EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Worcester, MA

Founding Date:
1887

Enrollment:
3100

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Flagg Bemis	Historian	20-Oct-1891	26-Sep-1973	Scholar of diplomacy
Mark Bittman	Chef	c. 1950		The Minimalist
Lawrence E. Cahoone	Scholar	31-Aug-1954		The Dilemma of Modernity
Joseph I. France	Politician	11-Oct-1873	26-Jan-1939	US Senator from Maryland, 1917-23
E. Franklin Frazier	Sociologist	24-Sep-1894	17-May-1962	Black Bourgeoisie
Mitch Glazer	Screenwriter	1953		Scrooged
Robert Goddard	Scientist	5-Oct-1882	10-Aug-1945	Father of modern rocketry
John Heard	Actor	7-Mar-1945		The Pelican Brief
Robert J. Hurst	Business	1945		Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1999-2004
Jill Kaplan	Publisher	1967		Publisher of Crain's New York Business
Ronald Kessler	Journalist	31-Dec-1943		Inside the CIA
Padma Lakshmi	Model	1-Sep-1970		Host of Top Chef
Lewis Terman	Psychologist	15-Jan-1877	21-Dec-1956	Intelligence tests

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harry Elmer Barnes	Historian	15-Jun-1889	25-Aug-1968	American conspiracy theorist
James M. Blaut	Historian	20-Oct-1927	11-Nov-2000	The Colonizer's Model of the World
Franz Boas	Anthropologist	9-Jul-1858	22-Dec-1942	Father of American Anthropology
Edwin G. Boring	Psychologist	23-Oct-1886	1-Jul-1968	A History of Experimental Psychology
Vannevar Bush	Scientist	11-Mar-1890	30-Jun-1974	Pre-internet visionary
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Robert Goddard	Scientist	5-Oct-1882	10-Aug-1945	Father of modern rocketry
Drew R. McCoy	Historian	c. 1949		The Elusive Republic
Albert A. Michelson	Physicist	19-Dec-1852	9-May-1931	Measured the speed of light
Charles Olson	Poet	27-Dec-1910	10-Jan-1970	The Maximus Poems
Gregory Pincus	Scientist	9-Apr-1903	22-Aug-1967	Inventor of oral contraceptives
Christina Hoff Sommers	Author	1950		Who Stole Feminism?

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Sheldon G. Gilgore	Business	13-Feb-1932	12-Feb-2010	CEO of Searle, 1986-95
Carroll D. Wright	Sociologist	25-Jul-1840	20-Feb-1909	The Industrial Evolution of the United States

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