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Notable alumnae and staff of Scripps College
Graduation ceremony at Scripps College
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 94 classes of students.
[2] As of the fall 2019 semester, the college enrolls approximately 1,110 students.
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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 .
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Former U.S. Representative
Gabby Giffords (
D‑AZ 8th ), class of 1993
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Hartley Burr Alexander
1927–1939
Philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer
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Millard Sheets
1932–1955
Artist and designer
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Albert Stewart
1939–1965
Sculptor
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Lee Pattison
1941–1962
Concert pianist, composer, arranger, opera director
[21]
Michael S. Roth
1983–2000
Historian, university administrator, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair, President of Wesleyan University
[22]
Hao Huang (pianist)
1994–present
Concert pianist, composer, playwright, Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chair
[23]
Ken Gonzales-Day
1995–present
Conceptual artist and historian, a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fletcher Jones Chair
[24]
David Lloyd (academic)
1996-2004
Poet and professor of English and Humanities
[25]
Juliet Koss
2000–present
Art historian
[26]
Myriam J. A. Chancy
2008–present
Haitian-Canadian-American writer, fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair
[27]
Martha Gonzalez (musician)
2012–present
Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist
[28]
Vanessa C. Tyson
2015–present
Political scientist and politician
[29]
Presidents of Scripps College
^ 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.
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^ Fiske, Edward B. (July 6, 2021).
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022 (38th ed.). Naperville, Illinois:
Sourcebooks . p. 157.
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978-1-4926-6498-7 . Scripps is easily the premier women's college on the West Coast
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"College Timeline" . Scripps College. Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
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"Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020" (PDF) . Scripps College.
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"President | History of the Presidency" . Scripps College. Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
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"Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken - An Tanshin (1911-1994)" . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Mogulof, Milly (2002).
Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian : the Helene Mayer Story . RDR Books. p. 73.
ISBN
978-1-57143-092-2 . Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Katy Muldoon | The (September 20, 2008).
"Guardian of the gorge" . oregonlive . Retrieved March 28, 2021 .
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"Alumnae manuScripps" . alumnae.scrippscollege.edu . Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
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"Molly Ivins Honored" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. November 11, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
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Molly Ivins : a rebel life (1st ed.). New York: PublicAffairs. 2009. pp. 39–41.
ISBN
9781586487171 . Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
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"Nolan, Beth" . LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies .
The Library of Congress . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Doerr, Harriet (1984).
Stones for Ibarra . Viking Press.
ISBN
9780670192038 . Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
^ Wallace, Amy (May 22, 1996).
"Claremont Colleges: Can Bigger Be Better?" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
^ Larkins, Zoe (April 1, 2008).
"Alison Saar" . Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery . Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
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"Elizabeth Turk" . Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery . Scripps College. Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
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"Merodie Hancock '87 Inaugurated Fourth President of SUNY Empire State College" . Scripps College . March 27, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
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"PROF. H.B. ALEXANDER OF SCRIPPS COLLEGE dies" . July 28, 1939. Retrieved January 17, 2022 .
^ Kendall, John (April 2, 1989).
"Millard Owen Sheets, 81; Artist, Designer and Teacher" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 17, 2022 .
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"Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years, 1932-1955" . Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery . Scripps College. March 11, 2001. Retrieved January 17, 2022 .
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"Albert Stewart" .
Smithsonian . June 12, 2000. Retrieved January 17, 2022 .
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"Pattison, Lee bio" . April 2, 1989. Retrieved February 22, 2021 .
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"Biography of Michale S. Roth" . Wesleyan University News . Wesleyan University. July 10, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2022 .
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"Hao Huang's NEA Project Will Highlight the Realities of Anti-Asian American Racism" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. January 11, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022 .
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"Spotlight on Faculty: Ken Gonzales-Day, Professor of Art" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2022 .
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"David C. Lloyd, Distinguished professor of English" . UCR profiles . University of California Riverside. August 2, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2022 .
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"Juliet Koss Awarded Senior Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. September 4, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2022 .
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"In the Media: NPR Interviews Myriam J.A. Chancy about New Novel" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2021 .
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"In the Media: Los Angeles Times Interviews Martha Gonzalez about New Book Chican@ Artivistas" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. July 27, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2022 .
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"Spotlight on Faculty: Vanessa Tyson, Assistant Professor of Politics" . Scripps College News . Scripps College. October 4, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2022 .
^ Hong, Heidi (April 24, 2009).
"Scripps Drops Weis's "Interim" Title" .
The Student Life . Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
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