Oberlin College

Oberlin College is a small liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833, and today has a student population of approximately 2,850. It is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, a distinguished music school. Oberlin is frequently recognized as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States. In fact, a recent study found that more Oberlin College alumni receive doctorates than do alumni from any other liberal arts college in the country.

Notable alumni

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• Alison Bechdel 1981, cartoonist (Dykes To Watch Out For)
• Eric Bogosian 1976, novelist/playwright (Ararat)
• Avery Brooks 1970, (honorary degree: 1996), actor (Uncle Tom's Cabin, American History X, ')
• James Burrows 1962, producer/creator of Cheers and director Will And Grace, Wings, News Radio, among others
• John Cazale, actor (The Godfather, The Deer Hunter)
• Tracy Chevalier 1984, novelist (Girl with a Pearl Earring)
• Yvette D. Clarke 1986, New York City councilwoman representing the 40th district (Kensington, Prospect-Lefferts, Ditmas Park and other areas).
• Henry Roe Cloud, Native American political leader
• Stanley Cohen 1945, Nobel laureate (Physiology and Medicine, 1986)
• Carl Dennis, Pulitzer-winning poet (Practical Gods)
• Lee Fisher 1973, former Attorney General of Ohio
• Kim France 1987, editor of Lucky magazine
• Daniel Gaylinn 2001, Executive Director of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology.
• Myla Goldberg 1993, novelist (Bee Season)
• William Goldman 1952, novelist (The Princess Bride) and Oscar-winning screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
• Elisha Gray, an inventor of the telephone
• Jerry Greenfield 1973, co-creator of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
• Richard N. Haass 1973, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State.
• Al Haig, jazz pianist
• Charles Martin Hall 1885, co-discoverer of the electrolytic process of producing aluminium (and accidental originator of the American spelling of "aluminum")
• Jon Hamilton, NPR science correspondent (and editor emeritus of the student newspaper The Oberlin Review)
• Ed Helms 1996, correspondent on The Daily Show
• Bill Irwin 1973, clown (Pickle Family Circus), writer/director ('), actor (Northern Exposure)
• Fred Kaplan, ?, journalist and Slate Magazine columnist.
• John Kander 1951, of the musical theater team Kander and Ebb (Cabaret and Chicago, among others)
• Daniel Kinsey 1935, Olympic champion (110 m hurdles)
• Jennifer Koh 1997, violinist (1994 International Tchaikovsky Competition winner)
• H. H. Kung 1906, Chinese banker and Premier of the Republic of China (1938–1939)
• John Mercer Langston 1849, early civil rights activist
• Romulus Linney, playwright
• Michelle Malkin, journalist (Los Angeles Daily News, The Seattle Times), author (In Defense of Internment), political commentator
• James McBride 1979, journalist (Boston Globe, The Washington Post), author (The Color of Water), musician
• Josh MacPhee 1998, political artist
• Robert Millikan 1891, Nobel laureate (Physics, 1923) for measuring the charge of the electron
• Eduardo Mondlane 1953, Mozambican political leader
• Adam Moss 1979, editor of New York Magazine
• Amy X. Neuburg, classical and pop singer
• Thisbe Nissen 1994, novelist (Out of the Girls Room and Into the Night, Osprey Island)
• Karen O, lead singer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Liz Phair 1989, singer/songwriter
• Jane Pratt 1984, creator of Sassy and Jane magazines
• Willard V. Quine 1930, philosopher and logician
• Daniel Radosh 1991, journalist and blogger
• David Rees 1994, cartoonist (My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable, Get Your War On)
• Josh Ritter 1999, folk singer/songwriter
• Carl T. Rowan 1947, journalist
• William F. Schultz 1971, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA
• Lorenzo Snow, Mormon prophet, fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Roger Wolcott Sperry 1935 and 1937, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate (Medicine, 1981)
• William Grant Still, composer
• Lucy Stone 1847, feminist and abolitionist
• Anna Louise Strong 1905, activist and author
• Julie Taymor 1974, theatrical and cinematic director (Frida, Titus, Broadway's The Lion King)
• Jen Trynin, rock singer/songwriter
• John Vinocur, foreign correspondent (The International Herald Tribune)
• Moses Fleetwood Walker 1881, first African-American player in baseball's major leagues
• William Drake Westervelt 1871 and 1874 (honorary degree: 1926), Hawaiian historical writer
• Thornton Wilder, author (The Bridge of San Luis Rey), playwright (Our Town); he attended the College but did not graduate
• Franz Wright 1977, Pulitzer-winning poet (Walking to Martha's Vineyard)
• James Zemaits 1990, head of Sotheby's 20th-century-design department