List of Scripps College people

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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. Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators.

Scripps has graduated 93 classes of students. As of the spring 2019 semester, the college enrolls approximately 1,110 students.

As of the spring 2019 semester, Scripps employs 136 faculty members. The college has had nine official presidents and several interim presidents, including the current interim president, Amy Marcus-Newhall.

Notable alumnae

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

Notable faculty

Main category: Scripps College faculty
Name Active tenure Notability Ref.
Hartley Burr Alexander 1927–1939 Philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer
Millard Sheets 1932–1955 Artist and designer
Albert Stewart 1939–1965 Sculptor
Lee Pattison 1941–1962 Concert pianist, composer, arranger, opera director
Michael S. Roth 1983–2000 Historian, university administrator, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair, President of Wesleyan University
Hao Huang (pianist) 1994–present Concert pianist, composer, playwright, Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chair
Ken Gonzales-Day 1995–present Conceptual artist and historian, a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fletcher Jones Chair
David Lloyd (academic) 1996-2004 Poet and professor of English and Humanities
Juliet Koss 2000–present Art historian
Myriam J. A. Chancy 2008–present Haitian-Canadian-American writer, fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair
Martha Gonzalez (musician) 2012–present Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist
Vanessa C. Tyson 2015–present Political scientist and politician

Presidents of Scripps College

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

See also