EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Swarthmore, PA

Founding Date:
1864

Enrollment:
1450

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christian Anfinsen	Chemist	26-Mar-1916	14-May-1995	Protein structure and folding
Neil R. Austrian	Business	c. 1940		President of NFL, 1991-98
Dean Baker	Economist	13-Jul-1958		Center for Economic and Policy Research
David Baltimore	Biologist	7-Mar-1938		Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase
Harry Blackstone, Jr.	Magician	30-Jun-1934	14-May-1997	TV and stage illusionist
Patrick Bond	Scholar	17-Nov-1961		Elite Transition
Philip D. Curtin	Historian	22-May-1922	4-Jun-2009	The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census
Samuel H. Day	Activist	5-Oct-1926	26-Jan-2001	Antinuke crusader
Peter Deutsch	Politician	1-Apr-1957		Congressman from Florida, 1993-2005
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Michael Dukakis	Politician	3-Nov-1933		Twice Governor of Massachusetts
Frank H. Easterbrook	Judge	3-Sep-1948		7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kurt Eichenwald	Journalist	28-Jun-1961		Conspiracy of Fools
Peter L. Faber	Attorney	c. 1938		McDermott Will & Emery
Bruce Fein	Government	c. 1947		Former Reagan lawyer
Jeffrey A. Frankel	Economist	5-Nov-1952		Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99
Jonathan Franzen	Author	17-Aug-1959		The Corrections
Carol Gilligan	Psychologist	28-Nov-1936		In a Different Voice
Kermit Gordon	Economist	1916	1976	Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62
Joseph R. Grundy	Politician	13-Jan-1863	3-Mar-1961	US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1929-30
Daniel R. Headrick	Historian	2-Aug-1941		When Information Came of Age
Ken Hechler	Politician	20-Sep-1914		Congressman from West Virginia, 1959-77
Randy J. Holland	Judge	c. 1947		Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
James C. Hormel	Diplomat	1-Jan-1933		US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1999-2001
Josef Joffe	Editor	15-Mar-1944		Editor of Die Zeit
A. Elizabeth Jones	Diplomat	1948		US Ambassador to Kazakhstan, 1995-98
Clark Kerr	Educator	17-May-1911	1-Dec-2003	Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58
Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.	Business	10-Jul-1925	30-Jul-2015	KKR, Kohlberg & Company
Stephen Lang	Actor	11-Jul-1952		Gettysburg
Randall W. Larrimore	Business	c. 1947		CEO of United Stationers, 1997-2003
Carl Levin	Politician	28-Jun-1934		US Senator from Michigan
Ralph Linton	Anthropologist	27-Feb-1893	25-Dec-1953	The Study of Man
Beth Littleford	Comic	17-Jul-1968		Daily Show correspondent
Richard W. Lyman	Educator	18-Oct-1923	27-May-2012	President of Stanford University, 1971-80
Lee MacPhail	Baseball	25-Oct-1917	8-Nov-2012	President of the American League, 1974-83
John C. Mather	Physicist	7-Aug-1946		Big Bang
James A. Michener	Novelist	3-Feb-1907	16-Oct-1997	South Pacific
Eben Moglen	Attorney	c. 1959		Shareware law
Charlotte E. Moore	Astronomer	24-Sep-1898	3-Mar-1990	Technetium in the Sun
Victor Navasky	Publisher	5-Jul-1932		Publisher of The Nation
Ted Nelson	Computer Programmer	17-Jun-1937		Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu
Michel Oksenberg	Scholar	12-Oct-1938	22-Feb-2001	Leading sinologist
Margaret J. Osler	Historian	27-Nov-1942	15-Sep-2010	Reconfiguring the World
David C. Page	Biologist	6-Jul-1956		Director, Whitehead Institute
A. Mitchell Palmer	Government	4-May-1872	11-May-1936	US Attorney General, Palmer Raids
Alice Paul	Activist	11-Jan-1885	9-Jul-1977	Suffragette
Drew Pearson	Journalist	13-Dec-1897	1-Sep-1969	Washington Merry-Go-Round
John B. Peatman	Educator	?		Engineering Professor at Georgia Tech
Bill Poole	Economist	19-Jun-1937		President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Edward C. Prescott	Economist	26-Dec-1940		Dynamic macroeconomics
John K. Richards	Attorney	15-Mar-1856	1-Mar-1909	US Solicitor General, 1897-1903
Linda Robinson	Journalist	15-Jan-1960		US News and World Report
Alan Rosskamm	Business	6-Jan-1950		CEO of Charming Shoppes
Rudy Rucker	Novelist	22-Mar-1946		Author of Wetware series
Charles F. C. Ruff	Attorney	1-Aug-1939	19-Nov-2000	Clinton's impeachment attorney
Norman Rush	Novelist	24-Oct-1933		Mating
James H. Scheuer	Politician	6-Feb-1920	30-Aug-2005	Congressman from New York, 1965-93
Mary M. Schroeder	Judge	4-Dec-1940		9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael Schudson	Sociologist	3-Nov-1946		Discovering the News
John W. Seybold	Business	8-Mar-1916	14-Mar-2004	Computerized typesetting pioneer
Carolyn W. Slayman	Business	c. 1936		Genetics professor at Yale
Howard M. Temin	Scientist	10-Dec-1934	9-Feb-1994	Tumor viruses and host genetics
Chris Van Hollen	Politician	10-Jan-1959		Congressman, Maryland 8th
Molly Yard	Activist	6-Jul-1912	21-Sep-2005	President of NOW, 1987-91
Robert Zoellick	Government	25-Jul-1953		World Bank president, 2007-12

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alfred H. Bloom	Educator	27-Feb-1946		President, Swarthmore College
Daniel Boorstin	Historian	1-Oct-1914	28-Feb-2004	The Creators
Philip D. Curtin	Historian	22-May-1922	4-Jun-2009	The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census
Robert Gallucci	Diplomat	11-Feb-1946		President, MacArthur Foundation
Rush Holt	Politician	15-Oct-1948		Congressman, New Jersey 12th
Nan Keohane	Scholar	18-Sep-1940		Political scientist
Robert O. Keohane	Scholar	3-Oct-1941		After Hegemony
Joseph Leidy	Biologist	9-Sep-1823	30-Apr-1891	Trichinosis and dinosaurs
Jonathan D. Moreno	Scholar	11-Jun-1952		Undue Risk
Scott Nearing	Economist	6-Aug-1883	24-Aug-1983	Socialist economist
Kenneth N. Waltz	Scholar	8-Jun-1924	12-May-2013	Man, the State, and War

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Neil R. Austrian	Business	c. 1940		President of NFL, 1991-98
Alfred H. Bloom	Educator	27-Feb-1946		President, Swarthmore College
Ralph Bunche	Diplomat	4-Aug-1904	9-Dec-1971	UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
James C. Hormel	Diplomat	1-Jan-1933		US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1999-2001
Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.	Business	10-Jul-1925	30-Jul-2015	KKR, Kohlberg & Company

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