• Source: List of Vassar College people

This is a partial list of notable alumni and faculty of Vassar College.




Notable alumni






= Academics

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Jane Kelley Adams, class of 1875 — educator
Heloise Hersey, class of 1876 – professor of literature
Emily Jordan Folger, class of 1879 – co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Phebe Temperance Sutliff, class of 1880 - president, Rockford College
Anita Florence Hemmings, class of 1897 – Vassar College's first African-American graduate
Katharine Blunt, class of 1898 – chemist, nutrition researcher, president of Connecticut College for Women
Scottie Fitzgerald, class of 1942 – writer and journalist, only daughter of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ida Hill, class of 1901 – archaeologist, classical scholar and historian
Belle Turnbull, class of 1904 – award-winning poet
Marion Coats Graves, class of 1907 – philosophy, first president of Sarah Lawrence College
Edith Clarke, class of 1908 – America's first female professor of electrical engineering
Alice D. Snyder, class of 1909 (A.B.) and 1911 (A.M.) – Vassar College English professor 1914–1943
Helen Hull Law (1890–1966), class of 1911, college professor of Latin and Greek
Ruth Wendell Washburn, class of 1913 – educational psychologist
Sydnor Harbison Walker (1891–1966) , class of 1913 – economist
Chen Hengzhe, class of 1919 – China's first female professor and a pioneer of vernacular literature
Mildred H. McAfee, class of 1920 – president of Wellesley College and first director of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)
Caroline F. Ware, class of 1920 – professor of history at American University and a New Deal activist
Jean Schneider, class of 1921 – Pulitzer Prize for History winner; research associate of Leonard D. White
Mary Bunting, class of 1931 – microbiologist and president of Radcliffe College
Millie Almy, class of 1936 – psychologist and "Grandame" of early childhood education
Winifred Asprey, class of 1938 – pioneering mathematician and computer scientist
Laura Sumner, class of 1942 – numismatist
Nancy Nichols Barker, class of 1946 – professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin
Jean Briggs, class of 1951 – anthropologist and expert on Inuit languages
Barbara W. Newell, class of 1951 – first female chancellor of the State University System of Florida, president of Wellesley College
Eleanor M. Fox, class of 1956 – Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation in the New York University School of Law
Margaret Dauler Wilson, class of 1960 – professor of philosophy at Princeton University
Marcia P. Sward, class of 1961 – executive director of the Mathematical Association of America
Ellen Rosand, class of 1961 – musicologist, historian, and opera critic
Sau Lan Wu, class of 1963 – particle physicist and the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sandra Lach Arlinghaus, class of 1964 – mathematical geographer; adjunct professor, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); founder and director, Institute of Mathematical Geography
Susan W. Coates, MA 1968 – psychologist, Columbia University
M. R. C. Greenwood, class of 1968 – health scientist, president of the University of Hawaii
Nancy Dye, class of 1969 – president of Oberlin College
Jo Ann Gora, class of 1969 – president of Ball State University
Vera Schwarz, class of 1969 – Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University
Eugenia Del Pino, class of 1969 – developmental biologist; first Ecuadorian citizen to be elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences (2006)
Susan Casteras, class of 1971 – professor of art history at the University of Washington
Erica Funkhouser, class of 1971 – poet, professor at MIT
Christopher W. Morris, class of 1971 – professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Maryland
Gloria Cordes Larson, class of 1972 – politician and president of Bentley University
Judith Malafronte, class of 1972 – mezzo-soprano on the faculty at Yale University, winner of the Grand Prize at the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch
Michael Kimmel, class of 1972 – sociologist; distinguished professor of sociology at the Stony Brook University; spokesperson of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS)
Darra Goldstein, class of 1973 – founding editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture; professor at Williams College
Molly Nesbit, class of 1974 – modern and contemporary art historian
Anthony Apesos, class of 1975 – painter and professor of fine arts at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Francisco Xavier Castellanos, class of 1975 – Director of Research at the NYU Child Study Center
Jane Margaret O'Brien, class of 1975 – professor of chemistry and president emerita of St. Mary's College of Maryland
Richard L. Huganir, class of 1975 – professor and Director of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience; investigator with Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Iris Mack, class of 1975 – writer, speaker, former MIT professor
Jeffrey Schnapp, class of 1975 – former director of the Stanford Humanities Lab, faculty director at metaLAB (at) Harvard
Rochelle Lieber, class of 1976 – professor of linguistics at the University of New Hampshire and co-editor in chief of the Language and Linguistics Compass
Jyotsna Vaid, class of 1976 – professor of psychology at Texas A&M University
Carole Maso, class of 1977 – novelist and essayist, professor of literary arts at Brown University
Jamshed Bharucha, class of 1978 – former president of Cooper Union; cognitive neuroscientist
Seamus Ross, class of 1979 – dean and professor at the iSchool at the University of Toronto; Founding Director of HATII
John Carlstrom, class of 1981 – professor at the University of Chicago, MacArthur Award-winning astrophysicist
Sarah Barringer Gordon, class of 1982 – Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania
Heinz Insu Fenkl, class of 1982 – author, professor of English and Asian Studies at SUNY New Paltz
Matthew Koss, class of 1983 – solid-state physicist and professor
Valerie Martinez, class of 1983 – poet, retired professor of English and Creative Writing at Ursinus College, New Mexico Highlands University, College of Santa Fe, University of Miami, and founding director of Artful Life
Mark Burstein, class of 1984 – executive vice president of Princeton University; president of Lawrence University
Rebecca Reynolds, class of 1984 – poet, administrator and professor at Rutgers University
Keith Scribner, class of 1984 – novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, essayist and professor at Oregon State University
Alison Boden, class of 1984 – author, dean of religious life and the dean of the chapel at Princeton University
David B. Allison, class of 1985 – distinguished professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Andrea McCarren, class of 1985 – television journalist and educator, first teacher of broadcast journalism at Harvard University
Tina Campt, class of 1986 – professor of women's studies at Barnard College
Jennifer Summit, class of 1987 – professor of English, former chair of the Stanford University English Department
Anne Brodsky, class of 1987 – professor in psychology and gender and women's studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Seamus Carey, class of 1987 – president of Transylvania University
Michael Witmore, class of 1989 – Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Steven A. Cook, class of 1990 – Hasib J. Saabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Greg Hrbek, class of 1990 – author and professor, Writer-in-Residence at Skidmore College
Christina Maranci, class of 1990 – researcher, writer, translator, historian, and professor at Tufts University
Maria Fadiman, class of 1991 – ethnobotanist and associate professor of geosciences at Florida Atlantic University
Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, class of 1991 – associate professor of ethics and society at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Daniel Alexander Jones, class of 1991 – award-winning performance artist and playwright; assistant professor of theatre at Fordham University
Sarah Churchwell, class of 1991 – professor of American literature and public understanding of the humanities at the University of East Anglia
Kate Moorehead, class of 1992 – Episcopal priest and the tenth dean of St. John's Cathedral and the Diocese of Florida
Matt Donovan, class of 1995 – poet, winner of a Whiting Award, chair of the creative writing department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Erica Field, class of 1996 – economist, professor at Duke University, and winner of the Elaine Bennett Research Prize
Emily Berquist, class of 1997 – assistant professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, writer, and historian
Ross Benjamin, class of 2003 – translator of German literature
Jason Blakely, class of 2003 - political philosopher
John Figdor, class of 2006 – Humanist Chaplain at Stanford University
Helen L. Webster (1853-1928) – philologist and educator, taught at Vassar College 1889–1890 before leaving for Wellesley College




= Activists and philanthropists

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Mary Louise Frost, class of 1866 – peace activist, editor
Mary Boyce Temple, class of 1877 – preservationist and philanthropist
Susie Forrest Swift, class of 1883 – editor, Salvation Army worker, Catholic nun
Ethel Moore, class of 1894 – civic, education, and national defense work leader
Marion Cothren, class of 1900 – suffrage and peace activist, children's author
Edna L. Smith, class of 1907 - co-founder of Juvenile Protection Association, director of Western Wheeled Scraper Company (Austin-Western)
Emma Waldo Smith Marshall, class of 1900 – missionary in Burma, taught Greek at a Baptist seminary
Gertrude Gogin, class of 1908 – YWCA national secretary for girls' programs, 1918-1927
Eliza Kennedy Smith, class of 1912 – prominent suffragist and government watchdog
Eleanor Fitchen, class of 1934 – landmarks and environment in New York State
Lucy Kennedy Miller, class of 1902 – prominent suffragist
Sylvia McLaughlin, class of 1939 – environmental pioneer
Patsy Bullitt Collins, class of 1942 – prolific donor and philanthropist
June Jackson Christmas, class of 1945 – founder of community psychiatric program Harlem Rehabilitation Center
Anne Hendricks Bass, class of 1963 – philanthropist, art collector, documentary filmmaker
Phyllis Lambert, class of 1947 – philanthropist and member of the Bronfman family
Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam, class of 1955 – conservationist and winner of the Presidential Citizens Medal
Barbara Coombs Lee, class of 1969 – activist and president of Compassion & Choices
Jonathan Granoff, class of 1970 – president of the Global Security Institute
Jessie Gruman, class of 1975 – author, founder and president of the Washington-based Center for Advancing Health
Urvashi Vaid, class of 1979 – political activist
Simon Greer, class of 1990 – president and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation, president and CEO of the Jewish Funds for Justice
Ilyse Hogue, class of 1991 – former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
Ronit Avni, class of 2000 – award-winning filmmaker, founder and executive director of Just Vision
Emily Kunstler, class of 2000 – activist and documentary filmmaker
Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque, class of 2000 – founder of Journalists for Human Rights




= Adventurers and athletes

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Alice Huyler Ramsey, class of 1907 – first woman to cross the continent driving a car
Ethan Zohn, class of 1996 – Survivor: Africa winner and philanthropist




= Artists and architects

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Patty Prather Thum, class year unknown (19th century) – painter and art critic
Elizabeth Coffin, class of 1870 – first person in the United States to receive their Master of Fine Arts
Ruth Maxon Adams, class of 1904 – architect
Margaret Burnham Geddes, class of 1929 – architect and urban planner
Elizabeth Bauer Mock, class of 1932 – influential advocate for modern architecture in the United States
Louise Serpa, class of 1946– rodeo photographer
Linda Nochlin, class of 1951 – pioneer in the field of feminist art theory
Mira Lehr, class of 1956 – artist
Nancy Graves, class of 1961 – first woman to solo at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Margaret McCurry, class of 1964 – architect
Michael Portnoy, class of 1993 – multimedia artist, choreographer, musician, actor and curator
Phyllis Lambert, class of 1947 – leading architect, creator of the Seagrams building in Manhattan, founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture
Mary Ping, class of 2000 – New York based fashion designer
Faith Holland, class of 2007
Clancy Philbrick, class of 2008 – contemporary artist
Alexa Meade, class of 2009 – uses the human body as a canvas
Terry deRoy Gruber – photographer and author
Ruth Inge Hardison – sculptor, artist, and photographer; studied music and creative writing
Ruth Starr Rose – artist, lithographer, and serigrapher




= Business

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Mary F. Hoyt, class of 1880 – first woman to receive a position in the United States federal civil service
Louise Seaman Bechtel, class of 1915 – head of the first children's book department in an American publishing house (Macmillan Co.)
Martha Firestone Ford, class of 1946 – billionaire, chairman of majority owner of the Detroit Lions, board member of Henry Ford Health System
Martha Rivers Ingram, class of 1957 – chairman of Ingram Industries, multi-billionaire
Nina Zagat, class of 1963 – co-founder of Zagat Survey
Geraldine Laybourne, class of 1969 – creator of Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite; CEO of Oxygen Media
Paula Madison, class of 1974 – former president of KNBC
Ken Kaess, class of 1976 – former CEO of DDB Worldwide
Robert Friedman, class of 1978 – president of Classic Media, New Line TV, and AOL, Interactive Marketing & TV
Ben Lyons (Adult film star), Class of 2022, Was a top creator on the site onlyfans.com which earned him a large role in multiple films like the Avengers (2012)
Scott Kauffman, class of 1978 – former CEO of MDC Partners
Phil Griffin, class of 1979 – president of MSNBC
Lurita Doan, class of 1979 – founder of New Technology Management, Inc.
James B. Rosenwald III, class of 1980 – co-founder and managing partner of Dalton Investments LLC
Pamela Mars Wright, class of 1982 – Trustee of Vassar College, heir to the Mars fortune
Mitch Feierstein, class of 1983 – investor, banker and writer
Yannis Vardinoyannis, class of 1984 – billionaire; founding member of the Greek Super League and president in 2007; executive vice chairman of the independent oil refinery Motor Oil Hellas
Jeanne Greenberg-Rohatyn, class of 1989 – owner of Salon 94
Ian Gerard, class of 1990 – co-founder and CEO of Gen Art
Caterina Fake, class of 1991 – founder of Flickr
Elisabeth Murdoch, class of 1992 – CEO of Shine Limited, daughter of Rupert Murdoch
Jon Fisher, class of 1994 – entrepreneur
Lee Zalben, class of 1995 – founder of Peanut Butter & Co.
Elisa Strauss, class of 1998 – proprietor of Confetti Cakes, a top New York City-based bakery specializing in custom designed cakes
Katia Beauchamp, class of 2005 – founder and Co-CEO of Birchbox
Yu Liu (or Eric Liu), class of 2008 – founder of One Cloud Technologies, later acquired by Alibaba Group




= Drama, film, and television

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Mary P. Hamlin, class of 1896 – playwright, Hamilton
Frances Sternhagen, class of 1951 – Tony Award-winning actress
Zuzana Justman, class of 1954, documentary filmmaker and writer
Toni Grant, class of 1964 – psychologist and radio host
Rebecca Eaton, class of 1969 – Emmy Award-winning executive producer of Masterpiece on PBS; listed among Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" (2011)
Margaret Lazarus, class of 1969 – Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
Ann Northrop, class of 1970 – journalist and activist; co-host of TV news program Gay USA
Meryl Streep, class of 1971 – Academy Award-winning actress
Mary Nissenson, class of 1974 – Peabody award-winning TV news reporter
Eben Fiske Ostby, class of 1977 – animator, vice president of software at Pixar
Chip Reid, class of 1977 – CBS Chief White House Correspondent
Phil Griffin, class of 1979 – president of MSNBC
Lloyd Braun, class of 1980 – media executive, president of ABC (2002–2004)
Marion Lipschutz, class of 1980 – film director and co-founder of Incite Pictures
Hung Huang, class of 1984 – fashion figure, publisher; listed among Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" (2011)
Jon Tenney, class of 1984 – actor
Sakina Jaffrey, class of 1984 – actress
Yvonne Welbon, class of 1984 – documentary filmmaker
Andrew Zimmern, class of 1984 – chef and TV personality
Lisa Kudrow, class of 1985 – Emmy Award-winning actress
Jonathan Littman, class of 1985 – multiple Emmy Award-winning producer; president of Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Hope Davis, class of 1986 – actress
Dan Bucatinsky, class of 1987 – Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, and producer
Paul Zehrer, class of 1987 – film and television director, writer, producer, and editor
Kerri Green, class of 1989 – actress and producer
Carlos Jacott, class of 1989 – actor and writer
Saar Klein, class of 1989 – Academy Award-nominated film editor
Tanya Wright, class of 1989 – actress
John Gatins, class of 1990 – Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, Real Steel and Flight
Jonathan Karl, class of 1990 – ABC News Senior Political Correspondent, author
Erika Amato, class of 1991 – singer, actress
Noah Baumbach, class of 1991 – Academy Award-nominated writer, director
Benjamin Busch, class of 1991 – actor, author, lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps
Stacy London, class of 1991 – television host, author, and magazine editor
Jason Blum, class of 1991 – producer of films, including Get Out and Academy Award-winning Whiplash
Eddie Schmidt, class of 1992 – Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker
Catherine Kellner, class of 1992 – actress and producer
Judd Ehrlich, class of 1993 – director and producer
Monica Macer, class of 1993 – writer and producer
Carrie Kei Heim, class of 1994 – child actress, now an attorney
Erin Daniels, class of 1995 – actress
Lecy Goranson, class of 1996 – actress
Ethan Zohn, class of 1996 – Survivor: Africa winner and philanthropist
Jessi Klein, class of 1997 – Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian
Angela Goethals, class of 1999 – actress
Marguerite Moreau, class of 1999 – actress
Jonathan Togo, class of 1999 – actor
Matthew Newton, class of 1999 – actor
Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, class of 2000 – two-thirds of the devised theatre company The Debate Society and co-creators, writers, and producers of the HBO series Somebody Somewhere
Justin Long, class of 2000 – actor, Apple Computer spokesperson
Bradford Louryk, class of 2000 – Broadway artist and actor
Penny Lane, class of 2001 – documentary director and producer, Our Nixon; assistant professor at Colgate University
Shaka King, class of 2001 – Academy Award-nominated film producer, screenwriter, and director of Judas and the Black Messiah
Alexa Alemanni, class of 2002 – actress
Adnan Malik, class of 2003 – Pakistani actor and filmmaker
Julia Weldon, class of 2005 – actress
Jonás Cuarón, class of 2005 – co-writer of Gravity
Grace Gummer, class of 2008 – actress
Sasha Velour, class of 2009 – winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 9
Lilli Cooper, class of 2012 – Tony-nominated actress in Tootsieand SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical
Jeff Davis – writer and creator of police procedural drama Criminal Minds and MTV's Teen Wolf
Thomas Dean Donnelly – screenwriter of films such as Sahara and an upcoming adaption of the Uncharted video games
Aviva Drescher – television personality
Tom Gorai – film producer
Kerri Green – actress, director
Shaka King – Academy Award-nominated film director, screenwriter, and film producer
Lisa Lassek – film producer and editor
Lester Lewis – television writer and television producer, The Larry Sanders Show
Malinda Kathleen Reese – YouTube personality, actress and singer
Alysia Reiner – actress in Orange is the New Black
Jay Severin – commentator and talk radio host
Ethan Slater – Tony-nominated actor in SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical
Sandy Stern – film producer, known for his work on the films Pump Up the Volume, Being John Malkovich, and Saved!
Lisa Zane – actress




= Espionage

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Elizabeth Bentley, class of 1930 – American spy for the Soviet Union




= Fashion

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Louisa Gummer, class of 2013, model; daughter of Meryl Streep




= Music

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Elizabeth Bristol Greenleaf, class of 1917 – collector of folk songs
Jane O'Leary, class of 1968 – musician and composer
Jamie Broumas, class of 1981 – jazz singer, vocal instructor and arts administrator
Jonathan Elliott, class of 1984 – Classical composer
Drew Zingg, class of 1981 – guitarist for Steely Dan
Joseph Bertolozzi, class of 1981 – composer and musician with works ranging from full symphony orchestra to solo gongs
Amy Powers, class of 1982 – Emmy-nominated lyricist, songwriter and producer
Alan Licht, class of 1990 – guitarist, composer, writer
Erika Amato, class of 1991 – singer (Velvet Chain)
Linda Lister, class of 1991 – soprano, soloist, professor at the University of Evansville
Howard Fishman, class of 1992 – singer, guitarist, bandleader and composer
Rachael Yamagata, class of 1996 – singer-songwriter
Jamie Christopherson, class of 1997 – musician known for scoring movies and video games
Amanda Forsythe, class of 1998 – award-winning soprano; particularly admired for her interpretations of baroque music and the works of Rossini
Sam Endicott, class of 1999 – singer (The Bravery) and John Conway, class of 2000, keyboardist in The Bravery
Brian Grosz, class of 1999 – alt-folk musician, member of Skabba the Hut
Hayley Taylor, class of 1999 – singer-songwriter and actress whose songs have been featured on many popular television shows, including How I Met Your Mother, Royal Pains, and Pretty Little Liars
The Hazzards – ukulele-based band, best known for their cult hit single "Gay Boyfriend"
Victoria Legrand, class of 2003 – singer (Beach House)
Genghis Tron, classes of 2005 and 2006 – band composed of Vassar graduates
MS MR, class of 2010 – pop duo composed of Max Hershenow and Lizzy Plapinger




= Politics and law

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Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch, class of 1878 – suffragette and daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ōyama Sutematsu, class of 1882 – first Japanese woman to earn a college degree
Crystal Eastman, class of 1903 – co-author of the Equal Rights Amendment
Inez Milholland, class of 1909 – suffragist; known as the martyr of the women's suffrage movement
Elinor Morgenthau, class of 1913 – Democratic party activist and spouse of Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Catherine Bauer Wurster, class of 1926 – urban housing reformer
Katherine Elkus White, class of 1928 – Democratic Party politician and diplomat, who served as Mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey (1951–1956), chairwoman of the New Jersey Highway Authority (1955–1964), and United States Ambassador to Denmark (1964–1968)
Ann Cole Gannett, class of 1937 - Massachusetts House of Representatives
Lydia Stevens, class of 1939 – Connecticut House of Representatives (1988, 1990) as a Republican, president of the Greenwich Broadcasting Company
Emily W. Sunstein, class of 1944 – campaigner, political activist and biographer
Patricia M. Byrne, class of 1946 – U.S. Ambassador to Burma
Frances Farenthold, class of 1946 – Texas State Legislator and human rights activist
Julie Finley, United States ambassador
Pauline Newman, class of 1947 – Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Anne Armstrong, class of 1949 – first female Counselor to the President; Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1976–1977); recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Selwa Roosevelt, class of 1950 – Chief of Protocol of the United States for almost seven years (1982–1989)—longer than anyone has ever served in that position
Sylvia Bacon, class of 1952 – judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; considered by both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States, at a time when no women had yet been appointed to the Court
Sarah Goddard Power, class of 1957 – Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent
Patricia Fleming, class of 1957 – first director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP)
Pamela Ann Rymer, class of 1961 – Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Julia Donovan Darlow, class of 1963 – attorney and member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents
Diana Gribbon Motz, class of 1965 – Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Margaret Milner Richardson, class of 1965 – IRS commissioner (1993–1997)
Bobbie Kilberg, class of 1965 – Republican operative who has worked for Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council
Susan Combs, class of 1966 – Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Linda Fairstein, class of 1969 – prosecutor in the "Preppie Murder" trial of Robert Chambers and head of sex crimes unit in the Central Park jogger case; author
Catherine Abate, class of 1969 – New York state senator, president and CEO of the Community Healthcare Network
Margarita Penón Góngora, class of 1970 – First Lady of Costa Rica (1986–1990); advocate and promoter of the principal Gender Equality Law approved by Congress in 1989
Betsy McCaughey, class of 1970 – 72nd Lieutenant Governor of New York (1995–1998), influential critic of Bill Clinton's healthcare proposal
Linda R. Greenstein, class of 1971 – legislator and politician, New Jersey State Senate, 14th district
Robert H. Edmunds Jr. – Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Vicki Miles-LaGrange, class of 1974 – first African-American female to become a United States Attorney
Richard W. Roberts, class of 1974 – Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Nancy Killefer, class of 1975 – government consultant
Jeffrey Goldstein, class of 1977 – Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance (2010–2011), managing director of the World Bank
Alison Renee Lee, class of 1979 – South Carolina Circuit Judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit and is a nominee for United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Rick Lazio, class of 1980 – United States Representative
Bala Garba Jahumpa, class of 1980 – Gambian politician and diplomat
Lee A. Feinstein, class of 1981 – U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2009–2012)
Benson Whitney, class of 1982 – U.S. Ambassador to Norway
Cheryl Kagan, class of 1983 – Maryland House of Delegates (1995–2003)
Philip Jefferson, class of 1983 - Vice Chair of Federal Reserve Board
Sherrilyn Ifill, class of 1984 – President and Director-Counsel of NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Marc Thiessen, class of 1989 – White House speechwriter (2004–2009)
Alfonso H. Lopez, class of 1992 – Virginia State Delegate
Carrie Goldberg, class of 1999 – attorney who specializes in sexual privacy violations
Deborah L. Wince-Smith – president of the Council on Competitiveness




= Science and medicine

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Christine Ladd-Franklin, class of 1869 – psychologist
Ellen Swallow Richards, class of 1870 – chemist
Frances Fisher Wood, class of 1874 – educator and scientist
Ellen Churchill Semple, class of 1882 – geographer
Alice G. Bryant, class of 1885 – otolaryngologist and inventor
Antonia Maury, class of 1887 – astronomer
Margaret Floy Washburn, class of 1891 – psychologist
Millicent Todd Bingham, class of 1902 – geographer
Ruth Benedict, class of 1909 – anthropologist
Edith Banfield Jackson, class of 1916 – behavioral pediatrician
Harriet Guild, class of 1920 – physician
Mary Calderone, class of 1925 – physician
Frances Lawrence Parker, class of 1928 - geologist and micropaleontologist
Grace Hopper, class of 1928 – computer scientist
Grace Lotowycz, class of 1938 – botanist; alpinist; Women Airforce Service Pilots
Marian Koshland, class of 1942 – immunologist who discovered that the differences in amino acid composition of antibodies explains the efficiency and effectiveness with which they combat a huge range of foreign invaders
June Biedler, class of 1947 – biomedical scientist
Vera Rubin, class of 1948 – astronomer
Beatrix Ann (McCleary) Hamburg, class of 1944 – first African American admitted to Vassar; psychiatrist, medical researcher
Lois Haibt, class of 1955 – computer scientist
Heather Lechtman, class of 1956 – materials scientist and archaeologist; Director of the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Macarthur Award winner
Olga F. Linares, class of 1958 – anthropologist and senior researcher at STRI
Patricia Goldman Rakic, class of 1959 – neuroscientist
Bernadine P. Healy, class of 1965 – cardiologist; Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (1991–1993), dean of Ohio State University Medical School; president of the American Red Cross (1999–2001)
Valerie Rusch, class of 1971 – thoracic surgeon, Miner Family Chair for Intrathoracic Cancers and Vice Chair for Clinical Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ellen Kovner Silbergeld, class of 1967 – engineer
Alice F. Healy, class of 1968 – psychologist
Claudia L. Thomas, class of 1971 – surgeon, helped form the Students' Afro-American Society (SAS) and pushed for the Black Studies program at Vassar
Anne B. Young, class of 1969 – neuroscientist
Jeffrey Brenner, class of 1990 – founder and executive director of Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers; 2013 MacArthur Award ("Genius Grant") winner
Maria Fadiman, class of 1991 – ethnobotanist




= Writers

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Carol Brightman – author
Celeste Gold Broughton – writer
Patricia Buckley Bozell – author and publisher
Marion Hamilton Carter – educator, journalist, author
Elizabeth Williams Champney, class of 1869 – author of Three Vassar Girls series
Barbara Culliton, science journalist and editor
Dorothy Deming, nurse and author
Rebecca Odes – author and co-founder of Gurl.com
Mary Harriott Norris, class of 1870 – author and dean of women
Mary Parker Woodworth, class of 1870 – writer and speaker
Maria Brace Kimball, class of 1872 – educator, elocutionist, writer
Eva March Tappan, class of 1875 – author
Amy Wentworth Stone, class of 1898, – children's book author
Jean Webster, class of 1901 – author of Daddy Long Legs
Agnes de Lima, class of 1908 – author of Our Enemy the Child
Elizabeth Page, class of 1912 – author of The Tree of Liberty (1939)
Edna St. Vincent Millay, class of 1917 – poet
Nora Benjamin Kubie, class of 1920 – children's writer
Lois Long, class of 1922 – writer for The New Yorker
Angelica Gibbs, class of 1930 – short story writer for The New Yorker and novelist
Marie Rodell, class of 1932 – literary agent and author who managed the publications of much of environmentalist Rachel Carson's writings, as well as the first book by Martin Luther King Jr.
Mary McCarthy, class of 1933 – novelist, critic
Elizabeth Bishop, class of 1934 – Poet Laureate of the United States 1949–1950
Eleanor Ruggles (1916-2008) class of 1938, biographer
Ruth Stiles Gannet, class of 1944 – author of the My Father's Dragon series
Shana Alexander, class of 1945 – first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine
Sue Kaufman, class of 1947 – author best known for the novel Diary of a Mad Housewife
Charlotte Curtis, class of 1950 – New York Times editor
Alexandra Ripley, class of 1955 – writer best known for Scarlett (1991), the sequel to Gone with the Wind
Jane Kramer, class of 1959 – journalist for The New Yorker
Mary Oliver, class of 1959 – poet
Gloria Guardia, class of 1962 – novelist and critic
Barbara McMartin, class of 1964 – mathematician who became an environmentalist and author of books on the Adirondack Mountains
Penelope Casas, class of 1965 – food writer, cookbook author and expert on the cuisine of Spain
Susan Gordon Lydon, class of 1965 – feminist writer known for "The Politics of Orgasm"
Reggie Nadelson, class of 1966 – mystery novelist and biographer
Lucinda Franks, class of 1968 – writer for The New York Times and The New Yorker
Sally Gibson, class of 1968 – author, archivist and heritage consultant
Mindy Aloff, class of 1969 – editor, journalist, essayist, and dance critic
Jane Smiley, class of 1971 – novelist
Esther Friesner, class of 1972 – science fiction and fantasy author
Paula Volsky, class of 1972 – fantasy author
Marian Thurm, class of 1974 – author of short stories and novels, has taught Creative Writing at Yale and Columbia
Elizabeth Spires, class of 1974 – poet and children's book writer
Paco Underhill, class of 1975 – environmental psychologist and business writer
Judith Regan, class of 1975 – publisher
Michael Gross, class of 1975 – writer and editor
Avery Cardoza, class of 1977 – writer, gambler and publisher
Lucette Lagnado, class of 1977 – journalist and novelist
David Wong Louie, class of 1977 – writer and essayist
Janet McDonald, class of 1977 – writer of young adult fiction
Michael Specter, class of 1977 – journalist for The New Yorker and The New York Times
Leonard Steinhorn, class of 1977 – author of The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy; political analyst
Victoria Strauss, class of 1977 – fantasy and science fiction author
Josip Novakovich, class of 1978 – writer and professor
Eric Marcus, class of 1980 – non-fiction writer
Melissa Holbrook Pierson, class of 1980 – writer and essayist of non-fiction
Peter Spiegelman, class of 1980 – crime fiction author and former Wall Street executive
Ned Balbo, class of 1981 – poet
Heinz Insu Fenkl, class of 1982 – writer, editor and translator
Kimberly Quinn, class of 1982 – journalist, commentator and magazine publisher and writer
Matthew Kauffman, class of 1983 – Hartford Courant journalist
Valerie Martinez, class of 1983 – poet, retired professor of English and Creative Writing at Ursinus College, New Mexico Highlands University, College of Santa Fe, University of Miami, and Founding Director of Artful Life
A. V. Christie, class of 1985 – poet
David Oliver Relin, class of 1985 – journalist and co-author of the book Three Cups of Tea
Scott Westerfeld, class of 1985 – author of the Uglies series, among other novels
Thomas Beller, class of 1987 – author
Evan Wright, class of 1987 – author, best known for Generation Kill
Mariah Fredericks, class of 1988 – author
Adam Langer, class of 1988 – author
Elizabeth Gaffney, class of 1988 – novelist and editor
Sydney Pokorny, class of 1988 – writer, editor, columnist and activist
Rebecca Stead, class of 1989 – author of children's literature
Andy Towle, class of 1980 – blogger and media commentator, editor-in-chief of Genre magazine
Richard Miniter, class of 1990 – investigative journalist and bestselling author
Jen Van Meter, class of 1990 – comic book writer best known for her Oni Press series Hopeless Savages as well as series at Marvel and DC Comics
Nunzio DeFilippis, class of 1991 – with Christina Weir (class of 1992), husband and wife comic book writing team
Greg Rucka, class of 1991 – comic book writer
Meghan Daum, class of 1992 – author, essayist, and journalist
Daphne Kalotay, class of 1992 – novelist, short story writer, and professor
Christina Weir, class of 1992 – with Nunzio DeFilippis (class of 1991), husband and wife comic book writing team
Renee Gladman, class of 1993 – author, poet, and visual artist
Sarah Gray Miller, class of 1993 – editor in chief of lifestyle and decorating magazine Country Living
Megan Crane, class of 1994 – novelist
Katherine Center, class of 1994 – author
Andrew J. Porter, class of 1994 – short-story writer, novelist, and professor
Joe Hill, class of 1995 – novelist, Heart-Shaped Box; son of Stephen King
Jeremy Jackson, class of 1995 – author of several novels and cookbooks
Ryan Singel, class of 1995 – blogger, co-founder of Contextly and Threat Level
Carolyn Mackler, class of 1995 – author
Rachel Simmons, class of 1996 – Rhodes Scholar and author
Taije Silverman, class of 1996, poet
Owen King, class of 1999 – author; son of Stephen King
Melissa Walker, class of 1999 – author
Stephen Motika, class of 1999 – poet, editor, and publisher
Jesse Ball, class of 2000 – poet and author
Shaenon K. Garrity, class of 2000 – webcomics writer and artist
Aimee Friedman, class of 2001 – writer of young adult fiction
Alexandra Berzon, class of 2001 – writer
Shelby Bach, class of 2008 – author
M.J. Alexander
Augusta Clawson
Geri Doran – poet
Michael Scharf – poet and critic
Jane Mead – writer
Delia Sherman – fantasy writer and editor
Kimberly McCreight – author and lawyer
Rosianna Halse Rojas – writer, video blogger, social media manager and online personality
Michael Wolff, class of 1975 – author of Fire and Fury




= Attended, but did not graduate

=
Anthony Bourdain (graduated from The Culinary Institute of America) – chef, writer
Janet Cooke – journalist forced to return a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story (claimed to have had a degree but did not)
Mike D (Michael Diamond) – rapper (Beastie Boys)
Jane Fonda (graduated from The Actors Studio) – actress
Katharine Graham (graduated from the University of Chicago) – publisher of The Washington Post
Anne Hathaway (graduated from New York University) – actress
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (graduated from George Washington University) – First Lady
Mark Ronson – DJ
Curtis Sittenfeld (graduated from Stanford University) – author
Anne-Marie O'Connor (graduated from University of California at Berkeley) – journalist, award-winning author of The Lady in Gold, the Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
Neil Strauss (graduated from Columbia College) – author and journalist
Rachael Yamagata (graduated from Northwestern University) – singer




= Fictional

=
As a famous and historically important college, Vassar has attracted much attention in fictional works. A partial list of cultural references to Vassar can be found here: Vassar College in popular culture.




Faculty






= Anthropology Department

=
Martha Warren Beckwith
Ruth Benedict
Martha Kaplan
Margaret Mead – visiting lecturer
Colin Turnbull – visiting lecturer




= Art Department

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Leila Cook Barber – art historian
Alfred H. Barr Jr.
C.K. Chatterton
Gregory Crewdson
Richard Krautheimer
Brian Lukacher
Elias Lyman Magoon – visiting lecturer
Molly Nesbit
Linda Nochlin
Lewis Pilcher
Harry Roseman
Concetta Scaravaglione
Carolee Schneemann – visiting lecturer
Andrew Tallon
Oliver Samuel Tonks
Henry Van Ingen




= Dance Department

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Miriam Mahdaviani
John Meehan




= Drama Department

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Jean Arthur
Larry Atlas
Catherine Filloux
Hallie Flanagan
Shona Tucker




= English Department

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Donald Foster
Eamon Grennan
Hua Hsu
Michael Joyce
Amitava Kumar
Kiese Laymon
Thomas Mallon
Gabriela Mistral
Mary Mitchell
Paul Russell
Nancy Willard




= History Department

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Robert K. Brigham
James H. Merrell
Lucy Maynard Salmon




= Mathematics Department

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Winifred Asprey
Louise Duffield Cummings
Grace Hopper




= Music Department

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Gustav Dannreuther
Karen Holvik
Ernst Krenek
Annea Lockwood
Harold Meltzer
Quincy Porter
John Solum
Richard Wilson




= Philosophy Department

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Giovanna Borradori
David Kelley
Mitchell Miller
Uma Narayan




= Physics and Astronomy Department

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Debra Elmegreen
Caroline Furness
Maud Worcester Makemson
Maria Mitchell
Mary Watson Whitney




= Political Science Department

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Mary Lyndon Shanley
Peter Stillman




= Psychology Department

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Margaret Floy Washburn
Diana Zuckerman




= Other departments

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Alida Avery – Physiology and Hygiene
Harriet Isabel Ballintine – Athletics and Physical Education
Mark Dion – visiting lecturer
Liza Donnelly – The New Yorker staff cartoonist; American Culture and Women's Studies
Heinz Insu Fenkl – writer, editor, folklorist, and translator; visiting faculty
Louise Holland – academic, philologist and archaeologist
Geoffrey A. Jehle – Economics
Abby Leach – Greek
Hannah Lyman – first lady principal of Vassar College
Richard Möller – coach of the soccer team
Joseph Nevins – Geography
Aaron Louis Treadwell – Zoology
Adelaide Underhill – librarian
Helen Worthing Webster – Physiology and Hygiene




References



Eva March Tappan at Vassar College Libraries Archives & Special Collections, accessed December 10, 2008

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• Anne Hathaway
• Anthony Bourdain
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• List of Vassar College people
• Vassar College
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• List of Harvard University people
• Vassar College Observatory
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• Vassar College in popular culture