List of famous alumni from Reed College, with photos when available. Contact Reed College. Clinton was the 42nd US president, serving from 1993 to 2001. Mark Ptashne is a molecular biologist. Kelly J. McCreary is an American actress, best known for her role on the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Maggie Pierce, the half-sister of series protagonist Meredith Grey. He is the owner of The Meadow, a boutique that specializes in finishing salts, bean-to-bar chocolate, cocktail bitters, and other products. Berkeley "Bud" Lent was an American politician and jurist in the state of Oregon. Mike Davis is an American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. Richard Jeffrey Danzig is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 71st Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton. Reed also has off-campus housing. Oser is Roman Catholic. He retired from Northwest Airlines in 1999 to return to academic life. She serves as Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Principal Investigator of the Computational Biology Research Group at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Reunions Code of Conduct: As always, the Honor Principle starts with you. In 1997 he founded the Institute for Public Accuracy, which works to provide alternative sources for journalists, and serves as its executive director. Sanger has worked on other online projects, including Nupedia, Encyclopedia of Earth, Citizendium, WatchKnowLearn, Reading Bear, Infobitt and Everipedia. "[95], Reed has a reputation for being politically left-of-center. . For many years, Snyder was an academic at the University of California, Davis and for a time served as a member of the California Arts Council. [125] The collapse was attributed to excess snow piling up on the roof of the building causing a support truss to fracture, and strained several others, causing the roof to collapse. "When you say Reed," Diver said, "two words often come to mind. [117], A landmark of the campus, the Blue Bridge, spans the canyon. The primary demand concerned Reed's mandatory freshman Humanities course, proposing that the course either be changed to be more inclusive of world literature and classics or to be made not mandatory. [122], The Reed College Co-ops are a theme community that reside in the Farm and Garden Houses, after many years on the first floor of MacNaughton Hall. [101] Students began a protest campaign against the curriculum by sitting in during lectures with signs with quotations from various African-American and non-white academics. Greta Christina is an American atheist, blogger, speaker, and author. [105] In November 2017, Chris Bodenner of The Atlantic wrote about growing student resentment toward the tactics of RAR. He published more than twenty books, and his memory is honored by his foundation's annual James Beard Awards. A new Spanish House residence was completed. Christina Athena Aktipis is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. One of the unofficial symbols of Reed is the Doyle Owl, a roughly 280-pound (130kg) concrete statue that has been continuously stolen and re-stolen since about 1919. In 2003 the Paradox opened a second coffee shop, dubbing it the "Paradox Lost" (an allusion to John Milton's Paradise Lost,) at the southern end of the biology building, in the space commonly called the "Bio Fishbowl". This bridge replaced the unique cantilevered bridge that served in that spot between 1959 and 1991, which "featured stressed plywood girders the first time this construction had been used on a span of this size: a straight bridge 132 feet (40m) long and 15 feet (4.6m) high. He emphasized American cooking, prepared with fresh, wholesome, American ingredients, to a country just becoming aware of its own culinary heritage. [137] Originally conceived and approved by the faculty in 1968 for unstructured independent study, or "UIS", Paideia ran for the full month of January from 1969 to 1981, supervised by a committee of faculty, staff and students. James Andrews Beard was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. [74], The total direct cost for the 202223 academic year, including tuition, fees and room-and-board, was $80,710. Is it the kind of behavior that we value and wish to encourage? Janet Fitch is an American author. This page lists prominent, famous, and notable alumni of Reed College, an American institution of liberal arts and sciences, located in Oregon's most populous city, Portland, along with their past and present positions. Alumni Profiles. Alafair S. Burke is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. [40], Reed categorizes its academic program into five Divisions and the Humanities program. He has also researched psi phenomena, group decision making, handwriting analysis, sexual orientation, and personality theory and assessment. 1971 authorElyssa East, 1994 novelistDavid Eddings, 1954 writerNancy Farmer, 1963 novelist, winner of National Book Award for Young Peoples LiteratureElyse Fenton, 2003 poetJanet Fitch, 1978 novelist, White Oleander, Paint It Black, and The Revolution of Marina MDebra M. Ginsberg, 1984 authorShadab Zeest Hashmi, 1995 poetErnest Haycox (did not graduate) authorMyrlin Hermes, 1997 authorRoger Hobbs, 2011 author of Ghostman and Vanishing GamesJemiah Jefferson, 1994 authorLaleh Khadivi, 1998 author and writerCaroline B. Miller, 1959 authorLisa Dale Norton, 1976 authorSteven Raichlen, 1975 author and writerHoward Rheingold, 1968 writerM. These ex-students have shone like stars in their chosen fields all over the world. He has written for The New York Times, New York magazine, Wired, and other publications. Notable alumni include computer scientist and entrepreneur Larry Page, actor James Earl Jones, and President of the United States Gerald Ford . Important Links. Reed also has several intercollegiate athletic clubs, notably the basketball,[33] rugby,[34] Ultimate Frisbee,[35][36] and soccer[37] teams. Here's a look at some of the biggest names to play for "Last Chance U." . Unitarian minister Thomas Lamb Eliot, who knew the Reeds from the church choir, is credited with convincing Reed of the need for "a lasting legacy, a 'Reed Institute of Lectures,' and joked it would 'need a mine to run it. [21], After World War II the college saw its enrollment numbers dramatically increase as veterans began enrolling in the college. Prior to coming to Reed, Foster wrote that his ideal college would be one that "combats laziness, superficiality, dissipation, excessive indulgence in college life, by making the moral and intellectual requirements an honest, sustained, and adequate challenge to the best powers of the best American youth. He was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor emeritus at Georgetown University. University Of Washington. She is also the author of the PEN / Robert W. Bingham prize prize-winning novel Zazen, and her nonfiction has appeared in Salon, The Atlantic, GQ, Maximum Rock'n'Roll, Bitch Magazine, Smithsonian, The Atavist, and The American Reader. For any questions about these trips, email alumni@reed.edu. In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. It was composed by former president William Trufant Foster shortly after Reed's founding, and is rarely heard today. Reed maintains a 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio,[26] emphasizing a "conference" style where the professor often acts as a mediator for discussion rather than a lecturer. EduRank.org is an independent metric-based ranking of 14,131 universities from 183 countries. In 2012, Newsweek ranked Reed the 15th "most rigorous" college in the nation. Mark Bitterman is an American entrepreneur and food writer. Was it a virtuous thing to do? He has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. It requires freshmen to take Humanities 110, an intensive introduction to multidisciplinary inquiry, covering ancient Greece and Rome, the Hebrew Bible and ancient Jewish history, and as of 2019, Ancient Mesoamerica and the Harlem Renaissance. Demento, born Barret Hansen, 1963 radio personalityPozzi Escot, 1956 composerJohanna Fateman (did not graduate) musicianSimone Forti (did not graduate) choreographerRob Heinsoo, 1987 game designerHope Lange (did not graduate) actressJayne Loader, 1973 writer and director; produced and co-directed The Atomic CafePeter Mars, 1982 artist[7]Robert Morris, 1953 (attended two years) sculptorBill Morrison, 1985, filmmaker, Guggenheim fellowCharles Munch, 1968 painterDaria ONeill, 1993 Portland radio and TV personalityEric Overmyer, 1973 screenwriter, producer, playwrightDavid Reed, 1968 artistLawrence Rinder, 1983 Director of the Berkeley Art MuseumBrian Rolland (did not graduate) musicianLeo Rubinfien, 1974 photographerSusan Silas, 1975[8] artistPat Silver-Lasky 1949 screenwriter and actressMorgan Spector, 2002 actorKim Spencer, 1970 television producerDavid Henry Sterry, 1978 author, actor/comicIgor Vamos, 1990 contemporary artist, member of The Yes MenAnne Washburn, 1991 playwright (Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play)BusinessEmilio Pucci, 1937 fashion designer; member of the Italian ParliamentBill Naito, 1949 Portland businessman, developer, and civic leaderDan Greenberg, 1962 CEO of Electro RentDan Drake, 1964 co-founder of AutodeskMiriam Sontz, 1973 CEO of Powells Books, the worlds largest independent bookstore.Robert Friedland, 1974 businessman and CEO of Ivanhoe MinesSuzan DelBene, 1983 CEO of Nimble Technology and Vice President at MicrosoftElly Blue, 2005 co-owner of Microcosm PublishingMichael Richardson, 2007 co-founder of Urban Airship.EconomicsDorothy Brady, 1925 Professor of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaRobert A. Brady, 1923 Professor of Economics, University of California, BerkeleyRose Friedman, 1930 author; wife of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman; economist in her own right; left in 1930 after her sophomore year[9]Mason Gaffney, 1948 economist and critic of neoclassical economicsJohn Krutilla, 1949, economist who developed concept of existence value, Walter Berns (with First Lady Laura Bush and President George W. Bush) receiving the National Humanities MedalKalman J. Cohen, 1951 Professor of Economics, Duke UniversityDale W. Jorgenson, 1955 economist, professor at Harvard University, past president of the AEA and the Econometric SocietyMichael Rothschild, 1963 economist, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton UniversityNicolaus Tideman, 1965 economistYoram Bauman, 1995 economist and stand-up comedianRoss Starr (did not graduate) Professor of Economics, University of California, San DiegoWalter Berns (did not graduate) Resident Scholar, American Enterprise InstituteFood and DrinkJames Beard, expelled 1922/23; honorary degree 1976 chef and cookbook authorMark Bitterman, 1995 food writer and authorSteven Raichlen, 1975 television chef, authorKate Christensen, 1986 food writer and authorSusan Sokol Blosser, 1967 founder of Sokol Blosser Winery[10]Sean Thackrey (did not graduate) winemakerGovernment, Richard L. HannaJosiah H. Beeman V, 1958 United States Ambassador to New ZealandBud Clark (did not graduate) Mayor of PortlandRichard Danzig, 1965 71st Secretary of the NavySuzan DelBene, 1983 United States Representative from Washington state (D)Chris Garrett, 1996 member of the Oregon LegislatureRichard L. Hanna, 1973 United States Representative from New York (R)Cordelia Hood, 1936 Office of Strategic Services and CIA agentSheldon T. Mills, 1927 Former United States Ambassador to AfghanistanJ. Barbara Hayden, usually known professionally as Pat Silver or Pat Silver-Lasky, is an American actress, screenwriter, and writer, mostly known for her collaborations with her second husband, Jesse Lasky Jr. Allen Eric Bergin is a clinical psychologist known for his research on psychotherapy outcomes and on integrating psychotherapy and religion. Notable Alumni | Bowdoin College Notable Alumni William Pitt Fessenden, abolitionist, twenty-sixth US secretary of the treasury; US representative and US senator from Maine (1824) Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States (1824) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1825) Nathaniel Hawthorne, novelist (1825) He attended the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions as a Bernie Sanders delegate. [39] First introduced as an agreement to promote ethical academic behavior with the explicit end of relieving the faculty of policing student behavior,[citation needed] the Honor Principle was extended to cover all aspects of student life. The original campus buildings (including the Library, the Old Dorm Block, and what is now the primary administration building, Eliot Hall) are brick Tudor Gothic buildings in a style similar to Ivy League campuses. He also coined the phrase "the edge of chaos". Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Reed College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The list includes people like Steve Jobs, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gary Snyder, Ry Cooder & Harry Harlow. He consults with restaurateurs and lectures at culinary academies about the use of finishing salts and Himalayan salt blocks. After the Cold War intensified with Russia's launch of Sputnik in 1957, Reed repositioned itself as an important national asset, leveraging the college's historically strong reputation in the sciences by modernizing the campus's physical plant and strengthening its teaching resources. The event is initiated by a procession of seniors throwing their thesis notes in a large bonfire after the completed theses are submitted. She is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in cognitive psychology and primarily known for her work on categorization, in particular her prototype theory, which has profoundly influenced the field of cognitive psychology. [43], Reed's Humanities program includes the mandatory freshman course Introduction to Western Humanities covering ancient Greek and Roman literature, history, art, religion, and philosophy. Michael E. Levine was a "Distinguished Research Scholar" at the New York University School of Law. In mythology, the griffin often pulled the chariot of the sun; in canto 32 of Dante's Commedia the griffin is associated with the Tree of Knowledge. Mary Rosenblum was an American science fiction and mystery author. Upcoming Trips Join Professor Pancho Savery in Cuba to experience a timeless yet rapidly evolving Cuba on a behind-the-scenes travel programexclusively for Reed College alumni and parentsthis October 14-20, 2023. Today, Brin is worth an estimated $53.3 billion and has been ranked as the 14th richest person in the world by Forbes. His work, in his various roles, reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. Academic Leaders John Bravman, Bucknell president Joseph Castro, California State University chancellor Sean Decatur, Kenyon College president Michael Drake, University of California president In addition to famous Reed College graduates, it also includes some famous Reedies who did not graduate. ZAMM is an interdisciplinary conference where art, science and medicine come together with the aim of solving complex issues. Reed students and faculty are expected to abide by an ethical code known as "The Honor Principle". Robert Rae Cornthwaite was an American film and television character actor. The external review had not in fact been completed nor reviewed at the time of the announcement. According to Reed's website, each semester, a $130 student body fee "is collected from each full-time student by the business office, acting as agent for the student senate. He notably designed ITC Stone while working for Adobe. [142] Afterwards, the top forty organizations present their budgets to the student body senate during Funding Circus. [55], Reed offers dual-degree programs in Computer Science (with University of Washington), Engineering (with Caltech, Columbia University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Forestry or Environmental Management (with Duke University), and Fine Art (with the Pacific Northwest College of Art). The class was drawn from the largest pool ever 9,023 applicantsand was the most selective in Reed's history, with an admittance rate of 30.8%. He is the author of Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, West of Kabul, East of New York, and other books concerning Afghan and Muslim history. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, intellectuals & academics, singers, musicians and activists etc. Malati Dasi is a senior spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He has also advised blockchain company Phunware and advised the nonprofit online American political encyclopedia Ballotpedia. She is currently represented by The Box L.A. in Los Angeles, CA, and has works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Generali Foundation in Vienna, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. . [8][9][10][11], The Reed Institute (the legal name of the college) was founded in 1908 and held its first classes in 1911. Elsewhere in the academic world both tenured and nontenured professors with alleged or admitted communist party ties were fired with relatively little fuss or protest. Don Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento was an Italian aristocrat, fashion designer and politician. She is a New York Times bestselling author of 18 crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two seriesone featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. There is no formal process for forming a student organization at Reed; a group of students (or a single student) announcing themselves as or just considering themselves a student organization is enough, but groups that desire funding from the school's Student Activities office or Student Body Fees must register with Student Activities or through the Student Senate. In addition to famous Reed College graduates, it also includes some famous Reedies who did not graduate. [151], Richard Danzig, 71st U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Suzan DelBene, U.S. Representative from Washington, Richard L. Hanna, U.S. Representative from New York, Hope Lange, Academy Award-nominated actress, James Beard, chef and television personality. She is married to the painter Richard Tuttle, with whom she has frequently collaborated. [116], Canyon Day, a tradition dating back to 1915, is held twice a year. Like Murphy, Billy Crystal is an alumnus of both SNL and Nassau Community College. She wrote the novel White Oleander, which became a film in 2002. Tom Crosshill is a Latvian author of speculative and literary fiction, active since 2010. His remaining book is on the use of bitters and amari in mixology and cooking. He was an enthusiastic advocate for investment in downtown Portland, both private and public, and is widely credited for helping to reverse a decline in the area in the 1970s through acquiring and renovating derelict or aging buildings and encouraging others to invest in downtown and the central city. [93][94], In February 2012, the Reed administration chose to call the police following the discovery of "two to three pounds of marijuana and a small amount of ecstasy and LSD in the on-campus apartment of two juniors. Steven Shapin is an American historian and sociologist of science. Disney envisioned a . Sascha Altman DuBrul, a.k.a. [148], In 2012, Reed College had the third highest reported sexual assault rate among U.S. colleges and universities. [24] Reed also has a TRIGA research reactor on campus, making it the only school in the United States to have a nuclear reactor operated primarily by undergraduates. Winner of two American Book Awards, her work is often associated with the Language School, the poetry of the New York School, phenomenology, and visual art. Reed College (25) Liberty University (25) Colgate University (25) Binghamton University (24) Art Center College Of Design (24) [75] Indirect costs (books, supplies, transportation, personal expenses) could be another $3,950. Eduardo M. Ochoa is an Argentinean-American economist and academic administrator serving as the president of California State University, Monterey Bay. Bitterman has published five books. Her parents are Anna Roosevelt Dall and her first husband Curtis Bean Dall. He is also a senior fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the director of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. Two are about cooking with Himalayan salt blocks, and helped pioneer the concept. [71][72], The Class of 2026 had 394 students. [101] In response to protests the faculty decided to undergo the decennial review process a year early, as well as to complete the process in three months instead of the usual year. He also served on the Oregon Court of Appeals, was a deputy district attorney for Multnomah County, Oregon, and worked for the United States Department of Justice. Both photographs were of the same V-J Day embrace of a woman in a white dress by a sailor. He was involved in the world of air transportation and its regulation as a senior airline executive, an academic and a government official. The cafeteria, known simply as "Commons", has a reputation for ecologically sustainable food services. Born in Vallejo, California, she was part of the hippie movement before becoming an initiated disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1967. Jemiah Jefferson is an American author of contemporary horror and erotic literature. [118], A new pedestrian and bicycle bridge spanning the canyon was opened in Fall 2008. "[90] Local reporter James Pitkin of the newspaper Willamette Week editorialized that "Reed College, a private school with one of the most prestigious academic programs in the U.S., is one of the last schools in the country where students enjoy almost unlimited freedom to experiment openly with drugs, with little or no hassles from authorities", though Willamette Week stated the following week concerning Pitkin's editorial: "As of press time, almost 500 responses, many expressing harsh criticism of Willamette Week, had been posted on our website. This third shop is not student-run, but is operated by Bon Apptit. Founded in 1908 in southeast Portland, Oregon, Reed College is a coeducational, independent liberal arts and sciences college. 9. [86] The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, written by the staff of Yale Daily News, notes an impression among students of institutional permissiveness: "According to students, the school does not bust students for drug or alcohol use unless they cause harm or embarrassment to another student.
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