List of Scripps College people

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Graduation ceremony at Scripps College

Scripps College is 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 91 classes of students.[2] As of the spring 2019 semester, the college enrolls approximately 1,110 students.[3]

As of the spring 2019 semester, Scripps employs 136 faculty members.[4] The college has had nine official presidents and several interim presidents, including the current interim president, .[5]

Notable alumnae[]

Former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords (D‑AZ 8th), class of 1993
Name Class year Notability Ref.
Anne Hopkins Aitken 1932 Zen Buddhist in the Harada-Yasutani lineage [6]
Helene Mayer Exchange student 1932–1934 Olympic gold medalist fencer who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish [7]
Nancy Neighbor Russell 1953 Founder, Friends of the Columbia Gorge [8]
Molly Ivins Attended 1962–1963 Newspaper columnist [9][10][11]
Beth Nolan 1973 White House Counsel for Bill Clinton [12]
Harriet Doerr Attended 1975–1976 Novelist [13][14]
Alison Saar 1978 Sculptor and installation artist known for work on black identity [15]
Elizabeth Turk 1983 Sculpture artist [16]
Merodie A. Hancock 1987 Academic and president of Thomas Edison State University [17]
Gabby Giffords 1993 Democratic U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th district, gun control advocate [9]

Notable faculty[]

Name Active tenure Notability Ref.
Millard Sheets 1932–1955 Artist and designer [18][19]
Vanessa C. Tyson 2015–present Political scientist and politician [20]

Presidents of Scripps College[]

# Name Tenure Academic expertise Ref.
1 Ernest Jaqua 1926–1942 Theology [5]
1942–1944 [5]
2 Frederick Hard 1944–1964 [5]
3 1964–1976 [5]
4 1976–1989 [5]
5 1989–1990 [5]
6 Nancy Y. Bekavac 1990–2007 [5]
07[a] 2007–2009 [5]
8 Lori Bettison-Varga 2009–2015 Geology [5]
2015–2016 [5]
9 Lara Tiedens 2016–2020 [5]
2020–present [5]
Key
Denotes interim president

See also[]

  • List of Claremont Colleges people

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ Fiske, Edward B. (July 6, 2021). Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022 (38th ed.). Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4926-6498-7. Scripps is easily the premier women's college on the West Coast
  2. ^ "College Timeline". Scripps College. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. ^ http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2019-2020-CDS_FINAL-4.pdf.
  4. ^ "Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020" (PDF). Scripps College.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "President | History of the Presidency". Scripps College. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken - An Tanshin (1911-1994)". Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Katy Muldoon | The (September 20, 2008). "Guardian of the gorge". oregonlive. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Alumnae manuScripps". alumnae.scrippscollege.edu. Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Molly Ivins Honored". Scripps College News. Scripps College. November 11, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  11. ^ Molly Ivins : a rebel life (1st ed.). New York: PublicAffairs. 2009. pp. 39–41. ISBN 9781586487171. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "Nolan, Beth". LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies. The Library of Congress. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  13. ^ Doerr, Harriet (1984). Stones for Ibarra. Viking Press. ISBN 9780670192038. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  14. ^ Wallace, Amy (May 22, 1996). "Claremont Colleges: Can Bigger Be Better?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  15. ^ Larkins, Zoe (April 1, 2008). "Alison Saar". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  16. ^ "Elizabeth Turk". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  17. ^ "Merodie Hancock '87 Inaugurated Fourth President of SUNY Empire State College". Scripps College. March 27, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  18. ^ Kendall, John (April 2, 1989). "Millard Owen Sheets, 81; Artist, Designer and Teacher". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  19. ^ "Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years, 1932-1955". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. September 1, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  20. ^ "Spotlight on Faculty: Vanessa Tyson, Assistant Professor of Politics". Scripps College News. Scripps College. October 8, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  21. ^ Hong, Heidi (April 24, 2009). "Scripps Drops Weis's "Interim" Title". The Student Life. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

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