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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.[3]

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.[4]

Notable alumnae

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Main category: Scripps College alumni
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 [5]
Helene Mayer Exchange student 1932–1934 Olympic gold medalist fencer who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish [6]
Nancy Neighbor Russell 1953 Founder, Friends of the Columbia Gorge [7]
Molly Ivins Attended 1962–1963 Newspaper columnist [8][9][10]
Beth Nolan 1973 White House Counsel for Bill Clinton [11]
Harriet Doerr Attended 1975–1976 Novelist [12][13]
Alison Saar 1978 Sculptor and installation artist known for work on black identity [14]
Elizabeth Turk 1983 Sculpture artist [15]
Merodie A. Hancock 1987 Academic and president of Thomas Edison State University [16]
Gabby Giffords 1993 Democratic U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th district, gun control advocate [8]

Notable faculty

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Main category: Scripps College faculty
Name Active tenure Notability Ref.
Hartley Burr Alexander 1927–1939 Philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer [17]
Millard Sheets 1932–1955 Artist and designer [18][19]
Albert Stewart 1939–1965 Sculptor [20]
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

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# Name Tenure Academic expertise Ref.
1 Ernest Jaqua 1926–1942 Theology [4]
– Mary Kimberly Shirk 1942–1944 [4]
2 Frederick Hard 1944–1964 [4]
3 Mark Curtis 1964–1976 [4]
4 John H. Chandler 1976–1989 [4]
5 E. Howard Brooks 1989–1990 [4]
6 Nancy Y. Bekavac 1990–2007 [4]
[1]7[a] Frederick Weis 2007–2009 [4]
8 Lori Bettison-Varga 2009–2015 Geology [4]
– Amy Marcus-Newhall 2015–2016 [4]
9 Lara Tiedens 2016–2020 [4]
– Amy Marcus-Newhall 2020–2021 [4]
10 Susan Keen 2021-2022
11 Amy Marcus-Newhall 2022-Present
Key
– Denotes interim president

See also

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Notes

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  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.[30]

References

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  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. ^ a b "Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020" (PDF). Scripps College.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "President | History of the Presidency". Scripps College. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken - An Tanshin (1911-1994)". Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Katy Muldoon | The (September 20, 2008). "Guardian of the gorge". oregonlive. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Alumnae manuScripps". alumnae.scrippscollege.edu. Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  9. ^ "Molly Ivins Honored". Scripps College News. Scripps College. November 11, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Molly Ivins : a rebel life (1st ed.). New York: PublicAffairs. 2009. pp. 39–41. ISBN 9781586487171. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "Nolan, Beth". LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies. The Library of Congress. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  12. ^ Doerr, Harriet (1984). Stones for Ibarra. Viking Press. ISBN 9780670192038. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  13. ^ Wallace, Amy (May 22, 1996). "Claremont Colleges: Can Bigger Be Better?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  14. ^ Larkins, Zoe (April 1, 2008). "Alison Saar". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  15. ^ "Elizabeth Turk". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  16. ^ "Merodie Hancock '87 Inaugurated Fourth President of SUNY Empire State College". Scripps College. March 27, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "PROF. H.B. ALEXANDER OF SCRIPPS COLLEGE dies". July 28, 1939. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  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. March 11, 2001. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  20. ^ "Albert Stewart". Smithsonian. June 12, 2000. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  21. ^ "Pattison, Lee bio". April 2, 1989. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  22. ^ "Biography of Michale S. Roth". Wesleyan University News. Wesleyan University. July 10, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ "Spotlight on Faculty: Ken Gonzales-Day, Professor of Art". Scripps College News. Scripps College. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  25. ^ "David C. Lloyd, Distinguished professor of English". UCR profiles. University of California Riverside. August 2, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "In the Media: NPR Interviews Myriam J.A. Chancy about New Novel". Scripps College News. Scripps College. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ "Spotlight on Faculty: Vanessa Tyson, Assistant Professor of Politics". Scripps College News. Scripps College. October 4, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  30. ^ Hong, Heidi (April 24, 2009). "Scripps Drops Weis's "Interim" Title". The Student Life. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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