EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Women's college founded 1871 by Sophia Smith, the college opened in 1875.

Location:
Northampton, MA

Founding Date:
1871

Team:
Pioneers

Enrollment:
2800

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tammy Baldwin	Politician	11-Feb-1962		US Senator from Wisconsin
Barbara Bass	Business	?		CEO of Emporium-Weinstock, 1989-92
Barbara Bush	First Lady	8-Jun-1925		Wife of US President George H.W. Bush
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey	Author	4-Apr-1908	4-Nov-2006	Cheaper by the Dozen
Julia Child	Chef	15-Aug-1912	13-Aug-2004	Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Julie Nixon Eisenhower	Relative	5-Jul-1948		Richard M. Nixon's daughter
Susan S. Elliott	Business	1937		Systems Service Enterprises
Caterina Fake	Designer	c. 1969		Co-Founder of Flickr
Judith Fergin	Diplomat	c. 1951		US Ambassador to East Timor
April H. Foley	Business	c. 1947		US Ambassador to Hungary, 2006-09
Rita V. Foley	Business	c. 1954		Former VP, MeadWestVaco
Bonnie Franklin	Actor	6-Jan-1944	1-Mar-2013	Ann Romano on One Day at a Time
Betty Friedan	Activist	4-Feb-1921	4-Feb-2006	Rights for women spokesperson
Susan George	Political Scientist	29-Jun-1934		How the Other Half Dies
Meg Greenfield	Journalist	27-Dec-1930	13-May-1999	The Washington Post
Jane Harman	Politician	28-Jun-1945		Congresswoman from California, 1993-2011
Annabelle Clinton Imber	Judge	c. 1949		Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court
Molly Ivins	Columnist	30-Aug-1944	31-Jan-2007	Loudmouthed Texas dame
Gayle P. W. Jackson	Business	c. 1946		Energy Global
Carolyn D. King	Judge	30-Jan-1938		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Madeleine L'Engle	Author	29-Nov-1918	6-Sep-2007	A Wrinkle In Time
Celinda Lake	Government	?		Lake Research Partners
Karen R. Lawrence	Educator	18-Mar-1949		President, Sarah Lawrence College
Rochelle B. Lazarus	Business	1947		CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, 1996-2009
Dawn G. Lepore	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Drugstore.com
Anne Morrow Lindbergh	Aviator	22-Jun-1906	7-Feb-2001	Wife of Charles Lindbergh
Catharine MacKinnon	Activist	7-Oct-1946		Anti-pornography activist
Anne Clark Martindell	Politician	18-Jul-1914	11-Jun-2008	US Ambassador to New Zealand, 1979-81
Carol Mills	Business	c. 1953		Former EVP at Juniper Networks
Joan Mitchell	Painter	12-Feb-1925	30-Oct-1992	Abstract Expressionist
Margaret Mitchell	Novelist	8-Nov-1900	16-Aug-1949	Gone With the Wind
Margaret D. Moore	Business	c. 1948		Senior VP at Pepsi
Marilyn Carlson Nelson	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Carlson Companies, 1998-2008
Mary Nolan	Historian	17-Jan-1944		The Transatlantic Century
Judith C. Pelham	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Trinity Health, 2000-04
Sylvia Plath	Poet	27-Oct-1932	11-Feb-1963	Daddy
Danielle Pletka	Pundit	12-Jun-1963		American Enterprise Institute
Olive Higgins Prouty	Novelist	10-Jan-1882	24-Mar-1974	Stella Dallas
Nancy Reagan	First Lady	6-Jul-1921	6-Mar-2016	Wife of US President Reagan
Stephanie K. Seymour	Judge	16-Oct-1940		10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-2005
Ricky Silberman	Activist	31-Mar-1937	18-Feb-2007	Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum
Bill Smitrovich	Actor	16-May-1947		Andrew Thacher on Life Goes On
Merrie Spaeth	Business	23-Aug-1948		PR guru for Reagan, Swift Boat Vets
Gloria Steinem	Activist	25-Mar-1934		Founder, Ms. Magazine
Harriett Tee Taggart	Business	c. 1948		Wellington Management Company
Niki Tsongas	Politician	26-Apr-1946		Congresswoman, Massachusetts 5th
Laura D. Tyson	Economist	28-Jun-1947		Dean of London Business School
Cynthia Voigt	Author	25-Feb-1942		Juvenile author, Tillerman Cycle
Patricia Wettig	Actor	4-Dec-1951		thirtysomething
Phoebe A. Wood	Business	c. 1953		CFO of Brown-Forman, 2001-08
Kathryn D. Wriston	Attorney	c. 1939		Wife of Walter B. Wriston

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harry Elmer Barnes	Historian	15-Jun-1889	25-Aug-1968	American conspiracy theorist
Leonard Baskin	Sculptor	15-Aug-1922	3-Jun-2000	Sculptor and printmaker
Joseph Brodsky	Poet	24-May-1940	28-Jan-1996	"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
Mary Ellen Chase	Scholar	24-Feb-1887	28-Jul-1973	Silas Crockett
Carol T. Christ	Educator	21-May-1944		President, Smith College
John Bates Clark	Economist	26-Jan-1847	21-Mar-1938	Philosophy of Wealth
Esther Dale	Actor	10-Nov-1885	23-Jul-1961	Curly Top
Joel Dorius	Educator	4-Jan-1919	14-Feb-2006	Professor fired for gay porn arrest
Stanley M. Elkins	Historian	27-Apr-1925	16-Sep-2013	Slavery
Harold Underwood Faulkner	Historian	25-Feb-1890	19-Jun-1968	American Economic History
Granville Hicks	Critic	9-Sep-1901	18-Jun-1982	Marxist critic, The Great Tradition
Hans Kohn	Historian	15-Sep-1891	16-Mar-1971	The Idea of Nationalism
William Lee Miller	Historian	21-Apr-1926	27-May-2012	Arguing About Slavery
Jack Peltason	Educator	29-Aug-1923	21-Mar-2015	President, University of California, 1992-95
V. S. Pritchett	Author	16-Dec-1900	20-Mar-1997	Midnight Oil
Peter Viereck	Poet	5-Aug-1916	13-May-2006	Terror and Decorum
Allen Weinstein	Historian	1-Sep-1937	18-Jun-2015	US National Archivist, 2005-08

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carol T. Christ	Educator	21-May-1944		President, Smith College
Jill Ker Conway	Educator	9-Oct-1934		President of Smith College, 1975-85
Gayle P. W. Jackson	Business	c. 1946		Energy Global
Harry P. Kamen	Business	c. 1932		CEO of Metropolitan Life, 1993-98
Joan F. Lane	Business	7-May-1928		Stanford University booster
Rochelle B. Lazarus	Business	1947		CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, 1996-2009
Dawn G. Lepore	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Drugstore.com
Ruth J. Simmons	Educator	3-Jul-1945		President, Brown University
Laura D. Tyson	Economist	28-Jun-1947		Dean of London Business School

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