Hamilton College

Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. It is sometimes referred to as the 'School on the Hill', due to the school's location on top of College Hill, just outside of downtown Clinton. Hamilton College was ranked as the 15th best Liberal Arts College in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in 2006{{an|1}}.

Famous Alumni

Notable alumni of Hamilton College include:

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• Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1891 -- Author
• J. Carter Bacot, 1955 -- Banker (former Chairman and CEO, Bank of New York)
• Albert Barnes, 1820 -- Theologian
• Terry Brooks, 1966 -- Author
• Michael N. Castle, 1961 -- Former Governor of Delaware, current Representative to the U. S. Congress for Delaware -- Graduation Speaker 2004
• Bruce Cutler, 1970 -- defense attorney for John Gotti and Louis Eppolito, among others
• Alf Evers -- Historian
• Paul Greengard, 1948 -- Nobel Prize winning scientist
• Sol M. Linowitz, 1935 -- Attorney and Diplomat
• Robert Moses, 1956-- Activist
• Ezra Pound, 1905 -- Author
• Elihu Root, 1864 -- US Secretary of State
• James S. Sherman, 1878 -- Vice-President of the United States
• B.F. Skinner, 1926 -- Behavioral Psychologist
• Thomas Vilsack, 1972 -- Iowa Governor -- Graduation Speaker 2001
• Cmdr. Stephen R. Foley -- Commander of the Navy?s Blue Angels
• Theodore Dwight Weld -- Abolitionist
• Matthew Winterroth, 1999 -- Surfer
• Steve Wulf -- Editor-in-Chief of ESPN the Magazine