EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded by Samuel Kirkland in 1793 as Hamilton-Oneida Academy, changed to Hamilton College in 1812. Named for Alexander Hamilton.

Location:
Clinton, NY

Founding Date:
1793

Team:
Continentals

Enrollment:
1750

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Hopkins Adams	Journalist	26-Jan-1871	15-Nov-1958	The Great American Fraud
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Robert F. Bernstock	Business	c. 1950		President of Shipping, USPS
Josh Billings	Author	21-Apr-1818	14-Oct-1885	19th century American humorist
Richard W. Boehm	Diplomat	25-Jun-1926	28-Nov-2011	US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92
Terry Brooks	Author	8-Jan-1944		The Shannara series
Mike Castle	Politician	2-Jul-1939		Congressman from Delaware, 1993-2011
Peter Dalton Constable	Diplomat	10-Apr-1932		US Ambassador to Zaire, 1982-84
Lisa Daniels	TV Personality	?		MSNBC anchor
Drew S. Days III	Government	1941		US Solicitor General, 1993-96
Gerald V. Dirvin	Business	c. 1937		EVP at Procter & Gamble, 1989-94
Benjamin A. Elman	Historian	6-Sep-1946		Science in China, 1550-1900
Joseph I. France	Politician	11-Oct-1873	26-Jan-1939	US Senator from Maryland, 1917-23
Jonathan Gilbert	Actor	10-Jul-1968		Little House on the Prairie
Tony Goldwyn	Actor	20-May-1960		From the Earth to the Moon
Paul Greengard	Scientist	11-Dec-1925		Signal transduction in the nervous system
Ward Hunt	Judge	14-Jun-1810	24-Mar-1886	US Supreme Court Justice, 1873-82
William R. Hutchison	Historian	21-May-1930	16-Dec-2005	The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism
Irving M. Ives	Politician	24-Jan-1896	24-Feb-1962	US Senator from New York, 1947-59
Joel W. Johnson	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Hormel, 1993-2005
Michael Klosson	Diplomat	22-Aug-1949		US Ambassador to Cyprus, 2002-05
Alan G. Lafley	Business	13-Jun-1947		CEO of Procter & Gamble, 2000-09
Sol Linowitz	Business	17-Dec-1913	18-Mar-2005	Negotiated return of the Panama Canal
William H. Luers	Diplomat	15-May-1929		US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86
William Masters	Scientist	27-Dec-1915	16-Feb-2001	Human Sexual Response
Matthew M. McKenna	Business	c. 1950		Senior VP at Pepsi
Victor H. Metcalf	Government	10-Oct-1853	20-Feb-1936	US Secretary of the Navy, 1906-08
Robert P. Paganelli	Diplomat	3-Nov-1931		US Ambassador to Syria, 1981-84
Henry B. Payne	Politician	30-Nov-1810	9-Sep-1896	US Senator from Ohio, 1885-91
Ezra Pound	Poet	30-Oct-1885	1-Nov-1972	The Cantos
Bill Purcell	Politician	25-Oct-1953		Mayor of Nashville, 1999-2007
Arnold L. Raphel	Diplomat	16-Mar-1943	17-Aug-1988	US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88
Elihu Root	Government	15-Feb-1845	7-Feb-1937	Senator, Secretary of War, State
James S. Sherman	Politician	24-Oct-1855	30-Oct-1912	Vice President under Taft
B. F. Skinner	Psychologist	20-Mar-1904	18-Aug-1990	Radical Behaviorism
Thomas Vilsack	Politician	13-Dec-1950		US Secretary of Agriculture
Edward S. Walker	Diplomat	13-Jun-1940		US Ambassador to Israel, 1997-99
Charles Dudley Warner	Author	12-Sep-1829	20-Oct-1900	Harper's editorialist
Alexander Woollcott	Critic	18-Jan-1887	23-Jan-1943	The Man Who Came to Dinner

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Brian Atwood	Government	25-Jul-1942		USAID Administrator, 1993-99
Stephen W. Bosworth	Diplomat	4-Dec-1939	4-Jan-2016	US Ambassador to South Korea, 1997-2000
Brandon Grove	Diplomat	8-Apr-1929	20-May-2016	US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87
Richard Haass	Government	28-Jul-1951		President, Council on Foreign Relations
Jack Matlock	Diplomat	1-Oct-1929		US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91
Bernie Sanders	Politician	8-Sep-1941		US Senator from Vermont
Edward S. Walker	Diplomat	13-Jun-1940		US Ambassador to Israel, 1997-99

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Drew S. Days III	Government	1941		US Solicitor General, 1993-96
Gerald V. Dirvin	Business	c. 1937		EVP at Procter & Gamble, 1989-94
Irving M. Ives	Politician	24-Jan-1896	24-Feb-1962	US Senator from New York, 1947-59
Joel W. Johnson	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Hormel, 1993-2005
Alan G. Lafley	Business	13-Jun-1947		CEO of Procter & Gamble, 2000-09
Sol Linowitz	Business	17-Dec-1913	18-Mar-2005	Negotiated return of the Panama Canal
Matthew M. McKenna	Business	c. 1950		Senior VP at Pepsi
Joan Hinde Stewart	Educator	c. 1943		President, Hamilton College

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