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<html> <head> <title>Oberlin College</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/edu/552/000079315/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Oberlin College</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION</b></font><p> <p>Founded 1833 by Presbyterian ministers John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart, as Oberlin Collegiate Institute. In 1835 it opened admission to blacks, the first college in America to do so. In 1837 women were first admitted, again becoming the first college in America to do so. In 1850 it changed its name to Oberlin College.<p> <b>Location:</b><br><a href="/geo/136/000110803/" class=proflink>Oberlin, OH</a><p> <b>Founding Date:</b><br>2-Sep-1833<p><b>Team:</b><br>Yeomen<p><b>Enrollment:</b><br>3000<p><b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/">http://www.oberlin.edu/</a><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>STUDENTS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/145/000397948/"><font size=-1>Frederick B. Artz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Reaction and Revolution, 1814-1832</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000123826/"><font size=-1>Peter Baker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jul-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Washington Post</i> reporter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000168029/"><font size=-1>Thomas A. Balmer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Judge</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Justice, Oregon Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000029112/"><font size=-1>Alison Bechdel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Cartoonist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Sep-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dykes to Watch Out For</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000022661/"><font size=-1>Eric Bogosian</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Talk Radio</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000167822/"><font size=-1>Ira S. Bowen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Dec-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Debunked nebulium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/473/000065278/"><font size=-1>Avery Brooks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Oct-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Sisko on <i>Star Trek: DS9</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/779/000120419/"><font size=-1>Blanche K. Bruce</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator, former slave</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/092/000169582/"><font size=-1>William T. Butler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Baylor College of Medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/252/000043123/"><font size=-1>John Cazale</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Fredo in <i>The Godfather</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000104500/"><font size=-1>Tracy Chevalier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Girl with a Pearl Earring</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000122656/"><font size=-1>Yvette Clarke</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Nov-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congresswoman, New York 11th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/558/000174036/"><font size=-1>Patrick L. Clawson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Washington Institute For Near East Policy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000044797/"><font size=-1>Rachel Cline</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>What to Keep</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/687/000132291/"><font size=-1>Stanley Cohen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Nerve and skin cell growth factors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000109910/"><font size=-1>Marc Cohn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Walking In Memphis</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/519/000169012/"><font size=-1>Johnnetta B. Cole</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of Spelman College, 1987-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000357367/"><font size=-1>Richard N. Current</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Oct-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Oct-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Lincoln Nobody Knows</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000167958/"><font size=-1>Martin L. Davey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jul-1884</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Ohio, 1935-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/443/000130053/"><font size=-1>Michael Duffy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>TIME</i> reporter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000346933/"><font size=-1>Lena Dunham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-May-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Girls</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000225775/"><font size=-1>Wallace J. Eckert</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First scientist hired by IBM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/784/000163295/"><font size=-1>Adrian Fenty</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mayor of Washington DC, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000161569/"><font size=-1>Lee Fisher</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/490/000163998/"><font size=-1>Nancy Giles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>China Beach</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/435/000023366/"><font size=-1>William Goldman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Marathon Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000342918/"><font size=-1>Melissa Fay Greene</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Dec-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Praying for Sheetrock</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/218/000051065/"><font size=-1>Jerry Greenfield</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/822/000209195/"><font size=-1>Erwin Griswold</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Attorney</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Solicitor General, 1967-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/283/000401077/"><font size=-1>John Gutfreund</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000119551/"><font size=-1>Richard Haass</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Council on Foreign Relations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/643/000095358/"><font size=-1>David M. Halperin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scholar</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Apr-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>One Hundred Years of Homosexuality</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000169625/"><font size=-1>Martin Harwit</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000171755/"><font size=-1>Jacob Heilbrunn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>They Knew They Were Right</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000161442/"><font size=-1>Walter W. Heller</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/523/000026445/"><font size=-1>Ed Helms</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jan-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Daily Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/409/000066211/"><font size=-1>Edward Everett Horton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prolific 1930s comedic actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000167226/"><font size=-1>Robert M. Hutchins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, University of Chicago, 1929-51</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000132658/"><font size=-1>Bill Irwin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Apr-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>My Blue Heaven</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000361227/"><font size=-1>Robert Jervis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000048973/"><font size=-1>John Kander</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Top Broadway composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/322/000160839/"><font size=-1>Fred Kaplan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Columnist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Slate columnist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000163586/"><font size=-1>Robert Kuttner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Editor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The American Prospect</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000127618/"><font size=-1>Christopher J. LaFleur</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Malaysia, 2005-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/633/000172117/"><font size=-1>John Mercer Langston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First black Congressman elected from Virginia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/047/000170534/"><font size=-1>Henrietta Swan Leavitt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jul-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cepheid variable</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/598/000160118/"><font size=-1>Rex Lee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lloyd on <i>Entourage</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/459/000111126/"><font size=-1>John Mack</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychiatrist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Oct-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Prince of Our Disorder</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/761/000027680/"><font size=-1>Michelle Malkin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Columnist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Syndicated conservative columnist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/170/000168663/"><font size=-1>Michael E. Marks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Dec-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Flextronics, 1994-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/761/000117410/"><font size=-1>Rollo May</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Apr-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Oct-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Love and Will</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000113398/"><font size=-1>John McEntire</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Drummer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tortoise</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/003/000113661/"><font size=-1>George Herbert Mead</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pragmatist, social behaviorist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/373/000170860/"><font size=-1>Daniel N. Mendelson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of Avalere Health</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000114339/"><font size=-1>J. Hillis Miller</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Critic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Deconstructionist literary critic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/771/000091498/"><font size=-1>Robert A. Millikan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Determined the charge of an electron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000167271/"><font size=-1>Lloyd N. Morrisett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Administrator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Nov-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Markle Foundation, 1969-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/700/000136292/"><font size=-1>Tony Musante</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Toma</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000173067/"><font size=-1>James C. Napier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1845</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Apr-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000109939/"><font size=-1>Karen O</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Yeah Yeah Yeahs</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000161389/"><font size=-1>Merton J. Peck</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Dec-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/481/000024409/"><font size=-1>Liz Phair</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Exile in Guyville</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000105020/"><font size=-1>John Wesley Powell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Geologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1834</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Exploration of the Colorado River</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/864/000172348/"><font size=-1>Charles B. Purvis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1842</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pioneering African-American physician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/753/000113414/"><font size=-1>Willard Van Orman Quine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Dec-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Two Dogmas of Empiricism</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/561/000114219/"><font size=-1>David Rees</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Cartoonist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jun-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Get Your War On</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000122327/"><font size=-1>Edwin O. Reischauer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Oct-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Sep-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/232/000126851/"><font size=-1>Marcie B. Ries</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Albania, 2004-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000401080/"><font size=-1>Josh Ritter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>So Runs the World Away</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000112877/"><font size=-1>Carl Rowan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Columnist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chicago Sun-Times columnist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000130939/"><font size=-1>William A. Rugh</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-May-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000167828/"><font size=-1>Charles Sawyer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000141449/"><font size=-1>Jack Schaefer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Shane</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000267124/"><font size=-1>David Schlesinger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Editor-in-Chief of Reuters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000165684/"><font size=-1>William F. Schulz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Director, Amnesty International, 1994-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000366769/"><font size=-1>Allan H. Spear</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jun-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Minnesota Senate, 1993-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000131529/"><font size=-1>Roger W. Sperry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000395400/"><font size=-1>Corey Stoll</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Peter Russo on <i>House of Cards</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/388/000160905/"><font size=-1>Lucy Stone</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1818</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American Women's Suffrage Association</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000031441/"><font size=-1>Julie Taymor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Across the Universe</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/456/000165958/"><font size=-1>John Vinocur</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>International Herald Tribune correspondent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000030250/"><font size=-1>George Vradenburg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Attorney</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/065/000366961/"><font size=-1>Kenneth N. Waltz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scholar</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jun-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Man, the State, and War</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000032161/"><font size=-1>Thornton Wilder</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Bridge of San Luis Rey</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000059432/"><font size=-1>Pete Williams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator snagged in ABSCAM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/685/000055520/"><font size=-1>Wendell Willkie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Feb-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Oct-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Defeated by Roosevelt in 1940</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/145/000397948/"><font size=-1>Frederick B. Artz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Reaction and Revolution, 1814-1832</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000048294/"><font size=-1>Loren Eiseley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Anthropologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jul-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Firmament of Time</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000159371/"><font size=-1>Charles Grandison Finney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Religion</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1792</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Second Awakening</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000084824/"><font size=-1>John Gardner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Grendel</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000115248/"><font size=-1>bell hooks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sociologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Sep-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ain't I A Woman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000177523/"><font size=-1>Oscár Jászi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sociologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Feb-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/771/000091498/"><font size=-1>Robert A. Millikan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Determined the charge of an electron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000129509/"><font size=-1>Donald J. Pease</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/352/000277518/"><font size=-1>Sheldon S. Wolin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Aug-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Politics and Vision</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000159371/"><font size=-1>Charles Grandison Finney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Religion</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1792</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Second Awakening</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000161569/"><font size=-1>Lee Fisher</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/822/000209195/"><font size=-1>Erwin Griswold</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Attorney</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Solicitor General, 1967-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/053/000165555/"><font size=-1>Marvin Krislov</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Oberlin College</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000167271/"><font size=-1>Lloyd N. Morrisett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Administrator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Nov-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Markle Foundation, 1969-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000122207/"><font size=-1>William E. 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