EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Affiliated with Columbia University.

Location:
Manhattan, NY

Founding Date:
1889

Enrollment:
2300

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joan Vollmer Adams	Victim	1924	6-Sep-1951	Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
Léonie Adams	Poet	9-Dec-1899	27-Jun-1988	Those Not Elect
Susan Mary Alsop	Socialite	19-Jun-1918	18-Aug-2004	Washington DC Socialite
Laurie Anderson	Performance Artist	5-Jun-1947		Tape bow violinist and performance artist
Natalie Angier	Journalist	16-Feb-1958		Science reporter
Mary Antin	Author	1881	15-May-1949	The Promised Land
Harry Elmer Barnes	Historian	15-Jun-1889	25-Aug-1968	American conspiracy theorist
Jacqueline K. Barton	Chemist	7-May-1952		Professor of Chemistry at CalTech
Margot Botsford	Judge	16-Mar-1947		Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Rosellen Brown	Author	12-May-1939		Before and After
Janet Burroway	Novelist	21-Sep-1936		The Dancer from the Dance
Hortense Calisher	Novelist	20-Dec-1911	15-Jan-2009	In the Absence of Angels
Mona Charen	Pundit	?		Conservative columnist
Edwidge Danticat	Author	19-Jan-1969		The Dew Breaker
Patricia Duff	Socialite	Apr-1954		Ron Perelman's ex-wife
Jessica P. Einhorn	Government	c. 1945		Dean, School of Advanced International Studies
Delia Ephron	Author	12-Jul-1944		Heartburn
Bonnie Erbe	TV Personality	?		Host of To the Contrary
Laura Flanders	Journalist	5-Dec-1961		GRITtv
Ellen V. Futter	Educator	21-Sep-1949		President of Barnard College, 1980-93
Helen Gahagan	Actor	25-Nov-1900	28-Jun-1980	Actress, California Congresswoman
Greta Gerwig	Actor	4-Aug-1983		Greenberg
Lauren Graham	Actor	16-Mar-1967		Belly Buttons are Cool
Sprague Grayden	Actor	21-Jul-1980		Heather Lisinski on Jericho
Virginia Hall	Spy	6-Apr-1906	14-Jul-1982	American spy
Cheryl F. Halpern	Government	?		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Patricia Highsmith	Novelist	19-Jan-1921	4-Feb-1995	Strangers on a Train
Maria Hinojosa	Journalist	1961		CNN, NPR journalist
Evelyn Hu	Physicist	c. 1947		Nanoscale device fabrication
Zora Neale Hurston	Novelist	7-Jan-1891	28-Jan-1960	Their Eyes Were Watching God
Erica Jong	Author	26-Mar-1942		Fear of Flying
June Jordan	Poet	9-Jul-1936	14-Jun-2002	Who Look At Me
Helene L. Kaplan	Attorney	19-Jun-1933		Of Counsel, Skadden Arps
Judith S. Kaye	Judge	4-Aug-1938	7-Jan-2016	Chief Judge, State of New York, 1993-2008
Linda K. Kerber	Historian	23-Jan-1940		Federalists in Dissent
Jeane Kirkpatrick	Government	19-Nov-1926	7-Dec-2006	Reagan's UN Ambassador
Jhumpa Lahiri	Author	11-Jul-1967		Interpreter of Maladies
Linda Fayne Levinson	Business	c. 1942		Vendare Media Corporation
Aline MacMahon	Actor	3-May-1899	12-Oct-1991	Dragon Seed
Peggy McCay	Actor	3-Nov-1930		Caroline Brady on Days of Our Lives
Margaret Mead	Anthropologist	16-Dec-1901	15-Nov-1978	Coming of Age in Samoa
Judith Miller	Journalist	2-Jan-1948		Credulous NY Times WMD maven
Sheila Nevins	Film/TV Producer	6-Apr-1939		President, HBO Documentary and Family
Cynthia Nixon	Actor	9-Apr-1966		Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City
Chelsea Peretti	Comic	20-Feb-1978		Gina Linetti on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Louise Post	Musician	7-Dec-1966		Frontwoman for Veruca Salt
Susan Kaufman Purcell	Scholar	c. 1941		Center for Hemispheric Study
Anna Quindlen	Columnist	8-Jul-1953		NYT columnist, later novelist
Lee Remick	Actor	14-Dec-1935	2-Jul-1991	Days of Wine and Roses
Joan Rivers	Comic	8-Jun-1933	4-Sep-2014	Can we talk?
Susan Rosenberg	Activist	1955		Radical
Anna J. Schwartz	Economist	11-Nov-1915	21-Jun-2012	A Monetary History of the United States
Vinessa Shaw	Actor	19-Jul-1976		Hocus Pocus
Susan Stamberg	Radio Personality	7-Sep-1938		NPR
Alexis Stewart	Radio Personality	27-Sep-1965		Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer
Martha Stewart	Business	3-Aug-1941		Professional housekeeper, insider trader
Anna Diggs Taylor	Judge	9-Dec-1932		Federal judge
Twyla Tharp	Dancer	1-Jul-1941		Choreographer
Abigail Thernstrom	Author	1936		Opponent of Affirmative Action
Sarah Thompson	Actor	25-Oct-1979		Rose on 7th Heaven
Gloria Tristani	Government	20-Dec-1953		FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Sanam Vakil	Educator	?		Mideast Scholar, SAIS
Suzanne Vega	Musician	11-Jul-1959		Her name is Luka, lives on 2nd floor
Abigail S. Wexner	Relative	c. 1962		Wife of Leslie H. Wexner
Helene N. White	Judge	2-Dec-1954		6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jane Wyatt	Actor	12-Aug-1910	20-Oct-2006	Father Knows Best

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ruth Benedict	Anthropologist	5-Jun-1887	17-Sep-1948	Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture
Demetrios James Caraley	Educator	22-Jun-1932		President, Academy of Political Science
Roddy Doyle	Novelist	1958		The Commitments
Patricia A. Graham	Educator	1935		Dean of Harvard GSE, 1982-91
Elizabeth Hardwick	Critic	27-Jul-1916	2-Dec-2007	Seduction and Betrayal
Grace Murray Hopper	Computer Programmer	9-Dec-1906	1-Jan-1992	Computer programming pioneer
Robert Morrison MacIver	Sociologist	17-Apr-1882	15-Jun-1970	The Web of Government
Onora O'Neill	Philosopher	23-Aug-1941		President of the British Academy, 2005-09
Elaine Pagels	Historian	13-Feb-1943		The Gnostic Gospels
Caryl Phillips	Novelist	13-Mar-1958		Crossing the River
Raymond J. Saulnier	Economist	20-Sep-1908	30-Apr-2009	Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-61
Mark Skousen	Economist	c. 1948		Forecasts & Strategies
Dolph Sweet	Actor	18-Jul-1920	8-May-1985	Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Demetrios James Caraley	Educator	22-Jun-1932		President, Academy of Political Science
Ellen V. Futter	Educator	21-Sep-1949		President of Barnard College, 1980-93
Cheryl F. Halpern	Government	?		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Sally Hernandez	Attorney	c. 1952		Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92
Helene L. Kaplan	Attorney	19-Jun-1933		Of Counsel, Skadden Arps
Eugene R. McGrath	Business	1942		CEO of Consolidated Edison, 1997-2005
Anna Quindlen	Columnist	8-Jul-1953		NYT columnist, later novelist
Judith Shapiro	Educator	24-Jan-1942		President, Barnard College

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