List of Connecticut College alumni explained
This is a list of notable alumni of Connecticut College.
Literature and poetry
Authors and writers
Academia
- Edward Burger ('85): professor of mathematics, Williams College
- Martha Chen: lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Cynthia Enloe ('60): research professor of international relations and women's studies, Clark University
- Haden Guest ('93): Director of the Harvard Film Archive, and lecturer at Harvard University
- David Haussler ('75): professor at University of California, Santa Cruz, member of National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Roxanne Johnson: chemist working at United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Mark Samuels Lasner: Senior Research Fellow at the University of Delaware
- Shelley Taylor ('68): social psychologist, pioneer in health psychology, winner of Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from APA
- Ellen Vitetta ('64): Director, Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center National Acad. Sciences; Institute of Medicine; American Acad. Arts and Sciences
Design, art, and art history
Television and radio
- H. Jon Benjamin ('88): actor, comedian and writer best known for his voice-over roles
- Molly Cheek ('73): It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Lee Eisenberg ('99): writer and producer for The Office and the film Year One
- Chris Gifford ('81): co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning children's series Dora the Explorer
- Scott Lowell: actor, Queer as Folk
- Leland Orser ('82): actor
- Christof Putzel ('01): award-winning journalist and correspondent for Al Jazeera America
- Joan Rivers: actress, comedian; attended CC briefly, then transferred to Barnard College
- Susan Saint James: actress, Kate & Allie; attended CC, did not graduate
- Sam Seder: writer, actor, political commentator, radio host on Air America
- Alec Sulkin ('95): writer and executive producer on Family Guy, The Orville and the 85th Academy Awards
- Wellesley Wild ('94): writer and executive producer on Family Guy, The Orville and the 85th Academy Awards
Film, theater and dance
- Chrystelle Trump Bond: dancer, choreographer, author, and dance historian
- Ted Chapin ('72): president and executive director, Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
- Charles Chun ('90): actor; has appeared in Criminal Minds, Scrubs, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and How I Met Your Mother
- David Dorfman (MFA '81): Professor of Dance, chair of Dance Department, choreographer of modern dance
- Sean Fine ('96): winner of Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for Inocente; director of Academy Award-nominated feature documentary War/Dance
- Jeffrey Finn ('92): Broadway producer, nominated for 2005 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for On Golden Pond
- Judy Irving ('68): Emmy Award and Sundance-winning filmmaker
- Raja Feather Kelly ('09): dancer and choreographer and serves as the artistic director of the New Brooklyn Theatre
- Leland Orser ('82): actor and director known for Taken, Taken 2 and Se7en
- Estelle Parsons ('49): stage, film, and television actor; winner of 1967 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bonnie and Clyde
- Kevin Wade ('76): screenwriter, Working Girl, Meet Joe Black
National Theater Institute alumni (accredited by Connecticut College)
Music
Government, law and public policy
Business
Athletics
Other notable people associated with Connecticut College
Professor of Biology
Presidents
- Frederick Henry Sykes: President, 1913–1917
- Benjamin T. Marshall: President, 1917–1928
- Katherine Blunt: President, 1929–1943, 1945–1946
- Dorothy Schafer: President, 1943–1945
- Rosemary Park: President, 1947–1962
- Charles E. Shain: President, 1962–1974
- Oakes Ames: President, 1974–1988
- Claire L. Gaudiani: President, 1988–2001
- David K. Lewis: Interim President, 2001
- Norman Fainstein: President, 2001–2006
- Leo Higdon: President, 2006–2013
- Katherine Bergeron: President, 2014–2023
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Abrams. Amy. Christine Y. Kim. Art in America. 6 June 2012. 9 September 2015.
- Web site: Ecco Domani Liquid Style . 2008-09-13 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080618234851/http://www.style.com/eccodomani/fashion/designers_2002.html . 2008-06-18 .
- News: Catherine Gregg, 96; part of political family . . . 2014-08-04 . 2014-08-28.
- News: 2020-08-14. Death Notice: Joan R. Kemler. The Hartford Courant. 2021-03-25.
- News: 1954. Cheerful Givers: Contributors to '53-54 Alumnae Fund Campaign. Connecticut College Alumnae News. 2021-03-25.