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Amherst College

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Coeducational in 1974.

Location:
Amherst, MA

Founding Date:
1821

Team:
Lord Jeffs

Enrollment:
1617

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John E. Abele
Business
c. 1937   Co-Founder of Boston Scientific
Herbert Baxter Adams
Historian
16-Apr-1850 30-Jul-1901 Coined the term political science
Prince Albert II
Royalty
14-Mar-1958   Sovereign Prince of Monaco
Cass Ballenger
Politician
6-Dec-1926   Congressman from North Carolina, 1986-2005
Harry Barnes
Diplomat
5-Jun-1926   US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88
Henry Ward Beecher
Religion
24-Jun-1813 8-Mar-1887 American Congregationalist preacher
Clarence Birdseye
Scientist
9-Dec-1886 7-Oct-1956 Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane
David M. Borden
Judge
4-Aug-1937   Justice, CT Supreme Court, 1990-2007
David F. Bradford
Economist
8-Jan-1939 22-Feb-2005 Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
Richard J. Braemer
Attorney
c. 1942   Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Dan Brown
Author
22-Jun-1964   The Da Vinci Code
Rob Brown
Actor
1-Mar-1984   Finding Forrester
Robert Brustein
Educator
21-Apr-1927   Founder, American Reportory Theatre
John Bates Clark
Economist
26-Jan-1847 21-Mar-1938 Philosophy of Wealth
Calvin Coolidge
Head of State
4-Jul-1872 5-Jan-1933 30th US President, 1923-29
Tom Davis
Politician
5-Jan-1949   Congressman, Virginia 11th
Henry T. DeNero
Business
c. 1946   CEO of HomeSpace, Inc., 1999-2000
John Deutch
Government
27-Jul-1938   CIA Director, 1995-96
Melvil Dewey
Curator
10-Dec-1851 26-Dec-1931 Creator of Dewey Decimal System
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
Dr. Drew
Radio Personality
4-Sep-1958   Loveline
Charles Drew
Doctor
3-Jun-1904 1-Apr-1950 First to separate blood plasma
Thomas Eagleton
Politician
4-Sep-1929 4-Mar-2007 US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87
David Eisenhower
Author
31-Mar-1948   Camp David namesake
Dave Emory
Radio Personality
?   For the Record
Robert Fagles
Translator
11-Sep-1933 26-Mar-2008 Translator of Greek literature
Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Government
22-Dec-1960   Special Counsel for Plame case
Dave Freudenthal
Politician
12-Oct-1950   Governor of Wyoming
Paul J. Fribourg
Business
1954   CEO of ContiGroup
Stephen L. Green
Business
c. 1954   Canaan Capital Partners
Rosanne Haggerty
Administrator
c. 1960   Common Ground Community
Martin Harwit
Astronomer
9-Mar-1931   Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy
Ulric Haynes
Diplomat
8-Jun-1931   US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81
John Michael Higgins
Actor
12-Feb-1963   The Late Shift
Martin Hoke
Politician
18-May-1952   Congressman from Ohio, 1993-97
Edwin A. Huston
Business
c. 1939   CFO of Ryder, 1979-99
J. Franklin Jameson
Historian
19-Sep-1859 28-Sep-1937 Dictionary of United States History
Fred Karlin
Musician
16-Jun-1936 26-Mar-2004 Won Oscar for For All We Know
Alexander M. Keith
Judge
22-Nov-1928   Minnesota Chief Justice, 1990-98
Henry W. Kendall
Physicist
9-Dec-1926 15-Feb-1999 Verified existence of quarks
Douglas Kennedy
Actor
14-Sep-1915 10-Aug-1973 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
Robert Lansing
Government
17-Oct-1864 30-Oct-1928 US Secretary of State, 1915-20
David M. Lawrence
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Kaiser KHFP, 1991-2002
George P. Lawrence
Politician
19-May-1859 21-Nov-1917 Congressman, committed suicide
Chris Lehane
Business
2-Jun-1967   Fabiani & Lehane
John J. McCloy
Military
31-Mar-1895 11-Mar-1989 World Bank, Warren Commission
Richard L. McCormick
Educator
26-Dec-1947   President, Rutgers University
Charles E. Merrill
Business
19-Oct-1885 6-Oct-1956 Founder of Merrill Lynch
James Merrill
Poet
3-Mar-1926 6-Feb-1995 Nights and Days
Larry Miller
Comic
15-Oct-1953   Michael Dobson on Law & Order
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Government
11-May-1891 6-Feb-1967 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45
Cullen Murphy
Journalist
1-Sep-1952   Atlantic Monthly
John M. Murphy
Politician
3-Aug-1926   Congressman snagged in ABSCAM
Robert G. Neumann
Diplomat
2-Jan-1916 18-Jun-1999 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
Warren Olney
Radio Personality
?   LA radio host, To the Point
Frits van Paasschen
Business
c. 1961   CEO of Starwood Hotels
Talcott Parsons
Sociologist
13-Dec-1902 8-May-1979 The Structure of Social Action
Edmund S. Phelps
Economist
26-Jul-1933   Golden Rules of Economic Growth
Hugh B. Price
Activist
1941   President of the Urban League, 1994-2003
Robert Purvis
Activist
4-Aug-1810 15-Apr-1898 President of the Underground Railroad
Bert W. Rein
Attorney
c. 1939   Wiley Rein & Fielding
David O. Russell
Film Director
20-Aug-1958   I Heart Huckabees
H. Jay Sarles
Business
c. 1945   Vice Chairman of Fleet Boston, 1999-2004
Talcott W. Seelye
Diplomat
6-Mar-1922 8-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81
Bertrand H. Snell
Politician
9-Dec-1870 2-Feb-1958 Congressman from New York, 1915-39
Francis X. Spina
Judge
13-Nov-1946   Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Joseph Stiglitz
Economist
9-Feb-1943   Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank
Harlan Fiske Stone
Judge
11-Oct-1872 22-Apr-1946 US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46
David Suzuki
Naturalist
24-Mar-1936   Television nature host
David L. Swift
Business
c. 1959   Senior Whirlpool executive
Teller
Magician
14-Feb-1948   The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller
John G. Turner
Business
3-Oct-1939   Hillcrest Capital Partners
Stansfield Turner
Government
1-Dec-1923   CIA Director, 1977-81
Scott Turow
Novelist
12-Apr-1949   Presumed Innocent
Francis Henry Underwood
Author
12-Jan-1825 7-Aug-1894 Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town
Harold E. Varmus
Scientist
18-Dec-1939   Genetic causes of cancer
Francis A. Walker
Economist
2-Jul-1840 5-Jan-1897 The Wages Question
David Foster Wallace
Novelist
21-Feb-1962   Infinite Jest
David H. Wasserman
Business
c. 1967   Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Seth H. Waugh
Business
?   CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas
William Webster
Government
6-Mar-1924   FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91
William F. Whiting
Business
20-Jul-1864 31-Aug-1936 US Commerce Secretary, 1928-29
Richard Wilbur
Poet
1-Mar-1921   Second U.S. Poet Laureate
Jeffrey Wright
Actor
7-Dec-1965   Basquiat

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Bates Clark
Economist
26-Jan-1847 21-Mar-1938 Philosophy of Wealth
Henry Steele Commager
Historian
25-Oct-1902 2-Mar-1998 The American Mind
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
Alfred Kazin
Critic
5-Jun-1915 5-Jun-1998 On Native Grounds
Anthony Lake
Government
2-Apr-1939   Clinton's National Security Advisor
Hermann J. Muller
Scientist
21-Dec-1890 5-Apr-1967 Genetic effects of radiation
Caryl Phillips
Novelist
13-Mar-1958   Crossing the River
Walter W. Stewart
Economist
1885 Mar-1958 Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Melvil Dewey
Curator
10-Dec-1851 26-Dec-1931 Creator of Dewey Decimal System
Rosanne Haggerty
Administrator
c. 1960   Common Ground Community
Anthony W. Marx
Educator
28-Feb-1959   President, Amherst College
Cullen Murphy
Journalist
1-Sep-1952   Atlantic Monthly
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
James H. Scott
Business
c. 1943   Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Talcott W. Seelye
Diplomat
6-Mar-1922 8-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81
Joan Spero
Diplomat
c. 1944   Under Secretary of State, 1993-97
Joseph Stiglitz
Economist
9-Feb-1943   Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank
Harlan Fiske Stone
Judge
11-Oct-1872 22-Apr-1946 US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46
Scott Turow
Novelist
12-Apr-1949   Presumed Innocent
Noah Webster
Lexicographer
16-Oct-1758 28-May-1843 Webster's Dictionary
Karen Hastie Williams
Business
c. 1944   Retired Partner, Crowell & Moring

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John J. McLaughry
Football
8-Apr-1917 28-Nov-2007 Head Coach at Brown, 1959-66


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