EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Liberal arts college, founded 1965 by Harold F. Johnson.

Location:
Amherst, MA

Founding Date:
1965

Enrollment:
1267

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Shari Belafonte	Actor	22-Sep-1954		Harry's daughter
Dennis Boutsikaris	Actor	21-Dec-1952		Jerry Harper on The Jackie Thomas Show
Ken Burns	Film Director	29-Jul-1953		Documentary filmmaker
Chuck Collins	Activist	1960		United for a Fair Economy
James S. Crown	Business	25-Jun-1953		Henry Crown and Company
Rob Epstein	Film Director	6-Apr-1955		The Times of Harvey Milk
Jon Krakauer	Author	12-Apr-1954		Into Thin Air
Eugene Mirman	Actor	24-Jul-1974		Eugene on Flight of the Conchords
David Moscow	Actor	14-Nov-1974		Big
Lupita Nyong'o	Actor	1-Mar-1983		12 Years a Slave
Liev Schreiber	Actor	4-Oct-1967		Actor, voiceover talent
Elliott Smith	Guitarist	6-Aug-1969	21-Oct-2003	Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death
Lee Smolin	Physicist	1955		The Trouble with Physics

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leonard Baskin	Sculptor	15-Aug-1922	3-Jun-2000	Sculptor and printmaker
Norton Juster	Author	2-Jun-1929		The Phantom Tollbooth
Michael T. Klare	Scholar	1942		Resource Wars

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph E. Gomory	Business	c. 1938		Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Percy A. Pierre	Educator	3-Jan-1939		President, Prairie View A&M University, 1983-89
Adele Simmons	Administrator	21-Jun-1941		President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99
Cora Weiss	Activist	?		Samuel Rubin Foundation

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