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 classes of students. As of the semester, the college enrolled approximately students.
As of the semester, Scripps employs faculty members. The college has had nine official presidents and several interim presidents, including the current interim president, Amy Marcus-Newhall.
Notable alumnae
Name Class year Notability 1932 Zen Buddhist in the Harada-Yasutani lineage Exchange student 1932–1934 Olympic gold medalist fencer who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish 1953 Founder, Friends of the Columbia Gorge Attended 1962–1963 Newspaper columnist 1973 White House Counsel for Bill Clinton Attended 1975–1976 Novelist 1978 Sculptor and installation artist known for work on black identity 1983 Sculpture artist 1987 Academic and president of Thomas Edison State University 1993 Democratic U.S. representative for Arizona's 8th district, gun control advocate 2013 New Hampshire State Representative for Hillsborough District 41
Notable faculty
Name Active tenure Notability 1927–1939 Philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer 1932–1955 Artist and designer 1939–1965 Sculptor 1941–1962 Concert pianist, composer, arranger, opera director 1970–1980 composer, violinist 1970–1984 Visual artist and art historian, printmaker and painter called the "godmother of African American art" 1976–1984Artist and designer 1983–2000 Historian, university administrator, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair, President of Wesleyan University 1994–present Concert pianist, composer, playwright, Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chair 1995–present Conceptual artist and historian, a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fletcher Jones Chair 1996-2004 Poet and professor of English and Humanities 2000–present Art historian 2008–present Haitian-Canadian-American writer, fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair 2012–present Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist 2015–present Political scientist and politician
Presidents of Scripps College The following persons served as president of Scripps College:
Image Name Term start Term end 1 Ernest Jaqua 1926 1942 interim Mary Kimberly Shirk 1942 1944 2 Frederick Hard 1944 1964 3 Mark Curtis July 1, 1964 June 30, 1976 4 John H. Chandler July 1, 1976 June 30, 1989 5 E. Howard Brooks July 1, 1989 June 30, 1990 6 Nancy Y. Bekavac July 1, 1990 June 30, 2007 interim Frederick Weis July 1, 2007 April 24, 2009 7 April 24, 2009 June 30, 2009 8 Lori Bettison-Varga July 1, 2009 October 1, 2015 interim Amy Marcus-Newhall October 2, 2015 July 31, 2016 9 Lara Tiedens August 1, 2016 April 14, 2021 interim Amy Marcus-Newhall April 15, 2021 June 30, 2022 10 Susan Keen July 1, 2022 March 20, 2023 interim Amy Marcus-Newhall March 20, 2023 April 6, 2023 11 April 6, 2023 Present
+Key – Denotes interim president
See also List of Claremont Colleges people
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References
External links Scripps College alumnae website