune
Journalist and novelist
M.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1934 Professor of Latin at Bryn Mawr College
A.B. 1925 M.A. 1927 Ph.D. 1932 Former president of Bryn Mawr College
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.[20]
1999 Children's book writer and illustrator
M.A. 1969 Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
M.S., Ph.D. Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
M.A. 1950 Journalist, translator, author, historian
Georgia L. McMurrayM.A. 1962Activist and New York City administrator[21]
Ph.D. Former President of Bryn Mawr College
B.A. 1952 Co-author, Cornell Paper[22]
1908 Newbery Medal winner in 1934[23]
1939 Writer[24]
A.B. 1927, M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1935 Classical archaeologist
1968 Theatrical producer and director
A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Classical scholar and former professor at Bryn Mawr College
1984 Writer, Author of My Life as a Girl
1909 Poet
1971 Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Writer
1940 Newbery Medal winner in 1964
Member of the U.K. House of Lords
1962 Anthropologist, professor at UCLA, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient
1963 Militant Weathermen member
2001 Historian and author, professor at The University of Chicago
A.B. 1898 M.A. 1899 Ph.D. 1918 Former president of Bryn Mawr College
Socialite and philanthropist[25]
1970 Neuroscientist
1918 Teacher, scientist, balloon pilot, priest
Bertha Putnam1893Historian
Virginia RagsdaleA.B., Ph.D.Mathematician
Paul RehakM.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1985 Archaeologist
Alice Rivlin1952Economist, first director of Congressional Budget Office
Phyllis RossEconomist, former chancellor of University of British Columbia
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner1960Judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit
Edith Finch RussellAuthor, biographer of Bryn Mawr College President M. Carey Thomas
1966Diplomat and former director of the Foreign Service Institute
Dorothy Schiff1921Newspaper publisher
non-degreedConvicted in 1983 of the 1978 Franklin Bradshaw murder that she forced her son, Marc, to perform.
Allyson SchwartzM.A. 1972U.S. Representative
Elaine Showalter1962Feminist literary critic and former president of the Modern Language Association
Fatima Siad2007Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 and fashion model
1996 Actress, Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Billions
Rachel Simon1981Writer
Cornelia Otis Skinnerdid not graduateActress and author
1977Biology professor at Kenyon College, science fiction writer
Gabrielle M. Spiegel1964Chair of the History Department at Johns Hopkins University, President of the American Historical Association, 2008–2009
Deborah SpungenM.S.W. 1989 Author
Valerie Stanfill1985Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 2021–[26]
Nettie StevensPh.D. 1903Geneticist
Caroline Stevermer1977Fantasy writer
Marcia Storch1971Physician
Nina Straight1959American author, journalist, and socialite
Margaret Suckley1912–14 (did not graduate)First archivist of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Mary Hamilton SwindlerPh.D. 1912Former professor of archaeology of Bryn Mawr College
Olga Taussky-ToddFellowMathematician
Ph.D. 1912 Former professor and dean of Bryn Mawr College
Mary Elizabeth Taylor2011White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs of Nominations for President Donald Trump. Forbes 30 under 30 2018
Martha Gibbons Thomas1889First woman elected to represent Chester County in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Dorothy Burr Thompson1923Archaeologist and art historian
Tony ThurmondMSS 1995, MSLP 1996American politician and member of the California State Assembly
Adrian Tinsley1958Former president of Bridgewater State University
1969Broadcast journalist
Anne Truitt1943Minimalist sculptor
Umeko Tsuda1889–1892First Japanese student. Founder of Tsuda College and first president of YWCA in Japan
Neda Ulaby1993NPR Reporter
Genevieve Vaughan1961Philanthropist and feminist activist
Emily VermeuleA.B. 1950, Ph.D. 1956Classical scholar, archaeologist, poet
1923Newbery Medal winner
P. Gregory WardenM.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978President of Franklin University Switzerland
Betty Peh T'i Wei1953Historian
Carola WoerishofferA. B. 1907 Labor activist, endowed Bryn Mawr social work program
Rebecca Wood WatkinA.B. 1933Architect, housing activist, and community leader in the San Francisco Bay Area[27] [28]
Mai Yamani1979Anthropologist and Saudi Arabian activist
Rosemarie Said Zahlan1958Palestinian-American historian and writer
Michelle Zauner2011Musician, known for her band Japanese Breakfast and author of Crying in H Mart[29]

Noted faculty and administrators

Noted fictional alumni

Notes

  1. Web site: November 17, 2013 . Interview with Layla AbdelRahim on anarcho-primitivism, red anarchism and veganism . The Anarchist Library.
  2. Web site: Reporters and Writers: Renata Adler . Reporting Civil Rights . 2013-06-19.
  3. Web site: Bryn Mawr Now: Ellis Avery '93 to read from The Teahouse Fire . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130605100704/http://www.brynmawr.edu/news/2007-01-18/teahouse.shtml . 2013-06-05 . Brynmawr.edu . 2013-06-19.
  4. Web site: Barber, Leila Cook . March 2, 2021 . Dictionary of Art Historians.
  5. Nazzal . James A. . 2000 . 'Verite Sans Peur': Cora Agnes Benneson, a First-Wave Feminist of Illinois . . 93 . 3 . 273–286 . 40193344 . subscription.
  6. Book: Bryn Mawr College. Alumnae Association . Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 1936 . 1936 . Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association . Special Collections Bryn Mawr College Library . English.
  7. "A. S. Byatt," MSN Encarta. Archived 2009-10-31.
  8. News: February 10, 2016 . Soraya Coley, M.S.S. '74,Ph.D. '81, Officially Conferred as Cal Poly Pomona's Sixth President . . 4 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210423153858/https://www.brynmawr.edu/news/soraya-coley-mss-74phd-81-officially-conferred-cal-poly-pomonas-sixth-president . 23 April 2021.
  9. News: Schneider, Aliya . November 20, 2023 . Former Delco DA Kat Copeland announces run for attorney general . . November 20, 2023.
  10. Web site: Biography . Publish.uwo.ca . 2013-06-19.
  11. News: 24 June 1972 . Mrs. Robert Flaherty, Widow Of Documentary Filmmaker . The New York Times . 23 March 2019.
  12. http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=Geer Biography
  13. Web site: Smithson . Aline . 2014-10-09 . Jessica Todd Harper: The Home Stage . LENSCRATCH: Fine Art Photography Daily.
  14. Scott . Fred W. . Dr. Jean Holzworth, feline practitioner extraordinaire . 20th Annual Fred Scott Feline Symposium . July 2008 . Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine . 1813/34868 . free. [This contribution is numbered as pp. 1–4, but appears on pp. 42–45 of the PDF.]
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091007014303/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942520,00.html Sex and Success
  16. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060916091550/http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/collections/archives/findingaids/MSS061.pdf . 2006-09-16 . 2007-02-22.
  17. Encyclopedia: 2006 . Kunhardt, Dorothy . Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature . . Zipes . Jack David . 3 . 9780195146561 . registration.
  18. News: Rasmussen . Frederick N. . 2011-08-13 . Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland, dies at 91 . . dead . 2011-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121002063009/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-13/news/bs-md-ob-mathilde-lee-20110812_1_first-lady-canoe-direct-descendant . 2012-10-02.
  19. News: 1987-02-23 . Helen Taft Manning, Ex-Dean of Bryn Mawr . The New York Times .
  20. News: Arenson . Karen W. . January 5, 2001 . Millicent McIntosh . The New York Times.
  21. Book: Smith . Jessie Carney . Notable Black American Women . Phelps . Shirelle . 1992 . VNR AG . 978-0-8103-9177-2 . en.
  22. Web site: Dr. Ruth Thomas McVey. McVey. John B.. 7 May 2020. Prominent People Tied to Hopkin Thomas. 23 September 2021.
  23. Web site: Meigs, Cornelia . Pabook.libraries.psu.edu . 2013-06-19.
  24. Web site: Mary Meigs Papers | Special Collections | Bryn Mawr College Library . Brynmawr.edu . 2013-06-19.
  25. Weber, Bruce. "Judith Peabody, Socialite and Volunteer, Dies at 80", The New York Times, July 27, 2010. Accessed July 27, 2010.
  26. Governor Mills Nominates Justice Valerie Stanfill as Chief Justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court . May 10, 2021 . Office of Governor Janet T. Mills . November 9, 2022.
  27. Web site: Watkin, Rebecca Wood, 1913-2010 . 2024-03-03 . ArchivesSpace Public Interface.
  28. Web site: January 23, 2011 . Rebecca Watkin Obituary (2011) . 2024-03-03 . Legacy.com . The Oregonian.
  29. News: Rao . Sonia . April 20, 2021 . Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner is fighting for joy through grief . . 29 May 2022.
  30. News: Pace . Eric . September 22, 1992 . Edward Warburg, Philanthropist And Patron of the Arts, Dies at 84 . The New York Times . October 11, 2015 .