EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
New London, CT

Founding Date:
1911

Motto:
Tanquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum.

Radio Station:
WCNI 90.9 FM

Enrollment:
1900

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sloane Crosley	Essayist	3-Aug-1978		I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Susan S. Denison	Business	c. 1946		Partner, Cook Associates
Gale S. Fitzgerald	Business	c. 1951		Partner, TranSpend, Inc.
Claire L. Gaudiani	Educator	1944		President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
Susan Saint James	Actor	14-Aug-1946		Wife in McMillan and Wife
Nan Kempner	Socialite	24-Jul-1930	3-Jul-2005	New York City socialite
Susan D. Kronick	Business	c. 1951		Macy's executive
Scott Lowell	Actor	22-Feb-1965		Ted Schmidt on Queer as Folk
Ruth R. McMullin	Business	c. 1943		CEO of John Wiley & Sons, 1989-90
Nancy S. Newcomb	Business	c. 1946		Former Citigroup executive
Estelle Parsons	Actor	20-Nov-1927		Character and TV actress
Mary Lake Polan	Doctor	c. 1943		OG Professor at Stanford
Joan Rivers	Comic	8-Jun-1933	4-Sep-2014	Can we talk?
A. B. Stoddard	Columnist	c. 1967		Columnist for The Hill

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Fussell	Historian	22-Mar-1924	23-May-2012	The Great War and Modern Memory
John W. Gardner	Administrator	8-Oct-1912	16-Feb-2002	Founder of Common Cause
Claire L. Gaudiani	Educator	1944		President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
William Meredith	Poet	9-Jan-1919	30-May-2007	Partial Accounts
Richard G. Stern	Novelist	25-Feb-1928	24-Jan-2013	Other Men's Daughters

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Claire L. Gaudiani	Educator	1944		President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
Mary Lake Polan	Doctor	c. 1943		OG Professor at Stanford

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