EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Bennington, VT

Founding Date:
1932

Enrollment:
790

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Arkin	Actor	26-Mar-1934		Catch 22
John Billingsley	Actor	20-May-1960		Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise
Carolyn Cassady	Author	28-Apr-1923		Wife of Neal Cassady
Carol Channing	Actor	31-Jan-1921		All-Singing All-Dancing
Timothy Daly	Actor	1-Mar-1956		Seven Girlfriends
Peter Dinklage	Actor	11-Jun-1969		The Station Agent
Andrea Dworkin	Activist	26-Sep-1946	9-Apr-2005	Anti-pornography activist
Bret Easton Ellis	Novelist	7-Mar-1964		American Psycho
Betty Ford	First Lady	8-Apr-1918		Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
Jonathan Lethem	Author	19-Feb-1964		Gun with Occasional Music
Michael Pollan	Author	6-Feb-1955		The Omnivore's Dilemma
Anne Ramsey	Actor	1-Sep-1929	11-Aug-1988	Throw Momma from the Train
Donna Tartt	Novelist	23-Dec-1963		The Secret History
Holland Taylor	Actor	14-Jan-1943		The Naked Truth
James Tenney	Composer	10-Aug-1934	24-Aug-2006	A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'
Justin Theroux	Actor	10-Aug-1971		Mulholland Dr.

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Cheuse	Novelist	23-Jan-1940		The Bohemians
Peter Drucker	Business	19-Nov-1909	11-Nov-2005	Management guru
Erich Fromm	Psychologist	23-Mar-1900	18-Mar-1980	Psychoanalyst, Humanist
John Gardner	Novelist	21-Jul-1933	14-Sep-1982	Grendel
Edward Hoagland	Essayist	21-Dec-1932		The Courage of Turtles
Shirley Jackson	Novelist	14-Dec-1916	8-Aug-1965	The Lottery
Max Kampelman	Diplomat	7-Nov-1920		US Ambassador to the CSCE
Stanley Kunitz	Poet	29-Jul-1905	14-May-2006	US Poet Laureate, 2000
Howard Nemerov	Poet	1-Mar-1920	5-Jul-1991	US Poet Laureate, 1987-88
Camille Paglia	Author	2-Apr-1947		Self-described feminist
Theodore Roethke	Poet	25-May-1908	1-Aug-1963	The Waking
Genevieve Taggard	Poet	28-Nov-1894	8-Nov-1948	Travelling Standing Still

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert H. Bowker	Educator	8-Sep-1919	20-Jan-2008	Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1971-80
Ralph Ellison	Novelist	1-Mar-1914	16-Apr-1994	Invisible Man

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