List of Wellesley College people

The following is a list of individuals associated with Wellesley College through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.

Notable alumnae

Academia

* Virginia Abernethy , 1955 - anthropologist
* Carolyn Gold Heilbrun , 1947 - professor of English literature at Columbia University, and mystery novelist under the name "Amanda Cross"
* Nannerl O. Keohane , 1961 - political theorist, university president
* Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz , 1963 - historian
* Jean Kilbourne , 1964 - educator
* Mary Lefkowitz , 1957 - classical scholar
* Suzanne E. Moranian , 1974 - historian
* Patricia J. Williams , 1972 - law professor at Columbia University, recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (also known as the "genius award")

Art

* Molly Bang , 1965 -, illustrator
* Emilie Benes Brzezinski , 1953 - sculptor
* Katherine K. Davis , 1914 -, composer, pianist, and author of the famous Christmas tune "The Little Drummer Boy".

Business

* Lois Juliber , 1971 - Vice Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive -

Government and public service

* Madeleine Albright , 1959 - former U.S. Secretary of State
* Jane Bolin LL.B. , 1928 - First African-American woman to become a judge
* Madame Chiang Kai-shek , 1917 - former First Lady of the Republic of China
* Hillary Rodham Clinton , 1969 - U.S. Senator(D-New York); former First Lady of the U.S.
* Ophelia Dahl , 1994 - director of Partners In Health, daughter of children's author Roald Dahl
* Susan Estrich , 1974 - lawyer, professor, author, feminist advocate and commentator for Fox News
* Cynthia Glassman , 1967 - commissioner of the SEC
* Amalya Lyle Kearse , 1959 - judge, United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit, five time U.S. Champion Bridge player
* Helen Barrett Montgomery , 1884 - women's rights activist, church leader, Bible translator
* Anne W. Patterson , 1971 - former Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
* Ruth Baker Pratt , ex. 1898 -congresswoman first woman elected to Congress from New York 1929-33.
* Reena Raggi , 1973 - U.S. federal judge
* Diane Ravitch, 1960 - historian, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education
* Vanessa Ruiz , 1972 - Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
* Michele J. Sison , 1981 - American diplomat

Journalism

* Michelle Caruso-Cabrera , 1991 - reporter for CNBC, winner of an Emmy Award
* Kimberly Dozier , 1987 - correspondent for CBS News, winner of the Peabody Award (2008)
* Cokie Roberts , 1964 - senior news correspondent at National Public Radio, winner of the Emmy Award (1991) and Edward R. Murrow Award (1990), former host at ABC "This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts"
* Diane Sawyer , 1967 - journalist, host of ABC "Good Morning America", winner of a 2004 George Polk award for excellence in journalism
* Susan Sheehan , 1958 - journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1983)
* Lynn Sherr , 1963 - correspondent for ABC 20/20, co-winner of the Peabody Award (1994)
* Linda Wertheimer , 1965 - journalist, National Public Radio, winner of the DuPont-Columbia Award (1978) for excellence in journalism

Literature

* Harriet Stratemeyer Adams , 1914 - author of Nancy Drew series, pen name Carolyn Keene -
* Katharine Lee Bates , 1880 - author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful"
* Carol Bly , 1951 - short story author, essayist
* Diane Mott Davidson (attended but later transferred to another college), mystery writer
* Marjory Stoneman Douglas , 1912 - conservationist and writer
* Abigail Garner , 1997 - author of "Families Like Mine"
* Lisa Kleypas , 1986 - novelist
* Judith Krantz , 1948 - novelist
* Helen Hooven Santmyer , 1918 - writer
* Judith Martin , 1959 - newspaper columnist ("Miss Manners")
* Mildred Savage , 1941 - novelist
* Nayantara Pandit Sahgal , 1947, novelist, niece of Jawaharlal Nehru and cousin of Indira Gandhi
* Bing Xin, 1926 - Chinese poet, essayist, short-story writer

Media and entertainment

* Barbara Babcock , 1960 - actress
* Blanche Baker , 1978 - Emmy-winning actress and sculptress - aka Blanche Garfein, aka Blanche Van Dusen
* Adele Buck , 1912 - silent film actress aka Vedah Bertram
*Nora Ephron , 1962 - movie screenplay writer ("When Harry Met Sally..."), writer and director ("Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail")
* Daisy Gardner , 1997 - television writer
* Ali MacGraw , 1960 - actress
* Elisabeth Shue (transferred to Harvard), actress
* Natalie Sleeth , 1952 - composer
* Michelle Yip , 1998 - Chinese actress, left before graduation to pursue an acting career in Hong Kong after winning Miss Chinese International Pageant
* Patricia Zipprodt 1946 , Tony Award-winning costume designer -

cience

* Annie Jump Cannon , 1884 - astronomer
* Persis Drell , 1977 - Physicist, director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator
* Martha McClintock , 1970 - psychologist
* Pamela Melroy , 1983 - astronaut

Fictional alumnae

*"Dr. Miranda Bailey", from "Grey's Anatomy"
*"Beth Davenport", from "The Rockford Files"
*"Gillian Holroyd" and "Merle Kittridge" from the 1958 film "Bell, Book and Candle"
*"Sarah McNerney", from "Just Married"
*"Katharine Parker", from the 1988 film "Working Girl"
*"Shirley Schmidt", from "Boston Legal"
*"Allison Sugarbaker", from "Designing Women"
*"Mia Mason", from "Cashmere Mafia"

Notable faculty

* Edith Abbott - a social worker, educator, and author
* Emily Greene Balch - economist, peace activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
* Katherine Lee Bates - Author of America the Beautiful; also Wellesley College alumna.
* Carolyn Shaw Bell - economist
* Frank Bidart - poet
* Harriet Boyd-Hawes - archaeologist
* Annie Jump Cannon - astronomer
* Karl "Chip" Case - economist
* Dan Chiasson - poet
* Katharine Coman - economist
* Francis Judd Cooke - composer
* David Ferry - poet and translator
* Alice Freeman Palmer - educator
* Marshall Goldman - economist and author
* Jorge Guillén - poet
* Nannerl O. Keohane - political theorist; president of the college 1981-1993; also Wellesley College alumna
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_Laigle Mathilde Laigle] - historian, author
* Mary Lefkowitz - classical scholar; also Wellesley College alumna
* Tom Lehrer - American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician
* Julián Marías - philosopher
* Tony Martin- historian
* Vladimir Nabokov - author
* Robert Pinsky - poet
* Richard Rorty - philosopher
* Alan Schechter - political scientist
* Vida Dutton Scudder - writer, educator, welfare activist
* Emily Vermeule - art historian
* Alice Walker - author
* Sarah Frances Whiting - astronomer