Notable alumni and staff of Pomona College
The class of 1894, Pomona's first graduating class, had 11 members.[1] Pomona College ( pə-MOH -nə [2] ) is an elite[3] private liberal arts college in Claremont, California , and the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium.[4] Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators.
Since its founding in 1887, Pomona has graduated 130 classes of students.[a] The college enrolls approximately 1,690 students as of the spring 2024 semester[5] and has roughly 25,000 living alumni.[6] The top industries for graduates include technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; nonprofits; and research.[7] [8]
Pomona employs 278 faculty members as of the fall 2023 semester.[9] The college has had 10 presidents, the first four of whom were Congregational ministers. The current president, G. Gabrielle Starr , took office in July 2017.[10]
Notable alumni [ edit ] Arts and letters [ edit ] Visual art [ edit ] Dividing the Light , a 2007 skyspace on Pomona's campus by James Turrell , class of 1965 Film and television [ edit ] Joel McCrea , class of 1928, appeared in more than 100 films, including many Westerns .[26] Robert Taylor , class of 1933, was one of the leading men of the Hollywood Golden Age .[27] Richard Chamberlain , class of 1956, became a teen idol for his starring role in Dr. Kildare .[28] Actor and musician Kris Kristofferson , class of 1958 Journalism and non-fiction writing [ edit ] Bill Keller , class of 1970, won a Pulitzer for his reporting from the Soviet Union in the final years of the Cold War and served as executive editor of The New York Times from 2003 to 2011.[80] Writing [ edit ] Self-help author Marianne Williamson , attended 1970 to 1972[45] Government and law [ edit ] U.S. Senators and Congresspeople [ edit ] U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D‑HI ), class of 1994 Federal officials [ edit ] State and city officials [ edit ] Diplomats [ edit ] Activists [ edit ] Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams , class of 1968 Military [ edit ] James Howard , class of 1937, was the only fighter pilot in the European Theater to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II.[177] Business [ edit ] Senior Disney executive Roy E. Disney , class of 1951 Science [ edit ] Jennifer Doudna , class of 1985, won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR-based gene engineering , one of the most significant discoveries in the history of biology.[220] [221] Religion [ edit ] Russian Orthodox hieromonk Seraphim Rose , class of 1956 (oil portrait by Andrey Mironov ) Academia [ edit ] College presidents [ edit ] Anthropologist David P. Barrows , class of 1894, conducted extensive ethnographic research on Native Americans .[255] Professors and academics [ edit ] A statue depicting Chinese sociologist Chen Hansheng , class of 1920, conducting a field interview with a peasant farmer in Baoding Athletics [ edit ] NBA Championship head coach of the San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich coached the Pomona men's basketball team from 1979 to 1987.[281] [282] Notable faculty [ edit ] Astronomer Frank Brackett , Pomona professor 1888–1933 Poet Claudia Rankine , Pomona professor 2006–2015 Presidents of Pomona College [ edit ] James Blaisdell , Pomona's fourth president and founder of the Claremont Colleges[360] From 1888 to 1890, trustee Charles B. Sumner was the college's "financial agent with supervisory authority", and assumed many of the duties of a president.[295] [361] [362] The subsequent presidents are:
Presidents of Pomona College (1887–present)
See also [ edit ] ^ Calculated assuming a commencement date of June 1; may be off by one if commencement takes place earlier. ^ a b c d The specific year is not known. ^ a b Pomona operated a preparatory department , which taught pre-college level courses, from its founding until 1911.[143] References [ edit ] ^ "1894" . Pomona College Timeline . Pomona College. November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020 . ^ "Pomona" . Collins English Dictionary . Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2020 . ^ Characterizations of the reputation of Pomona College: Barber, Mary (November 15, 1987). "Claremont Colleges: What began 100 years ago in an empty hotel surrounded by sagebrush has evolved into a unique success in American higher education" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2020 . 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