List of Scripps College people
Notable alumnae and staff of Scripps College
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Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1926 as a member of the Claremont Colleges, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious women's college in the Western United States.[1] Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators.
Scripps has graduated 96 classes of students.[2] As of the fall 2019 semester, the college enrolled approximately 1,110 students.[3]
As of the fall 2019 semester, Scripps employs 136 faculty members.[3] The college has had nine official presidents and several interim presidents, including the current interim president, Amy Marcus-Newhall.[4]
Notable alumnae
| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Hopkins Aitken | 1932 | Zen Buddhist in the Harada-Yasutani lineage | [5] |
| Helene Mayer | Exchange student 1932–1934 | Olympic gold medalist fencer who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish | [6] |
| Nancy Neighbor Russell | 1953 | Founder, Friends of the Columbia Gorge | [7] |
| Molly Ivins | Attended 1962–1963 | Newspaper columnist | [8][9][10] |
| Beth Nolan | 1973 | White House Counsel for Bill Clinton | [11] |
| Harriet Doerr | Attended 1975–1976 | Novelist | [12][13] |
| Alison Saar | 1978 | Sculptor and installation artist known for work on black identity | [14] |
| Elizabeth Turk | 1983 | Sculpture artist | [15] |
| Merodie A. Hancock | 1987 | Academic and president of Thomas Edison State University | [16] |
| Gabby Giffords | 1993 | Democratic U.S. representative for Arizona's 8th district, gun control advocate | [8] |
| Lily Foss | 2013 | New Hampshire State Representative for Hillsborough District 41 | [17] |
Notable faculty
| Name | Active tenure | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartley Burr Alexander | 1927–1939 | Philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer | [18] |
| Millard Sheets | 1932–1955 | Artist and designer | [19][20] |
| Albert Stewart | 1939–1965 | Sculptor | [21] |
| Lee Pattison | 1941–1962 | Concert pianist, composer, arranger, opera director | [22] |
| Gail Kubik | 1970–1980 | composer, violinist | [23] |
| Samella Lewis | 1970–1984 | Visual artist and art historian, printmaker and painter called the "godmother of African American art" | [24] |
| Howard Smith (designer) | 1976–1984 | Artist and designer | [25] |
| Michael S. Roth | 1983–2000 | Historian, university administrator, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair, President of Wesleyan University | [26] |
| Hao Huang (pianist) | 1994–present | Concert pianist, composer, playwright, Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chair | [27] |
| Ken Gonzales-Day | 1995–present | Conceptual artist and historian, a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fletcher Jones Chair | [28] |
| David Lloyd (academic) | 1996-2004 | Poet and professor of English and Humanities | [29] |
| Juliet Koss | 2000–present | Art historian | [30] |
| Myriam J. A. Chancy | 2008–present | Haitian-Canadian-American writer, fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair | [31] |
| Martha Gonzalez (musician) | 2012–present | Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist | [32] |
| Vanessa C. Tyson | 2015–present | Political scientist and politician | [33] |
Presidents of Scripps College
The following persons served as president of Scripps College:[4]
| # | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Ernest Jaqua | 1926 | 1942 | [4] |
| interim | Mary Kimberly Shirk | 1942 | 1944 | [4] | |
| 2 | Frederick Hard | 1944 | 1964 | [4] | |
| 3 | Mark Curtis | July 1, 1964 | June 30, 1976 | [4][34][35] | |
| 4 | John H. Chandler | July 1, 1976 | June 30, 1989 | [4][36] | |
| 5 | E. Howard Brooks | July 1, 1989 | June 30, 1990 | [4] | |
| 6 | Nancy Y. Bekavac | July 1, 1990 | June 30, 2007 | [4][37] | |
| interim | Frederick Weis[a] | July 1, 2007 | April 24, 2009 | [4] | |
| 7 | April 24, 2009 | June 30, 2009 | [38] | ||
| 8 | Lori Bettison-Varga | July 1, 2009 | October 1, 2015 | [4][39][40][41] | |
| interim | Amy Marcus-Newhall | October 2, 2015 | July 31, 2016 | [4] | |
| 9 | Lara Tiedens | August 1, 2016 | April 14, 2021 | [42][43] | |
| interim | Amy Marcus-Newhall | April 15, 2021 | June 30, 2022 | [4] | |
| 10 | Susan Keen | July 1, 2022 | March 20, 2023 | [44] | |
| interim | Amy Marcus-Newhall | March 20, 2023 | April 6, 2023 | ||
| 11 | April 6, 2023 | Present | [45][46] | ||
| – | Denotes interim president |
See also
Notes
- Weis served as an interim president, but was elected full president before he stepped down, so he is counted in the college's official count.