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Pomona College (/pəˈmoʊnə/ ⓘ 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.

The Pomona class of 1894 gathered outdoors
The class of 1894, Pomona's first graduating class, had 11 members.[1]

Since its founding in 1887, Pomona has graduated 130 classes of students. 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

Arts and letters

Visual art

Dividing the Light, a 2007 skyspace on Pomona's campus by James Turrell, class of 1965
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Milford Zornes1934California Scene Painting watercolor artist[11]
Roger Edward Kuntz1948Landscape painter[12]
Marcia Hafif1951Artist, known for minimalist and process art works[13]
Barbara T. Smith1953Performance artist[14]
Helen Pashgian1956Light and Space artist[15]
James Strombotne1956Painter[16]
Mary GrandPré1960s[a]Illustrator, best known for her work on the U.S. editions of the Harry Potter books[17]
James Turrell1965Light and Space artist, known for skyspaces and Roden Crater land art project[18][19]
Judy Fiskin1966Photographer and video artist[20]
Chris Burden1969Performance, sculpture, and installation artist[21][22][23]
Peter Shelton1973Sculptor[24]
Miko Lim2002Director and photographer[25]

Film and television

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]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Joel McCrea1928Film actor (Sullivan's Travels, Foreign Correspondent)[29][30]
John Whitney1930s[a]Early computer animation filmmaker[31][32]
Robert Taylor1933Film actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe)[33][34]
Art ClokeyAttended 1939–1943Stop-motion clay animator and creator of Gumby[35][36][37]
Amanda BlakeAttended c. 1950[a]Actress (Gunsmoke)[38]
Richard Chamberlain1956Film and theatre actor (Dr. Kildare, Shōgun, The Thorn Birds), three-time Golden Globe winner[39]
Robert Towne1956Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Chinatown; nominated for The Last Detail and Shampoo)[39]
Anthony Zerbe1958Emmy-winning character actor (Will Penny, The Omega Man, Licence to Kill)[40]
David S. Ward1967Film director (Major League) and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (The Sting)[41]
Robert Blalack1970Visual effects artist (won Academy Award for Star Wars and an Emmy for The Day After)[42][43]
Scott Paulin1971Actor (The Right Stuff), husband of actress Wendy Phillips[44]
Lynda Obst1972Film and television producer[45]
George C. Wolfe1976Two-time Tony Award-winning play director, playwright and film director (Nights in Rodanthe)[46]
Allison Jones1977Emmy Award-winning casting director[47][48]
Rosalind Chao1978Actress (The Joy Luck Club, Star Trek: The Next Generation)[49]
Ted Field1979Media mogul and film producer[50]
Paul Guay1979Screenwriter (Liar Liar, Heartbreakers, The Little Rascals)[51][52]
Joe Menosky1979Television writer (Star Trek franchise)[53]
Melissa Jo Peltier1983Television writer and producer (Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan)[54]
Jim Taylor1984Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Sideways); frequent writing partner of Alexander Payne[55]
Viveca Paulin1991Actor, wife of comedian Will Ferrell[56]
Kelly Perine1991Television actor[57]
Alison Rosen1997Podcaster, writer, and television personality[58]
Aditya Sood1997Film producer (The Martian, Deadpool, Deadpool 2)[59][60][61]
Sylvain White1998Film director (Stomp the Yard)[62]

Music

Actor and musician Kris Kristofferson, class of 1958
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
John CageAttended 1928–1930Avant-garde composer, musician, and poet[63][64][65]
Vladimir Ussachevsky1935Composer of electronic music[66]
Robert Shaw1938Fourteen-time Grammy-winning conductor[67]
Chris StrachwitzTransferred 1952Grammy-winning record label executive and producer[68]
Kris Kristofferson1958Writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician[40][69]
Douglas Leedy1959Composer and music scholar[70]
Frank ZappaAuditor, c. 1959Prolific musician, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[71]
Lucy Shelton1965Soprano[72]
David Noon1968Composer[73]
David Murray1977Jazz musician[74]
Frank Albinder1980Conductor, former director of Chanticleer[75]
Eric Friedl1988Musician, The Oblivians; owner of Goner Records[76]
Christine FanAttended 1990s[a]American-born Taiwanese singer and actress[77]
Chris Cain1999Musician, We Are Scientists[78]
Keith Murray2000Musician, We Are Scientists[78]
Tunji Balogun2004Record label executive, CEO of Def Jam Recordings and co-founder of Keep Cool Records[79]

Journalism and non-fiction writing

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]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Relman Morin1929Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Associated Press[81][40][82]
Mark Gayn1933Foreign affairs correspondent for the Toronto Star[83][84]
Paul Fussell1947Cultural and literary historian, known for criticism of the romanticization of war[85][46]
H. Arnold Barton1953Historian of Scandinavian history[86][87]
Terry Drinkwater1958CBS News correspondent[88]
Doug McConnell1967Television journalist[89][90]
Bill Keller1970Executive editor of The New York Times and winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting[91][80][92]
Verlyn Klinkenborg1974Author, editor, and academic, known for his writings on rural America[93][94]
Joe Palca1974NPR science correspondent[95]
Mary Schmich1975Columnist for the Chicago Tribune and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary[96][97][98]
Lynn Walford1979Automotive technology writer[99]
Richard Pérez‑Peña1984Reporter for The New York Times[100]
Zafar Sobhan1992Bangladeshi journalist and editor of the Dhaka Tribune[101]
Judd Legum2000Journalist, lawyer, and political staffer; founder of ThinkProgress[102][103]
Ashlee Vance2000Technology and business journalist, author[104]
Conor Friedersdorf2002Staff writer for The Atlantic, known for civil libertarian perspectives[105]

Writing

NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Richard Armour1927Author, humorist, professor[106]
Ved Mehta1956Indian writer[107]
William Irwin Thompson1962Poet, cultural historian, cultural critic[108][109]
Ray Young BearAttended 1969–1972Poet and novelist, known for work on contemporary Native American identity[110]
Garrett Hongo1973Japanese-American poet[111]
Louis Menand1973Writer, The Metaphysical Club (which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History)[112][113]
Richard Preston1976Writer for The New Yorker and bestselling author of The Hot Zone[46]
Douglas Preston1978Writer for The New Yorker and Smithsonian, bestselling thriller author[114]
Vikram Chandra1984Indian-American writer[55][115]
Tom Lin2018Carnegie Medal–winning author[116]

Other

Self-help author Marianne Williamson, attended 1970 to 1972[45]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Fong Foo SecPreparatory school,[b] transferred 1901Chinese educator and publicist, Pomona's first Asian student, English department editor of The Commercial Press[117][118]
Essae Martha Culver1905First state librarian of Louisiana and president of the American Library Association[119]
Clara Breed1927Librarian who opposed Japanese internment during World War II and supported children sent to camps[120][121]
Edwin B. Crittenden1938Alaskan architect[122]
David OssmanTransferred in 1956Writer and comedian best known as a member of the Firesign Theatre[123][39]
Twyla TharpTransferred in 1960Emmy and Tony award-winning dancer and choreographer[124][125]
Marianne WilliamsonAttended 1970–1972Author, spiritual leader, activist, and 2020 presidential candidate[126][45]
Don Daglow1974Video game designer and producer[127]
Eddie Dombrower1980Video game designer and producer[127]
Alex Linder1988Owner and operator of the Vanguard News Network, an antisemitic, white supremacist website[128]

Government and law

U.S. Senators and Congresspeople

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D‑HI), class of 1994
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Alan CranstonTransferred 1933Democratic U.S. Senator for California (1969–1993)[129][130][131]
Frank EvansAttended 1941–1943Democratic U.S. Representative for Colorado's 3rd district (1965–1979)[132][133]
Chip Pashayan1963Republican U.S. Representative for California's 17th district (1979–1991)[132][134]
Brian Schatz1994Democratic U.S. Senator for Hawaii (2012–present)[135][136][132][137]

Federal officials

NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Leslie A. Wheeler1921U.S. government official and diplomat who helped liberalize international agricultural trade[138][139]
William B. Bader1953United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs[140]
Esther Brimmer1983U.S. foreign policy expert and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs[141]
David Holmes1997Diplomat and counselor for political affairs at the U.S Embassy in Ukraine[142]

State and city officials

NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Silsby SpaldingPreparatory school,[b] c. 1904First mayor of Beverly Hills, California[144][145]
Mark Wyland1968Republican California Senator[146]
Ellen Bard1971Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives[147]
Tick Segerblom1971Democratic Nevada Senator[148][149]
Cristina Garcia1999Democratic California Assemblyperson[150]

Judges

NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
James Marshall Carter1924Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit[151][152]
Harry L. HuppAttended 1947–1950Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California, known for reforming treatment of alcoholism[153][154][155]
Stephen Reinhardt1951Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit[156]
Cruz Reynoso1953First Latino on the California Supreme Court, advocate for civil rights of farm workers; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000[157]
George H. Wu1969Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California[158]
Christina A. Snyder1972Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California[159]
Richard G. Taranto1977Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit[160][161]
Kimberly J. Mueller1981Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California[162]
Halim Dhanidina1994Judge, California Court of Appeal for the Second District; first Muslim judge in the state of California[163]

Diplomats

NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Hugh S. GibsonAttended c. 1900U.S. interwar diplomat, ambassador, proponent of the professionalization of the Foreign Service[164][165]
Julian Nava1951First Mexican-American to become the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico[166]
Kenneth L. Brown1959U.S. ambassador to Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Congo-Brazzaville[167]

Activists

Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams, class of 1968
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Virginia Prince1935Transgender rights activist and founder of Transvestia magazine[168][169][170]
Myrlie Evers‑Williams1968Activist, first full-time chairperson of the NAACP[171][172]
John Payton1973Civil rights attorney and president of NAACP Legal Defense Fund (co-founded Black Student Union at Pomona)[173][174]
Kafi D. Blumenfield1993Nonprofit executive, activist, and civic leader[175][176]

Military

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]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
James H. Howard1937Brigadier general, member of the Flying Tigers during World War II and Medal of Honor recipient[178][179][177]
Verne Orr1937U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, 1981–1985[180]

Business

Senior Disney executive Roy E. Disney, class of 1951
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Russell K. Pitzer1900Citrus farmer, founder of Pitzer College[181][182]
Frank R. Seaver1905Lawyer, naval officer, oil drilling executive, and philanthropist; first president of the Associated Students of Pomona College[183][184]
Donald McKenna1929Businessperson and philanthropist, known for donations to Claremont McKenna College[185]
R. Stanton Avery1932Inventor of modern stickers, founder of Avery Adhesives[186]
Elmer P. Wheaton1933Aerospace and marine engineer and executive at the Douglas Aircraft Company and the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company[187]
Charles Scripps1943Chair of the board of the E. W. Scripps Company[188][189]
Richard C. Seaver1946Oil drilling executive and philanthropist[190][191]
Roy E. Disney1951Executive at The Walt Disney Company; nephew of Walt Disney[81][192]
Frank Wells1952President of The Walt Disney Company and mountaineer[193][157]
Burton SmithTransferred 1959Computer architect, co-founder of Cray, and Microsoft Fellow[194][195]
Kent Brownridge1962General manager of Rolling Stone and CEO of Dennis Publishing and Alpha Media[196][197][198]
Linda G. Alvarado1973CEO of Alvarado Construction; co-owner of the Colorado Rockies[199]
Cathy Corison1975Winemaker[200]
Hashim Djojohadikusumo1976Indonesian entrepreneur and brother of former Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto[201]
Lynn Forester de Rothschild1976CEO of E.L. Rothschild[202][203]
Bryan White1984Co-founder of BlackRock's multi-billion dollar hedge fund investments business and Sahsen Ventures[204][205][206]
Libby Armintrout1986Philanthropist and sister of Bill Gates[207]
Bernard C. Chan1988Convenor of the Hong Kong Executive Council and President of Asia Financial Holdings[208]
Osman Kibar1992Billionaire founder of biotech firm Samumed[209][210]
Laszlo Bock1993Former Senior Vice President, People Operations, Google, and co-founder and CEO of Humu[211][212][213]
Adam Bowen1998Billionaire co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Juul[214][215][216]
Nick Friedman2005President and co-founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk[217][218]
Maya Horgan Famodu2012Founder of Ingressive and named in Forbes Africa's "30 Under 30" list in 2018[219]

Science

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]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Edmund JaegerAttended 1900sDesert ecologist[222]
Wilson PopenoeAttended 1910–1911Agricultural explorer, influential in bringing the avocado to North America[223][224]
Hugo Benioff1921Seismologist, known for work charting deep ocean earthquakes[225]
M. Stanley Livingston1926Physicist, co-inventor of the cyclotron[226]
Norris Bradbury1929Physicist, director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1945 to 1970[227]
Roger Revelle1929Oceanographer, one of the first scientists to study global warming, and primary founder of the University of California, San Diego[228][229][230]
Xiao Guangyan1942Chinese petrochemist who researched catalysts used in petroleum processing[231]
Robert Gomer1944Physical chemist, known for work in surface science and nuclear non-proliferation advocacy[232]
Jean Mill1948Conservationist and creator of the Bengal cat breed[233][234]
M. Frederick Hawthorne1949Inorganic chemist, known for work on clusters of boron hydrides; National Medal of Science recipient[235][236]
Edward A. Knapp1954Physicist, director of the National Science Foundation[237]
Ann Hardy1955Computer scientist, known for pioneering work on time-sharing[238]
Ed Krupp1961Archeoastronomer, science educator, and director of the Griffith Observatory[239][240]
Thomas D. Pollard1964Cell biologist and biophysicist[95][241]
Sarah Elgin1967Biochemist, geneticist, and science educator[95]
J. Andrew McCammon1969Physical chemist[95]
Steven Clarke1970Biochemist[242]
Sharon K. Inouye1977Geriatrician, known for work on delirium[243]
Anna María Nápoles1980Behavioral epidemiologist and science administrator[244]
Jennifer Doudna1985Biochemist, known for pioneering work in CRISPR gene editing; won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[220][245][221][246]
Thomas McDade1991Biological anthropologist[247]
Amalie Frischknecht1992Polymer physicist[248]

Religion

Russian Orthodox hieromonk Seraphim Rose, class of 1956 (oil portrait by Andrey Mironov)
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Charles E. Fuller1910Clergyman and radio evangelist who founded the Fuller Theological Seminary[249]
Gladwyn M. Childs1919Minister, missionary, and anthropologist[250]
Seraphim (Eugene) Rose1956Russian Orthodox hieromonk[251]
Nancy Raabe1977Lutheran pastor and composer[252]
Megan Traquair1985Eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California[253][254]

Academia

College presidents

Anthropologist David P. Barrows, class of 1894, conducted extensive ethnographic research on Native Americans.[255]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
David Prescott Barrows1894Ninth president of the University of California, anthropologist, major general in the California National Guard, and first editor of The Student Life[256][257][255]
David Outcalt1956Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and University of Alaska Anchorage[258][259]
John V. Lombardi1963Fifth president of the Louisiana State University System[260]
R. Stanton Hales196410th president of the College of Wooster and two-time U.S. badminton men's singles champion[261][23]
Eileen Wilson‑Oyelaran196917th president of Kalamazoo College[262]
Anne M. Houtman198320th president of Earlham College[263][264][265]
Thomas J. Minar198516th president of Franklin College in Indiana[266]
Erika H. James1991Dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania[211][267]

Professors and academics

A statue depicting Chinese sociologist Chen Hansheng, class of 1920, conducting a field interview with a peasant farmer in Baoding
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Carl Irving Wheat1915Lawyer, historian, and cartographer of the American West[268]
Chen Hansheng1920Chinese sociologist considered a father of Chinese modern social science[269]
David Keirsey1947Psychologist who developed the Keirsey Temperament Sorter personality questionnaire[270]
Ellis Batten Page1947Professor and scientist, widely acknowledged as the father of automated essay scoring[271]
John K. Roth1962Holocaust studies scholar, Claremont McKenna College[272]
Michael Starbird1970Mathematics professor, University of Texas at Austin[273]
Ingrid D. Rowland1974Historian of European architecture at the University of Notre Dame[95][274]
Robyn R. Warhol1977Chair of the Department of English at Ohio State University and literary critic who helped develop feminist narrative theory[275]
Matthew K. Franklin1983Cryptographer and professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis[276]
Joanne B. Freeman1984Historian of early American history at Yale University[277][278]
Vijay Prashad1989History professor at Trinity College in Connecticut[279]
Tamily Weissman‑Unni1992Neurobiology professor at Lewis & Clark College[280]

Athletics

NBA Championship head coach of the San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich coached the Pomona men's basketball team from 1979 to 1987.[281][282]
NameClass yearNotabilityRef.
Harry Kingman1913Pitcher for the New York Yankees[283]
Charles Daggs1923Olympic track and field athlete[284]
Robert Maxwell1925Olympic hurdler and two-time national champion[285]
Earl J. Merritt1925Head football coach of the Sagehens from 1935 to 1958[286][66]
David G. Freeman1942Seven-time U.S. national badminton champion[287][288]
Betty Hicks1947Golfer, 1941 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year[289]
Darlene Hard1961Grand Slam-winning tennis player[125]
Marilyn Ramenofsky1969Olympic silver medalist swimmer, and former women's 400-meter freestyle world record holder[19]
Penny Lee Dean1977Long-distance swimmer and world record-holder for the fastest swim across the English Channel in 1978; later coached the Pomona women's swimming and diving team for more than 25 years[160][46][48]
Mike Budenholzer1992Head Coach of the Milwaukee Bucks[290]
Will Leer2007Professional track and field athlete specializing in the 1500 meters[291]
Daniel Rosenbaum2019Professional basketball player in the Israeli National League[292]

Notable faculty

Astronomer Frank Brackett, Pomona professor 1888–1933
Author David Foster Wallace, Pomona professor 2002–2008
Novelist Jonathan Lethem, Pomona professor 2011–present
Poet Claudia Rankine, Pomona professor 2006–2015
NameActive tenureNotabilityRef.
Edwin C. Norton1888–1926First dean of Pomona[293]
Frank Brackett1888–1933Mathematics and astronomy professor[294][295][296]
Phebe Estelle Spalding1889–1927English professor, author, first female Pomona faculty member[297][256]
Albert John Cook1894–1911Entomologist[298]
Alice Mary Dowd1904–1905Educator, author[299]
Hannah Tempest Jenkins1905–1926Painter, helped establish Pomona's art department and founded the Rembrandt Club[300]
Fannie Charles Dillon†1910–1913Composer[301]
Alfred Woodford†1915–1955Founder of Pomona's geology department[302][303][304]
Philip A. Munz1917–1944Botanist who began the Pomona College Herbarium and was director of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden[305]
Ralph Lyman1917–1948Longtime head of Pomona's music department[306][307]
Jerry Voorhis1930–1935Democratic U.S. Representative for California's 12th district (1937–1947)[308]
John H. Kemble1936–1977Maritime historian[309]
Henry Cord Meyer1945 c. 1945–1964Historian of central Europe[310]
W. Conway Pierce1945–1953Chemist[311]
Corwin Hansch1946–1988Chemist[312]
Jean Walton1949–1979Dean of women who reformed Pomona's residential life and co-founded its women's studies program[313]
James Grant1950–1959Painter, sculptor[314]
Karl Kohn1950–1994Composer[315][316][317]
Frederick Sontag1952–2009Philosopher and theologian[107]
Leonard Pronko1957–2014Leading Western expert on Japanese dance-drama kabuki, awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1986[318][319]
Lewis Baltz1960 c. 1960sPhotographer[320]
Michael Armacost1960sDiplomat, ambassador to Japan and the Philippines, and president of the Brookings Institution[321]
Stanley Crouch1969 c. 1969–c. 1975Cultural critic known for coverage of jazz, novelist, and English professor[322][323]
Gerald M. Ackerman1971–1989Art history professor[324]
George Gorse1980–presentArt history professor[325]
Martha Andresen Wilder1972–2006Scholar of Renaissance literature[326][327]
Bobby Bradford1974–2021Jazz musician[328][329]
Robert Mezey1976–2000Poet and translator[330][331]
Frank Gibney1979 c. 1979–c. 2006Journalist known for humane postwar portraits of Japan and founder of the Pacific Basin Institute; awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 1976[332][333]
Gregg Popovich1979–1988Head basketball coach of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs[281][282]
Karl Benjamin1979–1994Abstract painter[334]
Everett L. Bull†1981–2020 c. 2020Computer scientist[335]
Thomas Leabhart1982–presentCorporeal mime[336][337]
Samuel H. Yamashita1983–presentHistorian and Asian studies scholar[338]
Kenneth B. Wolf1985–presentScholar of medieval studies[339][340]
Susana Chavez‑Silverman1989–presentCreative nonfiction writer on Latin American culture[341]
Shahriar Shahriari1989–presentMathematician[342]
Katherine Hagedorn1993–2013Ethnomusicologist and Santería priestess[343][344]
Cecilia Conrad1995–2012Economist, managing director of the MacArthur Fellows Program[345][346][347]
David Foster Wallace2002–2008Essayist and novelist, author of Infinite Jest[348][349]
Robert R. Gaines2003–presentGeologist, Dean of the College[350]
Kim Bruce†2005–2021Computer scientist[351]
Claudia Rankine2006–2015Poet[352][353]
Meredith Landman2010 c. 2010–2018Linguist[354]
Jonathan Lethem2011–presentNovelist, author of Fortress of Solitude[355][349][356]
Cameron Munter2013–2015Diplomat, ambassador to Serbia and Pakistan[357][358]
Lise Abrams2018–presentCognitive psychologist[359]
† Also an alumnus of the college

Presidents of Pomona College

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:

#NameTenureAcademic expertiseRef.
1Cyrus G. Baldwin1890–1897Congregational minister[363][364]
2Franklin La Du Ferguson1897–1901Congregational minister[363][365]
3George A. Gates1902–1909Congregational minister[363][366]
4James A. Blaisdell1910–1927Congregational minister[363][367]
5Charles K. Edmunds1928–1941Physics[363][29][368]
6E. Wilson Lyon1941–1969History[363][369][370]
7David Alexander1969–1991Theology[363][23][371]
8Peter W. Stanley1991–2003History[363][372][373]
9David W. Oxtoby2003–2017Chemistry[374][375]
10G. Gabrielle Starr2017–presentLiterature, neuroscience[376][377]

See also

Notes

References

External links

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