List of Mills College people

The following is a partial list of notable Mills College people. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with Mills College.

Alumnae and alumni[]

Laurie Anderson - performance artist and musician^[1]
John Bischoff - musician^[2]
Kevin Blechdom - musician^[3]
Renel Brooks-Moon - voice of the San Francisco Giants, first black baseball announcer^[4]
Trisha Brown - choreographer^[4]
Dave Brubeck - musician and composer^[4]
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke - philosopher and bioethicist^[4]
Alice Sudduth Byerly (1855–1904) - temperance activist^[5]
Peggie Castle - actress^[6]
Sharon Cheslow - musician and artist
King Lan Chew - dancer
Maya Chinchilla - poet
Martha Fuller Clark - New Hampshire State Senator
Sofia Coppola - director ^[7]
Elizabeth Crow (1968, B.A.) - editor and journalist^[8]
Eunice Prieto Damron - ceramic artist
Olivia de Havilland - actress ^[9]
Vaughn De Leath
Paul DeMarinis - artist, musician, composer
Rosanna Castrillo Diaz - artist
March Fong Eu - politician^[4]
Claire Falkenstein - sculptor, painter, print-maker and jewelry designer known for her large-scale abstract metal and glass sculptures
Molissa Fenley - modern dancer^[4]
Jim Ferguson - guitarist and composer
Noah Georgeson - musician and producer
Leah Gerber - Professor of Conservation Science at Arizona State University^[10]
Helen Gilbert - artist^[11]
April Catherine Glaspie - diplomat, United States Ambassador to Iraq during the Gulf War^[4]
Ben Goldberg - composer and clarinetist
Michelle Cruz Gonzalez - musician, author
Beate Sirota Gordon - contributing author, as staff to Douglas MacArthur, of Japanese Constitution^[4]
Peter Gordon - composer
Ariel Gore - author^[4]
Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - composer
Holly Herndon - composer, musician, and sound artist ^[12]
Barbara Higbie - musician and composer^[13]
Claire Giannini Hoffman - first woman to serve on the boards of Bank of America and Sears, Roebuck & Company
Matt Ingalls - composer, clarinetist, software engineer
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner - Marshallese poet and climate change activist^[14]
Snatam Kaur - musician and activist
Bevin Kelley - musician
Nia King - art activist, multimedia journalist, podcaster, public speaker, and zine maker
Ron Kuivila - musician and sound artist
Michael Land - head of LucasArts sound department
Dorianne Laux - award-winning poet
Barbara Lee - U.S. Congresswoman for California's 9th Congressional District^[4]
May Lee - CNN correspondent^[9]
Phil Lesh - Grateful Dead bassist^[9]
Cheena Marie Lo - poet
Charmian London - second wife and biographer of Jack London
Jeffrey Luck Lucas - musician and composer
Micheline Aharonian Marcom - novelist^[15]
Jerry Martin - composer
Miya Masaoka - musician and composer
Billie June McCaskill - botanist^[16]
Siobhon McManus - teacher and activist
Elizabeth Murray - painter and MacArthur Fellow^[4]
Dasha Nekrasova - actress
Amy X. Neuburg - musician and composer^[9]
Joanna Newsom - musician
Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina - writer
Margaret Saunders Ott - pianist and music educator
Diana L. Paxson - author
Maggi Payne - composer and musician ^[17]
Daniella Pineda
Dan Plonsey - saxophonist
Johanna Poethig – visual, public and performance artist
Dixy Lee Ray - Governor of Washington and chair of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission^[4]
Dana Reason - composer and musician
Gino Robair - composer and percussionist
Steve Reich - composer^[4]
Marc Anthony Richardson - novelist^[18]
Manuel Rocha Iturbide - composer and sound artist
Ana Roxanne - musician and singer
Ananya Roy - professor of urban studies at UC Berkeley^[19]
Mia Satya (aka Mia Tu Mutch), community organizer and activist^[20]
Beate Sirota - helped write the Japanese constitution
Irma Tam Soong - historian
Morton Subotnick - composer
Grace Vamos - composer and cellist
Dana Vespoli - pornographic actress^[21]
Candace Vogler - philosopher
Katharine Mulky Warne - composer
Gordon Watson - pianist ^[9]
William Winant - percussionist
Betty Ann Wong - composer
Hsiung-Zee Wong - composer and musician^[9]
Jade Snow Wong - author and artist^[4]
Connie Young Yu - author, historian, and lecturer^[9]

Faculty[]

Robert Ashley^[9]
Fred Uhl Ball
Arthur Berger
Luciano Berio^[9]
John Bischoff^[2]
Chana Bloch
Lenore Blum
Anthony Braxton^[9]
Domenico Brescia
Anna Cox Brinton
Chris Brown^[22]
Dave Brubeck^[9]
^[23]
John Cage^[9]
^[24]
^[25]
Alvin Curran^[9]
^[26]
Delaine Eastin
Hettie Belle Ege
^[23]
Fred Frith
Lou Harrison / Bill Colvig^[9]
Joan Jeanrenaud^[27]
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
George E. Lewis
Yiyun Li
Hung Liu
Ajuan Mance^[28]
^[29] ^[30]
Helene Mayer (1910–1953) - German and American Olympic champion fencer
Darius Milhaud^[9]
Roscoe Mitchell
Diana O'Hehir
Pauline Oliveros^[9]
Kathleen Parlow
Roi Partridge
Maggi Payne^[17]
Elizabeth Marie Pope
Stephen Ratcliffe
Terry Riley^[9]
David Rosenboom
Moira Roth
Dean Rusk^[9]
Diana E.H. Russell
Kirsten Saxton
Robert Sheff
Laetitia Sonami
Glenn Spearman
Ellen Spertus^[31]
Homer Sprague^[9]
Zvezdelina Stankova^[9]
Susan Stryker^[32]
Morton Subotnick
^[33]
^[34]
Grace Vamos
Catherine Wagner^[9]
William Winant

Trustees[]

Albert M. Bender
Milton H. Myrick - founding trustee, 1875^[35]

References[]

^ Duckworth, William (April 1, 1999). Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers. Da Capo. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-306-80893-7. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
^ ^a ^b "Mills College - John Bischoff". Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ Sabbath, Chris (2007-05-02). "MCMAF: Ich bin Kevin Blechdom". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Mills College - Notable Graduates". Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Illinois (1904). Minutes. pp. 111–.
^ "Lily of 'Lawman' Began on Radio". Express and News. June 24, 1961. p. 7. Retrieved September 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Meyer, Carla (2003-09-20). "Sofia Coppola has a little humor and, now, a big film. Father Francis and husband Spike? Not a factor". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. D-1. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
^ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (April 6, 2005). "Elizabeth Crow, 58, Editor, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Janos Gereben (22 March 2020). "Mills Colleges Future is in Doubt but the Fight Is On". SF Classical Voice. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
^ "Leah Gerber - Person". Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
^ Wright, Walter, "Artist, UH professor Helen Gilbert-Bushnell dead at 80", Honolulu Advertiser
^ "Holly Herndon - RVNG Intl".
^ "Barbara Higbie biography". Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
^ "Mills College Viewbook (2015)". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
^ "Micheline Aharonian Marcom".
^ Tucker, J.M. (2004). "June McCaskill (1930-2001)" (PDF). Fremontia. 32 (2): 19–23.
^ ^a ^b "Mills College - Maggi Payne". Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ "Marc Anthony Richardson".
^ Roy, Ananya. "Ananya Roy". UC Berkeley. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ Cassell, Heather (June 23, 2016). "Trans woman grabs for the gold at the end of the rainbow". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ StackPath
^ "Mills College - Chris Brown". Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ ^a ^b "Writing Through John Cage" (PDF). p. x.
^ "Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors | Mills College". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ "Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors Bios | Mills College". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ "Christopher Davidson | Mills College". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ "Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors Bios".
^ Robertson, Michelle; SFGATE (2017-11-01). "An Oakland artist drew 1,001 portraits of black men". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
^ Collaer, Paul; Galante, Jane Hohfeld (10 October 1988). Darius Milhaud, by Paul Collaer, Jane Hohfeld Galante. p. 386. ISBN 9781349106516. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
^ "Bay Area Reporter". p. vol 15 no 35 p34. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
^ Katie Hafner (2003-08-21). "3 Women, 3 Paths, 10 Years On". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
^ Martha Ross (2020-09-23). "Fighting the new culture wars: Mills College hires pioneering transgender historian and activist". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
^ "Mills College - Susan Summerfield". Retrieved 2021-03-26.
^ "Community to remember music professor in song – The Campanil". Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ "Articles of Incorporation". Daily Alta California. Vol. 39, no. 12992. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 9 October 1885. p. 8. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

[talking-music-anderson-1] Duckworth, William (April 1, 1999). Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers. Da Capo. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-306-80893-7. Retrieved 2008-02-28.

[john-bischoff-2] "Mills College - John Bischoff". Retrieved 2008-02-26.

[3] Sabbath, Chris (2007-05-02). "MCMAF: Ich bin Kevin Blechdom". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

[graduates-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Mills College - Notable Graduates". Retrieved 2008-02-26.

[Illinois1904-5] Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Illinois (1904). Minutes. pp. 111–.

[6] "Lily of 'Lawman' Began on Radio". Express and News. June 24, 1961. p. 7. Retrieved September 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[coppola-7] Meyer, Carla (2003-09-20). "Sofia Coppola has a little humor and, now, a big film. Father Francis and husband Spike? Not a factor". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. D-1. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[NYT-8] Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (April 6, 2005). "Elizabeth Crow, 58, Editor, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2009.

[sfclassicalfight-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Janos Gereben (22 March 2020). "Mills Colleges Future is in Doubt but the Fight Is On". SF Classical Voice. Retrieved 2021-04-06.

[10] "Leah Gerber - Person". Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. Retrieved 2019-10-24.

[11] Wright, Walter, "Artist, UH professor Helen Gilbert-Bushnell dead at 80", Honolulu Advertiser

[12] "Holly Herndon - RVNG Intl".

[higbie-13] "Barbara Higbie biography". Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

[14] "Mills College Viewbook (2015)". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

[15] "Micheline Aharonian Marcom".

[Fremontia-16] Tucker, J.M. (2004). "June McCaskill (1930-2001)" (PDF). Fremontia. 32 (2): 19–23.

[maggi-payne-17] "Mills College - Maggi Payne". Retrieved 2008-02-26.

[18] "Marc Anthony Richardson".

[19] Roy, Ananya. "Ananya Roy". UC Berkeley. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[bar-23jun2016-20] Cassell, Heather (June 23, 2016). "Trans woman grabs for the gold at the end of the rainbow". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[21] StackPath

[chris-brown-22] "Mills College - Chris Brown". Retrieved 2008-02-26.

[autogenerated1-23] "Writing Through John Cage" (PDF). p. x.

[24] "Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors | Mills College". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[25] "Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors Bios | Mills College". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[26] "Christopher Davidson | Mills College". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[27] "Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors Bios".

[28] Robertson, Michelle; SFGATE (2017-11-01). "An Oakland artist drew 1,001 portraits of black men". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

[29] Collaer, Paul; Galante, Jane Hohfeld (10 October 1988). Darius Milhaud, by Paul Collaer, Jane Hohfeld Galante. p. 386. ISBN 9781349106516. Retrieved 2021-03-20.

[30] "Bay Area Reporter". p. vol 15 no 35 p34. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

[31] Katie Hafner (2003-08-21). "3 Women, 3 Paths, 10 Years On". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-01.

[32] Martha Ross (2020-09-23). "Fighting the new culture wars: Mills College hires pioneering transgender historian and activist". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2021-04-06.

[susan-summerfield-33] "Mills College - Susan Summerfield". Retrieved 2021-03-26.

[34] "Community to remember music professor in song – The Campanil". Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[35] "Articles of Incorporation". Daily Alta California. Vol. 39, no. 12992. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 9 October 1885. p. 8. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

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