EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

• Rose Art Museum

Location:
Waltham, MA

Founding Date:
1948

Motto:
Emet

Mascot:
Ollie (owl)

Enrollment:
4400

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jack Abramoff	Government	28-Feb-1958		Casino Jack
Kathy Acker	Author	18-Apr-1947	1-Dec-1997	Blood and Guts in High School
Mitch Albom	Novelist	23-May-1958		Tuesdays with Morrie
Doron S. Ben-Atar	Historian	25-May-1957		The Origins of Jeffersonian Commercial Policy
Stephen Berger	Business	c. 1937		Chairman of Odyssey Investment Partners
Stanley Bing	Columnist	20-May-1951		Columnist for Fortune
Sidney Blumenthal	Government	6-Nov-1948		Advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton
Rosellen Brown	Author	12-May-1939		Before and After
David Brudnoy	Radio Personality	5-Jun-1940	8-Dec-2004	Boston talk radio host
Mitchell Caplan	Business	c. 1957		CEO of E-Trade, 2003-07
Joe Conason	Journalist	c. 1954		New York Observer political columnist
Steven Culp	Actor	3-Dec-1955		Clayton Webb on JAG
Tyne Daly	Actor	21-Feb-1946		Lacey on Cagney and Lacey
Stuart Damon	Actor	5-Feb-1937		Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital
Angela Davis	Activist	26-Jan-1944		Black Panther, teacher, professor
Loretta Devine	Actor	21-Aug-1949		Marla Hendricks on Boston Public
Fredric Dicker	Journalist	1944		New York Post
Moses Feldman	Business	c. 1940		President of AeroMed, Inc.
Thomas Friedman	Journalist	20-Jul-1953		New York Times
Robert Gallucci	Diplomat	11-Feb-1946		President, MacArthur Foundation
Tony Goldwyn	Actor	20-May-1960		From the Earth to the Moon
Marc Goodman	Computer Programmer	?		The Bilestoad
Geir Haarde	Head of State	8-Apr-1951		Prime Minister of Iceland, 2006-09
Christie Hefner	Business	8-Nov-1952		CEO of Playboy, 1988-2009
Marshall Herskovitz	Film/TV Producer	23-Feb-1952		Executive Producer, thirtysomething
Abbie Hoffman	Activist	30-Nov-1936	12-Apr-1989	Steal This Book
Jonathan B. Imber	Sociologist	18-Feb-1952		Trusting Doctors
Gary N. Jacobs	Business	12-Jul-1945		General Counsel for MGM Mirage
Joette Katz	Judge	3-Feb-1953		Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Marta Kauffman	Film/TV Producer	21-Sep-1956		Co-Creator of Friends
Dennis M. Kelleher	Government	c. 1962		President and CEO, Better Markets
Louise Lasser	Actor	11-Apr-1939		Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mark Leyner	Author	1956		The Tetherballs of Bougainville
Allan J. Lichtman	Historian	4-Apr-1947		The Keys to the White House
Alvin Lucier	Composer	14-May-1931		I Am Sitting In A Room
Roderick MacKinnon	Biologist	19-Feb-1956		Ion channels of cell membranes
Daniel Marcus	Attorney	5-Jan-1941		Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
Gates McFadden	Actor	2-Mar-1949		Dr. Crusher on Star Trek: TNG
Bernard McGinn	Theologian	19-Aug-1937		The Presence of God
Debra Messing	Actor	15-Aug-1968		Grace on Will & Grace
Walter Mossberg	Columnist	27-Mar-1947		Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal
Josh Mostel	Actor	21-Dec-1946		Jesus Christ Superstar
Barry Newman	Actor	7-Nov-1938		Petrocelli
Stephen A. Novick	Business	c. 1941		Grey Global Group
David M. Oshinsky	Historian	1944		Polio: An American Story
Tonye Patano	Actor	1961		Heylia James on Weeds
Marty Peretz	Publisher	c. 1937		Co-Owner, The New Republic
Jehuda Reinharz	Educator	1944		President, Brandeis University
Joseph Ruben	Film Director	10-May-1950		The Forgotten
Bill Schneider	Pundit	8-Oct-1944		CNN senior political analyst
Judith Shapiro	Educator	24-Jan-1942		President, Barnard College
David Shire	Composer	3-Jul-1937		It Goes Like It Goes
Elaine Showalter	Critic	21-Jan-1941		Lead alpha Gynocritic
Bob Simon	Journalist	29-May-1941	11-Feb-2015	60 Minutes
Paul L. Smith	Actor	5-Feb-1939	25-Apr-2012	Midnight Express
Stephen Solarz	Politician	12-Sep-1940	29-Nov-2010	Congressman from New York, 1975-93
Paul Solman	Journalist	1944		PBS News Hour Economics Correspondent
Christina Hoff Sommers	Author	1950		Who Stole Feminism?
Susan Stamberg	Radio Personality	7-Sep-1938		NPR
Neil J. Sullivan	Author	24-Feb-1948		The Diamond in the Bronx
Alan Taylor	Historian	17-Jun-1955		The Internal Enemy
Murray Turoff	Scientist	13-Feb-1936		Computer conferencing and instant messaging
Michael Walzer	Philosopher	3-Mar-1935		Just and Unjust Wars
Edward Witten	Physicist	26-Aug-1951		String theorist at Princeton
David B. Yoffie	Business	?		Competing on Internet Time
Robert J. Zimmer	Educator	5-Nov-1947		President, University of Chicago

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur Berger	Composer	15-May-1912	7-Oct-2003	Ideas of Order
Sissela Bok	Scholar	2-Dec-1934		Ethicist
David Hackett Fischer	Historian	2-Dec-1935		Albion's Seed
Nelson Goodman	Philosopher	7-Aug-1906	25-Nov-1998	Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
Anita Hill	Victim	30-Jul-1956		Former colleague of Clarence Thomas
Irving Howe	Critic	11-Jun-1920	5-May-1993	Editor of Dissent
Morton Keller	Historian	1-Mar-1929		Regulating a New Economy
George Kelly	Psychologist	28-Apr-1905	6-Mar-1967	Personal Construct Theory of personality
Robert O. Keohane	Scholar	3-Oct-1941		After Hegemony
Max Lerner	Sociologist	20-Dec-1902	5-Jun-1992	Ideas Are Weapons
Ann Lewis	Activist	19-Dec-1937		Clinton advisor
Alvin Lucier	Composer	14-May-1931		I Am Sitting In A Room
Herbert Marcuse	Philosopher	19-Jul-1898	29-Jul-1979	One-Dimensional Man
Lynn Margulis	Biologist	5-Mar-1935	22-Nov-2011	Origin of eukaryotic organelles
Abraham Maslow	Psychologist	1-Apr-1908	8-Jun-1970	Hierarchy of Needs
Arno J. Mayer	Historian	19-Jun-1926		Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist
Philip Rahv	Critic	10-Mar-1908	22-Dec-1973	Co-Founder, Partisan Review
Jehuda Reinharz	Educator	1944		President, Brandeis University
Adrienne Rich	Poet	16-May-1929	27-Mar-2012	An Atlas of the Difficult World
Bill Schneider	Pundit	8-Oct-1944		CNN senior political analyst
Fred Sommers	Philosopher	1-Jan-1923	2-Oct-2014	The Logic of Natural Language
Leo Szilard	Physicist	11-Feb-1898	30-May-1964	Nuclear chain reaction
Stephan Thernstrom	Scholar	1934		Neoconservative thinker
Kenneth N. Waltz	Scholar	8-Jun-1924	12-May-2013	Man, the State, and War
Bernard Wasserstein	Historian	22-Jan-1948		Vanishing Diaspora

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen Berger	Business	c. 1937		Chairman of Odyssey Investment Partners
Stuart Eizenstat	Diplomat	15-Jan-1943		US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Alan D. Feld	Attorney	c. 1937		Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Steve Grossman	Politician	c. 1946		DNC Chairman, 1997-99
Abraham Maslow	Psychologist	1-Apr-1908	8-Jun-1970	Hierarchy of Needs
Jehuda Reinharz	Educator	1944		President, Brandeis University
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.	Business	c. 1930		Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Alan D. Solomont	Business	1957		DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997
Samuel O. Thier	Doctor	23-Jun-1937		CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002
Bernard Wasserstein	Historian	22-Jan-1948		Vanishing Diaspora

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