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Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a small, private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Wesleyan shares a common Methodist heritage with Ohio Wesleyan University (and with about a dozen other U.S. colleges and universities named after John Wesley), though both Wesleyan and Ohio Wesleyan University are now independent highly selective institutions. Originally an all-male Methodist college, its first attempt at co-education lasted from 1872 to 1912; the departure of the female students led directly to the foundation of nearby Connecticut College. Women were gradually readmitted to Wesleyan starting in 1970. Perhaps best known for the liberal arts, it does also offer a wide variety of sciences, which dominate the graduate programs available. It is one of the "Little Three" along with Amherst College and Williams College. The college is well known for its social activism and also its high percentage of students from minority backgrounds. It was a pioneer in world music, and one of the first American universities outside of Los Angeles and New York City to offer a program in Film Studies .

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Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of Wesleyan University include:

Academia

Art

  • Meredith Bergmann 1976 - Sculptor of Women's Memorial (Boston) .
  • Lyle Ashton Harris 1988 - Photographer, exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Alan Shestack 1960 - Chief curator, National Gallery of Art
  • Mark Steinmetz 1982 - Photographer, recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Philip Trager 1956 - Photographer whose books include Villas of Palladio, Dancers, Persephone, and Changing Paris: A Tour Along the Seine

Business

  • Joshua Boger 1973 - President and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Majora Carter 1988 - Founder and executive director, Sustainable South Bronx
  • Richard Cavanagh 1968 - President and CEO, The Conference Board of New York
  • Alan Dachs 1970 - President, The Fremont Group (investment arm of Bechtel Corp.); chairman of Wesleyan's board of trustees
  • Charles Exley, Jr. 1951 - Former chairman and CEO, NCR Corporation
  • Charles James 1976 - Vice president and general counsel, ChevronTexaco Corp.
  • Herb Kelleher 1953 - Founder, chairman, and former president and CEO, Southwest Airlines
  • Matt Kelley 1902 - Founder, president, and CEO, The Mavin Foundation
  • Daphne Kwok 1984 - Executive director of the Asian Pacific Institute for Congressional Studies
  • Eliza Leighton 1995 - Cofounder, Stand for Children
  • John Lipsky 1968 - Chief economist and managing director, JP Morgan Chase
  • Robert Patricelli 1961 - President and CEO, Women's Health, USA
  • Anthony Richter 1984 - director of Central Asia and Middle East Initiatives of the Open Society Institute
  • Tom Rogers 1976 - Chairman and CEO, Primedia
  • David Skaggs 1964 - Executive director, Aspen Institute
  • Laura Walker 1979 - President and CEO, WNYC
  • Jeff Weitzen 1978 - Former president and CEO, Gateway 2000
  • John Woodhouse 1953 - Senior chairman, Sysco Corp.
  • Walter Wriston 1941 - Retired chairman, Citicorp
  • Strauss Zelnick 1979 - Founder and president, ZelnickMedia
  • Ezra Zilkha 1947 - President, Zilkha and Sons

Entertainment

Law

  • Russell Hardin 1964 - Attorney, Hardin, Beers, Hagstette & Davidson, and lead Houston attorney for Arthur Andersen's defense against lawsuits brought by Enron shareholders
  • Hon. Terry Hatter 1954 - Federal judge, Los Angeles
  • Hon. Anthony Scirica 1962 - Circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals, Third District (Philadelphia)
  • Theodore Shaw 1976 - Associate director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • Hon. Stephen Trott 1962 - Federal Appellate Court judge, 9th Circuit

Literature

  • Amy Bloom 1975 - Author of Come to Me, Love Invents Us, and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
  • Robin Cook 1962 - Medical mystery writer whose books include Abduction, Chromosome 6, Coma, Shock, and many other bestsellers
  • Ted Fiske 1959 - Educational writer, creator of The Fiske Guide to Colleges
  • William H. Gass
  • Daniel Handler 1992 - Author (under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket) of A Series of Unfortunate Events children's book series
  • Sebastian Junger 1984 - Author of The Perfect Storm and Fire
  • Robert Ludlum 1951 - The late writer whose books include The Bourne Identity, The Matarese Circle , and many others
  • C. Richard (Rick) Nicita 1967 - Cochairman, Creative Artists Agency
  • Dr. Michael Palmer 1964 - Medical mystery writer whose books include Side Effects, Flashback, Extreme Measures, and Natural Causes
  • Sara Shandler 2002 - Author of Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self

Medicine

  • Dr. Herbert Benson 1957 - Founding president of the Mind/Body Medical Institute; author of The Relaxation Response
  • Dr. Laman Gray, Jr. 1963 - Artificial heart surgeon
  • Dr. Jay Levy 1960 - AIDS researcher and educator; professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • Emelie Marcus 1982 - Editor of the scientific journal Cell.

News

  • Eric Asimov 1979 - Restaurant columnist and editor, The New York Times; son of Isaac Asimov
  • William Blakemore 1965 - Correspondent, ABC News
  • Ethan Bronner 1976 - Assistant editorial page editor, The New York Times
  • Dominique Browning 1977 - Editor-in-chief, House & Garden Magazine
  • Jane Eisner 1977 - Columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Alberto Ibarg¨en 1966 - Publisher, The Miami Herald, Chair of PBS Board of Directors
  • Brooks Kraft 1987 - Nationally recognized photojournalist whose pictures of the White House and President Bush have appeared in Time Magazine.
  • Alex Kotlowitz 1977 - Journalist, activist, author of There Are No Children Here
  • Caroline Little 1981 - COO of Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive
  • Randall Pinkston 1972 - Emmy Award-winning television journalist
  • C. Sumner (Chuck) Stone 1948 - Professor of journalism at University of North Carolina; former editor, Philadelphia Daily News
  • Michael Yamashita 1971 - Photographer, National Geographic
  • John Yang 1980 - Correspondent, ABC News

Politics

  • Gerald Baliles 1963 - Former governor of Virginia
  • John Hickenlooper 1974 - Mayor of Denver, Colorado.
  • Robert Hunter 1962 - Former United States ambassador to NATO, now president of the Atlantic Treaty Organization

Sports

  • Bill Belichick 1975 - Head coach, New England Patriots, winner of 2002 Super Bowl
  • Ambrose Burfoot 1968 - First collegian to win the Boston Marathon; executive editor, Runner's World Magazine
  • Jeff Galloway 1967 - Celebrated runner and author of Galloway's Book on Running
  • Bill Rodgers 1970 - Renowned runner, winner of four New York and four Boston marathons

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